Third, sure, the warriors swing at thin air at first. Second, Cassandra can pick them off one by one with her sneak attacks at 20' range. One, I avoid walking within range of their melee attacks and Arc's Fire spells. From that point onwards, I have my warriors attack and my Rogue go into hiding. I advance towards the Conjurers in subsequent rounds, but stop myself just short at a range of 20'. I kill off the Swordsmen and Magician as quickly as I can. I do another fight at 4N 7E, which includes a couple of Swordsmen, a Magician, and four Conjurers who start off at 60'. Now I make my way through the southwest corner of the level, finishing fights against random monsters at 0N 0E, 2N 4E and 0N 2E. I thereafter finish fights against random monsters at 8N 2E, 7N 5E and 6N 3E. I manage to kill it before it can do anything. I search it, and it turns into a Spinner, a slightly more powerful version of a Black Widow. At the end of the hallway at 9N 4E is the statue of a Spidergod. I go to 11N 1E for a fight against random monsters. And again I insist on killing them without a scratch or any Poisoning, reloading if I have to. I complete fights against random monsters at 12N 11E, 12N 4E and 12N 3E.Īnother set fight against 3 Black Widows is at 13N 0E. I continue more or less east, winning fights at 15N 20E, 20N 18E, 20N 21E, and then at 17N 0E and 17N 2E. I also win a set fight against 5 Spiders at 19N 17E. I continue northeast until I get to fight against random monsters at 19N 15E. I then go to the teleporter at 6N 11E, which brings me to 16N 12E. I go to 8N 11E, where I win a fight against 8 Spiders. I insist on killing them without a scratch or any Poisoning, reloading if I have to. One square south of that fight is a message that Golems are made of stone.Ī set fight against 3 Black Widows (which can cause Poisoning with their bites) is at 4N 17E. I continue southeast and do the fight at 8N 17E. I go a little east and then south, where I complete fights at 11N 10E and 12N 13E. A set fight against 7 Spiders is at 16N 8E. I go east and do set fights against random monsters at 18N 12E and 18N 10E. The video concludes with the party backtracking and stopping one square east of the stairs back up to the Cellar. I then continue north and do the fights against random monsters at 0N 7E, 3N 11E and 4N 10E. I next do the set encounter against random monsters at 19N 7E. I go W N W N N and E through the door for a set encounter against 6 Spiders, which I manage to win without a scratch. *ALSO* dmc points out that it's cheap enough to bring a few Lamps for the occassion if you're really pressed to save on Spell Points. And again, the point is to preserve my Spell Points that I don't have that much of. *NOTE* Also, I refuse to enter any dark zones that will snuff out my light spell unless I absolutely have to (i.e.

I think of it as a compromise between ensuring the survival of my party, and getting at least some xp out of it. So when I do take advantage of the set encounters, as much as possible I want avoid taking any damage to party members and thereby force the expenditure of Spell Points, even if that means reloading a quick-save to get an easier fight against fewer monsters after taking damage during a previous attempt. However, I do not have a lot of Spell Points to draw upon. One, I have committed myself to an extended trek through multiple levels of the Sewers. However, there are a few difficulties that I have to contend with. I want to make in-game progress towards my final confrontation with Mangar, but I also want to milk the set encounters against random monsters along the way. Now I want to take a moment for explaining how I want to handle the dungeons in the games.

The bards tale iv george ziets