Can Szass be killed in Neera's Quest *spoiler*
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I use traps to bring him down to near death, then he agree to teleport me back.
But I wanna to kill him, so I continue attack him and bring him to near death but can not kill him.
I stuck at that dungeon.
Does the game intend that he can not be killed?
But I wanna to kill him, so I continue attack him and bring him to near death but can not kill him.
I stuck at that dungeon.
Does the game intend that he can not be killed?
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Then I reloaded and time stop before he did, then he became near death and wandering around, not teleport my party, not attack, not talk...
apparently he has endless int. i hit him like 30 times with a mind flayer and nothing. in the end he was near death and teleported us home.
really sad i wished i could kill the mighty szass tam
If someone managed to kill him, I guess they would be stuck in Thay because of the broken questline.
PS: i aslo keep the "old" hexxats portrait
Also you shouldn't be able to kill Szass Tam normally. He has the levels of Irenicus, he's a Lich and HE RULES FREAKING THAY.
"Szass Tam is the Zulkir of Necromancy in Thay, its most influential Red Wizard, and—observers say—the true ruler of Thay. A lich for the last two hundred-odd years, Szass Tam achieved his present power through great arrogance, the skills and preparation to back up his overwhelming ambitions, and the brilliant schemes of one of the most cunning and intelligent beings in all Faerûn."
I'm sorry but when I say posts or threads that say that they cannot kill Elminster or Szass Tam or whatever uber wizard, it makes me want to bang my head on the desk.
Even if you manage to "kill" Szass Tam, it was just a simulacrum or clone or he just respawns as a proper Lich should.
I guess I have to give him 5 seconds to pop up all his shields
My neera alone is like a level 36 Mage with all of the hla spells same with imoen so that makes them two of the most powerful archmages in faerun, which was kinda proven when one took him down before wish and the other toon him down after in one timestop each.
I play with SCS so he has all of his shields instantly too, but the thing is, canon wise, a bhaal spawn has probably nearly as much divine essence as a chosen of mystra so your talking about a 250 year old lich vs a demigod... Not a foregone conclusion.
"My character" arguments don't say much when you compare a video game character to a character from lore and books.
I can also make a character that is overpowered with in-game mechanics or even cheats, that can defeat Mystra or Asmodeus, that's not saying much.
The "real" Szass Tam if he put that INT to use, would use Simulacrum spells to do anything, would have contingencies to be teleported back and even if you managed to defeat him, he would respawn using his phylactery (that none of the BG liches or demiliches seem to do) in Thay.
Then you would have all of the Red Wizards plus an army of undead teleported back to you.
There's a reason you don't have FR characters in video games that can be killed, like Elminster or Szass Tam or Larloch (especially not Larloch). Because in PnP or the novels, they would use their full range of abilities, unlike the games.
The only exception is Drizzt I think. He can be killed in BG2, right? I know he can in BG1. Since he's not that amazing stat-wise and isn't epic. He's just a great warrior.
Even khelban etc have died though so saying certain people should be invulnerable is a stretch. I think szass tam should be kill able since shandalar is.
Once you have demigod ranks, you can kill any god you want- if you can. It's not exactly easy.