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=== Confronting Cazador === | === Confronting Cazador === | ||
{{CharLink|Cazador}} is in the ritual chamber north of the prisoners' cells. | |||
==== Fighting Cazador ==== | ==== Fighting Cazador ==== | ||
If | If {{CharLink|Astarion}} is in the active party, he will conclude the dialogue by attacking Cazador in a rage, only to be trapped in a ritual circle ([[Sacrificial Lamb (Condition)]]). Cazador will then attack, along with several bats, werewolves, and fallen Gur hunters. Astarion can be rescued from imprisonment via {{SAI|Help}}, allowing him to rejoin the fight. If Astarion is not released in three turns, the ritual succeeds, and Cazador becomes a Vampire Ascendant. | ||
If Astarion is not in the party, Cazador can be persuaded to allow the party leave so they can bring Astarion back, or they can simply fight him without Astarion. If Astarion was never recruited, or if he was killed (such as staking him in camp), he will be at the ritual as a zombie. | If Astarion is not in the party, Cazador can be persuaded to allow the party leave so they can bring Astarion back, or they can simply fight him without Astarion. If Astarion was never recruited, or if he was killed (such as staking him in camp), he will be at the ritual as a zombie. | ||
This fight can be very challenging. Cazador is a high-level spellcaster and gains power from the ritual victims, inflicting high necrotic damage to nearby party members. However, his profound weakness is [[Sunlight Hypersensitivity]], which can easily be caused by casting by | This fight can be very challenging. Cazador is a high-level spellcaster and gains power from the ritual victims, inflicting high necrotic damage to nearby party members. However, his profound weakness is [[Sunlight Hypersensitivity]], which can easily be caused by casting by {{SAI|Daylight}} before the battle. After being defeated, he will return to his coffin, where he can be looted. | ||
[[File:Astarion Ritual Trapped.jpg|thumb|Astarion is trapped by the ritual's runes.]] | [[File:Astarion Ritual Trapped.jpg|thumb|Astarion is trapped by the ritual's runes.]] | ||