Accidental quests

FredN

.....Interestingly enough, I accidentally stumbled into a couple of sidequests. I was in the process of exploring all the various nooks and crannies of Athkatla, prior to heading off to Chatper 7, which is basicallly the point of no return if you have any unfinished business in Athkatla.
.....I finally stumbled onto those clowns who had been burying people, and visited Justice upon them. But they were someplace I didn't expect them to be. Totally foruitous.
.....I went into a door I hadn't entered before, and suddenly ...Poof! One of my rogue stones vanished and I was suddenly elsewhere! Now, I think I am fairly good at tactical analysis, but I had to reload twice on this one. In my defence, initially, I didn't fully understand the situation. Facing not one but several spellcasters capable of casting Time Stop is rather disconcerting. They also had a pet Beholder, but that was a non factor, since my two tanks had Balduran's Shield and the Cloak of Mirroring. It took me a couple of tries to come up with a tactical solution to this knotty problem, however. I won't go into details, but it involved setting a bunch of spike traps, summoning a ton of cannon fodder, several haste spells, followed by a mass onslaught on the remaining Mage.
.....And then there is the Limited Wish quest. I had thought this was a quest to actually get the Limited WIsh spell. Umm, nope, the quest becomes avialable only after you actually learn the Limited Wish spell, and then cast it. Captain Jack ... err, Dennis ... didn't offer to get us high, but did give us a quest. So, in a way, he did take us to his "special island". (extra points to those who recognize this musical reference).
.....And then there is Keldorn. In the sewers I bumped into him, and he invited us to join him in his quest to cleanse the sewers of the Eyeless Cult. Needless to say, there was no way we could have him along in a party that included Hexxat and Dorn, so I politely declined the offer. He promptly attacked us?? What the heck? He didn't say anything about Dorn or Hexxat; that at least would have been a logical reason for the attack. He just got pissy when we declined his offer. What kind of Paladinic behavior is that??

atcDave

The Twisted Rune is a tough fight! Especially that first time. The first time I stumbled across it I thought it was impossible. But yeah, I never skip it now. It’s a good test of a team. A couple of the final seal fights in Watcher’s Keep might be harder? But that’s it until you get into ToB.

Keldorn must have detected a lot of Evil on your crew. I think a paladin attacking a Vampire and Blackguard on sight is not unreasonable. Foolish for my man Keldorn though.

atcDave

I’d also say I love that Limited Wish quest! What hoot, the silliest adventure in the game.

FredN

Best singer/composer in the last 40 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koft_Yschnc
OK, I'll admit there are close contenders. Jamis, Jimi, Bette, the Stones, Deep Purple and a couple of others. But I'll put Billy a bit above the rest.

FredN

>I’d also say I love that Limited Wish quest! What hoot, the silliest adventure in the game.<
Ok, I have to agree. Silly premise, silly resolution, and, in keeping with the general tone, a silly reward. That Boomerang Dagger might have been useful at one point in time, but we have the Firetooth Dagger now, which is just better. And even that, given the assortment of far deadlier ranged weapons we already have, is a weapon of last resort. I gave the Firetooth to Edwin, on the off chance that he might run out of Melf's Meteors sometime. Oh well, I can always sell the Boomerang one. And, of course, a bit of extra quest experience never hurts.