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  • How to kill the Priest of Moloch in the Sanctum?

    From ltharris@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 21 12:07:50 2021
    I'm playing an orc wizard in 3.6. I've gotten further than ever before in 3.6. I'm in the Sanctum. I've zapped the priest with a finger of death several times. I think I've killed him a number of times. I then tried firing +7 daggers at him.
    I think I killed him again. There's too many messages as all the monsters that have been summoned are fighting each other (I'm wearing a =oConflict)

    Every time I think I've killed him, he immediately reappears (or I haven't killed him yet).

    He's the only thing on the level that seems to be able to hit me and do damage. So i really would like a solution that avoids melee.

    Please help.

    Thanks in advance.

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  • From Janis Papanagnou@21:1/5 to ltha...@gmail.com on Thu Jan 21 22:04:00 2021
    On 21.01.2021 21:07, ltha...@gmail.com wrote:
    I'm playing an orc wizard in 3.6. I've gotten further than ever
    before in 3.6. I'm in the Sanctum. I've zapped the priest with a
    finger of death several times.

    The high priest might have MR from a cloak and resist death magic.

    I think I've killed him a number of
    times. I then tried firing +7 daggers at him. I think I killed him
    again. There's too many messages as all the monsters that have been
    summoned are fighting each other (I'm wearing a =oConflict)

    Are you sure about that?

    Every time I think I've killed him, he immediately reappears (or I
    haven't killed him yet).

    I don't think that the high priest in the sanctum is able to resurrect.

    He's the only thing on the level that seems to be able to hit me and
    do damage. So i really would like a solution that avoids melee.

    A hit with wielded cockatrice or chickatrice corpse could stone him.
    (You need gloves to touch the corpse!)

    Janis

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  • From every@21:1/5 to ltha...@gmail.com on Thu Jan 21 15:25:57 2021
    On Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 2:07:52 PM UTC-6, ltha...@gmail.com wrote:
    I think I killed him again. There's too many messages as all the monsters that have been summoned are fighting each other (I'm wearing a =oConflict)

    Too many messages from conflict? Put on your blindfold, assuming you have esp.

    Every time I think I've killed him, he immediately reappears (or I haven't killed him yet).

    Priests don't regenerate. If you've killed him he'll stay dead.

    He's the only thing on the level that seems to be able to hit me and do damage. So i really would like a solution that avoids melee.

    If you've made it to Moloch's you should have more than enough to dispatch a single priest. Without a reasonably powerful ranged attack (spell or projectile) you may have to depend on melee...

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  • From Jukka Lahtinen@21:1/5 to every on Fri Jan 22 16:13:50 2021
    every <jimeikner@gmail.com> writes:
    On Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 2:07:52 PM UTC-6, ltha...@gmail.com wrote:
    I think I killed him again. There's too many messages as all the
    monsters that have been summoned are fighting each other (I'm
    wearing a =oConflict)

    Too many messages from conflict? Put on your blindfold, assuming you
    have esp.

    Turning off the "verbose" option, possibly temporarily, also probably
    reduces some spam.

    Every time I think I've killed him, he immediately reappears (or I
    haven't killed him yet).

    Priests don't regenerate. If you've killed him he'll stay dead.

    Could be the wizard reappearing, he sometimes disguises himself as
    something else.

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    Jukka Lahtinen

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  • From ltharris@gmail.com@21:1/5 to every on Mon Jan 25 09:56:12 2021
    On Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 6:25:59 PM UTC-5, every wrote:
    On Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 2:07:52 PM UTC-6, ltha...@gmail.com wrote:
    I think I killed him again. There's too many messages as all the monsters that have been summoned are fighting each other (I'm wearing a =oConflict)
    Too many messages from conflict? Put on your blindfold, assuming you have esp.
    Every time I think I've killed him, he immediately reappears (or I haven't killed him yet).
    Priests don't regenerate. If you've killed him he'll stay dead.
    He's the only thing on the level that seems to be able to hit me and do damage. So i really would like a solution that avoids melee.
    If you've made it to Moloch's you should have more than enough to dispatch a single priest. Without a reasonably powerful ranged attack (spell or projectile) you may have to depend on melee...


    Thanks for the help. I was worried it was another new change in 3.6 that he might regen or something. All it was was he had a Cloak of Magic Resistance. After numerous attempts, throwing +7 daggers at him solved that problem. Now onward to the
    Celestial Plane.

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