What to do after Irenicus' Dungeon
fantasma
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Played the entire saga for about 3-4 times since day 1 of this series. Just escaped Chateau Irenicus, completely lost what to do next, as usual.
Since this is my first playthrough of enhanced edition of SoA and ToB, I'm thinking of picking up Rasaad Dorn Neera right from the start.
Also thinking of visiting the top floor (the first one) of Watcher's Keep to get Usuno's and Crimson Dart along with other treasures there for easy picking.
So there are some vague plans for my axe and halberd wielding half-orc barbarian, but no clear set path at the moment.
Whaddya reckon I should be doing next?
Since this is my first playthrough of enhanced edition of SoA and ToB, I'm thinking of picking up Rasaad Dorn Neera right from the start.
Also thinking of visiting the top floor (the first one) of Watcher's Keep to get Usuno's and Crimson Dart along with other treasures there for easy picking.
So there are some vague plans for my axe and halberd wielding half-orc barbarian, but no clear set path at the moment.
Whaddya reckon I should be doing next?
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Note this though, Rasaad is still kinda weak until you level him up some, so having him chucking darts from the backrow might be the best option until he levels a bit and grows stronger. This means you prolly want to get some more muscle to supplement your team of EE's, but due to Dorn's questline you might want to keep them neutral or evil or risk having to spend a fortune at temples, hehe..
The first step inside the city is usually coppper coronet, and for a reason. The slaves quest is super-easy and nets you a couple of decent items. The sewers to the ship nets you a very easy two handed sword for Dorn that will last him a loooong time.
Personally I like to visit the graveyard next and clean it out, but not going all the way to the tombs unless I have korgans/edwins quest for ut. Decent items (alot of like +1 swords to sell etc), easy and fast exp (paladin foster-father, finding the teddy bear etc etc).
You could start of the thieves guild quests if you want to next. Good exp and some decent gear to get by ie unlocking all doors in the guildhall and there's a shortsword and some other goodies to be taken as well.
The sewers can be done at a decently low level as well, with a bit of cheese it can be done directly after irenicus dungeon (like throwing AoE spells outside a certain party's view radius). You'll get a good flail here and some other goodies.
There's the inn at waukeens promenade with a team of adventurers like you. You prolly know the one I mean. It's funniest if you have Korgan with you when you meet them. You can cheese that fight as well but it's quite easy anyways. Just avoid the backstabbing thief and take down the mage and his familiar asap.
There's another team of adventurers you can bully and fight in the bridges district. Don't walk into that fight unbuffed though.
Going for the haer'dalis quest line nets you many really good items and the planar prison is quite easy if you take it slow and prepare for each fight.
If you just want to level up and gain some momentum with you character, then the first step outside athkatla is quite often De'Arnise keep. It's easy, you don't need any preparation or equipment really and it will net you decent amount of exp and good items, like a certain axe for your CHARNAME.
I like to go to trademeet early since it's quite easy and the merchant that appears afterwards sells amazing items. You can clean out most of trademeet and it's supporting side-quests fairly early if you have a few heavy-hitters frontliners.
After de'arnise and trademeet I sometimes go to windspear and clean all but the last encounter out, or I go to umar hills and do that. Depends on if I plan to have Mazzy as a long time NPC in my team or not. If not, I usually wait with Umar to be one of the last sites to visit.
After this, you will have plenty of gold to clean out all merchants of any goodies you want, all spells you need and you can continue to clean out personal side quests, finish of the main story or do the last site specific quests such as bridge district murders or whatever.
Dunno but place scared me lol. Can also do this and trademeet right after if you get or talk to valigar and mazzy during your stay at umber and if you go to the shadow temple.
Also pick up the daystar before if you go through gate area even if you don't kill lich you can still run in pick it and scoop that nummy shadow slayer up.
Can start the Firkraag stuff to get the dragon gear and try and kill him even. Or watchers keep but that's probably too high right at the start ish. Try and force some backstory quest stuff for the new npcs by sleeping and doing their quests ( might get neeras area first too ). I haven't done any of those yet myself though lol. Hexxat stuff too, or kill spider mutant chick in graveyard catacombs.
You can do all the chapt2 quests in chapt3 except saving Viconia in the Goverment district.
1) Get my group together
3) First level of Watcher's Keep (Good free loot)
4) Nalia's Quest (Fairly easy stuff to kill)
5) I have usually saved up enough for the Shield of Balduran and go hunting free xp with the Cult of the Unseeing Eye.
1.5. if you have unfinished business do the lamp quest
2. go into the copper cornent and stop some slavers
3. do nalia's quest
4. do the shadow thieves quest which leads to edwin
5. help xzar
6. you decide the rest
1. Go to the Circus in Waukeens.
2. Go to slums talk to Gaelen then go to copper coronet and do the Slave Quest that starts with Lethinen. Everyone gets quest XP at the end.
3. Go into the secret room in the Copper Coronet that leads to the sewers. Do the easy riddle down there and get Lilacore a +3 twohander
4. Go to the Bridge District and solve the murder case there. Its easy and the fight isnt all that hard. Bring a thief to detect traps! Everyone gets quest XP at the end.
5. Go to the Docks and talk to the leader of the thieves guild. You can do a relatively easy quest line within the docks area for lots of XP at the end.
6. Go to the Graveyard. There are 3 quests here to do (Little ghost boy, Guy thats buried alive, and the orphan girl) all of them easy and are little to no fighting. Clear out the tombs for some cash and magic items to sell.
By this time you should have enough gold to buy everyone at least +2 weapons which you will need to hit vampires.
All quests after this have the same relative difficulty and can be managed. I would recommend doing your class stronghold though ASAP. Its lots of EXP plus Gold.
-Graverobbing go get edwin from the beginner shadow thief quests and Korgan from copper coronet
-Mr holy pure go get Anomen from coronet and Keldorn from temple district for cult of eyeless.
-Be a douchette grab nalia and go take over D'arnise.
-Grab valygar and get yourself a tardis.
-Get yourself a wingless cheerleader by doing the circus and aquire airie
-go to another dimension with Haer'dalis (needs temple district so expect a pull from Keldorn's and anomen)
-go help a midget fight a dragon in Umar hills
-go save a tree hugger despite having a higher int than minsc being stupider save trademeet and play politics.
-bet on the dog fights at the copper coronet
-save viconia from being burned at the stake and get laid.
-go help Jan sell some more turnips
-Get xzar killed (I actually liked xzar and Monty in bg1, whatever happened to xan? He always had that awesome sword and was a freaking mage!)
-go nuke an ancient red dragon by the name of firkraag
-get a half-sentient 2hd sword that props irony if you give it to minsc
The list goes on...(and yeah I'm actually working through all of it hahahahaha, my charname should be Chao neutral not neutral evil)
And don't forget to kill the new bouncer guy guarding the red wizard compound for that sweet ass helmet.
I personally recommend the Copper Coronet.
pickpocket ribald
mencar pebblecrusher
graveyard crypt king
steal daystar then kill lich
slums quest grabs + slavers
get belm +2 from gates district map addition
harpers quest usually pops up by now
kill kangaxx with daystar and scroll
spend gold on shadow thieves allegiance for ring + neck
buy robe of vecna
bridge murders
sewers melkarth and then planar jail for boots of speed
pretty much whatever I want, can do that in like 2 hours flat
Always start with the circus and then of to the copper coronet. Then the time table is depending on who is in my group. Need to finish their quests before they leave meaning other quests will have to wait. Normally d'arnice quests is the last before chapter 3 out of pure spite against Nalia.
I also try to rush as much of Jaheira's quest line as possible, as it takes forever, and I certainly want to go as far as gaining a special ring for my mages...
If I am playing with ranged weapons, I will also make a point of clearing the top of Watchers' Keep early, for the infinite ammo items while their +1 bonus is still relevant.
Leaving the major subtests like Firkraag and the shadow dragon till later often means more xp, as the encounters in those dungeons scale quite nicely...
Running a fig to mage human that has 4 pips in daggers/lbow and he absolutely destroys anything. Pulling 29hits with daggers/in hittable with stoneskin, or destroying a pack of goblins/mages before the group can get to them with ripper and +2 arrows,and casting breach/magic missiles or any other cc too is helpful.
Take the best loot, sell the rest, and you'll have 15 grand.
Go to spellhold.