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Cloakwood was a cakewalk. With Spider's Bane, the mages can make a more liberal use of web, but even that was generally not needed. There were only three battles that mattered. The mooks outside of the mine (one with the boots of speed), the mage battle with all the mooks on level three, and...

Agreed. That is categorically the case for me. There's no point to spend more money on buggy half-completed cutting edge games when you can wait a few years or so and pay less on the games that have survived the test of time. Forgive my ignorance, but what does an "evergreen" "game ecosystem"...

Now that we're near the level cap, starting the main quest is more of an idle game. Beatrix single-handedly cleared the Nashkel mines and had only a little help with Mulahey. Tranzig was gibbed before he could surrender. Beatrix also waltzed through the Bandit camp needing just a little help...

(I actually like that Ahab character concept, and might even play him more self-aware/fourth wall breaking and solo from the get go in an RP run. But, let's just get through this run, first and not get ahead of ourselves :)). The four adventurers started their trek into Amn. Unfortunately, none...

Please forgive my recent madness. Beatrix is back in play. The solution to the demon knight was so simple, I can't believe I missed it. All it really took was one item and no cheese. It hit me when I was planning ahead with Ahab... Back at Durlag's Tower, the party decides to return to...

Yeah, yeah, there's something about Ahab that reminds you of his foster father. We can't imagine what that would be. Gorion was a powerful human mage yet was scripted to die in a prologue to an enemy that an actual mage of his level could decimate without breaking a sweat. Whereas Ahab was a...

Like clockwork, Imoen approached Ahab after that fateful scripted night. Ahab might have pitied her. She was only meant to be another random prologue NPC and now look what she's been dragged into. Ahab was already dreading the logistically absurd character retcon awaiting her in the sequel. At...

A wise man once said: Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed I think the demon knight is the straw the broke the camel's back. The system is...

Plan A did not work. Despite failing it's save vs. poison and taking poison damage every round, it did not disrupt the demon knight's spellcasting (cheat). That is the game ender right there. If he can cast a dispel (which would strip any fire protections) then a 10d6 fireball (which would kill...

The party is now in the fourth level of DT. After fighting a bunch of paralyzing crypt crawlers and greater ghouls, and now about to go toe-to-toe with a demon knight, it's often around now that (when I'm playing a front-liner) I start to think that maybe I should have played a backliner. If my...

That's what I remember about it, but it was serviceable with the CO8 patch. In PnP, though, ToEE was legend amongst all modules. I would love to see it get a proper treatment using AD&D. Ah well, so it goes.

The party is about to head to level 3 of DT. I had one reload on the Warder fight on L1 due to Love getting off a skull trap on Beatrix before they could kill it. Otherwise, it was one of my easier runs at this fight. Beatrix was buffed to the 9s and drew all the aggro. Then the mages threw in...

I gotta check my hard drive to see if I still have this game. I can't remember finishing it and barely remember anything about it. Even thought I can't stand Hasbro D&D, ToEE is pretty legendary in PnP and worth a solid bash, despite the system change. OH! This gives me a great idea. Exporting...

Well, things took an interesting turn at Durlag's. Beatrix almost ended up pushing daisies in a couple of the fights with the battle horrors and doom guards in the outer yard of DT. Once that was clear, Safana was made invisible to scout out and detrap the upper levels. She saw the basilisks in...

The party hit UB, picked up a few trinkets at the inn (some spells for the ladies and the cloak of displacement). Then we ran into Shandalar and started Ice Island. This area really puts points in the "Pick an a inquisitor" column. I actually had an easier time than normal in this area. The...

I've reached the point where I'm ready to start on DT. I have picked up Safana and Branwen. Interestingly enough, Branwen is complaining constantly (due to the party's 20 rep), but Safana is not, despite both of them being neutral. I thought I was going to lose Branwen coming back from the...

It's truly a real dilemma. You start off in Athkatla with a sense that justice is not entirely ethical there. Especially if you hit the government office first and essentially discover that casting Infravision to make your way through the town at night will get you indefinitely committed to a...

I should clarify the meaning of the "for all the marbles" bit. I have tried to do a full run of this game many times. I even have three (unfinished) APs in the history on this forum. I have never been able to do it. It's less that the game gets hard and more that I burn out because of the things...

I'm not sure I see myself using Keldorn. Maybe it's because I'm a family man, but I always feel the decent thing to do is to send him home. If I'm choosing in character, and I plan to, I'll definitely have Minsc, Jah, and Yoshi>Imoen. If I'm being honest, as much as I love him, I don't think...

Ok, no problem. I dualed her a level 6. My rationale is this. Even though she's listed as Thief 7/Mage X in BG2, she's really a Thief 6 based on her stats (namely, thief skills). She'll still make max mage level by the end of BG1. I have a number of outdoor areas to go, including basilisk...