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Beholdersproblems

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2001 2:22 pm
by Cynik
I am currently soloing a Druid at the beholderquest. I thought the scroll of protection from magic should make me immune to all beholderrays but when I fight them I keep dying, I don't know from what. I tried this a few times and it's allways the same thing - they keep beaming at me and the dialogbox fills up with "spell ineffective", I checked their different rays and this seems to be the case for all rays (antimagic ray included). Still I allways die, is there a percentagechance that their antimagic ray dispels my prot from magic or what is this?

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2001 3:18 pm
by Johnny
Hmm, beholder rays are treated somewhat differently from magic. Maybe they didn't properly program here. It's a bug then. Use the Shield of Balduran instead.

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2001 2:43 am
by Xyx
Anti-Magic ray ignores magic resistance, but the rest does not, if I'm not mistaken. I'll try it out for the next Beholder AI update. ;)

Shield of Balduran makes you totally invulnerable to un-Smart Beholders. Elder Orbs can still catch you with their spells, though (but those are not in the Unseeing Eye quest).

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2001 4:42 am
by Cynik
I'm playing a shapeshifter so I can't use the shield, it's not really a problem to defeat the beholders it's just that I really thought the scroll would make me immune and now I wonder why I'm not. Unfortunately I never see what kills me since the game just jumps to the sinking hand.

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2001 12:32 pm
by Xyx
You hardly ever get to know what kills you in solo... Usually Domination, I guess... maybe Death Ray.

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2001 11:11 am
by dimon37
According to Baldurdash, there si a bug - beholder death ray ignores protection from magic (according to the designers, ti shoudl not). The patch is available there.

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2001 11:16 am
by Bloodstalker
your a druid right? summon fire elementals and watch the fun as beholders die flaming deaths...... :cool:

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2001 3:46 am
by Cynik
Figured it must've been a bug. :-(

I did kill them with fireelementals, had simmy summon about a dozen or so. :-)