Geh4th's v5.0 game thread, progress, trouble, questions, requests for advice, etc Options

[geh4th]

Well, despite my recent success against the dragons and being 'that far' from spellhold, I've decided to change course here.

Inspired by Ryel's "reloaded" thread and by Sikret's "cheat and cheese" article, I re-examined my game load to see what could be considered cheesy. While the other mods I had installed are not explicitly incompatible with IA 5.0 (such as Dungeon Crawl and various NPC's) I realized that the content that they added - particularly items - are.

I know that some would advocate doing a quest from a mod and simply walking away from any potentially imbalancing items, but I just can't bring myself to drop a, say, ring of regeneration on the ground and walk away. I'll always know what I COULD have had and it would eat at me. Better to not install the mod that added it into the game at all, I think. Plus, avoiding "maybe" mods avoids potential bugs, some of which I had indeed seen.

So, I've decided to totally wipe and reload. I've installed only the basics with IA 5.0, plus a select handful of specifically authorized mods: Dungeon-be-gone, Tower of Deception, and The Four. I plan to sell any items I find in ToD (well, I'll probably keep potions and scroll

I'm restarting my game with this format, using my same Vagrant and a more-or-less similar party. We'll see how that goes.

Finally, again inspired by Ryel's posts, I plan to chronicle my adventure in detail. I hope to make a readable and entertaining walkthrough/story. Again, we'll see how it goes.

Stay tuned.

Geh4th