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Monk overpowered, or game too easy? (Spoilers)

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Monk overpowered, or game too easy? (Spoilers)

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Just curious, for those who finished the game, how tough was it? I finished as a 20th level monk with the following attributes:

AC: 42
HP: 197

STR: 19
DEX: 21
CON: 14
INT: 10
WIS: 20
CHR: 10


Attack bonus: +25/+22/+19/+16/+13
Damage: 1-20 + 4 (Critical: 20/x2) +1d6 sonic
Saving throws of 19, 22, 22
Spell resistance: 30 (natural)

20 stunning fists per day
1 quivering palm per day
Unlimited improved knockdowns per day
Immunity to disease, poison, mind-affecting spells
Damage reduction 20/+1
Every single damage avoidance feat I could get (mobility, improved evasion, etc.)

I played on hard core and probably should have gone to the max level. The problem was that the normal swarms of enemies I encountered couldn't hit me, so it didn't matter if they did double damage or not. The only tough battles were 7th level and lower (intellect devourer, swords of never). Belial, all the dragons, the balor lords, the half-dragon balor, Morag (once I smashed that statue :rolleyes: ) were all pretty easy. Aribeth and Maugrim were a joke, neither one even injured my character. The thing is, I played BGII on NORMAL level (yes, I was a wuss :p ) and it was a LOT more difficult than this game. So is it the monk? Should I not have indulged in stunning fist (balor lords, half-dragon balor, fire giants, spell casters all fell victim) and improved knockdown (war golems, undead spellcasters) so much?

Or is the game just that easy?
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Dang, how did I manage that? Sorry, moderators! :)
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I am not sure which one is correct. I have beat it as a fighter and the later fights were pretty easy. And I am working through a second time as a monk. The monk is just walking through fights. After about level 7 like you said. I am getting swarmed by like 8 orcs and no of them ever touch me, and I just walk right through them. Maybe it is just for the fighter types that it is easy. After the monk I am going to play a Rogue, so we will see how easy it is for him.
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hey, there will be more challenging modules i think *g*

some equipment out there is a bit insane i think, and some enemies are just too weak, right.
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Post by Rob-hin »

Originally posted by Nygma

STR: 19
DEX: 21
CON: 14
INT: 10
WIS: 20
CHR: 10
Damn, how did you manage to get stats that high? :eek:
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Post by slowcar »

hmm, i got bracers of dex +4 several times, didn't look after wisdom and had a str + 3 - belt.

shouldn't be too hard...
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Post by Nygma »

Damn, how did you manage to get stats that high?


Well, by 20th level my base stats were:

STR: 14
DEX: 14
CON: 14
INT: 10
WIS: 20
CHR: 10


Then I added a Belt of Fire Giant Strength (+5 STR), Ring of the Rogue (+4 DEX), and Boot of the Sun Soul +3 (+3 DEX).

And before someone comes on complaining about cheese items and no wonder it was easy :p , let me point out that if I had had the Crom Faeyr, Gauntlets of Dexterity, Girdle of Fortitude, and Ring of Human Influence, my stats would have looked like this:

STR: 25
DEX: 18
CON: 18
INT: 10
WIS: 20
CHR: 18

Yes, NWN sure nerfed our favorite BGII items! Not even a Cloak of Mirroring! :D
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