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

[Clown]

Shade Lord had to be just about the hardest battle in SOA at least for me personally, same reason as you, would get his protections down but then he would whack me with the abi dalzims thing soon as I really started hurting him. Best way round this is simply to get lots of protection from magic damage on one or preferably two fighters. Either try using belt of inertial barrier, cloak of mirroring or valygar's new armour any combination of which will offer 100% immunity, have this character deal the damage while your mage sits back at a safe distance and keeps his protections down. In your case probly best with Minsc using the belt and cloak as you dont have valygar.
Also try using the fighter mage with protection from magic energy then spell immunity abujuration to do the same job or just to do it quicker. If the Shade Lord takes down your spell immunity too quickly try mixing in a few higher level spell protections so he needs more ruby rays to bring it down.
Anyway hope that helps and good luck as I said I found him a real tough one.