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Dire Charmed by Succubus

Discussion in 'BG2: Throne of Bhaal (Classic)' started by Brantley, Jul 14, 2001.

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    [​IMG] My party members keep getting Dire Charmed and killing each other. I don't want the kiss. I should know how to protect from this but spells do not work in this room. HELP!
     
    Brantley, Jul 14, 2001
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    Use items that provide protection from charm: Lilarcor, the Equalizer, Shield of Harmony etc. If you don't have any and your party is such a low level that they don't make their saves, well, I guess you're SOL...
     
    Blackthorne TA, Jul 14, 2001
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    I completely agree with Blackthorne--

    I found that no spells really helped much anyway-- I went to my abyssal plane to cast them, then when I came back, they were either gone or didn't help much anyway...

    then I reached into my bags of holding to pull out some old favorites --like a helm of charm protection, etc.--things that didn't give me as much protection and other fun things as my new stuff--but items that kept the charm away.
     
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    That's strange, no items or anything seemed to protect my guys from the succubus's dire charm. It also seemed to ignore saves and MR since they charmed viconia who had 100% MR several times. Just like demogorgon's gaze of insanity.

    Anyways i always kept an archer in the back(mainly imoen) doing nothing with some arrows of dispelling to shoot whoever got charmed. It's faster than a dispel, guaranteed to work, and it hurts less than hitting them with carsomyr which is what i used to do.
     
    Tyresian, Jul 15, 2001
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    You could always dominate them back as another option. Also, if you have Keldorn, his dispel is a special ability, which means it's virtually instant. Carsomyr's dispel ability (special, not "on hit") may be instant too, I'm not sure.
     
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    The problem is this is an anti-magic area, so you can't cast spells. I didn't have Keldorn or Carsomyr, so I don't know if special abilities are exempt from the effect. The protections provided by items I was carrying seemed to work though...
     
    Blackthorne TA, Jul 16, 2001
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    Won't casting Chaotic Commands do, before entering the succubus filled area?
     
    Jander Sunstar, Jul 17, 2001
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    I tried chaotic commands---I went to the pocket plane and casted it all all my people.. then I went back and charged into the succubus chamber.. but it was either dispelled in the anti-magic room or had no protective effects against their charms
     
    cotman68, Jul 17, 2001
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    solved this problem yesterday.. but my party had 3 mages... me, Imoen and Edwin, using spell sequencers.... I let out 2 Greater Malison Spells and 1 Web spell while Imoen and Edwin each packed 3 Webs in their spell sequencers.. they must get caught.. after which.. just take them down at long range.. also.. I think you can cast spells here without the spell sequencer.... for that one pal of hers far back.. i had to use a comet and fireballs to kill her since she was in the fog of war and I knew there was one more missing...
     
    Lord Praetor Munir, Jul 17, 2001
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    I finally put that greenstone amulet to use in that battle. Yet another option to the charm problem ;)
     
    Big B, Jul 19, 2001
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    Whenever I hear the sound of charmers, I instantly divert all my attacks to enemies I know to have that ability. This usually allows you to interrupt the spellcasting. If that doesn't work, and it's an anti-magic room, I usually send someone with a good AC to hang around and distract them and take the occasional hit (which sucks if the charmed person has a vorpal style weapon).
     
    reijek hidesman, Jul 20, 2001
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