Wand of Cloudkill !!!

The_Pope · Post by **The_Pope** » Mon Dec 18, 2000 4:15 pm

Is it just me or does this thing kill everything? I mean, 50 charges for about 7000 gp? I'll take it!
Am I the only one who uses this item frequently?

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Tulkas the Stout · Post by **Tulkas the Stout** » Mon Dec 18, 2000 4:18 pm

Well, if you don't tell me wherer to find it you will.
I'm looking for one. cuz I'm planning on killing some dragons. All I have is a wand with 1 charge. Do you perhaps now a way to add more charges?

The_Pope · Post by **The_Pope** » Mon Dec 18, 2000 4:25 pm

I know 2 locations for sure so far.
In Atkathla, Waukeen's Promenade: Spell Store, or the guy next to it, whatever.
Another in either Druid Grove or Trademeet. I know I bought it from a merchant in Trademeet, but I think I had already sold it to him when it was almost out of charges.

Anyway, thanks to this last one, I've found a way to recharge them. Sell it, then buy it back again. This probably only works if there are still quite a bit charges on it (about 20), otherwise it won't be recharged.

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Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Mon Dec 18, 2000 4:37 pm

You can recharge at any time even if there's only one charge left.The regular merchants recharge 20.The blackmarkets and thieve's guild recharge 50.

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(I would betray the world before i let the world betray me.) Cao Cao 192 a.d.

Hex92 · Post by **Hex92** » Mon Dec 18, 2000 6:12 pm

The best guy I found for recharging wands is Roger the Fence in the Athkatla sewers. He is located at the Southern T. He charges up the wands to 50 and he is blind as a bat so you can steal em right back

I think I sold and stole 4 wands in a row without getting caught.

Not too shabby...make a little $$ and then get your wands back with 50 charges. He only put 10 on my Rod of resurrection though....

Hex92

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Maurice · Post by **Maurice** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 6:06 am

The_Pope: If you read the description of the Cloudkill spell, you'll see that it automatically slays all creatures of 4 hit dice or less (I forgot if a saving throw is needed, or whether that came with other, higher hit dice numbers).

Since for instance Umber Hulks are 4-hit dice creatures, they are slain right away with a Cloudkill. Handy for sifting them out among, say, Mind Flayers.

The_Pope · Post by **The_Pope** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 1:28 pm

I knew that!

Another question:
Does Magic Resistance stop Cloudkill?

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flinfman · Post by **flinfman** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 1:31 pm

It depends on how high the resistance is. My monk has 54% resistance and can walk through a cloudkill, um, cloud.

The_Pope · Post by **The_Pope** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 1:43 pm

Darn it!
So it can't kill dragons?
**** **!

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flinfman · Post by **flinfman** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 1:48 pm

Depends I guess. I only tried it on Firkraag and mid-way through the second casting he would cast heal and fully restore himself. Not sure how many casts of that he has but I tried at least three wands on him and he healed three times.

Elenias Nal'nair · Post by **Elenias Nal'nair** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 1:50 pm

one Cloud Kill is way too slow for a dragon, cast multiple and it works...but this tactic is really cheesy and cowardly, don't use it anyway

The_Pope · Post by **The_Pope** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 1:58 pm

You used 3 full wands? Or just 3 charges?
Well, a great tactic is placing your mage just out of the dragon's sight and bombard him like hell! Yee-haw!

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The_Pope · Post by **The_Pope** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 2:00 pm

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flinfman · Post by **flinfman** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 2:01 pm

Three wands, but they had far less casts than I thought. I was just trying it out for the heck of it and was creating the wands. Didn't try hitting him with all three at once, but I've since handed him his own ass, so it was worth it to wait until I was stronger. Much more invigorating to kill him without cheating.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 2:01 pm

I believe Elenias means have three people cast it at the same time.

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(I would betray the world before i let the world betray me.) Cao Cao 192 a.d.

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The_Pope · Post by **The_Pope** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 2:05 pm

I wonder how many charges one of these wands has when finding them.
5?
I know I sold the first one I found (Irenicus' dungeon) and bought it back a whole while later.

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flinfman · Post by **flinfman** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 2:09 pm

So by that train of thought Weasel, if you line three people up and all three cast cloudkill at, say, Firkraag he should be dead in no time? Why would that work over just having one character cast it three times from three separate wands?

Hex92 · Post by **Hex92** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 2:53 pm

Why not just cast Cloudkill 3 different times from the same wand??? Much easier than filling up all your slots carrying duplicate wands.

Hex92

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 6:30 pm

No flinfman i said i believe.My way is to cast magic res,summon two fire elem,then send in my cavalier to whip his unholy ### .

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(I would betray the world before i let the world betray me.) Cao Cao 192 a.d.

flinfman · Post by **flinfman** » Tue Dec 19, 2000 6:45 pm

okay, that'd work too

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