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Father Bronze · 02-22-2001, 09:28 AM

I finally finished the game solo. I started with a Necromancer and dualled to a 1st level Thief immediately after being freed by Imoen. From there I ventured forth alone, as a lowly 1st level thief in Irenicus's dungeon. I obviously missed some quests. In fact, I never went outside of the City.

I finally finished the game. Yes, I had maxed out exp (did this right after the Underdark) since I did not remove the cap.

In short, I pulled out every "legal" cheat in the game. I Cloudkilled unseen opponents (took out the NPC party in the Temple Sewers and the Silver Dragon). I stole from shopkeepers. I recharged my wands (I had never before gone through 80 charges on a Wand of Monster Summoning and 75 on a Wand of Cloudkill). I set traps .

I did not use Shadowkeeper at all. I rolled stats for about 20 minutes and got (18 str., 18 int., 18 con., 17 wis., 3 cha.). I primarily used the Blade of Roses and the Tungian Bow.

Some of the highlights are as follows:

I found the most commonly used strategy was to backstab, and run away far enough to hide in shadows and go back again. Traps and Cloudkill will destroy almost anything.

I killed the Unseeing Eye without doing the whole rift device quest (arrows of piercing with monsters blocking the way).

The most difficult fight was going into Bodhi's lair the second time. I needed to run far enough away to lay traps. Backstab didn't work on some of the Vampires. I found out, after about 15 minutes, that Bodhi regenerates. Eventually, I just turned Slayer and killed her.

I killed the Silver Dragon (cloudkill) and took her scroll rather than go through the Drow City. I did however kill the demon for the Gnomes (traps and lots of them).

I took out the Black Dragon by laying traps at the cave entrance and getting him to follow.

Saverok was tough. Lots of traps. Couldn't backstab him. Lots of magic -- scrolls and such. Summoned 25 monsters to slow him down. Eventually it was reloading with traps that did him in.

Most disappointing was Irenicus. I laid out a bunch of traps and he went poof. Worked both times.

Anyway, I've come to the conclusion that traps are too powerful. I didn't even take a swipe at Irenicus. He just appeared and screamed, "Nooooo . . ."

It was an adventure filled with reloads. I proved to myself that this could be done, but it wasn't the most fun I've had when playing the game.

02-22-2001, 09:28 AM	#1
Father Bronze Baaz Draconian Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 56 Posts: 719	I finally finished the game solo. I started with a Necromancer and dualled to a 1st level Thief immediately after being freed by Imoen. From there I ventured forth alone, as a lowly 1st level thief in Irenicus's dungeon. I obviously missed some quests. In fact, I never went outside of the City. I finally finished the game. Yes, I had maxed out exp (did this right after the Underdark) since I did not remove the cap. In short, I pulled out every "legal" cheat in the game. I Cloudkilled unseen opponents (took out the NPC party in the Temple Sewers and the Silver Dragon). I stole from shopkeepers. I recharged my wands (I had never before gone through 80 charges on a Wand of Monster Summoning and 75 on a Wand of Cloudkill). I set traps . I did not use Shadowkeeper at all. I rolled stats for about 20 minutes and got (18 str., 18 int., 18 con., 17 wis., 3 cha.). I primarily used the Blade of Roses and the Tungian Bow. Some of the highlights are as follows: I found the most commonly used strategy was to backstab, and run away far enough to hide in shadows and go back again. Traps and Cloudkill will destroy almost anything. I killed the Unseeing Eye without doing the whole rift device quest (arrows of piercing with monsters blocking the way). The most difficult fight was going into Bodhi's lair the second time. I needed to run far enough away to lay traps. Backstab didn't work on some of the Vampires. I found out, after about 15 minutes, that Bodhi regenerates. Eventually, I just turned Slayer and killed her. I killed the Silver Dragon (cloudkill) and took her scroll rather than go through the Drow City. I did however kill the demon for the Gnomes (traps and lots of them). I took out the Black Dragon by laying traps at the cave entrance and getting him to follow. Saverok was tough. Lots of traps. Couldn't backstab him. Lots of magic -- scrolls and such. Summoned 25 monsters to slow him down. Eventually it was reloading with traps that did him in. Most disappointing was Irenicus. I laid out a bunch of traps and he went poof. Worked both times. Anyway, I've come to the conclusion that traps are too powerful. I didn't even take a swipe at Irenicus. He just appeared and screamed, "Nooooo . . ." It was an adventure filled with reloads. I proved to myself that this could be done, but it wasn't the most fun I've had when playing the game.