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Jeez, I'm a terrible player but HOW the "eff" do you get past the will o" wisp at the entrance to Temple Level 4??
I read magic missiles get past its spell resistance but if you enter combat it disappears. Out of combat you can't cast the spell.

Also read it was undead so tried cleric casting Holy Smite but no effect.

Out of combat it just appears and disappears momentarilly, killing several NPCs each time.

I've only encountered a couple of other wisps in the game and don't remember how I defeated them but they were nothing like this.
Use Improved Invisibility or Blink to deny them bonus to AC from Dexterity. After that they're easy to smash.
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beluga25: Jeez, I'm a terrible player but HOW the "eff" do you get past the will o" wisp at the entrance to Temple Level 4??
I read magic missiles get past its spell resistance but if you enter combat it disappears. Out of combat you can't cast the spell.

Also read it was undead so tried cleric casting Holy Smite but no effect.

Out of combat it just appears and disappears momentarilly, killing several NPCs each time.

I've only encountered a couple of other wisps in the game and don't remember how I defeated them but they were nothing like this.
Ok first of all, I'm certain will-o-wisps are NOT undead. They're spirits.

So let me understand. You can't cast magic missile IN combat? I don't know why the ability to cast it would "disappear", like you say. Was it memorized? Doesn't sound related to wisps, if you can't cast it against anything in combat, ever. Other things, like magic weapons, that have an at least +1 bonus, should work. Keep it magic. I think they're hard to hit. I would imagine plenty of other non-target magics would work, like burning hands.