Im new to the game and this forum.

Demon_dave · Post by **Demon_dave** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 2:27 pm

well here is the deal im going to ask you lots of "irritatingly easy to answer questions" that i dont know because im new to the game and desperatly need of some help. well to start off with im not that far into the game im just roaming about in some woods at the moment trying to stay alive and fearing each fight as they seem to almost kill me each time. so what i need is some helpfull hints on how to win fights without dying so often and having to load up again. i have 5 members in my team i will list them if you would like.
when the characters die, can i revive them and if so how? it was so much easier in final fantasy with the phoenix downs it was instant life but this there is nothing obvious. im guessing it tells me all this in the manual but as the game i have is off a friend i dont have the manual so i have been thrown in the deep end. any other helpfull hintsfor begginers would be much appreciated. thanks for your help and patience.

Wayfarer · Post by **Wayfarer** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 9:05 pm

Dying will happen.

Some hints:
-- Make sure the character has proficiency in the weapon you have them use(for ex. if the main character -you- is good with daggers and bows, make sure you use those)
-- Buy potions, or give the potions you have to the melee characters
-- If a character is taking too much damage, back them away and let the rest fight on
-- You can run away -- although I know it's unthinkable

-- Don't go big fightin' 'til you're big pimpin', ya dig?

**To revive someone you'll need to get to a temple. If the character is obliterated then they cannot be resurrected.

Demon_dave · Post by **Demon_dave** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 1:22 pm

thanks

thanks you very much, i found the temple thing. and i gave all my characters (or however u refer to those tiny lil men/women lol) all the right weapons. and i dont die so often now. thanks for the help i know it was very basic but hopfully i will get better an be able to help other ppl. lol

Erenor · Post by **Erenor** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:36 pm

[QUOTE=Demon_dave]thanks you very much, i found the temple thing. and i gave all my characters (or however u refer to those tiny lil men/women lol) all the right weapons. and i dont die so often now. thanks for the help i know it was very basic but hopfully i will get better an be able to help other ppl. lol[/QUOTE]

Well, welcome to the forum and welcome to the game of Baldur's Gate. All you need is practice, because I think almost everybody that started once got slaughtered their first few battles. Stay away from the big stuff until you level up and are capable of fending the larger beasties off. Who's in your party thus far? Lemme guess, your personal character (PC) and Imoen, Jaheira, Khalid, Montaron, and Xzar? My guess is that one of these fellows died alread. To bring them back, all you have to do is go to a temple, talk to the cleric, and pay to have them ressurrected. It costs a bit of gold, but then you have your friends back.

Demon_dave · Post by **Demon_dave** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:30 am

wuhey im getting better, at the moment im trying to find some guy cant rememebr what he is called but got to find him to get his permission to go into the mine where the guards are currently guarding, anyone know where he is?
my party/team consists of the follow,
obviously the main character i made.

Imoen - lovely lady, gave her a bow and she is great.

Montaron - dunno what he does but he is there.

Xzar - dunno what he does either but he adds man power an all.

Garrick - Oh my, if anyone else has him you wont need me to tell you how much of a wooss he is. and he sings like a girl!! proper lady boy with his harp.

Minsc - he is pretty cool.

right have i missed some cool people i can get and worth looking for. im sure u will see my team aint amazing but they are getting better. all are on level 1 at the moment. Ah i have also found the "steal" feature, and found that i can pick locks, if only i knew about it earlier all those bloody locked chests and doors, could have loads of items/cash. anyways any more help would be good thanks.

Coot · Post by **Coot** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:27 am

[QUOTE=Demon_dave]at the moment im trying to find some guy cant rememebr what he is called but got to find him to get his permission to go into the mine where the guards are currently guarding, anyone know where he is?[/QUOTE]He's right at the entrance of the mine.

Chrizum · Post by **Chrizum** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:18 pm

Also it could be wise to go to the Friendly Arm Inn and pick up Khalid and Jeheira, they are at the inn in the top left corner. Khalid is a good fighter later on, and Jaheira has heal spells, which are pretty necessary eventually.

Demon_dave · Post by **Demon_dave** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:17 pm

ok a few stupid questions now. wher eis the friendly arm inn?? just so its easier for me to find and im having trouble with Minsc, he is really amazing an all but he keeps getting in a huff about me not helping him and that im a traitor and turns on me, he doesnt kill me, Montaron kills him in a flash before he even gets a chance to attack but i kinda wanted him to stay? he keeps mentionin something i was meant to help him with but cant remember what or where i must go and what i must do when i get there. any help would be good lol.

Wayfarer · Post by **Wayfarer** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:39 pm

The Friendly Arm is 2 right and one up from Candlekeep.

To have Minsc join you, you have to agree to help him save a girl. Make sure you pay attention to all dialogues. After so much time, he'll turn on you for not helping. He even warns you.
(highlight) -- You'll need to go to the Gnoll Stronghold. It should've been added to the map when Minsc joined. It's in the southwest corner.

Demon_dave · Post by **Demon_dave** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:23 pm

help!!

ah in some major stinky elephant turd at the mo! you see i didnt know where minsc wanted to go, he warned me a few times so i went to that stronghold place but as soon as we get there he throws a wobbler saying im not helping and he turns against me an i kil him!!! ahh is there anything i can do or will i have to lose him?? ive really buggered this up havnt i!! darn it!!!

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:38 pm

[QUOTE=Demon_dave]ah in some major stinky elephant turd at the mo! you see i didnt know where minsc wanted to go, he warned me a few times so i went to that stronghold place but as soon as we get there he throws a wobbler saying im not helping and he turns against me an i kil him!!! ahh is there anything i can do or will i have to lose him?? ive really buggered this up havnt i!! darn it!!![/QUOTE]

When you accept him into your party, you should go to the Gnoll Stronghold RIGHT AWAY.

Demon_dave · Post by **Demon_dave** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:51 pm

ah so im pretty much screwed then. i didnt know i was meant to go there straight away. i didnt even realise he joined my team till i saw his pic there.

Demon_dave · Post by **Demon_dave** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:29 pm

check this out!! you see i realised if a set amount of time passes minsc will turn on me if the mission aint complete. i also realised there was no way in hell of completing it with him in my team or in fasct moving anywhere. so first i thought i will leave him on some map while i send a smaller party to complete the mission thinking if hes not there he can turn on me, however that wouldnt work. so then i thought i'll turn on him, kill him, so now he is dead, dead people cant just turn on me so problem solved, aslong as i dont bring him back to life before the mission is complete. see genious here!! so the moral of the story is, if all else fails kills the lil buggers!!

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:09 pm

[QUOTE=Demon_dave]check this out!! you see i realised if a set amount of time passes minsc will turn on me if the mission aint complete. i also realised there was no way in hell of completing it with him in my team or in fasct moving anywhere. so first i thought i will leave him on some map while i send a smaller party to complete the mission thinking if hes not there he can turn on me, however that wouldnt work. so then i thought i'll turn on him, kill him, so now he is dead, dead people cant just turn on me so problem solved, aslong as i dont bring him back to life before the mission is complete. see genious here!! so the moral of the story is, if all else fails kills the lil buggers!![/QUOTE]

Or just wait until a convenient time to bring them along and do their quest. An NPC's level (when you first accept them into your party) is based upon the level of your character or party (not entirely sure which).

Erenor · Post by **Erenor** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 12:29 pm

[QUOTE=Demon_dave]check this out!! you see i realised if a set amount of time passes minsc will turn on me if the mission aint complete. i also realised there was no way in hell of completing it with him in my team or in fasct moving anywhere. so first i thought i will leave him on some map while i send a smaller party to complete the mission thinking if hes not there he can turn on me, however that wouldnt work. so then i thought i'll turn on him, kill him, so now he is dead, dead people cant just turn on me so problem solved, aslong as i dont bring him back to life before the mission is complete. see genious here!! so the moral of the story is, if all else fails kills the lil buggers!![/QUOTE]

Minsc is a very valuable NPC to any Good Aligned party, so I'd suggest going back to a previous save and just waiting to pick him up until you have time to go sniff around the gnoll stronghold and save Dynaheir for him. Here's another peace of advice for you, but I'm not sure if it's spoiler material or not so I'm going to black it, so highlight this to read: Once you get to the gnoll stronghold with Minsc, you have to save Dynaheir or he leaves eventually. Unfortunately, if you have all six party member slots filled up, then you can't pick up Dynahier without leaving an ally at the gnoll stronghold. I suggest leaving one character (possibly Imoen) in Nashkel when you go to save Dynaheir, and if you don't want Dynaheir you can always kill her off and then Minsc won't leave, though he will go berserk when she dies.

Erenor · Post by **Erenor** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 12:31 pm

Demon dave, what alignment is your personal character (PC) that you created? If you have to leave someone behind to pick up another character, it should be someone that will leave eventually later due to reputation restrictions.

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:21 pm

[QUOTE=Erenor]Demon dave, what alignment is your personal character (PC) that you created? If you have to leave someone behind to pick up another character, it should be someone that will leave eventually later due to reputation restrictions.[/QUOTE]

Like Xzar and Montaron.

Usually, I beat Chapter 2 first, and at the begninning of Chapter 3 I take the Wizard NPC that you can rescue from capture (a Lawful Neutral Elf Enchanter named Xan) and take him along, recruiting Minsc in Nashkel, taking such a team directly to the Gnoll fortress. After I make up to where Dynaheri is in the fortress, I drop everything that wasn't personally Xan's on the ground and then when I have have Dynaheir recruit Dynaheir (replacing Xan), I'll have her pick it all up afterwards.

Demon_dave · Post by **Demon_dave** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:45 pm

well my main character is lawfully good i belileve. erm im guessing this person im meant to be rescuing is in the cave at the bottomleft of the screen (if u look at the map) where there are those blue critters and an annoying worm thing? am i correct or am i looking in the wrong area?

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 8:03 pm

[QUOTE=Demon_dave]well my main character is lawfully good i belileve. erm im guessing this person im meant to be rescuing is in the cave at the bottomleft of the screen (if u look at the map) where there are those blue critters and an annoying worm thing? am i correct or am i looking in the wrong area?[/QUOTE]

She's in the Northeastern section of the map, in the middle of the gnoll stronghold itself, towards the east. The map of the area of GameBanshee's main site will help you.

Erenor · Post by **Erenor** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:11 pm

Dynaheir is a great invoker and she's lawful good, so she can travel the distance of the game with you if you so choose!