Divine Divinity - help with the Elven Burial Grounds

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At the end of the Burial Grounds is a Black Ring member, whose name escapes me. She has a habit of casting a magical shield to protect from weapons, and Hell Spikes. I am level 33 and she slaughters me.

My character is a warrior with almost all of the Dragon Armour, and was able to complete the lower levels of Iona's Dungeon (infested with liches and steel lords) without any trouble except for the end thing. However, a character who should be fought at about level 25 or so beats me every time.

My usual tactic for big beasties (Skeletal Wall as a destraction followed up by Polymorph) has no effect, as all my Steel Warriors die to a single Hell Spikes, and she's immune to Polymorph. My Demonic Aide spell is useless, as she instantly casts Banish on it. Her shield spell means that my weapon can't hurt her, as she recasts it even before it runs out to keep it at maximum, and the extent of my offensive spells is a level one Meteor Strike and a level one Poisonous Cloud. Her offensive spell, Hell Spikes, drains my health in all of three seconds. Level five Restoration is the only thing keeping me alive.

How do I win?

 

Yeah, when I played that part I had a B*itch of a time beating her. My strategy was super-cheesy, yet effective. Climb down the ladder in the crypt and release around 8 or so death scorpions. They will run amok and kill all the "dwarves" and her. If you want at least some part in the fun, you can use a freeze weapon to stop her for a while so you can hack her to death.

 

Hmm, Death Scorpions. That's not a bad idea. I'll have to level up once more though to get the Deadly Gift skill.

Edit - It all went perfectly at first. Five scorpion traps, but then she killed them all. They barely hurt her! Is this happening because I first tried to kill her while at a high level, and so she was raised in power? She's far too hard! They did hurt her slightly, however. I'm going to buy about 50 of those scorpions, and see if that works.

[ April 18, 2004, 11:08: Message edited by: Alavin ]

 

Well, it took about 8 scopions for me, but I had two levels in trap setting. It might be hard to find traps, but the stores at Rivertown market, or MuraK(sp?) in front of the bar in Verdistis sometimes stock them. Go down the ladder, release 8, then climb back up. Repeat as necessary. That should do it, I'm pretty sure you can climb up the ladder. If not, use a potion of shadows.

 

I managed it yesterday, by releasing 9 scorpions on her, after upgrading Deadly Gift. That strategy worked so well that the end thing wasn't hard at all. 22 level 300 death scorpions.

 

That's the spirit.