Hogar family in Trynton

petertmorgan · 02-10-2004, 02:30 PM

Two or three times I've had parties that when first entering Trynton encounter a family of six to eight Hogars, lounging around not far from Chief Gari near the road to the Swamp. Each time I've seen then (my parties have been about level 8-9 at the time, I suppose, stay as far away as possible to avoid combat, too scared to risk combat.

I was wondering, has anybody tried to fight this family of Hogar at this stage? Do they all become hostile if you approach, or only one or two at a time?

02-10-2004, 02:33 PM

Uh, never encountered a hogar family. There are roaming hogars, like 3-4 in the trynton area for me. But hogars are extremely strong at level 8-9. If you fight them, be prepared. Have guardian angels cast on your tanks up front. Have healing spells ready. Paralyze works wonders against hogars. The main problem with hogars is that they often knock ur guys unconscious and then your really f**ked

Scatter · 02-10-2004, 05:24 PM

are you seeing yellow dots on the radar and thinking they're Hogars? I've often seen those, they're actually Picuses, which come in groups of up to 8. I've never seen Hogars in groups of even 2.

Brian · 02-10-2004, 05:49 PM

I have never seen more than 2 Hogars at one time in that place

Nightowl2 · 02-10-2004, 06:17 PM

Yeah, Hogars mainly come one at a time. I've never seen more than that, though of course there could be more than one Hogar in the area. You could be right that he's mistaking a picus group for Hogars.

Nightowl2

02-10-2004, 07:53 PM

Really?? You guys get 1-2. I usually have like 3 or 4 of em roaming around. But then again thats when my guys are lvls 13 and up

Scatter · 02-10-2004, 09:14 PM

Yah, sometimes there's a bunch o'them in there. But they're always individuals, and rarely follow the same vector for very long.

Dang · 02-10-2004, 10:24 PM

No , he's right. Once I had a party cross the bridge to Trynton and encounter 6 hogars. We took a stand on the bridge, but a couple of the hogars could hit the rear from the bank and they smushed my wizards. I reloaded and got closer to the middle of the bridge, and with continual insanities from the pyschic and lots of damage we beat them but it was pretty close. So, yeah, don't try it if you don't think you can take them because they WILL all go hostile at the same time. I have never again run into the hogar family (but hey, one of my parties is about to enter the Trynton map now, so who knows.) Of course, I've only played about 9 parties that far, so that's over a 10% chance (though it sounds from what others have said that it's a lot less).

Scatter · 02-10-2004, 11:09 PM

That they go hostile simultaneously doesn't make them a group. They fought as individuals?
You just got lucky that they all happened to be there then. I once had 4 converge in front of me, but i stayed away so they stayed yellow, and diverged quickly, so i could get them one at a time.
A reload may have enabled you to wait them out, unless they were within red range right away. (there's another place where Stealth helps, btw.)

Loudhy · 02-11-2004, 12:13 AM

I never had more than 3 or 4 single hogars roaming Trynton. Sometimes their path crossed ( havn't seen more then two) , but they are close for only for a short time, then each one moves its own way again.
Often they are Battering Hogars, so I avoid them usually with a level 9 party.

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02-10-2004, 02:30 PM	#1
petertmorgan Dungeon Master Join Date: August 13, 2003 Location: CT Age: 54 Posts: 69	Two or three times I've had parties that when first entering Trynton encounter a family of six to eight Hogars, lounging around not far from Chief Gari near the road to the Swamp. Each time I've seen then (my parties have been about level 8-9 at the time, I suppose, stay as far away as possible to avoid combat, too scared to risk combat. I was wondering, has anybody tried to fight this family of Hogar at this stage? Do they all become hostile if you approach, or only one or two at a time?

02-10-2004, 02:33 PM	#2
SecretMaster Guest Posts: n/a	Uh, never encountered a hogar family. There are roaming hogars, like 3-4 in the trynton area for me. But hogars are extremely strong at level 8-9. If you fight them, be prepared. Have guardian angels cast on your tanks up front. Have healing spells ready. Paralyze works wonders against hogars. The main problem with hogars is that they often knock ur guys unconscious and then your really f**ked

02-10-2004, 05:24 PM	#3
Scatter Symbol of Cyric Join Date: August 17, 2003 Location: Portland Age: 66 Posts: 1,336	are you seeing yellow dots on the radar and thinking they're Hogars? I've often seen those, they're actually Picuses, which come in groups of up to 8. I've never seen Hogars in groups of even 2.

02-10-2004, 05:49 PM	#4
Brian Dungeon Master Join Date: February 15, 2002 Location: Alberta Canada Posts: 65	I have never seen more than 2 Hogars at one time in that place

02-10-2004, 06:17 PM	#5
Nightowl2 Galvatron Join Date: December 11, 2001 Location: Plateau of Leng Age: 47 Posts: 2,190	Yeah, Hogars mainly come one at a time. I've never seen more than that, though of course there could be more than one Hogar in the area. You could be right that he's mistaking a picus group for Hogars. Nightowl2

02-10-2004, 07:53 PM	#6
SecretMaster Guest Posts: n/a	Really?? You guys get 1-2. I usually have like 3 or 4 of em roaming around. But then again thats when my guys are lvls 13 and up

02-10-2004, 09:14 PM	#7
Scatter Symbol of Cyric Join Date: August 17, 2003 Location: Portland Age: 66 Posts: 1,336	Yah, sometimes there's a bunch o'them in there. But they're always individuals, and rarely follow the same vector for very long.

02-10-2004, 10:24 PM	#8
Dang The Magister Join Date: January 2, 2004 Location: Austin Age: 55 Posts: 125	No , he's right. Once I had a party cross the bridge to Trynton and encounter 6 hogars. We took a stand on the bridge, but a couple of the hogars could hit the rear from the bank and they smushed my wizards. I reloaded and got closer to the middle of the bridge, and with continual insanities from the pyschic and lots of damage we beat them but it was pretty close. So, yeah, don't try it if you don't think you can take them because they WILL all go hostile at the same time. I have never again run into the hogar family (but hey, one of my parties is about to enter the Trynton map now, so who knows.) Of course, I've only played about 9 parties that far, so that's over a 10% chance (though it sounds from what others have said that it's a lot less).

02-10-2004, 11:09 PM	#9
Scatter Symbol of Cyric Join Date: August 17, 2003 Location: Portland Age: 66 Posts: 1,336	That they go hostile simultaneously doesn't make them a group. They fought as individuals? You just got lucky that they all happened to be there then. I once had 4 converge in front of me, but i stayed away so they stayed yellow, and diverged quickly, so i could get them one at a time. A reload may have enabled you to wait them out, unless they were within red range right away. (there's another place where Stealth helps, btw.)

02-11-2004, 12:13 AM	#10
Loudhy Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: September 3, 2003 Location: Köln Germany Age: 70 Posts: 692	I never had more than 3 or 4 single hogars roaming Trynton. Sometimes their path crossed ( havn't seen more then two) , but they are close for only for a short time, then each one moves its own way again. Often they are Battering Hogars, so I avoid them usually with a level 9 party. [img]graemlins/monster5.gif[/img]

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