[ToB] Mercenaries/Monks attack in Amkethran
Jonathan Ellis
was not entirely surprised to be ambushed just outside the tavern, by a
gang of mercenaries and monks.
I was, however, somewhat more surprised to find out that the
mercenaries and monks appear to keep on respawning and respawning, like
the ever-respawning (and scummable-for-XP) army of Yaga-Shura in his
siege camp before you kill the giant himself.
Is this an unlimited respawn, like that - i.e. intended to simulate
Balthazar sending his entire army after me (and equally scummable for
XP, in the hope of getting my party some more xp - currently they're all
on about 6.5 million, apart from the main one who has about 6.9 million,
and I don't think I can make it to 8 million with the little that
remains in the game)? Or will it eventually finish (i.e. will I be able
to wander around the streets of Amkethran safely without having to kill
Balthazar first - I certainly expect the ambushes to end once Balthazar
is dead)?
And will I *EVER* get the chance to kill Saemon Havarian, who
richly deserves it for the number of times he's tried to screw my party
over?
Jonathan.
Chris Carter
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> I just got back to Amkethran after killing Abazigal and Sendai, and
> was not entirely surprised to be ambushed just outside the tavern, by a
> gang of mercenaries and monks.
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This is scripted and, IIRC, if you kill enough of them then the attacks
stop.
> And will I *EVER* get the chance to kill Saemon Havarian, who
> richly deserves it for the number of times he's tried to screw my party
> over?
[Grinds teeth and makes fists] No, that scumbag gets away with it yet again.
I *really* hope he makes an appearance in NWN and they give us the option of
screwing him over royally, if Bioware don't do it then I really hope some
other DM does - it would make for a great game!
William Hull
"Chris Carter" <c...@chriscarter.fslife.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > And will I *EVER* get the chance to kill Saemon Havarian, who
> > richly deserves it for the number of times he's tried to screw my party
> > over?
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> [Grinds teeth and makes fists] No, that scumbag gets away with it yet
again.
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> I *really* hope he makes an appearance in NWN and they give us the option
of
> screwing him over royally, if Bioware don't do it then I really hope some
> other DM does - it would make for a great game!
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You could go back to a previous save and get the satisfaction of killing him
when the Githyanki attack the ship. That's lots of fun, worth doing at
least twice IMO.
William Hull
Mike Hall
> And will I *EVER* get the chance to kill Saemon Havarian, who
> richly deserves it for the number of times he's tried to screw my party
> over?
He can be killed at sea (after the Sahaugin attack) and in his ToB cave.
He'll escape at other times or the game will crash. I believe the best
method is Aerie's 3 * flamestrike sequencer. 30 to 480 damage is sufficient
recompense in my humble opinion... Hmm... Imprisonment and Flesh to Stone
seem like reasonable repayment also.
Mike Hall