Honor mode harpies

[Charming Dazz]

HOW THE ♥♥♥♥ DO YOU BEAT THEM?! i'm using the mods and I'm losing to them :V
Like, if it was any other mode, it's super simple apparently because their DC breaks easily. but I just lost my entire run to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ harpies in honor mode because all four party members got lured 4 times in a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ row. are you kidding me? Is the play to skip the harpies entirely and never do the fight?

[Raz]

https://youtu.be/4JvVEW1bZjU

[Draug]

Earplugs?

[Raz]

Originally posted by Draug:

Earplugs?

Literally earplugs the spell, aka, Silence. One could cast Enhance Ability Owl's Wisdom on Shadowheart before engaging so she has Advantage against the Lure Saving Throw. Once it's her turn then cast Silence on top of the team, Sanctuary Shadowheart and go from there.

I specifically ran the fight as bar bones preparing, no stat fixing of the characters at Withers to give Shadowheart, Gale, and my Fighter higher DEX for initiative.

[seekndstroy92]

you can also use calm emotions which creates a rather large bubble and anyone in it cant be charmed or lured i think it last 10 turns

[Charming Dazz]

Originally posted by seekndstroy92:

you can also use calm emotions which creates a rather large bubble and anyone in it cant be charmed or lured i think it last 10 turns

THANK YOU! At least you're useful.

[seekndstroy92]

Originally posted by Charming Dazz:

Originally posted by seekndstroy92:

you can also use calm emotions which creates a rather large bubble and anyone in it cant be charmed or lured i think it last 10 turns

THANK YOU! At least you're useful.

yah np i just beat them that way the other day on honor mode made it pretty simple used a light cleric to cast calm the bubble is a big area can get your whole squad inside easily and then some i used it to keep the kid from being charmed and also cast sanctuary on him so he cant be attacked at all even from reactions

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

I just use Silence and hit the harpy singing until it loses concentration.

[Mike Garrison]

Silence or Calm Emotions

The trick is to make sure your cleric isn't lured before she (I'm assuming Shadowheart) can cast the spell.

You can actually cast the spell on your party *before* the encounter, but 1) that's kind of metagamey, and 2) there is a forced cutscene and your spell turn counter *will* count down even when in the cutscene.

[seekndstroy92]

Originally posted by Pan Darius Cassandra:

I just use Silence and hit the harpy singing until it loses concentration.

yah either way works the fight isnt that difficult my first honor run i just brute forced it with leazel and gale on the upper walkway for advantage

[Chaosolous]

I've never had a problem with this fight. Perhaps you should watch videos online about how to do the combat better.

[Charming Dazz]

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

I've never had a problem with this fight. Perhaps you should watch videos online about how to do the combat better.

I just beat the encounter because I quickly exited the game after ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ rage quitting honors mode. I come back in and turns out I didn't die. My guy dodge 4 times in a row somehow. healed up and then I begin to beat the ♥♥♥♥ out of them. Next time I play honor mode, if I don't die that is, I'll bring shadow heart since she's the only one who can win. I don't think slience actually does anything unless you use it on the harpy.

[Raz]

Originally posted by Charming Dazz:

I don't think slience actually does anything unless you use it on the harpy.

Silence stops all sound within the bubble. The luring song cannot even apply to anything within the bubble because they cannot hear it.

[Mike Garrison]

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

I've never had a problem with this fight. Perhaps you should watch videos online about how to do the combat better.

It's a high randomness encounter. A player can get TPK'd just from bad saving throws. The harpies get a brutal multi-attack on lured enemies.

[northernwater]

Calm Emotions - Clerics, prevents the entire group along with the kid from being charmed

[Gamerzilla]

I beat them with just a barrage of long range arrow/spells/agonizing blasts. One person did get charmed, but it was not soon enough to save the harpy who did it.