killing Rauic Garthas
gorris75
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Any guidance on killing Rayic Garthas? having trouble reaching past his defenses.
This questcomes from the cleric Edwin @Mae'Var's guildhouse.
i am wondering if this quest is too tough for my 5 person party at their current levels Jaheria is level 8 druid , level 7 fighter weilds a sling +2, and +2 bullets with some spells. Yoshimo, my temp thief at level 11, has a shortbow+2 and +2 arrows.Minsc , level eight has a +2 sword, composite bow and +2arrows. Amoen, level 8 cleric with level 4 spells, a +2 mace. Me, I am a barabarian with two level 2 swords. All are armored up and buffed up withavailable spells.
But Rayic gets the best of me every time.
I cannot seem to keep the play level at Story level in BGEE 2 from Grand Old Games , which wold be an out.
So any tips ?
should I just leave this alone and come back later when i fill out my group with Keldorn as plannned. My party is a good party, but I am open to suggestions.
Thanks
This questcomes from the cleric Edwin @Mae'Var's guildhouse.
i am wondering if this quest is too tough for my 5 person party at their current levels Jaheria is level 8 druid , level 7 fighter weilds a sling +2, and +2 bullets with some spells. Yoshimo, my temp thief at level 11, has a shortbow+2 and +2 arrows.Minsc , level eight has a +2 sword, composite bow and +2arrows. Amoen, level 8 cleric with level 4 spells, a +2 mace. Me, I am a barabarian with two level 2 swords. All are armored up and buffed up withavailable spells.
But Rayic gets the best of me every time.
I cannot seem to keep the play level at Story level in BGEE 2 from Grand Old Games , which wold be an out.
So any tips ?
should I just leave this alone and come back later when i fill out my group with Keldorn as plannned. My party is a good party, but I am open to suggestions.
Thanks
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Run downstairs and wait for the magical defenses to run out. Send up one at a time, have a look see, run down again if you need to.
If you are lucky he will follow but meanwhile you have summoned (Anomen) a couple of skellies or something and leave him to them.
Remember skeleton warriors have very high magic resistance.
You are plenty strong enough to do this.
What actually is he doing that hurts you?
You could buy some dispelling arrows (expensive but worth the money) at Walkeen's promenade for anybody with a bow (Yoshimo, yourself?), that will sort him out.
PS
(Don't go calling Edwin a "cleric" to his face)LOL.
Alternatively, if you want to get cheesy, then just use Yoshimo to lob in traps from out of sight (you can rest in the room below to keep trying that - also remember that Yoshimo can set traps very close to an enemy if he's blind at the time).
A melee attack by everyone from the start is also likely to succeed, though you should carry non-magical weapons to switch to when Rayic uses PfMW.
so, i will throw everything you all suggested and report back. Thanks a bunch. Gorris 75
Don't take the whole party upstairs so then he can't target them, just trigger the dialog with one.
Summons are your friends to deal with summons and use ranged attacks.
Use the pause button a lot and read the log of what he is casting, then you will know what to counter with. For instance, is it fear or confusion that he's casting at the party?
If it's fear then as a barbarian you can rage and be immune or cast protection from fear.
Confusion is harder so keep the party spread out so it doesn't catch everybody.
One thing I remember from that fight is he casts sunfire/sunray (can't remember the name) centered on himself so that's why it's good to keep away and let summons take the fireball.
With reload, dying is actually a learning experience, so don't worry about dying! Heck, you can save before the fight and retry it until you're satisfied that you've mastered it before moving on.
Protip: Keldorn and Korgan are both very strong vs enemy casters.
Re the comment about insects, Insect Plague is a 5th level druid spell (so Jaheira is not high enough level to cast this yet in your game) and is an absolute mage killer. Once you do have it, Just remember to cast it not at the mage directly, but a target close to him (whether friend or enemy) and the spell will spread to the mage. If you cast it directly at the mage then defensive spell protections can block it or turn it back on you, but those defenses don't react to the spread of the spell when targeted on someone else.
Edit: I realise now that your party is probably too low level. Damn, I'm all out of ideas.
Love the honesty of your username. Forgotten Realms must have a severe air polution problem I'm sure by now.
And Jan.