Early game low reputation trouble
TheRatPack55
Member Posts: 4
Hi. This is my first time playing BG and - being primarily a console gamer, and a complacent one at that - I'm obviously a little clueless.
I have started the game with a rather low reputation to begin with (I know it's harder playing evil but I can't make myself be anything but... it's how I always play rpgs when given the option) and now with my party only ranging between levels 2-4 I realized my rep has hit 1.
Now, I have not been acting psychotic and I haven't killed any innocents! At least not unprovoked. Or... not without provoking them first... Oh, dang it, I haven't been slaughtering commoners in the streets, all right? That has to count for something! I have, however, recruited both Viconia and Dorn, and am rather adamant about keeping them in my party. I need Viconia for healing, and Dorn for the sheer power and... things.
But still, seeing as I'm low level and already villified, I fear I may be in trouble. I'm also not loaded enough to pay for even a single reputation point raise at a temple, and with the current prices not likely to get there any time soon either. Haven't ran into any Flaming Fist yet, oddly enough, but I'm sure they will come.
So, my question is - have I painted myself into a corner? Should I start over and try to do good deeds before committing to an eventual descent into villainy?
I'd be thankful for any tips!
I have started the game with a rather low reputation to begin with (I know it's harder playing evil but I can't make myself be anything but... it's how I always play rpgs when given the option) and now with my party only ranging between levels 2-4 I realized my rep has hit 1.
Now, I have not been acting psychotic and I haven't killed any innocents! At least not unprovoked. Or... not without provoking them first... Oh, dang it, I haven't been slaughtering commoners in the streets, all right? That has to count for something! I have, however, recruited both Viconia and Dorn, and am rather adamant about keeping them in my party. I need Viconia for healing, and Dorn for the sheer power and... things.
But still, seeing as I'm low level and already villified, I fear I may be in trouble. I'm also not loaded enough to pay for even a single reputation point raise at a temple, and with the current prices not likely to get there any time soon either. Haven't ran into any Flaming Fist yet, oddly enough, but I'm sure they will come.
So, my question is - have I painted myself into a corner? Should I start over and try to do good deeds before committing to an eventual descent into villainy?
I'd be thankful for any tips!
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Comments
1. Be prepared to run away if a large amount of FF/guards catch you in town. The default guard spawns can be pretty tough early on, but if you can manage to get the jump on them they usually have pretty good loot so that's nice.
2. Using stores to buy things simply isn't going to happen at 1 rep - everything is ridiculously expensive. So, you'll have to live off the land for the most part (or steal in the town). There's nothing wrong with that really, all the best items are found rather than bought with very few exceptions. You'll still be able to buy potions when you need to later on.
It's certainly *harder* than playing as the goody-goody, but it's by no means impossible.
It's kinda weird cause I encountered them for the first time after I already raised my rep... I guess they must have spawned earlier and I just never aggroed them? At least officer Vai is cool with me, so I just have to tiptoe around Beregost whenever I visit. Too bad they're right in front of the smithy, and I'd really like to unload those ankheg shells... Oh well.
I also had to bail on Elminster who wanted to chat right there... sorry Mr. E, can't talk now, gotta run from my sins.
Will they ever chill or am I banned from the smithy forever? Either way, this is lots of fun.
However, if all of your team are stealthed/sanctuaried/invisible, then you can stroll right past them into the smithy.
Alternatively, if you cast a couple of AoE disables (e.g. a couple of Hold Person or Web spells) and succeed in taking them all out of action (i.e. they all fail to save against the effect), then that doesn't hit your REP (unlike killing them), and again you can walk past them into the smithy. (If you use Web, then bear in mind that it's not party-friendly, so you might need to position it quite carefully to catch the FF yet still leave a clear path for you.)
I'd probably only manage to glue myself to the FF with web, but invisibility or sanctuary might work.