Multiple Questions from a new player

[the Langolier]

Duped post. I thought it was legit, but the scanner says otherwise.

Laugh. Out. Loud.

Another firewall tip: Monsters that aren't immune to fire can be reluctant to cross one. Whhat this means in practice is that if you find youself in a hallway in hell with snow witches, you can cast a couple firewalls *perpindicular* to the walls of the hallway (therefore making a box) - casting so the witches are in the box. Now, you can corner witches normally as they will tend to flee to the corners made by the firewall and the normal wall. Yes, they will cross, especially if you are chasing more than one into an artificial corner, but it will greatly inhibit their movement. I've never really been fond of trying to roast them with firewall, as it requires you to keep drawing their fire to you (so they don't walk out of the fire when trying to get a better shot at you). That tactic does make for good "happy feet" practice, which simply means dodging missles by walking around.

Another FW tactic invloves confronting melee enmies that are not immune to fire, and it is much more reliable than the one just discribed. Oh, and by the way, whenever you work with firewall, ALWAYS cast it in perpindicular angles (so the wall lines up with the N-S or E-W axis). Enemies that are not immune to fire will only try to cross the firewall one at a time. Additionally, they will prefer to cross at the tile you actually cast firewall on. So, if you cast a firewall exactly one tile in front of you and just hold your ground, as a group of non-fire immune enemies approaches, only one enemy at a time will actually step up next to you (into the firewall) to attack. The rest will wait behind the firewall for their turn. This is best used in a hallway, when the firewall completely cuts off the path between you and enemies. If there is open space at either end, the monsters behind the wall will start the long walk around the firewall to come attack from another angle. It is important that you don't move from your spot next to the firewall. If you do, the enemies will still file through the firewall one at a time, but now there is room to surround you again.

Good luck.