I am currently nearing the end of chapter 2 with a halfling rogue who is at Level 16.

How can I put this - most of the battles are a tad... easy. Don't get me wrong, it's a great game! I guess I should turn up the difficulty, I'm playing with it set at normal. My little rogue (who has a DEX of 31 now thanks to the many great items I found - I had to ditch the leather armour and kit him out with a robe to get full advantage of the huge DEX bonus) and his buddy Grimgnaw can wade through anything. The only problems I run into is that sometimes NPCs who are supposed to surrender and give you information don't get a chance - they are taken down with one great big whack.

Just wondering what level it's possible to get to by the end of the game.

level 20 so you're nearly there.

The second expansion pack slated for later this year might increase that. The first expansion called "Shadows on Undrentide" should give us more features but so far it does not seem it will increase the level cap.

sounds like you started the first chapter with more than level 1
i wasnt level 16 till the end of chapter 3, and i didnt even make it to 20 by the end of chapter 4 (only 18)
i suggest you download The Vault, equip a new character as you see fit, level it to a more appropriate level, and restart chapter 2 - dont forget plot items you may need from ch1.

Mmmmm, no, I started the game normally at level 1.

And I'm not going through chapter 2 again, it's taken me days! If I'm going to max out soon the game balance will be restored anyway [img]smile.gif[/img]

mmm
do you use a henchman? i did, only thing i can think of to make you able to be that high in that chapter is if you dint use one.

Level 16 at the end of Chapter2?! How did you manage that...
I have a friend who completed EVERY SINGLE SUBQUEST and killed EVERY SINGLE MONSTER in chapters one and two, and still was only level 14 when he started chapter3 !!!

Level 20 is the max for this game. As far as what others are saying about you being too high a level...lol. You started normally and you are where you should be most likely. I have a fighter who I am running through NWN and she just reached 10th level and I have just started chapter 2. Well I have cleaned out the caves and found some missing folks. Anywho...you'll run into stuff soon that will kick your butt for you. Not to worry. You also need to remember that multi-classing reduces the xp you get if you have (EDIT(nore) more than one level difference between your classes.

Example is a 5th level Fighter/1st level Theif. You would have a 20% xp penalty until you were 5/4.

[ 02-17-2003, 07:20 AM: Message edited by: Wulfere ]

well, my fighter was lv 8 in chapter 1, lv 16 in chapter 2 and lv 20 in chapter 3. I wish the level cap would be a bit higher.

and yes, I have henchman with me.err...henchwoman actually. :D

guess i should have saved more often then, i died atleast a dozen times each chapter and simply respawned instead of loading since i didnt want to lose any work i had done in the chapter; didnt think it added up to that much exp lost.