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You are missing a great opportunity if you ignore dual-wielding. A couple pips in dual weapon style still allows two pips in long sword and axe, mace or hammer. And, of course, you can always go to a shield for the added abilities - shield such as reflection, or Balduran's.

Originally posted by nemo:
<STRONG>Can anybody help me?
I don't know how to create my own party....
thx!</STRONG>

Well, you can try to frequent bars and nightclubs - if you have an adventurer's guild hall in your town, that's another good place. Oh, and wizard's colleges, if there is promise of ...

Originally posted by Xyx:
<STRONG>The scripting engine does not support any math whatsoever beyond simple comparisons. You cannot script something like "monster level = party level * 1.5", only "if party level > 7 then monster level = 12". I doubt that the designers took above-cap party levels into ...

Originally posted by Sojourner:
<STRONG>No, there's no wand of cloudkill in BGI. He meant scroll.</STRONG>

No, I meant wand. But you are right - it's not there, it's not in BG1 at all. I must have used a wand of fire, or a potion of explosions. Something to blast them before they come at me.

Of ...

Actually, it works better to set the pathfinding LOWER.

If the AI cannot find a path in the number or nodes, it stops the character from moving. This is often preferable to taking a long route around, which can accidentally draw out monsters who were safely unaware of your party.

Also, I believe ...

Originally posted by Grojlach:
<STRONG>
I also remember not being able to get inside the big city because I didn't pick up Daevorns key and scrolls right after I killed him and rested first... His stupid key and scrolls just disappeared!</STRONG>

How many times do we have to tell you, loot ...

Technically, your character continues to accumulate experience no matter what. It just is stopped from applying at the 89000 or 161000 level. When you import in BG2-SoA, they apply the cap anew.

Now, remember that the game isn't complete for L5 spells (which is 10th level Mage & priest). but it ...

The updates you mention are core engine updates. The code to do them would mean extending the classes compiled into the executable - in other worlds, it would be a source-level change. If you have both, though, you can try using the BG2 executable in the BG1 directory, though I doubt it will work ...

Well, I've used Garrick for part of the adventure quite often - I would give him non-combat spells and magical chain, and have him archer in the battles. This allowwed my mages to use all offensive spells & my theif to not waste points in pickpocket, with only a small penalty to firepower from not ...

You have a Palette mis-load.

The solution is to change to a different color depth to play the game - there should be something like this in the baldur.ini file:
[Program Options]
BitsPerPixel=32

Set this to 16, and you should have better luck. You can also try running in a window - just hit ctrl ...

Originally posted by Shadow Sandrock:
<STRONG>Now AUSTRALIA is losing lives!! WHY did they do this????</STRONG>

Obviously, they don't like Foster's.

No, but seriously - the point of terrorisism is TERROR. They want to scare their foe into doing something. In the case of Osama Bin Laden, it is ...

Purely on a technical level, the trumpets lead up to the period of the beast-power; this is after the seventh trumpet releases the four horsemen (war plague, famine & death). And it is prior to the seventh trumpet that the 144,000 elect are sealed. So the "hey there ain't been no rapture" argument ...

Originally posted by riot economiCks:
<STRONG>Does anyone knoe if there's any better armour for mages or thieves in the game?
</STRONG>

Yes, it is the best ARMOR with AC1. There are also excellent spells & bacers, but they are not permanent.


<STRONG>Imoen kicks ass with this but I was ...

Originally posted by Jodmos:
<STRONG>hehe xyx thats a cheeeese tactic =)
buts propably the only way to bring him down, i wonder if anybody here managed to wax him in a "fair" magebattle.</STRONG>

No, it's possible to kill Kangaxx with just normal stuff. I used a deflect magic on a player, which ...

Missile and spell effects apply when they strike the target. A fast enough target can flee the area and avoid the effect. However, closing a door will not disrupt the effect.

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world.

Well, he only makes it to L16 Thief/ L13 Illusionist before the cap raises in ToB, whereas a pure thief will make it to L23.
But a thief that can cast invisibility is a cool thing. And his gadgets rule.
It's kind of hobsons choice, though - if you want a thief who it's not a waste to level, you have ...

For me, it's Lilacor.
I can't imagine Minsc without it - it keeps him from being a highly annoying buffoon, and makes him instead a highly annoying person to the other side. Too many things try to confuse, charm or hold - and Lilacor makes the difference in battles.

My party from my speed-run game had the following at final save:
Jonathan - protaganist - LG human fighter 19/19/19/19/9/13 (planned dual-class to mage)
Ajantis - LG Human Paladin
Kivan - CG Elf Ranger
Yeslick - LG Dwarf Fighter/Cleric
Coran - CG Elf Fighter/Thief
Xan - LN Elf Mage

I chose Xan ...

Originally posted by NeKr0mAnCeR:
<STRONG>how about this:


6 fighter/mages with 6 vhalior's helm (how did that get there) cast simulacrum.
now the 12 use the helm.
now you have the 24 cast tensors
now they surround the kobolds and they all use the daystar ability at the same time
any survivors ...

You pay off Gaelan Bayle & get the "Shadow Thief Cellar Key".

Of course, you could use the cheat code to give this to yourself. I have not tested whether doing that brings the dialog set you expect of Aran Linvail, because the "huge sum" of money is actually easily stealable in Athkatla, and is ...