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Shadan
post Jul 16 2007, 07:47 AM
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Well I have played 2 days with IA now. It seems very cool to me, just I feel it is a bit hard yet. My party still weak for most of the IA fights.
Here is my party: gnome fighter/illusionist lvl 9/10, Keldorn lvl 9, Haer'Dalis lvl 11, Anomen lvl 10 clr, Cernd lvl 12, Nalia lvl 11 mage.
My PC is very good now with +3axes and Hill Giant Str. belt.
Keldorn: True Seeing very usefull, but I haven't seen any success with Dispel Magic in IA battles... And he is very weak even with -5 AC in hard battles...
Haer'Dalis: When he is buffed, he is very good tank. He isn't very good damagedealer yet. I found his Offensive Spin + Melf's Minute Meteor bugged, since when he press O. Spin, his attack lowered to 2 with meteors. I haven't tried more time yet btw. Without buffs he is like a chicken in fights. I like him.
Anomen: Very good and strong char with his buffs, melee etc. DUHM overshine even Holy Power and Champion's Strength, and you have alot lvl 2 free slots... biggrin.gif
Nalia: I dislike her low thieving skills, when I cannot disram a trap or open a lock. But he will do all what a mage should do in IA.
Cernd: He is very good in this early stage. He was at least 2 lvl higher than rest of the party, and it helped a lot.
His spells:
lvl 1: Doom very good spell. Burning Hands: Not the best, but good to kill trolls.
lvl 2: There are not really good spells here. Invis: good only for scouting. Mirror Image, Barskin: good defensive spells, but Cernd usually sit at back, so he don't need this too many times. Charm: sometimes good to get cannon fodder for a short time.
lvl 3: Flame Arrow shines here. Summon Insects: Not so usefull now with nerfed save. Stregnth of One: I used this often till I found a strength belt. Usually I mem FA all but 1 Dispel Magic.
lvl 4: Call Woodland being: not so good as was berfore. Defensive Harmony: good, but he lefts this for Anomen. Greater Malison and Emotion shine here. I like them. Fire Shild useless on him.
lvl 5: Sadly Chaotic Command demands lower usefullnes of other spells here. Iron Skin, Insect Plague good when don't need CC. Also Prot from Acid will be good in certain fights.
lvl 6: Unleash Enetgy is great. Conjure Animlas would be good but most of the enemies Death Spell all summoned ones immiditaely... Conjure Fire Elem would be good also. I use Heal also. Chain Lightning and Death Spell is unused atm.
All in all, Cernd is very good char yet, especially cause he can cast high lvl spells which aren't blocked by (Minor) Globe of Inv. and with a lot of FLame Arrows he can deal good damage also.
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Shadan
post Sep 6 2007, 08:08 AM
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What is this item: Kaligun's Amulet of Magic Resistance

I haven't found in the game yet, and it is not in offical game walkthrough also. Is it a new IA item from specific encounter?
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shadan   My experiences with IA and Auramaster   Jul 16 2007, 07:47 AM
shadan   OK, now about quests and battles: Improved Illych ...   Jul 16 2007, 08:15 AM
Raven   Hi shadan, By all means keep writing your adventu...   Jul 16 2007, 09:29 AM
Roy   Watcher's keep level 1 isn't improved exce...   Jul 16 2007, 08:50 AM
shadan   I haven't tried sewers party. Will do after I ...   Jul 16 2007, 09:58 AM
Sikret   As Raven pointed out, please do not hesitate to se...   Jul 16 2007, 10:10 AM
Shaitan   You can make Nalia a very decent thief by potions,...   Jul 16 2007, 11:17 AM
shadan   Thx for info, Sikret. Those spiders made me crazy....   Jul 16 2007, 11:18 AM
Sikret   Have your cleric memorize "Free Action" ...   Jul 16 2007, 11:23 AM
shadan   CC is ok, btw when I tried it, I had access only f...   Jul 16 2007, 12:31 PM
Sikret   CC is ok, btw when I tried it, I had access only ...   Jul 16 2007, 12:50 PM
shadan   I had some hours to play again, so I went to Tower...   Jul 19 2007, 07:43 AM
Raven   Sometimes he was able to cast PfMW or Stoneskin, ...   Jul 19 2007, 09:27 AM
lroumen   Hahaha. I think everyone does the same. I always...   Jul 19 2007, 09:46 AM
Stu   I found running away Sir Robin style to be effect...   Jul 19 2007, 10:03 AM
shadan   I started finally the Copper Coronet quessts. Seem...   Jul 20 2007, 07:20 AM
Stu   You will ;) good call, all of these quests aren...   Jul 20 2007, 08:17 AM
shadan   Hmm, I checked improved item list again and I have...   Jul 20 2007, 09:36 AM
Raven   Hmm, I checked improved item list again and I hav...   Jul 20 2007, 10:35 AM
Arkain   Well, iirc I forged all the Cernd items and had ju...   Jul 20 2007, 12:47 PM
shadan   I made some minor quests again: Thief strongholds ...   Jul 23 2007, 08:15 AM
Exor   I am just a bit tired with micromanagement. Befo...   Jul 24 2007, 03:32 PM
shadan   I just finished mage stronghold (was away on holyd...   Aug 16 2007, 05:13 PM
Shaitan   Do you have G3s fixpack or Ding0s QuestPack instal...   Aug 16 2007, 05:17 PM
shadan   No, they are not installed. I have: 1. TOB Officia...   Aug 16 2007, 06:15 PM
Raven   I'm sure you probably know this already, but I...   Aug 16 2007, 07:20 PM
Stu   I made this mistake, just a few weeks ago. For som...   Aug 17 2007, 07:48 AM
shadan   Thanks, this was the solution. I was afraid of IA ...   Aug 17 2007, 10:23 AM
shadan   Seems I made a serious mistake. Somehow I lost Tab...   Aug 17 2007, 08:28 PM
Shaitan   I would not clau it, but go with Shadow keeper ins...   Aug 17 2007, 09:48 PM
Arkain   I prefer CLUAing over SK :P The problem is... tha...   Aug 18 2007, 01:50 AM
shadan   Thanks for answers. Surely I didnt put into any co...   Aug 18 2007, 08:59 AM
Sikret   Another problem is popped up. Few days ago I clear...   Aug 18 2007, 12:09 PM
Raven   Thanks for answers. Surely I didnt put into any co...   Aug 18 2007, 12:19 PM
shadan   Thank you for reply, I really appreciate it. Maybe...   Aug 18 2007, 12:59 PM
Sikret   She is not immune to 5th level spells. She is immu...   Aug 18 2007, 01:06 PM
shadan   Hmm, just realized Nalia has only 9 wisdom score. ...   Aug 18 2007, 02:12 PM
shadan   Seems I am cursed. All of my apprentices were ali...   Aug 19 2007, 03:01 PM
Shaitan   Hasn't IA changed the option of reloading if t...   Aug 19 2007, 03:29 PM
Sikret   Hasn't IA changed the option of reloading if t...   Aug 20 2007, 09:35 AM
shadan   I reloaded couple time my Quick save and Autosave....   Aug 20 2007, 08:34 AM
shadan   I have a F/I, but I am still playing 4.2. Imho it ...   Aug 20 2007, 01:27 PM
Sikret   FoD&W will be usable by single class rangers (...   Aug 20 2007, 01:40 PM
shadan   Thanks for answer! To tell the truth I planned...   Aug 21 2007, 11:23 AM
Sikret   Swanmays are useful allies (they are immune to dea...   Aug 21 2007, 12:23 PM
shadan   Hmm, I didnt realized this. Imho +1 THACO with swo...   Aug 21 2007, 12:47 PM
Shaitan   I don't think Sk will cause such problems. BTW...   Aug 21 2007, 01:48 PM
lroumen   If you have an Elf Vagrant you can still have 18 c...   Aug 21 2007, 02:22 PM
shadan   Iroumen: Difference is exactly 9 HP, since warrior...   Aug 22 2007, 12:03 PM
Sikret   Iroumen: Difference is exactly 9 HP, since warrior...   Aug 22 2007, 01:36 PM
shadan   It's your "to hit" bonus. OK, wh...   Aug 22 2007, 01:56 PM
lroumen   I checked the tables. 19 constitution indeed only ...   Aug 22 2007, 02:30 PM
Sikret   When you start with a 19 CON, you are closer to 20...   Aug 22 2007, 02:43 PM
Shaitan   What about the Hell bonuses? Aren't there a bo...   Aug 22 2007, 02:50 PM
lroumen   You can get +2 con on the evil path for the test o...   Aug 22 2007, 03:13 PM
Sikret   I don't remember accurately at this moment, bu...   Aug 22 2007, 03:18 PM
lroumen   I played one evil character once and what do you k...   Aug 22 2007, 09:11 PM
shadan   Firkraag and shadow dragon was supringsingly easy,...   Aug 23 2007, 12:35 PM
Shaitan   Warhammer from BG1 found near the tempel of Amauna...   Aug 23 2007, 01:42 PM
shadan   Do you mean that trapped safe after the bridge, ju...   Aug 25 2007, 04:13 PM
Shaitan   Si senõr   Aug 25 2007, 04:47 PM
shadan   Hmm, those runed assasins in Firkraag's Lair w...   Aug 26 2007, 03:36 PM
shadan   I have found spider queen, but it seems I cannot k...   Aug 27 2007, 02:41 PM
Arkain   You do have +4 weapons? That was my big problem co...   Aug 27 2007, 06:02 PM
Raven   You do have +4 weapons? That was my big problem co...   Aug 27 2007, 07:53 PM
shadan   Ah, sorry, I wanted to write viper queen. Yes, I h...   Aug 27 2007, 09:04 PM
Arkain   D'oh. Yeah, never think about *parts* of a pos...   Aug 27 2007, 10:45 PM
shadan   Minions were not problem imho. Incendiary Cloud an...   Aug 28 2007, 09:49 AM
shadan   Well, Spellhold seems more easier with my party th...   Aug 29 2007, 10:12 AM
Sikret   Well, Spellhold seems more easier with my party th...   Aug 29 2007, 06:06 PM
shadan   Thanks for answers, Sikret. It is my 1st run, so I...   Aug 30 2007, 07:21 AM
Sikret   You are welcome, Shadan! In spells triggers a...   Aug 30 2007, 08:24 AM
shadan   I did Vithal's quest in Underdark. When he wan...   Sep 4 2007, 07:31 PM
Shaitan   It is normal when you have the unnerfed spell tabl...   Sep 4 2007, 07:49 PM
Arkain   Bards with 8th level spells: Yup, the same here. ...   Sep 4 2007, 07:54 PM
shadan   Thanks for fast reply. About traps and bard: how c...   Sep 4 2007, 08:13 PM
Arkain   Designflaw? If I'm not completely wrong the s...   Sep 4 2007, 08:30 PM
Shaitan   I never play with bards :P   Sep 4 2007, 08:43 PM
lroumen   As far as I remember, the HLA traps always succeed...   Sep 5 2007, 09:27 AM
shadan   Thanks Irouman. You are right, I suceeded in trap ...   Sep 5 2007, 09:51 AM
Sikret   You will find time-traps most useful; but be caref...   Sep 5 2007, 10:03 AM
Ryel ril Ers   Somebody wrote the bard cant sing and fight/cast s...   Sep 5 2007, 11:04 AM
Sikret   Somebody wrote the bard cant sing and fight/cast s...   Sep 5 2007, 11:22 AM
Ryel ril Ers   Thank you sikret. that was a very good idea to pr...   Sep 5 2007, 11:25 AM
Sikret   Thank you sikret. that was a very good idea to pr...   Sep 5 2007, 12:04 PM
Vardaman   [*]Grandmaster of Flowers (usable by monks) :( ...   Sep 6 2007, 01:27 AM
Sikret   Is this part of your ongoing efforts to push peopl...   Sep 6 2007, 07:00 AM
Sikret   I think I missed this one: [*]Delryn Family Legac...   Sep 5 2007, 12:17 PM
Ryel ril Ers   I suggest some more item: Robe of Apprenti Nature...   Sep 5 2007, 01:01 PM
Sikret   I suggest some more item: Robe of Apprenti It...   Sep 5 2007, 01:21 PM
Sikret   Of course, I assumed that you were referring to ...   Sep 5 2007, 01:43 PM
Shaitan   Carsomyr & SoM will fit very well in the no-us...   Sep 5 2007, 02:02 PM
Ryel ril Ers   Memory of Apprenti: i think if a single class mage...   Sep 5 2007, 02:07 PM
Raven   Memory of Apprenti: i think if a single class mage...   Sep 5 2007, 02:41 PM
Ryel ril Ers   Raven: You have the truth. I forget the cleansing....   Sep 5 2007, 03:24 PM
Raven   and the grandmaster of flowers the only method for...   Sep 5 2007, 06:49 PM
Shaitan   Hmmm nice - a real opportunity to play a necromanc...   Sep 6 2007, 07:34 AM
shadan   What is this item: Kaligun's Amulet of Magic R...   Sep 6 2007, 08:08 AM
Raven   What is this item: Kaligun's Amulet of Magic R...   Sep 6 2007, 08:56 AM
Ryel ril Ers   Raven: Sorry i was tired and i don't see it in...   Sep 6 2007, 10:12 AM
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