Jaheira useful?

[QFLASH]

i guess i could see her uses after all, i should probably summon with her more frequently. Where do i get the ring of holiness? and what club should i give her, i thought the spear she had was pretty cool.(see above)...

[Auraleus]

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Originally posted by QFLASH:
i guess i could see her uses after all, i should probably summon with her more frequently. Where do i get the ring of holiness? and what club should i give her, i thought the spear she had was pretty cool.(see above)...

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Ring of holiness is a quest reward from temple of LAthandor, I think... you get the choice of ring of holiness, holy armor, or staff spear

the spear is cool... but she starts out with good club+sword/shield profficiency... I always end up giving her the +3 club.. black something I think, I forget.. and the shield of reflection from adv mart (shoots ranged weapons back at enemy) or a good shield that will drop her ac 3 or 4 more points... you can buy/steal large shields+2 in the promonade from the armor merchant (2 tiers up from AM)

I personally like to drop Jah's AC as much as possible so she can run amok in battle

[Helspanth]

Jaheira can be a most effective tank.In my games she has more kill than keldorn.
She can reach an extremely low ac and that cobined with steelskins is frightening.
Also Insect plague is THE anti-mage spell and also usefull in many other battles!
Plus she is one of the most well developed characters in the saga.

[Nifft the Nimble]

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Plus she is one of the most well developed characters in the saga.

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Yes! Let me just split this into two separate things:

- She has the best non-stronghold side-quests in the game, in terms of equipment, experience and story.

- She allegedly has a fantastic romance -- I haven't yet completed it, I fooled around with Aerie and now I'm doing Viconia (pun intended).

-- Nifft

[Dundee Slaytern]

Weapon wise, stick with the Impaler +3. No club beats it, not by far. Always maintain Ironskins. Insect Plague is good in magic fights. Fire Elementals and Mountain Bears are good summons.

[PoesRaven]

For all those TDD fans, I have Jaihera at -14 (i think) AC.Thanks to some new items.
Jaihera is perhaps the best NPC in my opinion except Minsc (and boo of course), she has the best NPC quest (except maybe Valygar), and Terminsel will give you lots of lovely EXP when he arrives if she is around(i think you need to be in a Romance, im not sure).
For anyone who never spotted it, Terminsel is an anagram of Elminster [img]smile.gif[/img] )

Nifft- You cannnot use a shield if you are using a sling (2-handed).

Dundee Saytern- I also used the summon fire elemental heaps o times [img]tongue.gif[/img]

For anyone who read the CHEESE posting, I consider Insect Plague to be Cheese, almost to the point of cheating. It just makes the game dull and way too easy.
I actually got kicked from a multiplayer game because i killed a Druid who ALWAYS used that spell (grrr) and then crowed about how powerfull she was. Lillacor put pay to her, and a multiplayer session of several hours

[Helspanth]

@PoesRaven
sling is a 1handed weapon.Of course you can use it with a shield!
You have to admit however that almost every good spell can be labeled cheese.
Insect plague is one of the best.It isn't cheese for me.Chesse is to exploit a bad AI or an in game bug.
There is an exellent topic in the forum that discusses cheese.
Back to Jaheira Nifft got it absolutely right.THE NPC!!!

[QFLASH]

i tried using insect plague for the first time last night, with no success, is there something i should do before casting?

[Helspanth]

What do you mean exactly by no success?
The spell doesn't allow a save!Possible MR?

[QFLASH]

i think he might have got protection up first, would that have done anything....i've never used this spell....what am i supposed to see?