Having the cash isn't a real problem, i'm carrying around tons of gold (over 250000 i estimate). I'm having an assassin and a swashbuckler, so plenty of thieving here It's a lot of cash though, i'm greedy.

Weaponwise, i have one 2-handed sword +5 (from githyanki anti-paladin) and i think the staff of the magi counts as a +5 weapon as well. Oh good that i'm typing here, i can make the Crom Fayer now (since i killed the black dragon) almost forgot about that. Kuroisan's blade is +4 btw.

Did you mean dragon's breath and comet on gaxx or kangaxx (first form)? Because i got the feeling that if i damage him too much, he doesn't change form. If it works on the second form that would be great. And i'll try to remember to put my scrolls of freedom on the ground. Not going to kill him to find out that my mage has been imprisoned with all my freedom-scrolls in his backpack.

if i remember right 10th levels spells affect ANYTHING. i'm sure that dragonsbreath rips any golem apart so you should be ok with gaxx.

Yes, it's because of this J: Demi-liches are immune to lvl 1-9 spells...but not to lvl 10 So a comet/dragon's breath will do a crapload of damage and take them down in a sec. So yes, I mean on his gaxx form. Use your regular stuff on his lich form. (which will be tough enough as it is hehe)

I have had some issues with him not changing too...iirc it's because I damaged his lich form while he was in his dialogue (circlet shortly turning blue again) mode before he transforms to demi-lich. Bleh, anyway, give him hell.

I will, hopefully, if i get back in Athkatla. I've been running around on some outdoor maps, waiting for Darcin Cole to finish my armor. The Small Teeth Pass gave me a big scare, lots of troubles, frustration, but triumph in the end. End i found a Timestop Scroll.

About gaxx, often i noticed that kangaxx appears, spell triggers or contingencies himself invisible with protection from divination and some other spells. And about 5 minutes later he only starts talking, after he appears. And after having cast some Horrid Wiltings, timestops and what not. That messes things up as well i bet.

Never knew that lvl10 spells rip through everything. Very interesting. Still got a couple of big names on my 'To kill list': Gaxx, Firkraag, Bodhi. If Firkraag uses more or less the same tactics as the red dragon i encountered, he can consider himself dragonstew. Or maybe he'll just kick my ass

Did you install the Super Firkraag mod? Or 'just' the imrpoved dragon tactics of Tactics? Cos if the former, i'm pretty sure he'll rip through your party.

Yeah i have the Super Firkraag-"virtually impossible" mod. Leave me in this dream for a moment, i'm still on a cloud from kicking that other red dragon's ass. From what i've seen he uses the same tactic in the beginning of the fight so i'm currently not expecting to be ripped to pieces. I'll valiantly be shaken out of that dream, but just let me feel invincible for a moment.

You can scratch the first name off, i managed to kill Gaxx woohoo!! Needed a couple of tries, i always forgot to cast some spells, and had some difficulties with the first form, and the Pit Fiend he summoned (which he DIDN'T do the first time grr). But when i got to his ultimate form, i needed 2 tries because i needed protection from fear appearantly, that just went through my protection from Magic scrolls (strange) which made me a sitting duck for the Pit Fiend. Second time a though he teleported himself away or invisible, untill i noticed in my battle reports that i recieved 55k experience. I think he failed a save from my swashbuckler dual-wielding Mace of Disruption and Daystar: lucky me.

Btw my comet didn't hurt him .. maybe he had some protection from it dunno. In the end it was pure muscle that killed him. Oh and Melf's Minute Meteors won't do much either i think since he casts Physical Mirror.

*update*

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Lol, nice one J-man!!! Was he harder than you expected, or easier? Cos that's pretty kick-ass if you could take him out all at once.

lol@ physical mirror...seems like gaxxyboy has a few more tricks in his sleeves than I remembered. When you use all the spells you got available in an efficient manner you can become a fearsome spellcasters idd...even more so if you have the lich-properties of course.

Well he was much harder than the other red dragon i met. He just kept tossing me away with his wing buffets, which made him very hard to hit. I ended up fighting in the big hallway where you enter, not ideally placed to keep your weaker partymembers safe. My plan was to have my fighter-cleric and maybe my anti-paladin take care of him, but that's not how Firkraag wanted it.

First time i managed to kill him there, but i suffered one casualty that was beyond ressurrection, so had to reload. Second time he died, my swashbuckler had to be ressurrected, and my assassin got imprisoned. Good thing i had those freedom scrolls.

I made some 'errors' that could have made things easier, like i didn't sleep after fighting gaxx but went straight to Firkraag, which meant i only had 1 improved haste, no simulacrum or helm of vhailor. Even worse, i forgot to use (greater) whirlwind. And when he cornered me in the hallway, i killed his imaginary form first (i thought that was the real one), he uses project image or simulacrum dunno exactly.
I think that if you got some heavy melee guys you can take him down pretty fast, his AC isn't that great, if you survive his spells and wing buffets that is. I had some potion that made me (anti-paladin) make my saving throws automatically and absorbed 50% magic damage i think. Combined with that Belt of Inertial Barrier that also cuts magic damamge in half, i still looked decent after taking 3 horrid wiltings. So you'd want to get you some magic-protecting spells and potions (especially with your bards -> low hp).

Oh and he also searches for you main character if he wing buffets everyone away, so you'd want to get him some of that protection as well.

hehehe, sounds like it was a fun battle. I think it's project image btw, that spell. Simulacrum creates a low-lvl 'copy' of the caster to fight alongside; project image makes an identical copy of the caster while rendering the caster him/herself invisible as long the projected image is 'alive'. Sounds like you're freaking strong aleady, maybe imrpoved abazigal won't be such a challenge now. Or Demo.

The fights in ascension are mostly of a "figure out the correct tactic" kind. Yaga-Shura for example isn't THAT hard, but you'll need proper organization an so on. Cos if you just go head-on you'll be swarmed. (you'll see what i mean) You're moving on to ToB now right?

And I'll find some way to protect the bards, don't worry. I usually only use low-lvl protection spells anyway, so I'm okay with the bards.

I went to Watcher's Keep to buy me a Potion Case, since i'm running around with way too many potions. And now i got myself involved in The Ritual quest. Which is a very annoying quest, since i keep getting myself swarmed with enemies, casting insect swarm etc. I think i'm gonna need a tactic this time . So i'm not that strong, just lucky sometimes.

After that it's kill Bodhi, go to the Elven city and kill everything there, kill Irenicus and then i'm in ToB. But first this Ritual stuff. I already spoiled the ending, not intently, just wanted to see what loot that Pontifex guy has. I think i'm going to get some ass-kicking there.

Uhm Ox, any tips on fighting "Pontifex", you know the "guy" that sends you on the Ritual-quest. He just slaughtered me in a few seconds, after his time stop was finished it was a massacre. Do you think i stand any chance at all, or should i wait untill i get some more high lvl abilities and spells (since he'll be in Watcher's Keep during ToB as well anyway).

I haven't tried trapping the whole place, but i plan to actually kill him in a fight.
Btw i read in the readme that you're adviced to do The Ritual quest from lvl 12 on or something. I mean what the hell!! Even i had troubles fighting these groups, and i have ToB abilities!

On a brighter side, i encountered the so-called Red Badge Poison encounter, Bittersnake and friends, dunno if it rings a bell. I must say that i was impressed there as well, before taking on Pontifex i haven't seen my whole party get slaughtered so fast. In the end i was victorious though, with only one casualty (Edwin), which imo was unavoidable since my spellcasters were really out in the open vulnerable to attacks from all sides. Not to mention the 'invisible creature that's immune to magical weapons' aaargh.
So i was pretty proud i managed to kill all of them. My pride has been severely punished now by Pontifex (no clue what his other name is, if you know that one by heart you really are a freak )

lol@ lvl 12, I'd just let Pontifex be if I were you, and come back later on. I mean, it's possible with a LOT if cheesy tactics, but still. If you're desperate just do a search on http://forums.forgottenwars.net, you're bound to find some useful tactics there. (that and I'm too lazy to type them all out here ) And I don't know his name by heat, haha.

The Poison Badge is a beauty innit? Well done on beating them, they're no piece of cake, that's for sure. It's (like most of the improved battles) making you actually think about tactics and spells to use, which was completely unnecessary in BG2 itself.

With improved Frikraag, can you still reduce his health to one through the use of the Harm spell, it worked for me the first time around so would it work in that situation?

I think that the moment you cast your spell (Harm in this case), he attacks you (with a triple horrid wilting and project image or simulacrum spell, not to mention his wing buffet) so i doubt your cleric will have time (or health) to try to hit him.