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Armen · 05-27-2003, 06:44 AM

End game spoilers

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Crystal (solo F/M/T and long since as good as he’s going to get) finally returned to Candlekeep and came into his own. Considerably enlightened and immeasurably strengthened

by all he learned there, he set his sights on Baldur’s Gate.

A brief diversion to Beregost to take stock and to stock up and I’m back. Fortunately its dark when I arrive and I sneak around avoiding the constabulary. I am finally the commando strike force I always hoped as I insinuate my way round (and sometimes through) the opposition gathering my evidence and, finally, my invitation. (I was really pleased that despite the length of time it took me to get here I’d managed to avoid any major spoilerage on the details of this section).

I should have known that something was wrong at the coronation when the assembled nobles didn’t seem to mind the small army of hobgoblins and kobolds mingling freely among the guests trying to eat cocktail sausages with halberds and popping balloons with poisoned arrows.I failed to protect the dukes a few times before I gave myself a break, had a flash of inspiration and nipped off to fetch myself some O_ Resilient Sphere scrolls. Success, and I’ve got it wired now but every time, whatever I do, Sarevok survives everyone and chases me round and round soaking up damage and never dying. Something is clearly wrong here so I offer up an uncharacteristic prayer to the great god Ironworks who spake “verily, sounds like a bug to me mate, install the patch”. Offering praise as I went I do so, reload, smite, and the big armoured guy winks out closely followed by me.

Here I am, stood at the top of the stairs, after all this time, never before have I had such clarity of purpose. I check my gear (in best Hollywood action hero style), take a deep breath, and descend). I see a sign: it says “please insert disk 4”. Strange I think, I’ve got 3 disks, I’ve got a diary, I’ve got a wand of monster summoning, I’ve even got a ring of free action in a barrel somewhere but I haven’t got a ‘Disk 4’. I can hardly believe that my god has failed me as, close to despair, I called to the mighty Bioware. I opened my eyes and there, written in letters of fire, were the words “if you have the 3 disk set do not install the patch – if you do so you will have to re-install”. What these strange words mean, I cannot say, but I enter a mysterious trance as images move before my closed eyes, questions are asked and answered, colours change, and always the shining sliver disks dance and spin as the world is re-made around me, and I am there – the way is clear.

Such divine intervention is not without its price however and I am tired (well it 2 o’clock in the morning by now goddammit

) so reluctantly I turn away from my nemesis and sleep. Soon though . . . soon . . .

05-27-2003, 06:44 AM	#1
Armen Symbol of Cyric Join Date: February 11, 2003 Location: UK Age: 55 Posts: 1,375	End game spoilers - - - - - - - - - - Crystal (solo F/M/T and long since as good as he’s going to get) finally returned to Candlekeep and came into his own. Considerably enlightened and immeasurably strengthened by all he learned there, he set his sights on Baldur’s Gate. A brief diversion to Beregost to take stock and to stock up and I’m back. Fortunately its dark when I arrive and I sneak around avoiding the constabulary. I am finally the commando strike force I always hoped as I insinuate my way round (and sometimes through) the opposition gathering my evidence and, finally, my invitation. (I was really pleased that despite the length of time it took me to get here I’d managed to avoid any major spoilerage on the details of this section). I should have known that something was wrong at the coronation when the assembled nobles didn’t seem to mind the small army of hobgoblins and kobolds mingling freely among the guests trying to eat cocktail sausages with halberds and popping balloons with poisoned arrows.I failed to protect the dukes a few times before I gave myself a break, had a flash of inspiration and nipped off to fetch myself some O_ Resilient Sphere scrolls. Success, and I’ve got it wired now but every time, whatever I do, Sarevok survives everyone and chases me round and round soaking up damage and never dying. Something is clearly wrong here so I offer up an uncharacteristic prayer to the great god Ironworks who spake “verily, sounds like a bug to me mate, install the patch”. Offering praise as I went I do so, reload, smite, and the big armoured guy winks out closely followed by me. Here I am, stood at the top of the stairs, after all this time, never before have I had such clarity of purpose. I check my gear (in best Hollywood action hero style), take a deep breath, and descend). I see a sign: it says “please insert disk 4”. Strange I think, I’ve got 3 disks, I’ve got a diary, I’ve got a wand of monster summoning, I’ve even got a ring of free action in a barrel somewhere but I haven’t got a ‘Disk 4’. I can hardly believe that my god has failed me as, close to despair, I called to the mighty Bioware. I opened my eyes and there, written in letters of fire, were the words “if you have the 3 disk set do not install the patch – if you do so you will have to re-install”. What these strange words mean, I cannot say, but I enter a mysterious trance as images move before my closed eyes, questions are asked and answered, colours change, and always the shining sliver disks dance and spin as the world is re-made around me, and I am there – the way is clear. Such divine intervention is not without its price however and I am tired (well it 2 o’clock in the morning by now goddammit ) so reluctantly I turn away from my nemesis and sleep. Soon though . . . soon . . .