Talk:Irenicus's Dungeon 2nd Floor/@comment-140.180.240.193-20200103023757

I'm sure this is extremely well known by now, but I though it would be worth mentioning here:

The Mephit Portals are a source of unlimited experience. Generally this has been too time consuming and slow to be at all worthwhile, but I found a new approach recently that's been great. Have Minsc in your party (or make sure the PC can weild a two-hander with proficiency), kill all the portals except for the Smoke Mephit Portal (the yellow one closest to the door), make sure Minsc (or the PC) is equipped with the Sword of Chaos +2 (from the Genie), and then station him right in the doorway between the Portal room where you meet Yoshimo and the Mephit Portal Room. Turn off the AI, but turn on Minsc's Guard function and set him to guard the PC, then put the PC right behind him. Turn off autopauses as needed, sit back, and wait. Mephits will spawn, go invisible, head over to Minsc, attack, he'll kill them, and any damage he takes should be balanced by the 1 point drain from the Sword of Chaos. You can set this up before going to bed, or let it run in the background, and when you check in six hours later, everyone will have a few hundred thousand XP more. (Just to be safe, I turn on the autopause for character injured, so if something goes wrong I don't lose the progress, but so far hasn't been needed.)

Obviously this is a huge cheat/exploit. Starting out in Waukeen's Promenade with a level 16 Sorcerer or something like that makes all of Chapter 2 a breeze, but still, it's fun to know it's there. Enjoy!