Hmmm.... Wondering about Imoen?

Arocle · Post by **Arocle** » Mon Aug 13, 2001 12:43 am

Anyone had Imoen for her thieving abilities? How does she perform? Are they enough for... let's say.... Watcher's Keep? How often do you have to rely on potions to keep her effectice? And finally, can she be used as the main thief of the party? Thankies!!

All replies are valued.

polaris · Post by **polaris** » Mon Aug 13, 2001 1:05 am

Imoen's a great thief...even in ToB. Just give her the ring of danger-sense and the harper's amulet (found in the fire-giant temple) and she can find and disarm just about any trap (and open just about any lock) in the game.

True her skills aren't as high as a pure thief, but from my own experience thieving skills don't matter much after a certain level (and Imoen is there)....AND she is a full blown archmage too.

-Polaris

Arocle · Post by **Arocle** » Mon Aug 13, 2001 1:29 am

Hmmm.... Sounds good!

Maybe I don't have to endure the annoying Jan afterall.... Thanks! My team just got brighter.

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Mon Aug 13, 2001 1:37 am

good another jan hater.

Quite frankly, anomen and jan are the worst in tob and soa.

no that fond of minsc or keldorn either.

Garcia · Post by **Garcia** » Mon Aug 13, 2001 1:52 am

She actually seems to be better in ToB but she is nowhere near Jan he might be annying but he is a really good thife (suchs a little on the magic though)

polaris · Post by **polaris** » Mon Aug 13, 2001 4:08 am

Garcia,

In ToB, how good do you need to be? I have found that the only thing Imoen loses out on are the high level traps. While they are nice, you can live without them. Otherwise, Imoen does just fine.

-Polaris

niamorc · Post by **niamorc** » Mon Aug 13, 2001 4:20 am

Imoen's a great thief...even in ToB. Just give her the ring of danger-sense and the harper's amulet (found in the fire-giant temple) and she can find and disarm just about any trap (and open just about any lock) in the game.

And for added thieving skills, give her the mercykiller ring (collectors edition).

Arocle · Post by **Arocle** » Mon Aug 13, 2001 5:55 am

How about.... Does Imoen have a lot of interaction with anyone or does she even comment anything in SoA or in ToB? Does she liven up a party anyway, like Jan does?

Although... I HATE Jan.

Garcia · Post by **Garcia** » Mon Aug 13, 2001 6:01 am

Originally posted by polaris:
<STRONG>Garcia,

In ToB, how good do you need to be? I have found that the only thing Imoen loses out on are the high level traps. While they are nice, you can live without them. Otherwise, Imoen does just fine.

-Polaris</STRONG>

a good thing about ToB is that getting money is not as hard as SoA so just buy some potions of thivery (put them in the bag of holding if you want to save some space) this is enought to get you through without any big problems.

frudi · Post by **frudi** » Mon Aug 13, 2001 7:06 am

Imoen is all the thief I ever needed in any of my games. there are several items to boost her lock-picking and trap finding/disarming abilities and if some nasty lock or trap is still giving you problems you can always gulp down a potion.

pomr · Post by **pomr** » Mon Aug 13, 2001 7:12 am

Aside from some amusing banter, she also starts gaining Bhaalspawn powers like the protaganist did in BG; dreams, and then she gets a spell like power.

She evens gets some stat boosts.

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Mon Aug 13, 2001 7:13 am

Yoshimo gets only 35 in trap setting which is thick

Astafas · Post by **Astafas** » Mon Aug 13, 2001 7:22 am

Originally posted by craig:
<STRONG>Yoshimo gets only 35 in trap setting which is thick </STRONG>

I agree. Yoshimo's thief points are very odd. His kit specializes in laying traps and he's incapable of doing this very thing! And the 100 % in Moving Silently - to what use before you get his Hide in Shadows up to a decent level? This is just another incitament (as if we needed any more...) to dump him ASAP and get Jan instead.

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Mon Aug 13, 2001 9:55 am

You should bring him (Yoshimo) to Spellhold for his quest.

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Mon Aug 13, 2001 10:05 am

I agre but i ecited his stats so it makes sence

Grimm Reaper · Post by **Grimm Reaper** » Fri Aug 17, 2001 7:47 pm

Nah, Imoen's obviously hetero.