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Original (or EE) BG1: How did you kill Drizzt, and how did you feel about it?

Demonoid_LimewireDemonoid_Limewire Member Posts: 424
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This is the first time, all these years, that i bothered slaying Drizzt. I did it in the original. Full party of my own creation, max level, outstanding stats from lucky rolling. I summoned a vast army of creatures, skeletons and animals 1+2, blessed and chanted them, had them attack him after telling him i will help (killing gnolls), and while he got stuck and periodically hit in their midst, i had everyone switch to ranged and snipe the hell out of him. Poor thing did not even had enough time to kill more than half the summons...

I felt really well, and utilized his weapons and armor on my own ranger, also gave him a large shield +1. Will take them over to 2! Too bad the +5 is a +3 actually...

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  • PibaroPibaro Member, Translator (NDA) Posts: 2,989
    edited March 2014
    I killed him many times.
    The most boring was with boots of speed, and backstabbing....
    Hide in shadows - backstab - run - hide in shadows etc etc etc.
    The fastest one was with stoneskin, mirror images, fireshield blue and red...

    How i felt?
    Not well.
    I did it just for fighting a good battle.... not for the weapons, not for the armor and surely not for roleplaying reasons.
    I don't like killing one of my heroes.
    In BG3EE I want Artemis Entreri, at least I won't feel guilty.
  • ZaknafeinBaenreZaknafeinBaenre Member Posts: 349
    The first time I killed him was by boots of speed with my main character and running from him while the rest of my party opened up on him with ranged +2 ammo. I ran in circles for what seemed like hours and he never switched off my main character to go attack the other guys. When he died I was ecstatic with his gear. That was before I knew what role-playing was. The reputation hit stung until I spent a few hundred at the nearest beregost temple.
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    I don't bother now. Thats actually why I like the fact that you can pick pocket from him (at least outside of the beta version). He generally requires some pretty cheesy stuff to beat him and I don't really find killing him to be that fun.
  • elementelement Member Posts: 833
    live and let live i've always said
  • KidCarnivalKidCarnival Member Posts: 3,747
    I ignore him. I don't like that he's in the game to begin with. I usually don't even explore the map. There's nothing notable except Bjornin's quest, and I don't do that either because I don't want the + rep. To me, there is no Drizzt. I don't get the fuzz about his oh so awesome gear. Never had issues without it.
  • Demonoid_LimewireDemonoid_Limewire Member Posts: 424
    In 2, should i expect him to leap on my neck? Also, there was something going about a mage imprisoning and taking back Drizzt items, but since its my first Drizzt-cide, someone spoiler me on what i should expect...?
  • LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
    He's a legendary hero of the Realms and I usually play a good aligned character, so RP-wise my characters usually wouldn't dream of killing him. I vaguely recall taking him on with an evil party many years ago in BGT and prevailing, but I honestly can't remember anymore just how I did it. IIRC he has 98 MR, so I might have cheesed it by setting a small mountain of traps for him. I'm not sure if he can be defeated without some sort of cheese tactics, with no metagaming preparations. E.g., if you just stumble onto him and use whatever you've got right in that moment to attack him.
  • KalesraKalesra Member Posts: 234
    I killed him for the first time while playing an evil party--a blackguard, Dorn, Viconia, Shar-Teel (dualed to thief), Edwin, and a certain sorcerer. We were pretty high level (7-8), and I just gave everyone tons of buffs and gulped absurd amounts of potions (giant strength, heroism, invulnerability, fortitude, agility). Shar-Teel ran back and forth trying to hide and backstab, Viconia wailed on him with a sling, Dorn and CHARNAME tanked, and the two arcane spellcasters pretty much just stayed out of the way and pretended they were actually going to hit something with their ranged weapons (nope). Haste allowed me to "switch out" injured tanks by getting them away quickly and drink potions or get healed. Fairly cheesy, I guess, seeing as my party wouldn't have consumed half of our stock of potions randomly if we didn't know we would run into Drizzt.

    I suppose you could use a similar strategy that wouldn't require preparing beforehand (and hence make more sense from an RP perspective) by casting haste or gulping invisibility potions as soon as he goes hostile, running everyone out of his line of sight, then drinking a million potions and coming back to hack him to bits. Never tried it though.

    It kind of felt good about beating him, despite the cheese. :P
  • ZaknafeinBaenreZaknafeinBaenre Member Posts: 349
    the_spyder said:

    KidCarnival said:

    I ignore him. I don't like that he's in the game to begin with. I usually don't even explore the map. There's nothing notable except Bjornin's quest, and I don't do that either because I don't want the + rep. To me, there is no Drizzt. I don't get the fuzz about his oh so awesome gear. Never had issues without it.


    boy: Do not try and bend the Drizzt. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.
    Neo: What truth?
    boy: There is no Drizzt.
    Neo: There is no Drizzt?
    boy: Then you'll see, that it is not the Drizzt that bends, it is only yourself.
    Any post quoting the Matrix gets a like from me

  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    the_spyder said:

    KidCarnival said:

    I ignore him. I don't like that he's in the game to begin with. I usually don't even explore the map. There's nothing notable except Bjornin's quest, and I don't do that either because I don't want the + rep. To me, there is no Drizzt. I don't get the fuzz about his oh so awesome gear. Never had issues without it.


    boy: Do not try and bend the Drizzt. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.
    Neo: What truth?
    boy: There is no Drizzt.
    Neo: There is no Drizzt?
    boy: Then you'll see, that it is not the Drizzt that bends, it is only yourself.
    Agent Smith: Do we have a deal, Mr. Reagan?
    Cypher: You know, I know Drizzt doesn't exist. I know that when I kill Drizzt in the game, the Matrix is telling my brain that a Drow Hero is dying at my feet. After fifteen years, you know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss.
    Agent Smith: Then we have a deal?
    Cypher: I don't wanna remember nothing. Nothing, you understand? And I want him in the game. You know, some important items… like a +4 and some +3s.
    Agent Smith: Whatever you want, Mr. Reagan.
    Cypher: Okay. I get my body back into a prison in Athkatla, re-insert me into the Matrix, I'll get you what you want.
    Agent Smith: Redeem codes for Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edtion.
  • KidCarnivalKidCarnival Member Posts: 3,747
    "The Matrix Trilogy...?!"
    Game: Broken
  • jackjackjackjack Member Posts: 3,251
    jackjack - Morale failure: Running
    jackjack - Despair
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    Elminster- Casts Resist Fear on jackjack.
    Spell Ineffective
  • the_spyderthe_spyder Member Posts: 5,018
    The_spyder: Shows movie posters of Star WARS Episodes I-III to jackjack and cackles in sadistic glee. then pulls out Mickey Mouse ears and puts them on.
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    the_spyder said:

    The_spyder: Shows movie posters of Star WARS Episodes I-III to jackjack and cackles in sadistic glee. then pulls out Mickey Mouse ears and puts them on.

    Crevs Daak- Casts Finger of Death: Crecs Daak
    Crevs Daak- save vs Death: 4
    Crevs Daak- Damage taken (18)
    Crevs Daak- Casts Greater Malison: Crevs Daak
    Crevs Daak- Saving Throws lowered
    Crevs Daak- Casts Finger of Death: Crevs Daak
    Crevs Daak- Falls into Oblivion screaming thanks for the Gods to grant him dead
  • the_spyderthe_spyder Member Posts: 5,018
    The Spyder: then pulls out a picture of a duck in a bat suit.
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    the_spyder said:

    The Spyder: then pulls out a picture of a duck in a bat suit.

    ENOUGH!
    Crevs Daak- Casts Imprisionment: Crevs Daak
    Crevs Daak- Better to rot here.
  • the_spyderthe_spyder Member Posts: 5,018
    See, I'd merely have pulled my own eyes out. But some people will go to extremes.
  • NonnahswriterNonnahswriter Member Posts: 2,520
    First, I help him kill the gnolls. It's only because they were shooting at me as well as him, and I can't rightly focus on murdering one of the most legendary heroes in all of Forgotten Realms when I have a horde of dog-headed vermin breathing down my neck.

    Then, right as he walks over to give his thanks, I get Dorn to stab his gut. Buffs go up. We fire arrows and bullets and darts while Dorn and Kaigan and anyone else who's mad enough to get close run like hell. It was no easy victory, even I must admit. My very fingers trembled on the mouse as I made them run, attack, run, attack, trouncing on the vibrant, green grass and around the trees. Until, finally, Drizzt lay dead at our feet, with no casualties.

    And may it be known, throughout all the Sword Coast, that I, Evil!Charname, had slaughtered the infamous, sparkly drow and banished him back into the abyss. Until next time...

    To be continued in Baldur's Gate 2.
  • SylphSylph Member Posts: 210
    I wonder if I'm the only person that has never even tried to kill Drizzt o_O Not once, ever, in any playthrough, in all the years since the game was first released.
  • ZaknafeinBaenreZaknafeinBaenre Member Posts: 349
    elminster said:

    This is probably getting a bit off topic

    I don't always veer off-topic, but when I do, I prefer CrevsDaak.
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    ZaknafeinBaenre said:

    elminster said:

    This is probably getting a bit off topic

    I don't always veer off-topic, but when I do, I prefer CrevsDaak.
    I didn't knew I could get good feedback... Really.
    Thank you very much!
  • BelgarathMTHBelgarathMTH Member Posts: 5,653
    I wouldn't dream of even trying it. I'm too goody two-shoes, to the core. I see a small army of gnolls attacking even a lone goblin, who shouts to me for help, and I'll help him. You never know when the next "innately evil" goblin is going to turn out to be the next Yoda. I don't kill without being attacked first, even in games.
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