Problems with soloing

[Fallworn lsham'aroth]

Greetings all,

Well it has been quite a while since I was here, this account is "I don't really know how old" lol. Now I'm more-or-less back in the Realms of Baldur's Gate. I played BGII - ToB trough with a full party about a year ago, and now I want to try to solo a char, but on my current char (16 Berserker that will dual to a mage now) I stumbled accross some difficulties :

I want to play without using Shadowkeeper, but this program solved my problems which I am explaining below, and it took away a big chunk of my game enjoyment as you can imagine. I need to know a way how to go trough solo without using SK.

1) There are lots of chests that I cannot force open with my Berserker (16 base Strength). I had to get a Girdle of Hill Giant Strength via SK, and there were still lots of chests that I couldn't open, but way less than before though. I don't want to let all those treasures rot there, but how can I get the chests open ?

2) When I lose health in battles, how do I regen back up ? I don't want to rest for 10 days after every bigger battle, because I don't want to finish the game with 12684 days played . I got a Ring of Regeneration via SK, which basically solved the problem, but again it just doesn't feel right.

3) I just made a Blade and want to go trough solo with him without SK this time. Any tips & tricks are happily accepted [img]smile.gif[/img]

Please help me out here, I want to solo this game at least once legally and uninstall Shadowkeeper once and for all

Fally...

[andrewas]

1) The various potions of strength should help, save the more powerful ones though, because they aren't all that common. Also theirs a bhallspawn power you might have (depends on your alignment, good characters should have it) called Draw upon Holy might. It adds to your physical stats, including STR.

When you dual to a mage you will be able to cast "find familiar", depending on your alignment the familiar you get may have thieving abilities. And finaly, as a mage you will be able to learn the spell "knock", which will open any non-quest-locked door or chest.

2) There are regeneration items available in the game. Theres an Ioun stone in Umar Hills that gives incredibly slow regeneration. The ring of regeneration you SKed in can be pickpocketed from Ribald in the adventurers mart, if you get a familiar that can do that. Theres the ring of Gaxx which is perfect for fighters, if you can take on kangaxx to get it. It should be possible at your level. Dragonslayer sword in Windspear Hills provides regeneration.

Failing that, there are always potions, although its too easy to run out at important moments.

[Stratos]

1. Read andrewas answer.

2. Read andrewas answer.

3. Just do a search on Blade and you´ll find plenty of good tips. But I could give you a few now:

* Write-erase-write spell: copy a spell into your spellbook and get the exp, erase the spell (only if you have ToB) and then copy it again for more exp. Rinse and repeat. A Blade can pickpocket and there are plenty of shopkeepers who stack scrolls.

* You will learn to love Tenser´s transformation. Match it with Offensive Spin, Stoneskin and perhaps Mirror Images.

* A ranged weapon is a good way to keep you out of harms way.

There are many other good tricks and tips but I´ll let you figure them out on your own. Just post a question here if you really need some help with a specific part of the game.

BTW Welcome back!

[ 05-27-2003, 04:54 PM: Message edited by: Stratos ]