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How do you kill Shandalar?

LiggLigg Member Posts: 187
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I wanted to give this a go with a solo f/m/c. I'd just killed Drizzt and I thought, mmm, who next should fear my wrath and ire... So, for no plot reason whatsoever, I reckoned I could shank Shandalar. Turns out he's almost impossible to hit, casts spells uninterrupted, and after a while he dimension doors away.
Has anyone done this? And what is the reward? I know he can be pickpocketed for a good set of level 4 spells.

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  • EudaemoniumEudaemonium Member Posts: 3,199
    I saw a video once where someone basically magic-missile barraged him to death. had about 3 mages and someone with a wand to keep the chain going. I've never managed to beat him, myself.
  • WilburWilbur Member Posts: 1,173
    Eudaemonium said:

    I saw a video once where someone basically magic-missile barraged him to death. had about 3 mages and someone with a wand to keep the chain going. I've never managed to beat him, myself.

    Maybe this is the video?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Giw_JPx96Yc

  • shawneshawne Member Posts: 3,239
    Hitting him with a Greater Malison or two right out the gate should make him vulnerable to paralysis or fear...
  • TJ_HookerTJ_Hooker Member Posts: 2,438
    Huh, I was going to say "with great difficulty", but after seeing that video, I guess not.
  • WilburWilbur Member Posts: 1,173
    TJ_Hooker said:

    Huh, I was going to say "with great difficulty", but after seeing that video, I guess not.

    That makes it look kind of easy doesn't it.
  • Awong124Awong124 Member Posts: 2,642
    I just kept trying the wand of paralysis until it hit, then easily dispatched him.
  • ErgErg Member Posts: 1,756
    edited January 2013
    His spells are scripted, so they are cast in a predetermined order and they cannot be interrupted by normal means. The last spell in his sequence make him teleport and disappear permanently.

    So to kill him you either must be very fast like in the video above or try and interrupt the spell sequence. The latter can only be achieved by disabling him entirely, for example using a wand of paralysis.

    This may require several attempts, but it is quite easy to do, even without lowering his saves, unless of course you're playing a no reload game.
  • QuartzQuartz Member Posts: 3,853
    Personally I dropped Doom and Greater Malison on him, then used the Wand of Paralyzation. Works pretty well.
  • moody_magemoody_mage Member Posts: 2,054
    I tried that Magic Missile thing. It doesn't work in Tutu at least. I suspect that was a very early unpatched vanilla game.
  • LiggLigg Member Posts: 187
    Quartz said:

    Personally I dropped Doom and Greater Malison on him, then used the Wand of Paralyzation. Works pretty well.

    In my version he casts Globe of Invulnerability, which blocks the Malison (was this introduced in the latest patch?). Luckily Sorcerous Sundries now sells a scroll of Secret Word.
    Secret Word doesn't include removing GoI in it's description but it still did it.
    It ended up being:
    Protection from Electricity.
    Animate Undead
    Shield
    Doom: (He then turns hostile and casts GoI)
    Secret Word
    Malison
    Wand of Paralysis (about 3 times. Which is what you'd expect. His saves start at 1 ! They got raised to 7 so that is roughly 1/3 of 20)

    Easy, really, after all.

    But, without Secret Word, I guess he's near impossible to kill. Just the Doom would raise his saves to 3. That's a 1/7 chance of the wand working.

    28000xp. Does that make him the largest xp target in the game?

  • PantalionPantalion Member Posts: 2,137
    Wand of Paralysis doesn't cause him to turn hostile, even when successful. It's still awkward going without a party, but with a full army of summons to autohit him with, it should be doable.
  • LiggLigg Member Posts: 187
    Pantalion said:

    Wand of Paralysis doesn't cause him to turn hostile, even when successful....

    I never knew that. So he stands there uninterested as someone tries to paralyse him? While technically viable there is a slight whiff of gorganzola or parmesan about it. (Though had I no alternative I may have tried it).

  • DarkcloudDarkcloud Member Posts: 302
    Awong124 said:

    I just kept trying the wand of paralysis until it hit, then easily dispatched him.

    This, I really wonder why this is never said anywhere in threads where all other methods of cheesines are named. The wand even works on Sarevok but since the scripting in the final battle is a bit weird he won't die until the paralysis wears off.
  • JTMJTM Member Posts: 70
    Awong124 said:

    I just kept trying the wand of paralysis until it hit, then easily dispatched him.

    Yep, this is what I use when I want to pure cheese the fight lol.

    For a more legitimate fight, I use something along the lines of what @Ligg suggests... if I feel guilty about gorgonzola'ng him ;)

  • FlashburnFlashburn Member Posts: 1,847
    Ligg said:

    28000xp. Does that make him the largest xp target in the game?

    Actually that puts him on par with Elminster whenever you meet him.

    I like to spawn the Godbow whenever he shows up and that's like 3 or 4 times.
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