Are we still able to pickpocket Drizzt?
Social_Distortion
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As the title says - are we still able to pickpocket Drizzt for his weapons/armour? I've been trying with 290 pickpocket skill (quite a few potions of master thievery used) and it's telling me there's nothing stealable at my pickpocket level. I'm assuming the game has been patched to disallow it?
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To say it didn't go well would be an understatement.
Also, as far as I can tell, that "Nothing to steal at your skill level" only shows up for me when they just have nothing to steal. Otherwise, the pick pocketing just fails and the victim turns hostile.
In case of success though, and when there is no item you can steal with your pickpocket skill it shows you this message. If there is an item which you can steal, of course, you just pick it up.
Will Drizzt go hostil when he see you
I haven't found the Mithral Chain very useful. If you have a Bard who is both willing to murder Drizzt and not expecting to cast spells in mid-combat (e.g. an Evil-aligned Blade), then the Mithral Chain is ideal ... but most classes either can't wear Chain at all, or are better off wearing something heavier.
Icingdeath is more widely useful, though. Evil or Evil/Neutral parties might well kill Drizzt for that alone, if they have anyone who can use Scimitars.
The ironic point, I reckon, is that it's difficult to envision a specific situation where the party could make full use of Drizzt's gear, e.g. dual-wielding his Scimitars, since only the Good guys can wield Twinkle but the Good guys wouldn't murder him to get it.
Potions :
Storm Giant Strength
Defensive
Heroism
Power
Mind Focus
Regeneration
Oil of Speed
Cast DuHM (Draw Upon Holy Might), and then keep a couple of healing potions handy.
Equip :
Full Plate
Helm of Balduran
Ring of Protection +2
Cloak of Balduran
And fill in the rest of your equipment depending on what type of character you're playing.
You'll have 25 STR, 24 DEX, 21 CON, awesome AC, more HP, better Thac0 and damage than Drizzt.
Potions make the game very easy, especially for fighter type characters. It's also possible to kill him earlier, before getting all of these items, but with this setup you can go face to face with him.
If you don't want to meta-game, then you'll have to fight the vampires in Baldur's Gate 2, and die, because you won't be able to kill them. You most likely don't have the Amulet of power yet, and they will destroy your party with level drain, because you don't know how to fight them. Same with Mind Flayers, Beholders, Liches, Shadows (Hold).
Baldur's Gate is a game where you either die a lot, or use knowledge you already have. And everyone will use their knowledge. Every time you enter an area, every time you make a choice, you might think that you're not, but you are. You won't see a person who have experience with the game, going into a fight they can't possible win, just to reload several times and then eventually give up. They know the enemy is there, and won't go there. How many people that know the game, will go to the Basilisk Map without any form of protection from petrification? Just by making the choice not to go there, you're using your knowledge of the game.
People won't pre-buff before a hard fight, because their characters wouldn't know that they had to fight. This makes the game more challenging, but you still KNOW that the group is there, and you still know not to go there at an early level.
"I won't pre-buff before fighting the amazons outside the mine, My character don't know that they are there". But you still won't attack them without having your spells ready, or while most of your team are low on health. No one that knows the game, will go into a situation where they are sure to die.
Anyway, that's my rant on the whole 'meta-game knowledge'.
/End Rant.
/End Derailing topic.
You must have picked his pocket in v1.2 (when it was still possible to do so), but now it isn't possible.
Sees a drow and assumes he is evil (a fair assumption)
Refuses to help gets attacked
Gets the two best weapons in the game and great armor that allows him to use stealth
Sure, it's specific, but it can work.
Or get minsc or kivan at lvl 1. Give him points in scimitars at lvls 3 and 6. Do the above.