Durlag's Tower (NO SPOILERS PLEASE!)

[SixOfSpades]

Thieving is somewhat difficult in BG1: Due to your party members' low levels, and the fact that Thieves only get 20 skill points per level, it's impossible for one Thief to cover all the skills. You've done well in neglecting Imoen's Pickpockets ability, but trying to do Durlag's with less than, oh, 95% in Find/Disarm Traps is going to cause you a lot of pain, or cause you to buy a lot of Potions, or both--as you now know quite well.

Remember, in Durlag's Tower, TGIF: Thief Goes In First. (Preferably under an Invisibility Potion)

[Lord]

Originally posted by SixOfSpades: Thieving is somewhat difficult in BG1: Due to your party members' low levels, and the fact that Thieves only get 20 skill points per level, it's impossible for one Thief to cover all the skills. You've done well in neglecting Imoen's Pickpockets ability, but trying to do Durlag's with less than, oh, 95% in Find/Disarm Traps is going to cause you a lot of pain, or cause you to buy a lot of Potions, or both--as you now know quite well. Remember, in Durlag's Tower, TGIF: Thief Goes In First. (Preferably under an Invisibility Potion)

Yeah, I definately shouldn't have neglected Imoen's find/disarm traps, but I figured there was no point in the pick pockets ability...it's useless in BG2 as well.
So I went outside and bought some more potions, so now I have 6 potions of perception for Imoen. The method I'm using for Imoen right now is to have her hide in shadows and then switch to detecting traps. If I don't get a chance to hide back in the shadows before she becomes visible (like if there are monters around or if she fails), then I have her gulp a potion of invisibility. It's working pretty good so far, but I was caught completely off guard on the battle with Durlag, Islanne, and Kiel (where all of them become dopplegangers). I wasn't exactly ready for cloud kill and a few poison gases to be thrown my way like it was in a contingency...