I won't interfere with other classes quests. For an example if im not playing a paladin, i won't kill Firkraag since the Carsomyr is linked to a paladin stronghold quest.
When returning to town from a dungeon run or a long period of time int he wilderness (4+ days), I reward my party with stays in the royal rooms at inns until everyone fully recovers. When just passing through town I get the merchant rooms.
When returning to town from a dungeon run or a long period of time int he wilderness (4+ days), I reward my party with stays in the royal rooms at inns until everyone fully recovers. When just passing through town I get the merchant rooms.
I do this too. Rewarding my team is a big part of how I roleplay in my games, including how loot gets distributed. I don't take all the best items for my PC but rather I distribute according to who can use it the best or who needs it the most.
Out of curiosity how do you handle the encounter with Jardak in Baldur's gate? Since it's one of the houses which my character has no reason to actually visit, i sometimes skip the Helm of Glory.
Out of curiosity how do you handle the encounter with Jardak in Baldur's gate? Since it's one of the houses which my character has no reason to actually visit, i sometimes skip the Helm of Glory.
I had a post here about exactly this a couple of pages ago. I always miss out on this helm because of how the homeowner reacts to the party breaking into his house and killing his butler for no justifiable reason. If one is playing a non-evil alignment I just don't see how one could rationalize killing this guy and his butler purely for the purpose of stealing his stuff.
I had an idea where the party needed to hide in a house to escape the Flaming Fist chasing them and were unfortunate enough to choose that one. Since I don't think you can avoid the fight once you're inside the party has no choice but to defend themselves.
I never level up my party unless in a town. Left over from the P&P playing days and the old gold box games I guess... In 1st and 2nd edition AD&D, as well as the gold box games you had to pay for training once you gained enough XP in order to gain your next level. For the same reason I generally rest for at least several days, as well as spending time at the inns and pubs with various party members drinking together. This is also generally when I do side quests... For instance I don't go around Beregost picking up the quests, travel south and then come back to complete them... Instead I only stop briefly in Beregost on my way to the Nashkel Mines and then I do most of the side quests once I come back to speak with Taerom and take care of the mage staying in Feldpost's inn.
Not leveling up mid quest can add to the challenge, especially when going all the way through Cloakwood area's and the Cloakwood Mines... I generally end up with all 6 characters ready to level by the time I reach the mines, but the party can't afford to leave and go train since then the slavers will have more time to prepare for my assault.
I still close doors after leaving a building. My new thing is to disarm and de-armor CHARNAME whenever stopping at an inn to rest. I also line up my party around the bar like a bunch of rummies, as it feels silly to drink at a tavern in combat formation.
@jackjack, being an old rummy myself upon occasion, I appreciate this habit. Although I would suggest that in some bars I have visited, combat formation might be the safer tactic regardless...
One of my favorite personal touches during the game-play between clearing Nashkel Mines and finally getting to Baldur's Gate City involves the Jovial Juggler. Going up the stairs behind the Barkeep reveals a very nice suite. I like to arrange the full party in a semi-circle facing forwards before exiting the game after drinking a few ales and "resting". Makes it seem more like they have actually gotten some down-time when I return to play....
A lot of mine have been mentioned, but I'll add a few:
- I play parties of 4 only. - I can't bring myself to play evil, as much as I like the evil NPCs (Korgan is awesome). I will still have evil NPCs in my party, but I can't RP evil. - Druids are the only divine spell casters I tolerate in my parties. I detest religous zealots. I won't play them as a Charname either. Yes, this means I have never used Carsomyr! - I find Backstab fiddly to use, and I am lazy, so I just use thieves for traps, locks, and detect illusions. - I can't bring myself to steal anything. If there is an item I want I save up for it. - For some unknown reason I will put off resting for as long as possible. I make it a challenge to use up as many spells and abilities as possible before resting. I don't know why I do this. - I always use the same portrait for my PC regardless of class. I play on IPad so I don't think I am able to download any other ones (is that true?) - I don't use Mislead, Project Image, or Simulacrum as I think they are a step too far in cheese.
1. Play good 99% of the time / Neutral the other 1%
a. Never use any of the red icon cleric spells -- animate dead, harm, cause wounds. Habit from 1st ed. In 1st ed these were evil acts. Good deities never gave them out, you said a good prayer backwards.
b. i never tell Imoen to find her own way out of spellhold --I mean how could you?
2. I stay in best room in the inn. I'm convinced that my pcs want that great medieval luxury: a bath. After crawling around in sewers and being covered in gore and ichor all day I know I'd want a bath. What must my party smell like . . .
Here's another one I just realized, wow I'm weird. I can only play Rangers, or must have one or more rangers in my party, or I get bored, no matter how powerful ofher characters are. Wtf??
Here's another one I just realized, wow I'm weird. I can only play Rangers, or must have one or more rangers in my party, or I get bored, no matter how powerful ofher characters are. Wtf??
Everyone just has that one class that absolutely clicks for them. Nothin' weird about that at all. For me, Clerics and (oddly enough) Warlocks are classes that just click for me.
- Druids are the only divine spell casters I tolerate in my parties. I detest religous zealots. I won't play them as a Charname either. Yes, this means I have never used Carsomyr!
I dunno man, Druids can be just as zealous, if not more so, than Clerics sometimes. Maybe not about gods, but about nature and their way of life.
Yes, agree on idea that there is a class (or type of class?) that absolutely clicks for many players. For me it is thieves and their variations in recent years, but also I like sneaky rangers and stealthy monks, and went through phases playing both.
I like the idea of clerics, but have never been able to talk myself into playing one as a CHARNAME. Same for paladins. In PnP I always like to play magic-users, but in the BG series have only played them a few times and quickly lost interest early in the game (my blade run was an exception, but not really a mage per se of course).
I think what I like most of all is sneaking/scouting/backstabbing using skills (note the classes at the top) and interacting with the game, i.e. traps, locks. By writing this I have realized that my most enjoyable class choices reflect this play-style.
Ok, I guess I don't feel so weird anymore about that. But tell me if anyone else has this problem:
I have to play while my feet are soaking in a bowl of mashedtaters, with mashedtaters on my head, and a mashedtater zombie servant bringing me my mashedtaters meals while I stare at my computer screen made entirely of mashedtaters.
I only play Bards and Necromancers in PnP D&D/Pathfinder. Fortunately multiclassing, kits, and archetypes exist so I can play different flavors of these two character types.
In BG my perfect class is a Half-Elf Blade Bard that learns mostly Necromancy spells.
When I have to briefly get away from my computer, I always pause the game even in the most friendly areas where I have no chance of getting attacked (ie pocket plane) and even though I quicksave every 5 minute.
I quicksave before major fights even when I'm doing no-reload runs. It just feels safer.
It's not just safer, it's a proven fact. The chance a boss has to defeating you is proportionate to the length of time that you last saved, the longer the time, the greater the chance.
I quicksave before major fights even when I'm doing no-reload runs. It just feels safer.
It's not just safer, it's a proven fact. The chance a boss has to defeating you is proportionate to the length of time that you last saved, the longer the time, the greater the chance.
Notice that any time you stay more than 1 hour without saving you start getting a bigger chance of being killed by a normal monster out of sheer luck, such as the monster rolling 4 critical hits in sequence and you failing 4 saves you can only fail on a 1...
Charname has to do all the talking. If there is some special dialog like Nalia has with TorGal, then sure, the companion with the special dialog can step in. Scratch that, he/she MUST step in or I reload. Otherwise Charname has to do all the talking. If some NPC initiates dialog with one of the companions, I reload. If some NPC initiates dialog with one of the companions AND refer to him/her as 'Charname', I die a little inside and reload.
I've recently been recruiting every party member of BG2 at some point. I then leave them at some safe area so I don't have to go all the way to the Umar Hills to pick up Valygar again, or Trademeet for Mazzy. In my last playthrough, I wiped out the Guarded Compound and used it for headquarters.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who have these embarrassing quirks, I recognize myself doing some of these. Mine are:
# Always 6 party members. I like the banter, and their input. It gets even more interesting if you have a completely different group every playthrough.
# Always pick the most luxurious rooms available at inns and a nightcap or two before resting. Because life on the road is hard and they deserve nice breaks, also we're rich.
# I find all the Beamdog NPCs 100% unbearable. I can't stand them and they can never join my group. I kill them so their fanfic crap doesn't involve me.
# I have to do every single quest and kill every hostile creature in all of Amn (except the Graveyard district catacombs) before I pay the Shadow Thieves (Sorry Imoen). I also leave Imoen's substitute in Brynnlaw or Amn, leaving them alone in a magical maze of madness is unthinkable.
I always travel with a six person party, and in BG2 I rotate through every npc and do all personal quests. *edit* I also don't like repeat weapon types in my party. I try to make sure everyone uses diffrent weapon types.
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Not leveling up mid quest can add to the challenge, especially when going all the way through Cloakwood area's and the Cloakwood Mines... I generally end up with all 6 characters ready to level by the time I reach the mines, but the party can't afford to leave and go train since then the slavers will have more time to prepare for my assault.
Challenge accepted, sulphor breath!
- I play parties of 4 only.
- I can't bring myself to play evil, as much as I like the evil NPCs (Korgan is awesome). I will still have evil NPCs in my party, but I can't RP evil.
- Druids are the only divine spell casters I tolerate in my parties. I detest religous zealots. I won't play them as a Charname either. Yes, this means I have never used Carsomyr!
- I find Backstab fiddly to use, and I am lazy, so I just use thieves for traps, locks, and detect illusions.
- I can't bring myself to steal anything. If there is an item I want I save up for it.
- For some unknown reason I will put off resting for as long as possible. I make it a challenge to use up as many spells and abilities as possible before resting. I don't know why I do this.
- I always use the same portrait for my PC regardless of class. I play on IPad so I don't think I am able to download any other ones (is that true?)
- I don't use Mislead, Project Image, or Simulacrum as I think they are a step too far in cheese.
a. Never use any of the red icon cleric spells -- animate dead, harm, cause wounds. Habit from 1st ed. In 1st ed these were evil acts. Good deities never gave them out, you said a good prayer backwards.
b. i never tell Imoen to find her own way out of spellhold --I mean how could you?
2. I stay in best room in the inn. I'm convinced that my pcs want that great medieval luxury: a bath. After crawling around in sewers and being covered in gore and ichor all day I know I'd want a bath. What must my party smell like . . .
I can only play Rangers, or must have one or more rangers in my party, or I get bored, no matter how powerful ofher characters are. Wtf??
I like the idea of clerics, but have never been able to talk myself into playing one as a CHARNAME. Same for paladins. In PnP I always like to play magic-users, but in the BG series have only played them a few times and quickly lost interest early in the game (my blade run was an exception, but not really a mage per se of course).
I think what I like most of all is sneaking/scouting/backstabbing using skills (note the classes at the top) and interacting with the game, i.e. traps, locks. By writing this I have realized that my most enjoyable class choices reflect this play-style.
I have to play while my feet are soaking in a bowl of mashedtaters, with mashedtaters on my head, and a mashedtater zombie servant bringing me my mashedtaters meals while I stare at my computer screen made entirely of mashedtaters.
In BG my perfect class is a Half-Elf Blade Bard that learns mostly Necromancy spells.
Paranoia.
In BG2 I always rush to Spellhold, it feels so horrible making her wait..
# Always 6 party members. I like the banter, and their input. It gets even more interesting if you have a completely different group every playthrough.
# Always pick the most luxurious rooms available at inns and a nightcap or two before resting. Because life on the road is hard and they deserve nice breaks, also we're rich.
# I find all the Beamdog NPCs 100% unbearable. I can't stand them and they can never join my group. I kill them so their fanfic crap doesn't involve me.
# I have to do every single quest and kill every hostile creature in all of Amn (except the Graveyard district catacombs) before I pay the Shadow Thieves (Sorry Imoen). I also leave Imoen's substitute in Brynnlaw or Amn, leaving them alone in a magical maze of madness is unthinkable.
*edit* I also don't like repeat weapon types in my party. I try to make sure everyone uses diffrent weapon types.