The Journey Finally Ends. ~~ToB Ending Spoiler~~

Dundee Slaytern · 11-17-2001, 12:51 PM

ToB Ending Spoilers

All fights fought on Insane Difficulty.
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Facing Destiny
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Balthazar... had been defeated, but my fight against the forces of evil was far from over. Melissan still walked free and until I stop her plans, there was still a chance that great disaster would fall upon the whole world. It was do or die now, there could be no turning back, and lucky me was the only person who could find her and thus stop her... hopefully.

I opened my Bag of Holding and gazed at all my possessions. I had many, many magical items and I hoped I had covered all my bases. Once I was suited up and ready to go, I sought out Cespenar and gave him a quick hug. This would be the last time I see him, and he had been nothing but faithful since the first day. He too knew that we would never meet again and sniffled as I parted, he had told me that I had been the nicest master he had ever known( well, Bhaal was his only other master ever, but that did not matter). Waving goodbye, I stepped through the exit portal and teleported straight to the Throne of Bhaal.

Regaining my bearings, I blinked and was shocked by the sight of Melissan. My, my, she had certainly grown in size, all the easier for me to hit her I suppose. I continued to stare at her until she finally noticed my presence. She smiled wickedly and strode towards me, the battle has begun.

- Leonardo
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Melissan: Round 1

I had a problem... Leonardo only had 10 Whirlwinds, how to split that for 4 fights???? After some delibration, I decided on using it 2,2,3,3. Well... that was the plan at first, but it basically got thrown out of the window in the end. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Melissan was bloody immuned to elemental damage, so using elemental damage weapons was pointless. I settled on the Purifier in the end for pure raw damage. The first fight was pretty easy, and I only used 1 Whirlwind to remove the Stoneskins, then Melissan summoned plenty of Bone Fiends and I started thinking, Leonardo is immuned to the Bone Fiend's attack( Tear of Bhaal reward in SoA, Immunity to Normal and +1 weapons). With this fact in mind, I used the Bone Fiends as a barrier and hurled K'logarath repeatedly at Melissan until she retreated.

Oh, oh, before I forget, I also used the Shield of Reflection. This shield was probably one the highest contributor to the defeat of Melissan( the Bone Fiends being the highest). Melissan likes to hurl very damaging projectiles, but the Shield of Reflection reflects them back, this was especially cruical when Melissan does it during Time Stop( 10 projectiles, all hits).

Thus ends round 1.
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Melissan: Round 2

Melissan becomes 'tougher', I used 1 Greater Whirlwind to get rid of her Stoneskins and then it became ridiculously easy. Melissan summoned Efreetis, Bone Fiends and Nishruus, all of which I am immuned to their weaponary. I simply allowed them to surround me and form a protective wall while I hurled K'logarath at Melissan.

Round 2 was probably the easiest fight among the four in total.
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Melissan: Round 3

This... was the nightmare round, I simply lost count of the number of reloads I had to do before victory was finally mine. Melissan had near continous Blade Barrier activated and she now summons mostly Shadow Slayers, Bone Fiends, Balors and Mariliths. To make matters worse, the Balors had vorpal attacks and I had died more than a few times because they had scored a vorpal hit.

Melissan also like to Time Stop and come near Leonardo, causing 3 rounds worth of Blade Barriers plus the fact that she also hits him in melee( at which point I will reload, because 3-4 hits equals death, yay for Insane difficulty).

Eventually, it was the old Bone Fiend wall trick that saved the day, with something additional. With just the Bone Fiends alone, I would still die, because her Blade Barrier will eventually kill the Bone Fiends and thus exposing Leonardo like fresh canned sardines. I had two walls, the first wall are of course the Bone Fiends, the second wall are the rest of the demons who cannot hit me( because of the Bone Fiends), and they absorb Melissan's Blade Barrier too.

In addition, I also used a corner on the map( you can see it in the screenshot) so that it only took 3 Bone Fiends to encircle me.

Cloak of Mirroring took care of the Storm of Vengence and I used 4 Greater Whirlwinds worth of K'loragath to finish off Melissan. It may all sound easy now, but it took many, many tries and experiments before I developed this tactic.
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Melissan: Round 4

Last round... I had 5 G.Whirlwinds left and most of my clerical spells. Before cutting off the flow, I summoned a Deva, casted Armour of Faith, Aid, Protection from Evil, Draw Upon Holy Might and finally, Hardiness.

I had the Deva to cast Globe of Blades and with everything done, I cut off the flow. The moment I regained control, I activated G.Whirlwind and went melee on Melissan, I ignored the damage being dealt to Leonardo and just kept on whirlwinding, after 4 rounds of G.Whirlwinds, Melissan finally fell.
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Things I have learnt,

01) It pays to be good( to get the Immunity to +1 weapons and lower).

02) Melee is not always a good idea( especially on Insane difficulty where Melissan does 50+ damage per hit, Blade Barrier does 70-100 damage, and Hardiness is precious).

03) Protection from Evil does crap against Balors.

04) Patience is a virtue.

Equipment Used
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Armour: Sharuppak's Plate
Gloves: Gauntlets of Extraordinary Specialisation
Helmet: Helmet of Defence
Amulet: Amulet of Seldarine
Rings: Ring of Gaxx, Ring of Earth Control
Cloak: Cloak of Mirroring
Boots: Boots of Speed
Belt: Girdle of Fire Giant Strength

Weapons
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The Purifier, used against Melissan in melee
K'loragath, used against Melissan at range
Axe of Unyielding, used against Melissan's summons

Shield: Shield of Reflection

I used hit and run tactics to deal with the monsters guarding the pools by the way.
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A New Beginning
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As I struck what was to be the final blow on Melissan, Solar appeared and finished her off. Solar also healed me and I was relived that everything was finally over. She beckoned me however and it was then I was asked to make a decision, Godhood or mortality? My answer was swift and without hestitation, I would better serve my fellow men by being a mortal, accepting Godhood would have alienated me from them and that could not be allowed. Solar smiled at my decision and began the ceremony to make me mortal.

I was finally free... free from a path that would have made most go insane from the responsibility involved. I am going to miss the power perks though... nahhhh.

- Leonardo
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Thanks for reading. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 11-17-2001: Message edited by: Dundee Slaytern ]

Dundee Slaytern · 11-17-2001, 01:11 PM

*takes a deep breath*

I did it! I DID IT! WAHAHAHAHA!!!!

I soloed a Cavalier on Core-Insane Difficulty.

I switched to Insane Difficulty accidentally after killing Sendai, and it remained there since then.

Whew! It had been a rough ride, Leonardo started off weak, then supremely strong, then back to survival mode again. Ah, now I can concentrate on my solo Sorcerer, on pure Insane Difficulty all the way this time( in Chapter 4 now).

Next up thereafter, Wild Mage and Blade.

Somewhere in between, I will be creating an all-mage party too.

Neb · 11-17-2001, 02:23 PM

Cooooool, Dundeeeee! Good job man! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] We should have some sort of IW hall of fame for amazing exploits like this one......

[ 11-17-2001: Message edited by: Neb ]

Sparhawk · 11-17-2001, 03:20 PM

CONGRATULATIONS...Nope not Cliffyboy!!!
Dundee...you´ve already got a hall of Fame around these boards...

...In our hearts you´re the only true BGPLAYER...even though the rest of us come close you really top the nogde

Sparhawk disembolwed the frightened God with a vast overhand stroke

Mack_Attack · 11-17-2001, 04:00 PM

That was a very cool way of showing your last battle very cool thanks.

Sir ReGiN · 11-17-2001, 05:18 PM

What am I gonna do now?
Why should I come to Ironworks forum again?
There is no reason...Dundee has finished ToB!!
Oh God! Why do you DO this to me?!

Oh well, life goes on I guess....

Congatulations, by the way!

[img]graemlins/thewave.gif[/img]

Sparhawk · 11-17-2001, 05:27 PM

The land of BLOND VIRGINS...you know Regin, perhaps I should take a trip across the brigde to check that statement out

BTW
How the devil did U make those smileyfaces doing the wave??;D;D;D

SSJ4Sephiroth · 11-17-2001, 06:47 PM

ah, congratulations Dundee! your use of creative tactics finally paid off! good job on beating the whole game with a Cav, and good luck on beating it with a sorc, espeically on insane!

Sir ReGiN · 11-18-2001, 05:32 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Sparhawk:
The land of BLOND VIRGINS...you know Regin, perhaps I should take a trip across the brigde to check that statement out

BTW
How the devil did U make those smileyfaces doing the wave??;D;D;D

Don't you dare come here!!
There's too much men around already...there's not enough virgins for all of us

As for the waveys: just write
: thewave :
but without the spaces

Sir Byronas · 11-18-2001, 05:59 AM

Congratulations Dundee! You are the best!

11-17-2001, 12:51 PM	#1
Dundee Slaytern Ironworks Moderator Join Date: June 10, 2001 Location: Pasir Ris, Singapore Age: 42 Posts: 11,063	ToB Ending Spoilers All fights fought on Insane Difficulty. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Facing Destiny -------------- Balthazar... had been defeated, but my fight against the forces of evil was far from over. Melissan still walked free and until I stop her plans, there was still a chance that great disaster would fall upon the whole world. It was do or die now, there could be no turning back, and lucky me was the only person who could find her and thus stop her... hopefully. I opened my Bag of Holding and gazed at all my possessions. I had many, many magical items and I hoped I had covered all my bases. Once I was suited up and ready to go, I sought out Cespenar and gave him a quick hug. This would be the last time I see him, and he had been nothing but faithful since the first day. He too knew that we would never meet again and sniffled as I parted, he had told me that I had been the nicest master he had ever known( well, Bhaal was his only other master ever, but that did not matter). Waving goodbye, I stepped through the exit portal and teleported straight to the Throne of Bhaal. Regaining my bearings, I blinked and was shocked by the sight of Melissan. My, my, she had certainly grown in size, all the easier for me to hit her I suppose. I continued to stare at her until she finally noticed my presence. She smiled wickedly and strode towards me, the battle has begun. - Leonardo __________________________________________________ ____________________ Melissan: Round 1 I had a problem... Leonardo only had 10 Whirlwinds, how to split that for 4 fights???? After some delibration, I decided on using it 2,2,3,3. Well... that was the plan at first, but it basically got thrown out of the window in the end. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Melissan was bloody immuned to elemental damage, so using elemental damage weapons was pointless. I settled on the Purifier in the end for pure raw damage. The first fight was pretty easy, and I only used 1 Whirlwind to remove the Stoneskins, then Melissan summoned plenty of Bone Fiends and I started thinking, Leonardo is immuned to the Bone Fiend's attack( Tear of Bhaal reward in SoA, Immunity to Normal and +1 weapons). With this fact in mind, I used the Bone Fiends as a barrier and hurled K'logarath repeatedly at Melissan until she retreated. Oh, oh, before I forget, I also used the Shield of Reflection. This shield was probably one the highest contributor to the defeat of Melissan( the Bone Fiends being the highest). Melissan likes to hurl very damaging projectiles, but the Shield of Reflection reflects them back, this was especially cruical when Melissan does it during Time Stop( 10 projectiles, all hits). Thus ends round 1. __________________________________________________ ____________________ Melissan: Round 2 Melissan becomes 'tougher', I used 1 Greater Whirlwind to get rid of her Stoneskins and then it became ridiculously easy. Melissan summoned Efreetis, Bone Fiends and Nishruus, all of which I am immuned to their weaponary. I simply allowed them to surround me and form a protective wall while I hurled K'logarath at Melissan. Round 2 was probably the easiest fight among the four in total. __________________________________________________ ____________________ Melissan: Round 3 This... was the nightmare round, I simply lost count of the number of reloads I had to do before victory was finally mine. Melissan had near continous Blade Barrier activated and she now summons mostly Shadow Slayers, Bone Fiends, Balors and Mariliths. To make matters worse, the Balors had vorpal attacks and I had died more than a few times because they had scored a vorpal hit. Melissan also like to Time Stop and come near Leonardo, causing 3 rounds worth of Blade Barriers plus the fact that she also hits him in melee( at which point I will reload, because 3-4 hits equals death, yay for Insane difficulty). Eventually, it was the old Bone Fiend wall trick that saved the day, with something additional. With just the Bone Fiends alone, I would still die, because her Blade Barrier will eventually kill the Bone Fiends and thus exposing Leonardo like fresh canned sardines. I had two walls, the first wall are of course the Bone Fiends, the second wall are the rest of the demons who cannot hit me( because of the Bone Fiends), and they absorb Melissan's Blade Barrier too. In addition, I also used a corner on the map( you can see it in the screenshot) so that it only took 3 Bone Fiends to encircle me. Cloak of Mirroring took care of the Storm of Vengence and I used 4 Greater Whirlwinds worth of K'loragath to finish off Melissan. It may all sound easy now, but it took many, many tries and experiments before I developed this tactic. __________________________________________________ ____________________ Melissan: Round 4 Last round... I had 5 G.Whirlwinds left and most of my clerical spells. Before cutting off the flow, I summoned a Deva, casted Armour of Faith, Aid, Protection from Evil, Draw Upon Holy Might and finally, Hardiness. I had the Deva to cast Globe of Blades and with everything done, I cut off the flow. The moment I regained control, I activated G.Whirlwind and went melee on Melissan, I ignored the damage being dealt to Leonardo and just kept on whirlwinding, after 4 rounds of G.Whirlwinds, Melissan finally fell. __________________________________________________ ____________________ Things I have learnt, 01) It pays to be good( to get the Immunity to +1 weapons and lower). 02) Melee is not always a good idea( especially on Insane difficulty where Melissan does 50+ damage per hit, Blade Barrier does 70-100 damage, and Hardiness is precious). 03) Protection from Evil does crap against Balors. 04) Patience is a virtue. Equipment Used -------------- Armour: Sharuppak's Plate Gloves: Gauntlets of Extraordinary Specialisation Helmet: Helmet of Defence Amulet: Amulet of Seldarine Rings: Ring of Gaxx, Ring of Earth Control Cloak: Cloak of Mirroring Boots: Boots of Speed Belt: Girdle of Fire Giant Strength Weapons -------- The Purifier, used against Melissan in melee K'loragath, used against Melissan at range Axe of Unyielding, used against Melissan's summons Shield: Shield of Reflection I used hit and run tactics to deal with the monsters guarding the pools by the way. __________________________________________________ ____________________ A New Beginning --------------- As I struck what was to be the final blow on Melissan, Solar appeared and finished her off. Solar also healed me and I was relived that everything was finally over. She beckoned me however and it was then I was asked to make a decision, Godhood or mortality? My answer was swift and without hestitation, I would better serve my fellow men by being a mortal, accepting Godhood would have alienated me from them and that could not be allowed. Solar smiled at my decision and began the ceremony to make me mortal. I was finally free... free from a path that would have made most go insane from the responsibility involved. I am going to miss the power perks though... nahhhh. - Leonardo __________________________________________________ ____________________ Thanks for reading. [img]smile.gif[/img] [ 11-17-2001: Message edited by: Dundee Slaytern ] __________________ Click On The Image For BG2 Information Land of the Psycho-moe

11-17-2001, 03:20 PM	#4
Sparhawk Quintesson Join Date: June 2, 2001 Location: In the oldest monarchy - Denmark Age: 47 Posts: 1,071	CONGRATULATIONS...Nope not Cliffyboy!!! Dundee...you´ve already got a hall of Fame around these boards... ...In our hearts you´re the only true BGPLAYER...even though the rest of us come close you really top the nogde Sparhawk disembolwed the frightened God with a vast overhand stroke __________________ "Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Arius. There was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world. Hither came Conan, the cimmarian, sword in hand. It is I, his chronicler who knows well his saga. Now let me tell you of the days of high adventure!" "Unleash the Casey!" "Make no mistake, should you choose to test my resolve in this matter, you will be looking at an outcome that will have a finality, that is beyound your comprehension. And you will not counting the days or the months or the years, but milleniums in a place with no doors!"

11-17-2001, 04:00 PM	#5
Mack_Attack Osiris - Egyptian God of the Underworld Join Date: May 22, 2001 Location: Sherwoodpark,Alberta,Canada Age: 52 Posts: 2,929	That was a very cool way of showing your last battle very cool thanks. __________________

11-17-2001, 05:18 PM	#6
Sir ReGiN Gold Dragon Join Date: August 11, 2001 Location: The land of blonde virgins Age: 43 Posts: 2,563	What am I gonna do now? Why should I come to Ironworks forum again? There is no reason...Dundee has finished ToB!! Oh God! Why do you DO this to me?! Oh well, life goes on I guess.... Congatulations, by the way! [img]graemlins/thewave.gif[/img] __________________ Take a look at your Promised Land<br />Your deed is that gun in your hand

11-17-2001, 05:27 PM	#7
Sparhawk Quintesson Join Date: June 2, 2001 Location: In the oldest monarchy - Denmark Age: 47 Posts: 1,071	The land of BLOND VIRGINS...you know Regin, perhaps I should take a trip across the brigde to check that statement out BTW How the devil did U make those smileyfaces doing the wave??;D;D;D __________________ "Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Arius. There was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world. Hither came Conan, the cimmarian, sword in hand. It is I, his chronicler who knows well his saga. Now let me tell you of the days of high adventure!" "Unleash the Casey!" "Make no mistake, should you choose to test my resolve in this matter, you will be looking at an outcome that will have a finality, that is beyound your comprehension. And you will not counting the days or the months or the years, but milleniums in a place with no doors!"

11-17-2001, 01:11 PM	#2
Dundee Slaytern Ironworks Moderator Join Date: June 10, 2001 Location: Pasir Ris, Singapore Age: 42 Posts: 11,063	takes a deep breath I did it! I DID IT! WAHAHAHAHA!!!! I soloed a Cavalier on Core-Insane Difficulty. I switched to Insane Difficulty accidentally after killing Sendai, and it remained there since then. Whew! It had been a rough ride, Leonardo started off weak, then supremely strong, then back to survival mode again. Ah, now I can concentrate on my solo Sorcerer, on pure Insane Difficulty all the way this time( in Chapter 4 now). Next up thereafter, Wild Mage and Blade. Somewhere in between, I will be creating an all-mage party too.

11-17-2001, 02:23 PM	#3
Neb Account deleted by Request Join Date: May 17, 2001 Location: . Age: 39 Posts: 8,802	Cooooool, Dundeeeee! Good job man! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] We should have some sort of IW hall of fame for amazing exploits like this one...... [ 11-17-2001: Message edited by: Neb ]

11-17-2001, 06:47 PM	#8
SSJ4Sephiroth Beholder Join Date: May 4, 2001 Location: The Outside Looking In Age: 38 Posts: 4,361	ah, congratulations Dundee! your use of creative tactics finally paid off! good job on beating the whole game with a Cav, and good luck on beating it with a sorc, espeically on insane!

11-18-2001, 05:32 AM	#9
Sir ReGiN Gold Dragon Join Date: August 11, 2001 Location: The land of blonde virgins Age: 43 Posts: 2,563	quote: Originally posted by Sparhawk: The land of BLOND VIRGINS...you know Regin, perhaps I should take a trip across the brigde to check that statement out BTW How the devil did U make those smileyfaces doing the wave??;D;D;D Don't you dare come here!! There's too much men around already...there's not enough virgins for all of us As for the waveys: just write : thewave : but without the spaces __________________ Take a look at your Promised Land<br />Your deed is that gun in your hand

11-18-2001, 05:59 AM	#10
Sir Byronas Mephistopheles Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Greece Age: 37 Posts: 1,463	Congratulations Dundee! You are the best! __________________ <br />I\'ve searched the whole world and ended up back in Ironworks. Home sweet home!

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