After being in the slums, should I continue to explore rest of Athkatla, or should I rush of to de'Arnise hold? Nalia said it might already be too late...

I kept her hanging about for weeks. In the death she cops the hump and goes by herself. I met up with her a day or two later...no prob's.

Heres the deal. Do the stronghold first, DUMP Nalia, and get someone more enticing while exploring Athkala. : )

I guess it depends on who you have in your party and if you want Nalia. I myself skipped her for Aerie. Either way, I covered all of Athkala before even going to the De'Arnise Hold and she was still there waiting. I don't think there is a time limit even though you are led to believe so.

Ey ladyzekke! hehe well, yeah, but if you are a fighter, get the stronghold first, then dump Nalia.

Right, yes, Bahamut, as I said, depends on your party. Unfortunaely, I'm a Paladin/Cavelier so couldn't take any strongholds. But even after covering all of Athkala first, when I eventually went to De'Arnise Hold and killed all the beasties, Nalia still, I think, would have given me the stronghold (from what her conversations were like) if I was a fighter. Basically, no time limit no matter what your goal is that's my point. Good luck to you BFaU.

What do you mean, you couldn't get a stronghold? I thought every class/kit could get a stronghold.

Never would've picked you fer a paladin, ladyzekke. Take a trip to Windspear Hills to start your stronghold quest. Just don't kill Firkraag.

Hmmm, and with a name like Ladyzekke, I woulda thought royalty. A Paladin for sure, but a Cavalier, hmmmmm

That's one confused looking spiritual hammer.

I wasn't sure what it was supposed to be doing at first when I saw it, but it's lining up to hit who you target. It was really cool when I went into the Dead Nation and got smacked up by it. I thought the way it was swerving that I could dodge it, but that's not how it works. It got even better when I could cast the thing.

So it works more like the true spell?

To be honest with you, I thought that Spiritual Hammer woulda put a hammer in my hand to fight someone with. Not that it would actually put one up in the air to put the smack down on someone. It doesn't do that much damage at lower levels, but when you get up pretty high, it does wonders. Jeez, that priest really put the smack down on me. I think he hit me for around 46 hp of damage (I saved too). That's the one bad thing (or good depending on how you look at it) about Torment, they didn't tell you what spells to expect. They gave you a couple of examples, but there were many spells in the game. My favorites were Abyssal Fury - 9th Level, Meteor Swarm (really cool cut scene showing magic going into space and pulling asteroids down on your enemy) - 8th Level, Ax of Torment - 3rd level, Elysium's Tears - 3rd level. They all just had really cool animations. I never did use Celestial Host, but I would bet that was really cool too. That was another 9th level spell that combined 4 other spells together.

Damn. How come the planesmen get all the nice spell effects? ; )

Replying a bit late because of everyone's different time zones. Armisael, when you are just joining the board, it is getting late here so I end up having to bow out. Hate that. In response to me being a PALADIN, give me a break, I'm no expert on the "perfect character." I end up thinking mage, fighter? I don't know, Paladin seemed at the time like an in between. I used a Paladin in BGI and got through it, so it's a safe zone in my mind I guess. I'm no diehard D&Der, so I still have much to learn. Can't remember why I picked the Cavelier, must have been some reason. Maybe because that is what I drive. I don't have a whole lot of patience with character creation. Sooo, what did you peg me at instead of Paladin Armisael? Curious. As for my name "Ladyzekke", my nickname in life is Zekke (sounds like zeek) so I just added the "Lady" part so people would know I was a female (some names on this board leave you wondering). That is it. It is not anything to do with me taking on some noblewoman persona. So, in summary, if my board name and my BGII character don't seem to jibe, welcome to my life. Why don't we have a poll on the history behind all our "Names" we use on this Board? Armisael, you may begin. hehe

By the way, why did you say to not kill Firkraag Armisael? Now that I'm out from the Underdark, I'm ready to go get him!

Maybe you can have a stronghold as a paladin after all? in Windspear hills???

Ah... simple questions first. Don't kill Firkraag, because he's part of the last paladin stronghold quest. Kill him after you get that.
Meant no insult at all with that comment, mind. Most paladins tend to adopt the 'self-styled champion of justice' persona, which generally makes me want to replay my last meal backwards. I would've said thief, assassin, illusionist or somesuch - s'pose you can't judge a book by its cover, though.
My name belongs to some Angel. Bit of a misnomer, really, but I've gotten used to it.

I like the idea of Illusionist. Don't know how well that would do in BGII as a main character though. Thiefs no good though, not in my personality. I may be small but have a "want some get some!" attitude. No sneaking around. Don't worry about the Ladyzekke thing, Tobbin was the one mentioning that one. You don't seem much like an "Angel" Armisael (too cool), but perhaps a fallen angel? Considered evil but really just misunderstood! By the way, what is your main character??

I've used the same nick for about ten years, I might've been a bit more naive back then. But don't feed my ego, you'll create a monster. ; )
I'm a dualled fighter mage. Favourite character hands down.

I like the 'is that all you've got' thing, so I'm fighter at heart... Barbaric fighter, that is... funny comment bout the spiritual hammer Armisael! It really does look confused and breaks itself for nada.. well... in the game its cooler... I even like their spellbooks and Clerical scrolls... and the tatoos! : )

Can your fighter/mage wear armor Armisael? What about weapons? I agree Bahamut, Planescape is excellent! It is in a category all its own!

Nope, no armour 'cept robes and elven chain (if he wants to cast), and yep, any weapon he likes. Armour becomes fairly redundant when you've got half a dozen stoneskin and mirror image spells crammed into your head, anyway.