Thief vs Lich?... good luck corey.
What? You thought in NR I was going to fight fair with the lich? While as a hafling, Corthief VIII's saves are pretty decent, still, Corthief planned on getting some help from a nearby temple (undead scroll - they are there for a reason, right?)
To Alesia and blackraven.
Yes it was Gaius, not Gaal...
As to me coming back, I wont. Playing Pillars of Eternity right now and cant be bothered with another repeat of BG saga, epic a trilogy as it is though, especially as I finished it with Eren once.
As to me not posting about my bg1 adventures: it was a speed run, finished it in 2.35 hours, nothing noteworthy happened. That was the state of my NRC play, so its a good time to stop now. Just cant be bothered with more of the same. Not to discourage anyone here of course.
BR: please play more if I have one more wish it be you and/or Aasim and maybe Realmuzzy as of late, finishing this challenge. Nothing on the others but they all finished this challenge at least once I believe.
Cheers!
Cheers Golden! Pillars of Eternity is a great game, it's like a love letter to Baldur's Gate in many ways (although the way they treat their mac customers is !@##@$)
Cheers Golden! Pillars of Eternity is a great game, it's like a love letter to Baldur's Gate in many ways (although the way they treat their mac customers is !@##@$)
If you install mods it rejuvenates BG both 1 & 2. If it weren't for them, I probably would not be still playing it.
Isadora, Halfling Swashbuckler, BG2 update 1
Isadora
There was no day or night in the dungeon, just the permanent semi-darkness of the room she was in, and the strict confines of her cage. It was her old Candlekeep pal Imoen who set her free.
Isadora thanked the lass and told her to stay behind her as she went looking for an exit. The girls released two prisoners who claimed to know them, but Isa had no memory of either of them and dismissed the both of them. Mentally she felt as if in a stupor. She could only hope that sensation would pass. Her physical state was even worse. She was weak and battered. Thankfully, most of her injuries she managed to cure with potions and her innate powers of healing. But her sword arm kept feeling slow and heavy, and when she picked up a mundane scimitar from a table she found that she had lost some of her previous celerity with her specialty weapon. (I discovered that the APR on Spec mod, which gives an extra 1/2 APR for weapon specialization by non-warriors, and had worked fine in BGEE, didn't work in my BG2EE install.)
All her gear was gone. Of her old equipment, Isa would only find the Claw of Kazgaroth and a Girdle of Bluntness.
With some difficulty Isa slew a number of Mephits in different rooms that contained items she had use for in her search for a way out.
A hideous Otyugh fell remarkably willingly (two crits), and one of two Flesh Golems was destroyed with snares.
One room she had to pass through proved particularly dangerous. It contained Mephit Portals that kept spawning Mephits. The Halfling applied an oil of speed to compensate for her soggy sword arm, and destroyed the portal that seemed to spawn Radiant Mephits first, because she had had problems with one of those creatures before. The other Mephits gave her some trouble as well, blinding, chilling or burning her, but she pulled through.
On the surface of what proved to be the principal marketplace in the city of Athkatla both Imoen and the girls' captor, Irenicus, were taken in by Cowled Wizards. Isa rested at a nearby inn, and accepted a commission (she was broke and stripped of most of her gear, she needed gold, lots of it). For a Guard she entered a tent that many had entered but none had left since the morning. The culprit turned out to be a Gnome, plagued by a inferiority complex and disguised as an Ogre Mage. Curiously, he didn't really seem to be in control of his minions.
Be that as it may, she had a hard enough time overwhelming her foe, what with supposedly illusory Werewolves whacking away at her.
@Isadora {aka Blackraven}, so go get her back girl! 
Glad to see Isadora in action, Blackraven!
Long may she run!
Best,
A.
(Is this some kind of bug?)
It must be. ATweaks shadows are suppose to be immune to fear. They certainly shouldn't panic for no reason.
I encountered the same issue in Adele's EE play through, but not in Arkona's classic install. I've uninstalled the ATweaks undead in my EE setup. I'd like a fix and some assurance that there aren't other compatibility issues before I reinstall.
FYI: I'm now using the ATweaks mephits and elementals only. I uninstalled the fiends because I prefer the balancing and improved continuity associated with the SCS fiends. I uninstalled the fey because the Call Woodland Being nymphs are problematic, even without the Call Woodland Being component installed. I uninstalled the undead because of the fear bug. If Grim Jim's fix to recover the SCS/Vanilla princes doesn't work, then I'll be forced to uninstall the elementals as well: I don't want to see Improved Enclave Ogremoch nerfed. I'm also concerned that the player's aerial servants may be overpowered.
Bl-scs30 2 Start,
I’m re-entering the bg2 challenge with Puk again… Puk is a half-orc Fighter-Druid specializing in the Avenger kit. He has just completed a scs30 bg1 and now about to transfer over to my WX-bg2...
I awake to find myself being tortured in a cell again but something else is happening elsewhere that draws my playmate away long enough for Imoen to unlock the cage. We have no gear and precious little in the way of spells however a quick test confirms that my Avenger forms are working at least… time for more experiments indeed!
Mods: the bg2 game files have been adjusted to allow the following
// Puk is a Halforc Fighter-Driud multiclass with Avenger kit... I made a basic moonblade item and armed Ilyich with it (I think Wise first came up with this idea?)
// Moonblade = immune to backstabs in place of any armour or element resistances … I may allow him to upgrade it?
// Avenger… I also subtracted 2 points of str and con from him back in bg1 in keeping with the kit description.
// my home rules are used for the Avenger kit... and Otiluke's Resilient Sphere always works when cast against self.
// Log of Currently Installed WeiDU Mods
Note; that ATweaks fiends would not install on my Windows 10 but I don't have fixpack so it could also be because of that.
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Condolences Grond0. You've done very well this run.
Glad to see Isadora in action, Blackraven!
Long may she run!
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It must be. ATweaks shadows are suppose to be immune to fear. They certainly shouldn't panic for no reason.
I encountered the same issue in Adele's EE play through, but not in Arkona's classic install. I've uninstalled the ATweaks undead in my EE setup. I'd like a fix and some assurance that there aren't other compatibility issues before I reinstall.
Thanks Alesia for your kind words and for the info. I'll uninstall aTweaks Undead in my BG2EE.
In any case, Phantom disappeared into the bowels of the earth and the run ended there.
Do you have the early access to Freedom scrolls component installed? Would the monks accept assistance from Aerie?
Best,
A.
Sorry about Phantom Grond0. I've never seen casters start the spell in one place and finish it after movement, that's strange.
Sorry about Phantom Grond0. I've never seen casters start the spell in one place and finish it after movement, that's strange.
I've seen it in EE, but not in Classic.
(NW: I almost never transition from one area to the next while an enemy is casting a spell, so my experience is limited here.)
Best,
A.
Bruin wakes up in a dungeon. The torture he went through in the last few days is fresh on his mind. Or was it weeks, he's not sure? He sees Imoen and can't really believe she's there. It was so long ago that he's last seen her and they have so much to talk about. Sadly their reunion must be short because their best survival strategy is to look for escape separately.
That's as much as he can figure out right now. It's not like him to be so directionless, it's terrifying and a sign of disfavor by the Red Knight. So he summons his undead army and starts moving through the dungeon trying to clear up his head on the way. There are duergar guards everywhere but they lack the organization to provide a real challenge to his group. Deep in the dungeon he finds a genie who in return for his freedom gives him his favorite weapon, the Ashidena.
After a close call with a trap that he carelessly set off while low on healing supplies (*not lvl 10 for enough lore to recognize healing potions*) he finds the exit while fending off all sorts of dangers and traps.
He discovers that a mage is responsible for everything and he sees the man as he is coming out of the dungeon, but both him and Imoen are taken by a group of wizards. He will have to find them both. First though he rests, and the next day investigates a circus where strange things are happening. He discovers that a gnome illusionist is responsible and kills him. It saddens him that it had to come to that, the gnome must have suffered a lot to go berserk like that.
After sorting that out he goes to the slums where he is approached by an organization willing to help him locate Imoen. He just needs an outrageous amount of money to pay them. To his advantage Red Fellows are very sought out as mercenaries so he should have no trouble getting work. His first job is not paid though as shuts down the local pit fighting operation. He is not generally the bleeding heart type, but the people who made that dwarves man fight a troll barehanded cannot be forgiven. He kills everyone and frees the slaves who thank him profusely.
On his way back to Waukeen's promenade he is ambushed but he uses an invisibility potion to retreat and summon reinforcements. The skeletons rip through the entire group of bandits in seconds
After that he gets in touch with the church of Helm, since Red Knight doesn't have any temples in Athkatla, and starts doing jobs for them. He helps obtain the services of the artist they want, finding the ilithium ore he needs, and then helps the church of Lathander. After all that work he returns to the cozy inn in the slums and rests.
Bl-scs30 update 2.1,
So where are we again?;
We uncaged Jaheira and Minsc (whom luckily doesn't remember us killing him last time) then went hunting for a way out… a smith named Ilyich had my dagger and we tried asking politely first but it still came to blows in the end.
I encountered the world's most worthless bountyhunter but he agreed to take up bastard swords in order to join our group so we briefly had five members until we reached the surface then Imoen got arrested along with our main protagonist.
Sorry about Phantom Grond0. I've never seen casters start the spell in one place and finish it after movement, that's strange.
It's certainly not the norm, but it's not that unusual in my BGT installation. If I'm expecting a particular spell I will tend to time dodging it to avoid the problem - either leaving the area transition so late that the caster has finished the spell before he chases me or early enough for me to transition and then transition back again the other way if the caster continues the spell. I didn't notice the lich beginning a spell upstairs but I could easily have missed it - I'm not even sure whether there's a casting animation used at the start of an imprisonment spell.
Bl-scs30 update 2.2,
Recruitment drive;
I said "ciao bella" to the non-Druids then sold the bulk to purchase some specs with 5000 spare for a magic licence... Grabbed the cannon quest to hunt a supposed murderer … and asked a gnome to help me rescue my old mate Viccy before leaving town.
I admit the gnome sticking his hand up a chucks bum disturbed me but what he pulled out of it really freaked me… "I wonder what they feed them?"… anyway a quick search of the local ranger cabin gave us the next clue and we stealthed past some shadows with the gnomes 'invisible 10' spell to collect a very low level Mazzy (only one pip in short-swords) then finally returned to U-hills and our last main party member.
p.s. the definition of poor is being excited to find a basic helmet!
From dawn till dusk...
Dyara, elven Fighter/Mage/Thief (BG2, update 4)
It was (very) early in the morning when the party arrived at Athkatla. After finishing the Sir Sarles Quest (by using the fake illithium) the party was hired by the Temple of Lathander to retrieve the Dawn Ring that was stolen by followers of Talos. The contact was to be met in the slums at night.. but it was still early in the morning.
Dyara remembered that poor fellow whose head they had found in a tomb in the docks and they went there to release him from his eternal prison. Unfortunately that Kangaxx wasn't exactly as grateful as expected, as soon as he was given the missing body parts he turned on the party but had to take quite a lot damage before Prot. from Magical Weapons saw him save from weapons for the next rounds...
Having defeated irenicus, I have turned my attention to Watcher's Keep.
I have the air sceptre and opened the door,
I then got the slime sceptre.
I have tried to open the East Door of the slime lab, but the door will not open.
Any ideas?
With that sceptre not working, I can't finish the keep.
One thing that surprised me was that I found the serpent carrying the sceptre dead just outside its lair, and I don't have any recollection of killing it. Could that be the problem?
Phantasmic 6 {12} - monks party (5th and final update)There's no way that the lich spent 9 segments casting that, so either it's wearing the equivalent of Vecna (probably a slightly improved version) or it actually managed to start the spell upstairs and continue it downstairs (I have seen that type of behaviour on numerous occasions). In any case, Phantom disappeared into the bowels of the earth and the run ended there.Spoiler
Hard Luck Grond0
I have tried to open the East Door of the slime lab, but the door will not open.
Any ideas?
With that sceptre not working, I can't finish the keep.
One thing that surprised me was that I found the serpent carrying the sceptre dead just outside its lair, and I don't have any recollection of killing it. Could that be the problem?
The slime lab has two doors but I don't think there's a east door? It has a north-west door (to the air library, opened by the Air Scepter that also opens the door between air lab and air library) and a south-west door (to the slime library, opened by a "key" that is in a shelf in the slime library).
Here's a map...
I've had the snake die on me more than once Wise it shouldn't bug your game as long as you did get it's loot. Did you find the door key and it still won't open?
Kaxir decided to deal with undead and made a start with liches, buffing like you've never seen before... ahem
Funny stuff Gate70, love it 
I have an Isadora update, but first I'm posting my Weidu log for those who are interested:
Isadora, Halfling Swashbuckler, BG2 update 2
One of the first things Isa did on her reconnaissance of the alien city, was to secure broken Spiders' Bane from the sewers and bring it to Hivemaster Druid Pai'Na in the Graveyard District. In return the Halfling received an Ioun Stone and a Spider figurine. She dug up Tirdir, who had been buried alive, located a caretaker for an orphan girl, and left the area.
She was then waylaid by a group of bandits or slavers led by one Eldarin. Isadora had made it a habit of hers ever since she escaped Irenicus' dungeon, to keep to the shadows. The ambushers didn't initially notice her. Isa took advantage of this. She placed two or three snares away from the bandits (near the area border), and lured their leader and an archer into them. The traps didn't outright kill Eldarin, but their poison eventually did. Isa slew the archer, stripped Eldarin of an enchanted blade and a suit of plate mail, and left the scene without bothering with the other ambushers.
Much of Isa's hard-earned gold went to temple donations, investments for the medium term, rather than gear. She did acquire a Ring of Air Control and a pair of AC3 Bracers.
(A field trip to Watcher's Keep was undertaken for the potion bag. There were no ambushes on the way. Unlike my BGT installation this EE setup doesn't offer any extra containers. Isa got a Wolfskin Bag which offers room for 10 items from the Beast Master, a scroll case at the Adventurer Mart, and a gem bag from Arledrian.)
Isa rescued a poisoned men from a band of brigands without fighting the latter, and faced several groups of ambushers that she didn't fight either.
On behalf of master thief Renal Bloodscalp, the Halfling infiltrated a thieves guildhouse to spy on its leader, a rather ambitious fellow named Mae'Var. She aborted her operations however when she was asked to take out a powerful Cowled Wizard, a foe she didn't consider herself prepared for.
Instead she agreed to try and help the troubled people of nearby Trademeet. On her way there, her RoAC proved useful.
Stopping the animal attacks was a harder job. Isa spoke with an outsider Druid, Cernd, who told her he had come to investigate the nearby Druid community. He indicated the Druid Grove on her map, and told her he'd wait for her in the grove. Isa arrived at the forest shortly before sunset. As she was making her way through the woods her stealth failed just when she was passing a group of Spiders. Isa wasn't very well equipped to fight groups of Spiders or Trolls, so she used her RoAC to go invisible. She found a quiet spot and waited for darkness to fall before she continued.
In a cottage in the woods she met an elderly lady who sold potions, and in an adjacent tower she considered herself blessed when she found an enchanted sabre, Belm, that allowed her to attack faster. The Halfling had come to accept the decreased swiftness of her sword arm at the hands of Irenicus as a permanent curse, but Belm more than made up for it. Besides she had been making some progress with her off-hand as well (second pip in TWF at level 12), so she was now arguably a better fencer than she had been during her adventuring days on the Sword Coast. She tested her blades against a number of Shambling Mounds and prevailed comfortably.
Before the entrance to the Druid hold, Isa ran into three hostile Shadow Druids. They were clearly the superior summoners. Isa's Kitthix and a Berserk Warrior were no match for their Fire Elementals, Nymphs and Mountain Bears, although her Efreeti did a decent job at defending itself.
When the summons were gone Isa opened with her one potion of fire breath. She saw one of the Druids send an insect swarm at her. She quaffed a potion of invisibility so that if she was to panic (which indeed she was), her enemies wouldn't see her.
She went upstairs to seek out the wizard, Rayic Gethras, and was astonished when he spoke to her without actually seeing her. She placed three snares in a corner of the room, out of the wizard's sight, and summoned Kitthix and her Efreeti.
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