Man, Half-Orc Barbarians sure have it easier in the beginning.

GamingFreak

"Oh hey, a locked drawer in Winthrop's Inn... hmmm"

*tries to break lock.... fails*

"....STUPID LOCK!"

*uses rage and tries again... succeeds*

"Haaaaa.... oh sweet, a star sapphire!"

*sells sapphire for 1,000 gold*

Tresset

I had a half-orc barbarian once. I can't remember if I did that or not though...

GamingFreak

So I was walking towards Nashkel and got pulled over by the Flaming Fist trio and didn't like it when I made a joke about not being bandits, so they attacked. I had the rest of my 3 party members use missles while I tanked all 3 with the Stupifier (which I got in a different chest that I broke open) and a shield, and basically destroyed all 3 of them with only one Healing potion necessary... at level 1... in splint mail. They had Plate Mail.

#Easy

CrevsDaak

Basically it's the best combination for all of BG1 (well, the best if you also consider the difficulty factor, because otherwise Bards or Clerics would be winning), so don't be surprised that it makes the game so easy

SharGuidesMyHand

GamingFreak said:

"Oh hey, a locked drawer in Winthrop's Inn... hmmm"

*tries to break lock.... fails*

"....STUPID LOCK!"

*uses rage and tries again... succeeds*

"Haaaaa.... oh sweet, a star sapphire!"

*sells sapphire for 1,000 gold*

You don't need to be a half-orc in order to open that lock with rage - I think your str can be as low as 16 and the +4 bonus will still enable you to open that lock.

Either way, it's just another reason that barbarians are better than berserkers. ;-)

Ironically, I feel that getting 1,000 gold so early actually makes the game too easy from thereon in, so now I deliberately avoid finding it.

GamingFreak

CrevsDaak said:

Basically it's the best combination for all of BG1 (well, the best if you also consider the difficulty factor, because otherwise Bards or Clerics would be winning), so don't be surprised that it makes the game so easy

Hehe, I didn't even put a single proficiency point towards a slashing weapon; I basically did

Flail: *
Mace: **
Two Weapon Fighting: *

So by level 3 I'll have enough points in two weapon fighting to start dual-wielding properly, and I can pick up the Thresher in Baldur's Gate by the time I hit my final proficiency

I can't wait to destroy BG2 with the FoA + DoE combo.

Of course this is practically me spoiling myself after my solo monk run, lol.

DreadKhan

Half orc Berserker is pretty hilarious at lvl 1 raged. What, 30 hp?? Hits like a wrecking ball.

sarevok57

SharGuidesMyHand said:

GamingFreak said:

"Oh hey, a locked drawer in Winthrop's Inn... hmmm"

*tries to break lock.... fails*

"....STUPID LOCK!"

*uses rage and tries again... succeeds*

"Haaaaa.... oh sweet, a star sapphire!"

*sells sapphire for 1,000 gold*

You don't need to be a half-orc in order to open that lock with rage - I think your str can be as low as 16 and the +4 bonus will still enable you to open that lock.

Either way, it's just another reason that barbarians are better than berserkers. ;-)

Ironically, I feel that getting 1,000 gold so early actually makes the game too easy from thereon in, so now I deliberately avoid finding it.

negatory, you need 65% in open locks or higher to get that gem, I believe 22 str is the lowest it can be to open that chest, str has a bash % rating which equals the open lock skill

JuliusBorisov

Tresset said:

I had a half-orc barbarian once...

Then he was imprisoned by Kangaxx.

LordRumfish

SharGuidesMyHand said:

GamingFreak said:

"Oh hey, a locked drawer in Winthrop's Inn... hmmm"

*tries to break lock.... fails*

"....STUPID LOCK!"

*uses rage and tries again... succeeds*

"Haaaaa.... oh sweet, a star sapphire!"

*sells sapphire for 1,000 gold*

You don't need to be a half-orc in order to open that lock with rage - I think your str can be as low as 16 and the +4 bonus will still enable you to open that lock.

Either way, it's just another reason that barbarians are better than berserkers. ;-)

Ironically, I feel that getting 1,000 gold so early actually makes the game too easy from thereon in, so now I deliberately avoid finding it.

Seriously? It pains me to make a starting character that DOESN'T have 65% or so Lockpicking (the gem is nice, but missing the experience you get now for locks/traps is actually the dumb reason why it pains me).

Tresset

Looks like you forgot to tell the nobles to take of their jewelry first. If you do that there is even more expensive loot in the chest! (18 charisma required)

GamingFreak said:

So I was walking towards Nashkel and got pulled over by the Flaming Fist trio and didn't like it when I made a joke about not being bandits, so they attacked. I had the rest of my 3 party members use missles while I tanked all 3 with the Stupifier (which I got in a different chest that I broke open) and a shield, and basically destroyed all 3 of them with only one Healing potion necessary... at level 1... in splint mail. They had Plate Mail.

#Easy

If you think that is impressive, you should have seen me with my ranger/cleric. In that run I decided to go to ankhegville at level 1... just me and Imoen... wound up killing ~3 of them before I decided to leave. Then, later on I was on my way to Nashkel and ran into a vampiric wolf. Only my ranger/cleric had magical weapons so he had to take it out alone, which he did soundly.

elminster

sarevok57 said:

SharGuidesMyHand said:

GamingFreak said:

"Oh hey, a locked drawer in Winthrop's Inn... hmmm"

*tries to break lock.... fails*

"....STUPID LOCK!"

*uses rage and tries again... succeeds*

"Haaaaa.... oh sweet, a star sapphire!"

*sells sapphire for 1,000 gold*

You don't need to be a half-orc in order to open that lock with rage - I think your str can be as low as 16 and the +4 bonus will still enable you to open that lock.

Either way, it's just another reason that barbarians are better than berserkers. ;-)

Ironically, I feel that getting 1,000 gold so early actually makes the game too easy from thereon in, so now I deliberately avoid finding it.

negatory, you need 65% in open locks or higher to get that gem, I believe 22 str is the lowest it can be to open that chest, str has a bash % rating which equals the open lock skill

You can get it with the equivalent of 60 (21 strength). It just will take a few tries.

the_spyder

Hulk Smash.

Nimran

Funny thing, since ogres have STR 18/00, when they say they'll crush you to goo your half-orc barbarian could just say "No, I will crush YOU to goo."

Klorox

Tresset said:

Looks like you forgot to tell the nobles to take of their jewelry first. If you do that there is even more expensive loot in the chest! (18 charisma required)

Seriously?

meagloth

Klorox said:

Tresset said:

Looks like you forgot to tell the nobles to take of their jewelry first. If you do that there is even more expensive loot in the chest! (18 charisma required)

Seriously?

Yeah. If you have 18 cha and tell them they should take off their expensive stuff that the chest has a necklace and another gem or something.

dreamrider

What you actually do in the dialog is convince them that they are offending the monks with their showy ostentation. They'll then decide on their own to stash the jewelry - in the same strongbox with the sapphire.

OlvynChuru

Barbarians are better than berserkers in BG1. If you are a level 1 berserker and you use enrage, when it wears off you die. I learned this the hard way.

Or was this patched?

TheArtisan

That was what would happen in vanilla. AFAIK now it just inflicts nonlethal damage and knocks you out if you're too low (like being attacked with fists)