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Quick campaigns: fully random trios

YigorYigor Member Posts: 811
edited October 17 in Challenges and Playthroughs
In order to refresh good memories, I wanna play some quick campaigns (until XP cap or when I'm bored 😜) in BP1&2, BG1, SoD, SoA, ToB, IWD, HoW, TotL (only) with fully random settings for chars, please cf. here:

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/88657/fully-random-rogue-lite-solo-playthrough

Sometimes, it can give kinda exotic groups with peculiar tactics. 😉

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My second random run in BG1 (the first one was not funny), difficulty: LoB:

Beth, Mage, LN elf, 14/17/12/11/18/11, quarterstaff+, familiar: ferret
Alpha, Bounty Hunter, LE halfling, 12/15/12/15/11/12, club+, katana+
Gamma, Skald, NG human, 11/14/13/13/15/15, club+, short sword+

Initial gameplay: Alpha installs traps, Gamma sings the skald's song, ferret (boosted by Blur and skald's song) beats basic monsters.

N.B. I don't know why, but my familiar (ferret) is unusually strong and can beat alone any basic monster in forests around Beregost. A strange effect from LoB difficulty? 🤔
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  • YigorYigor Member Posts: 811
    edited September 12
    My Beth (vanilla mage) will be actually a heretic Illusionist/Necromancer, restricting his spells to 2 schools: Illusion and (its opposite) Necromancy. 👈
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  • YigorYigor Member Posts: 811
    A random trio that I got for Black Pits 1&2, difficulty: normal-->insane (depending on level and fights):

    Barbarian, LN halfling, minimaxed stats: 17/19/18/9/2/14, short sword++, dual-wielding++.
    Cleric of Lathander, LG half-orc, stats: 16/14/14/11/9/11, quarterstaff+, sling+.
    Shaman, neutral half-orc stats 5/15/15/15/15/13, club+, sling+.

    Now, I have finished BP1. My minimaxed Barbarian was a principal tank while Shaman used almost exclusively the Shamanic Dance ability. 💃

    Shaman's STR=5 was, of course, problematic until I've bought Hands of Takkok, available starting from Tier II. 😎
  • YigorYigor Member Posts: 811
    edited October 17
    My trio in SoD (difficulty: LoB), everything is random except for minimaxed stats:

    Blackguard, CE human, (18/46)/18/18/10/10/18, dual-wielding+++, bastard sword++, axe+
    Cleric of Tyr, LN gnome, 18/18/18/10/17/5, shield&sword+, mace+, sling+,
    Illusionist, LE gnome, 18/18/18/19/10/10, quarterstaff+, sling+.

    Blackguard is, of course, the main tank. I tried to reduce Illusionist's spells exclusively to the Illusion/Phantasm school. However, there are almost no attacking spells of that school.

    I finished the Prologue (Korlasz's Tomb), temporarily adding Edwin to my group, who used Hold Undead vs all those undead hords (my Illusionist can't use Necromancy spells anyway).
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  • YigorYigor Member Posts: 811
    My trio in IWD (difficulty: HoF):

    Cleric of Tempus, true neutral halfling, 11/12/16/11/13/15, club+, sling+
    Fighter, LG halfling, 13/18/10/17/10/11, dual-wielding++, short sword+, crossbow+
    Dragon Disciple, LN elf, 10/15/11/17/10/17, dagger+.

    The beginning is easy, my squad progressed quickly to Kuldahar Pass (level 6).
  • YigorYigor Member Posts: 811
    edited September 22
    I switch between several games. Current status (still in the beginning):

    BG1 (mage, bounty hunter, skald): party of level 2/3 in Beregost.
    SoD (blackguard, cleric of Tyr, illusionist): Coast Way Crossing, Dwarven Dig Site.
    IWD (cleric of Tempus, fighter, dragon disciple): Kuldahar Pass.

    BP1&2: I will create a full squad of 6 random characters in order to play at LoB from scratch. 😎
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  • YigorYigor Member Posts: 811
    My trio in HoW (only, difficulty: HoF):

    Shadowdancer, NG dwarf, 16/15/13/15/12/12, one weapon+, long sword+, short sword+, katana+, dagger+
    Fighter/Cleric, LN gnome, 13/14/14/13/14/12, sword&shield++, flail++, two-handed weapon+, quarterstaff+, sling+
    Illusionist/Thief, LE gnome, 11/17/11/18/12/7, short sword+, dagger+, crossbow+

    Current levels 13, 9/9 and 11/11, clearing the Burial Island. ☠️
  • YigorYigor Member Posts: 811
    edited October 17
    My trio in SoA (difficulty: LoB):

    Cleric of Tempus, NN halfling, 12/13/13/16/17/12, sword&shield+, flail+, mace+, sling+
    Shaman, NN half-elf, 14/14/13/12/16/14, sword&shield+, axe+, club+, short bow+
    Swashbuckler, CE half-ord, 15/16/14/13/9/13, dual wielding+++, dagger+

    Current levels 9/10 clearing De'Arnise Keep. 😎
  • YigorYigor Member Posts: 811
    edited October 23
    I started also to play ToTL only (HoF) where my minimaxed trio, created in HoW, went directly to Maluradek's Castle:

    Skald, CN half-elf, 18/18/16/18/3/16, long sword+, short sword+, short bow+
    Shaman, NN half-orc, 19/18/19/9/18/3, axe+, club+, short bow+
    Fighter/Cleric, NG dwarf, (18/47)/17/19/9/9/16, sword&shield++, flail++, mace+, sling++

    They have almost cleared the courtyard + 4 towers. Current levels 13, 11 and 9/9. 😎

    My Shaman is kinda Abjurer/Transmuter (the privilege is given to spells of these opposite schools). 👈
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