@mvondung: "I really had every intention to try my best to achieve a diplomatic
solution when dealing with the Elder Brain in Zorvak'mur. Well, my
talent at diplomacy started to crumble when I freed the thralls, and
completely fell apart when the guard demanded that I give him my helm.
I refused to do this, because it would have been totally out of
character for my rogue'ish arcane archer. After one of the other
mindflayers tried to make me take it off and then chuckled when she
didn't, commenting that I couldn't blame him for trying, she'd never
have been so trusting. :) 
So, I killed the guard, then the entire city ;), and released the
slaves who could escape to freedom (nicely done that I got 5000 xp for
the task, and then 250 xp for every slave that made it out!).
Unfortunately, the Elder Brain wasn't even willing to speak to me
after this, so ... I killed it, too. *smirks* Well, so much for
diplomacy!
What slightly irritated me was that the battle started when I returned
to the Seer after doing the the vampire quest and the mindlfayers, but
*before* even tackling the beholders. So, I loaded a save game and
will go to the beholders before returning to the Seer. Not sure if
this is a design flaw or a feature. Maybe I did those quests in the
wrong order, though there was no real indication of a particular
order.
M."
    @Tirith2k: "<quote>
After you remove any 2 of the Queen's supporters chap2 moves towards the
end.  I've not yet manged todo both island areas and then all 3 of the major
supporters areas...I Plan to though :)"
    @mvondung: "On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:40:46 -0000, "Speller" <email_address>
wrote:
<quote>
I've found a workaround. :) I first did both islands, then two caves,
then used the relic to go back to the Seer, then used the relic to get
back to where I was (bound the place first), and thus managed to do
all three caves. :) The battle doesn't start before you come back into
the town through the gates.
I did well in the first battle. Playing strategy games now and then
pays off. ;) The inner city battle went OK, too, though this really
bogged down my machine and even crashed NWN once. The NPCs were also
fairly stupid. The fight with the Valsharess(sp?) was nastly, however.
I reloaded here a number of times because she used Destruction and I
failed the saving throw about eight times before I finally succeeded.
I hate these "save or die" kind of spells.
Well, now in the Hell ... already hating that cold damage every two
seconds thing. :)
M."
    @mvondung: "<quote>
I believe the reason why I "followed my heart" this time is that I
slew Tymofarrar, Deekin's former master, in SoU, for the sole purpose
of the wanting the XP, and against how I really felt (and how my
character would have felt). Deekin, in HotU, is *constantly* making
almost affectionate references to that white dragon, and thus ensures
that the guilt doesn't pale.
M.
To e-mail: use the initials of my name and add "at felinism dot com"."
    @Tirith2k: "<quote>
hehe always found the Battle with the Big V a Cake walk...mostly cuz While
she's trying to cast a single spell I've already hit her 6 times.  They chould
have upped her Conc a bit ;)
The second time I had deekin with me and at that time he was a level 9 DD
and was kicking major but ;)"
    @sterilizethespammers: "<quote>
to
My first time through SoU I kiled Tymofarrar think I removed a great evil
being... until I looked at my inventory... Tymofarrar gave me Deekin's
toy... and after I heard what Deekin said when he received the doll, I felt
guilty..."
    @mvondung: "On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 03:57:59 GMT, Barry Scott Will
<quote>
What I did was to bind the relic to a point at the caves, teleport
back to the Seer's temple, then use the relic to teleport back to the
binding spot at the cave. As long as you don't go to the outter city
area, and apparently to the inner city, the battle doesn't start. I
hadn't thought of using the relic in chapter two at all, until someone
pointed out that it is bound to the temple by default (via the middle
gate).
M."
    @pjdd: "news:<email_address>
<quote>
I don't understand why you went back to the temple.  If you had bound a spot
in the caves, surely you could teleport directly there.
Patrick"
{'source': 'USENET', 'other_information': '{"reply_count": 7, "forum_name": "alt.games.neverwinter-nights.20140607.mbox"}', 'file': 'data/output/usenet-alt.games.parquet'}