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I only finished the Black Pits. Here are my impressions:

- BP is ridiculously easy and short. I finished it with a 6 man party (which is rather weak since you can mow them down with higher levels with a 4 man party) and I DID NOT PREBUFF MY GROUP. That's right, I only buffed once I stepped in the ...

I've decided to continue playing. I went to the circus to try and get Aerie, but even after getting the journal entry I cannot get the guard to move away. He has "...has nothing to say to you" when I click him and he won't move from the exit. If I kill him, I can enter, but otherwise - no.

I've only had a little time to play recently, basically gathering Jan and Keldorn. I'll be going for Aerie next. BTW the party in the sewers is as annoying as my last time I tried Tactics.

Fortunately, Anomen wtih every protection spell + the cloak of the sewers (truned into a troll) can takn an ...

Hmm... Well I beat the whole dungeon, and I got a great feeling of accomplishment from it. Illych in Insane can two or three shot most party membes, the Astral Deva is just absurd, the Monk is very powerful (for a Monk) etc.

What I did.

Well it turned out I had only killed the golem. The Cleric ...

I played a few hours last night, despite not having that many to spare... :)

So we went around and cleared everything bar that Illych mob. I sort of sopiled my surprise with all the stuff that I've read here about them. Anyway this time I cleared the teleporter prior to going for Yoshimo - Duergar ...

I think that last time my folly was attempting Firkraag way too early. I beat Tactics Me'var at level 10 and went for Firkraag soon after. He absolutely mopped the floor with me. Anyway my party-to-be for now:

Kensai 13/Mage x
Edwin (can't get the amulet on because of his own but a powerful ...

Not to stray off-topic but nothing beats PnP.

Thanks Quen,

Took a little break from ToB. Add in some long days at work and then a trip down to Florida to see my Dad. So just getting back to it. Just took down Balthazar last night (I now remember why I never wanted to play a monk in PnP D&D). :laugh: Personally, I think he was a bit cheesy ...

I actually took a look at the guide you posted and wandered what that was. I now found a link and am reading trough, but the thing changes spells and removes items from the game, and I'd rather not go into that.

I saw your writeup for the acid kensai but when I last faced him just using regular ...

Well I could resist it no longer - I had to come back and finish what I could not, some years ago! I installed the game, the patch, the fixpack, the widescreen hack and Tactics, Ascension, Valen and Solaufein, though I do not plan on using the NPCs if they are severely more powerful than Jan/Aerie ...

Ascension will really give you nightmares. It's been several years since I've played BG but i've recently been getting the itch . Older players know what I mean.

Anyway, back in the day I beat vanilla with a Sorcerer who pretty much went nova on anything not immune to Time Stop and ate ToB like a ...

Hmm i've played trough the game, definitely not a noob here :) But i didn't want to spoil my run with the 2 difficulty mods installed so i just went for whatever i can get whenever i felt like it. It took some luck to beat MaeVar at level 10 believe me. For both the CF fight and the MaeVar fight i ...

Unfortunately that's not an option. I'm trapped in the inn, and the encounter is waiting for me when i get out. Also, not high enough level for imp haste yet.. :/

Sorry to double post but does anyone have any suggestions on this?

Well i feel good about myself than because i killed Mae Var at the beginning of chapter 2 :D It took about 10 reloads though for all my chars to not get killed/chunked. Edwin was indeed a great help though.

Then i checked my all available options and discovered Aerie's Slay Living spell! Firkraag ...

The bandits are weak after chapter 2. I'm a kensai with Korgan, Keldorn, Jeheira, Aerie and Edwin. The Firgkraag beats me not bcause of his see invis, but because of endless wing buffets, breaths, moving constantly around with perma haste and worst of all, dispelling my buffs without error. He ...

Sounds awesome, will it work with the BGfixpack, Tactics and Ascension all at the same time?

I am currently playing with both installed, as i have been against mods for a good while now i haven't beaten the game yet with Tactics or Ascension. Problems i have run into so far:

*SPOILER ALERT*

#1. In Irenicus's dungeon every time you rest after the first time, you get a team of duergar ...

Right forgot about that But still i would prefer the Staff of the Ram.

It has been ages since i had played such a story driven game. It's like reading a book and playing a PnP game at the same time. :) Ooh, and the genereic "Slay the goblins" quests just bring out a warm fuzzy feeling. But the developer has covered many aspects and details, and best of all: there is no ...