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Skills needed to complete the game?

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Skills needed to complete the game?

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I decided to go with a rollplaying party which will be more interesting than brute force of mages with 18 strength and zero charisma.

Do you know of points in the quest where you need a skill to pass on? Such as the eye of the dragon?
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The game is beatable with any skill development.
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thanks kmonster :)
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Claudius wrote:Do you know of points in the quest where you need a skill to pass on? Such as the eye of the dragon?
eye of the dragon is the big one.

else i'd say:

search / disable device should be above average for trap detection and removal - the yuan-ti areas have some traps that can be very annoying (and even reset)

wilderness lore should have a few points for fell wood. on a high wis character you don't need that many points.

spellcraft for casters that scribe scrolls, 10 pts (net) for casters & elemental feats.

for a roleplay party i'd put some emphasis on the talking skills - diplomacy, bluff and or intimidate, having at least one maxed.

the weidu site has a list off all the skill checks: http://weidu.org/IWD2-QuestSkillList.txt
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Thanks for the suggestions.
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