Weird Bug....But Productive!!!!

True_Moose · 09-09-2002, 08:29 PM

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So I'm soloing my elf f/m through the Mae'var quest, and I get to the part where you have to fight the cowled wizard. I easily dispatched the mephits, and took out the golems with the troll from cloak of the sewers. But I'm having problem taking the wizard himself. So I come across this strategy. He'd start casting a spell, and I'd take the stairs down so he couldn't target me. But he followed me. And this is where it gets funny. I went down to the first floor, and instead of just 1, there are 2 wizards!!!! I figure, even though he's pretty early, maybe he's got simulacrum, and run away till it expires. I go up and there are three! I do this twice more (5) until I get stunned. They start casting their protective spells, then they ALL cast sunfire, killing each other but leaving me alive. Here's the kicker. Every single one of them had a Staff +2 and a Bracers of AC7 plus the gold! I made 10000 gp off them!
I don't know if there's a fix for this, but I have the most recent patch with TOB installed.
Weird, weird, weird......

whodoyouthinkyouare · 09-09-2002, 08:52 PM

Yeah, its a big bug. But it's not always a good thing. I was looting the tombs in the graveyard at a low level, was getting wailed on in close corners, so I went outside to do battle, killed them, but when I went back, they were there again. This also happened when fighting a lich, and I ended up having to fight 2, and got severely beaten. The latest Official Patch should fix that.

Lharae · 09-09-2002, 08:54 PM

True_Moose
Too bad you didn't get a chance to cast cloudkill and get XP for all of em too.

True_Moose · 09-09-2002, 09:25 PM

This could be incredibly hard, but think of some of the advantages to exploiting this bug. I wouldn't do this in a legit game I cared about, but....
Kangaxx - Rings of Gaxx for all!
Firkraag - Some nice armor, and if you're a pally you and Keldorn turn into a deadly tag team.
Black Dragon @ Suldanesselar - Whoever said that parties made up of mage/thieves and such were weak when it comes to armor.

As far as I know, though, only Firkraag would really work.

pcgiant · 09-10-2002, 01:09 AM

Firkraag's trapped! He can't get out of the place in dragon form.

SixOfSpades · 09-10-2002, 05:49 PM

True--the "duplicate enemy" thing doesn't work with large creatures such as Dragons, because they're too big to leave their room/house/map area. But yes, you CAN get multiple Rings of Gaxx (one gamer even found out about this by accident--and she was soloing, too), and the Lich in the City Gates map will drop multiple Rings of Invisibility, Wands of Fire & Cloudkill---good stuff.

09-09-2002, 08:29 PM	#1
True_Moose Gold Dragon Join Date: June 18, 2002 Location: Wolfville, NS / Calgary, AB Age: 36 Posts: 2,563	Slight Spoiler ~ ~ ~ ~ So I'm soloing my elf f/m through the Mae'var quest, and I get to the part where you have to fight the cowled wizard. I easily dispatched the mephits, and took out the golems with the troll from cloak of the sewers. But I'm having problem taking the wizard himself. So I come across this strategy. He'd start casting a spell, and I'd take the stairs down so he couldn't target me. But he followed me. And this is where it gets funny. I went down to the first floor, and instead of just 1, there are 2 wizards!!!! I figure, even though he's pretty early, maybe he's got simulacrum, and run away till it expires. I go up and there are three! I do this twice more (5) until I get stunned. They start casting their protective spells, then they ALL cast sunfire, killing each other but leaving me alive. Here's the kicker. Every single one of them had a Staff +2 and a Bracers of AC7 plus the gold! I made 10000 gp off them! I don't know if there's a fix for this, but I have the most recent patch with TOB installed. Weird, weird, weird...... __________________ [img]\"http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f13/true_moose/Siggy.jpg\" alt=\" - \" />

09-09-2002, 08:52 PM	#2
whodoyouthinkyouare The Magister Join Date: August 3, 2002 Location: home Age: 37 Posts: 127	Yeah, its a big bug. But it's not always a good thing. I was looting the tombs in the graveyard at a low level, was getting wailed on in close corners, so I went outside to do battle, killed them, but when I went back, they were there again. This also happened when fighting a lich, and I ended up having to fight 2, and got severely beaten. The latest Official Patch should fix that. __________________ One thought becomes dominant over all...<br />DEMOGORGON IS FREE. DEATH MY SCEPTER AND PAIN MY CROWN. THE PRINCE OF DEMONS WILL LOOSE SWEET DESTRUCTION!

09-09-2002, 08:54 PM	#3
Lharae Manshoon Join Date: September 5, 2002 Location: East Coast USA Age: 46 Posts: 153	True_Moose Too bad you didn't get a chance to cast cloudkill and get XP for all of em too. __________________ <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[warrior1]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/warrior1.gif\" /> <br />If you don\'t know where I\'ve been, don\'t tell me what I am.

09-09-2002, 09:25 PM	#4
True_Moose Gold Dragon Join Date: June 18, 2002 Location: Wolfville, NS / Calgary, AB Age: 36 Posts: 2,563	This could be incredibly hard, but think of some of the advantages to exploiting this bug. I wouldn't do this in a legit game I cared about, but.... Kangaxx - Rings of Gaxx for all! Firkraag - Some nice armor, and if you're a pally you and Keldorn turn into a deadly tag team. Black Dragon @ Suldanesselar - Whoever said that parties made up of mage/thieves and such were weak when it comes to armor. As far as I know, though, only Firkraag would really work. __________________ [img]\"http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f13/true_moose/Siggy.jpg\" alt=\" - \" />

09-10-2002, 01:09 AM	#5
pcgiant Symbol of Cyric Join Date: July 11, 2002 Location: NZ Age: 37 Posts: 1,268	Firkraag's trapped! He can't get out of the place in dragon form. __________________ If possible, I want to relive my life... not as a devil. This time, someone like you.

09-10-2002, 05:49 PM	#6
SixOfSpades Dracolisk Join Date: September 16, 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA, USA Age: 46 Posts: 6,901	True--the "duplicate enemy" thing doesn't work with large creatures such as Dragons, because they're too big to leave their room/house/map area. But yes, you CAN get multiple Rings of Gaxx (one gamer even found out about this by accident--and she was soloing, too), and the Lich in the City Gates map will drop multiple Rings of Invisibility, Wands of Fire & Cloudkill---good stuff. __________________ Volothamp's Comeuppance Everything you ever needed to know about the entire Baldur's Gate series......except spoilers.

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