In a fight and you need to pull out the quick win? Then it's time to use one of the aces up your sleeve...
My favorite, the wand of paralysis. This item has single handedly, albeit sometimes with help from doom and greater malison, defeated almost every difficult encounter in the game, and there are quite a few of them out there, as well. Daevorn, check, Aec' Letec, check, Sarevok, check, Sarevok's cronies, check, anyway you get the picture...
My second favorite, level 1 spells: sleep and blind. Sleep is great when you come across almost any non-boss battle... cast and at least 50% of the enemies fall over waiting for you to kill them, they have to be under level 5... and blind... blind someone with the level 1 spell and they will stay put, unless you are in melee range, and stand there as a stationary target for your archers, it's scary how often this minor spell disables tough bosses.
Runner up, the Stupifier (mace); this item is too good to add to this game... 25% chance to stun anyone = lots of dead enemies. The too good part is unlike the wand(s) this doesn't have charges and works roughly 25% of the time, which in some cases is probably a better probability then the wand!
Second runner up, Web: cast 1 or 2 of these and stand back pull out your ranged weapons and even a blind mage can hit anything with a weapon, without proficiency. Better still if you have free action on a fighter.
Remember kiddos, if the enemy can't hit you back, or at all... you've already won.
My favorite, the wand of paralysis. This item has single handedly, albeit sometimes with help from doom and greater malison, defeated almost every difficult encounter in the game, and there are quite a few of them out there, as well. Daevorn, check, Aec' Letec, check, Sarevok, check, Sarevok's cronies, check, anyway you get the picture...
My second favorite, level 1 spells: sleep and blind. Sleep is great when you come across almost any non-boss battle... cast and at least 50% of the enemies fall over waiting for you to kill them, they have to be under level 5... and blind... blind someone with the level 1 spell and they will stay put, unless you are in melee range, and stand there as a stationary target for your archers, it's scary how often this minor spell disables tough bosses.
Runner up, the Stupifier (mace); this item is too good to add to this game... 25% chance to stun anyone = lots of dead enemies. The too good part is unlike the wand(s) this doesn't have charges and works roughly 25% of the time, which in some cases is probably a better probability then the wand!
Second runner up, Web: cast 1 or 2 of these and stand back pull out your ranged weapons and even a blind mage can hit anything with a weapon, without proficiency. Better still if you have free action on a fighter.
Remember kiddos, if the enemy can't hit you back, or at all... you've already won.