Stopping at Infinity: Baldur's Gate 1&2, Icewind Dale, Planescape:Torment.

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the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Dillbag posted:

I'm pretty sure I installed that and didn't have any problems. When I said not much else works I meant not much in the way of item modifications work. Did you install the added IWD weapons? I think that's what it was called and that's what hosed the dialogs and item descriptions for me.

I didn't install them since they come with the EE version as standard.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2014 21:46

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 10:53

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Is there a way of changing your character's voice once you've started the game? I can't seem to find it in EEkeeper.

# ¿ Jan 31, 2014 16:08

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

BG2EE Rasaad quest question: I've just helped to defend the heretic temple from the dark moon guys. Is that it until ToB?. So far I've enjoyed his story line and his interjections haven't been annoying but it just feels like he's not pulling his weight so I'm gonna ditch him so I can run with a smaller party.

# ¿ Feb 2, 2014 18:08

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

OregonDonor posted:

Are Rings/Cloaks of Protection +k worthwhile in BG2? It seems pretty easy to compensate for the AC and THAC0 bonuses and still be able to use other magical gear.

I'd say yeah unless you get something really cool to stick in the slot. Full plate +ring of protection is still pretty great, cos you get the +1 save too.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2014 23:13

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

OK mazzy and valygar are awesome together.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2014 22:20

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Dillbag posted:

I believe that taking any of the non-good paths to gathering Bhaal's tears (killing the djinn to keep Blackrazor, using the nymph skin cloak, killing the dragon, etc.)) results in an instant alignment change to evil.

What if you pick pocket black razor?

# ¿ Feb 12, 2014 08:28

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

GreatGreen posted:

Weird, you're right. I just tested it.

I could have sworn my spells weren't regening last night when I was resting.

If you get level drained you lose spell slots and spells in them. Frustrating!

# ¿ Feb 26, 2014 00:01

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

amanasleep posted:

If you want to fight in Melee and get lots of storm theme spells, go with Fighter/Druid or Cleric/Ranger.

I'd do the latter (or fighter/cleric if you've used the fixpack to allow grand mastery for multiclass) for the cool Storm of Vengeance

# ¿ Feb 26, 2014 20:56

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Just finished ToB. I held quite a lot back for the final final battle, especially kickass spells, but it turns out the combination of tanking magic resistance then 6 smites (with improved alacrity) combined with mazzy, sarevok and valygar all greater whirlwinding is a bit overkill. Imoen did't get to cast anything with her improved alacrity

# ¿ Mar 3, 2014 22:33

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

So did the EE fix werewolves to be as badass as they were supposed to be?

# ¿ Jun 13, 2015 20:53

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

I p sure I read that it's a new game set between BG and BG2.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2015 09:50

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Big Sean posted:

Holy mackerel is Rasaad's content in BG2EE SoA bad. I thought Neera's quest was pretty good writing/content wise so thought this would be the same but... Yikes. I am literally jaw on the floor with how bad that was.

I mean, not only were there multiple total nonsense comments from Viconia made in complete ignorance of everything the party has gone through together, but Rasaad is asking me to make his life choices for him when we just met a few minutes ago? Most of the dialogue trees were like something out of an RPG for idiots where the options are always 1) Hurr Hurr 2) Cleverly play along 3) Tell everyone to gently caress themselves and die. Also, at one point my character had the option of making a joke about finding the keys to his apartment in Athkatla. This is like grade D- amateur mod quality writing.

Just wow. Talk about cheapening an otherwise phenomenal game...

Yeah, that's why I'm not expecting much from Siege of Dragonspear.

# ¿ Aug 1, 2015 09:17

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

I'd like to make a party with npcs with the most entertaining dialogue and quests. Jaheira and yoshimo both have pretty good quests and Edwin is good fun but who else is worth bringing along and what player class would complement them?

# ¿ Aug 12, 2015 21:27

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

I've used anomen a lot before so I'll give him a miss. Aerie and haer dalis should be fun, I've never tried that combo. With that lot I think I'll go figher-thief

# ¿ Aug 13, 2015 19:21

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

why do I keep playing this game?! This time I'm doing Sorceror, which I've never done before, and it's great fun blatting away spells and not having to worry about saving one for the right moment. Also, taking Korgan on the Gong quest is fantastic.

# ¿ Feb 9, 2016 22:14

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

I use regular bg2 ee and it doesn't need the launcher. I don't think my bgee used the beamdog launcher but last time I played was some time ago

# ¿ Feb 10, 2016 19:17

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Vikar Jerome posted:

theres one for having neera, rasaad and dorn in the party at the same time.

Self-Flagellant!

# ¿ Mar 10, 2016 18:24

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Arivia posted:

Yeah that's not how canon works in the Realms. gently caress off.

@bongwizzard: If you don't like last names the Realms may not be the place for you then. They're home to Elminster Aumar aka Elminster of Shadowdale aka Elminster of Mystra aka Elminster the Sage.

Fuckin lol get a load of this guy

# ¿ Mar 11, 2016 17:09

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Dyna Soar posted:

God, now I feel like starting the game over again...

Likewise, except I'm near the end of a small party sorcerer run which I'm enjoying an awful lot.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2016 14:02

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Woolie Wool posted:

Also what exactly are thieves good at besides opening locks and finding traps? They seem to lack the murder potential of rogues from other games.

Also is my party completely broken from too much common sense and should I start over? Are specialist kits just bad compared to their base classes because that's the general impression I'm getting Cavaliers are worse than paladins (fortunately I discovered that in the tutorial), necromancers are worse than plain wizards, assassins suck at the things you would use a thief for but also suck at ganking people because they're D&D thieves.

Traps are pretty excellent

# ¿ Mar 13, 2016 16:35

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Arivia posted:

I think the point is proven by how glibly Woolie Wool keeps talking about switching out kits at whatever point. They really don't know how the engine or the game works, period, and they need to learn.

has anyone ever told you that you come across as a massive arsehole? because you do

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 15:25

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Angry Lobster posted:

In BG2 sure, you can do fine with only 2 dedicated melee characters, but in Throne of Bhaal heavy melee power pays off more than magic.

true but you still need one magic person to strip off protections, unless you have a greater whirlwinding paladin with carsomyr I guess.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2016 23:48

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

rakovsky maybe posted:

Anomen is best at buffing himself and wading into battle, Aerie is best for buffing others, Viconia can do some of both.

They all buff just the same really, it just comes down to what else you want to do with them - fighting, magic or... I dunno

# ¿ Mar 20, 2016 23:28

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

yeah, doing the amunator temple when turn undead gets that strong is great fun, way better than controlling them

# ¿ Mar 20, 2016 23:33

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Sleep of Bronze posted:

Things I should remember: one of the outcomes on Sphere of Chaos is disintegration. Well, that's a reload. Thanks Vongoethe.

TOB's so loving weird. A lich promising a merchant twenty years of success in exchange for his soul, and then pursuing the man when he reneges on the contract, stealing the souls of his loved ones as he goes, should be an adventure module, an event of significance. Not a random-rear end single area sidequest with roughly equal importance given to it as stopping a girl getting shaken down by idiot mercenaries.

haha exactly the same happened to me!

significance wise, by this point liches are small fry

# ¿ Mar 23, 2016 20:07

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Odamaron just did a timestop and spammed a bunch of stuff that stopped my frontliners in their tracks cos I didn't really pre-buff... apart from that one vorpal hit that got through and killed him in the first blow

# ¿ Mar 23, 2016 22:27

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

All it said was Odamaron: Vorpal hit, Odamaron: Death. It was probably Sarevok with Ravager.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2016 23:08

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Mzbundifund posted:

You don't become a paladin to get rich (nobody else's strongholds really give much either).

Except for a castle, magic house or thieves Guild. Much better than a bed in some communal dorm.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2016 14:37

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

talking of banters, last night I had one between Imoen and Korgan in ToB where they just rip each other then Korgan congratulates Imoen for a job well done. I knew they'd get along eventually, it was lovely

# ¿ Mar 25, 2016 10:14

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

MrL_JaKiri posted:

Two handed swords are a great option, especially if running Tactics or SCS.

Is that just for use any item: carsomyr?

# ¿ Mar 26, 2016 19:39

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

melissan just owned the hell out of me cos I didn't pre-buff and now I feel weak and puny

# ¿ Mar 26, 2016 20:15

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

space eric is a good charname

# ¿ Mar 26, 2016 21:54

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Can you use eekeeper to add a kit to a multiclass?

# ¿ Apr 1, 2016 10:37

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

bounty hunter traps - do they keep the effects of the previous levels? If not the third upgrade (resilient sphere, save to negate) is garbage.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2016 00:29

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Max Wilco posted:

Holy crap, I think I might have actually gotten the hang of BG2.

I'm doing the Unseeing Eye quest, and I was able to take out the group of priests you find down in the center. It took me a couple of tries, but what I did was cast Remove Fear and Invisibility on the whole party, positioned everyone next to an enemy, and after I started attacking, I cast Horror, which scattered a good handful of the mages. After taking out the ones who were unaffected, I managed to pick off the ones who escaped with projectiles.

I then had Aerie cast Sanctuary and wander over to get the item you need for the quest, and she ended up dying to the Unseeing Eye (along with Minsc when he went berserk). Bizarrely, I was able to get my Dwarven Defender PC to take him out 1-on-1 with little trouble, but I decided to reload and try it again without losing any characters. Unfortunately, when I tried the 1-on-1 method again with a bunch of buffs (Death Ward, Free Action, Improved Invisibility), I ended up dying. I'm not sure how it works, but my weapons were ineffective against him until I cast Draw Upon Holy Might. It took a couple of tries (there was one where Aerie and Keldorn died, but when I resurrected Keldorn with Harper's Call, his Charisma was too low to reequip his armor), but I managed to take him out without losing anyone. I also managed to take out the Beholder in the northern section of the map with no issue.

Of course now, I'm stuck on the fight with the four Gauths that spam magic at you, but I've read that using Fire Elemental summons against them is a good plan.

That's got to make for some weird continuity, seeing as how she's in the BG2 novel.

you should just zap the unseeing eye with the quest rod

# ¿ Apr 4, 2016 08:19

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Max Wilco posted:

That was another method I read about. Problem is that I'd have to reload an earlier save to go and get that (or return to the caves once I get the shield), and I think at that price, I'd lose most of the money you need to move to Chapter 3.

Oh, that right! I guess it would have been easier for me to use the rod the game told me to use instead of just sticking it in the quick slot bar and totally forgetting about it.

Still, it's impressive I beat him without the rod, right?

I guess so, I've never tried w straight up fight with it

# ¿ Apr 4, 2016 10:23

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Woolie Wool posted:

Holy poo poo the new Dragonspear UI is beautiful. Actually readable fonts! Clean lines with right angles! I hope someone ports it to BG2:EE.

Speaking of Dragonspear, now that Scott Brooks fixed SoD mod support, I'm wondering how I should play it, whether to install the very limited set of mods I played BG1 with and fill in the last gap in my old character's playthrough, or go mod crazy with BWS and roll a new character? I was actually going to do that in 1.3 and did the Candlekeep bit but the IWD2/Dragon Age/Pillars style weapon switching automatically makes 2.0 better.

It's in bg2ee already.
Can you go straight into SoD? I'm not sure I can be bothered with slogging through bg again.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2016 16:24

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Woolie Wool posted:

And then you kill about 30 Cowled Wizards and then show up right at their doorstep and hand them 5000 GP to stop bothering you, and no one even cares that you murdered a whole shitload of them while flouting the law.

Keep killing and they eventually stop

# ¿ Apr 15, 2016 02:19

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

Mordaedil posted:

A lot of people think themselves Judge Dredd when playing these games, huh?

it's kinda written into most of the quests so yeah

# ¿ Apr 19, 2016 10:55

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 10:53

the fart question: Mar 21, 2007; College Slice

what level would I be at the end of bg1 as a single f/m/t without the xp cap?

# ¿ Apr 21, 2016 21:37

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