Relatively new to the game series and hello from Alaska
Shrake907
Member Posts: 38
Hey all,
I discovered Baldur's Gate (or rather Re-Discovered, I was just more interested in other games when BG 1 & 2 were first released) after the series, Critical Role, which Geek & Sundry produces reminded me of the game somehow.
I hunted around on the web and got a great deal on the Enhanced Editions on GOG, and I've got to say the value:entertainment ratio is incredible.
I rolled my first character in BG:EE, a Half-Elven Cleric (I didn't realize there were subclass kits) and wandered around Candlekeep for a bit, marveling at how such an old game series has aged gracefully.
The voice acting work blew me away as did the amazing personality the original cast of characters have! Xzar and Monty grew on me after a while, I have yet to finish the game with Jaheira and Khalid since I replace them in favor of Viconia & Kagain (or Minsc & Boo) Before I knew it, I was on the isle of Balduran, loving my first playthrough a bunch, but then I wanted to start all over and so I created an Elven Swashbuckler.
Swashies are pretty fun to play, I must say. I'm near the end of BG II: SoA I believe with the choices of either the forests, head to Suldanessellar or check out Watcher's Keep.
I decided to take some screencaps of the char sheet and inventory screen, just 'cuz:
Character Sheet: http://i.imgur.com/YZu0sXp.png & http://i.imgur.com/T703sMi.png (with portrait I discovered browsing these boards!)
Inventory Screen: http://i.imgur.com/zXkNNUN.png
I believe I rolled a total of 88 with the following scores, if I remember correctly:
STR: 15
DEX: 19
CON: 17 (Yeah, I didn't know Thieves can't benefit from more CON than 16 at the time of rolling)
INT:9
WIS:10
CHA:18
Anyhow, I find it a great game series, I've told some friends and they're also being sucked into the world of Faerun and the epic journey of CHARNAME, the Bhaalspawn.
It's good to be a part of this community, cheers!
-Steve
I discovered Baldur's Gate (or rather Re-Discovered, I was just more interested in other games when BG 1 & 2 were first released) after the series, Critical Role, which Geek & Sundry produces reminded me of the game somehow.
I hunted around on the web and got a great deal on the Enhanced Editions on GOG, and I've got to say the value:entertainment ratio is incredible.
I rolled my first character in BG:EE, a Half-Elven Cleric (I didn't realize there were subclass kits) and wandered around Candlekeep for a bit, marveling at how such an old game series has aged gracefully.
The voice acting work blew me away as did the amazing personality the original cast of characters have! Xzar and Monty grew on me after a while, I have yet to finish the game with Jaheira and Khalid since I replace them in favor of Viconia & Kagain (or Minsc & Boo) Before I knew it, I was on the isle of Balduran, loving my first playthrough a bunch, but then I wanted to start all over and so I created an Elven Swashbuckler.
Swashies are pretty fun to play, I must say. I'm near the end of BG II: SoA I believe with the choices of either the forests, head to Suldanessellar or check out Watcher's Keep.
I decided to take some screencaps of the char sheet and inventory screen, just 'cuz:
Character Sheet: http://i.imgur.com/YZu0sXp.png & http://i.imgur.com/T703sMi.png (with portrait I discovered browsing these boards!)
Inventory Screen: http://i.imgur.com/zXkNNUN.png
I believe I rolled a total of 88 with the following scores, if I remember correctly:
STR: 15
DEX: 19
CON: 17 (Yeah, I didn't know Thieves can't benefit from more CON than 16 at the time of rolling)
INT:9
WIS:10
CHA:18
Anyhow, I find it a great game series, I've told some friends and they're also being sucked into the world of Faerun and the epic journey of CHARNAME, the Bhaalspawn.
It's good to be a part of this community, cheers!
-Steve
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Thanks, yeah she turned out to be a very fun character to play once I re-rolled from the Cleric. A character with 18 CHA at the start of the game would most likely be that pretty, so it was the natural choice amongst the other portraits I was considering. X)
From what I hear, I'm going to be very happy with the high level abilities once I crack open Throne of Bhaal once I get around to it.
Anyway, I'm playing through the first game *again* with a Totemic Druid in a LP, so far it's going pretty well and some interesting things happen during my "No Reload" LP on Core rules. Just throw me a PM if ya want a Play List link. ^^
Omnomnomnom.
Look on the stikied thread here - https://forums.beamdog.com/categories/community-support - about formatting and posting pictures. It will help greatly!
(Sorry, channeling my inner Baeloth there.)