Baldur's Gate Legacy of Bhaal Difficulty Guide Part 7 - How to Kill Mages

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Published on October 16, 2021 1:40:24 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR_jDu4qwOI

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Baldur's Gate (1998)

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Throughout my playthrough thus far I've been avoiding any quests that involve fighting Mages in close quarters. For example, in order to complete the Marek and Lothander quest we can use Charm to secure the antidote and avoid the fight with Marek entirely and secure the 10,000 xp reward.

Once Jaheira reaches Druid level 5 however, she gets a powerful spell in Summon Insects that can be used to effectively shut down mages. Previously, when leveling up Jaheira to Fighter Level 3 I took a point of weapon proficiency in Daggers and purchased the Dagger of Venom in Beregost for her to use. Dagger of Venom can potentially trigger a poison if the victim fails a saving throw which causes damage over time. The small repeating instances of damage from both the Dagger of Venom and Summon Insects trigger a possible spell failure from any mage under these effects. With these two tactics Jaheira can effectively prevent enemy mages from casting spells, rendering them virtually harmless.

In this video will take out the enemy mages in the quests Zordral's Witchhunt, the Firewine Ruins, as well as the Ogre Mage in the quest Missing Civilians. Ogre Mage in the Baldur's Gate sewers serves as the boss of Chapter 5, allowing us to progress the main story.

0:00 Intro
0:45 Zordral's Witchhunt
2:00 The Firewine Ruins
3:41 Missing Civilians

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