Can a Kensai somehow protect himself from critical hits?

February 5, 2014, 4:31 pm

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Since he is unable to wear a helmet...
Also is it new that when i dual my Kensai into a Mage or Thief he loses all weapon proficiencies? Isn't he supposed to be super badass when you dual him into a Mage or Thief because he can then wear their armor? What use is this if he doesn't keep his proficiencies... or am i missing something here? Although I've been playing Baldurs Gate for ages I am kinda new to dual/multiclassing so i have no clue about whats good :P

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Character import.

February 6, 2014, 11:34 am

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So, i was thinking if it is possible to import your char from BG non-EE into BG2EE?

Searching for a scroll

February 6, 2014, 9:25 am

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Hi all, where can I go to buy a scroll of dispel outside of Baldurs Gate?

Also... What potion/spell do I need to counter disease?

Thanks

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February 6, 2014, 1:52 pm

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Thanks.

Bizarre Accents

February 6, 2014, 5:34 am

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Something that has always been in my mind and I cannot make peace with is the presence of such bizarre accents in the Baldur's Gate series.
As a student of linguistics, I find myself struggling to make ends meet when it comes to what the hell the voice actors were trying to convey with such whimsical inflections. Like Jaheira, who seems to have become lost somewhere between basque , "nondescript eastern european" and yiddish; Rasaad, with his intricate mixture of a faux-british accent and either turkish or arab, which sometimes fails to conceal Mark Meer's natural canadian accent (he's never been really good with those); Xan, who epitomizes the so called "gay accent" (I think the voice actor went for a San Franciscan accent, but somehow ended up with this); Safana, who is best described as "three packets of cigarettes and a bottle of port a day";
Also, the accents are not even consistent, for instance, Rasaad, Safana and Khalid are all Calishites, yet feature wildly different accents, which is incredibly odd, given that Calimshan is not exactly the biggest of the realms, nor a cradle of multiculturality.

What are your thoughts on this matter? Feel free to add any eccentricities you feel would enrichen this discussion.

IGN "Top 11 D&D Games of All-Time"

February 6, 2014, 2:22 am

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Pretty good article figured you guys might like.

Linky:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/05/the-top-11-dungeons-dragons-games-of-all-time

(I so called #1 and #2 before even reading it LOL)

I haven't even played Planescape. I have a feeling that when I finally do I'm gonna have a nerdgasm.

Your Favourite Glitches, Bugs, Explots, and the Other Fine Cheeses

February 6, 2014, 5:05 pm

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Inspired by the "Do you cheat?" thread, I feel the need to post a "HELL YEAH!" thread. What's you're favourite cheese?

Who doesn't remember the Backstab-Chat days of yore.

*Backstab X5*
"Hi there!"
"Did you just hit me?"
"Who, me? Never...." *disappears*
"Wasn't that odd"

*Backstab X5*

Or how about the classic Sequencer->Shapeshift?

"You can turn into a werewolf? How cute! I can turn into a pack of giant 5 armed spiders weilding swords made of pure magic."

Short on cash? Have a potion and a random gem in your inventory? Well, swap those bad boys out and get a stack so large Thalantyr wont know whether to sell you the Mage of the Archmagi or the Claw of Kazgaroth first.

I also have to disclaim that the Flesh Golems have a bounty on my head for genocide and war crimes for the horrible, horrible things I did at the Lighthouse. It was in my youth, before I knew what I was doing.

Help, need advice

February 7, 2014, 11:08 am

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I’m fleeing from Candle Keep accused to be a murderer (Chapter 5) and the Flaming Fist will attack me when they spot me. But there are so many places I haven't been and quests I haven’t solved yet. So what will happen now? Are the only choices either to go to Baldur’s Gate and finish the game and miss the exploring of the rest of the world or should I travel around with Flaming Fist after me and with a reputation of being a murderer?
I do have saved games from before I came to Candle Keep and got accused, so maybe I should load one of those? (But then I have played several " hours in vain")

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November 21, 2013, 5:16 pm

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Going to star this'n out with a few favey-rights from the last thread...







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Kitties aside, it's time for rules. Let me see, here...

Keep It Clean-ish: Let's keep this thread PG-13.
-I'm not saying "Let's make jokes that are appropriate for Leave It To Beaver!", just avoid the profanity and sexual content.
Don't Spoil The Fun!: As far as spoilers go, well, it'd be mighty fine if you could put spoiler tags ( [ spoiler ] [ /spoiler ] , without the spaces) around such things, so people new to this game in need of a quick giggle don't get spoiled like I did on Wikipedia in 2006. :( Now I regard spoilers twice as much.
Play Nice: Like Alora says, "Careful, everyone, play nice!". This is a "space" for us to have fun. Let's play nice, and not bait or antagonize (troll) others.
Something Is Wrong, Here...: SCARY_WIZARD thinks you should contact some moderators if a rule appears to have been broken. We have, to my knowledge, @Dee (formerly Aosaw, if you've been absent for a while; the sentientest wombat I ever read things from!), @mInevese, @Nathan, @Coriander, @LadyRhian, @Cuv, @CamDawg (THEY MAKE COOL THINGS), @Jalily, @Metalloman, or any of the other Staff members (whose text happens to be on a blue or grey background).
PLEASE, let us not discuss what caused the other thread to be locked, lest this one get locked, as well, and future meme threads be prohibited!

Here's the officialest rules we can get, from @Dee: http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/10852/site-rules-mind-the-gap

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Here's the last thread, in all its high-larious glory: http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/3079/baldur-s-gate-meme-thread-spoilers-all-over-the-place/ . A hoot and a half, especially when there was a whole page of CATS! I love cats.

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Here's how to post an image, if you're like me and know HTML and vB Code/UBB Code, but are derpy.
Copy this: , and paste it, replacing "LINKGOESHERE" with the URL of the image you want to post. Attaching is cool, too, but you might be like me and want to just link.
Here's some stuff on formatting your posts: forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/161/how-to-format-your-posts/p1
I don't do that, but I'm not exactly the best example, am I.

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EDIT: Rules ironed out, as suggested by @Metalloman.

Baldur's Gate Reloaded = BG1+TotSC ->NWN2 conversion

June 4, 2013, 4:29 pm

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After six years of hard work, it's finally here. I have so much respect for the BGR project team for pulling through and finishing this instead of abandoning it like so many others would have. They're my new favorite modders now.



Get it here:
http://neverwinter.nexusmods.com/mods/794/?tab=1&navtag=/ajax/moddescription/?id=794&preview=&pUp=1

Report bugs here:
https://www.assembla.com/spaces/bgr-bugtracker/messages

Talk about it with other players here:
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/19326/baldur-s-gate-reloaded-general

Also, for multiclassing your companions without being restricted to one class (To make Ajantis a Paladin/Divine Champion/Annointed Knight, for example), do this:

-Open the NWN2 Toolset (NWN2ToolsetLauncher.exe)
-Click on Plugins at the top -> Campaign Editor
-Select BGR
-In the box at the right, Under 'Behavior', click 'AllowUnrestrictedLevelUp' and change it to 'True.'
-Click 'Save Campaign' above the box, and you're finished.

Requesting assistance with Neera's Romance (Minor Spoiler)

January 31, 2014, 2:55 pm

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So, I've gone all the way through Shadows of Amn, and am progressing well through Throne of Bhaal. Somehow though, back in Shadows of Amn, I misplaced Neera's Mechanical Bird. (Probably overlooked it getting dropped on the ground when I got something.) How pivotal is this to her romance? Is there a console command to create the bird? Thanks. :)

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February 6, 2014, 10:34 pm

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Would she add her level to the wild surge score or what?

If class-specific spells were added, which would you think would be the coolest?

February 7, 2014, 12:08 pm

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I kinda like the variations between cleric and druid spellbooks. Kinda wish each class had their own unique spells. If it were up to me I'd have ALL of these.
Yet I'd like to see which you guys would think would be the most neat-o

For me it is between bards and paladins. I always loved how paladins got their own HLA summon, and would like something along those lines. Also think bards can always use some flavor. Would love to see something like Mickey Mouse in Fantasia, except instead of dancing broom, a sword can appear as long as you sing (like a Mordenkainen Sword)

Philosophical discussion for the day. Wizards and the Divine.

February 7, 2014, 2:04 pm

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So, I’ve been thinking about this and wanted to put it out there for discussion. When I play a Wizard, he invariably ends up, not quite an Atheist per say, just someone who figures that he can set himself above The Gods eventually as a result of his Magic. After all, he now understands, at least in concept, how The Gods get their power, ala by way of magic. Therefore, if they can do it, so can he.

This got me to thinking about the real life paradigm between science and religion. While it is not to necessarily saying that, nor am I personally labeling all engineers/scientists are atheists. It is a common theme in popular culture for people who research how things work in The Universe, will often reject religion in favor of more explainable reasoning. I’m not saying they are right, merely that it appears to be a theme.

So, in Faerun, given learning and access to magical understanding, and given that the power of the gods is a kind of Magic, is it reasonable to think that any wizard would question the authority of The Gods as Supreme beings in favor of thinking of them as merely much more powerful entity? Is it also reasonable to assume that most Religious devotees would find arcane magics to be blaspheme against ‘The True religion(s)’ and thus heresy?

Now, I will grant that there are ‘Gods of Magic’ in The Forgotten Realms, and that this might muddy the waters a bit. I further grant that, since The Gods walk among morals from time to time, it would be very difficult to dismiss their existence entirely (ala atheism). I’m merely suggesting that Arcane users might question the Divine nature (that of being supreme beings) of The Gods and that Divine devotees may object to “Magics” that don’t come (directly, for argument’s sake) from The Divine.

In other words, yes Mystera, yada, yada, yada. She Created the Weave, which doesn’t prove divinity, merely extreme (if not ultimate) power and could be analogous to a common spider spinning a web. Or does it?

Feel free to discuss any way that you like. Obviously relate this to BG as that’s what this forum is all about. So, is it ‘Reasonable’ for Xzar to dual class to Cleric? Is Aerie an anachronism? Are either or both merely dealing with two disparate and distinct sides to their personality, etc… Or is it power gaming at it’s best?

The eternal completionist question

February 7, 2014, 3:52 am

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I want to complete all the quests but I can’t bring myself to be evil. Such a conundrum.

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Where do Xzar&Montaron/Khald&Jaheira go when you kick them out of the party?

February 7, 2014, 6:20 am

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Hi everyone!
This is my first post here, I have a question that is in the title of this discussion... where do they go? The reason I need to find them is...

*minor spoiler alert*

... I've lost Merianne's letter. Yeah, I managed to loose it. I found it before exploring Beregost and getting the quest from Merianne, and when I finally got to her, she told me her husband's missing, I ended the dialogue and talked to her again, but nothing happened. I checked my inventory, noone has the letter. I've checked with every shopkeeper, inkeeper that I've sold items to, and I've checked Xan who I kicked out for Neera... I'm pretty sure one of those 4 guys was left with the letter by accident, and I really would like to find them.

Are BG-EE/BG2-EE of HD version still in to do list for developer ?

February 8, 2014, 3:46 am

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The developers ever mentioned if they can find right way to remake the sprite/ scence into "High Definition" version, they would love to ,

I know android / adventure Y ,even expansion pack will be before this ,
But it looks like enternity project and lots of old school games will be ready within this year , it may let gamer pay money for them and not for BG series more,

Does anyone still think HD version will become reality someday ?

Custom Soundsets not working?

December 4, 2013, 3:55 pm

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For some reason, custom soundsets only work for me in the character creation screen. In game, however, they are all mute. I was hoping installing custom soundsets wasn't going to be super complicated. :(

If anyone has made custom soundsets work in game I'd love to hear how you did it, thanks!

How to make myself portraits for main character?

February 8, 2014, 4:18 am

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In the old days, i would simply download a picture i like, enter the bitmap (.bmp) for windows 98, follow the manual's guidelines (for portrait size in memory and pixels measures), then use the bitmap's tool for adjusting the image by clicking and dragging.

But since XP are around, bitmap has changed interface and tools location/functionality. How can i do it again, take one picture i like, and using the drawing program of windows, adjust it like the way i once did? Thanks in advance, and sorry for the trouble, but i am not that much educated in pc and windows usage...

Help Needed: A few questions

February 8, 2014, 7:54 am

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First and foremost, anyone know where to download an ee keeper that works with mac? Not as computer savvy as most of you guys and im looking for a keeper that will work with both games. On an unrelated note, when dual classing from a fighter to say a thief, do the pips you put in your thief class add on to the fighter pips when you gain that class back. For example: If i have 3 pips in scimitar as a fighter, dual into a thief, put 1 into scimitar, would i then have 4 pips when i regain my fighter class? And just to make sure I sound like a complete noob, will someone explain speed factor? Didn't wanna clog the board with 3 separate posts. TIA