The Messenger - You should be able to backstab him
In the enhanced edition, on Roche's path, you get a set of quests to find the person responsible for kidnapping Anais and killing Boussie. One of them, "The Messenger", is to tail a messenger and get a letter he his carrying, from the Nilfaagrdians to his master. You corner the messenger, he reveals he's a sorcerer, and he teleports around while using some special power to try to blow you up. You can't stab him because he always teleports away.
Now I had to consult the quest booklet for this. That's because you need to stop him with Yrden, but that never crossed my mind. I saw a different way to kill him.
The fourth time he teleports, he has his back to a doorway. You can get around the other side of this doorway by running through a certain corridor, then you will be at the messenger's back. But if you attack him, nothing happens. He won't teleport away, but you can't hurt him either. Until he is hit with Yrden, the game sees him as a wall instead of an enemy. I think this should be patched so you can sneak around and backstab him.
In the enhanced edition, on Roche's path, you get a set of quests to find the person responsible for kidnapping Anais and killing Boussie. One of them, "The Messenger", is to tail a messenger and get a letter he his carrying, from the Nilfaagrdians to his master. You corner the messenger, he reveals he's a sorcerer, and he teleports around while using some special power to try to blow you up. You can't stab him because he always teleports away.
Now I had to consult the quest booklet for this. That's because you need to stop him with Yrden, but that never crossed my mind. I saw a different way to kill him.
The fourth time he teleports, he has his back to a doorway. You can get around the other side of this doorway by running through a certain corridor, then you will be at the messenger's back. But if you attack him, nothing happens. He won't teleport away, but you can't hurt him either. Until he is hit with Yrden, the game sees him as a wall instead of an enemy. I think this should be patched so you can sneak around and backstab him.