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Article #770RE: EOB1 - The final battle
From: mar... Lou Marion
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 1994 18:33
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 1994 18:33
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In article <2gkehh$e...@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk>, mtz...@vaxb.nott.ac.uk writes: |> When you meet Xanathar and finish talking, he immediately casts a spell - |> just hope it isn't disintegrate it does 100 damage if you fail a saving |> throw. If one of your characters dies straight away, reload and hope |> they don't this time. What you never want to do is take on a beholder |> in toe to toe melee combat. staright away, move backwards and to the right. |> turn left, and wait for him to come, then you get a free hack. You should |> put haste and stoneskin and all the rest (prayer etc..) and move to his |> side, whilst facing him all the time. He can only hurt you when he faces |> you, so don't let him. As soon as you hack with your front row, move and |> hack form a different side. It is easiest to use a combination of the |> keypad and the mouse. Once you get a hang of this, Xanathar shouldn't be |> around for too long. |> Ol. Is there a differance to the ending in killing him off verses beating him back into the trap with the wand. I just finished last night and was kind of dissapointed at the ending. Didn't even let you go back and look around just dumped to DOS after a brief message. Lou Marion mar...@humboldt.kent.edu
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