Confronting the Stag Lord, No Stealth resolution? Mild Spoilers!

[Ventus]

So, the stag lord.

First, the owlbear, you can befriend and let him loose (though he just disappeared when I did it with an invisibility guy)

Second, going over the wall.

Third, sort of, turning his right hand man against him with diplomacy.

Has anyone found a way to kill the stag lord on the sly? Guessing there isn't one, but it seems like having Kessel on your side, Stag Lords right hand man, infiltrating the fort quietly, and having the stag lords wine (found in the cache where kessel was hiding out) are all BEGGING to poison the drunk that does nothing but drink all day.

Just curious if anyone out there has found other oh-you-so-sneaky things that can be done other than the three i listed, then just fighting him.

[*Primach*]

Only found those aswell, and if you want Kessel to survive, or a chance to survive.... you have to infiltrate aswell..

If you straight up charge the place with her, he kills her before the fight xD

[Rokatsa Marskirs]

Yeah, it's an auto fight the second you get close enough to his lodge, he comes outside and initiates battle. I personally killed everyone I could without them sounding the alarms before I even got close.

The owlbear comes out of the pen, but you have to actually be able to see the doors open for it to happen, everyone else shows up a little bit after the fight starts.

[Jackdaw Mask]

I don't know if there is alternate way of dealing with Stag Lord, but currently main thing for you to do is 1) do something to owlbear 2) subvert Akiros to your stide 3) kill Auchs and dude whose name I forgot before confronting Stag Lord. That makes fight much easier especially if Kressel is alive.

[Ventus]

Originally posted by Jackdaw Mask:

I don't know if there is alternate way of dealing with Stag Lord, but currently main thing for you to do is 1) do something to owlbear 2) subvert Akiros to your stide 3) kill Auchs and dude whose name I forgot before confronting Stag Lord. That makes fight much easier especially if Kressel is alive.

I'm already well past this (I let them all come at once and mowed down). Thread about whether there are alternatives (as suggested in OP and following 2 posts)

[Manfred]

So, I did a thing. A thing I can't figure out how to get past now lol. I went through the gate, being the LG Paladin and all, defeated everyone outside the main building while the owlbear went on a rampage to get a lot of others. I went inside and killed the guy locked up in the back.

At this point, I am low health, low pots, next to nothing left on any abilities and unable to actually rest, right? I walk outside and the owlbear is between the gate and I, lots of mobs left throughout the camp as well.

Am I screwed here? Obviously the owlbear is a god among mortals, so I know I can't kill it, and I struggle(usually fail) to fight the rest of the mobs while trying to find another way out. Should I just start over? I was really hoping to take the straight forward LG approach but idk anymore lol.

[pi73r]

TBH the fight ain't really too challenging so the best thing to do is to just go with kessel straight ahead and after defeating the stag lord you shouldn't aggro the bear,

[Nariel]

Unfortunately you can't kill him on the sly since the fight auto starts when you get too close to the Stag Lords main building. But there are a couple more things you can do, before hand, to make the Stag Lord fight easier.

1. Kill his Generals. On the far right side, inside the fort, you can take down two of his Generals before the fight starts (Dovan From Nisroch and Auchs). They will try to cut a deal with you telling you about a stash (which I believe is Evil aligned) Good characters should just ignore it and get rid of them. (the stash is not worth it, his gear is much better)

2. Take down the remaining Bandits. You did right by sneaking in and turning his right hand man and the Owl Bear. But if you go around (not getting close to where the Stag Lord is) you can pick of each bandit group carefully without alerting the other bandits. Don't let any escape or the last one alive will run to the alarm bell alerting the Stag Lord.

3. Poison his wine back at the cache (makes the fight a lot easier). But also talk to Kressle (if you convinced her to give up Svetlana's Ring.) she will be planning to raid the camp with her fellow bandits. If you are nice to her (Good aligned) you can convince her to wait for your lead, she and her bandits will then help you when you fight the Stag Lord.

When the fight is over, don't forget to go inside the building and take down Nugrah. Who is the insane Druid who caused the fog and is the Stag Lords father