Neverwinter Nights - The People's Republic

[ColdWizard]

Barbarian 9/Rogue 8/Shadowdancer 1

[Qilue]

There's some good stuff available in the formian hive.

[ColdWizard]

Originally posted by Qilue
There's some good stuff available in the formian hive.

Where's that?

[Qilue]

Southrun. Go out of the city and into the desert and follow the road. On the second map, turn right. On the next map, you're looking for an enclosure. The entry is near there. Beware of the sand people, snakes, ants and some lizard thingies that aren't too difficult.

You might want to have a chat to the locals and buy some desert survival gear.

[Jamski]

The heat miser guy? And the guy with the wagon in the badlands? I'll probably never be able to find the heat miser guy for those nice greatswords and I don't remember the other guy having anything good that last time I checked

Keep checking back on the wagon guy (Peartoupeé) because his stock is affected by all kinds of crazy variables. He sometimes sells an "Iron Band of the North" for +4 CON or a "Greater Trollband" Also try "Lost and Found" in Hidden Vale for rings 'n' things. The monks are probably worth a visit for rings too. One ring in particular "Frango's Feet" is very popular for the +4 DEX. If you save 1,000,000 gold and have some Formian Iron then Kensai Ryu will make you a custom weapon. And I think you should check out all the buildings in Old Gnoma... there might be a nice hidden Rogue's Emporium/Brothel/Stuff hidden there - you can get the basic access with 8 rogue levels, but you'll need 18 to get the full range, with improved stuff at 12 rogue.
Formians should be first port of call though.
Follow the road out of Khazar in Southrun.
Go straight along the road on the first Thirst map.
Turn right at the crossroads on the second Thirst map.
Go all the way though the Jub-Jub Canyon map.
Go across the next map to the enclosure in the opposite corner.
Go down to Formian Fun!

-Jam

[ColdWizard]

Thanks Qilue and Jamski. I tried to find the wagon guy, but didn't see him around, he must have wandered off to eat or something

I'll try the Formian's first since I haven't sold my canteens yet

[Snotty]

The desert guy you have to rescue. He can sell you a wonderful .....errr.....red helmet

[ColdWizard]

I dyed that helmet in my avatar red, now it matches my "armor"

But the formians are now enriched to the tune of 700k gold pieces, got a couple things I can't use yet, but I'll make another 3 levels eventually and they'll coincide with my next feat too I think

Edit: And I have so much gear I'm not sure which permutation is the best

[DrSpike]

You can figure several viable ones. For planes mashing later you'll want a config with freedom, and another with immunity to knockdown etc.

[ColdWizard]

Yeah, I do have some configurations that I already use, but since I'm lazy I like having a general purpose one that I can use most of the time (which generally feature haste and as many immunities as I can, especially knockdown and fear).

[Jamski]

Oh I forgot a major desert tip - no one in the desert can see invisible. Swig those Moonmead potions

[ColdWizard]

Moonmead? Never heard of it. I have a stash of regular Invisibility potions though for when my sneakiness isn't sneaky enough [insert rude comments about queen ants here].

Seems like lots of room for expansion from Nordwald Forest. If I weren't such a dullard, I'd be tempted to try to learn the toolset and apply to be a builder. Alas, I'll just have to run (and sneak) around and kill stuff (and loot the treasure of creatures I can't defeat in combat)

[Jamski]

Moonmead is the rarest of the plants you can find, and brews into invis potions. I always have at least 10 stacked on F10 for emergencies

As for Norwald Forest, I have spent most of Sunday working on the Norwald Caverns (In which one finds Ice Kobold Coldwizards)

-Jam

[ColdWizard]

Originally posted by Jamski
Moonmead is the rarest of the plants you can find, and brews into invis potions. I always have at least 10 stacked on F10 for emergencies

As for Norwald Forest, I have spent most of Sunday working on the Norwald Caverns (In which one finds Ice Kobold Coldwizards)

-Jam

That would explain why I wouldn't have found any, I rarely find rare items.

Still, I remember seeing 2 cave entraces and at least 1 other connecter/path thing available for use. But I'm sure all of it will be put to good use eventually

{This post interrupted by Tim's Hired Thugs, I'm so going to kick his ass when I'm level 40}

But going back to the toolset, I used to know how to do more than I do know. Guess I forgot a lot when I didn't play or mess with NWN for months. But I couldn't get the conversations to work when briefly messing with the plot wizard. About all I know how to do is make uber-items and put them in containers I did make a dragon last week, but it seemed kind of sissy...

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[Jamski]

That would explain why I wouldn't have found any, I rarely find rare items.

First of all when a plant spawns it has a 1% chance of being Moodmoss. This compares to a 20% chance of being Honeysuckle, for example. Then you need to beat a DC15 search check to get the goods. Then a lore check to see how many potions you brew.

On the subject of rare items, some people wanted the maths for rare drops...

Spoiler:

Nearly all creatures in Folderol that use weapons or armour not only have custom created equipment, but also have a chance to drop those items when they die. This gear is unobtainable in shops, and often better than what you can buy. We use the same script for all the monsters. Most of them are dropping on a 5% chance, but some really rare items drop on a 1% chance.

-Jam