Interesting guarded compound cheese, and a potion query (spoilers)

[Lateralus]

Well, I started a Solo Swashbuckler a few days ago (My first attempt at soloing, btw) and I must say it's been great fun, especially when soloing large groups of enemies (Mencar and his lot, Draug Fea and his). Yesterday I decided I would attempt an assault on a certain extrademensional penetentiary to secure a certain brand of magical footwear (cough). Anyway, to my great discontent and realization, even a mere Lesser Fire Elemental seemed to be immune to my meager Katana +1s. So, I left the Bridge District, fought random things until I leveled up, put a slot into Long swords, grabbed the Blade of Roses, headed over towards the guarded compound, took a deep breath, and entered.

I remembered from past experiences that the summons/gates in the entrance hall proved to be even more challenging than their summoners, so I proceeded with caution (hidden in shadows, of course). As soon as I saw the first inkling of a summon I ran as fast as I could for the door. To my utter bemusement, however, none of them followed me (I was planning on luring out the Glabrezu) but instead all began attacking the only hostile visible creature in the area: Mr. Glabrezu. I cackled with delight (hidden in secure corner of the building) as he slaughtered all the other summons and then stood there in 'Injured' status.

So I made it out of the summons with nary a scratch. Just wanted to share this little bit with all of you

Now I have run into another problem. The potion of Freedom that I procured from Ribald was the difference between reloading 5 seconds into the following battle (from Celestial Fury and Sion's incessant Power Word: Stun-ing) and owning them without stopping to heal. Now I believe I am spoiled and can't find another one. Are there any more potions of Freedom I can buy? If so, where?

[ 01-21-2004, 05:23 PM: Message edited by: Lateralus ]

[Userunfriendly]

actually i've known this for quite some time...improve haste someone with protection from evil, and run like hell when they spawn...later, the same protected from evil character is invisible to the demon...(use farsight to watch the battle) and you can whack at leisure...

potions of freedom...there is a ring in spell hold that provides the same protection, and i believe that roger the fence in the temple sewers has some..he seems to have all the good potions in the game...the really good stuff, like potions of magic blocking and magic protection... [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Pirengle]

You can find potions of freedom at temples of Ilmater in Athkatla, and from Gorch in Mae'Var's guildhall. I think you can get them from Roger the Fence, but I'm not sure.