I 'm back in Shar's gauntlet and did the self-same trial, for the 4th or 5th or 6th time, I don't remember exactly. But something seemed different.
Shar was always cheating of course. The so-called replicaa's are not humanoid, so they have resistances against certains spells , shoves, and also attack resistances that your party doesn't have.
But now, I also saw a difference in HP. My Tav has 60 HP, the replica had 94.
There was a replica of Astarion. Astarion has the shadow of Menzoberanzan cap, which he used to become invisible. But, he could also attack and immediately become invisible again.
I had 2 characters with "see invisibility", so when he became visible I cast Tasha's laughter on him, he didn't save and ROFL'd but..... became invisible again nevertheless.
Next time he failed the invis savethrow and popped in sight, I shot an arrow, which hit and... after hitting he became invisible again.
It was a weird and somewhatr hopeless fight, but alltogether we finally did get fake Astarion down. Then WE were punished for cheating by Shar.
This is all on "balanced mode" mind you.
Last edited by ldo58; Yesterday at 12:20 PM.
