The Longest RPG ever?

[DarkCloud]

Btw watch out for sirens, they use charm all the time, which makes them extremely dangerous,

I have a paladin- 4 protections from evil

So- what's a magical item? A sword +1?

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Anyways, I find wandering around the map tedious- therefore, I didn't bother to clear it; however, I think I might level up to level 4 before I go into the Cloakwood mines as I can 'just barely' hold my own versus the wyvrens.

Xzar now has some good spells but next time I play, I think I'll not have any magic users and instead have a Cleric/Druid/Ranger/Paladin/Thief/Fighter ... Do you think that a party like that might work?

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lose zxar and montaron, they're just weak!! all depends on your alignment though.. if you're evil..

No, I'm chaotic good. And Montaroon never dies...
And I lost out on Xan already... and Edwin is evil... and I can't split Xar and Montaroon up... unless Monty or Xar dies...

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Heck, I haven't gone to 1/2 those places on that map I just follow the story plot I see no reason to go out of my way... Although I think I'll go after Bassilus for the 5000 gp reward!

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Just wondering- how would I get to Ulgoth's Beard?

[HolyWarrior]

Long RPGs

Originally posted by axi
Might & Magic 6 is looooooong....

I guess the type of games where you can reach level 100-150 tend to be really long.

If you thought that was long, try World of Xeen (MM4 & 5 together)!

Wiz8 is another long one.

And the Black Isle games are vastly overrated with Planescape the only one worth playing.

Divine Divinity is one I would like to play.

[Traianvs]

divine divinity, belgian product , very rare and exceptional!


black isle games rule



Yo ulgoths beard is all the way up

I told yah to check
this link if you want to know all the locations...
Btw going to ulgoths beard already... you'll die a painful (but quick) death!

I think you don't have to get a cleric AND a druid, just get jaheira, she's a druid/fighter...much better than an ordinary cleric or druid.


In my opinion the plot guides you through the whole game, but that doesn't mean you can't do other quests, in general you have all the time of the world with the main plot (with a few exceptions)

well you play it the way you want that's the whole point of BG.. (you should get a reputation of 1-3 someday, that gives really funny effects)

[Juggler]

black isle games rule

judging by the huge map of Faerun lands, many more will come

[DarkCloud]

Yo ulgoths beard is all the way up

I told yah to check
this link if you want to know all the locations...

Oh I know where it is- but can't seem to reach it. It seems I might need to go to Baldur's gate first.


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I think you don't have to get a cleric AND a druid, just get jaheira, she's a druid/fighter...much better than an ordinary cleric or druid.

Yes, I have Jaheira.

Right now I am struggling to defeat the guys that guard the top of the mine.

I have done a few more side quests but need a quick 200-500 experience for each character before they level up to level 4- which I desperately need to battle the guys in front of the mines; since I use all my powers, but still cannot best them.

Oh well I'll keep trying!

[Dis]

It's not looking too good for me to continue this game. It seems my problem is I cannot read disc 2 properly. I think it is too scratched up. This isn't my game really, it's my brother's copy. Oh well.

Maybe I can pick it up real cheap somewhere.

[DrSpike]

Do a full install and get a cd crack.

[Grumbold]

Originally posted by Straybow

The DM plays by the old rules of 2-4 modules per level up, not the XP counting method. These days we only meet a few times each year, so maybe one module finished per year. I've been 14th level for nearly 3 years now

Well, that's hardly a campaign. You just get together and blow the dust off 'em.

Its certainly a campaign. We've been struggling against the same arch enemies for a long time now. They keep escaping every time we foil their plots. Do we need to play a fixed number of times a year to count or something?

[Dis]

I tried a full install. I still cannot enter the town of Beregost.

Basically the full install had some problems with disc 2. This is my problem

Maybe if I found a site where I could get a *ahem* copy of the game, I could get it to work. Or I could just buy another copy- they might be cheap now.

[DrSpike]

That's just it you don't need a *copy* of the game......all you need is a no-cd crack so you can play the game without a cd. I often do this when I have the cd anyway because cd checking is annoying.

*edit* unless you mean you can't do a full install at all, in which case you are screwed.

[Traianvs]

Yeah it's real hell with the BG saga, the CD swapping... I have bought (yes that is very unique in my case, but the games were just too fine ) them with both expansions, and I installed a no cd crack, because seriously, it spoils the fun, if you have to change CDs when you are entering a dungeon or so...

In BG2 you have to travel from the temple district to the docks back and forth and every time ya have to switch CDs!!

Btw even my original copies malfunctioned, I'm lucky to get BG1 installed properly, I have to try several times

bad cds i guess


Btw if you need quick XP go to the temple next to Beregost, in the east dwell some vampiric wolves, that give many many XP
just get your wizard fill all his lvl1 spell slots with magic missile, and if you haven't got magical weapons (which shouldn't be the case when you're near the mines!) use fire arrows (which is like the most useful arrow in all BG1, it kills nearly every opponent) or something, distract your wolves with a healthy fighter with many HP and walk in circles so your wizzie and archer don't get whacked

you'll get those 500 XP in no time! (i do tihnk you have to go there at night though, not sure, cos they are vampiric wolves... during the day it's just elite hobgoblins or so with poison arrows or so!)

of course you will have to travel about 96 hours back to Beregost so that might not be worth it

Use the spider Bane sword you found in the Cloakwood forest.. it'll be of good use to minsc

[Dis]

yes I cannot do a successful full install. It screws up reading the disc. Specifically when I go to Bergorst. So even the 2 gig full install I have on the hard drive still messes up in that one spot.

And these are original copies. That kind of sucks.

[Straybow]

Originally posted by Straybow
Well, that's hardly a campaign. You just get together and blow the dust off 'em.

Originally posted by Grumbold
Do we need to play a fixed number of times a year to count or something?

Do we say the original Star Trek series is still running just because scriptwriters keep sneaking the characters into new movies, even resurrecting Kirk from the dead?

OK, OK, so maybe your campaign is on "active reserve." Kinda like my brother, who recently "retired" from 6 yrs service and 14 yrs reserve duty. Once a month he had to show up and make himself vaguely useful. It just isn't the same as active duty.

Obviously, you and your gaming crew have real lives, or something dreadful like that.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Dissident
It screws up reading the disc. Specifically when I go to Bergorst. So even the 2 gig full install I have on the hard drive still messes up in that one spot.

Ok, I'm going to persevere, but one of is being slow here. If the game installs then all you need is a no-cd crack, as I said before. The only way you are screwed is if the game does not install at all. It seems like you are saying this is not the case, that the game installs, but can't read the cd at Bergorst. In this case you can get around the problem in the manner I have described.

[Dis]

The game does successfully complete a full install- after a long time trying to read discs 2, 3, and 4.

I was just figuring some of the code that installed is faulty due to reading the disc.

After I did the full install I never entered any other cd's. It crashed anyways upon entering beregost. The only difference this time was it crashed faster because it didn't have to spend 1 minute trying to read the cd. It crashed when loading the area.