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Killing Yxi in a honest 1v1 melee

YigorYigor Member Posts: 917
edited July 20 in Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
My vanilla fighter of level 28 with AC=-17 easily killed Yxunomei (Dragon's Eye) in a pure melee (after eliminating all her minions)! It turns out that her THAC0 is not so great, she was able to hit me only twice, when rolling 19 and 20. 🪓😎

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/88061/solo-hof-from-scratch-melee-fighter

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  • MathsorcererMathsorcerer Member Posts: 3,060
    Somewhere, in some folder on a drive containing some of my old IWDEE stuff, I have a screenshot where Yxunomei failed her saving throw against Chromatic Orb and got petrified because of it.

    For a solo fighter, are you going for low AC or physical resistance items?
  • YigorYigor Member Posts: 917
    Mathsorcerer wrote: »
    Somewhere, in some folder on a drive containing some of my old IWDEE stuff, I have a screenshot where Yxunomei failed her saving throw against Chromatic Orb and got petrified because of it.

    For a solo fighter, are you going for low AC or physical resistance items?

    Yes, Yxi can be petrified! I've' done it once with a petrification flail! 🪨

    In this game, I'm searching to make AC as low as possible (for a vanilla fighter)! Currently, my fighter is in Upper Dorn and I'm planning to go to the Trials of Luremaster to get AC=-21 (there is a cloak+3 compatible with other AC bonuses). 🦸‍♂️

    Actually, it's a good gameplay idea to get a dwarven defender with highest physical resistance! 👍
  • MathsorcererMathsorcerer Member Posts: 3,060
    It is good to know that even after 25 years, IWDEE still has a lot of "replayability" value.

    Now that you mention it, I am actually not certain how low of an AC a vanilla fighter could attain in that game. I think I know what I will look into this weekend.
  • YigorYigor Member Posts: 917
    edited August 8
    Mathsorcerer wrote: »
    It is good to know that even after 25 years, IWDEE still has a lot of "replayability" value.

    The advantage of IWD is that on HoF, there are tons of remarkable equipment and especially weapons, dropping from monsters. U can choose weapons inflicting acid, cold, electricity, fire, poison (and even curse, disease, unluck etc.) damage, improving AC, APR, resistances etc.! 👍
  • YigorYigor Member Posts: 917
    edited August 8
    Mathsorcerer wrote: »
    Now that you mention it, I am actually not certain how low of an AC a vanilla fighter could attain in that game. I think I know what I will look into this weekend.

    As I said, my fighter has now general AC=-18 and I know how to obtain AC=-21. I guess it would be difficult to get it much better, but it's possible to improve some specific AC (vs crushing, slashing, piercing, ranged damages).

    Anyway, AC=-18 is largely enough for massive HoF melees vs 95%+ of foes. 😎

    P.S. Following your idea, I will also start an other game with dwarven defender, trying to put the physical resistances at max. In particular, I have (in my current and previous games) defender morning stars+4, improving AC by 2 and crushing/piercing/ranged resistances by 20%! ⚔️

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