That is essentially the party I had, except, instead of Heric I had Poe.  It has been so long I do not remember any levels, but I would think that party would work.  And Caleb should have Near Foe (L2 spell).


----- Original Message -----
From: purplepeterk <p.campbell@...>
Date: Friday, March 16, 2007 15:40
Subject: [DragonBaneII] Killing Ta'Kall with weird party
To: DragonBaneII@yahoogroups.com

> Howdy, all.
>
> I'm having trouble getting past Ta'Kall, and I'm wondering if the
> problem is because I have the worse possible combination of characters
> in my party.
>
> I also had many problems with the Dragon Prince; died about 10 times
> in a row, went around & killed off wandering monsters until I
> got up a
> level & then finally knocked him off after about 3 or 4 more goes.
>
> With Ta'Kall I've died 10 times in a row, wandered around & got
> up to
> level 11 & then came back & died another 10 times in a row, all
> without getting close to knocking him off.
>
> I've read message 330 & 341 and noticed the major party differences,
> which leads me to believe I just can't win with the party I
> have.
> I've tried different strategies, e.g. concentrate purely on damaging
> Ta'Kall vs take out the Dark Knights first & v.v., but nothing seems
> to be working.
>
> My party, in order with their hp, normal AC & weapons are:
> Caleb (105, -4, Fire Brand* or Deadly Darts*), Gyrko (84, -2, Military
> Sabre or Long Spear), Heric (88, -2, Great Cross Bow*), Wythera (88,
> 4, Great Cross Bow*), Mordor (59, 8, Wand of Attraction or Lightning
> Staff) and either the Windmage (to hopefully Treat Party) or
> Iqtar (to
> beat up the Knights) or Fire Elemental (bit of both).
>
> Note that I have gone through the entire game without a
> Sorcerer/Necromancer, so can only heal via the occasional wand of
> treat player, and getting Heric to cast Materialise so as to afford
> the gold to get healed at temples.  The other problem, from
> reading330 & 341, appears to be that I have only one character
> doing Near Foe
> on Ta'Kall, and that's with a Wand, whose Dex is only higher
> than Caleb's.
>
> Does anyone think I can beat Ta'Kall with this party, and if so, how?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
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