[Larry_OHF]

Super Dangerous Spoilers ahead...please believe me...






copied off of Firingsquad.gamers
What's it about?
Since it ends the Bhaal saga, the expansion pack,
fittingly enough, resolves the problem of who claims
the throne.
There are only 5 Bhaal-spawn left,
one of them being a very powerful
fire giant who has an army of his
kin besieging the city of Saradesh.
To make the locale feel alive, the
development team has gone to great
lengths to give Saradesh the feel of
a city under siege. Archers fight
along the walls and get replaced as
they fall to their enemies. Flaming
catapult shots fly over the walls and
strike at the citizens, while the
citizens complain about hunger, even to
the point of striking at refugees from
outside the town, whom they see as
competitors for the scarce food supplies.

Among the many new enemies you will face
is Demogorgon - Prince of Demons.
He's a perennial favorite supervillain since
1st Edition and is the most powerful of the
demon princes. To give everyone an idea how
powerful he is, BioWare threw up an encounter
between him and a 30th level party. It lasted
one, maybe two rounds. The party wasn't
completely prepared for combat, but they
were extensively equipped and would be hardly
pressed to take on regular demons, even Balors.






Copied off of RPGDOT
Developer: Bioware
Publisher: Black Isle/Interplay
Who showed me the game: Alan Miranda
Release Date: "soon"
Single/Multiplayer RPG
Singleplayer hours of play: 40-50

There are 12 areas on the new map (Tethyr)
which contain 80 areas (towns, dungeons,
countryside, buildings, etc.), 100 new
magic items and weapons, 43 new abilities,
several new thief traps, and many high level
spells added bringing the total up to 325
spells. With the new experience cap of 8
million, it is now possible to reach level
40. New spells include: Storm of Vengeance,
Bigby's Crushing Hand and Globe of Blades
(not for the weak of heart, little bits of orc
flying in every direction isn't a pretty sight,
at least not for the orcs . New monsters:
Solars, Planetars, Magic Golems, Hive Mothers,
Red Abishai, Fire Giants, Blue Dragons,
and Purple Dragons.
I am sure there will also
be several unique creatures to fight,
since the main story has to do with 5 of your
brothers and sisters (Bhaal spawn) raging
across the countryside. One of the special
items that can be found in the game is Lum
the Mad's Machine, which is packed with
surprises (some fun, some deadly).
One of the new areas is a castle under
siege, where the walls are lined with archers
who are keeping invading forces out and you
will want to keep your eyes open for the
flaming pitch being lobbed into the castle.
To make the final part of Balder's Gate
special and challenging, one of the toughest
creatures to be found in D&D has been added
to the game: Demogorgon. During the presentation,
when party of 30th level characters attacked
Demogorgon, they were all slaughtered in
seconds, most of them not even making it into
melee range.

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Larry, a Loyal Guardian of the OHF

[This message has been edited by Larry_OHF (edited 05-19-2001).]

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