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Haha thanks!

I basically came to the realisation that the mods I have installed are too difficult to do as a solo with no reloads.

I might try again with something a bit more powerful like a berserker / mage and maybe allow myself a couple of reloads for when things really go wrong.

Actually I ...

Oh yeah ;) . Definitely a masochist. I've roleplayed BG2 lots of times, so if I'm going to play it as a tactical challenge, might as well go the whole hog. No reloading, no resting solo with lots of added difficulty mods. Only thing I'm missing is putting the difficulty to insance and having a PC ...

Thank you for your comments. To address some of the points raised.


My strategy for dealing with Rayic early using a solo melee char is to drink 1 or 2 Fire Resistance potions (they stack to 100% if 2), and then activate the trap right beside him. The trap launches a fireball that doesn't make ...

Rayic Gethras was protected from magical weapons. So normal weapons should affect him. Nad was using a non-magical bow and arrows that are considered non-magical too. So the arrows *should* have hit Gethras and his defenses *should* have been dispelled. Hell, if Nad had known the arrows wouldn't ...

It is my solemn duty to report that Nad perished at approximately 8.30 this morning. May he RIP :( .

So Nad completed the Harper Quest without issue. He used the considerable loot he acquired from the Estate and Xzar and combined it with his other savings to purchase a bundle of arrows of ...

Haha, yeah, Nad is a dodo without potions.

They didn't really implement any magic clash issues. If you're going to restrict potions, you also have to do something about the ridiculous number of defences a mage puts up.

Sure. Apart from attacking with a weapon, a character can only take one action per round, which is 6 seconds. So if you cast a spell, use a wand, read a scroll, drink a potion or whatever, you cannot take any other action except for attack for 6 seconds.

So for example when Nad used the Wand of ...

Pirate Cave

I know from past experience this can be a very tough fight. So Nad starts by summoning the berserker warrior with the horn to buy himself some time and draw some of the early attacks. The pirate mage responds by casting chaos at the berserker, but the berserker and Nad both save (Nad ...

Prebek's House

Nad's drug cocktail is frost giant strength, clarity, speed and freedom.

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Nad starts by cutting apart the ghast closest to him while the mages unleash remove magic and slow, both of which Nad resists. And then he unleashes his secret ...

Docks

Nad runs into more thugs in the Docks and these guys are more competent. Nad takes several backstabs (again the captain has several invisibility potions which he uses). In fact some of the thugs walked out of Nad's line of sight and re-hid in the shadows for another backstab! That's not ...

Slums

Nad talks to the thief merchant near the Jansen home and inspects her goods - she has nothing he wants. He stops in at Gaelan Bayle's home to see Areldrian again, and purchases his small stock of speed, absorption and extra healing potions. He runs into Habib on his way round the slums and ...

Thanks for the support guys!

Slaver Stockade

Nad cannot haste because he is under the effects of a potion of freedom; and besides he is fast running out of oils of speed, there is a danger he is becoming addicted to them! Instead, he swigs a potion of invulnerability - the +5 saves will help ...

Slums Sewers

Nad charges headfirst into the first group of hobgoblins since he still has his key buffs. He takes out the shamans first, then the captain, the elite, and finally the archers and warrior.

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He takes the opposite approach to get the ...

I don't know, I suspect it's default. Potion of regeneration works the same way - regenerates twice as fast when hasted. I think it's all to do with the haste effect - things like blade barrier work twice a round when hasted too. And I think (not 100% sure) that a hasted character in a cloud takes ...

Copper Coronet

Amalas just picked on the wrong dual-wielding, strength enhanced, regenerating sucker.

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Nad agrees to meet Nalia at her keep, tells Anomen to sod off, and talks to Joluv. Joluv has nothing ...

Nad has the opposite problem...he uses potions like there's no tomorrow. One of the biggest challenges is going to be conserving the key potions throughout the game. Nad will be buying every single potion of invisibility, extra healing, speed, invulnerability, clarity, freedom, regeneration, magic ...

Haha thanks! I know Claudius is also reading, so that's at least 2. Thanks for the feedback, hope you enjoy the story. Comments, feedback and discussion always welcome.

Spoiler I guess.

You're3 not supposed to, and don't have to, fight the shadows in the circus tent. Never played Ascension though, so maybe that changeit; if so, bad mod!!

You're right it is a spoiler of sorts. But then I guess the whole blog is spoilers since it documents the opponents fought ...

Fallen Paladins

The difficulty with this fight is that there are 4 fallen paladins + Reynald + Anarg. They all have pretty good THACO and hit hard; except Anarg, who has a ridiculous THACO and would probably kill Nad in very few rounds in a straight up melee.

And the main weakness of the ...

The Bridge

Nad talks to Aegisfield to get the skinner quest. He then goes round the back of the Balthis estate and stands back to watch the fallen paladins and the smugglers slug it out.

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He agrees to get Anarg's Cup and then talks to Rampah, Rose ...