The first time I played Baldur's Gate I never thought I would . . .

Permidion_Stark

A thread for things you never thought you would do during a game of Baldur's Gate.

I'll get the ball rolling.

The first time I played Baldur's Gate I never thought I would end up romancing one of the Flaming Fist.

tbone1

..., I never thought Alora would become one of my favorite NPCs.

shaldon

...I never thought I would play through the entirety of BG1 and Siege of Dragonspear with a Berserker/Cleric dual class with 5 pips in axes, before realising a few hours into BG2 that the build can't actually use axes once the berserker powers come back...

dunbar

....I never thought I would get an internet connection at home just so that I could find out where the bloody bandit camp was (it was a long time ago).

Raduziel

I never thought I would prefer BG/IWD over many PnP campaigns

Kurona

I was 12 when first playing BG and certainly never thought I would still play it at 29 years old.

Aerakar

...I never thought I could ever play a backstabbing thief using a quarterstaff, I mean where is the logic!? Fast forward almost 2 decades and my favorite backstabbing weapon is of course the quarterstaff...

BelgarathMTH

Aerakar said:

...I never thought I could ever play a backstabbing thief using a quarterstaff, I mean where is the logic!? Fast forward almost 2 decades and my favorite backstabbing weapon is of course the quarterstaff...

I think the logic is that you sneak up behind them and clobber them over the head. Of course, by that logic, you should also be able to use a club or mace. "Sneak attack" makes more sense than calling it "backstab."

I never thought I would have as much fun discussing the game on a game forum as I have actually playing the game.

ThacoBell

I never thought that I would consider Bards to be one the most overpowered classes.

Grum

ThacoBell said:

I never thought that I would consider Bards to be one the most overpowered classes.

Indeed. I never thought that I'd find Garrick to be the most useful NPC in the game.

tbone1

I never thought Imoen would be such a key and controversial figure.

Arctodus

I never thought that playing with a rogue-heavy party would be that much fun. I had a run with a charname Bounty Hunter, Vynd (assassin npc mod), Eldoth, Montaron and Tiax, and boy I had a blast. It's in this run that I understood how effective thieves and bards could be.

To complete what I just said : I never thought that I would use Eldoth as a melee tank, and find out how effective he can really be in this role.

JumboWheat01

I never thought I would like a multiclass character. I'm a die-hard class purist, but man, do I loves me the Cleric/Thief combo.

JuliusBorisov

The first time I played Baldur's Gate I never thought I would end up making friends with so many dedicated BG fans as I've done here, with you, ladies and gentlemen.

Tresset

I never thought I would actually end up being a modder for the game who would aid the official development team on occasion.

O_Bruce

I never thought that after years, the combination of Enhanced Editions and modding would make my experience with the game as fresh as these years ago.

deltago

I never thought that almost every game I played after it would leave me disappointed that it isn't as good as the BG series.

UnderstandMouseMagic

I never thought there were "other people" who enjoyed this game as much as me.

No internet back in the day and for quite some time, never ever played PNP (still haven't), nobody I know plays RPG.
I remember finally getting the internet some years back and finding a BG site.
Gobsmacked, spent hours just reading walkthroughs ect. can't believe how much I'd missed.

People were still playing this game that had achieved almost a mythical place in my imagination because for quite a few years I didn't even have a computer and the old discs wouldn't work when I did get one.
Still got the discs though and the box/booklet/map.

TheArtisan

It was once a childhood aspiration of mine to make my own NPC mod. Now, ten years later, I've written three. Go figure.

I'll say this though, it's probably a very good thing that I didn't make one ten years ago.

themazingness

I never thought I would be able to play it without disc swapping or that I could download the entire thing from GoG in a matter of minutes.

Grond0

I never believed it possible that there could be a whole community who were almost, if not quite, as crazy as me ...

tbone1

I never thought I would find a reason to choose proficiency in darts.

Vallmyr

I never thought it would ruin (almost) all other RPGs for me due to its greatness.

Shikao

I never thought I would play it in English =P

bob_veng

... use cheats

Shikao

bob_veng said:

... use cheats

Sadly that's how I started it... but it was in bad old times when I was still a filthy cheater =[

themazingness

bob_veng said:

... use cheats

Everyone should summon chickens at least once. It is a vital part of the BG experience.

Cahir

I never thought that playing Pillars of Eternity I'd say that BG's spiritual successor is inferior in almost every aspect. It's decent game, but leagues behind BG saga IMHO.

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Zaghoul

I never thought anything could bring an introverted ol fart of a loner like myself to join and participate in a social forum while playing BG. No twitter, facebook, etc.,etc, for me, and it took guts, but BG mods did.
Can BG change the nature of a man (at least a little)?

Permidion_Stark

Zaghoul said:

I never thought anything could bring an introverted ol fart of a loner like myself to join and participate in a social forum while playing BG. No twitter, facebook, etc.,etc, for me, and it took guts, but BG mods did.
Can BG change the nature of a man (at least a little)?

I think that just might be the best thing I've ever read on these boards.