I met up with the head creature that has the gem. She was tough. so I headed out, took a nap to recover spells. now she is gone. I have searched the entire level several times but no luck... how do I find her now?

Thanks for your help

Double check your inventory to make sure you in fact don't already have the Heartstone Gem. I have a weapon that stuns my opponent and at times, they'll just be standing there but already dead (until they unstun and fall to the ground dead). This has happened to me a few times where I've killed the creature, but he's still standing stunned and I'll walk away. Eventually, he'll unstun and die off screen.

Perhaps this has happened to you as well?

I find it odd that a main character "boss" so to speak would vanish. Maybe she walked into another room attempting to follow you?

Dragon's Eye was pretty tough in my opinion the lower you got. The Summoner that kept sending forth wave after wave after wave of Trolls, Lizardmen and Yan-ti Elites was seriously pissing me off.

Chapter 3 is too hyped. IWD is one awesome game. I am very, very impressed.

-Syl

nah, she just moved to the upper left part of the map. I found her and womped her dead.

thanks for all the help.

It's actually a known bug in Icewind Dale. If you exit the level after having encountered, but not defeated, the Snake Queen, she warps across the map to the upper left-hand corner of the map.

ejg already found her, but I just thought I'd share that this is a well-known bug to Black Isle.

well now with that problem solved what the hell do I do in the tower. I have all four pieces of the machine. I get to the top of one tower and this guy wants a seed, water or animal... I have a barrel of holy water but that doesnt seem to be what he wants. HELP

thanks