Right, my Ranger/Cleric rants... Let's see what juicy details I can remember.
Xixx has capped out (8M XP) long since, somewhere in Chapter 3 or 4. I force myself to resist the urge to rest when my (6!) Ironskins spells are all gone.
The Shield of Harmony and Ring of Free Action have become some of my most prized possessions. I fear no Mind Flayers or Clerics. Add in Resist Fear and Death Ward and I fear no Mages (Finger of Death...).
The Dragons are obviously not capable of dealing with ToB-ed characters, even soloists, although they shouldn't be too hard for a party of six with 8M XP in between them either.
The Black Dragon failed his first magic resistance check when I cast Nature's Beauty. That decided the battle right there. After that, he would run around like crazy, but I guess the viewing radius for blind creatures does not grow to accomodate bigger creatures... He would not react to me even when I got up close and personal with Crom.
I went into Watcher's Keep before entering the elven palace. First level is a piece of cake. Second level is trickier, especially that nasty Chromatic Demon.
I had Simmy (from the Helm) summon over a dozen of Fire Elementals from the Staff of Fire. Give him a nice surprise, I thought. I seem to have let him out at exactly the wrong time, though, because he had to change to a bunch of other shapes first before finally taking on the ice form (I had expected him to alternate a lot quicker...).
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By that time, I only had 4 or so Fire Elementals left, and they didn't even seem to be able to harm him! No "Weapon Ineffective" messages, though.
Crom always did 2 damage no matter what shape the damn thing was in, though, so I decided to finish the job that way if I had to. 6 Greater Whirlwinds later, the thing was down to Injured. Then it transformed into the slime shape, which is vulnerable to lightning damage (Crom does 5 per hit). Another 3 Greater Whirlwinds (my last) did the job.
Damn! Demo-boy is surely even more a PITA.
Next up: wild magic & lotsa Demons. Stay tuned!