Icharyd Outside Ulcaster School Ruins With SCS...Are You Having A Laugh?
UnderstandMouseMagic
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As the title suggests, not an easy fight.
He hits like a truck and then cheats, resets and calls the heavens down on your head.
Managed but OMG, my carefully hoarded stock of extra health potions has now gone and the portraits look as if they have been spraypainted red. Plus I had to use absorption, strength and invulnerability potions. It's just not on. Those are always only for the last couple of fights or even to carry through SOD, who knows what mishaps may occur on the road.
Heading back to Beregost Temple to have words with that Very Important Priest and ask what the hell he is playing at not keeping the undead under better control. All that money I have funneled his way and can't even keep a traveling exorcist on staff?
If he's not suitably apologetic, I'm going to touch him.
He hits like a truck and then cheats, resets and calls the heavens down on your head.
Managed but OMG, my carefully hoarded stock of extra health potions has now gone and the portraits look as if they have been spraypainted red. Plus I had to use absorption, strength and invulnerability potions. It's just not on. Those are always only for the last couple of fights or even to carry through SOD, who knows what mishaps may occur on the road.
Heading back to Beregost Temple to have words with that Very Important Priest and ask what the hell he is playing at not keeping the undead under better control. All that money I have funneled his way and can't even keep a traveling exorcist on staff?
If he's not suitably apologetic, I'm going to touch him.
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I ended up using the "monster summoning" wand, again and again the moment I went down to one summons. He does target the lightning at them, which gives you a break. And hasted Charname using fire arrows, they damage, and as he gets damaged, the spells MM ect. do seem to hit more whereas initially, all magic is resisted.
All this after initially attacking mob handed and hasted simply to get him damaged enough to move to phase two.
What really disappointed me - after finally destroying the abomination all you get is 1,5k XP and flail+1. At least the xp reward could be slightly higher, the fight is really tough especially for unprepared parties.
It's possible Ichyard should be an exception, though. A foolish consistency is the Chill mercenary of little minds.
If so, thankyou very much.
I may curse you to the nine hells at the time (especially the bounty hunters who turn up randomly when moving between maps) but it is a very enjoyable challenge.
@DavidW : thank you! You’ve reinvigorated my enjoyment of the game with SCS. Doing my first play through ever with it.
@UnderstandMouseMagic :
Scrolls and spells of protection from lightning come in handy for his second form, and then it's just a matter of plinking away at him, drinking potions and healing, hopefully before too many party members die. I haven't tried mass summons, but they could be very useful in the second phase if they attract lightning bolts instead of party members.
@DavidW - SCS is an absolute masterpiece, especially when coupled with the item randomiser mod.