ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

I lost my most promising character to date - a Bulwark - in what I believe is the final area of Daikara. Playing Adventure difficulty, I lost at least 3 lives here over the course of the game. Just after entering the map I was swarmed. Lots of nasty monsters and my confusion resistance wasn't what it ought to have been (so I left and came back later). Losing a character is part of the game, but one thing struck me as odd. Amongst the monsters was a level 45 shadow. Actually, there were a bunch of them (or something was summoning them, but never mind). I killed 2 or 3 but eventually succumbed.

Maybe the monster level doesn't matter, but is that unusual? I triple-checked and saw "level 45". They were really difficult to deal with; I frequently missed them, they healed up, and took a lot of turns to bring down (all the while other creatures are pelting me from afar, or slipping in behind me). Is that an unusual occurrence?

It was probably a vault monster summoning Shadows using the associated Doomed talent. It's a really common issue, and it seems like a number of fixes have been proposed but not implemented. Unfortunately there is pretty much no way to counter this, apart from killing the monster in the vault.

bricks wrote:It was probably a vault monster summoning Shadows using the associated Doomed talent. It's a really common issue, and it seems like a number of fixes have been proposed but not implemented. Unfortunately there is pretty much no way to counter this, apart from killing the monster in the vault.

Ahh, I hadn't considered that. Them's the breaks.

I had a L42 Radiant Horror in Daikara on this game. I was L20 at the time. I had to check the log just to find out what killed me before I even saw it. I saw it on the next life and managed to teleport out closer to the exit.

The shadows are a common issue, yes, but... Daikara? There are no enemies in Daikara that can summon shadows, are there...?

Hm. If I had to guess, I would say the game simply decided it hated you and generated... a blood lich. Maybe an Archlich, probably Blood Lich. Either are technically possible, ie. they get loaded, because they're included in all.lua...

jesus christ though, a Lich in Daikara? How unlucky do you have to be?