[Cerek the Barbaric]

Great Topic, Keraptisdm.

I definitely enjoy the RolePlaying aspect of Baldur's Gate. I bought my first PC from my college roommate. It came with Duke Nuke'em, Doom, and Doom II pre-loaded. I played those games a lot....until I got Baldur's Gate. I haven't even looked at them since.

I DO play my BG character the same way I would play a Pnp character. In fact, "Cerek" was my most successful Pnp character. He was a barbarian that I finally quit playing when he reached 28th level.

In my first run through BG, I re-created him as a fighter (no barbarian option, grrr). To give you an idea of my roleplaying aspect, I ended up killing Minsc the first time I met him. I had taken a long time to get down to Nashkell and Jaheira kept griping at me. So, we finally get to town and head for the mines, only to have some guy ask if I could run off and help rescue his "witch". Cerek (being a barbarian) doesn't like mages to begin with, plus I was pressed for time...so I told him I didn't have time for it. He went beserk and attacked - NEVER a good idea when Cerek is involved. The party jumped on him and killed him.

When I imported Cerek to BG2, I was delighted to see the Wizard Slayer kit - that fit Cerek's personality MUCH better than a straight barbarian. The class is also dang powerful, especially when you hit the mid-teen levels and start getting some good Magic Resistance (2%/level) [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] .

Just as a sidebar note - I DID pick up Dynaheir later in the game and had NO PROBLEMS, even though Minsc was nowhere to be seen.

On my second trip through BG, I've created an elven ranger (my overall favorite class). So, yes, I definitely enjoy the roleplaying more than the hacking and slashing.