Help with the fire mountain (spoils)

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Fri Jul 06, 2001 3:43 pm

I need help with the fire giants' place when I enter 4 normal and 1 elite attack me. Now, I usually have 1 party member killed against two fire giants. I need suggestions on how to beat this accursed lair.

My party:
Me (lvl 22 thief)
Minsc (lvl 17)
Sarevok (lvl 19 or 20)
Imoen (lvl 16 or 17)
Jan (lvl 13 mage and 16 thief)
Viconia (lvl 19 or 20 or 21)

nael · Post by **nael** » Fri Jul 06, 2001 3:56 pm

don't be afraid to use imoen and jan's spells. look through your equipment to see what items you ahve that do extra damage to giant kin. they really shouldn't be that tough of a fight.

beaver_cheese · Post by **beaver_cheese** » Fri Jul 06, 2001 6:53 pm

Summon some monsters to keep a portion of the giants busy, and have everyone else pound on one giant at a time. Also, keep the most potent healing potions you have in your characters' quick slots; believe me, you'll be using them often enough. Whack em hard, and have your mages use spell sequencers if need be. You should be able to take em out without too much trouble. Finally, if you find that the fire giants are still too tough for now, go and level up until your fighters get whirlwind or greater whirlwind. That skill helped a lot with giants, or you could use Sarevok's cheesy personal skill...

Krimmy · Post by **Krimmy** » Fri Jul 06, 2001 7:55 pm

Another thing to try is something that alot of people have to do anyway is to pull back the character a giant is hitting, the AI of the monster causes it to try and get to that character, gives your other guys some free hits.

I don't do it............much

nael · Post by **nael** » Fri Jul 06, 2001 7:56 pm

well, that's just logical...nothing cheesey about it. you should always pull back a guy who is gettign the crap beat out of him

Krimmy · Post by **Krimmy** » Fri Jul 06, 2001 8:49 pm

I'm talking about pulling back before he gets hurt. I once had a troll chase my guy around my other people(who were all hitting the troll) and he just kept going round and round and round till he fell down hehehe

is that cheese?

[ 07-06-2001: Message edited by: Krimmy ]

Magus · Post by **Magus** » Sat Jul 07, 2001 12:55 am

I do that sometimes, come to think of it. I just don't do it quite so blatantly

(In other words, I only do it if it's the only way to keep my party alive. Usually I'm just trying to disengage the character getting mauled, but the enemy won't give up and keeps chasing him. Not my fault...

)

Magus · Post by **Magus** » Sat Jul 07, 2001 12:58 am

You look like your characters are a little wet under the ear, if you get my meaning (inexperienced). Did you do all of the quests in Saradush first? If you did, fire giants randomly spawn outside the fire giant temple. Go and fight some before trying to tackle the temple itself.

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Sat Jul 07, 2001 8:15 am

Thanks, all. I managed to beat the starting fight. Now for the rest of the temple. I did pull the people bad when they started to get really injured. I also have 3 thieves (backstab city

). I also made good use of Imoen and Jans spells. and only Viconia died, but I had a rod of ressurection handy. I think I will also try to level up with the random encounters outside.

beaver_cheese · Post by **beaver_cheese** » Sat Jul 07, 2001 9:30 am

Kill the chinchilla! Then... RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!!!

Oneiron · Post by **Oneiron** » Sat Jul 07, 2001 9:42 am

Also, if you have the spell Bigby's Crushing Hand it works really well against giants, it does decent damage and it has the advantage of holding the giant for a few rounds. That way, you can get behind him and backstab him a couple of times before he gets loose.