What to do? Our 13th level party has a Ranger, a cleric, a rogue and dragonfire adept.
We tried turning some of the wraiths. Apparently, we needed to go higher than 15HD on the turning table to affect them?
Our Rogue was slain and later raised, when 26 wraiths jumped him in one round and sucked him dry.
Any help appreciated...
So 2 objectives.
1) Find Gilthanas (if he is around somewhere inside for some reason).
2) Kill all Undead in the fort (Qwes), since they must be some part of a larger, nastier scheme.
Guerilla tactics.
Also, why do you need to take them out? Simply walk around the fortress.
EDIT ninja'd on the last remark. Oh well. Hide from undead and find Gilthanas.
Barring the presence of some uber undead-generating artifact or a LOT of evil clerics, you'll be able to take them out in small groups faster than the residents of the tower can replace them. Sure, wights create spawn - but they need living victims to kill to do it. Something tells me there aren't too many living beings simply waiting around to be turned into undead reinforcements.
So have your cleric load up on undead-specific magic, make proper use of his turning attempts, and have at it.
More specific information can be provided if you can post the character sheets, or at least a summary of gear, feats, etc.
You'll be basically immune to all the wights, but not the wraiths.
The spell "Sheltered Vitality" in the Spell Compendium (level 4 cleric) and Libris Mortis (level 3 cleric) makes you immune to ability drain.
So pump out a bunch of spells and waltz through, basically immune (or fighting the equivalent of goblins).
We are in an unhallowed zone in a Dragonlance campaign. An old fort has about 100 wights and 20 wraiths milling about. We have no wizard or sorcerer with at mass destruction spell.
What to do? Our 13th level party has a Ranger, a cleric, a rogue and dragonfire adept.
We tried turning some of the wraiths. Apparently, we needed to go higher than 15HD on the turning table to affect them?
Our Rogue was slain and later raised, when 26 wraiths jumped him in one round and sucked him dry.
Any help appreciated...
It seems a little obvious to me, and maybe this was already ruled out but...
...have you considered the fact that maybe your GM didn't want you to sit there for days upon days clearing out the undead, but rather realize that there's something fishy going on like, say, a evil mastermind raising an army so he can take over the world?
All I'm saying is that maybe there's a bigger picture.
The wraiths are powerless in sunlight, so I am wondering if there is some way of taking advantage of this. For example, you could enter the fort during the day, and find some way to make the ceiling collapse. The wraiths could just sink beneath the ground to avoid this, but it at least gets them out of your hair.
I am fairly certain I have seen a cleric spell in some splatbook which replicates the effects of actual sunlight, so that might allow you to disable the wraiths and slowly pick them off. Does this ring a bell for anyone?
I am personally not too worried about the wights. With an attack bonus of just +3 (possibly +5 if they flank or charge, or +7 if they do both), they should not be hitting your PCs at all.
The wraiths are powerless in sunlight, so I am wondering if there is some way of taking advantage of this. For example, you could enter the fort during the day, and find some way to make the ceiling collapse. The wraiths could just sink beneath the ground to avoid this, but it at least gets them out of your hair.
I am fairly certain I have seen a cleric spell in some splatbook which replicates the effects of actual sunlight, so that might allow you to disable the wraiths and slowly pick them off. Does this ring a bell for anyone?
Fortunately we are running around with two artifacts, which allows us to generate actual Daylight, so the Wraiths shouldn't pose a problem. I think my AC 34 cleric will just start turning the Wights and the rest of the party use their abilities to reduce their numbers. A well-placed Holy Word would also work wonders.
26 wraiths can't all attack one medium sized rogue on the same round. But then again, 8 is enough to suck him dry.
9 from above, 8 from the sides, 9 from below through the floor. Thats 26 total
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If I recall from the module, there are parts of the keep that the undead can't go into. You can safely attack them with ranged weapons and be safe. Furthermore, it's a timed scenario of sorts. At a certain point, the DM is supposed to pull a deus ex machina and pull the PC's out of the fire.
But it's been a while, so take that with some liberal salt!
Deathward from the Tears are also helpful.
If I recall from the module, there are parts of the keep that the undead can't go into. You can safely attack them with ranged weapons and be safe. Furthermore, it's a timed scenario of sorts. At a certain point, the DM is supposed to pull a deus ex machina and pull the PC's out of the fire.
But it's been a while, so take that with some liberal salt!
Deathward from the Tears are also helpful.
The Rogue is nigh useless, but with enough spells the rest of you could deal some serious damage.
I believe there exists a spell/magic item that allows a Rogue to make sneak attacks against undead (and make them work). Can't recall exactly where, however. It's probably in Libris Mortis, if not in Spell Compendium.
