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r...@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu wrote:
: I heard that this is the most difficult combat in Wizardry 7. Is there
: any one out there who had killed this beast? If so, would you mind sharing
: the experience with me? I found the fire spell has only limited effect on
: this beast. The water spell ( ice ) sometimes has a little effect. What
: about the other? *silence* seems useless. *anti-magic* has about 10-20%
: chance. *Killing* only take about 300-400 hp from it. I suspect there is
: any good way to kill it. I saw somebody was talking about this about 3-4
: months ago. I wasn't worry about this because I was only in the beginning
: of the game. Now, it is my problem. Anyone care to share his ( her ) own
: experience.

:                                                           Li

: PS: Here is the status of my party:
:     1) Ninja, level 27, armor about -19, use *light sword* & sai.
:     2) Ninja, level 26, armor about -19, use sword ( forget ) & rod of sprite.
:     3) Ninja, level 27, armor about -19, use sword ( forget ) & war... ( sword
: ).
:     4) Lord, level 27, armor about -12, use *avenger* & shield.
:     5) bard, level 27, armor about -3, use *Cat of nine tail* & *Pandora wand*.
:     6) Lord, level 27, armor about -9, use *Great Bow* & *Peacemaker*.
:     Is this kind of party still too weak? Please comment.

ugh i remember this fight.  it was a far cry from cake.  what i did was 
throw tons of cloud spells at it.  surprisingly, draining cloud was a 
very good one, as it always worked, but, i couldnt figure out what it 
did.  another goodie was firestorm and acid bomb.  basically, any of the 
cloud spells are your best bet.  i had all of my party hide every 
stinking round of combat and conjured evil nasties that took care of it 
for the most part.  then, i jumped in with my ninja using twin fists of 
doom (well, he did like 30 damage with each of his four attacks of 4 
swings or so), and my samurai using muramasa (actually, not that good of 
a weapon.  did anyone figure out its special power?) and pandora wand, my 
lord with light sword and diamond eyes, and my valkyrie using maenads 
lance (what was that one's special power?  anyone know?)  my spellcasters 
kept lobbing armor shield and other nonsense things on my party to try 
(in vain) to protect them.  i had 2 people die in that combat, but it was 
worth it as far as i remember.  none of the other monsters are NEARLY as 
tough.  the others are very easy, the beast from nine hells is simple: 
hide and lob cloud spells (that poison gas cloud is ESPECIALLY good, as 
if it works, it drains more than 100 hits in a round when cast at REALLY 
high level).  the end guy (that dark savant character) was a wimpy sack 
of protoplasm in comparison to the 1000 eyes.  oh yeah, and save before 
opening each chest.  if you dont like what you got, then reload.
but no, there is no real good way of killing the 1000 eyes goob.  if you 
are hidden, it usually does not do the death killer mondo party screwer 
spell.(which happens to be a higher than 7th level psionic version of 
prismic missile, dazzling lights, i think it was.)  perhaps having 
psionic protection may help some more., i dunn.  try magic screens, they 
sometimes worked.  i remember getting a spell nailed at me which the 
magic screen ""REDUCED" and my character still died.  silly i guess.

enough for now..
Jon

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