Ok, so I did a quick search of the forums and I found these two threads:
http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...c;f=2;t=018378
http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...c;f=2;t=019680
I am now inspired to create a character in BG1 who shall remain a 1st level fighter (nobleman specialty) through the entire saga. He will be named Humperdink (from The Princess Bride) and will have the following stats:
Neutral Evil Human Fighter (greedy self-serving b@$^@&d)
STR 9
DEX 9
CON 9
INT 9
WIS 9
CHR 9 (I thought about making this 18, since he's supposedly a leader but decided against it)
- He will not level up despite accumulating experience points.
- He will be limited to wearing magical cloaks, robes, bracers, rings, belts, and boots. No armor.
- He will have proficiency in mace (think scepter), dagger, staff, and crossbow (for hunting) and will not obtain specialization or mastery in any weapon. He will avoid combat if at all possible.
- He will only engage in conversation with other nobles (interaction with commoners, merchants, barmaids, etc are below his station) unless directly approached or needed for plot purposes.
- He will only sleep at Inns that can provide the highest accomodations and will camp outside only under the most dire circumstances.
Realistically, this may be a very difficult thing to accomplish, since he will go through the game with very few HP. I may try to see if I can do BG1 with the "no leveling up of any character" policy as detailed above but if it gets too tedious I may decide to at least level up the NPCs. Humperdink, however, will remain a 1st level fighter.
When I get to SOA, should I shadowkeep him back to level 1 or go with whatever he starts at?