Kin wrote:
Ah I see. I've thought of using dominate, and even tried doing so. The problem is, with human (max int of 20) and even having max int (or I believe it was max int) i didn't have enough concentration to really hold the dominate and be able to cast as well as hold protection / detects. (Both of which pretty much have to be up at all times as much as i get attacked anymore). Without being able to cast hellfire, well that hurt quite a bit. Then again I may have not had max intelligence like I thought. I'll check it out tomorrow. gotta work tonight.
This is a great example of when you have to start making tactical decisions. For example, if you suspected you'd run into that merc (which you clearly did, since you had maledicts on your weapon), you should have released shield and gotten a dominate. It's not necessary to hold a spell on you in that scenario where the merc has no spells.
As for detects, there are many easily obtainable (many purchaseable) items that will give you detect invis/hidden. I'd encourage you to use those instead of casting them. They're just as "strong" as when you cast them (there is no difference in effect) but they last short periods of time.
I had protection up, not shield and detect invis and hidden. thanks for the tips, i appreciate it.