Mages+the mines

Obsidian · Post by **Obsidian** » Fri Oct 11, 2002 9:56 pm

Where can I find some good ones? Im lvl 3 and walking around doing all the side quests, tackled the mines, but couldnt find a way deeper then the third level.

garazdawi · Post by **garazdawi** » Sat Oct 12, 2002 2:44 am

There is a mage next to the boss that you can join with. Also in the gnoll strong hold and in teh nashkel mines.

Obike Fixx · Post by **Obike Fixx** » Sat Oct 12, 2002 5:57 am

If youre evil, I would suggest Edwin, in Nashkel.

Coot · Post by **Coot** » Sat Oct 12, 2002 5:57 am

Or consider dualing Imoen to an Illussionist. Immy and Edwin (you can find him on the bridge in the town of Nashkel) are the best mages in the game IMHO.

Obsidian · Post by **Obsidian** » Sat Oct 12, 2002 12:00 pm

Already walked past edwin, wouldnt kill her unless he told me why. So he left. @what level should I duel Imoen?

garazdawi · Post by **garazdawi** » Sat Oct 12, 2002 4:15 pm

don't dual her. She is the best thief in the game due to the fact that you can choose all of her stats from the beginning

Coot · Post by **Coot** » Sun Oct 13, 2002 2:46 am

Originally posted by garazdawi
don't dual her. She is the best thief in the game due to the fact that you can choose all of her stats from the beginning

I see your point but, unlike BG2, BG1 has no shortage of thieves. Most of them are good enough. I've had Safana, Alora and Coran in my party and they never fell short.
Besides, dualing Imoen seems the right thing to do, considering that she's dualclassed in BG2. Storyconsistency and all that.

I dualed Imoen as soon as possible. Since I took another thief in my party I didn't need Immie's thieving skills and I wanted her to be as powerful a mage as possible.

Obsidian · Post by **Obsidian** » Sun Oct 13, 2002 10:57 pm

makes sense, so where can I get another good theif?

*shakes fist at Buck for wanting me to pay*

Coot · Post by **Coot** » Sun Oct 13, 2002 11:33 pm

Spoilerish:

You can find Safana at the area which has the lighthouse on it. Be careful, the place is crawling with Sirines.
If you don't like Safana (although I do) you can always switch for Coran (f/t) when you reach Cloakwood, or Alora in Baldur's Gate. In Baldur's Gate you can also find Skie, Eldoth's partner, but she's really not that good.

Obsidian · Post by **Obsidian** » Mon Oct 14, 2002 11:17 am

Im nowhere near that far, havent even finished nashkel, my pc is a lvl 4 fighter.

garazdawi · Post by **garazdawi** » Mon Oct 14, 2002 12:27 pm

Spoiler to gain soem fast levels plz high light

To get a lot of xp fast go to the area east of the church in beregost and have fun with korax

Your best bet would be safana as she is the closest to you, watch out for those sirienes though, They' charm you at the plink of an eye. If this is a bad thing (concidering their nice bods) I leave up to your own oppinion

EvilEdwin · Post by **EvilEdwin** » Mon Oct 14, 2002 3:06 pm

How exactly is that fast experience?

Coot · Post by **Coot** » Tue Oct 15, 2002 12:27 am

spoilerish

Korax will take the lumps from the basiliks for you, at least for a time. Basiliks give you 1000 xp (I think) and greater basiliks even more (1400 or 1500).

EvilEdwin · Post by **EvilEdwin** » Tue Oct 15, 2002 2:37 am

I see. Thought there might have been a cheat you could pull with him or something! I always get stuck into them myself, nothing like some hands on action!

garazdawi · Post by **garazdawi** » Tue Oct 15, 2002 9:02 am

Originally posted by Coot
Basiliks give you 1000 xp (I think) and greater basiliks even more (1400 or 1500).

It depends on if you have TotSC installed or not. If not you get 6k for each greater bass.

EvilEdwin · Post by **EvilEdwin** » Tue Oct 15, 2002 9:40 am

I think you get 6k even if you have TOTSC installed, at least you do for one of them. The rest are worth less.

Coot · Post by **Coot** » Tue Oct 15, 2002 10:13 am

I stand corrected

garazdawi · Post by **garazdawi** » Tue Oct 15, 2002 10:18 am

Originally posted by EvilEdwin
I think you get 6k even if you have TOTSC installed, at least you do for one of them. The rest are worth less.

which one is that? I never met that bass?!? I know for a fact that all in the area mentioned above give 1400xp each

EDIT: I just realised that I might be wrong. It might be the lesser that give 1400 and teh greater give 3000 or so.... not sure anymore

EvilEdwin · Post by **EvilEdwin** » Tue Oct 15, 2002 11:55 am

I'll be in that area soon in my game (at Ulcaster at the mo). I'll find out when I get there. I'm sure one of the basilisks is worth more and he isn't any harder then the others!

Silvanerian · Post by **Silvanerian** » Tue Oct 15, 2002 12:07 pm

One greater bassilisk is worth 7000 XP - it's the one next to the gnome mage. The rest of the greater bassilisks are worth 4000 XP each, and the lesser 1400 XP - this is with Tales installed, if it makes a difference, that is.

-Syl.