Ramblings from a solo Blade (spoily)

[Jerr Conner]

Yea, I usually use The Equalizer dual-wielded with another long or bastard sword.

I have done a decent amount of damage with it as a single weapon though. To me, it doesn't really matter that I do so much damage as long as I'm quick enough to apply those damages to opponents.

[Jerr Conner]

Originally posted by mad=dog: Sounds like Equalizer is a dandy blade then. Perhaps I should assemble it then and try it out. I have now gone through Spellhold and truthfully the only thing that really hurts me is greater mummies. Those things must have an insane THAC0. Irenicus was nothing. Go Nishruu. There is a point to this. I got the *explitive* Jesters Chain again and it does not allow spellcasting. It would have made sense if it did, being designed for a Jester and all, but it doesn't. Crap. Seems like only the elven chains (+1, Melodic, Bladesinger) does. I just throught I'd let you know for future reference. Besides that I got the Cloak of Reflection and Gesen Bow String from there. Nothing else I reckon.

Even if you don't like it, it sells more than it costs to assemble.

[mad=dog]

Originally posted by myself actually: One last minor little detail. Errrh, my Diviner ran into a certain drow before a certain vampire encounter. I am pretty sure my Bard left him very very dead in BG1. He came across as an overly arrogant and selfish drow so I killed him. The super bard equipment had NOTHING to do with it. Swear. My question is simple: Will this haunt me in any way? Is he gone or what? I actually hope he made it somehow and has been humbled a bit, but I doubt he will have fond memories about me in that case. Or is he really dead and can I then collect the reward the drows have on his head? I reckon it won’t have any effect. I am just curious and a little bit anxious. I know this is a very long post with a lot of questions. I just feel it is better to collect them rather than opening 4 or 5 threads.

Sorry for quoting myself, but absolute kudus to Black Isle. The big D _DID_ remember me. He interogated my regarding the attack and I answered him truthfully (as in I did in fact attack him for being a drow and I do stand on the side of good and justice). I cannot tell what lies behind the scripts, but I suspect an evil character would have to face an attack. A very good dialogue indeed. In the end we decided to go whop-azz on some vamps together. But first - Crom Faeyr.

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[Illumina Drathiran'ar]

Yeah Jerr, hearing that particular drow was a hero was a complete shocker for me as well [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ 04-23-2004, 02:40 PM: Message edited by: Illumina Drathiran'ar ]

[Raistlin Majere]

Originally posted by Illumina Drathiran'ar: Yeah Jerr, hearing *edited to not show name* was a hero was a complete shocker for me as well [img]tongue.gif[/img]

And now you went and said his name...Im guessing there was a reason for not saying his name [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ 04-23-2004, 04:42 PM: Message edited by: Raistlin Majere ]

[mad=dog]

Well, I know that the benevolent drow is supposed to be good and all. It seems clearer in BG2 than in BG1. In BG1 he seemed like Chaotic Neutral to me. Selfish, arrogant and with little concern towards other travellers. "Hello there. Please lick my boots while I shower you with gnoll bits" style. So he died.
In any event I am now through the game. There were a few hard encounters, but my main problem was Maze spells. Even through they ought to be rather harmless they treat you like you are dead. Someone should make a fix for this problem. There is no saving throw. It's a garantied reload.
Cloak of mirroring is a winner. I went through the beholder lair twice just for laughs. Oh the joy of watching them kill themselves. It also reflects death spells. No more Horrid Wilting for me.
The bracers of blinding strike is nice for lengthy battles. Used it to wipe out the demons in the end battle combined with defensive spin. And I found the Weapon Expertise ones. I had two pairs in BG1 though. I guess gauntlets have been toned down a bit.
My trusty Melodic Chain was finally replaced with Bladesinger, but it has a special place in my trophy room. A really nice piece of armor available at a reasonably early stage. Any bard should go for it. I am still puzzled and annoyed with the Jesters Chain. It's far too difficult to obtain to be so useless. Briefly after you get it you can get Adamantium +5, which does allow casting and that will last you until Crimson is in your hards. Jesters ought to allow casting to be worth.., well anything.
I killed for 4.8 million XP worth of monsters and if you consider all the XP awards along the way I recon I earned between 7 and 8 million XP. Shame with the XP cap, but I suspect that Bards have been nerfed at high levels anyhow. I was close to getting the maximum number of spells already. Unless the ToB high level powers include something like "increased spell mastery" which allows spell progression in level 7 and 8 spells I fear that the illusion of an arbitrary balance between classes have been broken. Regardless I happen to like Bards. After all this is a roleplaying game. I took me 28 game days to complete the game.

I must thank you all for your help and pointers. I would surely have missed quite a few items that eventually saved me if it was not for the friendly advice.

I do not wish to boast, but I will gladly answer any questions. Soloing a blade is a lot of fun and I highly recommend it. I only had serious problems with two types of monsters - Adamantium Golems and Greater Mummies[1]. Both hit like a ton of bricks and doesn't take much damage. You'll have plenty in your arsenal for anything else.

[1] They are slow so Gesen Bow works IIRC. This is a late acquisition though. +2 arrows doesn't bite on them. They have formidable saving throws so the only was to pass them is to burn off a defensive spin and take the pain until mace of disruption works.

[ 04-23-2004, 05:17 PM: Message edited by: mad=dog ]

[Illumina Drathiran'ar]

Originally posted by Raistlin Majere: quote: Originally posted by Illumina Drathiran'ar: Yeah Jerr, hearing ... was a hero was a complete shocker for me as well [img]tongue.gif[/img]

And now you went and said his name...Im guessing there was a reason for not saying his name [img]tongue.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]Oops.... That didn't occur to me. I edited my post, perhaps you could edit your quoting of my post?

[Jerr Conner]

Originally posted by Illumina Drathiran'ar: Yeah Jerr, hearing that particular drow was a hero was a complete shocker for me as well [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Haha!

I only spoiled just in case the person didn't know.