Spoiled Beholders

Tarlugn

In Hell, Edwin died to something, and I thought okay, I´ll resurrect him soon enough, but I didin´t find his gear anywhere, including Robe of Vecna, Ring of Wizardy, etc. I´d like to know do beholders have Disintegrate rays, or some such spell that makes gear disappear? Like, shouldn´t Disintegrate leave a pile of dust?

[Deleted User]

Yes, beholders do have disintegrate rays. They also have flesh to stone. You might have shattered his petrified body, which destroys all items too, except quest items.

Although I don't know if that works differently on normal difficulty. I'm assuming you are on normal difficulty or easy, because otherwise death by disintegration would be permanent and irreversible. Flesh to Stone works differently I think, and death can be irreversible if the statue is shattered, even on normal.

BillyYank

I think if you have gore turned off, then NPC's can't be permanently killed, even by disintegrate. IIRC, flesh to stone still removes them from the party, then if they get smashed, there's no way to get them back.

CrevsDaak

If gore is turned off, loot isn't destroyed (at least that was how it worked in vanilla BG2) by Disintegration.

ThacoBell

Disintegrate and shattered npcs lose their loot even on normal.

Tarlugn

I play on core, but I usually press load game button

luskan

CrevsDaak said:

If gore is turned off, loot isn't destroyed (at least that was how it worked in vanilla BG2) by Disintegration.

This is correct for EE too. If gore is turned off, loot does not get destroyed. The thief in the opening cut-scene in Irenicus' dungeon will drop a long bow if it's off, perfect for Minsc.