Talk:Phase Spider/@comment-71.38.241.209-20191018073356

First, in the Cloakwood area that has the Hut with the Fat Lady in it, there is a difficult to find path that leads right behind the Hut to a waterfall with 2 more Phase Spiders. Second, if you are looking to farm XP,  you will usually hear about the Ankheg Caves, but, in my opinion, the best place to farm is the bottom level of the Candlekeep Catacombs. But look out, and I'll tell you why. First, before I exit the previous Doppleganger Level, I re-adjust my Cleric's spells to maximize Heals and Poison Heals, my Mage's to maximize 1-3 level offensive spells (leaving 1 Prot Pet for later), rest, then go down to the bottom level. I go south, and straight up Bomb Prat&friends, saving my spells, then head east past a trap or two to an open area with 3 spiders, a Phase, a Wraith, and a Sword (I kill them). Then I'll set my formation to camp with the back row tucked into a "corner" in the east wall, and have the leader drop a cheap potion to mark his position. (Other camping positions tend have characters chasing off into other tunnels after their prey.) Then I "rest" and of course a Phase Spider spawns, kill it, then "rest", kill the next one too, etc. Here's the problem. Any one Spider is no big deal, and it's worth 1400XP, but sometimes you will have to attempt to rest, and kill 30 or 50 Spiders before you can actually get an 8 hour (or sometimes more, which makes it worse) sleep. On a 30 Spider run, you are going to get bit more than once, and trying to suck down an antidote potion (because you've run out of Poison Heal spells) while you have the Phase Spider Poison Hiccups is painful to watch. One time, I was feeling ornery and leveled up Branwen to level 5 spells (which weren't really that useful in BG1)