(bug?) Blackwater quest enemies don't die.

[Krack]

I'm doing a side quest in Blackwater, when I "kill" the enemies and get down on the floor, the game keeps marking them as alive, and they can attack me with magic. I can move around the map nor interact with anything because my units can't stop attacking.
Do someone has de same issue? It's this normal?.

[canuck250]

I wouldn't call it 'normal' per say but it is working as intended. Inspect the enemies, they have a regen effect that prevent them from dying. I can't remember all of the ways to disable this, iirc lightning and adamantine are 2 ways. I mostly use the cantrip zap, even if it does 0 damage it works.

There is another way, using coup-de-grace with a melee user. It is one of your abilities where you basically execute a vulnerable enemy, which they are when in the downed state.

[pete3great]

Publicado originalmente por canuck250:

I wouldn't call it 'normal' per say but it is working as intended. Inspect the enemies, they have a regen effect that prevent them from dying. I can't remember all of the ways to disable this, iirc lightning and adamantine are 2 ways. I mostly use the cantrip zap, even if it does 0 damage it works.

There is another way, using coup-de-grace with a melee user. It is one of your abilities where you basically execute a vulnerable enemy, which they are when in the downed state.

i *think* there's an upper limit to how much damage they can take at once as well, so if you hit them hard enough, they'll just die. There's also one that you can question after you down him, then decide to let him live or die. if you let him live, he'll stay down, but your dialogue box will be filled with messages about him regenerating.

[Krack]

You're right, thank you. Harder side quest so far.

[canuck250]

Publicado originalmente por pete3great:

i *think* there's an upper limit to how much damage they can take at once as well, so if you hit them hard enough, they'll just die.

I am not sure about this, I believe that as long as they have regenerate, they can not die. Coup de grace has a execute component to it which allows it to bypass the regen.

Publicado originalmente por Krack:

You're right, thank you. Harder side quest so far.

It is actually scaled for later game and not needed to be done in act 3, even tho the game makes it look like you should do it early on. It is a tough dungeon, good luck in there!

[MMJ]

To kill the gard in Blackwater you need to "coup de grâce" them once they are down, or use electricity. That's why you get like 2 wands of "call ligthning" at the entrance of the dungeon.

[mk11]

Publicado originalmente por MMJ:

To kill the gard in Blackwater you need to "coup de grâce" them once they are down, or use electricity. That's why you get like 2 wands of "call ligthning" at the entrance of the dungeon.

And you get shock longswords and gloves that give lightning spells to spontaneous casters. It is shocking the way they keep the one thing they are vulnerable to handy for any attackers to find.

[IceLancer]

ohm, just use shock?
u get 2 wands at the start of the zone

you can inspect enemy and if you do , you will see that game tells you that their regen will be beaten with lightning

[Minneyar]

For reference, the way regeneration works is that a creature with regeneration cannot die due to HP damage as long as their regeneration is active. Hitting them with an attack that they are vulnerable to (electricity, in this case) deactivates their regeneration for one round, and they will die if their HP drops low enough while it is deactivated.

They can still die to abilities that can instantly kill an enemy, like Coup de Grace, or to ability damage if you drop one of their stats below 0.