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Tobbin · 01-05-2001, 03:10 AM

Hey GW, although I do cheat on some things from time to time, I did not cheat creating the ranger/thief. I was really shooting to create a ranger/magic-user, but that was not an available option. I used the dual class option built into the game and I could only change into either a cleric or a thief. Well, I saved the game and tried both options. I will have to say that playing a Ranger/Cleric was much easier to do than to play a Ranger/Thief. I was extremely limited to my options as a thief. The backstab and the Rangers stealth options more than compensated for it though. I was able to just put points into opening locks and finding/removing traps until I got a high enough level to gain back my ranger's stealth option. Because the other stats went up so fast, I was able to max out pick pocketing too. As for role playing, I did try to keep up with my Ranger ethos by not pick pocketing during the game though. I don't know why you couldn't dual class to the thief, except to think that your stats weren't high enough to get it. Hmmmm. Well, anyways, if I was to cheat to create a Ranger class, it would have been for the Ranger/Magic-User. Ever since the Ranger first came out in PnP D&D, they allowed the Ranger to have Magic-User spells. When 2nd edition came out and they made him/her have Druidical spells, I kinda lost interest. I mean, if I'm gonna have druidical spells, why not just make my character a Paladin? They get more benefits. Can go anywhere and be offered a place to stay and eat for nothing except their faith. They usually start off with better equipment too. I guess that's why they go up so slow in levels. Course, the Ranger goes up fairly slow too. Even more reason to try and play him solo. Just because you can't choose an option in a game (that someone else says they can do) doesn't mean they are cheating, it just means that your environment is different. I have the 1st version of BGII (collector's edition) with bonus CD's installed (no patches). Perhaps something in this combination makes it where I could class change him like that. I don't know. I did roll for like 3 hours straight until I got pretty decent scores though. I did have a Ranger/thief from BGI, but during the interim of waiting for BGII to come out, I had a hard drive crash and had to re-install everything. Needless to say, I lost everything as well.

01-05-2001, 03:10 AM	#33
Tobbin Red Dragon Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Holiday, FL Age: 57 Posts: 1,507	Hey GW, although I do cheat on some things from time to time, I did not cheat creating the ranger/thief. I was really shooting to create a ranger/magic-user, but that was not an available option. I used the dual class option built into the game and I could only change into either a cleric or a thief. Well, I saved the game and tried both options. I will have to say that playing a Ranger/Cleric was much easier to do than to play a Ranger/Thief. I was extremely limited to my options as a thief. The backstab and the Rangers stealth options more than compensated for it though. I was able to just put points into opening locks and finding/removing traps until I got a high enough level to gain back my ranger's stealth option. Because the other stats went up so fast, I was able to max out pick pocketing too. As for role playing, I did try to keep up with my Ranger ethos by not pick pocketing during the game though. I don't know why you couldn't dual class to the thief, except to think that your stats weren't high enough to get it. Hmmmm. Well, anyways, if I was to cheat to create a Ranger class, it would have been for the Ranger/Magic-User. Ever since the Ranger first came out in PnP D&D, they allowed the Ranger to have Magic-User spells. When 2nd edition came out and they made him/her have Druidical spells, I kinda lost interest. I mean, if I'm gonna have druidical spells, why not just make my character a Paladin? They get more benefits. Can go anywhere and be offered a place to stay and eat for nothing except their faith. They usually start off with better equipment too. I guess that's why they go up so slow in levels. Course, the Ranger goes up fairly slow too. Even more reason to try and play him solo. Just because you can't choose an option in a game (that someone else says they can do) doesn't mean they are cheating, it just means that your environment is different. I have the 1st version of BGII (collector's edition) with bonus CD's installed (no patches). Perhaps something in this combination makes it where I could class change him like that. I don't know. I did roll for like 3 hours straight until I got pretty decent scores though. I did have a Ranger/thief from BGI, but during the interim of waiting for BGII to come out, I had a hard drive crash and had to re-install everything. Needless to say, I lost everything as well.