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Yeah, you can't wear two rings of wizardry. One time I (legitimately) obtained both and was extremely pissed that I bothered killing off my apprentices only to be told that.

Not planning on doing ToB ironman. I'm not very familiar with it, anyway, beating it only a fraction of the times I have beaten bg2.

I had to wipe my HD so I lost the registry entries that tells the game that it is installed, and now I forget what tweaks and fixes I had installed (no large mods ...

OK, so I keep dying to "save or else" spells, so it has made my beginning run through of the game pretty standardized. You can skip down to tl;dr if you don't care how I'm going about it. Maybe spoilers if you've never played baldurs gate before.

After waking up, I kick Imoen out of my party ...

So I guess there is no way to quell the angry NPCs. Oh well, Bernard. It was fun while it lasted.

I guess another good question would be: are there any disproportionately large reward:effort ratio things that I should try tackling? I'm trying to do the easiest stuff first to build up my character ...

An ironman game is a no-reload game. Also, in case anyone didn't glean it from my original post, this is a solo ironman game.

Thanks.

So I've started an ironman game, going through with a elven mage/thief multi. I have a couple of problems I'd like help with, and also welcome any other advice that I might find useful but haven't thought to ask about.

Problem one is incapacitating spells. I don't bother to memorize dispel magic ...

Forgive me if this has been posted before, but search seems to be broken right now.

[url="http://www.archive.org/details/BaldursGate2_11137"]BGII speed run[/url]

I'm not sure what BGII communities are out there, especially if they're in different languages, but I would think this guy (damurdoc ...

You can only dual class if the primary attributes of each class are sufficient. 15 for the former class and 17 for the new class. Or maybe the other way around. So for a kensai -> thief you would need strength 15 and dexterity 17.

[QUOTE=Eldariel](we opted to avoid any and all cheats, so we lack duplicates of any Magical items)[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=JonIrenicus]PS did you get both of Gaxx's rings?[/QUOTE]

I apologize for not being clear enough in my original question. I just don't understand why you wouldn't read the question ...

Just a humble inquiry, JonIrenicus:

Why would you even bother if you aren't going to read the posts to which you are replying?

Wow, if there is anything that would pull UU out of the wordwork it is a quality post like this. Extremely refreshing post in the midst of redundant questions, spammy polls, and ad hominem attacks. Bravo!

Any character can have a familiar.

In addition to monsters doing double damage, some encounters are keyed to experience of the party, while some encounters are keyed to the difficulty level (or perhaps just elements of the encounter, e.g. number is determined by difficulty and hit dice determined ...

In tactics, most doors which can be abused will become magically stuck open. The deva, for me, was the absolute smallest detail. Don't you have a character with a sling? Magic missile? Innate larlochs minor drain? Any of that will interrupt (usually) the long casting time of the spell.

Now see if ...

Spoiler:

The hell test where you can either sacrifice a party member or take some attribute drain can be avoided with a spell immunity divination if I recall correctly. Though I don't know if you can have any protections in a dream. Might want to try the 8 hour spell trap from the staff of the ...

Reeaaaaallly? How did you figure that out? What are some simple ways to legitimately pump the con to 20 within the game?

Earnest:

Very valid point with the Item Upgrade mod, but I feel that it is worthwhile for the self-policing player. Eventually all the boots are outmoded because you just want to run across the levels as fast as possible, and those misc +1 items get tired pretty quickly, too. And really, you don't ...

You get a die roll for your hit points on the first 9 levels, and you get an extra half attack (or maybe whole attack) at level 13. If you aren't worried about xp caps, dual at 13. Too soon and your thac0 will suck, too late and you find yourself playing an uncomfortable percentage of the game with ...

I don't understand how you can minimize iron skins. For me, I can't have a tank that doesn't have ironskins/stoneskin. It is the only sure way to avoid getting hit, and it works in conjunction with armor class which can make it last longer.

I was not aware of the ranger/cleric's druid spells ...

Best weapon, on the hardest difficulty, I still use it late into the game, and is super cheap to make near the very beginning. Go buy the broken glass dagger from the pawn shop in Suran, then enchant it with the biggest gem you can find with a heal self on strike with as many hit points as it will ...

sorry for leaving!
i forgot i started this
i seldom post here

But these are so good!
so here are a few guidelines
for the best haiku

a good first rule is
use seasonal elements
subtle can be good

also remember
the last line is important
make sure it's striking

above all have fun
funny can rival ...