Hey all,
I've been waiting for this for so long... Good it's finally here ;)
I've just started a new adventure - playing on highest difficulty and solo (no worries, once I beat the game I'll start another one with EE characters). After about an hour of rolling I finally got satisfactory stats - Str: 16, Dex: 18, Con: 18, Int: 18, Wis: 3, Cha: 18, pretty nice considering average is over 15.
The beginning was a bit hard since I could memorise only 2 1st level spells (Magic Missile and Armour, playing pure Mage without a specialisation, as I dislike limiting my access to different magic schools) so there was a lot of running away and firing one thrown dagger every 10 seconds until the bully would die. A number of times, while running away from one danger, I would ran into a completely new one ;D
So far my greatest battle was the one against Silke (Thespian Extraordinaire :P) - had to run around Beregost like mad, managed to survive a Lightning Bolt (though Garrick and one bystander did not). Currently, I'm in Nashkel, preparing for the assassination attempt at the inn. At the moment my biggest treasure would probably be the Ring of Wizardry but I definitely need to increase my AC (got only the Ring of Protection +1). I'm looking for good protective spells - Reflected Image for starters would be nice, until I'm able to use Mirror Image.
Also, I noticed that thrown daggers weigh 1 lbs each - it wasn't so in the original BG, right? Anyway, good thinking, adds to the difficulty, increases the game realism.
Anyone ever tried playing a solo mage game?
I've been waiting for this for so long... Good it's finally here ;)
I've just started a new adventure - playing on highest difficulty and solo (no worries, once I beat the game I'll start another one with EE characters). After about an hour of rolling I finally got satisfactory stats - Str: 16, Dex: 18, Con: 18, Int: 18, Wis: 3, Cha: 18, pretty nice considering average is over 15.
The beginning was a bit hard since I could memorise only 2 1st level spells (Magic Missile and Armour, playing pure Mage without a specialisation, as I dislike limiting my access to different magic schools) so there was a lot of running away and firing one thrown dagger every 10 seconds until the bully would die. A number of times, while running away from one danger, I would ran into a completely new one ;D
So far my greatest battle was the one against Silke (Thespian Extraordinaire :P) - had to run around Beregost like mad, managed to survive a Lightning Bolt (though Garrick and one bystander did not). Currently, I'm in Nashkel, preparing for the assassination attempt at the inn. At the moment my biggest treasure would probably be the Ring of Wizardry but I definitely need to increase my AC (got only the Ring of Protection +1). I'm looking for good protective spells - Reflected Image for starters would be nice, until I'm able to use Mirror Image.
Also, I noticed that thrown daggers weigh 1 lbs each - it wasn't so in the original BG, right? Anyway, good thinking, adds to the difficulty, increases the game realism.
Anyone ever tried playing a solo mage game?