Embarrassing things you forgot - spoilers galore

doggy

So returning to this game do you forget things. Going unprepared into battle, getting killed by traps and so forth only to facepalm yourself afterwards?

I admit to have killed charname in the big wall trap in bodhis dungeon not so long ago.

Also it's horror you should cast on viekang in saradush, not spook. The latter do seem to upset the entire inn.

So this is the opportunity to confess the embarrassing mistakes you have made even though you have been there before.

Mathmick

I often go into a fight and get destroyed by one particular spell/effect.

Then I reload, remembering to cast the specific protection spell against that effect, but forgetting something else.

jscohen

Every time I play, I sit down at some point and actively look at the differences between the various anti-spell protection measures (Breach, Dispel Magic, Remove Magic, etc). And the next time I play, I've forgotten again.

Southpaw

...get to Karoug and forget to pick up the special weapons he can be only hit with. Epic facepalm.

JuliusBorisov

...comimg to Cloakwood without antidotes and getting ambushed by wyverns...

almost always means losing NPCs and a big need to carry their items to the nearest temple

pixie359

In my early games I occasionally wandered around happily with with my flail of ages +2.

Corvino

The only party member who ever sets off traps is my thief. I remember vaguely where most traps are but never exactly, and never move slowly enough for find traps to "tick" and highlight them.

Hence a thief with 100% find traps sets off traps galore.

Fredjo

I ventured forth without gathering my party "facepalm"

Wilbur

jscohen said:

Every time I play, I sit down at some point and actively look at the differences between the various anti-spell protection measures (Breach, Dispel Magic, Remove Magic, etc). And the next time I play, I've forgotten again.

So true. And in BG2 it gets even worse (spell trust, pierce magic, pierce shield etc.)

BaldursCat

I forget every time I go to click on a spell. I have to pause and go and look at the spell description. It's a good job I play turn based otherwise I'd die even more than I already do.

EDIT: (Because I really can't post any message without editing... & I can't count the number of times I've forgotten to swap my spells out before resting, relearn the ones I've lost through getting level drained and and cast spells in Athkatla without a licence.

Permidion_Stark

In BG2 I always forget to pay off the Cowled Wizards so I can cast magic in Athkatla. So when I get into a fight in the street they show up and wipe out my whole party.

XerxesV

For the friendly arm inn quest I always forget to pick up the spider body, and if I don't go back immediately I'll end up selling the boots on accident when I liquidate my inventory.

JLee

On my first no reload attempt, I happily took down Tarnesh and then forgot the temp beserker hp bonus. He dropped dead 5 feet inside the FAI.

JuliusBorisov

Very often I find many unidentified items in the inventory -> then change all my mage's 1st level arcane spells on "Identify" -> then rest -> then happily identify all items ->

then rest again, travel and find some tough enemies... I'm ready to fight... wait! I don't need 7 "Identify" spells for it...facepalm

Corvino

I often end up selling Perdue's sword, Joseph's greenstone ring and any quest item that looks sort of like a generic item. Then I forget who I sold them to.

KidCarnival

What @Corvino said.

I also forgot every single run that there is no merchant selling normal helms on the Carnival. So I usually free Branwen - remembered to buy a Stone to Flesh scroll in a temple - and have armor, weapon, shield... and no helm. Then I kill the exploding ogre to loot a helm. Of course, the ogre has no helm, which I also forget every time.

Awong124

Corvino said:

I often end up selling Perdue's sword, Joseph's greenstone ring and any quest item that looks sort of like a generic item. Then I forget who I sold them to.

I always forget to even pick up Perdue's sword, because it looks just like any other short sword.

Night_Watch

I forget to quick save -.-
"Finally. I've almost got this whole area explored. Oh hey, is that a basil-"
-stares at load file from way back-
"Dammit"

Anton

Same as @Wilbur @jscohen
Thats why i love this article http://www.sorcerers.net/Games/BG2/SpellsReference/SpellProtections.htm
btw @Dee it would be great to include this info to the Manual.

Battlehamster

Spends 10 minutes timing pre-buffs...
Foiled by potion of magic shielding - Overrides all buffs.

meagloth

When I came back to bg after a few years of forgetting about it I forgot that the quick-save comes up at the top and though it was a glitch, and wheat for hours overwriting a save instead before I remembered. Felt really stupid after I did.

Mrpenfold666

my most embarrassing thing is probably.....forget things like chill touch and slay living enchants your hands so i cast the spell and think nothings happened

Dragonfolk2000

I keep casting Improved Invisibility on my allies and then I go to heal them and discover that I cannot target invisible or sanctioned creatures.

doggy

Raised a party member in a temple. Went adventuring. Forgot the equipment. You can still not change amour during battle. Went back to temple.

Facepalm

Montresor_SP

I completely forgot about the trap on the small bridge in the sewers below the Copper Coronet, getting my PC petrified.

*facepalm*

As you can imagine, the latest savegame was the autosave from when I entered the sewers.

Jarrakul

I always forget to give Joia her flamedance ring. It's remarkably consistent.

I also tend to forget the orders of the Cloakwood areas, which isn't so bad, and where the second suit of full plate drops, which is somewhat more problematic.