Ariel, Halfling F/T: BG2 Update 7- Mae'Var's Guildhall
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Mae'Var is a master schemer, a cunning rogue, and a formidible opponent. He is also dead: very, very dead. Chunkiliciously dead. His schemes are at an end.
Some of you may have noticed a dearth of bandit ambush coverage in Ariel's run. The reason for this is straight forward: there haven't been many ambushes to cover. Ariel has used the Sandthief Ring prior to area transitions and has in almost all cases opted to steath by rather than fight.
Prior to the Mae'Var Guildhall quest, Ariel decided to teach Athkatla's bandits a lesson. Upon being ambushed, she immediately withdrew and set her three traps. She then cast Draw on Holy Might and activated RoAC II. With the mage Stoneskinned, Ariel selected the bandit cleric as her first target. He was chunked with an opening backstab.
With Harmony in the off-hand and negative saves, Ariel then raced for her traps. This elimiated the invisible bandit thieves. The bandit warrior and mage were then dispatched with the aid of Mr. Efreeti.
The bandits apparently got the message. The next time Ariel was ambushed, they called off the assault, declaring that Ariel was too much for them to handle.
After completing Mae'Var's early tasks, Ariel undertook the assassination of Rayic Gethras. 100% fire resistance via Dragon Helm + Dragon Scale Shield + Potion of Fire Resistance neutralized the mephits. The stone golems were taken down with Belm. Arvoreen was in the off-hand to protect against Slow. Full plate + RoAC mitigated damage risk.
Rayic Gethras never got off an offensive spell. Poison from opening traps bottled him up. Detect Illusions prevented him from hiding. Acid Arrows finished him.
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Against Mae'Var, Ariel decided to play fair. But all is fair in Guildhall politics- including opening chunk-stabs.
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Opening traps took out the western thieves. The Reflex negated ranged attacts. Detect Illusions thwarted backstab attempts. The Priest of Cyric was diced with Belm before he could get an offensive spell off. It was a righteous beatdown- righteous in the world of thieves that is.
In the interest of scoring potions, Ariel invested a Potion of Explosions and her single random drop Arrow of Detonation in the destruction of the first floor thieves. She ended up with a surprising number of Potion of Invulnerability, though the Oil of Speed and Potion of Invisibility tallies dissapointed.
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The Planar Sphere is up next.
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Best,
A.