Thursday, February 21, 2008

Ilsunder, Lord of the Fire Bomb

Mike and I ventured to the Catacombs of Kathandrax last evening. We enjoyed the dungeon for the most part. Wallowing into pools of molten rock while battling Infernal Siege Wurms is actually not too bad.



However, it was the boss of the dungeon that really gave us trouble. The main trouble, aside from the massive rolling fireballs ripped from Indiana Jones and given a burning paint job, are the fire bombs. Old Illsunder there gives you a little present, consisting of one ticking time bomb. You have to drop it, and run. Fine if you're an aware human being. Something different if you're a computer-controlled AI, much like six of the members of our party. After several party wipes though, we managed to get Broad Head Arrow to stick, and knock Ilsunder down a notch.



(Note that Mike -- Rakhin -- is dead. Also note the ridiculous amount of fire bomb drops taking up the chat window.)

In the end, Ilsunder was defeated. I got a gold with a perfect Strength and Honor inscription and 1500 gold for my troubles. Not too bad for an evening's work.