How to kill the Priest of Moloch in the Sanctum?

[ltha...@gmail.com]

I'm playing an orc wizard in 3.6. I've gotten further than ever before in 3.6. I'm in the Sanctum. I've zapped the priest with a finger of death several times. I think I've killed him a number of times. I then tried firing +7 daggers at him.
I think I killed him again. There's too many messages as all the monsters that have been summoned are fighting each other (I'm wearing a =oConflict)

Every time I think I've killed him, he immediately reappears (or I haven't killed him yet).

He's the only thing on the level that seems to be able to hit me and do damage. So i really would like a solution that avoids melee.

Please help.

Thanks in advance.

[Janis Papanagnou]

On 21.01.2021 21:07, ltha...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm playing an orc wizard in 3.6. I've gotten further than ever
> before in 3.6. I'm in the Sanctum. I've zapped the priest with a
> finger of death several times.

The high priest might have MR from a cloak and resist death magic.

> I think I've killed him a number of
> times. I then tried firing +7 daggers at him. I think I killed him
> again. There's too many messages as all the monsters that have been
> summoned are fighting each other (I'm wearing a =oConflict)

Are you sure about that?

> Every time I think I've killed him, he immediately reappears (or I
> haven't killed him yet).

I don't think that the high priest in the sanctum is able to resurrect.

> He's the only thing on the level that seems to be able to hit me and
> do damage. So i really would like a solution that avoids melee.

A hit with wielded cockatrice or chickatrice corpse could stone him.
(You need gloves to touch the corpse!)

Janis

[every]

On Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 2:07:52 PM UTC-6, ltha...@gmail.com wrote:
> I think I killed him again. There's too many messages as all the monsters that have been summoned are fighting each other (I'm wearing a =oConflict)

Too many messages from conflict? Put on your blindfold, assuming you have esp.

> Every time I think I've killed him, he immediately reappears (or I haven't killed him yet).

Priests don't regenerate. If you've killed him he'll stay dead.

> He's the only thing on the level that seems to be able to hit me and do damage. So i really would like a solution that avoids melee.

If you've made it to Moloch's you should have more than enough to dispatch a single priest. Without a reasonably powerful ranged attack (spell or projectile) you may have to depend on melee...

[ltha...@gmail.com]

Thanks for the help. I was worried it was another new change in 3.6 that he might regen or something. All it was was he had a Cloak of Magic Resistance. After numerous attempts, throwing +7 daggers at him solved that problem. Now onward to the Celestial Plane.