Thinking of playing BG2 again

[Razgovory]

Now I just need a copy of the game!

[Scipio]

I am having problems with BG Tutu.  No speech during movies, no sounds during the game.

[Neil]

All this talk has me wanting to play the game again.

[Scipio]

I am having problems with BG Tutu.  No speech during movies, no sounds during the game.

Fixed.  Apparently, you can't make resolution bigger than 1024x768 without the sound wigging out.  But it's quiteplayable and forgiving at that res.

[Galrion]

Me too, although I never understood why just about every character was dual classed.

[Josquius]

I always thought that a Fighter with the Sword Saint kit that was immediately reclassed to Sorcerer would be an interesting choice for the main character.

You end up with a sword wielding mage that has pretty decent hitpoints, and the no armor is no loss, since the sword saint cannot wear it anyway.

I might just try this...with the lvl 9 mod...Very very beardy but meh, BG2 is a computer game, role playing is secondary (though it could easily be role playingly explained given the plot of BG2)
Would I end up with the wizard or fighter stronghold though? Or would there be a choice?

[saskganesh]

with two classes, I think you get both actually.

[barkdreg]

You'll get only one. There are mods that will change this.

[Valmy]

I will say this about the "canon" BG party of Minsc, Dynaheir, Imoen, Khalid, and Jahiera: unless you yourself are a thief you have NO thief skills while Imoen is dueling.  Talk about annoying.

[Valmy]

with two classes, I think you get both actually.

Nah you get the first one you take but you have the option of taking either.

[Cecil]

I will say this about the "canon" BG party of Minsc, Dynaheir, Imoen, Khalid, and Jahiera: unless you yourself are a thief you have NO thief skills while Imoen is dueling.  Talk about annoying.

At least if you are doing Durlags tower.

[saskganesh]

with two classes, I think you get both actually.

Nah you get the first one you take but you have the option of taking either.

I must have mods or something that changes this.

[saskganesh]

I will say this about the "canon" BG party of Minsc, Dynaheir, Imoen, Khalid, and Jahiera: unless you yourself are a thief you have NO thief skills while Imoen is dueling.  Talk about annoying.

yeah, you either have to "rent a thief", dropping someone else from the party for a while to make room for the new thief. and because you have two couples in the canon, it means you have to drop two NPCs for a while (jah/khalid or minsc/dyan) for a while.

alternatively, start dualling Immy right after the Naskel mines. (she could be a level 3 thief by then, and with a good build, has enough picklocks and find traps skills). there are some  20 odd wilderness areas on the Sword Coast you can grind in, and most of them do need require a thief whatsoever. after she "breaks" then you go to to banditcamp and lock pick away.

[Valmy]

yeah, you either have to "rent a thief", dropping someone else from the party for a while to make room for the new thief. and because you have two couples in the canon, it means you have to drop two NPCs for a while (jah/khalid or minsc/dyan) for a while.

alternatively, start dualling Immy right after the Naskel mines. (she could be a level 3 thief by then, and with a good build, has enough picklocks and find traps skills). there are some  20 odd wilderness areas on the Sword Coast you can grind in, and most of them do need require a thief whatsoever. after she "breaks" then you go to to banditcamp and lock pick away.

I was able to get her done with the dualing business right after we killed Davaeorn but that pretty much required me to do EVERYTHING.  I even went to Ulgoth's Beard and did the crazy mage maze.


Even then canon Imoen requres you to wait until level 7 and that is just nuts.

[Josquius]

Its easy to drop one of couples.
Just send Khald (for instance) to the other side of a area then remove him. Leave the area before he can come to you and take Jahera with him.
Do this in some forest you're not going to revisit and you have no trouble.