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My cavalier (good not fallen) also got 25% physical resistances from the last pocket plane challenge ?!

What is the good path bonus ?

He is even better than Barbarian when using Armor of Faith (+25%) !

And he can also get 100% magical resistance with Purifier +5 !

Maybe I'll just stand there for a while and smile at those attacks. :D

One question - elemental damage is not stopped by magic resistance, right ?
I mean - from a weapon hit with elemental damage ?

Quoting Jim, so....

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... Excellent point both of you. Here is my closing remark; The Ascension physical resistances are gained at challenge number 5, which is indeed towards the end of the game. Now, the remaining portion of the game *is* the finalie, but this consists of about 7 battles. Also note, that last time I played through the game, I left Watchers Keep until this point (since my Barbarian was dual wielding and had no need for the Ravager ;) ). I think it's safe to say that doing Watchers Keep and the Grand Finalie to is a pretty large overall portion of the game. Well worth having the extra 25% ;) .

You can do The Keep before the Final Battle? Really? Well, you learn something new everyday. Not that it matters, though... I set myself a rule of always doing The Keep in Chapter 8. But thanks anyway! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Still... my point still stands. When it comes to Physical Resistances issues (which are usually "How to equip my [ Barbarian \ Fighter/Thief ]?" threads), we should state that the last 25% are only obtainable moments before the Grand Finale... so that people won't build their hopes up, thinking they could waltz through hordes of Golems right in Chapter 2. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I see the "Emeralding project" is going well. You're quite active for the last few days. [img]smile.gif[/img] I'm going on a eight days trek tomorrow (wohoo! [img]smile.gif[/img] ), so you'll have some time to catch up. I'm expecting to see AT LEAST 1300 posts by then! :D [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by Leslie:
My cavalier (good not fallen) also got 25% physical resistances from the last pocket plane challenge ?!

Ditto. I also found that to be quite weird. [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]

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One question - elemental damage is not stopped by magic resistance, right ? I mean - from a weapon hit with elemental damage ?

No, it isn't.

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You can do The Keep before the Final Battle? Really? Well, you learn something new everyday. Not that it matters, though... I set myself a rule of always doing The Keep in Chapter 8. But thanks anyway! [img]smile.gif[/img]

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After Slaying the Ravager, and then exiting the pocket plane, one of the options is something like "I'm ready, it is time for the end". However, I'm pretty sure you can select other options such as "return me to whence I came", and then you can just tootle over to Watchers Keep at your leisure.

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Alson wrote:
Still... my point still stands. When it comes to Physical Resistances issues (which are usually "How to equip my [ Barbarian \ Fighter/Thief ]?" threads), we should state that the last 25% are only obtainable moments before the Grand Finale... so that people won't build their hopes up, thinking they could waltz through hordes of Golems right in Chapter 2. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Fair point, I think these bonus immunities should be clearly stated as to how, where and when you can get them. Although, resistances are resistances ;) .

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I see the "Emeralding project" is going well. You're quite active for the last few days. [img]smile.gif[/img] I'm going on a eight days trek tomorrow (wohoo! [img]smile.gif[/img] ), so you'll have some time to catch up. I'm expecting to see AT LEAST 1300 posts by then! :D [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Yeah, I should really be working at the moment, but I'm pretty much on top of everything. I can't always be this active, but like to spend the time I can afford to here [img]smile.gif[/img] . An 8 day trek?! Where to? Sounds tiring! Hmmm, 400 posts in 9 days = not really going to happen [img]tongue.gif[/img] unless I completely spam IW (which incidentally is something I've never done (and never will). These 900 posts are 90% BG2 postings. Might venture off to another forum sometime ;) ).

[ 04-09-2003, 07:06 AM: Message edited by: Jim ]

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...An 8 day trek?! Where to? Sounds tiring!

Israel, north to south. The weather is beautiful this time of year - nature calls. [img]smile.gif[/img]

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Hmmm, 400 posts in 9 days = not really going to happen [img]tongue.gif[/img] unless I completely spam IW (which incidentally is something I've never done (and never will). These 900 posts are 90% BG2 postings. Might venture off to another forum sometime ;) ).

I'm proud to say that 100% of my posts (99.9%, in case i'm missing a single post or so) are in one of the BG2 forums - SoA or ToB. [img]smile.gif[/img]