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I got to the, what seems to be, end of the Cursed Abbey and I'm facing this being that calls himself ''The Engineer''.

I refuse to pay him his ransom for the Abbey like the stingy person I am <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />
Of course, the poor loser decides to attack me..

Noticing he is quiet too strong for my lvl 20 Warrior Ranger, I come here to ask for some tips and info regarding his stats.

Is the treasure he drops (if he drops any) worth the effort?
Will the Abbey be released of the curse if I destroy him?
Would it be much better to simply pay his honoraries? ( <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" />)

Any help appreciated.

pay him, the curse gets lifted either way, but u won't use have a dozen death scorpions paying him.

Hmmm... I can get Death Scorpions for about 25 Gold each. 12x25= 300. It's less than he asks but I wonder how much Xp you get for him... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

What strenght and computer do you need to summon a "few hundreds of Death Scorpions"?

Wasted all my 18 traps I had on him, Didn't do much damage and his Hell spikes instantly killed me <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" />

I just payed him.

360 Scorpions are heavy. Very, very heavy. I don't know what chracter strenght you need to carry them.

It's better to kill him. You'll recieve the same reputation bonus (+2) and the same experience bonus for completing the quest (~20,000). You'll also get the extra experience for killing his buddies and he will drop what will likely be one of the most powerful items you've seen at that point. The item is random, but one time I got a very good bow and another time I got some mithril plate mail.

Finally, you will recieve the personal satisfaction of having kicked an evil, murderous demon back to hell where he belongs. Good heroes don't negotiate with demons. They kill them!

As for how to kill him: he doesn't leave his room and he is weak to poision. So, exit the room, drop 2-3 scorpion traps, and kill his buddies. Then go back into the room and drop 3 more scorpion traps. The scorpions will be closer to him and therefore he will hellspike them instead of you. While he is killing the scorpions, shoot him full of poisioned arrows; 5-10 hits should do it. If you can shoot him quickly, you won't need the scorpion traps, since he won't be able to do anything while poisioned. Also, his physical attack is rather weak, so it shouldn't be hard to take him out with a frost weapon if you prefer.

Enjoy,
-Mike

This came rather late, netherless, it is some quite useful piece of advice.
I plan repeating the game as a thief, I'm far away from beating it though, I beleive.