How i solo Melissan??

[Cryomancer]

I an playing as a solo sorcerer(DD), din't had much problem on base game, but on the throne of bhaal, with bosses behind an very long conversaion(that you can't skip and can't save after the conversation, making retries very costly) and very long bosses fights that can use infinite spells, summon multiple creatures without any limitation and be immune to time stop(how this is possible?), was very hard to play the thone of bhaal, this to not mentions the ultra small "arenas" that you can't even leave by no reasons. Took hours to beat Ravager, but Melissan, even following guides, i can't do anything. Slayer form? No damage. Black blade of disaster? He dispels you and ... No damage. Lower his magic resist with spell trigger + lower resist? Spells still deal almost no damage while she can summon an army of Death tyrant to kill you.

Aparenlty there are an "puzzle" involving the scenario to deal with her and sorry but i usually hate puzzles. Maybe i will put on story mode, only to see the ending because this is not fair. Bosses should magic should work in the same way that players magic works.

http://www.sorcerers.net/Games/BG2/Walkthrough2/ToB/chapter-10/chapter-10-overview.php

Mephistopheles on hardest difficulty on NWN1 - HotU expansion was an piece of cake compared to her. The Dracolich too. And the best part. On NWN1 i can save in fights, so i don't need to see the same dialog 500 times if i need to re try 500 times. And even this epic bosses, operates under the same rules of the players, without gimmicky scenario BS.

Let her in near death(because she doesn't operate under the same logic of you MC) without killing her to try use the scenario to disable an power that you supposed to have too is extremely silly and makes no sense. Throne of bhaal is nothing compared to the base game IMO.

[fauxpas]

Ok. 😂

[red255]

well to solo her I use some epic spike traps.

Jan Jansen can take her out without trying. planting epic spike traps on her face. she spawns in, she runs away, rinse and repeat.

Now you are a sorcerer. Demi gorgon is immune to time stop. I suppose its more of a question of not why mellissan is immune to time stop but why the Protagonist isn't.

Have you tried lowering her resists and firing off some magic missles in a sequencer?

[necaradan666]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpzDxUN8dWM

[AlexMBrennan]

Throne of bhaal is nothing compared to the base game IMO.

Which you evidently didn't play or else you would have noticed that Demogorgon and Balthazar are also both also immune to time stop. Oops?

It's also not exactly uncommon to make the final boss a bit harder than the rank and file cannon fodder.

Aparenlty there are an "puzzle" involving the scenario to deal with her and sorry but i usually hate puzzles

The puzzle is "Kill the boss 5 times"; as long as you have access to wish to regain your spells you will be fine.

[Cryomancer]

Originally posted by AlexMBrennan:

Throne of bhaal is nothing compared to the base game IMO.

Which you evidently didn't play or else you would have noticed that Demogorgon and Balthazar are also both also immune to time stop. Oops?

It's also not exactly uncommon to make the final boss a bit harder than the rank and file cannon fodder.
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Harder is one thing.

Require scenario gimmicky battle and operates under completely different rules is not ok. About time stop, Time stop technically targets you(at least on 3e and 3.5e), so how someone can be immune to this spell?

And my "wis" is too low to be able to regain my spell slots(at least i never saw this option)

On NWN1 for eg, the closest thing that the game have to an boss that "reanimates" many times and works completely different than pnp is the dracolich that takes much less itme than required on pnp to be "reanimated" but can easily be dealt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEMYFXB8a-c

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by C4MP3R:

Originally posted by AlexMBrennan:

Which you evidently didn't play or else you would have noticed that Demogorgon and Balthazar are also both also immune to time stop. Oops?

It's also not exactly uncommon to make the final boss a bit harder than the rank and file cannon fodder.
.

Harder is one thing.

Require scenario gimmicky battle and operates under completely different rules is not ok. About time stop, Time stop technically targets you(at least on 3e and 3.5e), so how someone can be immune to this spell?

And my "wis" is too low to be able to regain my spell slots(at least i never saw this option)

On NWN1 for eg, the closest thing that the game have to an boss that "reanimates" many times and works completely different than pnp is the dracolich that takes much less itme than required on pnp to be "reanimated" but can easily be dealt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEMYFXB8a-c

Ok, so you don't have a build capable of doing the boss solo ... suck it up and either run a different build or reload and bring a team.

[necaradan666]

Oh hey, I remember one-shot smiting a similar dracolich with an epic paladin build. It was probably on a PW though, had a bunch of players all amped up to do a boss encounter and it dropped in a second flat, good times.

[wendigo211]

I soloed her with a Kensai 13/Mage. It was one of the few fights in the game that was harder solo than with a party. The big problem I had was the length of the fight and running out of spells. I had to use a few wish spells to rest in combat. I'm not sure if your Sorc has wish spells or scrolls of it, but that was the key for me.

[barak.harel]

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If your wisdom isn't high enough then use a potion of insight to increase your wisdom to 18. If your sorcerer doesn't know wish you could have a scroll of wish and a potion of insight in your quick slots and then use project image or simulacrum and use it from the clone. If you also don't have neither simulacrum nor project image, then you should buy 2 scrolls of each for a total of 4 wish rests (which should be enough). Note that the rest result isn't guaranteed in enhanced edition so you should probably save before trying.
There is also a way to recover spells with spell trap and project image if you happen to know both spells.

I don't know which spells you have as a sorcerer, so I will start with a way I would use a mage-
A contingency of protection from magical weapons for defence, a spell trigger of triple lower resistance and a sequencer of triple skull trap. using the triple lower resistance and afterward the triple skull trap, a horrid wilting in the third round would probably end it, and if not you could use another one in the fourth round. Generally, it is recommended to play a mage before playing a sorcerer, so you could know which spells are usefull.

Even the most minimalistic easy way need the robe of vecna, protection from magical weapons, either lower resistance or at least pierce shield (to lower magic resistance), and skull trap or horrid wilting (though it is not so easy if melissan summon a beholder because of anti-magic ray)-
You cast protection from magical weapon to defend yourself, and then cast improved alacrity and unleash your spells. Start with removing magic resistance and continue with damaging spells.

If none of these options are available for your sorcerer, then pist your spell list, and we will try to help.

I hope it helped ^_^

[JohnyT]

the wand which dispel magic will let you hit her since she cast that painintheass barrier on herself