The Cards I drew from the Deck of Many Things were: Donjon, Star and Moon. Donjon casts imprisonment, but save at -4 on the user. Star raises the primary stat by 1 (FMT's stat is strangely Intelligence). Moon raises HP by 10. I was anticipating Ruin and I spent my 60k gold in purchasing stuff.
Here are the second and third cards I drew:
This is the characters stats before and after both Deck of Many Things and Machine of the Lum:
As you can see, Charisma remains the same at 18 even though I raised it. Is this bug fixed in BG2EE?
My PC completed the three challenges and unlocked all 3 keys. The following video (warning: flickering!) is the battle with the Green Dragon. Interesting random fact, I was down to 8 gold pieces.
Man, this battle was vicious. There was absolutely no protection against its Green Dragon Breath. I tried Protection from Acid scrolls, Protection from poison scrolls, fire resistance potions, cold resistance potions, potions of absorption, potions of magic shielding, and his breath went through all of them. His breath attack did on average 50 damage, which instantly KO my PC.
Here is a question. At Level 5 of Watcher's Keep, at the upper left hand corner there are 4 pillars you have to put color globes in. You only need to put one color globe in each pillar and the rest can be used as quick items. What effects do they bestow?
Some are random I think, just quick save and try them. One of them gave you 22 STR IIRC (either Blue or Purple, can't remember which one nor what the other one did), the Green one could cast Melf's Acid Arrow and the Red one a Fireball IIRC.
Watcher's Keep Fifth Level: Final Guardians to Demogorgon's Lair
This is it. This is the epic battle with the Final Guardians to Demogorgon's Lair. I always wonder why the game sets three separate challenges. Pursuing on the theme of craziness, I decided to activate ALL THREE groups and solo them at the SAME time. Let the slaughter begin!
I could have done a lot better. I realized at the end of part 2 that I could easily melee Nalmissra. I was avoiding her for the most part because her physical attack life drains would set the max hp to a lower value. In one of my test game, my PC's max hp reduced from 47 to 13 when she was dead.
I fought Sarevok ahead, and it was the most epic battle I had until now. I tanked him with my LV8 Berserker/Elf (-18 CA for slashing), and this monster stripped my skin. Also, all that fireballs everywere... I had me, Kagain, Coran, Branwen, Viconia and Edwin. Everyone got killed, except me and Edwin.
It was an insane skirmish, and I'd never thought it would be possible to face that challange with a LV1 character. Really impressive.
@bbear I thought you were going to make something like this, I know, it is an insane quantity of traps... To protect yourself from a Dragon's breath simply use Spell Shield, in vanilla it makes you immune to them and I think that it is undispellable, still it's duration isn't long at level 1.
@CrevsDaak: In my BG2 low level challenge, I did just that. I had Aerie, Edwin and Nalia spam like ten days of skull traps in the room. When the final guardians were summoned, most of them died outright and 2 of them were near-death.
You are crazy! But i like that! Go get yourself the ring of wizardry from friendly arm in and all important hidden items from secret stashes/locations. Stock up on wands, inventory items and go wreak havoc! Don't forget your potions, especially those that avoid loss of character control!
You are crazy! But i like that! Go get yourself the ring of wizardry from friendly arm in and all important hidden items from secret stashes/locations. Stock up on wands, inventory items and go wreak havoc! Don't forget your potions, especially those that avoid loss of character control!
BG1 is very easy to play without leveling up. I'll try to do this lvl1 no-level-up challenge in BG:EE.
@bbear it protects against all the type of Spell Protections Removers like Ruby Ray of Reversal, Breach, etc, but it only works once against those (in BG2:EE), but in vanilla it even displays the wrong portrait icon, it says "Magic damage resistance" while it should say "Spell shield" (this was also fixed in the EE). It don't protects against Implosion, it protects only against some mis-tagged spells, Amelyssan "hit and sleep the party" get ineffective if you have Spell Shield too.
How were you able to get past the no magic zone? I'm learning alot from this!
I ran pass all encounters in WK third level except Tahazzar (group with the first scepter gem), the thiefling group and Aesgareth (final demon group). I could have tried fighting all groups, but it just wastes time and resources.
Also, wands are not considered magic, which I have plenty.
Edit: Wands are magic. How do I crossed out the above statement?
Well, I've started a BG:EE lvl1 no lvlup run two days ago (maybe yesterday? IDK when...) and I am right now going to search for Tranzig. I've already killed Drizzt and done some cheesy things to get some items. aaaand
@CrevsDaak: Excellent challenge. I'll be reading and watching your journey throughout BG1EE. I only played BG1 once so I may not be able to offer much insight in your game.
@bbear don't worry, I've soloed BG:EE lots of times, I was going to ask a little in how to beat Aec'Letec if you have any tricks for him, the Demon Knight can see the Wand of Frost at max charge capacity so he won't bother me. I also plan on doing BG2:EE, that's going to be a challenge!
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Here are the second and third cards I drew:
This is the characters stats before and after both Deck of Many Things and Machine of the Lum:
As you can see, Charisma remains the same at 18 even though I raised it. Is this bug fixed in BG2EE?
Man, this battle was vicious. There was absolutely no protection against its Green Dragon Breath. I tried Protection from Acid scrolls, Protection from poison scrolls, fire resistance potions, cold resistance potions, potions of absorption, potions of magic shielding, and his breath went through all of them. His breath attack did on average 50 damage, which instantly KO my PC.
My strategy:
Mirror Image!
Here is the screenshot of his demise.
This is it. This is the epic battle with the Final Guardians to Demogorgon's Lair. I always wonder why the game sets three separate challenges. Pursuing on the theme of craziness, I decided to activate ALL THREE groups and solo them at the SAME time. Let the slaughter begin!
Part1 (Preparation)
Part2:
Part3
I could have done a lot better. I realized at the end of part 2 that I could easily melee Nalmissra. I was avoiding her for the most part because her physical attack life drains would set the max hp to a lower value. In one of my test game, my PC's max hp reduced from 47 to 13 when she was dead.
I fought Sarevok ahead, and it was the most epic battle I had until now. I tanked him with my LV8 Berserker/Elf (-18 CA for slashing), and this monster stripped my skin. Also, all that fireballs everywere... I had me, Kagain, Coran, Branwen, Viconia and Edwin. Everyone got killed, except me and Edwin.
It was an insane skirmish, and I'd never thought it would be possible to face that challange with a LV1 character. Really impressive.
To protect yourself from a Dragon's breath simply use Spell Shield, in vanilla it makes you immune to them and I think that it is undispellable, still it's duration isn't long at level 1.
I'll try to do this lvl1 no-level-up challenge in BG:EE.
@CrevsDaak: You mention that Spell Shield protects against Dragon Breath, does it also protect against Implosion? What other attacks does it protect?
It don't protects against Implosion, it protects only against some mis-tagged spells, Amelyssan "hit and sleep the party" get ineffective if you have Spell Shield too.
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After Watcher's Keep, killing dragons is basic stuff. Screenshots of their deaths:
I ran out of stuffs to do, so my PC will head to Spellhold.
Also, wands are not considered magic, which I have plenty.
Edit: Wands are magic. How do I crossed out the above statement?
aaaand
some things I forgot to say: I'm playing on Core Rules and I'm summoned a Pseudo Dragon with Nimbul's scroll.
It's impossible for a FMT to solo the BG series at level 1, because you start at level 3.
That's right, I'm trolling.
p.s. I totally forgot about the familiar. Nice source of extra HP.