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DequNew
Hello,

Instead of writing, will do journal in videos.

Party:
Necromancer
Dwarven Defender
Riskbearer
Riskbearer
Riskbearer
Sible -> dual to cleric

Link to playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1ciBd66Fqo...7UYZ0epcuWnuyHx

[Part 1] Intro Quick Intro, Creating characters.
[Part2] Irenicus Dungeon First part of dungeon, Library Keeper, Bodyguard.
[Part3] Ireninus Dungeon Lesser Elemental (Air, Fire, Earth).
[Part 4] Sibel and Circus Recruiting Sibel, Dual to cleric, circus.

SparrowJacek
Good luck! I will be waiting for more videos smile.gif

Just one thing, I think you need 18 int and 18 wisdom from the start to have 100% chance to forge memory of the apprenti. Since you start with 16/18 you might have bad luck with that. But don't worry, if you're OK with that, you can always set proper variable values through the console.
DequNew
QUOTE(SparrowJacek @ Dec 3 2024, 03:06 AM) *
Good luck! I will be waiting for more videos smile.gif

Just one thing, I think you need 18 int and 18 wisdom from the start to have 100% chance to forge memory of the apprenti. Since you start with 16/18 you might have bad luck with that. But don't worry, if you're OK with that, you can always set proper variable values through the console.

Thanks, Luck will be needed and persistence. Did not knew that MoA crafting chance 18I 18W, but if unlucky, will manually fix issue.
pekkae
Great!

Good luck! Your planned party seems well balanced and very powerful. Korganwill be great, all versions (DD, Barbie, Berserker) are really powerful. Barbarian with the Sibel introduced items is an extreme late game tank I think.

DequNew
QUOTE(pekkae @ Dec 3 2024, 03:15 PM) *
Great!

Good luck! Your planned party seems well balanced and very powerful. Korganwill be great, all versions (DD, Barbie, Berserker) are really powerful. Barbarian with the Sibel introduced items is an extreme late game tank I think.


No Korgan on this run, I used it on my other Auramaster one.
pekkae
Alright.

98 is pretty high roll, congrats! Highest I've ever hard is 96, I think - haha!

At least for my style of play, I'd definitely consider including more diversity in the group - this makes the encounters & fights much easier, for me at least. Sibel and Jaheira make a really good duo that can dish out a lot of damage and really good tanking + casting capabilities.

DequNew
Irenicus Dungeon [Part2] First part of dungeon, Library Keeper, Bodyguard.
DequNew
[Part3] Irenicus Dungeon, second part of dungeon lesser elemetals (fire, air, earth)
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[Part 4] Sibel and Circus Recruiting Sibel, dual to cleric, circus quest
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[Part 5] Slums and Copper Coronet Early quests and looting, nothing interesthing
bulian
QUOTE(DequNew @ Dec 3 2024, 11:18 AM) *
QUOTE(SparrowJacek @ Dec 3 2024, 03:06 AM) *
Good luck! I will be waiting for more videos smile.gif

Just one thing, I think you need 18 int and 18 wisdom from the start to have 100% chance to forge memory of the apprenti. Since you start with 16/18 you might have bad luck with that. But don't worry, if you're OK with that, you can always set proper variable values through the console.

Thanks, Luck will be needed and persistence. Did not knew that MoA crafting chance 18I 18W, but if unlucky, will manually fix issue.


There is some very tricky coding related to MoA crafting and the robe drop. The best thing to do would be to (temporarily) adjust your stats to 18I and 18W prior to entering the planar sphere until you forge the robe.
DequNew
QUOTE(bulian @ Dec 10 2024, 10:48 AM) *
Did you beat Samia as level 11 party? How in the world did you pull that one off?!? Nice work!

Answering here not to bloat suggestion channel with no suggestions. Yes I managed to beat, but all the odds were against me. I lacked high level spells (PfME) and no contigencies/spell triggers, but lot of micromanagement, drinking lot of potions and accurate character placement and due to the difficulty I use "normal". I don´t think I could have done it in core, difference between normal and core is huge (could tank certain spells). It was really nice fight, but it is not comparable to any core runs. Video comes later when I am cathing up on my editing.
DequNew
[Part 6]Suna Seni
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[Part 7] Graveyard Minor early game looting in graveyard
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[Part 8] Docks Killing 3 minotaurs and minor looting in docks, Crazy Celvan dialog with Sibel
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[Part 9] Thieves Guild Proceeding main questline, meeting Aran Linvail, save Renfeld
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[Part 10] Harper Hold Getting inside Harper Hold (Prebek), Killing Harpers Guardians and fetched Amulet of Talos for Mae'Var
pekkae
QUOTE(DequNew @ Dec 10 2024, 12:58 PM) *
QUOTE(bulian @ Dec 10 2024, 10:48 AM) *
Did you beat Samia as level 11 party? How in the world did you pull that one off?!? Nice work!

Answering here not to bloat suggestion channel with no suggestions. Yes I managed to beat, but all the odds were against me. I lacked high level spells (PfME) and no contigencies/spell triggers, but lot of micromanagement, drinking lot of potions and accurate character placement and due to the difficulty I use "normal". I don´t think I could have done it in core, difference between normal and core is huge (could tank certain spells). It was really nice fight, but it is not comparable to any core runs. Video comes later when I am cathing up on my editing.


Haha! Very cool! Congrats!

You are going to post a video about it? Looking forward to it!
DequNew
Ye video comes later when my editing videos catch up. So far my hardest fight has been zallanora. Only thing left to do pre spellhold are very hard fights and doing bit exploring In watchers keep lvl3.
SparrowJacek
75% damage or not, it's very impressive! In my current playthrough I barely defeated the first group of Golems in Firkraag's dungeon with a party of +-12 level and improved Ray of Fragmentation smile.gif so congratulations on your achievements!
DequNew
[Part 11] Rayic Gethras Killing Rayic Gethras.

Question about Supreme Golem, only that is blocking me to get lower level on this current run. What is requirement of it letting me throw (enough levels? chp?) or should I just kill it instead (Propably cannot wihtout HLAs)? It will spawn nice amount of elemental golems, so pospone the fight and fight later for some nice way to by milking those might be useful.
pekkae
QUOTE(DequNew @ Dec 15 2024, 11:59 PM) *
[Part 11] Rayic Gethras Killing Rayic Gethras.

Question about Supreme Golem, only that is blocking me to get lower level on this current run. What is requirement of it letting me throw (enough levels? chp?) or should I just kill it instead (Propably cannot wihtout HLAs)? It will spawn nice amount of elemental golems, so pospone the fight and fight later for some nice way to by milking those might be useful.


I don't know about exp levels but I maxed out the fight on my latest run. Maxxed out Sibel can tank it & while the rest max out spawns - even on insane - but I did it in chapter 6 (or 7) or so.
DequNew
[Part 12] Mae'Var Killing Mae'Var
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[Part 13] Bridge District Orog encounter, Looting Bridge District
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[Part 14] Rejiek Hidesman Reijiek basement fight
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[Part 15] Anarg Fallen Palandin Quest, still quite a lot to do these easy early game content until can reach to harder fights.
DequNew
Love the feeling on long fights when it get so close to victory. Fight lasted 55minutes and last enemy is 1 hit away from dying and I lose biggrin.gif (GEG)
pekkae
QUOTE(DequNew @ Dec 20 2024, 01:17 AM) *
Love the feeling on long fights when it get so close to victory. Fight lasted 55minutes and last enemy is 1 hit away from dying and I lose biggrin.gif (GEG)


Haha. I always hated that biggrin.gif ... Espcially if it's not a setup where I'm just punching through.
DequNew
[Part 16] Windspear Hills Windspear Hills outskirts clearing, returning nuts from dryads to dryad
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[Part 17] Umar Hills Making Quests in Umar Hills
DequNew
[Part 18] Trademeet Tackle animals, Taking quests, Loot containers. These video journals going very slow pace, on my actual run I am right at prespellhold, just trying to do Pasha and Twisted Rune party before taking my leave. Been smashing very hard encounters very easily on first tries and been milking all the spawns.
pekkae
QUOTE(DequNew @ Dec 19 2024, 12:46 AM) *
[Part 14] Rejiek Hidesman Reijiek basement fight


Why didn't you protect PC with skins?

Stun effect can be also countered with free action (If my memory serves me right), so probably one could just cast FA on a cleric, who has remove paralysis memorized. That way the one character that can remove paralysis is protected from the stun and thus you have a way out.
DequNew
QUOTE(pekkae @ Dec 23 2024, 05:31 PM) *
QUOTE(DequNew @ Dec 19 2024, 12:46 AM) *
[Part 14] Rejiek Hidesman Reijiek basement fight


Why didn't you protect PC with skins?

Stun effect can be also countered with free action (If my memory serves me right), so probably one could just cast FA on a cleric, who has remove paralysis memorized. That way the one character that can remove paralysis is protected from the stun and thus you have a way out.

I think I did not have stoneskin spell yet or if did, I was not paying too much attention on these early fights.
DequNew
[Part 19] Druid Grove Clearing big part of Druid Grove
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[Part 20] Faldorn Milking spore colonies and dealing with Faldorn
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