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 1
--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.
Update 2
--23- Quayle killed by fireball trap in Candlekeep catacombs (Shar-Teel was hasted and running left right centre killing skeletons, she tripped a trap and caused a fireball to hit my party straight on, luckily only Quayle died)
--24- Eldoth killed by Tam (I think that was his name, the group in the caves under Candlekeep)
- Faldorn recruited
- Alora recruited
Recap - just myself, Shar-Teel, Skie, Tiax, Faldorn and Alora, the last remaining NPCs along the Sword Coast ... headed off to the Duchal Palace now, pray for me.
Update 3
--25- Alora killed by a doom guard (she got trapped between said doom guard and Shar-Teel in the maze)
--26- Faldorn killed by Sarevok (Sarevok had destroyed my summons and Faldorn nominated herself as bait so Shar-Teel could get the backstab in, it worked perfectly, although Faldorn was super chunked)
Edit: I did actually complete it with Faldorn alive, but before the final movie played the game crashed, yaaaay. Also why is Tiax's summon ghast actually a skeleton?
And so I did it!
Final team -
PC - Skald
Shar-Teel - Fighter>Thief
Tiax - Cleric/Thief
Skie - Thief
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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 1
--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.
Update 2
--23- Quayle killed by fireball trap in Candlekeep catacombs (Shar-Teel was hasted and running left right centre killing skeletons, she tripped a trap and caused a fireball to hit my party straight on, luckily only Quayle died)
--24- Eldoth killed by Tam (I think that was his name, the group in the caves under Candlekeep)
- Faldorn recruited
- Alora recruited
Recap - just myself, Shar-Teel, Skie, Tiax, Faldorn and Alora, the last remaining NPCs along the Sword Coast ... headed off to the Duchal Palace now, pray for me.
Update 3
--25- Alora killed by a doom guard (she got trapped between said doom guard and Shar-Teel in the maze)
--26- Faldorn killed by Sarevok (Sarevok had destroyed my summons and Faldorn nominated herself as bait so Shar-Teel could get the backstab in, it worked perfectly, although Faldorn was super chunked)
Edit: I did actually complete it with Faldorn alive, but before the final movie played the game crashed, yaaaay. Also why is Tiax's summon ghast actually a skeleton?
And so I did it!
Final team -
PC - Skald
Shar-Teel - Fighter>Thief
Tiax - Cleric/Thief
Skie - Thief
