Starting Characters / Dual Class Question

kmonster · Post by **kmonster** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:27 am

Singing the war chant outside battle doesn't change the game difficulty, it's only a comfortable way to heal your party without having to go back to a safe resting place.
The extra XP you get for changing the difficulty will affect the game balance on the other hand, you'll have spells and other options available before you're supposed to.

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:13 am

Hey, there are people who balk at the idea of maxing your stats too.

The song is just what kmonster said: a nice way to get some healing. The other bonuses are quite good, though. (-2 AC, 10% damage resistance, something + to saves, IIRC.)

wise grimwald · Post by **wise grimwald** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:39 am

Thanks for the advice. I'll reduce the difficulty setting before I affect the game too much. (Particularly as I am finding it hard on the current setting. My Fighter/Druid and Fighter/Conjurer are now dualled. I have now have Conlan's Hammer which will tell you how far I have progressed. I must admit that before going to meet the Cold Wights, I went to sleep where the Yetis turn up regularly, just to go up a level. (My fighter/Druid and Fighter/Conjurer were both less than 1000ep away from levelling up. After buying the sling and the Helm of the Defender, I now have a cash balance of about 20gp. I have only bought identify as far as spells are concerned, so it looks as if finance will be a bit of a problem. Better than BG though where there is a superabundance of cash.

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:22 am

Cash won't be a problem after your next dungeon. If you find the game too hard, staying on Hard setting will ironically make it easier in a few levels.

wise grimwald · Post by **wise grimwald** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:57 am

I don't mind difficult. That's one reason why I have switched for a while from BG which I know so well that I usually play "no reloads". I am beginning to discover the weaknesses of the monsters. e.g. Agannazers scorcher is amazing against Cold Wights. No doubt when I have played the game a few times, it will become as easy as BG. I think therefore that I will stay on the normal setting even though I know that it will delay my dual classed characters regaining their old skills.

wise grimwald · Post by **wise grimwald** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:48 am

I am now in Dorn's Deep. Whilst I do have a bit more cash, I still can't buy some of the items that I would like. Still, as I have what I need, perhaps I shouldn't grumble. In BG I would complain that I had lots of cash and nothing to spend it on.

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:47 am

Don't worry about the items you can buy. There are very few worthwhile. It might be worth to use the "save-reload" trick to get the items you want, though. Elven Chainmails are only obtainable this way, IIRC.

wise grimwald · Post by **wise grimwald** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:51 am

Now that would be cheating.
I have one set of elven chainmail which I bought. Unfortunately didn't find any others.
Worse, from Kaylessa I got a ring to be used by rangers, not the items that would have been useful for my party.
Still, I am progressing nicely through Dorn's deep. I am just about to take on the undead.

kmonster · Post by **kmonster** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:09 am

You can't buy elven chainmail in IWD, you can only find it if you're lucky.

Make sure you've at least 20 cha when buying stuff and sell your stuff to the merchants who pay the most, like Orrick or the trader in the Severed Hand if you want to have more money, but you'll get enough money soon enough and you don't have to buy and carry around expensive stuff.

wise grimwald · Post by **wise grimwald** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:52 pm

I'm pretty sure that I bought it. Could it be part of the item upgrade mod?
Anyway, I am now facing the lich and have picked up a lot of weapons and swords, some of which are superfluous to requirements. I have swords that burn which are useful against trolls etc., one which casts a fireball, not quite so useful as everybody gets hurt.
I'm not having too many problems and if I was, I could go experience mining with those Ettins.

Konalan · Post by **Konalan** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:31 am

You can also XP mine at the lich. Kill all his undead summons for some great XP.

wise grimwald · Post by **wise grimwald** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:57 am

I did, more by good luck than good management. Took a while to work how to make the lich stay dead. I couldn't work how to kill the guards to the exit, so by-passed them using summoned monsters as a decoy. Would it have been possible to kill them?

kmonster · Post by **kmonster** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:32 pm

You can kill them.