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1000yd_stare said:
I am facing off against a couple really nasty forces of abominations with the usual ryleh squidies. Its middle age, I am bandar, and dont have the astral income to get my S3 mages to the front lines quickly and in enough numbers to spam SOUL SLAY and eventually have the abominations MR 20 fail.
Anyone have ideas on how to deal with packs of 4-6 abominations, backed up by lots of trolls and illithids?
I have already tried lots of longbowmen - the abominations have 260+ hp. And wave upon wave of F9 blessed White One monkeys has not succeeded so far - I lost 130 monkeys to 10 trolls backed up by the abominations in my last battle.
I have some indirect attacks, like assassinating the commanders, but I was thinking more along the lines of oppostion (hasn't worked yet), and arcane bolt, which I cant hit the side of a barn with.
And does Master Enslave work on magic creatures, or only the Arcane Control? MR 20 will probably shrug it off anyway.
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That's a nasty mix you're fighting... sounds too organized to be from an AI opponent.
First use Doom to curse all of them.
Second make sure you're casting anti-magic in battle for better protection against those Aboms.
Third organize an army to do master enslave... it will work on enough enemy troops to keep them fighting amongst themselves for the first three rounds of combat. This allows those 120 monkeys to get close... I imagine most previously died marching toward the enemy. Make sure the caster of master enslave has eye of void, spell foci, and rune master for better results.
Fourth create a group(4 or 5) thugs to support your army. Have the thugs equipped with some nasty weapons such as the moon blade... you've created a good group of thugs when most of them survive big battles.