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The Demon in the basement

Discussion in 'Baldur's Gate (Classic)' started by DragonWrath, Apr 16, 2003.

  1. DragonWrath Gems: 1/31
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    I got the dagger out of Durlags and brought it to these crazy cult fanatics. But when they summon up that demon it just rocks me. I would really apprciate any stratagy tips on how to send this demon back to the abbys.
     
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    Surround it with summoned monsters, drink Potions of Mirrored Eyes to protect you from its death gaze, kill all the acolytes standing around first, then concentrate on the demon.

    [ April 17, 2003, 00:59: Message edited by: Blackthorne TA ]
     
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    That's indeed pretty much it, if you are having trouble killing the acolytes fast enough try two wands of fireball. Those will wipe the aco's right out.
     
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    I used the stairs to escape. If you leave the area, you can heal yourself easily. Cloud kill does the work instead of you too if you are invisible.
     
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    I used a Protection from Magic scroll on my PC fighter. He went in there solo and cleaned house! :D
     
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    As Valer said, the demon is very very weak against cloudkills
     
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    Well, I finally got the Demon. I used some arrows of detonation and fireball wand to kill the cult members and then hit the demon with two cloudkill spells and lots of ranged weapons. But then a ghast came out of nowere and killed Imoen! It was like a super Ghast. She exploded on the first hit! It was really annoying. So, I'm going to have to try it again and add the Ghast to my battle plan.
     
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    Ghast? That sounds a bit strange. I'm sure that wasn't supposed to happen.
     
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    No, no, no. Imoen was turned into the Ghast by the demon; she wasn't killed by a Ghast. That's the result of its death gaze. Either use Potions of Mirrored Eyes (like I told you! :) ) or I believe you can cast Dispel Magic on the person after they've been affected, before they're turned into a Ghast.

    A little symbol will appear on their portrait to indicate they've been affected by the death gaze(I don't remember what it looks like) and you have a little while before they turn into a Ghast.
     
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    The icon that shows up looks like a little snake I think, or a snake with a skull for a head.

    Some damn thing... anyway if you see one of your characters is paralyzed you'll be needing a dispel magic quickly, or you have the exploding-character-turing-into-a-ghast-issue.

    Incidently, I seem to recall having some success stunning the demon for a long time with chromatic orb.
     
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