Epiron-Bok

[Sleeping Dragon]

Okay, so on my current play through, I'm trying to kill as many people I can in the course of each quest. I need the chunk of Epiron-Bok for Gladwell and so I tell him in dialog that I'm going to force it from him. Epiron-Bok actually dies pretty easily but it doesn't give me the piece of him that I need. Is making the deal with him the only way to get that chunk?

 

Edit: The manual says if you damage him enough a piece will break off but even if I wound him down to almost nothing and wait a few rounds, nothing happens.

[Randomizer]

Did you check special items? There may be a dialog piece missing telling you that you got the chip.

[Sleeping Dragon]

Nope, nothing in my special items.

 

Has anyone ever completed this quest through combat?

[Sleeping Dragon]

Whew, I did it! You need to get his health down to the tiniest sliver in order to receive the piece. It was really, really hard to do since he was pretty weak, too weak for a crystal soul. It took me many, many tries.

 

Jeff should consider giving him more health like he did for all those other monsters you have to weaken but not kill. Those ogres in the dragons lair come to mind. Besides, a crystal soul should be stronger anyway, right? I remember back in the Exile days, they were a true challenge.

 

Am I the first to do this? If not, it would have been nice if someone would have said it was possible, I was beginning to lose hope. But it's all good now and I repeat: it is possible!