Oh No! Not another Baldur's Gate thread!

[Traianvs]

muhah, time for another round of BG I now dude

[Jamski]

Could be right actually...

Ummm... let's try something unusual this time...

2 ranged sneaking thiefing magic users :

PC thief dualed to Mage
Imoen dualed to Mage

3 archers :

Kivan
Montarion
Kahlid

1 fighting priest :

Jaheira

That could be fun...



-Jam

[Drogue]

Could be

ATM trying to decide whether ot not to bother with all the quests pre-Spellhold in BGII. I want Carsomyr, I want my stronghold (Ranger), and I want the Gauntlets of Ogre Power (for Chrom Fayer), so I guess I have to do those three, and I've done Trademeet, Planar Prison, Unseeing Eye and Thieves Guild already. Is there a point to doing the Keep? Flail of Ages would be nice, but can I be bothered with it? I suppose with Elven Court Bow, the nice stuff with the golems, etc, it would be, but I'm eager to get off to Spellhold and on with the game. However Carsomyr and Chrom Fayer will be needed later

[Dis]

You do the Keep to help out poor Nalia. Don't you care about her?

experience mainly. and the flail of ages.

[duke o' york]

I have finished the right hand side of the map up to Candlekeep, and have done the sirene area, and the Lighthouse below it now. I still can't find the cave that Safana was talking about, despite having Imoen scout the entire map using her shadow armour. I've gone back to Nashkel to rest/flog all of the useless stuff I get from dead bodies like rings and gems etc., and will probably give up on the cave now, and just go to the last free area before heading north to hunt bandits. Any hints as to what I should expect?
I fought about 40 hobgoblins of varying types in no time on the lighthouse map - they just kept coming back every time I went near the area I first encountered them. They're easy money and exp, but getting to be a bit of a pain in the bum now.
I hate the sirenes, as two times out of three I have had Minsc confused as well as beserk, and once he was too close to my party and so I had to have Jaheira run about the map so he wouldn't attack her, or any of the rest of them. I also had to reload once when I fireballed a huge gang of hobgoblins and caught my PC in the middle. I forgot I'd given her a sword instead of the usual bow. Still, making good progress, and enjoying the wand of fire.

[Jamski]

The cave is up past the 3 sirenes that stand together on the shore.

WELL worth a visit, if you like treasure and EXP, that is

-Jam

[duke o' york]

But I do like those things!
Do you like them too? I've got a feeling that you might.

I saw two carrion crawlers to the very top left, on the lower level of the coastline, but there was nothing on the higher level, and the coast didn't seem to go anywhere beyond them.

[Jamski]

You ARE on the Lighthouse map, right?

You'll meet Sil, and two other Sirenes. She'll have a chat then all three will attack. Right behind her and her sisters is the cave.

Just make sure you have covered ALL of the coast.

-Jam

[duke o' york]

I only saw one Sirene on my travels, but maybe I'll take a better look around on my way back from the map to the south of the Lighthouse. The idea is to have Imoen work out where these Sirenes are with her stealth skills, and then send in Minsc to beserk them all to kingdom come, although having Dynaheir fireball them to oblivion also appeals, but then it always does. All the party are level 5 now, except Jaheira, who is 5 druid and 4 fighter, although not far off.

[Jamski]

Well at level 5 you should have no problems... but you REALLY don't want to miss this cave.

It has some BIG TIME GOOD STUFF

-Jam

[duke o' york]

Not gold earplugs and the wand of Billy Joel records? I've heard that that is exceptionally powerful.
It could be full of smugglers' hooch! Although Skanky Burns will have emptied it if that were the case.

Oh, not BIG GOOD TIME STUFF.

[Skanky Burns]

It was full when I left it. Honest.

[Drogue]

Jamski's right, you DO want to go to that cave. Go North from the lighthouse, keeping next to the shore. Go west as soon as you can, still keeping in contact with the shore. Then you'l find Sil, the Sirenes, and the cave.

Oh, and here's a hint, make sure you have a potion of absorbsion (they have 2 effects). Makes it a lot easier

[duke o' york]

I've got more potions than I know what to do with.
I'd be glad to actually use one in a worthwhile cause, rather than worrying whether or not to keep them for later in the game. Should I get Minsc to drink it?

[Jamski]

Drink them like water or sell them. I always used to end these games with full wands, stacks of magic arrows and heaps of potions.

Use the stuff. There's plenty more.

Or sell it.

Don't save it for the rainy day that will never come.

-Jam