Neverwinter Nights - The revenge

[Jamski]

Cleave is basically a free attack at low levels when monsters have such low HP that thay will go down to one blow, and decreases in usefulness as you reach higher levels. I reccommend either getting it at level 1, or leaving it VERY late and just taking it to get the nice crit feats at epic levels. From level 10+ Cleave will be triggered more and more rarely, as the monsters you face increase in Hit Points.

-Jam

[DrSpike]

My thoughts exactly. I'd prefer leaving it in the build I mentioned, since it seems worth it to get the WM levels quicker.

[Jamski]

Its almost essential for a solo fighter to take it at level one though... it makes the difference between a stroll in the park and a reload fest...

Hmm...

Its perhaps worth suffering at level 1 in order to kick arse quicker by getting those essential 7 WM levels...

-Jam

[DrSpike]

Btw I'm level 13 now.

It's getting quite slow quicker than I thought. Also I have to say the difficulty ratings are often dire in this game. It is easy to level fast if you stumble upon foes you can despatch easily even though they are 'very difficult'. On the other hand I had to run and invisibility hide from 2 'effortless'(!!) guys in the Gnoma sewers. One would have been a struggle. If I had killed them (I didn't) I would have got 4 xp or something similar.

[Jamski]

That's NWN for you - I figure it all balances out in the end. I have no idea how NWN calculates the challenge rating (CR) of baddies, but I guess its a pretty wild formula, and of course, different characters have different "bogy-men" and "pushovers"

Or as they say :
YMMV

-Jam

[duke o' york]

Is that the quickchat code for "Rats! Leg it!"

I noticed in the pub yesterday that the new Leeds Rugby Union shirts are manufactured by Kukri. Last week I saw someone in town wearing a tracksuit with Kukri on the back and thought that he was some kind of super martial artist. Now I know better, but I'm still not going to try to pick a fight.

I didn't get a chance to play any NWN last weekend, but may try to squeeze a little in this evening if the duchess has work to do. Fingers crossed then.

[DrSpike]

Did you ask them if it was kukri or kukuri?

[duke o' york]

No, I didn't fancy a dialogue (pronounced, of course, dialowg) with them.

[DrSpike]

Dialogoo.

[Jamski]

Yes, DrSpike has the correct pronounciation

-Jam

[DrSpike]

Pronunciation.

[duke o' york]

Originally posted by Jamski
Yes, DrSpike has the correct pronounciation

-Jam

Now if we were to get back on-topic () can I ask if anyone knows where there is a complete list of all the special items that the smith can make for you?
I presume it is the same on the next levels, or are the weapons and armour different? Whether they are or not, I don't just want a list of the names of the weapons, but of their effects - what is the AC of the various types of armour, and do they offer extra protection against anything?

[DrSpike]

Doesn't the smith or the shop owner give you a list if you ask?

[duke o' york]

That's why I asked. You get a list of the names of the items, and the required components, but you don't get a list of what the items actually do. I've already got the Desert Wind Scimitar, which does additional fire damage, so I don't really want to go and upgrade a +1 broadsword if the upgrade also does fire damage.

[DrSpike]

Ah I see. I had similar problems on Folderol. Some smith offered to make me some stuff using dragon corpse parts, and I didn't really know what they'd do. Also the cost of making them was the same as their resale value, or more.