Candlekeep turned out to be easy as was rescuing Duke Elthan and killing Cythandra.
Killing the assassins was a lot more touch and go. I accidentally got spotted by Kirstin before I was buffed and she cast confusion.
As a result I killed a nobleman (Fortunately only one so I didn't fall) Also I had just done my shopping.
I paid enough gold to increase reputation to 10 after returning a dagger. Now very poor. I had been intending to recharge some wands but will now drop that idea.
We were successful at the Ducal Palace, though only one duke survived. (Belt) We had time to heal him during the battle which may have helped somewhat.
EDIT 2
We are now in the undercity and have killed two battle horrors and set several traps ready for the battle against Sarevok. However as we haven't yet reached the level cap and are short on potions we have left Baldur's Gate in search of gold and experience.
I will not be going to Durlag's as I am currently more interested in trying to finish SoD and there is not much loot of note further down.
I have to preface this by saying it will make people uncomfortable. It can be said that it is not political, I disagree. We see political as being government and what they do, I would argue that what they don’t do is just as damning and damaging as what they do.
My friend just found out today that her 14 year old son had been molested by her brother for over eight years. It is a nonexistent crime unless the predator happened to be a priest or scoutmaster. No one sees it, no one perceives it. It is so icky that it makes everyone’s skin crawl so they look at it as someone else’s domain, not something they can do to help. You can, you can make a difference.
Before I say what you can do, and how to spot it, I will tell you why you should do something.
The effects of being molested are lasting, lifelong in most cases. Self esteem, belief in security or safety, even their relationships can be forever effected. It is a form of walking death. Like somehow you believe that is your fault, you don’t belong with normal people. Molesters are murderers in a way, their victims deal with it every day for the rest of their lives and live in terror that someone will find out their secret. Their secret? They were the victims, it never feels that way to them though. I won’t go into what the act is like.
Statistically speaking all of you have known someone who has been molested or been molested yourselves. It is a statical fact that you all know someone who has molested a child.
What to look for?
Avoiding getting undressed in front of anyone.
Bed wetting or other such behavior they had grown out of.
Knowledge of sexual topics they should not know or talking about sexual topics they should know nothing about.
Spending an unusual amount of time alone.
Very passive demeanor, compliant.
Avoiding certain people.
Being alone more than normal.
Increase in headaches and stomach aches.
Losing interest in things they cared about.
Bad dreams.
Fear of being alone.
Sudden increase of aggression.
Change in their eating habits.
Hurting themselves.
What you can do?
Listen to them. Don’t grill them, give them time and listen.
They are going to have feelings, shame, being embarrassed, fear are all normal, be careful of how they feel. It is not about you, it is about them.
Make sure they know they are safe.
Make sure they know it is not their fault.
Find professional help. It hasn’t always been available but it is now. This is not something a parent or loved one can fix.
Politically speaking domestic violence, abuse is on their radar as much a suburban housewife that sprained her wrist taking her child’s soccer equipment out of the back of her suv.
Everyone feels like they can take a stand. Take a stand here. Please.
My party of kensais are now level 6. We have had a couple of deaths, but no chunkings. Much of chapter 3 complete.
We did have one big scare (see the screenshot below) - Mutamutin managed to fear 2/3 of the party and the party was running everywhere and getting attacked by new enemies. Mutamutin himself went down almost immediately after casting horror, but one of our characters was getting attacked by the one basilisk left! I foolishly did not clear that basilisk before engaging Mutamutin. By blind luck, the only party member seen was Paja, who happened be the one character protected from petrifiacation! We eventually killed the pesky baslisk, whew!
For Kirian, we had one Kensai run as a distraction protected by potion of magic blocking while rest of the party ranged - this was effective.
Rychlý progres report: @Edvin mi promptně (za což mu tímto ještě jednou děkuji) zpřístupnil neoficiální překladatelské prostředí, které je daleko uživatelsky přívětivější, než to ofiko Beamdogu. Včera před spaním jsem se tedy ve volné chvíli s chutí vrhnul do překladu a pohnul jsem s tím cca o krásných 0,001 %
Teď vážně - budu se snažit vydržet co nejdéle, abychom to konečně nějak doklepali. Plus se sem budu snažit průběžně psát, jestli jsem s tím nějak pohnul, nebo zrovna nebyl čas.
Coreranger X and his band of rangers - FINAL Update!
I feel so embarrassed! I was playing my game late at night and was on the top level of Irenicus dungeon. I absently mindly moved forward instead of moving to the pedestals and using the keys to disarm the traps - a huge number of fireballs landed on the party and killed Coreranger X - who was already wasn't full health as he had to trip the large trap on the bridge.
I always figured traps would be the undoing of a party of rangers, just didn't expect that to happen so soon...
Just a small update. We made it past Sarevok and did quite well in BG 1. But this is what we expected since BG 1 is so generous with the gold and the many potions and scrolls (which we of course used a lot with our ranger saves). We are expecting a much sterner challenge in BG 2. We've recruited Minsc and are on our way out of the dungeon. Here were a few screenies of the adventure so far:
One of the pictures shows a near miss - April got held by the hamadryad (her greenstone amulet charge wore off) and then a bear and the hamadryad attacked! The party rushed to her defense and incredibly managed to both kill the bear and hamadryad before our party member died...
