Do you eat tomes?

StrayedMonkey

seawied

Definitely eat all the tomes myself. I can't export my NPCs, so in the long-haul its certainly in my favor to use it myself.

Silverstar

Makes my stomach hurt. But they go well with ketchup... then again, what doesn't?

On a more serious note, my character had such a ridiculously good roll this time I feel sort of bad about taking the tomes. There's only so many of them though and the companions won't benefit from them longterm.

StrayedMonkey

it allows my WIS to start at 6 or 7. end up with 9 or 10. good times.

Lord_Tansheron

It is kinda weird, isn't it, that a book could be "consumed". Clearly after reading it, the pages will be left blank... DAMN THOSE HUNGRY EYES AND THEIR INSATIABLE LUST FOR THE TASTE OF LETTERS!

Nifft

Tomes are read.
Tomes are juicy.
I eat the delicious tome-a-tomes with mozzarella and basil.

Iecerint

What seawied said. Though I'd probably Shadowkeeper the tome points back in in BG2 if I ended up using them on BG1 NPCs (e.g., dualling Xzar).

ajwz

I try to eat the tomes, but sometimes they are a little hard to digest

KidCarnival

With a nice cianti and fava beans.

I almost always dual Xzar, so he gets the wis tomes (ALL of them). If I don't dual Xzar, it's because I play a cleric and hence all your tome are belong to me.

Con tome goes either to the NPC with lowest con (calculating with "who wears the Claw") or someone who gains HP, if no-one with near-permanent fatigue con is in the party. Sometimes it's charname, sometimes not.

I often play thieves, so dex is mine. Often also the int tome, because that's my usual dump stat and no-one (in my usual parties) needs it to dual. Str is usually mine because the NPCs who need extra strength likely already wear Ogre gloves at that point.

Xavioria

I kinda plan my stats around whether or not I eat tomes, but usually I plan my stats around all of them. I almost always start with lowish wisdom (12 is low for me in ANY stat) and for the most part the other stats are also balanced around with the same thought process. The only Tome i MIGHT not eat is the Dex tome... IF I take a character with me that appears in the second game

toanwrath

Delicious tomes, I eat them in Tombs! With Tomatillo sauce and tomato paste :-D

It really depends on what class I am playing/ what my starting stats are. If my strength won't jump to 19 from a tome, I generally share it with someone who can get a huge benefit from it (Kivan and Shar-Teel come to mind). Dex tome I only use if A.) I used Ranged weapons B.) I started at less than 18 or C.) I am an elf who REALLY wants that dex point from Lum the Mad. Con tome I only use if it gives me a hit point/level, I don't particulary care as much about regen as I used to. Int only if it puts me at 6,11,16, or if I am a bard/wizard. Wisdom I use if I am a priest, OR if it was a dump stat and it looks really ugly (though usually I'll settle for it being ugly and share with the 16 wisdom clerics in the game). Oh, bards use wisdom tomes too. Charisma I will only use if I started with it around 15--otherwise I'll give it to Ajantis/Dorn/Imoen and have them do my shopping.

Gallowglass

I always play with the intention of taking my character through BG2 as well.

Only Charname's stats are imported into BG2. Everyone else either doesn't appear in BG2, or appears with pre-determined stats regardless of whether they used any Tomes in BG1 (although, in several cases, the pre-determined stats for BG2 NPCs are better than the same character's stats in BG1).

Therefore there is no long-term point in anyone except Charname using any of the Tomes. So I always give all of them to Charname (and I allocate abilities at character creation on the assumption that I will be giving all Tomes to that character).

If I were playing a character whom I intended to use in BG1 only, then my position might be different ... but I never play for BG1 only, so that issue never arises.

Schneidend

No point in increasing a 10 Dex or 11 Con, so unless the PC will actually benefit, I give the tomes to an NPC.

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Mathmick

Distribute any tomes that the main character doesn't benefit from at all. e.g Wisdom on a Fighter.

Madhax

Nom.

_N8_

Watch 16:20. I forgot this show even existed, but immediately thought of this scene when I read the title

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4Ueb3CMapLs#t=980s

Lemernis

I'm not into playing the entire saga anymore. I'm just playing BG:EE currently. Naturally, I will play BG2:EE when it's released. At some point I may play both back to back with the same character. But more often than not I expect to play either a BG1 or BG2 game.

Therefore I use the tomes logically for the BG:EE game that I'm in. The tomes go to whoever can utilize them best. But come to think of it, even in a run through the entire saga, if a tome won't benefit my PC in any way, why would I not use it in BG1/EE for a character who benefits from it? There's no logical reason not to do that.

RedWizard

A good Bhaalspawn must be fed. Find tomes or I'll find you!

reedmilfam

I'm a new kind of selfish - I used them all on me before I even knew about progressing into BG2...

Kamigoroshi

This is outrageous! All taverns along the Sword Coast serve various alcoholic beverages for the thirsty, yet no food for the hungry! No wonder my CHARNAME had to resort in eating dusty, tasteless, and unhealthy tomes to prevent starvation.

This is unacceptable and inhumane. Thus I protest against it and demand taverns, restaurants and inns with delicious Faerûnian cuisine to be added by Overhaul. Think of the children!

Fenghoang

Nom nom nom

Severon

I play a Cleric/Mage and use all the tomes on him.
Extra strength grants me the ability to use flails, or hold a large shield, or wear a Full Plate.
Extra dexterity always useful and seeing as my guy would be using ranged, slings might as well get as much additional THAC0 with it.
Extra constitution will give me the additional HP, as I start with 15.
Extra intellect to allow me to scribe almost every spell with 95% chance
Lots of extra wisdom for lots of extra bonus spell slots. Nom.
Finally with the extra charisma, a few items and a friends spell means I can reach 20+ charisma for maximum discount.

TJ_Hooker

_N8_ said:

Watch 16:20. I forgot this show even existed, but immediately thought of this scene when I read the title

Gargoyles: Avalon, Part II (Season 2, Episode 22)

Haha it's David Warner, voice actor of Irenicus.

atcDave

I used to share, I certainly did on my first play through. Give them to the character who needs them most (like Kivan getting the Constitution tome).

But it doesn't stick for the NPCs. Whatever you do for them is "reset" when you go the BG2. If that mechanism were to change, my behavior would change accordingly.
In BG2 all such enhancements go to the character who can make best use of them.

Calmar

The reason Gorion hurries Charname out of Candlekeep is her/his habit of devouring all the valuable tomes to get that 98 score. Stumbling upon Sarevok is just a really ugly coincidence.

_N8_

@TJ_Hooker Wow, I thought he sounded familiar :]

Schneidend

@_N8_

I had forgotten how very excellent Gargoyles is.

Djimmy

I drink them.

SamuelVarg

Calmar said:

The reason Gorion hurries Charname out of Candlekeep is her/his habit of devouring all the valuable tomes to get that 98 score. Stumbling upon Sarevok is just a really ugly coincidence.

Maybe Bhaalspawns had a common thing for tomes?

"Hand over your tome and no one will be hurt. If you resist it shall be a waste of your life!"

iKrivetko

Yes, but I prefer reading food.