skills walkthrough?
 

Does anyone know of a comprehensive walkthrough online that explains what conversation paths players can get by using different skills? (The conversation with the Odea and Illium being a good example.)

Re: skills walkthrough?
 

That particular example is very aggravating due to the many, many "Bad End"s linked to it (although your definition of "Bad End" may vary due to party composition, moral values and intended roleplay). In order to keep both of them alive, you need to walk past Odea (DO NOT ask her to bring you to Illium), then use Intimidate on Illium to lower the barrier.

As for a comprehensive walkthrough, I regret to say that while there are many walkthroughs, none of them has the complete set of possibilities. This is not surprising as you can actually open up new dialogue paths depending on your Race, Class, Gender, Alignment, and even your damned Kit.

Half-breeds for example, can have a more meaningful conversation with Sherincal when you finally meet up with her.

Paladins on the other hand... tend to be blunt, screw the niceties, and get straight to the choppy. Indeed... pity the fool who decides to pump Diplomacy/Bluff for a Paladin.

Bluff is also quite widely used, and indeed, you can avoid a lot of tough battles in the final chapters just by bluffing your way through.

I do intend to write up a FAQ for IWD2 in the future, although I fear contributions will be scarce given the age of this game. The modding support for this game is also virtually non-existent, given how I got exactly zero replies to my queries in various modding forums...

Cheers.

Re: skills walkthrough?
 

Yeah, it's hard to keep them both alive. I spotted six different results through Infinity Explorer, and most of them ended with both of them dead.

I'd contribute. Then again, I'm just as fossilized as you are!
;)

IWD2 is one of the few games that will run on my computer at the moment, so I found a HoF party in Dragon's Eye (and I *hate* Dragon's Eye) and started playing that.