The fight with pirates Options

[Aro]

Hi all.

I want some help with these guys in the tavern at the Docks. They are very tough. My party is:

Vagrant PC with proficiency in clubs and uses the +3 acid one from Trademeet
Valygar
Anomen
Jan Jansen
Edwin

Jan and Edwin can cast only 5 lvl spells and less.

That mage casts Remove Magic and emotion and abi-dalzim, and my characters die very quickly. The captain I cannot kill, he's scary. Help! My fighters deal very small damage to him.

I want another party member, but all NPCs are so weak. Any recommendation?

And where to find a permanency scroll or manual of elaboration or scroll of memory? I want a scroll for the club +4. It costs 50 000, is it worth it?

What weapons to buy?

[critto]

Hi, Aro!

I want another party member, but all NPCs are so weak. Any recommendation?

What are your party levels are?
IF you are not very far into the game, I suggest you swap Edwin for Nalia (she's a better mage and will be even better later). Yansen is better be switched with a custom sorcerer. Or you can switch him for Imoen in Spellhold later (she's a sorceress now, and a very powerful one). You also should take a one more fighter, I suggest custom berserker or a barbarian for two-handed weapons. Minsc or Keldorn are okay too, but they require a bit more skill to play effectively. To create custom characters, you should create a multiplayer game, than generate all the characters and, after cutscene has ended and "Item randomizer initialized" message has appeared, save the game, exit and move you saves from "mpsave" to "save" folder.

That mage casts Remove Magic and emotion and abi-dalzim, and my characters die very quickly. The captain I cannot kill, he's scary. Help! My fighters deal very small damage to him.

As for pirates, unless your party is around 12-13th level, I suggest you leave that encounter for now. Have you looked at "Suggested quest order" thread? It can help you to choose more suitable encounters for your party.

And where to find a permanency scroll or manual of elaboration or scroll of memory? I want a scroll for the club +4. It costs 50 000, is it worth it?

Since you have Jan, buff him with thievery potions and do some pickpocketing around the town. You should find at least two Permanency scrolls. This will allow you to forge a Treefolk's Arm club, it's quite worth it and will be a strong weapon for quite a while.

What weapons to buy?

Do not waste money on weapons. You should be able to do the Lilarcor quest and the duels in the Druid Grove, which gives you nice two-handed weapons. You should also have different +1 or +2 equipment from earlier encounters which is enough until you able to deal with more hard quests like De'Arnise keep which will give you better weapons like Flail of Ages. I strongly suggest to give your Vagrant proficiencies in flails, while Valygar can handle the clubs. Once you forge Treefolk's Arm, keep saving money and components for the Phosphorus +4 flail.

Hope that helps. Just ask if anything else is unclear.

This post has been edited by critto: Jul 31 2009, 05:14 PM