First quests keep dying!

[Mann]

I am trying in the Sloop with the Pirates and keep getting killed - they seem to have enormous HP, plus they go on bersherk and I can not manouver so they hit me 3~4 pirates together.
No matter what I do I can not survive lol - at my best I only killed one of them.

And I am playing in normal level

Please any advice is appreciated.

Thanks.

May be you are fighting them too early. So, if you do other quests first, gain some levels and come back later it will be a bit easier. Usually I fight them after I have done all of Ashenwood and it is still a tough fight, but managable.

Would also help, if you tell us what class and level your character is and what you party make-up is. Some general advice: buff up with every available buff and use your spellcasters a lot during the fight. Cue up some high damage or save or die spells, switch to your main character, after a few rounds switch back to your casters and cue up some more spells. What I am saying is don't rely on the AI for your spell casters, since they might then cast something useful, but they might also cast something useless or nothing at all and attack with ranged weapons.

[Mann]

Elias thanks for your reply.

I am playing a pure warlock, level 18 and I am in party with Safiya.Before I go into battle I cast on me all warlock's buffs and then I get stoneskin form Safiya too.Safiya gets greater stoneskin and bear's endurance and fox intell while I also get bear's endurance and eagle's charisma buff.

I think that is the max buff I can get.
I 've tried enlarge person during battle on my warlock , so that maybe he could tank a bit while Safiya cast her offensive spells, and another spell that gives damage reduction -10 on Safiya.

Nothing worked

About tactics - I leave Safiya at the back where she summons an undead mummy and a sword, so that they delay the pirates a bit, while my warlock with his decent reflexes and his own damage reduction buff, can hold, for maybe 6~8 rounds.

In my eyes, I do some decent damage but these pirates seem to have endless HP.

Anyway, I figured I should go that path, because I just entered the town and spoked to those wingers that missed their sister.I also have to go to the prison to convince any convicts to help me fight the bear god and her spirits allies.

So you suggest maybe I go for the bear first?

Thanks.

Well, that certainly explains a lot then. There is just the two of you and you are both at the beginning level. I suggest that you go to the Prison and get another companion there, then head to Shadow Mulsantir, where you can get yet another companion, so that you will have a full party. Then go and fight Okku with a full party and get yet another companion. After that you can try the pirates battle again, and if you are still not able to beat them, reload and go do all the Ashenwood quests first.

[lurchman]

There are several places in the game where you can meet enemies that are quite a bit stronger than you. The Sloop is one of them. And if you continue in there it only gets harder. You better off waiting until you get Okku and Gann, or One of Many and Gann. And a few level-ups.

[kgambit]

I managed to kill them the first time with Gann, Safiya and Kaelyn (before I fought Okku). Use Kaelyn's Summon Planetar, Gann's summon elemental, and Safiya's Mordekainen's Sword along with the Orglash and you REALLY even up the odds. In fact, the summoned monsters will rush in and melee while your spellcasters can deal death from afar!

[redgamer]

Personally i enjoy the hit and run tactic. In MOTB there are a bunch of enemies which are alot stronger than you. Most the time they have a cleric in there party healing them so try and separate the group by running out of the inn because the faster ones will catch up and stay waiting for you at the door while the slower ones are far enough away that you can kill them separate. Always buff up before any fight as long as its not a act script so you can already be buffed up before the fight begins.