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SubRosa |
Apr 25 2022, 05:11 AM
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Ancient
Joined: 14-March 10
From: Between The Worlds
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Blood Raven escaped from the Irenicus dungeon a little while ago. It has been a really long time since I have done BG2, so I had forgotten almost the entire thing. I changed things up a little with the Raven this time out, and now have her dual-wielding longswords. In BG1 she was doing a longsword and buckler. I also used EEKeeper to give her the Wizard-Slayer kit for her Fighter class. I am not entirely sure if it is applying all the Wizard Slayer bonuses. But it did add the penalties, like not being able to wear bracers. So it probably is doing the good stuff too. I also modded Minsc again, and this time made him a Barbarian. Like in BG1, I have him using a two-handed sword. Both seem to suit him. The other two in my group right now are Jahiera and Yoshimo. But I don't know how long I might keep them. Is there a Find Traps spell for wizards? Blood Raven picked up a knock spell in the Irenicus dungeon. So if she can learn Find Traps, she technically won't need anyone with thief skills. Oh wait, even if she finds the traps, I don't think there are any spells to disarm them. So she will still need a thief after all. Oh well, I always like Nalia anyway. I will probably go looking for Aerie next. My last time playing her I made her a pure Cleric. I might do that again, as I found the Mage/Cleric combo a bit overwhelming when it came to all the spell choices. I also started using Tweaks Anthology, which is combination of hundreds of mods for all the Infinity Engine games. Thankfully you can pick and choose each individual mod you want when you set it up. It can take a while to do, since there are a lot. But there are a lot of things, from hiding helmets, to two handed axes, katanas, bastard swords, etc...
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Renee |
Oct 2 2022, 06:34 PM
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Councilor
Joined: 19-March 13
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
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I returned to Baldur's Gate EE (the first one) and just finished the tutorial. Spoke to Belt and he says "You are now ready to start your adventure and will be returned to the main menu. Good luck with Baldur's Gate!" I click End Dialog, and now I'm back at the main menu. I see buttons for Tutorial (Done), Baldur's Gate, The Black Pits and Credits. I try Baldur's Gate, but I don't see a way to continue with the tutorial character I just rolled. In the menu I go like this... BALDUR'S GATE SINGLE PLAYER NEW GAME (choosing Load Game only puts me back in the tutorial) CREATE IMPORT SAVED GAME And from here I can see the final save I made in the tutorial. I click on this, see my character in the IMPORT CHARACTER window so I click on him, and choose DONE. From here, I am stuck in the Character Generation menu. I can choose IMPORT or START OVER, both which put me in a loop of menus. How do I actually start the game with the guy I rolled??? Or is this not possible? This post has been edited by Renee: Oct 2 2022, 06:44 PM
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Renee |
Oct 3 2022, 11:49 PM
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Councilor
Joined: 19-March 13
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
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So here's how to do it. In the game click on the custom-made toon character and go into Record (5th icon on the left) The EXPORT button is in the lower right. "This will save your character to the "characters" folder in your Baldur's Gate directory. You will be able to use this character in future multiplayer games using the Import button on the Character Creation screen. Exporting a character will not remove them from the current game, nor will it alter then in any way." And then there are 9 Filenames we can choose: 01FIGHT, 02THIEF, 03MAGE, and so on. We can't name our own Filename? Guess I'll choose 01FIGHT, since my toon is a Fighter. Alright. Spoke to Belt, now I'm in the main menu again. Click on Single Player > NEW, and voila, there is Lord Redbeard. Not a very clver "Renee" name, but I was tired. Thanks much!
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Renee |
Oct 6 2022, 01:32 PM
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Councilor
Joined: 19-March 13
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
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Lord Redbeard (the red-bearded fighter I rolled a few days ago) got pwned last night. Soon as it happened, I spontaneously honored his death. It just felt right. At the time he was traveling with Imoen, the two half-elves from Friendly Arms, and a second, somewhat annoying thief, whose name I'm forgetting. I am honoring his falling because I feel like I got too ambitious with this game, pushing too fast into what I'm assuming is the Main Quest. But that's for another discussion, perhaps. I really like having the one half-elf guy around ... um .. Jaheira. He's a druid. He can cast Entangle, which is pretty sweet. Problem is, when he cast the spell everybody was already in combat, which meant Redbeard and virtually all the others got entangled in those magical weeds! Only Imoen was running free at that point, since she usually stands off to the side with her bow. Lord Redbeard got caught up in those weeds just as the party got attacked by a band of hobgoblins. Eventually, he fell. So now I'm at that point where I'm about to roll a new a nu t00n, actually more than one. I need a name for a new fighter, preferably male. And I can't think of a name! But I thought of some cool names for other characters. Ayn Strand -- Shaman probably, since Ayn Rand was often associated with intellectual pursuits, religion, political themes, and so on. Faye Daway -- Illusionist Luke Zhatkil -- Hmm, could be a Fighter. Hmm, could be Luke. But I want a cooler name for my party leader. Maybe derived from classic Crusades/Dark Ages times. This post has been edited by Renee: Oct 6 2022, 01:39 PM
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Renee |
Oct 13 2022, 12:58 AM
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Councilor
Joined: 19-March 13
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
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Awesome, thanks hon. And here's one for you: Tonight I found this Medieval Name-maker website. At the top of the page are names which are still popular today like Matthew, Andrew, Alice, and so on. Just keep scrolling down. Eventually the names become more obscure. Like Aelflaed, Cwenburg, and Ethelfrith. I have a question. So I know how to export and import, but is it possible to make two characters of my own, and have them both in the same save instance? Or am I stuck with rolling with just one PC, and picking up pre-made NPCs along the way?
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macole |
Oct 13 2022, 07:17 AM
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Mouth
Joined: 10-January 20
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QUOTE(Renee @ Oct 12 2022, 06:58 PM)
Just keep scrolling down. Eventually the names become more obscure. Like Aelflaed, Cwenburg, and Ethelfrith.
Aelflaed and Ethelfrith, Now there was a fine pair. An elf beauty and his noble protector of the peace, (usually mete out with a mace)
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Renee |
Oct 14 2022, 01:20 AM
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Councilor
Joined: 19-March 13
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
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macole, absolutely! Well I made a guy and used that site to give him a first name: Hadden, second name Nuff. Hadden Nuff. Hadden's sort of like Lord Haaf-Mersey, my Skyrim paladin. Lawful Good, Paladin, yadda yadda. For some reason, I've always liked this archetype of character when structuring a leader. Dang though, I really want to add my own follower(s) with Hadden. I made Faye Daway, the illusionist too. I wonder if there's any mods ...
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