Buffing Options

[rbeverjr]

I typically buff to the utmost for the many hard battles. It seems like it takes forever to do this and is no fun - quite tedious, in fact. Is there some way I can just press a function key and have selected spells cast in a selected order. I heard that the Soulafin mod had something like this but am unfamiliar with the details.

That would be pretty funny. Walk into a room with a lich that can't be turned by a level 21 cleric. The lich pops off 7 spells or so in an instant becoming "invulnerable" and then so does 4 of my 6 characters. Can someone point me to a mod, tutorial, or provide some help on creating a buffing script?

[rbeverjr]

Well, it finally worked for me. Sometimes I have to press the key a few times before it works, but eventually it does its thing. I have to change the scripts around to the autobuff prior to buffing and then to my standard script afterwards, leaving AI on. (If I don't do this, I often end up letting my characters just stand around because I play when I should sleep. Of course, there are occasions when I do turn the AI off.)

The buff routine uses up some of my spells that I would choose that it did not and doesn't use some of the buffs that I want it to, but overall it does make the buffing for the constant hack-n-slash less tedious. This mod gets the thumbs up from me.

As an aside: Twisted Rune is a good reason to play a fighter-mage as the hero. It's nice to be as invulnerable as the enemy when the Big Nasty "magically" knows who the leader is, seeks him out, and unleashes hell. Personally, I don't think that omniscience was appropriate.

[Sikret]

Just forgot to reply to this part:

As an aside: Twisted Rune is a good reason to play a fighter-mage as the hero. It's nice to be as invulnerable as the enemy when the Big Nasty "magically" knows who the leader is, seeks him out, and unleashes hell. Personally, I don't think that omniscience was appropriate.

Knowing the identity of the hero of Baldur's Gate and the kidnapped Bhaalspawn, doesn't require "omniscience"! Twisted Rune is a very powerful organization with many ears and eyes everywhere. Besides, even in the original game, much less informed people know your protagonist's identity very well.

[leonidas]

Knowing the identity of the hero of Baldur's Gate and the kidnapped Bhaalspawn, doesn't require "omniscience"! Twisted Rune is a very powerful organization with many ears and eyes everywhere. Besides, even in the original game, much less informed people know your protagonist's identity very well.

Also, if you don't want to be on the receiving end of layene's timestop ramage, just keep CHARNAME out of her line of sight.

This post has been edited by leonidas: May 13 2007, 12:40 PM

[rbeverjr]

Knowing the identity of the hero of Baldur's Gate and the kidnapped Bhaalspawn, doesn't require "omniscience"! Twisted Rune is a very powerful organization with many ears and eyes everywhere. Besides, even in the original game, much less informed people know your protagonist's identity very well.

Also, if you don't want to be on the receiving end of layene's timestop ramage, just keep CHARNAME out of her line of sight.

That only works for a while. She will advance to bring him into sight. I had previously tried to deal with Shangrilar and the small fry first, but Layenne is by far the biggest threat.