New all purpose Baldurs Gate thread

[duke o' york]

Just visiting Eventis makes me scared.

[Jamski]

where is eventis?

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.... (its not so hard to find )

It's mathematically not possible to beat them, right

Section II. Improved Ilyich
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As intimated above, the Improved Ilyich mod makes Ilyich and his cronies a
bit tougher. Well, more than a bit. Everyone in the group has 1 million XP,
except for the Priest (who needs more in order to cast Fallen Deva). You
can expect to face:

Ilyich - 12th level dwarven Barbarian. Watch out for his rages! He would
dual-wield a hammer and a sickle, but the sickle is not available in BG2.

Zhivago - 22nd level dwarven Cleric of Talos. Beware of his high-level
Cleric spells: Fallen Deva, Fear, Unholy Word, etc.

Karamazov - 12th level dwarven Wizard Slayer. The ranged support of the
group, Karamazov's spell disrupting abilities afflict anyone struck by
his crossbow bolts.

Rasputin - 12th level human Monk. Since he hasn't yet reached the
critical Monk magic resistance threshold, he can be considered the weak
link of the group.

Neophyte Glabrezu - 10 hit dice Demon. Has weakened Demonic Immunities:
notably, mundane weapons won't work.

Jailkeep Golem - 9 hit dice Construct. Just like the Jailkeep golem at the
beginning of the game ... but hostile!

The improved Ilyich mod component also replaces the normal "six goblin"
spawns with special thieves in the first area. In addition, it changes
Ulvaryl, the Mephit Portals and some "six goblin" spawns in the second
area. Finally, it is now more difficult to sleep in Chateau Irenicus: you
will be interrupted by thieves.

Is the original "Tactics" mod for the first dungeon. People said it was too easy to cheese it, so now with the respawning theives replaced with Duregar Mages and Fighters (that spawn pre-buffed EVERY time you finish resting) and the doors not closing anymore...

Well, its do-able, because I just did... but that was just the first dungeon.... I love the way Weimer keeps making this mod harder and harder

-Jam

[MrBaggins]

Is there a combination of Mods that would be very Monty Haul (while not a pushover)?

I just love to powergame sometimes, and that might convince me to reload BG2.

[Jamski]

http://forums.interplay.com/viewtopic.php?t=27924&sid=aedd1765caefadb228d5ed99115a24a5

Install all the "Stores and items" mods linked to on this page, and "item upgrade" and "ease of use" and wonder why its so easy Then stop it being a pushover by adding some "improved whatever" components

-Jam

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by duke o' york
Someone else has never read David and Goliath then.

You mean 1st Samuel (or Shmuel Aleph, as its REALLY called)

[duke o' york]

No, I'm a third level Samuel now, and I've got a +2 Bible of Gideon. Fire and brimstone!

I'm still curious about rangers having the priest spellbooks open. I think that Jamski said you couldn't get spells, but it seems strange to have the option open in that case.
Oh, and Kivan went to level 3 last night, and picked up the skill "Be nice to animals" or something like that. What does it do, how can I do it, and are gibberlings considered animals?

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by duke o' york
No, I'm a third level Samuel now, and I've got a +2 Bible of Gideon. Fire and brimstone!

well of course i cant use Bible of Gideon cause of my "race". And cause B of G is only available with the second game, in which my "race" is really nerfed. I prefer to play with "original game" only.

[Jamski]

(not unless you can get your Rangers up to level 9 )

Charm Animal? You use it like casting a "special power" like the PC has, and it brings one animal under your control (green circle) for a short time, if they fail a save.

Animals include animals, normal animals and stuff that is animals. Stuff that is not animals (like non-animals, for example) will be uneffected.

Yeah, its that simple

-Jam

[duke o' york]

What about stuffed animals? Can I go to the Natural History Museum and start having some fun?

[Jamski]

(actually you CAN!)

No... just anything that's an animal

But... most maps have bears or something that are NEUTRAL. You can charm one of these and use it as a tank for 5 minutes or so

New Tactics check up : Completed "Improved Circus Tent" and picked up nearly all the characters I need (Me Ranger/Cleric, Keldorn, Edwin, Jaheira, Jan (changed to a half-elf Fighter/Thief with the same stats as Yoshimo (why not, eh?) but 5 levels lower (the pain of multiclass)) and now its time for the next real challenge : Improved Mae'Var !!!

I'm sweating.

-Jam

[duke o' york]

I can smell it! Urgh!

Can someone tell me where you can get loads of cash from please? I've killed the dark cleric outside Beregost, and did quite nicely from the reward, but still need more cash to buy the really cool stuff from the smithy there. And some cool spells would be good too, but since my characters won't be able to use them yet then I'm not too concerned at the moment.
Need money!

[Footie Mad]

Gather wolf pelts for some guy, been so long that my memories are hazy.

[Traianvs]

Hmm, every battle in the game is made tougher, like you described there in the first dungeon?

That must be a huge load of work to change all that!

The shopkeeper in Nashkel buys winter wolf pelts for 500 gold

[duke o' york]

So I just have to wander around the outside and kill some wolves? Sweet.....

Thank you!

Oh, is there a maximum that he will buy? I don't want to turn up with ten of them and he'll only pay for four.

[Stuie]

My BG2 update: I'm having a pretty easy time all of the sudden. I finished all the quests I had open through chapter 3 (including the planar prison - unfortunately I put it off so long the Haer Dalis was dead - oops), cleared out the Mind Flayers in the sewers, and finally resumed my search for Imoen. Spellhold was pretty easy - mostly just puzzles and such. Now I'm hanging with the fishy guys. I agreed to fight the rebels and that has been very easy so far.

Looking forward to Underdark...