Mongerman's IA4.1 adventure Options

[Mongerman]

Hello all. I started with IA3 and left it due to work commitments. Hopefully i'll be able to finish IA4.1 this time round. Before I start, I'll explain my choice of protagonist, planned party etc etc. Hopefully this will be of some help to all players.

Choice of protagonist : Blade with maxed str/dex/int, 16 con, 3 wis, 15 cha.

Why: It was a tough choice between a f/m as recommanded by thetruth, and my own previous experiences with the blade. However, the blade finally wins out as:

1. With offensive spin and tensers, the Blade's thaco is equivalent (give or take minus 1) to the f/m.
2. With un-nerfed tables (recommanded component of IA), blade gets lvl 7 spells
3. By soloing the un-modded parts of the game, a blade can reach lvl 12-13. Which means when I pick up my party, they will all be at a higher level, as opposed to being xp hogs
4. I hate haer delis
5. I have a blade from BG1 tutu

With my choice of protagonist made, I know I will miss out on the expanded mage/ranger quest. maybe next time.

Choice of NPCs
1.A multiplayer created R/C kicked out till i reach desired level to recruit NPCs.
2. Nalia, to be replaced by Imoen
3. Minsc SK'd to berserker
4. Keldorn

I'll post again once I get underway.

Regards

This post has been edited by Mongerman: Apr 23 2007, 01:56 PM

[Mongerman]

Update: Restarted the game as a f/m, and have completed most of the un-modded parts solo except for trademeet. Picked up korgan, nalia, yoshi and my multi-player created R/C for suna and party though, before dumping them again.

I'll pick up my final party members after trademeet. Hopefully my f/m will be 10/11 by then, so that edwin will be at least lvl 10. Decided on edwin over nalia. +3 extra spells per lvl is just too good to pass up even for a good party. I'll just convince myself that my protagonist is smart enough to realise the usefulness of edwin, even if he is a SOB.

Current equipment - short sword +2, arbane's sword, helm of balduran, 2 rings of prot +1.

I'm taking a day's break. IA is knda frustrating at the early lvls, even for a f/m. Luckily i had experience from IA3, or i might have given up at all the improved mages and clerics already.

Right now, I'm thinking of SKing one character to a thief/fighter or Swashbuckler. Candidates are Viccy for f/t or Nalia for Swashie. More inclined toward Nalia atm. Will decide when I'm ready to dive into IA4 again. New final party will be

1. F/M
2. R/C
3. Minsc SK'ed to berserker
4. Edwin
5. Nalia SK'ed to Swashbuckler

This post has been edited by Mongerman: Apr 24 2007, 04:02 PM

[Sikret]

Right now, I'm thinking of SKing one character to a thief/fighter or Swashbuckler. Candidates are Viccy for f/t or Nalia for Swashie. More inclined toward Nalia atm. Will decide when I'm ready to dive into IA4 again. New final party will be

1. F/M
2. R/C
3. Minsc SK'ed to berserker
4. Edwin
5. Nalia SK'ed to Swashbuckler

Do you mean Sk'ing Nalia to a single class swashbuckler or to a dual-class Swashbuckler mage? If the former, then her new ring will not be useful for her even if you forge it. None of your other party members have also any specific items to be upgraded by IA. You can probably replace your custom R/C with Valygar and add a cleric (either Anomen or a custom one) as your 6th party member. In this way you can, at least, upgrade Valygar's armor and Katana. Anomen's shield is also upgradable (unless you have some other plan for your 6th party member).