Ascension-Sarevok is such an arrogant bastard-

[Xen]

Originally posted by Assassin: Because IIRC, they're immune to it. [img]smile.gif[/img] Here's what you can do. Cast Protection from Magic on Sendai and Abazigal, and cruise to an easy victory. Make sure that Protection from Magical Weapons is always on Tashia, or she'll be killed by arrows from Ilasera, or by Melissan. The Cavalier also can use some Hardiness. Since Ilasera's arrows hurt to much, you wouldn't hurt yourself by equipping either a Belt of Inertial Barrier and/or using the Purifier and the Shield of Reflection. Anyways, Good Luck!

I have Belt Of Inertial Barrier,Purifier and Shielf of Reflection too.
Hmm I really like this forum [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Raistlin Majere]

Originally posted by Link: Funny thing is, actually, as I finished Baldur's Gate II last night again I noticed that it's not six but seven people sitting around the table in the end movie. Now who are they? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] EDIT: Posted here because I recall that people thought them to be the Five.

YOU...HAVE...GOT...TO...BE...KIDDING...ME! it wouldnt cross my mind to think like that. lets see what kind of people the five are: spoilers ahead
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Illasera:Human. quite possible, except none of them seemed to be female to me.
Yaga-Shura: Fire Giant. those dudes didnt look quite that...well...big to me.
Sendai: Drow priestess. none of them seemed to be women to me, and certainly none had black skin
Abazigal: Dragon. Again, not quite that big, and even in human form he had blue skin(according to the portrait)
Balthazar: Human. ok, this is the only real possibility out of the five

[Xen]

Yes but no one has Tatooed arms. Balthazar is tatooed all over his body.Makes me wonder why [img]smile.gif[/img]

[SixOfSpades]

Take note that out of the 7 hooded figues sitting around that table, we only got a good look at FOUR of them. So being Female or having blue or black skin cannot automatically disqualify you. As it is, the only one of the Five who could not have been there is Yaga-Shura.

Not that I believe that theory is true, however, my view of the Seven is somewhat different.

[Xen]

Hmm. How much diffrent Six?

[SixOfSpades]

My Interpretation: I had them pegged as 7 very high-ranking worshippers of Bhaal, who are now working to secure his resurrection. They have discovered Melissan's plans, and are now working in opposition to her and the Five. Of course, since you're a Bhaalspawn too, then you'll have to die as well, although the Seven would be perfectly happy to let you keep destroying the Five for them. (Of course, that's a delicate game: The longer they wait, the more of Bhaal's essence accumulates at his Throne, and the more trouble they will have dispatching Melissan.)

You are first tipped off to their presence after killing Yaga-Shura. After Melissan pops up and gives her spiel about Sendai, Abazigal, and Amkethran, then a Priest of Cyric shows up and marks your map with the location of the Calim Desert, the hideout of the Seven. You can go there anytime you want....but sooner is probably better, as they have some juicy items that you're going to want. If you *never* go there, they'll show up during the final battle, shooting anything that moves.

The battle I had planned with them is decent: You get teleported into a room, you've got about 5 seconds to buff before the 7 Dimension Door in, spells start flying. Nice battle, pretty battle, one of them casts Wish (once) and refreshes their spells, but it's nowhere near the munchkin level of the "Weimer-cheese" thread Alson & I were battling over. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ADD:] The reason a Priest of Cyric tips you off about the Seven is because Cyric is worried (and rightly so) about his old enemy returning to get his own back. Cyric can't interfere directly, so the oblique approach is to send Gorion's Ward off to kill the Seven, with the goal of killing off everybody who knows the rites to resurrect Bhaal. Or perhaps he hopes that you will strike up an alliance with the Seven, and face Melissan together. Either way, it is in Cyric's interests to have the battle for the Throne of Bhaal be as bloody as possible: The greater the amount of Bhaal's energy expended in the struggle for the Throne, the weaker the resulting diety (if any) will be, and the easier for Cyric to overthrow or subvert. [/ADD]

[ 06-07-2003, 12:18 AM: Message edited by: SixOfSpades ]

[Luvian]

Cool, this would make a nice MOD. I'd like to see that.

[Dace De'Briago]

Originally posted by SixOfSpades: The battle I had planned with them is decent: You get teleported into a room, you've got about 5 seconds to buff before the 7 Dimension Door in, spells start flying. Nice battle, pretty battle, one of them casts Wish (once) and refreshes their spells, but it's nowhere near the munchkin level of the "Weimer-cheese" thread Alson & I were battling over. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I'd still prefer the chance to get the wish option to be random, cheese is bad.

I assume you are also going to prebuff the mages? Understandable because they KNOW there is going to be trouble, but combined with the spell refresh, they could be a big pain in the bum. Saying that, I'd like to see them take one of the sexy Wizard Slayer/Thief combos

[SixOfSpades]

Originally posted by Dace De'Briago: I'd still prefer the chance to get the wish option to be random, cheese is bad.

I, too, would prefer randomness, but unfortunately Infinity Explorer is so incredibly cumbersome that to state "Keep casting Wish until you get the Rest option" would take about nineteen pages of code. I'd rather just have one casting of Wish and just disregard everything else that could have happened.

I assume you are also going to prebuff the mages? Understandable because they KNOW there is going to be trouble, but combined with the spell refresh, they could be a big pain in the bum.

The Seven are essentially pre-buffed, because each of them carries a full set of the applicable Contingencies & Sequencers, all of which are targeted on themselves and fire as soon as they warp in. Some of those buffing spells are Area-Of-Effect, and since they all appear in one big group, it's happy buffing joy for everyone. Note, however, that I said Gul'dan only refreshes their spells ONCE. (Perhaps he'll cast Wish again and "randomly" get a different result, like giving the Seven a free Hardiness.) And you're right, they DO know you're coming--in fact, they're the ones who warp you into the room where you fight them.

As for making it into a MOD, let's just say it'll have to get in line. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Xen]

Well if you/anybody [img]tongue.gif[/img] makes this MOD i would really like to play it.