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Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark Hints
How do I get past the big lightning trap that keeps pushing me back?
1 of 7: Look around while the trap is charging up to see where it's getting its power from.
2 of 7: You'll notice four "magical surfaces" arrayed around the trap area.
3 of 7: Maybe if you damaged those surfaces, they wouldn't be able to zap you.
4 of 7: You can't destroy the surfaces, even with the most powerful of magic bows and arrows, but you can disrupt their charge-up routine after the trap is activated.
5 of 7: As soon as the trap activates, right-click on a magical surface and choose to bash it. You'll need to have a missile weapon of some sort readied. (If you need one, there's a sling and some bullets on the nearby body.)
6 of 7: All it takes is one hit to disrupt a magical surface's charge-up, so quickly rotate your view and missile-bash each of the four surfaces before they can charge up to the point of bashing you. (It helps to pause the game the instant a mirror is bashed and its beam discontinues. That way you can rotate the screen and order a bash on the next target with no passage of game time.)
7 of 7: Once you manage to disrupt all four surfaces before their charge-up completes, the trap is disabled and you can continue south.
