Serpenteye said:
Any votes against killing Edwin?
KILL HIM!!!
Erm, I mean, I'm not against it.

And I'm not saying this just because I'm drooling after his items. Really. I couldn't care less about
Headband of Intellect +6,
Amulet of Wizardy, or
Robe of The Archmagi. Or his probably very full spellbook(s). Trust me.
Ps. Zieggrek, try not to rip the robe, okay?
Battle strategies:
1. Attack at the chasm while they're climbing. Minsc and Axebane in rather hopeless situation. If they're not flying that is.
2. Quertus can cause general mayhem and slow them down with
Web (why did I not memorize
Cloudkill, why?!?) and probably take the spellcasters out with
Evard's Black Tentacles (grapple check +21, no teleportation in noble level, suck that!
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). May be countered with
Freedom of Movement.
3. Hordes of Vamps to keep Minsc and Axebane away from Quertus and Eilos? while they toss every friggin' offensive spell they've got and hope to kill them. Minsc could be rather easy case because of the very bad will save.
Hold Monster (followed by a vampire-coup de grace) and
Slow are nasty. Axebane is a bit more tricky (because of godlike saves). Ray of Enfeeblement and Enervation might slow him down a bit.