Tarnesh

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Tarnesh is a mage who tries to assassinate the party near the entrance to the Friendly Arm when you first approach the steps. He does this in order to collect a bounty.
It is not possible to talk oneself out of this situation – it will end in hostilities.
==Another assassination attempt==
===Bounty notice===
Tarnesh carries a letter with him which turns out to be a notice about a bounty on the head of Gorion's Ward.
==Gameplay==
*Tarnesh is the first major "boss" fight in the game. If you have any difficulty with him, the Guards in the area will help. There are usually several on and near the stairs, just pull him near one or two.
===Mage Book===
This encounter is notoriously deadly for players new to the game.
Tarnesh has 3 different spells:MAGE2.bcs
*Mirror Image. Later in the game, it will be easy to counter Mirror Image with the mage spell Magic Missile.
*Horror. Later, it will be easy to counter Horror with the priest spell, Remove Fear.
*Magic Missile . Later, it will be easy to counter Magic Missile with the Shield Amulet and the mage spell Shield.
==Trivia==
*Judging by some of Tarnesh's "hidden" skills, he was perhaps intended to become a fighter/mage/thief, rather than a pure mage. For example, though wielding a very mage-typical weapon, the quarterstaff, he actually is proficient with axes and small swords. He also has some thieving abilities: besides reducing any chance to pickpocket him by his own 20 points, he can find traps with a probability of 5, open locks with a difficulty of 45, and he perfectly moves silently.
**Matching this, he also has two unassigned, thus undroppable and unusable, items in his inventory, specifically a Short Sword +1, together with a Topsider's Crutch.
==Gallery==
Tarnesh BG1EE.png|Tarnesh on the steps of The Friendly Arm