Character Classes in IWD

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Sat Jan 05, 2002 4:55 pm

Originally posted by Aegis:
Odd... It's working for me...

In the topic I posted about the problem, Gruntboy(I think it was him) suggested that it may be because I don't have HoW installed which apparently fixes that problem.

Omar · Post by **Omar** » Mon Jan 07, 2002 2:50 pm

The first time I played IWD I had this party:

-fighter
-ranger
-thief
-druid
-cleric
-invoker

I had a very though time going through IWD and was never able to defeat Belhifet!

Also, I didn't invest much time in their stats during character creation, they could have been better...

Second time:

-fighter
-ranger
-fighter/thief
-bard
-cleric
-conjurer

Much better; got to Lower Dorn's Deep, had collected all six badges, no problem. I thought to give IWD a rest, several days later my hard disk crahsed, lost all my saved games; all I had to do was going up the stairs to Poquelin and then return to Easthaven....

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Tue Jan 08, 2002 2:26 am

Man, that happened to me. Got all the way thru IWD with my "all-rounder" party. Then loaded up HoW. Got to Icasracht and then saved a new game on top of it.

Had to do the whole thing again from scratch with my female knights.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Tue Jan 08, 2002 5:46 am

Originally posted by Aegis:
I think it's the Long bow: Defender...

That's the one, best LongBow...ever!

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Tue Jan 08, 2002 10:04 am

I just opened up IWD, which I haven't played since Christmas because of BG2, and found that I have Long Bow +1 Protector. Is this the bow ya'll are talking about? Or is it a different one?

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Tue Jan 08, 2002 2:30 pm

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn:
I just opened up IWD, which I haven't played since Christmas because of BG2, and found that I have Long Bow +1 Protector. Is this the bow ya'll are talking about? Or is it a different one?

Long Bow+4: Hammer
Damage: +4
THACO: +5
AC Bonus: 1
Special: 4 Attacks per round
Speed Factor 6

Any help?

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Tue Jan 08, 2002 3:27 pm

haven't seen the hammer one yet..

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Tue Jan 08, 2002 3:50 pm

Originally posted by Aegis:
haven't seen the hammer one yet..

The most annoying thing is i can't remember where i picked it up

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Wed Jan 09, 2002 4:33 am

Its a random item, often in Ilmadia's lair methinks.

There is a long bow +1 protector which lowers AC by 1 but Sleep's is much better.

(only really protects you from missile fire, since holding missile weapons in melee gives the enemy a +4 to hit)

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Wed Jan 09, 2002 11:00 am

Originally posted by Gruntboy:
Its a random item, often in Ilmadia's lair methinks.

There is a long bow +1 protector which lowers AC by 1 but Sleep's is much better.

(only really protects you from missile fire, since holding missile weapons in melee gives the enemy a +4 to hit)

That's the one I had, though I've sold it now since the AC bonus wouldn't combine with the AC Bonus from Dead Man's Face and I found the Composite Long Bow of the Hand which has better THAC0 bonus and better damage bonus.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Jan 10, 2002 5:47 am

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn:
That's the one I had, though I've sold it now since the AC bonus wouldn't combine with the AC Bonus from Dead Man's Face and I found the Composite Long Bow of the Hand which has better THAC0 bonus and better damage bonus.

You sold it! What? Personally i would just keep it for taking out spellcasters if nothing else

Also reimporting it makes the first few areas really easy

How can one argue with 4 shots a turn?

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Thu Jan 10, 2002 7:02 am

She's talking about the +1 protector.

You were talking about the +4 Hammer (which rocks!). I was talking about both without being terribly clear.

The +4 Hammer is often found with Ilmadia, IIRC.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Jan 10, 2002 8:45 am

Originally posted by Gruntboy:
She's talking about the +1 protector.

You were talking about the +4 Hammer (which rocks!). I was talking about both without being terribly clear. The +4 Hammer is often found with Ilmadia, IIRC.

Oh in that case i agree with SS

and you

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Jan 10, 2002 3:17 pm

Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
You sold it! What? Personally i would just keep it for taking out spellcasters if nothing else Also reimporting it makes the first few areas really easy How can one argue with 4 shots a turn?

From all you've said, I'm certainly hoping to find it. My Fighter/Mage/Thief currently gets three attacks with the Long Bow of Marksmanship and two with her Two-Handed Sword +4: Backbiter.

I've found that soloing a Fighter/Mage/Thief is quite fun and the combination of classes works well. An Improved Invisible, Stoneskinned, Mirror Imaged, Hasted Fighter is quite deadly.