Early Game Defiler of Dreams

[thejeff]

What's the event message, by the way? I don't think I've ever seen it, but if it's non-obvious I may have just never caught him.

Lightning should work. The hounds should stand up to it for a bit.

You might want to berserk some troops or bring some thing else unbreakable to keep the fear from routing you. It can't drain from undead, so they'd be good if you can arrange it.

[shatner]

Originally Posted by thejeff

What's the event message, by the way? I don't think I've ever seen it, but if it's non-obvious I may have just never caught him.

Event text: "Horrible dreams of vivisections and children flayed by their mothers are afflicting the population. Fear of a horror infestation is causing widespread panic."

I believe the event requires Magic 2 or greater to occur. Also, it's rare.

Originally Posted by Deathblob

It's actually kind of disappointingly easy to kill. It's size 6, prot 0, HP20. A squad of archers will be able to kill it (enough arrows will pass the Eth/BV checks), or even just one guy with good MR and a magic bow.

About that, does Blood Vengeance work at range? I thought it was a melee thing only, or at best a few squares. I thought I'd be safe having mages blast him from 10 squares back with lightning or something...