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On my way to The barracks to get an escort and i've got a war drummer following me everywhere i go. i cant kill it because it regenerates itself.

if i lead it near guards then it kills them. if i get attacked by anything then it comes in for the kill.

is it safe to lead it to the 2 guards on the bridge south of aleroth (jupiter and someone else..) ?
they dont seem to die when attacking it.. but i dont wanna come back when im stronger and find them lieing face down in the mud..

any help.. please?

I had best results, even at lower level, against war drummers by using poisoned weapon skill on a bow - and then hit and run tactics

If youre strong enough to kill it but just cant catch it, try and corner it against a tree or cliff and it will start attacking you instead of healing. Then just kill it off. Also, if you run and run and run you should be able to outrun it and get away.

s'ok guys. i just shoved 1 skill point into freeze. god i love that skill! hehe

okay here is what happens at the bridge: jupeter and the other guy
lose all their hit poins but dont die. they cant kill him either;
it was a lot of fun to kill all the guaeds in river town and pick
extra potions and gold. dont lead him to the castle as those guards will kill him. same for the barracks. if you can clear out a path to ars
magic. lead him there he will kill all those guards too and you can get more gold..


have fun i am
syrholmes <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

You know in my experience i first led him to Seth,he killed him only after i got killed myself.

But if you wield any weapon which has "deathblow" on it,that will do the trick as well.

nope in the game im playing now my sword had Deathblow(5) and i stood there hitting the drummer over 100 times (somehow he didnt hit back just banged the drum) Maybe every 30 hits i saw the deathblow blue hit but it hardly did any damage let alone kill him. So dont count on deathblow - what a useless mod by the way.

Wow thats interesting,cause i had a staff which did 5-10 damage(with deathblow) and yet after a while(15 hits??), the drummer just crumpled up and died.

My archery skills were great yet,i couldnt kill him with my bow.

I suppose though that getting him to fight is the best option.

I tried to kill the wardrummer, but no cigar. He regenerates even if you close in on him for close quarter combat. I just buggered off in the end.

Jan Norway

I remember one of my equipment gave me summon vermin +1, an otherwise useless skill, but I used it on the war drummer, which distracted him long enough for me to run away without him following me. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I came back when my character was a bit stronger and killed him.

i lead the wardrummer in the house en close the door en later on i kill it greetings corrie <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" />

Im bringing this up again to report what i have found so far.

I am a level 18 fighter(putting all my points on strength and constitituion) and the war drummer near the farmlands has a load of hitpoints but with my damage of i think 45-56,i can kill him in a few hits.

Same for (so far) the war drummers near the destroyed village and orc camp have only 180 hitpoints and so not a problem so far.

I have strayed clear of the two war drummers in Aleroth and will return to see how i fare against them.

I definitely agree that if your character is still a little green... use freeze... it rocks