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: Cleared de'arnise keep. Its not as difficult as I remembered in IA3. Then again, perhaps I was better prepared. What i really liked (and didnt notice in IA3) was how the improved creatures switched targets. Glacias especially, for when he realised he couldnt hit Minsc more then half the time, he promptly switched and started attacking my r/c. Great AI modification there.

Good call making the new monster stick close to torgal as well, since I remember in IA3 you could lure out torgal alone and tank him with just one beserker.

From what I've seen and read, IA4 seems to require more melee and tanking power then magic alone.

So far, the biggest problem is inventory management. I'm hoarding everything I can except ammo to sell in the sahuagin city to raise funds for the hugely expensive stuff in IA4, and all my charcter inventories are close to bursting. I am so tempted to SK in a few bags of holding right now...

This post has been edited by Mongerman: Apr 27 2007, 05:22 AM