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dracostrike
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Hi all, the first post on any forum is always exciting 
Ok, so my Uncle gives me this game, I installed it and just waiting to play it (the wait is killing me) but a couple of friends say this game is legendary and mentioned a few things.
One mentioned about a party I have to create, so out of curiosity, can you guys post the first party you played through with?
I got the vanilla with ToSC, no mods btw ^^ And hi, I'm Draco
Ok, so my Uncle gives me this game, I installed it and just waiting to play it (the wait is killing me) but a couple of friends say this game is legendary and mentioned a few things.
One mentioned about a party I have to create, so out of curiosity, can you guys post the first party you played through with?
I got the vanilla with ToSC, no mods btw ^^ And hi, I'm Draco
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You are at the beginning of a truly epic journey. If you haven't played D&D or other games based on the D&D rules, you got a lot to learn too, and it might be a tough ride at first, but it would be well worth it!
The most important thing I'd say is that you should avoid walkthroughs, that ruined parts of my first run, cos the game becomes rather mechanical and boring if you just follow a series of instructions, instead of experiencing the journey and working things out yourself. It is perfectly possible for a total beginner to navigate their way from beginning to end, learning 'on the job'.
BG 1 is the prelude to arguably the greatest RPG ever made, which is of course BG 2, which is much better in my opinion, but you need to play BG 1 first to make the most of BG 2.
In order for the plot to really make sense, you should use the 'canon party' for BG 1. Encase you don't wanna know who they are, I'll put them in a spoiler box...
Khalid, Jaheira, Minsc, Dynaheir and Imoen
And that is the party I used for BG 1.
A few weeks ago the some of the veterans on this forum said I was in an enviable position of having never played the BG games before. Now I totally understand the sentiment.
Enjoy
Also I found someone unusual too, a drow elf called Viconia but I am now in Beregost raiding houses ^^
She starts off as a Thief. If you choose to Dual-class her into a Mage when she reaches lv 6 Thief, she loses all her thief skills temporarily, and from this point onwards, all further experience gained goes towards Mage levels. When her Mage levels overtakes her original Thief levels, she will regain her old Thief skills. i.e. our example that means when she becomes a lv7 Mage. Note that she will continue to only gain experience towards Mage levels, and will not improve any further as a Thief.
There are various other restrictions for Dual-Classing, namely only Humans can do it, and you need a minimum of 17 in the primary attribute of whatever class you wish to learn. (So 17 Intelligence for a Mage, which Imoen satisfies).
Viconia is a very popular and powerful character. She's evil, which is fine if you aren't playing a good party, but if you are (and ur reputation gets too high), which case she'll complain a lot and you need to keep it below 18 or she will leave. Also certain good and evil characters might fight each other, but Imoen is fine. She's the only one who will stick with u through anything.
Finally the only thing I feel I should warn u about, is that if Imoen is ur only thief, u need to improve her 'Find Traps' skills... you are gonna need that to be near 100 for the endgame, or it could get tricky.
Yes, Viconia is nice but her WIS is a bit low
Also just found Kagain.....And I love him! Awesome tank plus he's dwarf, the only thing missing for him is for him to say this: "And my Axe!"
The reason I said you need a thief with 100 in Find Traps, is some of the traps in the endgame require 100, or close to 100 in the skill to be found. 100 in Find Traps will allow to to detect and disarm every trap that can be found and disarmed in the game.
Personally I don't think healers are particularly useful in this game compared with others I've played. As you level up, their spells only heal a smaller and smaller proportion of ur hp, and healing in the middle of battle prevents the cleric from doing something or useful, like caving in the enemy's skull with a hammer, or buffing allies, disabling enemies with spells.
Oh as for another thief... I'm not sure where you are in the game. There's lots of them nearer the midgame/endgame. If you head towards Cloakwood Forest, there's one you won't be able to miss. He says something about Wyverns and is an exceptional archer.
I got:
PC (Paladin)
Kagain (Fighter (<3 Dwarfs))
Coran (Fighter/Thief)
Yeslick (Fighter/Cleric)
Imoen (Thief (soon to be a Ilusionist))
Edwin (Conjurer)
Viconia kinda got gibbed by Taugosz Khosann