How many tomes of +ability are in Baldurs Gate @ all?

RaistlinTheMage · Post by **RaistlinTheMage** » Sun Jan 06, 2002 2:44 pm

Hope you can say that to me, because i wanna make my pc as most powerful as a child of Bhaal preserves(wanna single play through BG,TOTSW, BG2 and TOB)

i thought(if correct in memory) +1 ability to each score, except +2 intelligence and +2 wisdom(if i am correct in memory)

p.s: my first post here, so dont say newbie or such as this(played bg, bg2 and tob dozens of times, but now i wanna know this, because i wanna play until the final battle(ascension mod/TOB) which is very hard single handled.

So help me plz

Mr Snow · Post by **Mr Snow** » Sun Jan 06, 2002 2:54 pm

IIRC, there are

2 x Str (I think the second is the one in Durlags Tower, although it could be the Constitution - someone confirm that please)
1 x Dex
2 x Con (Refer above)
3 x Wis (Under Candlekeep and you can scam two off of the Priestess)
1 x Int
1 x Cha

Hope that helps

ernme4vr · Post by **ernme4vr** » Sun Jan 06, 2002 8:01 pm

How do you scam 2 off the Priestess (Wisdom Tomes). I know you get the first for the Temple for her in the Lothander Geas quest...

- King of Hearts

Silvanerian · Post by **Silvanerian** » Mon Jan 07, 2002 2:32 am

There are one of each stat and three for Wisdom.

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str: catacobs under candlekeep
dex: barrel in thieves guild in baldurs gate
con: cave in wilderness area with the lighthouse
int: The mage tower in baldurs gate (the area with the duchells palace)
wis: 1 in the catacobs under candlekeep, 1 in the baldurs gate on the priest (the male) in the lady luck temple - can be pickpocketed - but there's a quest linked to it. 1 in Durlags tower (TotSC) on the second floor.
cha: in a cave at the Gnoll stronghold.

-Sylvanerian

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Wed Jan 09, 2002 1:56 am

But in SoA you will have to lose some stats to the demon in you're dream, but gain alot (if you wish) in the final part. And of cource whe have lum the mad in ToB

Astafas · Post by **Astafas** » Wed Jan 09, 2002 2:07 am

Originally posted by Silvanerian:
<STRONG>1 in the baldurs gate on the priest (the male) in the lady luck temple - can be pickpocketed - but there's a quest linked to it.</STRONG>

He'll give it to you freely if you offer to pay enough (shows your desperation). Then you can pickpocket the body of the small boy from the priestess of Umberlee instead of giving her the Tome. Return the body to the boy's father in order to finish the quest.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Feb 07, 2002 5:46 pm

Originally posted by Stilgar
But in SoA you will have to lose some stats to the demon in you're dream, but gain alot (if you wish) in the final part. And of cource whe have lum the mad in ToB

And all you lose is a single point in any stat you wish.

Pebz · Post by **Pebz** » Thu Feb 07, 2002 6:25 pm

Originally posted by fable

And all you lose is a single point in any stat you wish.

Besides charisma that is.

Wolf_pd · Post by **Wolf_pd** » Tue Feb 12, 2002 8:04 am

And you really don't wanna miss charisma, do ya?

Der-draigen · Post by **Der-draigen** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 5:40 pm

Originally posted by Silvanerian

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str: catacobs under candlekeep
dex: barrel in thieves guild in baldurs gate
con: cave in wilderness area with the lighthouse
int: The mage tower in baldurs gate (the area with the duchells palace)
wis: 1 in the catacobs under candlekeep, 1 in the baldurs gate on the priest (the male) in the lady luck temple - can be pickpocketed - but there's a quest linked to it. 1 in Durlags tower (TotSC) on the second floor.
cha: in a cave at the Gnoll stronghold.

-Sylvanerian

I went to two caves int he Gnoll stronghold area and couldn't find any tome. I don't have the expansion. Does that have something to do with it? I found the one in the lighthouse area. Is there something I'm missing?...

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 6:20 pm

Originally posted by Der-draigen

I went to two caves int he Gnoll stronghold area and couldn't find any tome. I don't have the expansion. Does that have something to do with it? I found the one in the lighthouse area. Is there something I'm missing?...

There are three caves in the bottom of Gnoll stronghold. I think you have missed one with the tome.

Der-draigen · Post by **Der-draigen** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 9:32 am

Three caves?? Okay...

*trudges back to Gnoll stronghold*

Drakadler · Post by **Drakadler** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 7:48 pm

Yeah just look closer to one of the other caves... Two of them are relatively close together... Or look through the walkthrough.

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 9:42 pm

Originally posted by Pebz

Besides charisma that is.

Oh, horror.

Anytime you need a stat boost in charisma, there's the good old Ring of Human Influence.

Pebz · Post by **Pebz** » Sun Feb 17, 2002 9:10 am

Hmmm some of you may have missunderstod (or maybe i missunderstod?)... but i ment that you cant pick charisma as a stat to lose to the demon.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Sun Feb 17, 2002 12:09 pm

Originally posted by Pebz
Hmmm some of you may have missunderstod (or maybe i missunderstod?)... but i ment that you cant pick charisma as a stat to lose to the demon.

I understood

One option is choosing a stat that is modified, for instance if you have the gauntlets of dexterity - you could choose dexterity from which to lose a point, since it will be set to 18 by the gauntlets anyway