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[QUOTE=egervari2]I was just bored and was wondering what's new in the IWD community nowadays. Anybody ended up using my guide I wrote so long ago?[/QUOTE]

which guide?
I'm playing IWD2 now, and the Ultimate Powergaming Party FAQ
was really helpful to build my party. it was signed by Ken J. Egervari

[QUOTE=rebel3_6_1]Thanks for all the input guys. I'm about to start playing and I'll try some of the tactics. Here is the info on my characters.

Kalia Half-Elf Level 2 Evoker
Str. 8
Dex. 18
Con. 14
Int. 18
Wis. 10
Cha. 8

Features: Combat Casting, Simple Weapons Crossbow, Mace, Quarterstaff ...

[QUOTE=Wrath-Of-Egg
i use lingerine song thing... but that does not make me cheater..(i dont use it always... and truly i use it realy rarely)

But if you can tell me what makes it cheat?
It works with latest patch..
You dont need to enable cheat console to make it work..

SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN YOUR ...

[QUOTE=Opalescence] Anyhow, do any of you know if Bards were powerful in AD&D? ([/QUOTE]

I played some years ago AD&D 2nd ed., bards where funny, but they lacked the power of other classes

[QUOTE=Brynn]Well, I'm more familiar with the bard in BG II (Hear'Dalis was one of the greatest and most useful chars!), but I read in another thread that Bard Songs work during pausing as well... That's kind of cheesy, I know... :)

Bard, imho, is not that useful if you're after spellcasting. Mage ...

[QUOTE=rebel3_6_1]Ok, I'm playing Icewind Dale 2 for the second time.

[SNIP]

Why are these fights so tough? Is there something I'm doing wrong? If there is some common mistake, could you tell me? Also, I would appreciate any tips to make the battles manageable.[/QUOTE]

there are two things to ...

[QUOTE=jagguy]I have been reading the manual and I am a little puzzled by the Skills in the game.

With the Skill of a class that means a thief can have their skills but if I cris-cross skills I can make a mage 'pick pockets' at half ........so any class can have thief skills at a price.....so I can ...

[QUOTE=Brynn]Well, my advise is to create pure characters. You'll definitely need a thief (it's worth to make it a pure rouge, he'll get cool feats at higher levels, like Evasion and stuff), a fighter , of course, and a mage . It's best to have a single-class mage, this way his range of spells will ...

[QUOTE=Thidiazuron]
I have just started chapter 3, I killed 9 or more wolves and 10 winter trolls and I have not received any exp points apart from one chaman troll.
The party is a Pladin/cleric level 11 and a mage level 11.
Any clues?[/QUOTE]

IMHO it's possible. if you wanna gain more xp try to ...

When I entered the temple I killed the priestess Cathin before she talked to me.

(I didn't intend to do so, but when I entered in the room I saw only some aurilite postulants and winter wolves, that I killed with two or three fireballs.The fireball hit also Cathin, she turned soon hostile )

Do you ...

[QUOTE=Wrath-Of-Egg]if i remember right you can get it in horde fortress insede or outside...[/QUOTE]


SPOILER!
--> I remember I found a fireball scroll in goblin warrens, in the area marked 1 on this map http://www.gamebanshee.com/icewinddaleii/walkthrough/images/gobwarren1.jpg[/url]
<--
It's ...

[QUOTE=neocool00]Ravaatra Gellantara
Female Aasimar Lawfully Good
Paladin of Ilmater 3/Cleric Morninglord of Lathander X
STR 16 DEX 13 CON 10 INT 5 WIS 16 CHA 20
Weapons: Great Swords, Maces

Will start as Paladin for three levels, then squat two to keep from getting hit with XP penalty.[/QUOTE ...

[QUOTE=Brynn]What are those? Can you give a bit more detailed explanation of why they are important (I mean are they special equipment or quest items)? Maybe it would help to recall where I came across them...[/QUOTE]

They should be a kind of boots that give you +5 dexterity.
http://www ...

[QUOTE=Brynn]Well, a "lot of" doesn't mean "all of" :) As I found she's quite vulnerable to electrical damage --> (I had my druid cast "Call lightning" and that sucked the rest of her energy out) <---[/QUOTE]

Well, I didn't try electrical damage against her, she looks a kind of a blue dragon, so I ...

According to the walktrought http://www.gamebanshee.com/icewinddalei ... pleext.php
Sherincal should be
but I used a lots of spells against her without problems.
Is there something wrong with the walktrought?

However, I experimented by having each of my characters approach the vendor. The sword's name changed to reflect whomever originally approached. (I was kind of hoping the weapon would change to reflect the character -ie my cleric would find it to be a mace as that was what was currently being used ...