Place to spend the obscene amount of gold I've made

bgplaya

So, the title more or less says it all. I'm about to go to what seems like the game's finale, and I've made about 130k throughout my adventures. I haven't really come across anything worthwhile in the game's shops that I have seen, however. Is there a really good store that I missed? Or am I supposed to just sleep on piles of gold and stop complaining?

deltago

Magic ammo is what most people spend there overflow cash on.

Jackkel_Dragon

If you have any dragon blood, you might want to get a head start on your hoard. Nothing is more comfortable than a pile of coins.

More seriously, it really depends on what you need. If you can survive without buying expensive potions, scrolls, and wands (unlike me), then you might be stuck with a lot of excess gold.

I'm told there's a mod that makes gold harder to come by (Hard Times, I think?), but I don't think it's been updated to BGEE yet.

Oxford_Guy

bgplaya said:

So, the title more or less says it all. I'm about to go to what seems like the game's finale, and I've made about 13k throughout my adventures. I haven't really come across anything worthwhile in the game's shops that I have seen, however. Is there a really good store that I missed? Or am I supposed to just sleep on piles of gold and stop complaining?

13k doesn't sound like that much, or did you mean 130k?

Have you bought all the Robes of Archmagi you need? Gone shopping at Ulgoth's Beard? Recharged all your wands and amulets?

bgplaya

Oxford_Guy said:

bgplaya said:

So, the title more or less says it all. I'm about to go to what seems like the game's finale, and I've made about 13k throughout my adventures. I haven't really come across anything worthwhile in the game's shops that I have seen, however. Is there a really good store that I missed? Or am I supposed to just sleep on piles of gold and stop complaining?

13k doesn't sound like that much, or did you mean 130k?

Have you bought all the Robes of Archmagi you need? Gone shopping at Ulgoth's Beard? Recharged all your wands and amulets?

I did indeed mean 130k. This is what happens when I play Baldur's Gate/make posts right after waking up.

EDIT: Oh, and how do I reach Ulgoth's Beard? It's grayed out on my map currently.

Nifft

Just let Neera cast spells while friendly.

Luckily for me, that effect hit AFTER I'd spent over 100k recharging wands.

Delvarian

To get to Ulgoths beard head north from the BG entrance (the one that looks like a bridge). I really didn't find much of interest in their store, but maybe it's just me. Most things you need you can find for free, well for the price of killing someone or picking their pocket.

Fafnir

I think you can reach Ulgoth's Beard by exiting Baldur's Gate bridge north.

Gallowglass

Fully recharging a stock of limited-use wands/amulets/etc. costs a *lot* more than 130K. Obviously your mileage may vary, but typically it'll cost more like 500K, and sometimes over 1M. If your playing-style makes heavy use of such items, then actually there isn't really enough gold in the game.

People who ask "what's the point of all this gold?" obviously don't play a style which costs a lot of gold and haven't considered the need to cater for players whose style is more expensive.

Sometimes I play this game hack-and-slash, and sure, you end up with a pile of gold. But sometimes I play zap-and-sizzle instead, and end up actually running very short of gold.

Oxford_Guy

Delvarian said:

To get to Ulgoths beard head north from the BG entrance (the one that looks like a bridge). I really didn't find much of interest in their store, but maybe it's just me. Most things you need you can find for free, well for the price of killing someone or picking their pocket.

Well for starters there's:

+3 Quarter Staff
The Greenstone Amulet (which is pretty awesome for CHARNAME and not that expensive)
The Ring of Invisibility (v.expensive to use for what it is, but if you've got money to burn...
Greagan's Harp (awesome if you have a Bard)

I don't think you can get any of these elsewhere

You can also pickpocket a Ring of Free Action and find some other useful magic items in Ulgoth's Beard if you look..

bgplaya

Gallowglass said:

Fully recharging a stock of limited-use wands/amulets/etc. costs a *lot* more than 130K. Obviously your mileage may vary, but typically it'll cost more like 500K, and sometimes over 1M. If your playing-style makes heavy use of such items, then actually there isn't really enough gold in the game.

People who ask "what's the point of all this gold?" obviously don't play a style which costs a lot of gold and haven't considered the need to cater for players whose style is more expensive.

Sometimes I play this game hack-and-slash, and sure, you end up with a pile of gold. But sometimes I play zap-and-sizzle instead, and end up actually running very short of gold.

I wouldn't say I play 'hack and slash,' since I have a druid and two mages in my party, I just prefer to use wands sparingly, and honestly didn't even know you could recharge them. Memorized spells and the occasional rest seem to be enough zap-and-sizzle for me.

Space_hamster

RP it and donate huge amounts to the churches in each town, bribing the local populous to bow down to your greatness.

KidCarnival

If you are evil, you can kill everyone who annoys you and buy back reputation. Certainly burns a lot of gold.

Jared4242

The answer is obvious: gather up 100 k gold, go to the Elfsong Tavern, and drink all the ale that exists on the Sword Coast!

bgplaya

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I went to Ulgoth's Beard, but have been a bit...sidetracked by a certain wizard. So spending my fortune is put on hold for a bit.