Alrighty guys, this is possibly one of my favourite game challenges, the basic premise is you only reload when your main character dies, if an NPC dies, then treat it as if they're permanently dead. Don't try and deliberately get your PC killed so you can reload, trust me it's a lot more fun if you don't actually get attached the the NPCs. It also really helps (at least it does for me) promote item usage - potions, wands, scrolls, special abilities etc and can make for some interesting party combinations!
Here's how the log is currently looking (Chapter 5):
- Imoen - recruited
- Xzar & Montaron - recruited
- Jaheira & Khalid - recruited
--1- Jaheira killed by Karlat (so early on, so very rude)
- Garrick - recruited (ugh...)
--2- Xzar killed by Zordal (bah!)
--3- Khalid killed by Zordal (two fall to Zordal and his pissy Melf's acid arrows!)
- Branwen - recruited
- Edwin - recruited
--4- Imoen - killed by war dog (lul - was so tempted to reload this one)
- Minsc - recruited (headed off to the Nashkel Mines now...)
--5- Minsc killed by kobold (meh)
- Xan - recruited
--6- Xan killed by skeleton (literally just moments after recruiting him!)
--7- Edwin killed by skeleton (three good wizards lost to me!)
- Rasaad - recruited
--8- Montaron killed by cave bear
--9- Rasaad killed by winter wolf
Recap - PC, Branwen and Garrick are the only survivors and are currently storming their way to the Gnoll Stronghold
- Dynaheir - recruited (awesome, now we need a Thief...)
- Safana - recruited (sweet!)
--10- Dynaheir killed by sirine (definitely flipped the table at this point, meant that NEERA was the only Mage left!)
--11- Garrick killed by dread wolf (he did pretty well to get that far to be honest)
- Kivan recruited
- Kagain recruited (cool, now time to take out Tranzig)
--12- Kivan killed by Tranzig (ugh, okay, we can recover from this...)
--13- Safana killed by Tranzig (NOOOOOOO! Since when was Tranzig this powerful!)
Shar-Teel - recruited (and immediately dualled to Thief because there are NONE at the moment)
- Neera - recruited (I actually encountered her ages ago so whilst everyone is on level 4 she's on level 1, ugh)
- Dorn - recruited (same as Neera, stuck on level 1 and about to hit the bandit camp...)
--14- Dorn killed by Tazok (not such a loss, so long as Kagain doesn't die I don't really care...)
--15- Kagain killed by Tazok (...)
- Viconia - recruited
- Ajantis - recruited
Recap - PC, Branwen, Shar-Teel, Neera, Viconia and Ajantis ... successfully infiltrated the bandit camp and destroyed everyone in the tent and in the area, remarkably no one died, Neera was reduced to 1 HP at one point, the only pure Mage left in the game nearly died, at this stage she only had 4 HP.
- Coran - recruited (Shar-Teel gets the boot as I need a decent Thief, thankfully she waits there, safe for now...)
--16- Ajantis killed by a potion of fireballs from Neera in the Cloakwood Mines
- Yeslick - recruited (back up to a six man team now)
Recap - current party: PC, Branwen, Neera, Viconia, Coran and Yeslick
Update: UGH!
--17- Branwen killed by Sunin (the Mage with the other ring of wizardry, a beastly Melf's acid arrow felled her, poor Branwen, she lived to see 13 of her comrades fall!)
Quayle - recruited
--19- Neera killed by Larze (farewell only living Mage left in the game, I tried to like you Neera, I really did...)
--20- Coran killed by Larze (okay come on guys ... it's only Larze...)
--21- Yeslick killed by Larze (are you fucking kidding me!)
--22- Viconia killed by Larze (oh my fucking god ... thankfully my PC managed to kill him, but bloody hell! Just Quayle and I left now...)
Shar-Teel - recruited (again)
Eldoth - recruited
Skie - recruited
Tiax - recruited (what a dysfunctional party! No doubt they'll all start killing each other in due course)
Recap - apart from my party of Quayle, Eldoth, Skie, Shar-Teel and Tiax, only Faldorn and Alora remain.
Here's how the log is currently looking (Chapter 5):
- Imoen - recruited
- Xzar & Montaron - recruited
- Jaheira & Khalid - recruited
--1- Jaheira killed by Karlat (so early on, so very rude)
- Garrick - recruited (ugh...)
--2- Xzar killed by Zordal (bah!)
--3- Khalid killed by Zordal (two fall to Zordal and his pissy Melf's acid arrows!)
- Branwen - recruited
- Edwin - recruited
--4- Imoen - killed by war dog (lul - was so tempted to reload this one)
- Minsc - recruited (headed off to the Nashkel Mines now...)
--5- Minsc killed by kobold (meh)
- Xan - recruited
--6- Xan killed by skeleton (literally just moments after recruiting him!)
--7- Edwin killed by skeleton (three good wizards lost to me!)
- Rasaad - recruited
--8- Montaron killed by cave bear
--9- Rasaad killed by winter wolf
Recap - PC, Branwen and Garrick are the only survivors and are currently storming their way to the Gnoll Stronghold
- Dynaheir - recruited (awesome, now we need a Thief...)
- Safana - recruited (sweet!)
--10- Dynaheir killed by sirine (definitely flipped the table at this point, meant that NEERA was the only Mage left!)
--11- Garrick killed by dread wolf (he did pretty well to get that far to be honest)
- Kivan recruited
- Kagain recruited (cool, now time to take out Tranzig)
--12- Kivan killed by Tranzig (ugh, okay, we can recover from this...)
--13- Safana killed by Tranzig (NOOOOOOO! Since when was Tranzig this powerful!)
Shar-Teel - recruited (and immediately dualled to Thief because there are NONE at the moment)
- Neera - recruited (I actually encountered her ages ago so whilst everyone is on level 4 she's on level 1, ugh)
- Dorn - recruited (same as Neera, stuck on level 1 and about to hit the bandit camp...)
--14- Dorn killed by Tazok (not such a loss, so long as Kagain doesn't die I don't really care...)
--15- Kagain killed by Tazok (...)
- Viconia - recruited
- Ajantis - recruited
Recap - PC, Branwen, Shar-Teel, Neera, Viconia and Ajantis ... successfully infiltrated the bandit camp and destroyed everyone in the tent and in the area, remarkably no one died, Neera was reduced to 1 HP at one point, the only pure Mage left in the game nearly died, at this stage she only had 4 HP.
- Coran - recruited (Shar-Teel gets the boot as I need a decent Thief, thankfully she waits there, safe for now...)
--16- Ajantis killed by a potion of fireballs from Neera in the Cloakwood Mines
- Yeslick - recruited (back up to a six man team now)
Recap - current party: PC, Branwen, Neera, Viconia, Coran and Yeslick
Update: UGH!
--17- Branwen killed by Sunin (the Mage with the other ring of wizardry, a beastly Melf's acid arrow felled her, poor Branwen, she lived to see 13 of her comrades fall!)
Quayle - recruited
--19- Neera killed by Larze (farewell only living Mage left in the game, I tried to like you Neera, I really did...)
--20- Coran killed by Larze (okay come on guys ... it's only Larze...)
--21- Yeslick killed by Larze (are you fucking kidding me!)
--22- Viconia killed by Larze (oh my fucking god ... thankfully my PC managed to kill him, but bloody hell! Just Quayle and I left now...)
Shar-Teel - recruited (again)
Eldoth - recruited
Skie - recruited
Tiax - recruited (what a dysfunctional party! No doubt they'll all start killing each other in due course)
Recap - apart from my party of Quayle, Eldoth, Skie, Shar-Teel and Tiax, only Faldorn and Alora remain.