Shadows

Pastor Bake · Post by **Pastor Bake** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 3:24 pm

I can't get rid of them! Can anybody tell me the best way to kill one of these?

kmonster · Post by **kmonster** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:24 am

Turn undead and hope for a lucky roll which allows to hold undead even 4 levels higher than your cleric.
When my cleric's level was too low I just marked the shadow on the map and returned when she was more experienced.
It's also possible to use one of the powerful wands you can find if you don't mind spending charges for this nuisance.

Pastor Bake · Post by **Pastor Bake** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:42 pm

Thanks. I'll try that. Who exactly can use the wands?

kmonster · Post by **kmonster** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:35 pm

Just try it out. I never needed to use one.

Luis Antonio · Post by **Luis Antonio** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:49 am

[QUOTE=Pastor Bake]Thanks. I'll try that. Who exactly can use the wands?[/QUOTE]

Clerics and mages, as far as I know.

ConjurerDragon · Post by **ConjurerDragon** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 8:49 am

Pastor Bake wrote:I can't get rid of them! Can anybody tell me the best way to kill one of these?

the best and easiest way is turning - however at the start of the game the cleric in a party will be too low level to successfully turn a shadow (or spectre, wraith etc.) and can be happy if he turns some skeletons or zombies (the normal ones, not those pesky skeleton knights or skeleton lords...).

Besides turning you can fight shadows with brute force if you know to use the right tools:

1) Normal non-magical weapons are entirely useless. You need weapons of at least +1, e.g. Battle Axe +1 to be able to hurt them at all.
2) As incorporeal undead every physical attack has a 50% chance to miss - so even with a +1 weapon your fighter/paladin or whatever will miss VERY often before a shadow is defeated.

A great weapon to have is a two-handed hammer that can be found in the Main Halls - it has a +5 enchantment when used against undead...