Shaitans comments and nitpicking *spoilers*, well sort of... Options

[Sikret]

-The installation issue I told in my previous message is going to screw things up? As ToD is a mod which takes place in a brand new area I hope I will not find any incompatibility but I don't now anything about modding. Can someone tell me anything?

I don't think that it will cause problems, but if you want to be sure, just uninstall IA and install it again. In this way it will become your last installed mod. Note that hitting the RE-install option will not do. You need to uninstall IA completely and install it again to make sure that it is the last installed mod.

I read the post about which party should be better to play IA, but I want to know if is almost impossible to beat the game (with IA) with a party of six characters.

On the contrary, it is most recommended to have as many party members as possible. 6 members is the ideal party number.

[Shaitan]

Nalias Keep: I need a bit of help beating Torgal, he doesn't seem to take any further damage (has his regen. been improved??). I can get him on barely damaged.

Edit: I succeded! It helped me killing his Gem golem first. And tons of healing potions and luck and realoads. Whoa now I would like a break...

Regards

This post has been edited by Shaitan: Apr 19 2007, 10:29 AM

[Shaitan]

Horrid Rakshasa; no easy fight and only touchable by +3, so he should be left alone next time.

BTW Sikret did you see what I mentioned about missing doors earlier?

Regards

[Sikret]

BTW Sikret did you see what I mentioned about missing doors earlier?

You still have access to the roof through the keep's yard.

[Shaitan]

Yes I did go that way, I just wondered if this was intentionally (of course it was...)

[Mongerman]

Actaully, I would recommand a 4 party member for easier encounters to reach higher levels quickly. In my past games, a f/t, b/c, mage and f/m was sufficient for most encounters.

[Shaitan]

I do like to use NPCs because of the interjections and their histories. I like the enhanced special items of ie Keldorn and Valygar.
I usually use Jaheira for romance (and the ring of wizardry) and mod NPC Kivan (from BG1). The others depends on my PC.

[Shaitan]

Uh I desperately need help against the meteors(?) the Cambion thwors at me. I allmost gets him killed, and then BAM, all my party are gone...

[Sikret]

What's your protagonist's class, Shaitan? How did you get the ring of wizardry?

[Shaitan]

RoW is a part of the Harper plot AFAIK. I play a F/C Halfelf. How can I counteract Meteors?

[Sikret]

RoW is a part of the Harper plot AFAIK. I play a F/C Halfelf.

Ok, I asked this, because if you were playing a mage, then it would be better for you to ask the apprenti to make the robe for you instead of the ring. But now, it doesn't make much difference, because even if you have the robe you won't be able to upgrade it without a mage protagonist.

How can I counteract Meteors?

Protection From Fire (spells and/or potions), Improved Mantle or pfmw. (BTW, which cambion you were referring to?)

[thetruth]

Shaitan is talking probably about the Warden in the Planar Prison and with Meteors he means the Comet probably.

It is a very difficult battle in early game.
Prot. from Fire will protect from Comet (high MR as well).

Shaitan if you want give us some info about your party.

[Shaitan]

Yeah I took this quest because earlier it was easy enough on in IA 3. Yes I meant the warden, and I guess comet is the right name as thetruth states.

I will be able to protect myself with prot. from fire (both potions and spells), I'll give you the result in a couple of hours.

My party consists of:
F/C
Jaheira (romance)
Kivan
Minsc
Aerie
Nalia

We have around 925000 xp at this stage.

I guess the Warden in't the only one slinging Comets?

Regards

[angiras]

Ive noticed that several of the harder and sometimes new enemies in Act II use HLAs. Of course, its also mentioned in the readme somewhere, and not necessarily recommended to visit everywhere before underdark.

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[Sikret]

Ah, I thought Shaitan was talking about Melf Meteors.

@Shaitan
With an F/C protagonist you will not see the new quests added to the game via the expanded strongholds (though you will still see the "post-firkraag" ones). I'm sure you had this in mind when choosing your protagonist's class. Perhaps, you have left them for your next game-through.

[Shaitan]

Hi!

I succeded after many reloads in beating the Warden - whoa it made a really tough opponent to beat.

I managed to run into another type of spider - a scary one! - Ghost spider.

I consider to do a new PC type before I come to far in the game - To gain some of the new materials.

@Sikret: I would be pleased if a list of ie 10-15 of the easier quests were available. I now the recommended from IA3, but I see very big differences between these two version.

Regards

[Shaitan]

Time for a thread ressurection. I'll try to give some comments here as my game slowly progresses.

I found out, that playing a Swashbuckler 10/ Cleric x isn't as easy anymore. Before I only needed 650.000 xp to reach my thief skills again, and now I need 725.000 xp. It takes a good while longer, and T->C isn't that good in IA (I think so far) compared to good ol' SoA days.

Edit1: Uhh Squeezed - heh I'll postpone the Keep Viper for later, as he seems too tough to my party:
PC Vagrant dual Longsword/Flail L 10
Jaheira L 9/11 dual club/scimitar (as in all my tutugames)
Keldorn L 10 Hallowed Redeemer
NPC Swashie>Cleric L 10 War hammer + shield
Xan L11 Sling
Nalia L11 Short Bow

Edit2: So I managed to beat the Greater Yuanti, wasn't he worth 25.000 xp in ver. 4,2? Anyway Keldorn, CC, and loads of breaches worked wonder on him. I can't get emotion to work on him, but I managed anyway. And now for the Keep Viper

Edit3: This time the Keep Viper were easier, so I went on for Torgal. I think after five reloads that I have to postpone him - Poor Keldorn I think he's harder this time, perhaps also gaining the help from the two Giant Trolls saves Torgal ome precious time.

This post has been edited by Shaitan: Dec 2 2007, 07:12 AM

[Sikret]

Poor Keldorn

hehe , having Keldorn in party is really double-edged. He has no chance against TorGal even if you return later (unless you postpone it to much later near the end of the SOA portion of the game). TorGal is a high level cleric; to resist his turning ability, Keldorn needs to level up quite a lot. In general, if an evil cleric is 3 levels higher than Keldorn, he will turn him successfully.

[Shaitan]

I found, that when Torgal starts turning the resist fear spell I buffed him and the others with disappeared, I could then throw another to avoid him being turned. Of course that required a lot of resist fear spells in my priests spellbooks.

[Shaitan]

So I had an hour or so to play this evening, and I went for the Unseeing Eye quest. I skipped the spiders at the bridge - for now - but I'd give Thassal (sp?) a try. He was definitly improved. And also the bone golems feature was nice: At first I didn't protect my party with resist fear, I should had done that . Then I went for Thassal and the skeleton lord. Those two in combination now really chunks my party, so I guess I also has to postpone them to later.

Q: I'm around level 9-10, I guess taking on Thassal and his croons now is a bit to early?
Q: Can I come back for Thassal after doing the rest of the beholder quest?

The idea of changing the level progression is good, and makes the way I choose the quests more difficault.