How to build my character to get past Jezebel

[magritte]

I went up against Jezebel earlier and got massacred even with blood shield up. So I went and did the Elizabeth Dane and Grout's mansion and now I've got 18 experience points saved up and have to figure out how to spend them.

I'm playing tremere and I'm very weak physically. I was thinking I'd rely on stealth, spells and guns, so the only physical attribute I put any points is Dex (3). I have Thaumuturgy 3, but only basic auspex and domination. So do I:

Beef up my firearms/perception skill (ranged combat still only 4) and try to blow her head off with the Utica M37. I've asked Mercurio to find me a combat shotgun or sniper rifle but haven't got them yet and don't know if I can afford them anyway.

Improve my woeful melee combat skill, though I don't have any decent melee weapon, hit her with purge, raise my physical skills with blood boost and try and take her on in close quarters.

Add some extra disciplines for new skills.

I suspect I need to use multiple disciplines, but I really struggle with that because I end up fumbling with the mousewheel to find the discipline I want while she's beating the crap out of me. So what strategies should I employ and what stats should I boost to proceed. Or can I go and do another quest for the Camarilla? Since I was asked if I was ready to collect the sarcophagus or not, I took it as a hint that it might close off some of my sidequests.

[d3athstroke]

Use bloodbuff

[Vepar]

You can honestly beat her with just the first thaumaturgy power. If you're having problems, you don't need to kill her right away, that's just a side mission. Go do other side missions, rack up XP and then get back to her.

[topyoash]

Put another point into Auspex and get Firearms up to 3. Use Auspex as a perception buff to increase your ranged combat feat and take her out with the MAC-10 or Glock. Headshots do more damage. Use offensive disciplines when you're out of ammo but before you reload. Some disciplines stun long enough that you're not vulnerable while reloading.

[Second Batch]

Jump on to her bath tub and crouch in the corner. She will just run around like the crappy AI she is and never jump up there. Cap her in the head with the crappiest gun and 1 Firearms if you want. Make a sandwich in between shots if you need to. You're 100% safe because she won't crouch.

[Vepar]

Originally posted by Second Batch:

like the crappy AI she is

This made me laugh so hard!
Thank you!

[Wesp5]

Originally posted by Second Batch:

Jump on to her bath tub and crouch in the corner. She will just run around like the crappy AI she is and never jump up there.

I think that should be fixed in the UP because I gave her a gun to use in those cases. In the original game you could just jump on her bed and she would never be able to hurt you!

[Zizin]

use the spell that makes people vomit blood and then just shoot her

[Deaden]

Originally posted by magritte:

I suspect I need to use multiple disciplines, but I really struggle with that because I end up fumbling with the mousewheel to find the discipline I want while she's beating the crap out of me.

Ready for a tip that will change your life? In Bloodlines there's a window called the hotkey window. By default, it's bound to 'K'. I rebound it to 'Q'. The keybind window let's you reassign the number keys to whatever you want. Disciplines, weapons, bloodpacks, any combat related item. It also pauses the game, allows you to quick save, and you can still activate disciplines. You may need to close it for a split second to activate multiple disciplines. The inventory behaves similarly.

This was absolutely necessary for me to play a Tremere that also used guns.