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Witchdoctor · 07-15-2005, 04:56 PM

I just started the OC over again after having played through NWN, SOU and HOTU with a monk. I also chose a magic user to get those quests. I choose a wizard for the extra skill points high intelligence would give and the bonus feats. I find myself using a lot of high damage offensive spells though, which is probably more consistant with sorceror style of play, but then I am still learning how to play a magic user. I usually play as a fighter or paladin (in the BG series), so magic wielding is different from my usual style. I have put some skill points in disarm traps and am finding it very useful, since I am skipping henchmen for the most part, to get the extra XP. I only have about 5 skill points in disarm traps, but examining a trap before attempting to disarm it adds and extra 20 skill points for that particular trap, so I have been able to disarm nearly every trap I detect. I pretty much used Tomi exclusively my first time through, mainly so he could disarm traps and unlock chests etc for me, though the monk could bash open chests and doors withoug too much trouble. Now with knock, I can unlock nearly all the chests and doors I need to.

I am still doing the henchmen quests, but after recruiting a henchman, I immediately return to the temple and then leave them there. Every so often when I return to Aribeth in the temple, I have them join again, talk to them one by one to get a little more of each henchman quest story, then cut them loose again. That way I just return when I find their quest item, join up, get the reward, and then let them loose again. I don't have to share any XP that way. It does mean that I have to sneak around and rest a lot more.

Another thing I have discovered is that scrolls and wands are great for having extra spells, but as your magic user gets up in levels, the spells you actually memorise yourself and use will be a lot more powerful than those from a scroll or wand. Already, for example, my wizard has three magic missle projectiles vs the two I get if I use a wand of magic missles I liberated somewhere.

07-15-2005, 04:56 PM	#5
Witchdoctor Dungeon Master Join Date: September 5, 2001 Location: Columbia, Missouri Age: 64 Posts: 93	I just started the OC over again after having played through NWN, SOU and HOTU with a monk. I also chose a magic user to get those quests. I choose a wizard for the extra skill points high intelligence would give and the bonus feats. I find myself using a lot of high damage offensive spells though, which is probably more consistant with sorceror style of play, but then I am still learning how to play a magic user. I usually play as a fighter or paladin (in the BG series), so magic wielding is different from my usual style. I have put some skill points in disarm traps and am finding it very useful, since I am skipping henchmen for the most part, to get the extra XP. I only have about 5 skill points in disarm traps, but examining a trap before attempting to disarm it adds and extra 20 skill points for that particular trap, so I have been able to disarm nearly every trap I detect. I pretty much used Tomi exclusively my first time through, mainly so he could disarm traps and unlock chests etc for me, though the monk could bash open chests and doors withoug too much trouble. Now with knock, I can unlock nearly all the chests and doors I need to. I am still doing the henchmen quests, but after recruiting a henchman, I immediately return to the temple and then leave them there. Every so often when I return to Aribeth in the temple, I have them join again, talk to them one by one to get a little more of each henchman quest story, then cut them loose again. That way I just return when I find their quest item, join up, get the reward, and then let them loose again. I don't have to share any XP that way. It does mean that I have to sneak around and rest a lot more. Another thing I have discovered is that scrolls and wands are great for having extra spells, but as your magic user gets up in levels, the spells you actually memorise yourself and use will be a lot more powerful than those from a scroll or wand. Already, for example, my wizard has three magic missle projectiles vs the two I get if I use a wand of magic missles I liberated somewhere.