While wandering around the countryside, I encountered a Green Skinned half naked beautiful woman who wants to give me a Kiss. I must be Kirk. smack....
1. [General] ~Spending endless frustrating hours looting corpses for meager returns, checking to see which NPCs still have empty spaces and who can carry the 2 handed swords without encumbrance. [BG1-ToSC so no gem bag or potion case] Sheesh!!
When I could so easily bag a few more Ankhegs or just make sure I didn't leave anything behind in the Ghast Tomb once or twice. On the other hand there is always the possibility of finding some desirable scrolls ASAP [eg. Knock].
2. [Specific] ~After Nashkel Mines. Entering Nashkel Store without realizing that I had just heard the beginning of Nimbul's speech, "I am Death..." After party had cashed in various items and restocked we exited right into the arms of Nimbul. Literally, he was right beside the door. Splattered!
Also - dropping items which are intended for another member of the party to pick up, such as healing potions. And then discovering that they are unretrievable as the NPC was standing in some never-never land at the crowded entrance to some area. Once this even happened right in Feldpost Inn where the dropped item was apparently swallowed up by a table.
Once, my main character was Confused by the cleric assassin in the Nashkel Inn. He was attacking my party members. So, I had an idea: Have the rest of my party leave and wait for the confusion to expire. So, I left my fighter...with a +2 bastard sword...19 Str...in an inn...full of Commoners. Yep. Reputation loss, reload.
Oh, yeah: Forgetting to save after I had exited Irenicus' dungeon and going to free Viconia...with only CHARNAME and Minsc. Seriously, I did that four or five times. Then I had to watch the cutscene where Irenicus kills everyone sent to destroy and/or capture him which, when you're impatient to get back to the game, is annoyingly long.
1) My first playthrough was with a Monk on EasyTutu. "I love monk types. My fists will destroy everything. *Keeps playing the game and struggling* ...I'm sure that when I get to higher levels I will kick ass. *Reaches Sarevok and the final battle, keeps dying*"
The way I defeated Sarevok then was by running around like a chicken (the Benny Hill song would be fitting here) and letting the archers take care of him.
Really heroic huh? I sighed, restarted the game as a Cavalier and kicked ass. That was a satisfying playthrough.
2) *Gets Valygar in BG2, has points in Longbow* "Awesome, I will give him that new bow I got with infinite ammo and make him an awesome sniper. *MANY hours later, checks his THAC0* That's weird... *Checks the bow description*...DOH!
That bow was a shortbow, not a longbow. I facepalmed so hard that day.
I should add about Monks, I played NwN1 before with one and he kicked ass left and right.
That moment when you realize if you charm commoners and use them as canon fodder, when the charm wears of, they get pissed. And it doesn't work very well.
Dumbest thing I've done would be letting neera cast reckless dwomer of a magic missile that wild surged into a lightning bolt inside the red sheath. After the fight found out my cavalier was fallen. Made an interesting playthrough. Also found out it had taken out the innkeeper and had to find somewhere else to rest
"The Shadow Thieves are asking for HOW MUCH?!? I'm fighting with a nonmagic katana ffs! Oh, cool, this helpful rave-dancing chick is gonna give me a deal!"
Oh, how about this: I was fighting shadow fiends in Firkraag's lair. In the maze. Everyone except Charname and Viconia had died, so I decided to reload and try again. Little did I realize that my last save was all the way back at the entrance with the Orc Archers which I REALLY HATE!
This isn't the least bit funny (at least it's not for me), but it's by far the stupidest thing I have yet to do in Baldur's Gate:
I have always wanted to play a Blade but didn't want to bother unless it could be freakishly awesome, and seeing as how it relies on so many stats (and you can't dump Charisma), the Blade remained on my to-do list.
So yesterday before going to bed I did the same thing I usually do - I put the BG autoroller on and left it on overnight (hoping to get a good roll for my Blade). Lo and behold, when I came back this morning I had a roll of 100. Even for autoroller this is incredible. After distributing his stats (18, 18, 16, 18, 12, 18) and setting his proficiency (1 scimitar 1 two-weapon), I was excited to kickoff my playthrough (and of course I had my sights set on Drizzt). Unfortunately for me, instead of pressing ACCEPT on the character creation screen, in my morning stupor I accidentally pressed START OVER.
"Ok, first No-Reload ever, right out of Candlekeep... Let´s just go and kill that Tarnesh guy"
/me rerolls another character some minutes later
There are two guards patrolling literally a few feet from where he triggers the conversation. The easy way to deal with him is to drag him between those two guards and then let him trigger the conversation. He's be dead within seconds.
"Ok, first No-Reload ever, right out of Candlekeep... Let´s just go and kill that Tarnesh guy"
/me rerolls another character some minutes later
There are two guards patrolling literally a few feet from where he triggers the conversation. The easy way to deal with him is to drag him between those two guards and then let him trigger the conversation. He's be dead within seconds.
But you don't get XP! ... My preciousssss, presssssiousss XssssP!! Thief guards, sssstole our precioussss!!!! Curssed guardss! Ssstole it from ussss! It was oursss!! Presssssioussssss!
Agree with @CrevsDaak. It always pisses me off when a charmed creature or a neutral ally kills anything. Even in BG1 where you hit the XP cap no matter what you do.
Agree with @CrevsDaak. It always pisses me off when a charmed creature or a neutral ally kills anything. Even in BG1 where you hit the XP cap no matter what you do.
As long as you strike first you get the xp. Almost certain. Immy has a wand of magic missiles which will strike fast and then the guards just help out.
Agree with @CrevsDaak. It always pisses me off when a charmed creature or a neutral ally kills anything. Even in BG1 where you hit the XP cap no matter what you do.
As long as you strike first you get the xp. Almost certain. Immy has a wand of magic missiles which will strike fast and then the guards just help out.
You definitely need to deal the killing blow to earn the XP.
1. Never used crowd control spells, only the flashiest offensive ones 2. Thought Clerics were bad 3. Would summon Pit Fiends in BG2 without casting Protection From Evil 4. Always used Jaheira 5. I would re-roll mages trying to get something other than a ferret or rabbit, I always re-rolled as LN or TN aligned characters 6. I would never get the Sword of Chaos or the Acorns from the first area
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When I could so easily bag a few more Ankhegs or just make sure I didn't leave anything behind in the Ghast Tomb once or twice. On the other hand there is always the possibility of finding some desirable scrolls ASAP [eg. Knock].
2. [Specific] ~After Nashkel Mines. Entering Nashkel Store without realizing that I had just heard the beginning of Nimbul's speech, "I am Death..." After party had cashed in various items and restocked we exited right into the arms of Nimbul. Literally, he was right beside the door. Splattered!
come to think of it, 1999 was a great year for assassinations. tarnesh, neera, nimbul... the lot of them
1) My first playthrough was with a Monk on EasyTutu.
"I love monk types. My fists will destroy everything. *Keeps playing the game and struggling* ...I'm sure that when I get to higher levels I will kick ass. *Reaches Sarevok and the final battle, keeps dying*"
The way I defeated Sarevok then was by running around like a chicken (the Benny Hill song would be fitting here) and letting the archers take care of him.
Really heroic huh? I sighed, restarted the game as a Cavalier and kicked ass. That was a satisfying playthrough.
2) *Gets Valygar in BG2, has points in Longbow* "Awesome, I will give him that new bow I got with infinite ammo and make him an awesome sniper. *MANY hours later, checks his THAC0* That's weird... *Checks the bow description*...DOH!
That bow was a shortbow, not a longbow. I facepalmed so hard that day.
I should add about Monks, I played NwN1 before with one and he kicked ass left and right.
Oh!
You didn't mean to say Iodine in Spanish, right?
Right?
Serves you right for doing that low rep playthrough!
"The Shadow Thieves are asking for HOW MUCH?!? I'm fighting with a nonmagic katana ffs! Oh, cool, this helpful rave-dancing chick is gonna give me a deal!"
I have always wanted to play a Blade but didn't want to bother unless it could be freakishly awesome, and seeing as how it relies on so many stats (and you can't dump Charisma), the Blade remained on my to-do list.
So yesterday before going to bed I did the same thing I usually do - I put the BG autoroller on and left it on overnight (hoping to get a good roll for my Blade). Lo and behold, when I came back this morning I had a roll of 100. Even for autoroller this is incredible. After distributing his stats (18, 18, 16, 18, 12, 18) and setting his proficiency (1 scimitar 1 two-weapon), I was excited to kickoff my playthrough (and of course I had my sights set on Drizzt). Unfortunately for me, instead of pressing ACCEPT on the character creation screen, in my morning stupor I accidentally pressed START OVER.
/me rerolls another character some minutes later
About to visit Spellhold...
Should I start again?
...
My preciousssss, presssssiousss XssssP!! Thief guards, sssstole our precioussss!!!! Curssed guardss! Ssstole it from ussss! It was oursss!! Presssssioussssss!
2. Thought Clerics were bad
3. Would summon Pit Fiends in BG2 without casting Protection From Evil
4. Always used Jaheira
5. I would re-roll mages trying to get something other than a ferret or rabbit, I always re-rolled as LN or TN aligned characters
6. I would never get the Sword of Chaos or the Acorns from the first area
I'm sure there are many more