Defeating the sporelings on Anslög's Compass
Just started playing Pillars of Eternity, and already feel like I'm horrible at it:
At Anslög's Compass, I was tasked with killing the sporelings in the cave. However, I have failed for the tenth time. What level is suggested for killing those mobs? I have a monk and a wizard, both level 3, and the longest I survived was to kill one of the three sporelings. I tried confusing the spores and attacking them individually, but when the duration expires, my monk gets almost literally torn apart.
How can I defeat those monsters at this level, or should I return when I'm more prepared?
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I also confronted the sporelings at level 3, however along with my Monk and Aloth, I also had Eder who is available in in Gilded Vale, along with a fighter I had recruited/created earlier at the Black Hound Inn.
It is also worth noting that you can pull the smaller sporelings to the entrance of the cave without engaging the larger spore, which also helps decrease the difficulty of the encounter.
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As often happens with this kind of questions, I managed to defeat those blasted creatures quite right after posting the question.
The trick was to get sufficiently near the bigger spore, but not enough for it to reach the party. Then I used the wizard's Bewildering Spectacle spell, confusing two sporelings to attack the big spore (and thus staying away from the party), while attacking the third sporeling with both characters. This bought sufficient time to almost kill the sporeling. Casting B.S. again, this time leaving the fullest HP spore out of its effect, then attacked the remaining spore. The monk fell, but since all sporelings had a low endurance, two rounds of Fan of Flames did the trick.
In the end, the big spore helped me kill the sporelings. How ironic.
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