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I always suck at games like Baldur's Gate 2, Planescape, etc. I guess I suck at creating a character or something. I can't get out of the first area of BG2 for instance. Any tips?
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Jul 28, 2014 00:35
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I'm pretty sure half the enemies in the first dungeon of BG2 have one health point so try using your mouse and keyboard, probably
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Jul 28, 2014 00:39
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DoubleDonut posted:I'm pretty sure half the enemies in the first dungeon of BG2 have one health point so try using your mouse and keyboard, probably I don't know, I set everyone to attack but those imp/goblin whatever guys wipe my party quick.
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Jul 28, 2014 00:41
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try kensai / mage that should do the trick
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Jul 28, 2014 00:42
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wizard supremacy op
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Jul 28, 2014 00:42
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I was having a hard time until I learned cloudkill and started casting it into rooms filled with dudes then closing the door.
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Jul 28, 2014 00:45
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stoutfish posted:wizard supremacy op How should I spec?
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Jul 28, 2014 00:46
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use Microsoft Excel 2014
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Jul 28, 2014 00:50
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Shinku ABOOKEN posted:use Microsoft Excel 2014 poo poo my autism isn't that strong. I can't spreadsheet sperg like EVE goons...
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Jul 28, 2014 00:55
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rocket_man38 posted:poo poo my autism isn't that strong. I can't spreadsheet sperg like EVE goons... me neither i remember a friend trying to get me to play icewindale2. i looked at the character build screen and said gently caress that. we then played jamestown which was good.
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Jul 28, 2014 00:58
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Buy the base books and study them until your eyes bleed. I seriously remember using the PH to make character creation less painful in TOEE.
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Jul 28, 2014 02:55
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pirate them because fat nerds are overpaying for those 2e books.
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Jul 28, 2014 03:09
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rocket_man38 posted:How should I spec? wizard
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Jul 28, 2014 03:10
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how to win at non 4E d&d: -roll wizard -you won!
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Jul 28, 2014 03:11
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jocks are apparently ok in basic i've heard.
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Jul 28, 2014 03:13
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I agree, I just started Icewind dale. I spent 30 minutes or whatever making 6 characters- fighter/cleric, paladin, ranger, mage, illusionist and maybe.. fighter/thief. Pretty balanced, right? I get equipped and go to this cave with a bunch of orcs. With nearly every encounter at least one of my guys dies. Should I micromanage my fighters to the front and click through my mages for spells? No hotkeys? I was keeping my guys together and my mage always goes front and center with her quarterstaff trying to save the day. I try to click to her really quick and click spell and click target but shes dead already. Then I take a loving pilgrimage to the church to get them revived for all of my money. It's not unlike the Canterbury Tales and I stop for a bit to eat lunch and then I go back and everyone wipes except my ranger. Now to her credit she does some work but my paladin shouldn't die so quickly i think. And my fighter/cleric only has one charge of heal(whyyy?), and no potions as far as I can figure, so I think okay. I'll fight one dude, run outside and rest, and so on, until the whole cave is dead. But i got impatient and wiped again.
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Jul 28, 2014 03:31
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zelgadis posted:I agree, I just started Icewind dale. I spent 30 minutes or whatever making 6 characters- fighter/cleric, paladin, ranger, mage, illusionist and maybe.. fighter/thief. Pretty balanced, right? I get equipped and go to this cave with a bunch of orcs. With nearly every encounter at least one of my guys dies. Should I micromanage my fighters to the front and click through my mages for spells? No hotkeys? I was keeping my guys together and my mage always goes front and center with her quarterstaff trying to save the day. I try to click to her really quick and click spell and click target but shes dead already. hit spacebar
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Jul 28, 2014 03:35
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pure cleric is hands down better than fighter/cleric
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Jul 28, 2014 03:35
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if you want more heals, use more of your spell slots for heals. if you don't have enough spell slots don't loving try to multiclass into a non-spellcasting class
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Jul 28, 2014 03:38
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1. Name you dude something cool like "Shadowblade Darkmoon" or "Darkdeath Knightlord" 2. Steal everything from the starting villages, but save scum just incase you get caught or something. 3. When picking a class, mages require a ton of prepared skills before fights which sucks and straight up warriors are only gear checks which sucks, so instead go Kensai and grab whatever sword you find (Doesn't matter) and loving chop the poo poo out of everything that walks the earth. 4. Never play the good guy. Being good means usually sacrifice and valor and honor and all that poo poo that takes way too much effort. Instead you should be backstabbing NPC's when you are done with them for small xp bonuses and you normally can complete quests faster with no drawbacks what so ever. 5. Your party should look like this - You, kensai darkdeath lord of nightmares of darkness. - some hot chick who is going to be your baulder gate girlfriend - the rest barbarians if you can. If you can't get something like a mage and just memorize fireball. All slots go to fireball. Why? Because you can stand back a screen and use your wussy lame mage to throw fireballs at monsters way far away and they can't do poo poo about it. Welp, hope that helps! Game on, bro! Iranicus or whatever will be licking your balls in mage hell with these tips.
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Jul 28, 2014 03:59
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there's a way to make a baby and if you do it its an inventory item and you can try to trade it to minsc for his hamster and he turns you down but if you try really hard you can dupe the babies and hamsters through this
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Jul 28, 2014 04:02
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For me, OP, it's a matter of patience. For example, I rarely find myself able to sit there reading the menu or, worse, reading a guide on the internet about what all the poo poo on the menu means if it's not particularly well documented in-game.
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Jul 28, 2014 04:09
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Never try to make sense of 18/ strength stats. Ever. Assume 18 means swole and the number after / is how many midgets they could take on in a fight at once.
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Jul 28, 2014 04:11
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That said I learned mapgames, which was a replica test of patience probably, so maybe you just need to wait for a day when you really want to look at tooltips and crap.
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Jul 28, 2014 04:14
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Hog Butcher posted:Never try to make sense of 18/ strength stats. Ever. Assume 18 means swole and the number after / is how many midgets they could take on in a fight at once. and 00 means 100 midgets so its better than the other ones if it comes up if this is wrt a guy you make though make him a half-orc and bump that poo poo to 19 because its worlds better than 18/whatever
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Jul 28, 2014 04:14
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Wormskull posted:That said I learned mapgames, which was a replica test of patience probably, so maybe you just need to wait for a day when you really want to look at tooltips and crap. ive been trying to get into ck2 lately but im pretty sure civ just made me lazy, ill forget the clock is running a quarter of the time.
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Jul 28, 2014 04:53
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Dongslayer. posted:ive been trying to get into ck2 lately but im pretty sure civ just made me lazy, ill forget the clock is running a quarter of the time. I think technically speaking Civ is probably a more strategically demanding game so I don't know if I'd call it lazy so much as not acclimated.
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Jul 28, 2014 05:00
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big duck equals goose posted:1. Name you dude something cool like "Shadowblade Darkmoon" or "Darkdeath Knightlord" Fist Rockbone or Big McLargehuge are also acceptable.
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Jul 28, 2014 05:07
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Tython Broduct.
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Jul 28, 2014 05:09
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lance uppercut
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Jul 28, 2014 05:16
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have you considered reading the monster manuel, op? might be some good tips for beating bad guys in there
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Jul 28, 2014 05:20
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Shark Maverick
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Jul 28, 2014 07:37
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those games are realtime w pause so any tactic you think up will immediately go out in the window as soon as you hit unpause so just find some way to cheese poo poo and keep doing that
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Jul 28, 2014 10:26
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BG simulates "Rounds" every 6 seconds, so when you see your character missing he is actually not attacking he is just waiting for the "round" to finish so he can attack again.
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Jul 28, 2014 12:25
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seriously though just cast sleep all the time, mesmerize effects break dnd games.
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Jul 28, 2014 12:26
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Scyther posted:if you want more heals, use more of your spell slots for heals. if you don't have enough spell slots don't loving try to multiclass into a non-spellcasting class I was hoping i could get the BEST OF BOTH WORLDS with TWO GREAT TASTES THAT TASTE GREAT TOGETHER, but maybe I was mistake. But really I wanted fighter who could heal- no time for buffs or undead turning or whatever. So if you're supposed to pause the game- are there people who don't, and play it as an intense RTS?
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Jul 28, 2014 23:27
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zelgadis posted:I was hoping i could get the BEST OF BOTH WORLDS with TWO GREAT TASTES THAT TASTE GREAT TOGETHER, but maybe I was mistake. But really I wanted fighter who could heal- no time for buffs or undead turning or whatever. the closest to BEST OF BOTH WORLDS would probably be a paladin, or maybe a cleric with a FEW levels of fighter or monk taken waaaaaaay after becoming a viable cleric. i don't know whether there are people who play these games without pause but it would be a pointless exercise in wrestling an archaic UI.
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Jul 28, 2014 23:34
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