Zargal -- chances are you don't remember him. He's just a petty little encounter. The leader of a trio of hobgoblin bandits (just before you find Bassilus) who demands your money or your life.
On the off chance that he sticks out in somebody else's mind -- did they buff him? I don't remember him being nearly this tough in BG1. I thought he was only a low level hobgoblin, but I just went through 4 attempts at running through that battle with the same results every time -- TPK. Total party kill. And yet I was only ever able to kill one of the hobgoblins, at best.
Granted, my party's still very low level: PC is a 2nd level barbarian (who had barbarian rage triggered and a potion of speed), Jahiera (2nd level), Khalid (1st), Imoen (2nd), and Neera (1st).
Still, even in that case one would think that over the course of 4 battles, while hasted and enraged, the barbarian would have managed to land even *one* hit on Zargal. Nope. Not even when I tried ignoring the archers (crazy, I know) and had Jahiera, Khalid, and the PC mob Zargal while Imoen peppered him with arrows. In a total of four fights, he got tagged once... and that was Imoen hitting him.
Anybody else have trouble with this guy? Or have I just had exceptionally rotten luck? Can't see the "dice rolls", so I've no idea what's going on in the background.
On the off chance that he sticks out in somebody else's mind -- did they buff him? I don't remember him being nearly this tough in BG1. I thought he was only a low level hobgoblin, but I just went through 4 attempts at running through that battle with the same results every time -- TPK. Total party kill. And yet I was only ever able to kill one of the hobgoblins, at best.
Granted, my party's still very low level: PC is a 2nd level barbarian (who had barbarian rage triggered and a potion of speed), Jahiera (2nd level), Khalid (1st), Imoen (2nd), and Neera (1st).
Still, even in that case one would think that over the course of 4 battles, while hasted and enraged, the barbarian would have managed to land even *one* hit on Zargal. Nope. Not even when I tried ignoring the archers (crazy, I know) and had Jahiera, Khalid, and the PC mob Zargal while Imoen peppered him with arrows. In a total of four fights, he got tagged once... and that was Imoen hitting him.
Anybody else have trouble with this guy? Or have I just had exceptionally rotten luck? Can't see the "dice rolls", so I've no idea what's going on in the background.