HEEEEEEELLLPPPP!!!!!

[Jafin]

I keep getting killed by spiders! I'm at the beginning of Chapter 4 in the second Cloakwood forest area and I keep running into those tangling traps and some huge/giant spiders slowly eat my party away!
If it helps in any way, I'll post my party so you know what I can do:
Main Character Jafin Half-Elf Fighter Lv. 2 Thief Lv. 3
Ajantis Paladin Lv. 3
Khalid Fighter Lv. 4
Jaheira Fighter/Druid Lv. 3
Xan Enchanter Lv. 3
Kivan Ranger Lv. 3

Please help me! I thank you in advance.

-Jafin

[Victor von Steiner]

One thing you might want is some potions of free action. That will prevent you from getting tangled. And any spells that protect you from this.

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Vampire Lord

I am your Lord.
I dine on the Best.
So come, give me your BLOOD!

[Jafin]

Where do you get potions of free action? Can you buy them in a temple?

[Victor von Steiner]

Originally posted by Jafin: Where do you get potions of free action? Can you buy them in a temple?

Yes you can buy them at a temple. And I believe from the mage in the one area west of Naskel

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Vampire Lord

I am your Lord.
I dine on the Best.
So come, give me your BLOOD!

[Jafin]

Ok, so all I gotta do is get the potions, use them near the areas with the traps and beat up the spiders. Thank you VERY much for your help! I was about to go on a major level gaining expedition, probably for the next several days with the XP necessary for gaining levels in this game. I'll go try that and let you know how it goes.

-Jafin

[Victor von Steiner]

Originally posted by Jafin: Ok, so all I gotta do is get the potions, use them near the areas with the traps and beat up the spiders. Thank you VERY much for your help! I was about to go on a major level gaining expedition, probably for the next several days with the XP necessary for gaining levels in this game. I'll go try that and let you know how it goes. -Jafin

Once you get to the begining of that map use the potions befroe you trigger the traps. And if you can find a ring of free action that will help also but I do not remember where one is.

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Vampire Lord

I am your Lord.
I dine on the Best.
So come, give me your BLOOD!

Your party looks to be a fairly low level. You may want to explore other areas on your map before doing Cloakwood - it will get worse later otherwise

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[Loch Ness Monster]

you are WAY too low - I was level 7/8 in cloakwood but i did durlags tower first. Dont waste your money on potions, just send the person with the best save vs spells forward then let the trap go its duration, save and move on
PS: you cant detect the traps, even with the cleric spell
THE LOCH NESS MONSTER
CUL8ER

[Billikins the Bold]

Err, one hates to disagree but you *can* definetly detect the traps with a thief.

The tactic that worked for me was to have my mage cast invisibility on my thief (player character, even now being fattened for TOB!). Then he just went on ahead: got most of the traps and those he didn't, well, if they can't see you they can't attack you!

As I said I used my mage to cast the spell, but if you have a couple of invisibility potions and an oil of speed, that'll do the trick (due to the duration of potions) or even have your mage use a scroll with invisibility on it.

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Fear? I know not the meaning of the word. And you can keep that dictionary away from me!

[JR Jansen]

Or use summoning spells/wands (animal summoning, animate dead, monster summoning) and let them set of the trap for you.

JR

Damned i lost cousin Jan's techno gloves