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sbb · 02-27-2002, 02:27 PM

So, my first game, first party, etc... I figured out how to do the basic stuff in the monestary, and eventually worked my way thru it...

I took some advice I read here, and left my party members all at level 3 for the trip to Arnika, and that worked perfectly. Every encounter my party had was no problem - I even took the south road to the chest guarded by bandits, and succeeded.

When i got to Arnika, I leveled my party up, which put them all at 5 or 6. Then I had a small surprise. The Arnika walkthru suggested picking the lock at the spaceport - which I did. Upon entering I encountered some humanoid thingies which slaughtered me. When I clicked on them, I discovered they were level 20 beasties. Ouch...
I restored from an earlier save and decided to avoid the spaceport for a (long) while....

Question 1: What's up with that? Was that a REALLY UNLUCKY random encounter? Or are the walkthrus a little less linear than I originally thought?

Question 2: I plan to stay in Arnika and train skills and level up until my party is ready to move on. At what level should that be (at a minimum)?

I'm having a blast with this...
-sbb

02-27-2002, 02:27 PM	#1
sbb Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: February 12, 2002 Location: Spokane, Wa Posts: 7	So, my first game, first party, etc... I figured out how to do the basic stuff in the monestary, and eventually worked my way thru it... I took some advice I read here, and left my party members all at level 3 for the trip to Arnika, and that worked perfectly. Every encounter my party had was no problem - I even took the south road to the chest guarded by bandits, and succeeded. When i got to Arnika, I leveled my party up, which put them all at 5 or 6. Then I had a small surprise. The Arnika walkthru suggested picking the lock at the spaceport - which I did. Upon entering I encountered some humanoid thingies which slaughtered me. When I clicked on them, I discovered they were level 20 beasties. Ouch... I restored from an earlier save and decided to avoid the spaceport for a (long) while.... Question 1: What's up with that? Was that a REALLY UNLUCKY random encounter? Or are the walkthrus a little less linear than I originally thought? Question 2: I plan to stay in Arnika and train skills and level up until my party is ready to move on. At what level should that be (at a minimum)? I'm having a blast with this... -sbb __________________ \"A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant.\"<br />-M.Eigen