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Anyway, I was under the impression that you were promoting the need only for a melee only party, it seems that this melee only party can only function with the aid of a Mage, either in part or in whole, so it's not a melee only party.

Exactly :) This is the way I complete most of RPGs: a party ...

The mind control thing comes from everywhere, from Mummies to Blue Myrmiods (the mushroom thingys). Honestly, it's the only part of the game I found really irritating, trying to second guess which curatives to memorize for all the different spell hastles on my tanks. Remove fear removes panic, but ...

Two tanks - One major, one back up with additional ranged skills
One Rogue - just to make everything a bit quicker (traps locks etc) with ranged skills.
One dedicated Archer
Two Clerics

This could be actually decent idea... My party is much like this: 4 melee chars, 2 dedicated archers (one of ...

You do realise that +1 STR might do nothing to increase your damage?

Ughm... no, I don't. Look at Str table in the manual :) This is true ONLY in case your char have got 16 or 18/1-18/50 str. My group have started with either 15 (ranged) or 18/00 (melee) str for everyone...


I also find that ...

The rogue's cowl can be bought from Orrick during chapter 2 and 3. (Orrick's inventory changes at the start of chapter 2 and 4.)

:eek: Funny... I've bought Girdle of Gond from him, and stole Ring of Free Action - never noticed any other useful things on him (and yes I mean USEFUL - not some ...

I think you're playing a different game. -10 AC gets you hit a lot of time. Not to mention the time before you get that AC.
In IWD 1.06 you don't really get hit with -10 AC... as I've said - Belhifet down without losing 20hp. Gaining it is no prob either, at least in chap2: 18dex is 6 AC basic ...

The whole point of mages in IWD (and other Infinity games) is Battlefield Control, not "DPS". You bind up the monsters with Web, or some Summon.
And the point of it?... With a AC -10 tank wearing Boots of the Fox (which makes him run ahead of the party), 90% of the mobs attack your tank, and they ...

The by far best weapon in the game is the "Morning Star of Action +4", 2d4+4 damage, extra attack per round and 15% chance the target is stunned. It's a random drop if you've pure IWD,

Ahh, this one... Well, I didn't "take" it for a reason. You can loot either Shocking Flail +4 (10.5dmg) or ...

The blade of Aihonen is a 2-handed sword.

O'rly? :cool:

Restored Blade of Aihonen ( Long Sword +1, +5)
Damage: 1D8+1, +5 within a dragon's flight distance of Lac Dinneshere
THAC0: +1, +5 within a dragon's flight distance of Lac Dinneshere
Special: +5 Maximum Hit Points within a dragon's ...

Neglible?? Basically, there is just a single 1H sword which deals 9.5dmg at average - Aihonen (1d8 +5), which is available before the final fight only, while actual test of your party strength is Lower DD, IMHO (salamanders and giants). OTOH, 2H powerweapons of 9.5dmg are early available - Cairn ...

Ranger dual wielding ANYTHING?

After I've completed IWD once, I decided to play it one more time after a short break, trying other classes, weapons and tactics. Noticed an interesting and potentially really overpowered thing: ranger, according to manual, has extra attack while wielding one-handed ...

Well, there is the last unanswered question (just to remind): how can I make a script that auto turns on detect traps after every combat, every opened chest and so on, or where do I download it?

Like I said before, there are some sort of tables in the game files with enemy AC, but I don't know how to get them.
Well, while I didn't find any, I just decided to test it with hit roll log on. After gathering some statistics I've realized several funny things :)

First, manual blatantly lies ...

Enemy AC, as I've said before. There are no means to learn it via in-game methods, this part I've already got... now, maybe there are some unofficial tables?

Indeed it is, as well as everything else That's why I'm here - please HELP ME TO CALCULATE it!

I much prefer the memorise spells to spells per mana system. I can't think of a great reason for this as I'd still prefer a system which just allows you to cast anything you know, whenever you like. People argue that it tires them spellcaster mentally and so should not be limitless, but then ...

The THAC0 you see in your character sheet is the actual THAC0, after weapon, STR, etc.

It can not be true... If it was, [un]equipping a weapon with to hit bonus would have changed thac0 displayed in char screen - but it doesn't!

- there's a considerable difference between 18/50 and 18/00 ...

Yea, got it... just too bad the game doesn't make these calculations itself :( I guess that because it's so damn old...

Well, there is another thingie. As far as I get it, opponent's AC adds to my hit roll. Is there a way to determine mob AC? Some kind of ID monster spell? Or hit cap is unreachable ...

Well, I don't have IWD still installed, but I'm pretty sure you can see the actual thac0 in the character record. There should a line called base thac0 and another, called thac0 just underneath.

That's the problem... there is just a single line containing "thac0" in char info :( Just "thac0 ...

Well, I guess weapon bonus is not displayed in character info screen... I can equip this or that weapon, or even remove weapon totally, but it doesn't change. Is there a way to see effective thac0 (with weapon bonus and str included), effective damage (again with str included)?

Oh, and also: what ...