Dungeon Rats: Barca Mission II: Bug Hunt Fire Ants, Cyrus, Quintus, Silas (Part II)

Mission II: Bug Hunt

Return to Barca. If you have enough Charisma, you can recruit Cyrus, Quintus or Silas. You can have a max party of four at this point (and that's the max for the game, too).

Cyrus is the pick if we want an Alchemist / Crafter who can double as a decent marksman (crossbow).

Go through the door to the east now.

◦ Dead Miner: Shiv (Dagger, Bronze), Crude Bow, Regular Missile (Bronze) x12, Rations x6, 

◦ Lumber, Stones

Third Battle: Fire Ants

• Skillpoints (SPs): Lilura (4), Marcus (3), Ardomir (4), Cyrus (3)

• Solo: Murderous Psychopath (5)

This is our first of several battles against fire ants. The thing to watch out for is their on-hit poison, which can inflict a 5-point Dodge penalty for 1 turn as well as poison over time which can't be resisted entirely unless we have a very high Con score. The ants are immune to poison, too (as are the upcoming scolopendra and scorpions).

Note: Hit the R-key to reload Cyrus' crossbow.

◦ Ant Carapace x25

Schematic: Ant Chitin Armor:

At this point, assuming we have a crafting skill of 2-3, the ant carapaces can be forged into sets of masterwork (penalties -2), reinforced (vs. critical +5) or hardened (hardness +12) Ant Chitin Shoulder Armor.

• Other

◦ Dead Miner: Antidote, Healing Salve, Wooden Stick, Rations x4

◦ Dead Miner: Pickaxe, Rations x9

◦ Stones

Fourth Battle: Fire Ants: Oasis

• Skillpoints (SPs): Lilura (4), Marcus (3), Ardomir (4), Cyrus (3)

• Solo: Murderous Psychopath (5)

Much like the previous battle. We're doing ok wielding Stone Hammers. They seem to be good at squishing the bugs. Solid damage, diagonal attacks and counterattacks. Since neither Marcus nor I wield a shield, Dodge is key to survivability.

◦ Ant Carapace x25

Note: Hit the Tab-key to highlight alchemy ingredients.

• Other

◦ Wooden Stick (hammer) x3

◦ Alchemy Level 2: Blood Mushroom x3, Kadura Leaves x4, Cassava Roots x3.

◦ Alchemy Level 3: Avatera Sprouts x5, Quicksilver Roots x2

◦ Examine pool: No healing properties

Fifth Battle: Fire Ants: Mineral Cavern

• Skillpoints (SPs): Lilura (6), Marcus (4), Ardomir (5), Cyrus (4)

• Solo: Murderous Psychopath (8)

The only difference here is that we're up against four instead of three ants.

Whirlwind attempt:

Double Critical Strike and two knockbacks/knockdowns:

◦ Ant Carapace x30

• Other

◦ Extract Iron Ore x4

◦ Alchemy: Extract Mineral: Sulphur x4

◦ Ant Hole:

With a sufficient Dexterity score:

◦ Pugio (Dagger, Iron)

◦ Schematics: Pugio

Return to Barca for Black Powder Bomb x2 and the next mission.

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