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Counterspelling dungeon bosses
« on: November 22, 2017, 04:24:37 PM »
I'm not sure if this is a bug or if it is intended, so I made the post in general feedback, but feel free to change it if it's not in the good place.

Recently, when dungeoning, I've been trying to counterspell the bosses dungeons. Malthor, Prisoner-Slayer and the Fire Cave boss are the ones I tried it against. Everything I had a mordenkainens disjunction ready, and made all what should be done to be able to counter their spells, but it fails every single time. Were their spells given at feat, meaning we can't counter them? If that's the case, what was the reasoning behind it?


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Re: Counterspelling dungeon bosses
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2017, 04:51:42 AM »
Could you elaborate on what you mean by fail?

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Re: Counterspelling dungeon bosses
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2017, 05:02:06 AM »
I was there for at least one of his attempts at the Fire Cave boss. The boss cast a spell, no attempt to counter was made, despite Mordenkainen's being a counter for everything.

My theory is that the "spells" they're using are not, in fact, spells. See this quote from the NWNwiki article on Counterspell

Quote from: Counterspell
Note that NPCs may have what appear to be normal spells available to them as special abilities. These cannot always be countered, though the ability may appear just like a normally cast spell in the combat log.
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Re: Counterspelling dungeon bosses
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2017, 11:13:40 AM »
I am absolutely sure that Hotep and her disciples can be counterspelled. As for bosses/monsters you've mentioned, I never seen anyone tried do it.

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Re: Counterspelling dungeon bosses
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2017, 06:18:17 PM »
They’re spell abilities not spells hence why they can’t be counterspelled. It’s the same in PnP.

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Re: Counterspelling dungeon bosses
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2017, 11:28:17 PM »
I also want to know. I never passed this boss. What skill can I use to make it through?

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Re: Counterspelling dungeon bosses
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2017, 12:07:01 AM »
Would be way to easy if the solution was revealed! :P
I've seen hotep being defeated before, it's doable! Just need a good plan ;)
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