How to keep Yoshimio ALIVE

WarlordTCK · Post by **WarlordTCK** » Sun Feb 04, 2001 10:59 am

Before leaving for SpellHold,
use a cursed scroll or your
mage's spell to petrify it (turn him
to stone). His script WILL NOT change.
Just UN-Stone him when you get back,
and he will stay with you.

Lare · Post by **Lare** » Sun Feb 04, 2001 11:03 am

wow, hehe, pretty smart

TheDude · Post by **TheDude** » Sun Feb 04, 2001 11:54 am

Originally posted by WarlordTCK:
Before leaving for SpellHold,
use a cursed scroll or your
mage's spell to petrify it (turn him
to stone). His script WILL NOT change.
Just UN-Stone him when you get back,
and he will stay with you.

But when u leave the SpellHold u have imoen
so how needs that traitor Yoshimo ?

WarlordTCK · Post by **WarlordTCK** » Sun Feb 04, 2001 4:37 pm

The Dude,

Imoen is **** compared to Yoshi !
She's weak (so she can't backstab
successfully), she has few hit points,
even her thief skills are bad.
She's not a good mage etc. etc. etc.
She is bad.
If you need a mage, take Edwin or Nalia.

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Mon Feb 05, 2001 12:55 am

Isn't Imoen as good as Nalia(or even better) once she reaches the experience cap?

bootlegcorndogs · Post by **bootlegcorndogs** » Mon Feb 05, 2001 1:26 am

Originally posted by Brink:
Isn't Imoen as good as Nalia(or even better) once she reaches the experience cap?

Yeah, but Nalia blows too. (grin) Yoshimo is a better pure thief than Nalia or Imoen, and Edwin is a better pure mage than either of them. Jan is superior to both girls in all categories, so I'd go with him anyway.

TheHellion · Post by **TheHellion** » Mon Feb 05, 2001 3:15 am

Jan's awesome, but he's certainly not a better spell-caster. He's multi-classed, and therefore can't reach the same spell-casting potential as either Imoen or Nalia. Both of them can hit level 17 as a mage and still retain their thief abilities.

I kept Imoen on as my mage and thief. She does indeed suck at hiding in shadows, and therefore backstabbing, but I never found it to be a big loss. She can do the two things that you absolutely need a thief for very well: pick locks, and find/disarm traps. Besides, who in their right mind could ditch their annoying little sister!?

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Mon Feb 05, 2001 7:03 am

I agree.Anyway,I mainly used her to disarm traps and open locks,maybe summon a few creatures.Heck,she even finished the game without getting into battle(hey,she needed to be 'protected' from the evil creatures out to get her

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[This message has been edited by Brink (edited 02-05-2001).]

TheDude · Post by **TheDude** » Mon Feb 05, 2001 8:08 am

ok i'm glad to see that i'm not the only one who thinks that imoen doesn't suck.
she isn't a bad mage and here thief ability's
are also not bad.
I dont use hide in shadows much, the ring of invisebillity is good enough for me.

And backstabbing isn't as fun as slashing youre way through horeds of goblins

:d

Hazim ibn Gorion · Post by **Hazim ibn Gorion** » Mon Feb 05, 2001 8:55 am

Second time through I solved this problem a fun/hard way. That is, I plowed through chaps 1 and 2 as fast as possible, saving virtually ALL the quests you usually complete in chaps 2&3 for after the underdark.

The up: Imoen gets a lot of XP before you move on to Tethir and she makes a damn fine mage (IMHO).

The down: Obviously, you end up going through the asylum and the underdark with relatively weak characters and not so much great equipment. But there's a silver lining here--the challenge was super fun. I got my ass kicked plenty, but I was still able to make it through without cheating. Good fun.

Blobbas · Post by **Blobbas** » Mon Feb 05, 2001 9:21 am

Why is everybody talking about Nalia and Imoen?
I prefer Jan Jansen. He is a excellent thief and a excellent mage.
Are there any others out there who favors Jan, like me?

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Mon Feb 05, 2001 10:08 am

Ho hum, not this discussion again. Personally I hate them all.

Jan is short, Edwin is a hermaphrodite, Nalia is posh, Imoen is annoying and Yoshimo is treacherous dog-filth.

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Ubik · Post by **Ubik** » Mon Feb 05, 2001 10:13 am

Le Grunt, I just loooooooove the way you think

Care to join me for a cup of tea

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b)a wife to take care of

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Mon Feb 05, 2001 10:15 am

Sure thing. Tea and tiffin anyone?

You'd be no.1, but you're not me

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