Humm, kinda stumped on lvl4 (acid blobs and poison shrooms)

[carpii]

Im on level 3 and trying to progress. There's two separate ways down to lvl 4 that I can see, but both of them are impossible for my party.

The first leads to the 'Feed Me' statue, and trying to even kill one acid blob is pretty impossible for my party (default setup of rogue, mage, fighter, minotaur).
Actually I think this might be a secret area, and thus a dead-end as far as progression goes.

The other way to progress is down some stairs and into a room where you're trapped with two poisonous mushrooms. These kill 3 of my party within a matter of seconds.
The difficulty seems to have ramped up enormously all of a sudden

I guess I need some poison protection for this, but my mage has been concentrating on fire and spellcasting, so I dont have the ability to cast it
I cant find any area which spawns more monsters either, so I cant even level up and come back later

Any ideas please? Tearing my hair out

[Draken]

This did happened to me, and i have pretty much the same party than you do... The problem is not the party, it's your battle technique.
let's face it, up until now, you've just stood your ground, taking and dishing out damage to and from your enemy. (I know i did) but once i got to the mushrooms i realized this was a very, very, very, very BAD Idea... their poisonous cloud hurts everyone in the party and it stays for a few seconds. what you want to do is to Strike, Strafe, Strike, Strafe... Strike your enemy, from the sides (from the back is more preferable, so your rogue can backstab) and immediately strafe away from their retaliation.

this is the technique you need to use from now on.

Regarding the slimes, you just have to find a way to lure them towards the door, once one passes through, CLOSE THE DOOR (so it doesnt gets any reinforcements), this way you can deal with one at a time (still difficult, but doable) if you're getting wrecked, run back upstairs, the crystal is nearby.

[diego]

I have exactly the same problem as carpii... Posion is so frustrating. I consumed all my antidote while figthing agatinst the spiders in lvl 3. Hopefully the battle technique mentioned by Draken works for me as well.

[IronCore]

The slimes are a stiff challenge that early in the game. The good news is that they are not necessary to do at that point. You can come back when you're feeling stronger. The battle technique outlined by Draken is essential for combat success in this game. You simply can not stand toe to toe with monsters. The game only gets harder as you progress. If this is beyond your ability you may want to consider playing on easy difficulty. All of the puzzles and secrets will be the same. Combat will just be easier.

[SodanKerjuu]

Only use potions to avoid death.
Poisons can be rested off usually.

Also use all ranged projectiles before you absolutely need to melee.

[King Tulla]

Make a Rogue Party Instead!
Who needs protection when you can evade!

Shameless promotion for my own thread I know.
But I honestly decided to make the Rogue party after I failed miserable on those selfsame blobs.
Especially since Evasion circumvents that rotten poison dmg by simply not getting hit.

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[carpii]

Thanks heaps Draken, and the other guys too
I managed to get past the shrooms on my second attempt, after your advice. I think part of the problem was I hadn't noticed the poison clouds linger for a bit, but also I was stood around trying to cast a spell, when really I should have been concentrating on strafing out the way

I'll try the acid blobs again shortly, but I suspect I'll need to come back to those after a few more levels