kuento@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (01/04/91)
In article <16.2782ADD0@halluc.FIDONET.ORG>, rlawrence@halluc.FIDONET.ORG (Richard Lawrence) writes: > -> Well, I used good ol' fashion hack-and-slash and many a poison > -> cloud. > -> Of course, I was using some cheat characters (all Archmasters in all > -> classes and 999 stamina, health, mana, and 208 on all the stats...) > > I'm pretty sure the Deth Knights are impervious to magic attacks, or at > least have a REAL HIGH magic resistance. I pumped a lot of fireballs/ > lightning bolts/ poison clouds into them before I came to that decision. > However, I was able to kill them with normal (non cheat - for shame!) > character by just standing toe to toe and slugging it out, with the rear > two characters (my main magic users) creating the occasional potion to > heal the forward fighters. > -Rich I used this technique as well, with two additional observations: (1) Protection spells are cumulative (X-1-4 syllables), so if you use your mana for DEFENSE, and set up 4-8 of these, the Knights do little or no damage to you. (2) The weapons with the BERSERK option do *great* against knights when nothing else does. Just one of the little nuances of the game... Incidentally, the above points also apply to Golems. I'm preparing a posting for CSB players, about random items, pathways, etc, also - maybe in a day or two. -------(please include "DY" in subj header of mail to this user)-------- Doug "Speaker-To-Insects" Yanega "UT!" Bitnet: KUENTO@UKANVAX My card: 0 The Fool (Snow Museum, Univ. of KS, Lawrence, KS 66045) "I seem to have a penchant for irrelevant flashbacks" - Paul The Samurai