Tangleroot part IV: Whisperdoom's spawn

[Ron]

As luck would have it, I just soloed this quest this morning (it was the next one on my todo list). For lack of any other plan, I went with the old "lead her to the cliff above the shrine" trick. It worked like a charm. I didn't turn around to see how far up the corridor she followed me, but once I dropped off the cliff, I was free to head back into her cave and take out the eggs (and get the chest). Had a slight scare, as one of her black widow friends returned just as I was FOing, so I had to stop to kill it. No one else came back and I finished out with no problem.

Maybe I just got lucky. But it seems to me the cliff trick still works to some extent.

[miceelf88]

Glad it still works in some cases at least. Tried it twice with my wizzy, didn't work either time.

[Ron]

Glad it still works in some cases at least. Tried it twice with my wizzy, didn't work either time.

Huh, interesting.

Well, I dunno if this makes any difference or not. When I got to the cliff, instead of going straight down, I jumped over to the ledge part on the right, went that way as far as I could, then went down. Maybe that helped me, or maybe I just got really lucky and she got stuck somewhere on the walls or something.

[boldarblood]

280 hitpoints? What level are you?

Rangers are 8 hp/level, which comes to 112 at level 14. Say 22 con for another 6*14 = 84, or 112+84+20 = 216. So you've got to have Toughness and Dwarf Toughness on top of that.

Regardless, for a ranger to have 280 hitpoints means you are level 14, or close to it. And in that case: Why didn't you just KILL Whisperdoom? She's not magically invulnerable or anything. She has AC, DR, and hitpoints, all of which a level 12+ warrior should be able to overcome by swinging a large sword.

Not impossible to reach as Dwarven Ranger. I run a 1/13 Rogue/Ranger who is sitting at a 22 CON, I have Toughness and Dwarf Toughness and recently got lucky at the Titan on the Belt of Brute Strength (+6 strength/30 Greater False Life). So I am sitting at 320 Hitpoints, 28 strength with Axe Attack 2.


Whisper Doom is easy to get away from. Grag her agro, run her past the shrine, past the chest, drop off side, recall (she's never followed me off). And if she did, just keep running out front door.

[XFracture]

I think it's a little ridiculous that a dwarf ranger with 280 hitpoints, heavy fortification, and haste, didn't successfully run away from whisperdoom without dying.

I think that you're dwarf either got lag bombed... or is being played by a ******. That's just me though.

[Osharan_Tregarth]

I think that you're dwarf either got lag bombed... or is being played by a ******. That's just me though.

Ah yes.. The voice of reason appears...

[XFracture]

/bow

[miceelf88]

I dunno. She would NOT come past the traps in the ramp at all. She just turned around at that point and went back into the tunnels.