Hi,
I already finished BG2 twice (once with ToB, once without)... both times with rather good (allignementwise) parties. So now I want to play it again this time to try out an evil alligned one (I wonder if I will be successful... I always RPG'ed with good allignment... the only time I played a good/evil mix in IWD2 to try some quests the evil way, some things I simply couldn’t bring myself to do evilly
). I also want to try the new classes sorcerer and monk (I played both in IWD2 3ed rules, never in 2nd edition).
Oh, and I’m using Baldurdash and all patches but without any mods whatsoever.
Anyways my planned party:
Main character: Sorcerer, male, neutral or chaotic evil.
Monk, human, female, lawful neutral
Korgan
Viconia
Jan
Edwin
So my questions:
1) What ability scores for the monk and sorcerer... Besides the obvious STR DEX CON, for the sorcerer does INT affect it anyway like it does for wizards? Does charisma affect it anyway like it does in third edition? For the monk does wisdom affect it anyway like it does in third edition.
2) I want to romance Viconia, and I want sorcerer to be an elf. I heard it’s not compatible. Is it true? Is half-elf okay then?
3) I haven’t played Edwin before so I can’t remember. Can he be dualclassed to anything?
And now spoilers ahead
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4) For the planar sphere, the evil way would be to accept the government wizard’s quest and kill valygar. If I do it this way will I be able to normally have the sphere as my stronghold?
5) About romancing Viconia, I heard she can turn neutral in ToB. Is it possible to have a successful romance without her turning neutral (I want her to stay evil)? And I need general advice on romancing Viconia the evil way. What to do and what not to do.
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6) The two times I played I sided with the shadow thieves. This time I want to side with Bodhi. Now I understand if I do so the thieves will turn hostile. What about the thieves’ quests then? And I don’t mean Aran Linvail’s (which obviously cant be done if you sided with Bodhi) quests but R Bloodscalp’s one about exposing that other guild. Should I do those before siding with Bodhi? This is important because through that quest I get Edwin. Does it mean that if I side with Bodhi getting Edwin would be not possible?
That is all for now. Thanks for all the help. Any other general advice is appreciated.
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