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  • PhyraxPhyrax Member Posts: 198
    No, not to my knowledge!
  • and_then_orand_then_or Member Posts: 107
    This always puzzled me too. First time through I attacked on sight. Still seems a bit disjointed.

    How do the group of assasians in the cave area get past the basiliks? Some rancid xvart meat w/ a wand of sleep tucked inside?

    Not grousing, mind you. BG is still the benchmark IMO.
  • atcDaveatcDave Member Posts: 2,761
    The whole expensive book for admission theme just doesn't hold up well under any examination. Its silly, but a fun idea. It works for me.
  • KaltzorKaltzor Member Posts: 1,050
    Well, with Sarevok having an army of doppelgangers on his side, one theory that comes in mind is one of them disguised themselves as a guard or someone allowed in without the whole special book thing and brought in the two.
  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    If I was gonna have to give a rare book worth 1000s of gold pieces in order to get into candlekeep to kill charname, I'd pick a couple of assassins better than carbos and shank.
  • BlueSorceressBlueSorceress Member Posts: 84
    edited January 2013
    I always figured that they came in as the servants of a noble, or with a group of scholars. Your party of up to six gets in with just one book, and they could have taken advantage of a similar situation.
  • WebShamanWebShaman Member Posts: 490
    The obvious answer is that they have been inside of Candelkeep the whole time - probably the reason why they are so low level. I mean, you know - monks that keep the books probably get pretty jealous of each other and all that, so a few "locals" decided to make some coin in "helping" them out with their...problems.
  • BalquoBalquo Member, Developer Posts: 2,746
    ajwz said:

    If I was gonna have to give a rare book worth 1000s of gold pieces in order to get into candlekeep to kill charname, I'd pick a couple of assassins better than carbos and shank.

    Well Shank and Carbos could do better if their daggers were not nerfed. They can only do max 1 dmg and I assume this so they don't one shot mages or anyone with unlucky HP rolls.
  • LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
    edited January 2013
    Perhaps they simply posed as any other visitor to the library, in possession of a book of sufficient value to enter. In that scenario they would likely have killed a hapless victim traveling along on the Lion's Way (to Candlekeep) from the Coast Way to get it.

    Perhaps they posed as laborers for hire, with some craft skills that were in special demand at the Keep (stone mason, carpenter, cook, tanner, fletcher, or whatever.)

    Think like an assassin, right?
  • KingGhidorahKingGhidorah Member Posts: 201
    WebShaman said:

    The obvious answer is that they have been inside of Candelkeep the whole time - probably the reason why they are so low level. I mean, you know - monks that keep the books probably get pretty jealous of each other and all that, so a few "locals" decided to make some coin in "helping" them out with their...problems.

    They' re not locals. Some lady in an upper room in a tavern in Baldurs Gate actually mentions Shank & Carbos. "Good boys that hung with the wrong crowd".

    I always assumed they just came in as horse handlers or somesuch for some rich noble visiting.
  • WebShamanWebShaman Member Posts: 490
    Haven't seen any horse handlers in Candlekeep. Where are they?

    Did they come in with a Doppelganger, perhaps? (probably unaware that it was a doppelganger), or does the Doppelganger thing happen while the Main Char is adventuring around the Sword Coast?
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