That was the whole idea.

Jaheira turned from one coward that was dominated to a fresh one ready to dominate. :D

I mean for creative built in advantages for the class kits, and such. Perhaps the farmer can cast summon cow x3/day

The nobleman can create minor gems 2x/day (from his home) in order to hock them for gold.

Etc.

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As Zach drifted off to sleep, he pondered the day's events.

They had gone to the Druid Grove, and, much to Jaheira's dismay, had found things less then ideal. Nature had been corrupted. An old aquaintance, Faldorn, a Shadow Druid, had somehow managed to find her way out of the Sword Coast area and spread her special brand of mayhem here. Trademeet had been brutally savaged by the animals of the wood. The land was wilted, the earth seemingly dead under his feet. It was summer, yet, the leaves on the trees in the Grove were already somewhat orange and faded. What ever Faldorn had done, Jaheira put an end to. She had challenged Faldorn in some pit seeking to put an end to what ever curse she had placed over the land. As it turned out, Faldorn was abusing nature in a way Zach could not understand, but, it seemed to upset Jaheira to no end.

Zach drifted off to sleep, still quite excited over watching two women having a cat fight, naked, in a pit.

Zach awoke, trying to clear the sleepy fuzz from his brain. It was just before dawn. He heard a strange voice saying "Don't move."

He opened his eyes and saw bandits, for what else could they be, standing around the camp. Minsc had fallen asleep at his post again no doubt. As he scanned, he saw something that totally unnerved him.

Jaheira stood, locked in the arms of one of the bandits. There was a small crude iron blade held to her throat. She struggled, only slightly, her eyes crossed and looking down. The others began to wake up.

Zach rose to his feet, holding his hands out. A most pecular feeling taking over.

"Take me instead." He offered. "I am the leader, and, worth a good bit more."

The bandits whispered among themselves, laughing, making crude jokes about the woman they held and what she was worth to them.

The others were fully awake now, the tension of the moment jolting them fully to their senses.

Zach agreed to do anything they wanted, offering himself, offering to put down his own weapons.

And suddenly the world turned gray.

Zach stared down in horror as an arrow protruded from his chest. An unfamiliar unknown rage began boiling inside of him. The average person would have died on the spot, and, Zach was the average sort of fellow in every way, except one. He was a Bhaalspawn. All eyes locked on to him, some in amazement, others in fear, some in complete horror.

The rage boiled over.

With a savage inhuman roar that would probably have scared him senseless under most circumstances, Zach leaped forward. The bandits began to scatter and Jaheira shook her way free. His companions watched in amazement as Zach slew the first he could reach, then the second, and, finally, a third. By then they had overcome their own surprise and moved into the fray.

In seconds, it was over. His rage still boiling, he reached up and yanked the arrow out of his own chest. He stared at the bloody point for a moment, his eyes burning with the most unusual glow. His rage slowly subsided, the world took on colour again.

As he stared at the point of the arrow, then down at the bodies, and, then at the blood on his own hands, a look of horror dawned on his own face. He gave a long pleading look at Jahiera, seeking some sort of comfort.

Things were fully back to normal when Zach fainted in horror.

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Wonderfully written again, Butterfingers. Keep it coming! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

Hah! Lol. Very good writings Butterfingers. I hope wasn't laughing too loud.. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

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<font color="cyan">Good to see people still play for RP rather than just beating the game....</font>

Beautiful. Ah, love does the strangest things to people... sounds like Zach about tripled his number of kills there! Poor boy...

You said a while back you were trying to figure out where to put proficiency points. I was surprised that Zach hadn't yet glommed onto the fact that many of the warriors he's seen strap these big wood and metal boards on their arms in battle that, when an especially vicious attack is imminent, they use to... cower behind! Well, of course Keldorn and Jaheria would no doubt patiently explain the strategic benefits of being able to block incoming attacks to more efficiently deliver your own, but Zach would ignore everything except the cower factor. He would naturally demand the biggest such "shield" he could carry, and spend pretty much all of his adventuring expertise in maximizing his ability to cower behind his newfound best battle buddy, learning to use it to hide from those annoying missles people keep shooting at him while he's fleeing (read: ** in Sword and Shield style). With his low strength he may not be able to use the big tower shields, but he should at least be able to equip a small shield, and there's some very nice enchanted ones that he'd love for their superior cowering potential.

Next, our little pigsticker might notice that he spends lots of time running away. He's already discovered the boots of haste, which maximize his ability to do so as quickly as possible. He might realize that if he wants to do anything with his pigsticker while running away, it might be a good idea to... just throw it! Pigstick without even getting close to those scary baddies! I'm sure Zach's buddies would be more than happy to round up some throwing daggers of various types for him. (He probably won't go through them very fast, so ammo isn't a huge consideration, but with his 10 strength watch the weight. Too bad he hates poison; those are pretty decent.) His ultimate returning thrown-pigsticker item won't be available until the Underdark (you have no arcane spellcaster to start the Limited Wish quest which could make one available earlier). Also, you may need to make sure you have the latest Baldurdash patches to ensure that you can equip a throwing weapon with a shield.

Lastly, as to the gauntlet question, I think it's no contest: once Zach tries on the Gauntlets of Dexterity, he will be absolutely overjoyed at his superior ability to cower away from melee and missle attacks of all sorts. As a side benefit, he will find his accuracy as a ranged pigsticker noticeably improved. Leave the Gauntlets of Ogre Power to one of the tanks, who will take advantage of its THACO and damage bonuses more often.

Keep it up!

Playing a more realistic character sounds like fun!

there actually is the boomerang dagger. does nice damage and can be thrown.
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2D4 damage on a throwing dagger is insane. a nice +2 weapon too.

Well, I have him using quarterstaves and daggers, so, since he switches between the two, using a shield is kinda out of the question. He has Grandmastery in daggers, a point or two in staves, and I think one star in both single handed style and two handed weapon style. Crap, I honestly can't remember if I put a star in short swords yet, but, he does keep the short sword that casts Mirror Image handy for tight spots.

Yes, I do plan to get Firetooth.

He can only carry like 80 pounds or so, so I try to keep his load as light as possible.

Keldorn ended up with the Guantlets of Dexterity, Jaheira with the Gauntlets of Ogre Power. I have tried having Anomen dual wielding in this game, so, no shields for him either. His AC totally bites at the moment. He might get the GoD but then Keldorn would suffer. Oh well, Armor of Faith eases the blows a bit, for now. Anomen at least has the Red Dragon Scale armor. Jaheira is the main tank. She has her clubs and the Shield of Harmony, IIRC, her AC at the moment is -10 or 11.

As for a mage, not really needed, not just yet. Keldorn has the Holy Avenger, and, most mages are TOAST once I sic Keldorn on them.

Minsc has been taken out of front like contact and is now a dedicated archer, with some of his points going into halbreds and short bows. He is using long bows for now (Elven Court Bow... The one from the Keep) but we are already running into a problem with Minsc shouting "I need a bigger sword!"