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[Blind_Visionary]

Lauryn. Mage-Thief. Chapter 2.

Imoen pulled up a chair at the bar in the Jovial Juggler. She pushed a glass of chilled wine in front of Lauryn.

"What's this?" Lauryn asked.

"Wine. Looks like you need some."

"It has been a rough few weeks."

"Tell me about it."

"You know what hurts the most about losing Gorion? I loved him, but almost worse is the fact that he was the only link I had to my real family. Somewhere out there, I have a mother and a father. Now I'll never know them. Or know what might have happened to them. It's worse than being homeless."

Imoen put her hand on Lauryn's shoulder. "I understand.  Hey, you want to come with me to Nashkel tomorrow?"

"What for?"

"See the sights. Maybe buy a fur cloak. Or some jewelry. Get your mind off things."

"Sure. But let's be careful, OK? Remember Karlat? There might be more surly dwarves running around looking for my head."

"How many could there be? We'll give them the slip. You worry too much."

"Whatever." Lauryn picked up her glass and took a sip.

Modifié par Blind_Visionary, 10 juin 2013 - 01:27 .

[Blind_Visionary]

Corey, Corgrunt looks burly. Good luck!

[corey_russell]

Corgrunt the solo half-orc level 8 fighter - microupdate

Just a quick note that Corgrunt has finished chapters 5 and 6 and 7 successfully. His next and last task for BG 1 is Sarevok - wish him luck - he intends to tank Sarevok.

[Blind_Visionary]

Lauryn. Mage-Thief. Chapter 3.

Imoen found Lauryn pacing between merchant stalls at the Nashkel Fairgrounds, twirling an arrow between nervous fingers. 

"There's another one looking for you," Imoen said. "Saw him in the theater stands."

"Another one?" Lauryn sighed.

"Kinda big. Looks maybe a bit slow. Shiny armor. Say's he's a paladin in the service of Helm."

"Why's he looking for me?"

"Says he heard you were in trouble."

"And what about that cleric who's been following us around since Beregost?"

"Gavin's his name."

"Whatever."

"He's standing outside one of the gambling tents. Waiting for you."

"And the elven archer? The lovesick widower?

"He's whining to whoever will listen around the campfire across the way. But he's keeping an eye on us, inbetween drinks."

"This is getting out of hand."

"We could sneak away if you want."

Lauryn sighed. "I give up. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have a couple of  shiny meatheads to stand behind next time someone wants to cut my head off."

Imoen just grinned.

Modifié par Blind_Visionary, 10 juin 2013 - 01:29 .

[Blind_Visionary]

Lauryn. Mage-Thief. Chapter 4.

Imoen sat down behind Lauryn in front of the fire at Feldepost's. She began to knead the worried woman's tight shoulder muscles.

"You read the letter?" Lauryn asked.

"Yeah. Heavy."

"I'm tied up in this somehow. The bandits. The kobolds in those mines, and that Mulahey character. Tazok. The elven moonblade wielder. The mage we just killed upstairs."

"Yeah. About that mage, Feldepost and the guards believed our story. We're not getting arrested tonight. Not even charged for the damage."

"There's that, at least." Lauryn stood up and looked around. Xan was leaning against the wall right next to the doorway, looking uncomfortable in his own skin. Kivan sat in the corner, restringing his bow. Ajantis and Gavin were talking animatedly with the guards at the base of the stairs. "What do you think of Xan?"

"Profoundly. Peculiar. And inauthentic. I don't think he actually believes in constant doom and gloom. He's hiding from some aspect of himself that he's deeply uncomfortable with."

"Interesting. And Ajantis?"

"He's head over heels for you. You could string him around like a puppy and he would follow you anywhere."

"He's not subtle, that's for sure. But what do you think of him?"

"He's a little slow for my taste. But steadfast can be good when a girl's in trouble."

"And Gavin?"

"Totally besotted. For you, not me, as I'm sure you know. Clumsy. Maybe not as much of a half-wit as Ajantis, but he's still a few sticks short of a woodpile, if you know what I mean."

"And Kivan?"

"He just makes me sad. Broken heart. But a bow that sings like no other I've ever seen."

"I'm going to get them all killed." Lauryn turned to face Imoen. "And you too... We need to abandon this fool's errand. Now. Before more assassins come. Let's flee to Amn. Or somewhere. Just far from here."

"You sure?"

"Yes. Tonight. Now."

At that moment, Imoen caught another glimpse of that something inside Lauryn. That hint of dark, unnatural presence. Intelligent. Something so vast as to be beyond concealing. She shivered despite herself.

Modifié par Blind_Visionary, 10 juin 2013 - 02:49 .

[Blind_Visionary]

Lauryn. Mage-Thief. Chapter 5.

Ajantis stopped and turned to Lauryn, grimacing. He flung his pack on the ground.

"My lady, we need rest."

"Stuff it, Ajantis, we need to keep moving. There's assassins about."

"All the more reason to stop and sleep. And polish our weapons. And pray to Helm for success when we fight."

"That's the point, Ajantis. We're running. We're not fighting."

Ajantis stooped down and flung his rucksack back over his shoulder. "By Helm, woman, you are infuriating!"

Just then, Kivan gave a low whistle. "Your ruckus has revealed us. Prepare yourselves."

Assassins melted out of the trees, blades dripping poison, tongues whispering spells of death.



When it was done, Lauryn wiped her face, leaving a dark streak of blood. Not her own. "Is there no where we can run to? I'm tired of being hunted!"

Kivan looked at the group. "Perhaps, Lauryn, we should reconsider our approach. You do know that I am going after Tazok, with or without you, do you not? Perhaps it is time for us to become the hunters rather than the prey."

Ajantis threw his bedroll down on the ground. "After we rest."

Xan moaned. "Either way, we're doomed!"

[corey_russell]

Corgrunt the level 8 Half-Orc Fighter - FINAL Update

I forgot to mention how Corgrunt took out Drassus and his buddies. He tried to lure Drassus by himself but he got everyone, so he quickly burned down Drassus protected by potion of absorption, then fired a necklace of missiles shot - she was taking a lot of damage, so he backed up but the mages pursued - so Corgrunt use a potion of magic blocking and burned down Genthore. Eventually the potion wore off, but apparently the mages had spent their spells and approached via melee, ]thus Corgrunt won, but battered.

Chapter 7 battles were taken down by appropriate buffs. Skipped maze and Undercity via pro magic scroll and invisibility potion.

Time for Sarevok - if interested, here is Corgrunt's resources. Note that most potions have two copies of each, as Corey_Russell remembered that someone debuffs, so that Corgrunt can re-buff before re-engaging.

To open, Corgrunt crept left and fired a dispelling arrow at Sarevok and tried to retreat quickly - Corey_Russell wasn't sure if Sarevok's buffs were dispelled or not with the battle spam. Then Corgrunt waited to see who would come. Semaj appeared and his buffed were dispelled via dispelling arrow - he rebuffed with a sequencer somehow, and Tazok and Angelo are attacking Corgrunt! Hmm, well Semaj was dispelled once more and Corgrunt killed Semaj while Tazok Angelo beating on Corgrunt - Semja dies, but not before he de-buffs Corgrunt! Corgrunt is hurt, and noticed Aneglo hurt Tazok with his exploding arrows...Corgrunt gets an idea...he will go invisible and go near Sarevok (who is still near the dais) and sure enough Tazok starts killing Angelo! Thanks Tazok!


Corgrunt still isn't sure if Sarevok is de-buffed or not, but if he runs around Corgrunt could get battle horrors or Tazok getting in the mix - instead, Corgrunt re-buffed (while still invisible) and then engaged Sarevok in melee with his axe +2 - both guys were taking a beating, and Sarevok near death, but Corgrunt had a single invis potion left and didn't want to die, which could happen if he got two critical misses. So Corgrunt goes invisible - here is the battle at that point.


After healing to full taking ALL the heal potions he had left, and then re-attacked Sarevok - Sarevok quickly died and Corgrunt moves on to BG 2 - since his saves aren't that great, he will definitely use a party in BG 2, not sure who yet.



Here is Corgrunt's final stats:

Modifié par corey_russell, 10 juin 2013 - 02:21 .

[Blind_Visionary]

Lauryn. Mage-Thief. Chapter 6.

Ajantis rolled the tainted ore around in his fingers. He lifted the vial of metal poison and stared into its murky depths.

"Unnatural. This goes against Helm. I'm glad we are bringing it to Thalantyr to divine its source."

Imoen rolled her eyes. "I'm tired of Helm. Can't you talk about something else?"

Ajantis turned to Imoen, anger flashing in his eyes. But before he could retort, an arrow ripped into his shoulder, flinging him to the ground with its force.

"Assassins!" Xan cried. "Amazons. I count 4.... two spellcasters. Prepare yourselves to meet death!"

"I only see two," Gavin shouted.

"Watch for attacks from behind," Lauryn shouted, before splitting herself into a dancing caleidoscope of images, then firing an arrow through the hand of one of the casters, breaking her concentration before she could release a spell.

Imoen pulled out Tarnesh's spellbook and figured that trying to cast something from it couldn't hurt.

"I've got Lamalha," Xan shouted, taking control of her mind with a spell. He commanded her to summon skeletons and send them against her companions.

Meanwhile, Gavin dispelled invisibility, revealing two additional assassins, right as they plunged their daggers into Xan's back. Xan collapsed in pain.

With the assassins out of hiding, Kivan found them to be easy marks. Gavin took control of Lamalha's summoned skeletons and sent them against their maker. Lamalha finally fell to one of Lauryn's arrows, and the battlefield grew quiet.

Xan stirred weakly. Kivan stood panting. Gavin lay in a magically-induced coma. Imoen looked at Tarnesh's spellbook, in her hands, and wondered if she had actually performed any magic, and what it might have done.

Lauryn's magical images flickered in the dying light of the day. She slung her bow across her back. Then she sat down and started to cry.

Modifié par Blind_Visionary, 10 juin 2013 - 03:59 .

[Blind_Visionary]

Congrats Corey! Corgrunt is scarier than Sarevok. Way to go. Was that an SCS run?

[Grimwald the Wise]

Blind_Visionary wrote...

Lauryn. Mage-Thief. Chapter 6.

Ajantis rolled the tainted ore around in his fingers. He lifted the vial of metal poison and stared into its murky depths.

"Unnatural. This goes against Helm. I'm glad we are bringing it to Thalantyr to divine its source."

Imoen rolled her eyes. "I'm tired of Helm. Can't you talk about something else?"

Ajantis turned to Imoen, anger flashing in his eyes. But before he could retort, an arrow ripped into his shoulder, flinging him to the ground with its force.

"Assassins!" Xan cried. "Amazons. I count 4.... two spellcasters. Prepare yourselves to meet death!"

"I only see two," Gavin shouted.

"Watch for attacks from behind," Lauryn shouted, before splitting herself into a dancing caleidoscope of images, then firing an arrow through the hand of one of the casters, breaking her concentration before she could release a spell.

Imoen pulled out Tarnesh's spellbook and figured that trying to cast something from it couldn't hurt.

"I've got Lamalha," Xan shouted, taking control of her mind with a spell. He commanded her to summon skeletons and send them against her companions.

Meanwhile, Gavin dispelled invisibility, revealing two additional assassins, right as they plunged their daggers into Xan's back. He collapsed in pain.

With the assassins out of hiding, Kivan found them to be easy marks. Gavin took control of Lamalha's summoned skeletons and sent them against their maker. Lamalha finally fell to one of Lauryn's arrows, and the battlefield grew quiet.

Xan stirred weakly. Kivan stood panting. Gavin lay in a magically-induced coma. Imoen looked at Tarnesh's spellbook, in her hands, and wondered if she had actually performed any magic, and what it might have done.

Lauryn's magical images flickered in the dying light of the day. She slung her bow across her back. Then she sat down and started to cry.

Love the writing. I can only keep that up for a while and get bored when writing. usually by the time I get to Beregost. Perhaps that is why I'm an engineer and not a writer!

[Grimwald the Wise]

Congrats Corey. See you in Amn!

[corey_russell]

Blind_Visionary wrote...

Congrats Corey! Corgrunt is scarier than Sarevok. Way to go. Was that an SCS run?

@Blind_Visionary - Negative. Considering I still get failed runs with vanilla, and it's been quite a long time since I had a success, I see no reason to add SCS - when vanilla is a given, then I will add SCS. I tried SCS in vanilla, but got destroyed even with an optimal party.

While it's true my BG 1 success rate is quite a bit higher than my BG 2 success rate (especially if my PC is a fighter-type), I see no need to change BG 1 until my trilogy runs are clockwork, which they aren't yet for sure.

I don't mind failed runs as long as I learn something from them, and so far I am.

@Grimwald - Thanks! This run only took me 24 hours of real time (including sleep), was nice to power through.

[Blind_Visionary]

Grimwald the Wise wrote...
Love the writing.

Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoy it. I'm having fun too. Any and all lurkers should reveal themselves to add some more stories to our logbook here.

BTW, how's the Wyrmslayer doing in Amn? Got any more dragons under his belt?

[Blind_Visionary]

corey_russell wrote...
I tried SCS in vanilla, but got destroyed even with an optimal party.

I see. I think that bodes ill for Lauryn. She's got an optimal party, but its been years since I've been to this point in the game. I'm honestly a bit scared to go to the bandit camp. I've never seen SCS bandit camp. I think Xan might be onto something with his constant moaning about imminent death.

I asked about SCS only because you look so dominant. Excellent use of potions. Smart strategies. Very few BG1 deaths. Like chess. Commanding the board with your opening move, and then strangling your opponent's chances to escape. Especially when you've got a fighter type on the field.

Looking forward to hearing more about Coregrunt in the BG2 thread!

[corey_russell]

Blind_Visionary wrote...

corey_russell wrote...
I tried SCS in vanilla, but got destroyed even with an optimal party.

I see. I think that bodes ill for Lauryn. She's got an optimal party, but its been years since I've been to this point in the game. I'm honestly a bit scared to go to the bandit camp. I've never seen SCS bandit camp. I think Xan might be onto something with his constant moaning about imminent death.

I asked about SCS only because you look so dominant. Excellent use of potions. Smart strategies. Very few BG1 deaths. Like chess. Commanding the board with your opening move, and then strangling your opponent's chances to escape. Especially when you've got a fighter type on the field.

Looking forward to hearing more about Coregrunt in the BG2 thread!

I think you mis-understand - I never had done BG 1 SCS, so you might be fine. Don't forget that disabling various options (such as enhanced spiders) makes a big difference on a successful run. I only tried SCS on BG 2.

I've read others who have done the SCS bandit camp, and some swear by mass webs or mass fireballs or both, using all means (potions/necklace of missiles/spells/wands etc.). Perhaps that will work for you as well.

As you have noticed, I do have getting fighter types through BG 1 down to a science - the key is delaying confrontations (such as once I get the greenstone amulet) or skipping confrontations all together.

The bane of a fighter is of course, enemy casters, so in addition to above I use equipment and potions/scrolls to compensate for the fighter weaknesses. I work real hard on delaying/avoiding any encounters with hold/confusion effects (ghouls/ghasts/clerics) or using greenstone amulet for the ones I can't afford to avoid.

Memorizing effects of the few traps that cannot be avoided are a must too - being unprepared for a lightning bolt trap for example is often fatal, even with a fighter with huge HP.

I've been playing BG 1 since it came out in 1998, so of course extensive experience helps - I should add one more thing though - I read these forums carefully, and if others try strategies that seem better than what I am doing, I don't hesitate to adopt them. As an example, I used to summon summons in any battle of consequence in BG 2 - but Alesia says that's a low power curve. Since she solos SCS, and I can't even survive SCS with a full party, her words have a lot of weight with me. Thus, I use summons much more sparingly, and use buffs to guarantee the victory to try to learn to play better.

[Blind_Visionary]

corey_russell wrote...

I think you mis-understand - I never had done BG 1 SCS,

Ahh, thanks for the further explanation. I recommend it. I've had a lot of fun with the random placement of assassin teams, in particular. So far anyway.

corey_russell wrote...
Don't forget that disabling various options (such as enhanced spiders) makes a big difference on a successful run.

Oops! Too late.

corey_russell wrote...
...but Alesia says ...  her words have a lot of weight with me.

I'd have to agree with you there. She's a grandmaster of Baldur's Gate, if ever there was one. Although I hope you understood from my note above that I'm impressed with your skills as well!

Modifié par Blind_Visionary, 10 juin 2013 - 04:56 .

[Grond0]

Well done Corey, I see you're putting on a nice turn of speed now.

Good luck with the camp Blind_Visionary. Just remember that quite a few of the inhabitants (including those in the main tent) will start seeking you out as soon as the alarm is raised - even if you're all invisible. Hiding in a corner protected by webs and using fireballs to kill them as they arrive is a pretty successful strategy with a party, but you may still wish to be prepared to run away in necessary, e.g. to avoid Venkt's spells.

[corey_russell]

Grond0 wrote...

Well done Corey, I see you're putting on a nice turn of speed now.

Thanks! Apparently 19 STR does make a difference - a great many hits were in the 40's, which is pretty big for a 1-hand weapon. Possibly the ***** in axes made a difference too. No way I could have done it without EasyTutu.

In addition, having max level be 125,000 experience makes a difference too, since after that it's just upgrades/main story line, which is a different story for my thieves or multi-classes.

Modifié par corey_russell, 10 juin 2013 - 05:41 .

[Grond0]

Gate70/Grond0 Multiplayer attempt 23 (2) - (update 1)
Rue, human inquisitor (Grond0) & Murl, human monk (Gate70)

After a cruel end to their initial run against Kangaxx, Murl & Rue found themselves back in Candlekeep with a weird sense of deja vu.

In their earlier run they got through BG1 and did a reasonable amount of BG2 without any deaths, or much in the way of near-death experiences.  However, this time round both were getting a bit too adventurous for their own good. 

The first near thing was when Karlat was doing surprisingly well against a combined assault.  Rue backed away to use her bow; Murl also tried moving, but got stuck in a corner and had to slug it out.  He used several healing potions, but still was taken down to 1 HP by Karlat's final lunge.

Then it was Rue's turn to have a problem, when attacking an ettercap without any antidotes.  She was duly poisoned and tried to keep health up with normal healing potions, but the poison was doing damage slightly faster than the potions could restore and the damage was going on an on, while her low point got lower and lower.  Eventually she realised that she would not be able to glug a potion in time to top-up before the poison finished her off; her HPs went down to 1 - and the poison stopped (the potion taken after that giving a false sense that she had a bit in hand).

Next, the duo decided to have an encounter where both were in trouble. That was easily achieved against a group of sirenes.  The plan was to have Rue attack first from the middle of them, so that the charms were wasted on her natural immunity.  However, one of them got her beady eye fixed on Murl instead and he decided to switch sides.  There was then a window of opportunity for Rue to use her inquisitor dispel to restore Murl, but she was busy trying to hack down the attackers and didn't attempt that.  Shortly after it became too late when a sirene successfully touched Rue and confused her.  So long as she was in melee that was no real problem as the sirenes do little damage in hand to hand combat.  However, there was a potential danger if Rue started to wander away and a sirene switched to its bow.  To counter that Murl tried to intervene by attacking the last sirene once he regained his senses, but took an arrow from a hobgoblin to go down to 1 HP again.  He then tried to run, but the sirene was just too quick to switch to its bow and send an arrow on its wasy; Murl only had time to bemoan the end of his no-death record before it hit.

The duo have done most of the wilderness areas and cleared the Nashkel mines (Mulahey being one of Murl's many stunning victims).  The bandit camp should be attempted next time.

Stats:
Rue, inquisitor L6, HPs 64, kills 133
Murl, monk L6, HPs 37, kills 73, 1 death

Modifié par Grond0, 10 juin 2013 - 06:11 .

[Grimwald the Wise]

Blind_Visionary wrote...

Grimwald the Wise wrote...
Love the writing.

Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoy it. I'm having fun too. Any and all lurkers should reveal themselves to add some more stories to our logbook here.

BTW, how's the Wyrmslayer doing in Amn? Got any more dragons under his belt?

He's doing fine, but will not be facing any dragons for a while unless the mods have changed where they are.
One of the things I like about mods is that you get the unexpected from time to time, like with the extended irenicus' dungeon you get to meet Sarevok again only without all the gear that you had the first time! He got killed AGAIN.

[Gate70]

Congratulations Corey.

& Blind_Visionary, just to say I'm enjoying the story too. Have fun in the SCS-camp.

[Serg BlackStrider]

Well done, Corey! Safe travels in Amn!

[corey_russell]

Thanks everyone! We are still early in the Irenicus' dungeon, but Corgrunt already has 50% of the kills even though it's a 4 man party - looks fun. Just got to keep him alive.

[Alesia_BH]

Stand and deliver armored louts!

I've alway hated Minsc. I mean I really hate Minsc. When my characters see him they think: "Oh my god! Is he looking at me again? Just don't make eye contact...Don't make eye contact..."

I hate Minsc so much that in RL, I'm embarrassed to tell people I play Baldur's Gate precisely because of him. What can I say? I hate the guy.

But what's that saying? Love thy enemy as thyself? Well, it seems doubly applicable when your enemy is so clearly lovable. I'm nearly alone in my loathing of Minsc. Everbody else embraces the guy: Why not me?

And so I've decided to play a male for the first time. And that male is none other than Minsc.


I've changed one thing as you can see: I've bumped his charisma up. Because who doesn't love Minsc? (Except for me that is...)

I'll forewarn everyone that I may lose interest in this. But for the time being, it seems kind of fun to me. 

Minsc stands ready!


Wondering what that "misc84" CLUA code is about? Come on, do you really have to ask?



That's right: Minsc AND Boo stand ready. For now, Boo is just a little hunk of something in the inventory. But if I ultimately decide to see this through, I may turn him into a familiar with unique abilities. I'm also contemplating RPing my Minsc as the long lost twin of the Minsc you all know and love. Perhaps they'll get together and adventure? Hamsters and rangers everywhere would surely rejoice. We'll just have to see.

Anyhoo. That's all for now. I'll post again when Minsc begins his adventure.

Best,

A.

Modifié par Alesia_BH, 12 juin 2013 - 09:18 .

[corey_russell]

Good luck Alesia! Would you mind posting your proficiencies? Normally in BG 1 they aren't terribly important, but solo and SCS I think they bear mentioning.