When to start TOSC questlines?

Gizzard

Hi,
I originally played BG1 right through without TOSC expansion. Now I have revisted my favourite game with the BGEE I am wondering when should one do the new quests? After the main storyline or another time?
Thanks

raywind

depends on what you like personally i like to go to them as soon as i can for the loot

Gizzard

That was my intention but are they doable at low level. All my chars still on level one apart from me, Imoen and Jaheira

raywind

depends on group and equipment. you need +1 weapons for early durlags levels but other than that its doable with right spells.

Morrandirr

Level 1 is quite too early.

When you go to Durlags Tower map, there are 2 Helmed Horrors (or something like that) waiting for you outside. I think the designers put them there as kind of a test. If you have great problems killing them, you perhaps shouldn't go in.

Gizzard

Well I like a challenge so maybe I'll finish off the local quests in Beregost and then divert from the main storyline and see how battered I get. But just to clarify there's nothing to stop one moving to TOSC content at anytime? It has no effect on the main quests (aside from getting better kit to help)

ZanathKariashi

Furry Isle requires access to Baldur's gate, but other then that, the rest can be done whenever.

Frosty

Probbly around L5 you should be abel to handel most of the TOSC content. defnitly need a good thie with high trap and lock skills for Durlags tower.

mlnevese

I usually start them as soon as I get access to Baldur's Gate.

Darkcloud

I usually do them in the last chapter because I got all the Tomes by then

atcDave

I usually head to Ulgoth's Beard once I get access to Baldur's Gate. If one of my tanks is lacking in strength I will often snag the Gauntlets of Ogre Power before heading off. The Werewolf Island quest will involve some back and forth to Baldur's Gate anyway, so there's no way to do that any earlier.

I sometimes visit the merchant at Durlag's Tower early on; he'll buy anything, and sells magic ammo. But I save the Tower itself until I'm a bit higher level. There's better story continuity if you start the adventure in Ulgoth's Beard, and lower level parties will likely have a very hard time even getting in past the guardians anyway.

reedmilfam

I wait on the tower because I tend to die in there (a lot). I have to be ultra careful inside there. Especially since BG:EE tends to spawn enemies in cleared regions and the path-finding sometimes makes my peeps walk the hard way to an adjacent space.

Teflon

Methinks Ulgoth beard dungeon is somewhat hard to beat unless you can eat spellcaster(s) and ankheg for breakfast. Just for thought.

I start expansion after chapter 4~5. The sad thing is I haven't beat dulag tower yet.

Zeckul

Level 5 is pretty much the minimum level I would be to go there. ToTSC features by far some of the most challenging battles in the game.

raywind

Yesterday started solo fighter/mage/thief killed Firebeard runned through mine and went to durlags finished few first levels including 4dwarf battle and it was easy, so i would say 2-3lvl party is enough if you know what you are doing.

Gizzard

Thanks for comments. I like the idea of going tough earlier on.

Madhax

Gizzard said:

Thanks for comments. I like the idea of going tough earlier on.

You'll have to pump your party thief's find traps ability as much as possible to go there at an early level. There are SO many traps in Durlag's tower, as well as in other TotSC areas, that I wouldn't tackle it with less than 80-90 in Find Traps. If you can swing that, feel free to go there at level 2-3. Otherwise you're in for a lot of tip-toeing and reloading.

Tresset

I usually make my way to Ulgoth's Beard once my characters start learning lvl 4 spells (mainly because that is a good place to get some of the scrolls for the mages) Then I take it to mage dungeon and Durlag's from there. As for the trap factor, my thieves had very low trapbusting skills so I pumped them up with potions of perception. The effects should stack.

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Chaotic_Good

It depends on what difficulty you play on if you play on easy you can pretty much do what ever you want. I play as hard as it goes and it seems like a breeze when I think back to the original apart from a few fights. In the original I don't think I ever saw a lone gibberling when I played before, and the bandits on the road were always 3-6 never just one.