Well, I completed Chap1 today, no major casualties, and may I add, first time using Archer kit, and it ROCKS! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

Robin Hood, Ranger_Archer: Lvl 8, 80Hp, THACO 6, AC 3

Str: 18/79
Dex: 18
Con: 14
Int: 12
Wis: 14
Cha: 18

Weapons: Composite Long Bow
Long Sword + 1
Quarterstaff

Armour : Studded Leather Armour

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John Little, Fighter: Lvl 8, 112Hp, THACO 8, AC 0

Str: 18/42
Dex: 18
Con: 18
Int: 12
Wis: 12
Cha: 10

Weapons: Quarterstaff + 1
Composite Long Bow

Armour : Chain Mail Armour
Ring of Protection + 1
Girdle of Bluntness

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Will Scarlett, Fighter-->Thief: Lvl 7/7, 98Hp, THACO 15, AC 3

Str: 18/98
Dex: 18
Con: 18
Int: 10
Wis: 10
Cha: 10

Weapons: Short Sword
Dagger + 1

Armour : Leather Armour
Buckler

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Friar Tuck, Fighter-->Cleric: Lvl 7/7, 98Hp, THACO 14, AC 4

Str: 18/76
Dex: 10
Con: 18
Int: 12
Wis: 18
Cha: 10

Weapons: Club
Sling

Armour : Chain Mail Armour
Medium Shield

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Maid Marion, Mage: Lvl 9, 54Hp, THACO 16, AC 4

Str: 10
Dex: 18
Con: 18
Int: 18
Wis: 10
Cha: 10

Weapons: Sling
Quarterstaff

Armour : Bracers of Defense AC 8
Metaspell Influence Amulet

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Onward! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

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The Archer kit rocks?
You don't say! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

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The last arrow of Legolas kindled in the air as it flew,
and plunged burning into the heart of a great wolf-chieftain.
All the others fled. -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Ive always said Archers were great, but no one listens to me. <grin>

Not criticisms, observations http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

Little John was a huge man and extremely strong, I can't help but feel that his and Scarlets stat's should be swapped, but it's a minor point.

The other thing to consider is the points awarded to charisma for Robin. A Wisdom or Intelligence of 15+ will help safeguard your man from mental attacks such as domination etc. Charisma is only really needed when shopping http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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It's bleedin dark down here, slippery too.
http://www.planettribes.com/hosed/sm.../cwm/piss2.gif Man, that's a pisser. http://www.contrabandent.com/pez/cwm/cwm/piss.gif

Yes
elven archer rulez

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mostly harmless

And some one recently pointed this out:
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Right near the start is that ring that sets your charisma very high. So you
need not waste stat points on charisma. Although this is kind of a powergamer strategy.
http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...les/DRUIDD.gif

I nearly mentioned that too Djinn, there are other methods as well. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

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It's bleedin dark down here, slippery too.
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Very cool Party theme milord!

Cheers!

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Blast, I forgot to say- WHERE'S Alan a Dale?? Who's going to sing your tales??
(He's a Bard of course! Possibly a Skald?)

Also, some lesser characters, like Much the Miller's Son ( a poacher, hmm... Ranger?) and the Evil Prioress (assassin, of course) would round it out.

I went for natural resistance because I figured Robin Hood would be a charming person. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

With regards to Will Scarlett obscence Str, well... ... it took me a loonnngggg time to roll to get that amount of skill points so I didn't feel like continuing.

As for why others were not included, there were only 5 slots, Aerie is the 6th. Nobody touches Aerie. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...les/tongue.gif To heck with the other NPCs' sub-quests. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

I must say though... ... the Dream Sequences are seriously screwing up my mental role-playing. Hard to think like Robin Hood when Jonny boy keeps showing you weird images. I try to just shrug it off as weird dreams. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...les/tongue.gif

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Make sure you give money to all the beggers around the city in true
robin hood spirt!!!

Well maybe you shouldnt give ALL your gold away. After all, you do have to keep Friar Tuck happily intoxicated http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

Nice sounding party though.... except that Clerics arent supposed to have a strength over 18.... otherthan that right on man!!!!

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THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's a Zipfile containing 'some' Screenshots of Robin Hood and his Merry Men/Women.

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[This message has been edited by Dundee Slaytern (edited 06-21-2001).]

Update. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

Here's another zipfile containing screenshots of Robin Hood's progress. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

By the way, here's the party list just before the fight with the Shadow Dragon.
You can see the fight in the screenshots, but to summarise, 3 skeletons, 1 berserker warrior, 1 Wyern, 1 Hobgoblin and 1 Gnoll Elite died.

4 potions of greater healing were drank, all by Will Scarlett and 1 potion of haste by John Little.

First attempt ended in success, much to my surprise and delight. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

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[This message has been edited by Dundee Slaytern (edited 06-21-2001).]

Hi there, can't help thinking Marion would have MUCH higer Charisma. I agree re swapping John Little and Will Scarlets stats. Will should maybe be 17 str?.
Don't forget Alan A'Dale.
A great idea alround though, a themed party. What other themes could we use?.

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Well, I have invested too much effort in the party, so I dread starting all over again.

As for Maid Marion's Cha, well, I could give her the Ring of Human Influence and bump it up to 18. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

P.S. Has anybody ever tried a couple party? http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif That is, if you're male for example, you go solo and only choose 1 female NPC( Jaheira, Aerie or Vicona) to be your companion all the way. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

Heh heh, the husband and wife tag team. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...les/tongue.gif

Or maybe Camelot themed? King Arthur, etc... but this would probably be all knights, paladins, and fighters. Or Norse warrior theme? Beowulf... etc?

A bit blasphemic, but anyway.......how 'bout a Lord of the Rings Party? Merge the four hobbits into one and you would have:

Aragorn - Ranger/cleric
Boromir - Fighter (or maybe fallen Paladin...)
Legolas - Archer
Gimli - Fighter
Frodo - Thief
Gandalf - Invoker

A bit low on magics, but still....

Question,

Is Shadow Dragon Armour considered leather armour? Coz if it's not, then I won't wear it for my Robin Hood party.

Frodo being a fighter/theif, Bilbo was the rogue.

Yes, it is, because it can be worn by thieves without restrictions. What's more, it is NOT considered magical armour so you can wear a cloak or ring of Protection with it http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif



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Official Entertainer Elf of the BG2 Bar
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Your voice is ambrosia

Yup its leather armour. Its the "skin" from the Dragons back if you like.

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It's bleedin dark down here, slippery too.
http://www.contrabandent.com/pez/cwm/cwm/piss2.gif Man, that's a pisser. http://www.contrabandent.com/pez/cwm/cwm/piss.gif

I see. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif That's nice, well, FYI, since that is the case, Will Scarlett now dresses in Black. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...s/coollook.gif

There are better leather armours than this in the game imho Dundee. None of them scarlet unfortunately.http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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It's bleedin dark down here, slippery too.
http://www.contrabandent.com/pez/cwm/cwm/piss2.gif Man, that's a pisser. http://www.contrabandent.com/pez/cwm/cwm/piss.gif

Update. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

Sorry for the delay, http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...les/tongue.gif but school has restricted my gaming time. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...les/tongue.gif

Robin and his Merry men are now on average, lvl 12. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

Defeated Firkragg already, http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif heehee, Will almost died.

Here's the next zipfile of screenshots, contains two folders, one for daily happenings and the other with Firkragg's fight. The files have explanatory titles.

Oh by the way, is Red Dragon Armour considered leather armour or metal armour?

Get your Zipfiles here. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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[This message has been edited by Dundee Slaytern (edited 07-24-2001).]

ARCHERS SUCK, WHAT IF U HAVE A -31 AC AGAINST MISSILE WEAPONS LIKE ME?

OR EVEN BETTER, JUST GET A SHIELF OF REFLECTION. I DISLKINE ARCHERS THEY AREN'T VERSATILE ENOUGH.

Don't worry, most of the archers have a good magical longsword close by hand. And no AC vs. missiles is gonna help you against that.

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You cannot escape the inevitable.

aslo when is his archer ever gonna fight you.... Whats it matter what you have? Its what creatures and monsters have. I've yet to see something with the shield of reflection...

Just another thought on the "what other parties could you use?" idea.

Anyone ever read the Avatar trilogy from a couple of years ago. It gives quite a balanced party:

Kelemvor : Fighter
Adon : Fighter / Cleric
Cyric : Figther / Theif
Midnight : Mage (single or specialist)


[This message has been edited by Arex (edited 07-24-2001).]

And Kelemvor morphing into Slayer would be somehow ... fitting.

Your party is nice, Dundee, but the HPs seem awfully high for a starting party. I heard that was a side effect of creating all your characters. Doesn't that affect game balance?

Besides, you must bag a craploud of equipment just to get that missile ac, Makes you miss out on other cool equipment and kinda susceptible to other kinds of attacks don't it? I can can think of better ways to equip a character.

*cough cough*

I am role-playing here, not power-gaming. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif First time though, do you really think I would use only leather armour if I was not role-playing? http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Try it sometime, it can be challenging.

Hell, my main fighter, John Little, is a Grandmaster in Quarterstaffs, http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...les/tongue.gif dishes out about 20-25 damage though. Heh heh.

Will Scarlett, my second tank, is a Grandmaster in Daggers, http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif got to love poking Dragons to death.

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