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How to handle "Ducal Palace" when soloing

Discussion in 'Baldur's Gate (Classic)' started by Earl Grey, Nov 24, 2002.

  1. Earl Grey

    Earl Grey Mmm... hot tea! Veteran

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    [​IMG] This battle gave me the greatest troubles when I solo'd with a powerful F/M (only solo'd BG1 once). The problem is obviously the time limit.

    Do a bit of brainstorming and post your tactics here! :)

    - Summon so many monsters the room is almost full of them before starting the encounter - nasty cheese, but that's what I did.

    - Disable enemies with spells. The ones that come to mind are:
    Horror
    Web - will affect you too, are your saves up to it?
    Dire Charm - does this affect Dopplegangers?
    Hold Person - does this affect Dopplegangers?
    Slow
    Confusion
    Rigid Thinking - does this affect Dopplegangers?
     
    Earl Grey, Nov 24, 2002
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    Charming works like, well, a charm. ;) The buggers have pretty good saves though, so it may take a few tries.
     
    Namuras, Nov 24, 2002
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    I just drank some strength and speed potions then wandered in there with my F/T and kicked butt. Took 2 attempts. Just made sure i got in between the dopplegangers and the important people and because i had about 130 health i could take all they could throw at me while i swung Twinkle like a madman. Doing the ToSC and DSoSC missions definitely help as i was much higher level than i would have been otherwise.
     
    Intentioner of the Damned, Nov 25, 2002
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    [​IMG] The often overlooked otiluke's resilient sphere perhaps? Very good if you can get a couple of scrolls or five ;) . Delay the casting a little for each doppelganer and then walk in to the cut scene. Taking them on one on one isn't difficult, but then I don't know if you want the challenge of not doing it that way.
     
    Vermillion, Nov 25, 2002
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    Spells are out of the question for a solo fighter-thief - I used arrows of dispelling against the doppelgangers to remove their haste - this enabled the guards to stay alive longer and fight the doppelgangers while my PC turned them into pin cushions.
     
    Sojourner, Nov 25, 2002
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