Demi-lich!

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Actually, the most overpowered henchman can be...
Deekin if you tell him to level up as an RDD until he reaches 10 levels in it.
The kobold that conquered Underdark

 

Aren't you supposed to use dimplomacy on the mindflayers?

And enjoy your golem while you can. Just wait til you get to the undead citadel. The 'boss' there will shred it to pieces.

And another side note: Don't use that dark elf women as a henchman. She is utterly useless in fights. First, she protects herself with spells (what takes her a very long time) and then stands there doing nothing.

 

Are you? They and their thralls all just attacked me (and my Golem) so I never had a chance to talk to any of them - other than the Elder Brain.

My Golem is now carving his way through Beholders.

 

I believe you can use diplomacy on the mind flayers. They only attacked me when I got into an argument with the guard of the Elder Brain's place. Were you wearing the helmet that blocks their psionic powers? If you arent I believe they will eat your brains first chance they get.

I agree about Deekin. I got him all the RDD bonuses, gave him a strength belt and a morningstar (which he wields as a 2 handed weapon for an additional 50% strength modifier to damage ). He did loads of melee damage, although he was still fairly fragile. Not so ready to dismiss Nathyrra, though. I had her level up as a wizard, giving her an intelligence helmet so she could cast all her spells. By the end of the game she was summoning dire bears, buffing herself up and then sneak attacking from behind Fergus (my Blackguard) and Deekin. She wasnt amazing, but she was certainly a better complement to my Blackguard than Valen would have been. Unfortunately there seemed to be some manner of bug with her, because there were a couple of times when she died after what seemed to be some kind of prolonged death attack, usually from undead, and when I ressurected her she would just stand at the entrance to whatever area I was in and refuse to follow me or participate in battle.

Just started a soon-to-be Paladin 2/Sorceress 8/Arcane Archer x, so I'll have to look out for this golem you speak so highly of, Harbourboy, and hunt out the demi lich. I must have missed a lot last time I went through.

[ January 17, 2006, 00:09: Message edited by: Will ]

 

What helmet? All I know is that no mindflayers were ever available to talk to. I had to fight them all. I thought that was what was supposed to happen: fighting your way to get in to see the Elder Brain.

The Golem is really a bit too powerful. Even Valen sometimes doesn't get chance to get a shot in, because the Golem can crush a mindflayer or beholder in one hit.

 

When you enter the ilithid caves, you are supposed to met a party of duergars. Before they attack you, they have a conversation where they tell you that merchants visiting the ilithid should wear some special helmet to protect them from the ilithid's psionic power. Obviously, they carry such a helmet

If you equip that helmet, the ilithids will speak with you, (you have to pretend you are a slaver), and you can actually convince them not to attack the Seer (well, you have to give them an artifact of power; you also have to forgo freeing their slaves, so I don't know if it's really worth it). If you are not wearing it, the ilithid will attack you on sight, I suppose.

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By the way, I do not know if you're aware that after you finish three quests (of the five available), returning to the Seer will trigger the Valsharess' attack. So if you want to finish all five, don't go back till the end.

 

This still sounds like the same outcome that I got from killing all the illithids, even though it wasn't deliberate.

 

Oh, I see. I assumed that if you start killing the ilithids, the brain won't be willing to make a deal with you.

Anyhow, the ilithids are not such fearsome oponents that you need to worry about them taking the side of the Valsharess. They are welcome to the fight . Playing as a good character I would much rather free their slaves and kill the brain.