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Relic · 01-31-2005, 12:31 PM

Thanks so much to all of you for your great responses. I will certainly take everyone's advice to heart. I kind of feared that my party was too low in level. I have previously (a few years back) played through BG2, regular IWD1, most of IWD2, and about half of BG1, and I must say that the Barrow Dens part in IWD:HOW is just about the hardest sitation I've face in any of these games. Part of me wondered if that was due to my party's level range, but I figured IWD automatically adjusted the monster types based on what your current experience level was (like they did in the Baldur's Gate games)... I guess not! [img]smile.gif[/img]

If I drop my rogue now and restart, what is the best way to level him up quickly? Sleep in the Barrows for the extra-spawn monsters? To be honest, I've never purposely tried to seek out experience in any of these Infinity Engine games... I've always just gained all the experience I needed playing through the storyline. Also, would you recommend going human rogue, then dualing over to fighter once his traps/unlock/stealth skills are around 100, or should I go for a half-elf fighter/theif multiclass? Believe it or not, I have never created a genuine multi-class character in a 2E game (I used a few in BG2, for instance Jahiera and Aerie, but I never paid much attention to how they should be built). What I would like is a rogue that can take care of any traps/locks the party finds, as well as one that can be an effective archer and decent melee'r (I'm using the 3E sneak attack option so stealth is really only important for scouting).

I will definately memorize chaotic commands. I just thought of something... would improved invisibility keep the virgins (sorry, for some reason I called them 'widows') from being about to target a character to cast their spell? Also, this doesn't help me since I have no paladin, but would a paladin's anti-fear aura protect against emotion: hopelessness? (Do 2E paladins have an anti-fear aura, or am I mixing this game up with IWD2?)

From reading other posts about the barrow dens, it seems that the monsters there just constantly respawn. Maybe I should abandon my usual "clear the halls" style of playing and just work my way through killing as few as I can.

I'm not opposed to going back to the IWD storyline for a little (though I am in lower dorn's deep already), and I might consider checking out the ToL content (but I'm afriad it might be too tough at my level also).

Thanks again for your responses everyone!

-Relic

01-31-2005, 12:31 PM	#6
Relic Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: January 28, 2005 Location: Maryland, USA Age: 44 Posts: 6	Thanks so much to all of you for your great responses. I will certainly take everyone's advice to heart. I kind of feared that my party was too low in level. I have previously (a few years back) played through BG2, regular IWD1, most of IWD2, and about half of BG1, and I must say that the Barrow Dens part in IWD:HOW is just about the hardest sitation I've face in any of these games. Part of me wondered if that was due to my party's level range, but I figured IWD automatically adjusted the monster types based on what your current experience level was (like they did in the Baldur's Gate games)... I guess not! [img]smile.gif[/img] If I drop my rogue now and restart, what is the best way to level him up quickly? Sleep in the Barrows for the extra-spawn monsters? To be honest, I've never purposely tried to seek out experience in any of these Infinity Engine games... I've always just gained all the experience I needed playing through the storyline. Also, would you recommend going human rogue, then dualing over to fighter once his traps/unlock/stealth skills are around 100, or should I go for a half-elf fighter/theif multiclass? Believe it or not, I have never created a genuine multi-class character in a 2E game (I used a few in BG2, for instance Jahiera and Aerie, but I never paid much attention to how they should be built). What I would like is a rogue that can take care of any traps/locks the party finds, as well as one that can be an effective archer and decent melee'r (I'm using the 3E sneak attack option so stealth is really only important for scouting). I will definately memorize chaotic commands. I just thought of something... would improved invisibility keep the virgins (sorry, for some reason I called them 'widows') from being about to target a character to cast their spell? Also, this doesn't help me since I have no paladin, but would a paladin's anti-fear aura protect against emotion: hopelessness? (Do 2E paladins have an anti-fear aura, or am I mixing this game up with IWD2?) From reading other posts about the barrow dens, it seems that the monsters there just constantly respawn. Maybe I should abandon my usual "clear the halls" style of playing and just work my way through killing as few as I can. I'm not opposed to going back to the IWD storyline for a little (though I am in lower dorn's deep already), and I might consider checking out the ToL content (but I'm afriad it might be too tough at my level also). Thanks again for your responses everyone! -Relic