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Title: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part 6 : Götterdämmerung
Post by: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 09:08:20 am

Greetings! It's my first LP on Bay12! This LP has quite a few updates already done (seven parts to be precise). This means that the first day i've added nine updates. But chapter 1 was just an intro. Truly.

I've moved to bay 12 from another forum, for an easier time with posting, and a slightly less sane audience - which is a good thing!
The LP is interactive. You don't need a copy of BG2 to participate. Note that the first few updates can be a disappointing, but i'm learning as i go.

Index :

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Info

FAQ

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What do we get to pick?
Name, race, class. If you can, you can do the character all by yourself.
That's it!?
No, the main char will also consult some important decisions with his 'crew'. (preferably via PM, before the LP starts. However if a bunch of active people will declare that they want an active role in the adventure - even better.)
That's it!?
+ Alternative story (you'll see) + Some fighting goodness
That's it?
Yes.
Any mods?
Yes, all the mean, nasty things from 'ze guide' (link to my thread on another forum (http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/baldurs-gate-ii-shadows-of-amn-9/guide-to-tactical-mods-spoilers-116063.html#post1068546)) i.e. Ascension, SCSII, Tactics, Improved Asylum and more + fixpack, some tweaks from g3 and some tweaks of my own. All will be listed at the start.
Insanity?
Like i said.
Why?
Because its boring otherwise.
Ironman?
Indeed.
Why?
Because its boring without le pressure, and if things go poorly interest-wise there'll always be a way of killing the LP in a non-douche (or Duce?) way.
What if you don't get a full squad of interested people?
I'll run with whatever team we get and fill the gaps with NPC's
What if you don't get anyone?
Then it obviously will not be an interactive LP.
What if more than five people are interested?
Not sure, i guess they may still have something to say as side NPC's. Yes i can mod ze game, and yes i will. Also if someone dies really fast then we can have replacements.
Will there be screenshots?
Yes. A whole lot of them.
ToB included?
If we live that long
Ascension on insane with a party you don't even know yet?
Pretty much, yes.
What if someone dies?
We may ressurect him / her, no problem
What if someone permanently dies?
Have fun in hell (BG2 has a lot of ways to die permanently, but i'll try to avoid this scenario as best i can)
So no reloads at ALL?
I'll reload the game in three cases : 1. Crash. 2. Bug that i will not be able to fix via CLUAConsole 3. Main character getting mazed or imprisoned (if there is another mage in party and he has freedom) unless i find a way around it before going on with the LP
XP cap removed?
Do i look like a sissy?
Anything else?
I will be using ctrl + j to move faster ALOT and i will skip most vanilla dialogues and cut-scenes. I will add some of my own.
Tell us about the Bhaalspawn?
Sorcerer, elf. Paranoid, tasteless, childish, maniacal.
Do you have any experience with AAR's or LP's?
Yes.
- Hearts of Iron 2 Polish AAR. DAIM. Quite fun, but i failed at April 1941
- ToEE all-warrior AAR. Game bugged out and a certain friendly god turned hostile due to an AoE spell that interrupted dialogue. Fun.
- Morrowind. This picture. (http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/album.php?albumid=37&pictureid=208)
Do you have any experience with BG2? With mods? Insanity!?
See the link to "das guide"
When will it start?
Once i buy a new laptop, as the old one had too many playthrough's and isn't with us anymore. I have the money, but not the time to look for one just yet. I assume it will take a week, maybe a tenday.
Is english your first language?
It's not, and if you're looking for an AAR with perfect grammar, i'm not the droid you're looking for.
Those dialogue options aren't from vanilla! What the hell?!
Haven't i mentioned that i can mod the game?
Other question?
Just leave it in this thread, i'll answer it for sure.

Love & Regards

Tech Info

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"How can I join?"

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Legend

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*Gasp!* This dialogue lines / scripts / events don't match the ones from BG2!

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Last words before we get to business

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 09:30:50 am

Baldur's Gate 2 Intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyAqVpLPeaI&hd=1)

Chapter 1

Where the hell am I?

Character

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Diary I
(once again, diary entries are not supposed to be funny. It may bore you.)

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I despise faith - it brings peace of mind only to the weak and those unable to attain it with other means.

For what is faith? Part of the will, inherent power of the immortal spirit. Belief in someone, something which is not certain. Priests who use the divine magic, build on faith their strength, power. However even so-called gods are not immortal. When the force which is worshiped by the faithful dies, or simply loses interest in the believers, the power and possibilities of the priests fall like a puppet, whos strings were cut off. Another problem is that you can shatter one's faith; and will tends to break like a twig in moments of truth.

When I first got to know the truth, I realized how much more reliable arcane magic is. The Wizard will always have the advantage because neither will or faith really matter; whilst one cannot be stripped of his intelligence, except for magical means.

The last argument against the priests, is that not all of them have even marginal power. Many of them lead temples and in some way is govern the faithful only with lies. For who dares to oppose one, who speaks the will of god?

No evidence. No manifestations. How did this happen? What force could have misled so many creatures in Faerun, and beyond it? Fear.

Life, such as we know it, is full of suffering. It's enough to mention only that each person was sentenced to death upon birth, but does not know the date of its execution. Nobody seems to be pleased. Similarly, everyone is doing everything in his power to defer the sentence, and if it was able to reverse it, would sacrifice everything they have.

Thus each religion promises an afterlife, as an answer to the problem that each one of us faces - unavoidable death.

No religion has fallen so far due to excess of promises. The current decay of religion is associated with the fact that people are asking for evidence. However the majority prefers to accept half-truths, and stories that aren't backed up by any evidence, than face the fact that there is no afterlife, and death is certain.

When you are bankrupt, in part, the best approach to the problem is to start again with no preconceived assumptions. Let's start doubting every statement. Let's find a way of subjecting every statement to an experiment. Is there even a grain of truth in claims of different religions?

The initial difficulty is the immense wealth of material to be tested. A critical test of all systems would be an endless task; list of certificates too long. Now, every religion is equally good, and each requires faith. So we reject this question. Better to check whether there is any question to which all religions are comparable: for if this is so, it might be worth examining.

It should certainly not be found in dogma. Legends concerning miracles are probably universal, but they lack eyewitness evidence to override common sense.

So what's the beginning of religion? How did it happen that so many unproven allegations were accepted by people of all kinds? Isn't that bordering on the miraculous?

There is however a kind of miracle which certainly happens, and it is the action of genius. You will not find its parallel in nature. It is unthinkable for a "super-dog" to transform the world of dogs, while in the history of mankind this happens with great regularity. Today we have many "super-men" who are at odds with each other. What is the connection between all the prophets, from Lolth's to Cuthbert's? Is there something that unites them?

No point of doctrine, no point in ethics, no theory of "life after life", yet in their stories we find a certain identity, despite many differences..

Great biographies of each of them were written by devotes and include something in common - silence. Each one of them embarked on a journey. Each of them, perfectly silent during his disappearance. Each immediately began to teach the new law upon returning. Coincidence?
No, but while each priest continues to preach, that heretics will suffer endless torments in one hell or another, there is no place for doubts in the heart of the faithful.

Why am i even writing about this? You see, i was born in a place where the entire society was blindly accepting every word...

The following pages are too damaged to be of any use.

Part 1 : Who Goes There?

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Ochita on April 02, 2011, 09:32:48 am

.....
You raped my childhood.

Prepare for 5d4+5 Damage.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 09:45:12 am

Current party

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Part 2 : I'm no longer alone

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Part 2.5 : Looking for a way out.

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After update rant (read only if you're about to comment on part 2.5)

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 09:46:02 am

Quote from: Ochita on April 02, 2011, 09:32:48 am

.....
You raped my childhood.

Prepare for 5d4+5 Damage.

I'm happy with that! Still, as i've mentioned before, the initial parts are quite boring. Bear with me, please.
5d4+5? One of the party member get's hit for 46 damage from a spell that normally does d8+1 in just a few updates. :o
I had already seven or eight ready when starting this thread. Let me just unload them first.

Edit : Also, Monskine, Moozg etc. are all brave souls who have joined the LP at the first update!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 10:07:32 am

Current Party

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Not too happy with this update. Lost a video that was covering the entire combat encounter, and because i was recording, or i THOUGHT that i was, i didn't take too many screenshots. This has also killed my "buzz". Next update will hopefully be much better.

Part 3 : Relief.

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 10:14:08 am

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Part 4 : They can talk!

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The incoming boss fight is an unfair one, and i was wondering if i should use cheesy-puffs to deal with him. I've decided not to. See the effects in next update!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 10:18:15 am

Current Party

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Quick note about the boss fight. (tech info)

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Part 5 : "C'est impossible : The Improved Ilyich story" Boss fight

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 10:23:06 am

Current Party

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Part 6 : Some kind of magic.

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 10:25:39 am

Current Party

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Part 7 : Schlüssel

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Phew.. that was quite a bit of work.. As always, feedback is welcome. I'll appreciate it! I'm going blindly here, trying some new things here and there. As you noticed for sure. The above seven updates were ones that i've made before moving to bay12.
Should you be interested in joining the LP, any time is a good time.

Kind regards

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: 3 on April 02, 2011, 11:21:15 am

Oh god, Improved Ilyich. The amusing thing is that, despite its status as a parody, it seems to be easier than some of the legitimate encounter difficulty mods out there. Also, any source on the specific music used in those vids?

I know it's probably not set in stone yet, but how much content are you planning on covering?

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 11:30:22 am

The music used comes from rejenorst sounddesign. Free for non-comertial use. Fits combat videos perfectly in my opinion.
I assume that you've liked it? I planned on using this type of music for combat videos. Aside from Rejenorst i'll go with X-ray dog, Two Steps from Hell, C Armstrong, Immediate music, E.S. Posthumus, maybe HSV and some movie or game soundtracks.

The toughest fight in SOA part of BG2 will without a doubt be

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. We'll be taking the city by force, and most likely we'll get slaughtered. Honestly, over 150 enemies to take out!

How much content? Well, i plan on beating both SOA and TOB, but it's very likely that we'll die horribly somewhere along the road.
If you meant the side quests.. Not sure yet. I will do some parts of some locations off screen, to not bore the viewers with useless updates. For example

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and more. However i'm open for suggestions. After all this is, and will be, an interactive let's play. Whatever the participants want, i shall provide

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: 3 on April 02, 2011, 11:52:44 am

Quote from: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 11:30:22 am

I assume that you've liked it?

Oh, definitely. Thanks for the pointer.

Quote from: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 11:30:22 am

The toughest fight in SOA part of BG2 will without a doubt be -. We'll be taking the city by force, and most likely we'll get slaughtered. Honestly, over 150 enemies to take out!

Yeah, I remember that mod. I didn't ever get close to beating it.

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 11:59:45 am

Ah yes

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Before i figured out what to do i died over ten times, each time in under twenty seconds. The fight was just ZAP! How about the "silly" stuff? Am i breaking the fourth wall too much?

Feedback is, as always, welcome. Both positive and negative.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 04:31:02 pm

Current Party

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Part 8 : Tough crowd

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 05:21:08 pm

Current Party

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Part 9 : Sunlight

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End of chapter 1

Now that the initial dungeon is done. Recruitment is once again open! Join up, boys and girls! Not only will you have the opportunity to die horribly in some forgotten swamps, but you'll also have the honor of serving under the glorious Stworca. Nutbar with personality and memory issues.
First person to sign for chapter two gets a piece of pie. Should we find another one

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Burnt Pies on April 02, 2011, 05:32:30 pm

Captain Brunch, An overzealous paladin-esque chap who'll rush into any scenario regardless of the consequences! For Great Justice! Wields a Mace/Maul/Blunt Instrument, Shield and Heavy Armour.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 05:53:16 pm

Which paladin kit? Cavalier? Inquisitor? Undead Hunter? (if you ain't sure, i'll make him an Inquisitor)

If you have any roleplaying preferences send them on my PM (to not spoil anything to the good people here) For example whom does he hate above everything else, what does he like, how bright is he? Bla. Bla. Bla.
You know ;)

Monskine will be staying with us.
Sleep-O is also staying
Captain Brunch, the paladin, joins the bunch.

Two more spots at least (i say at least, because every "additional" person will simply be in a quene for next vacant slot)
Next update in a day or two.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Ochita on April 02, 2011, 05:57:59 pm

Ochita. ELF. Wild mage. MAN.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 06:04:09 pm

Same as above. Any RP preferences that you may have - send them via PM to me.

I also would want to note that wild mage is a very risky choice. This is an ironman LP, good sir! Wild magic can kill us all! But then again, it's also an insane one (and i'm not talking about the difficulty) so everyone is welcome!

Also avatars. If you want a specific one, do tell me. If you want a custom one - 38 w x 60 h .BMP file is what i'll need to use it.

The last person i'd prefer to choose a thieving character. Otherwise locks and traps will be painful. But i'll take anyone who decides to join.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Ochita on April 02, 2011, 07:08:46 pm

Well, not if I get the double hp effect.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: 3 on April 03, 2011, 10:37:10 am

I guess I'll make up the numbers. 3, human bounty hunter, play him as you will.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 03, 2011, 06:28:35 pm

Chapter 2

Back on your feet

Part 1 : Amn.

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 03, 2011, 06:34:51 pm

I have more than just one update, but i don't have the time to edit it today. Thus it will have to wait!
I've experimented with somewhat longer monologue-memory rants in this one. Any thoughts?

In the next update our party will add the three new members.

One that responds to Stworca's shout is 3.
The wild mage i planned on making deaf. RP purposes.

Also.. The very first spell that Ochita has cast had a wild surge. :o I predict a long and healthy life, truly.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 04, 2011, 04:35:51 am

Current Party

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Part 2 : He speaks in tongues!

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 04, 2011, 04:58:05 am

Few notes :
- The main character in this insane-parody knows Gaelan, more in the next update
- The smithy does call for guards if you look in the weapon rack to the left without taking anything from it (there's gold inside) obviously a bug, but i've decided to play along.
- The fruit shopkeeper may, or may not re-appear in the future, depending on YOUR decisions!
- I'm still experimenting with monologue-memory rants
- Added a poll
- As always, all feedback is welcome! Both negative and positive.

Next update.. When i'm back from my second job :o

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Ochita on April 04, 2011, 12:21:59 pm

Pshh....
WILD SERGE ALL THE WAY.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Deon on April 04, 2011, 11:40:11 pm

Wait what? Was the duergar really named Ilyich in vanilla? Because Ilyich is Lenin... Weird o_O.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 05, 2011, 10:02:15 am

Current party

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CH2 Part 3 : Gaelan

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 05, 2011, 10:07:48 am

Quote from: Deon on April 04, 2011, 11:40:11 pm

Wait what? Was the duergar really named Ilyich in vanilla? Because Ilyich is Lenin... Weird o_O.

Yes, he was named Ilyich in vanilla as well.

Tchaikovski was Ilyich too. There was also "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" novella by Tolstoy. One can only wonder which one of them the duergar refers to. Maybe neither, maybe all of them.. Ilyich translates to Son of Ilya. Ilya being a name. Daughter of Ilya would go something along the lines of.. Ilyinichna. So my guess is - no reference here.

Zhivago, Rasputin and Karamazov were added by "Tactics" mod though.

The next update will be an experimental "Party member PoV" one. I'm wondering how will it turn out.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 05, 2011, 03:22:52 pm

Current Party

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CH2 Part 4 : Monskine's Perspective
This episode was co-written with Monskine.

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Monks on April 05, 2011, 03:45:14 pm

i naturaly have seem to have a hidden talent for these kind of things aswell ;)

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 05, 2011, 05:30:14 pm

Added a new poll. I will reset it every few updates, and turn in the direction you guys want me to!

Also, Monks is our modest Monskine. An unwashed barbarian too. Now to force Sleep-O to appear 'ere...

Feedback is, as always, welcome. If you don't want to comment, but are following the LP - for some impossible to explain reason - at least vote in the poll! Pies await!
Wait.. what?
(http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/2383/sigvoltron.jpg)

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Earthquake Damage on April 06, 2011, 08:56:19 pm

Enjoying this so far.

Also,

Quote from: Stworca on April 02, 2011, 10:25:39 am

a half-tree half-woman gouged out my eyeballs

Did you do a Thief LP?

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 07, 2011, 03:17:55 am

Quote from: Earthquake Damage on April 06, 2011, 08:56:19 pm

Did you do a Thief LP?

Nope. Prior to this LP i only had HOI2, ToEE and Morrowind ones. It's my first BG2 Let's Play.

I have screenshots ready for ~two updates, but i'll do them after i return from underpaid, inhuman labor that my boss dares to call half-shift work. So in about 5 to 6 hours expect an update.

To the person who voted for combat encounters : Druid Groove is rather poor when it comes to these, but we'll have a neat one once we return to civilized areas of the game. Also Two or three chapters from here, there'll be a fight so epic, that i'm putting together music, effects & co for it even now!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 07, 2011, 11:19:44 am

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CH2 Part 5 : Trademeet

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 08, 2011, 12:10:20 pm

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CH2 Part 6 : Welcome to the jungle.

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Since the poll votes are mixed, i'm going with mixed updates. This time party banters like crazy!
Next update? Today probably. I have material for over 3 updates ahead, but editing and compiling takes a while.
I'd also like to ask Brunch and others if they like their NPC's.

So far it looks like this :

Ochita has wild surge on EVERY spell that he casts. A weird bug, but one that i am unable to fix. I'm trying to cast as few spells as possible with him, to not kill him too fast. This will change during boss fights that are to come, where every single spell, wild surge or not, will matter. Ochita has insanely low health, despite having decent endurance. With 40 hp he can be instantly killed by anything more dangerous than an ant. Luckily he is a mage, and as such has a huge variety of defensive spells.

3 has proficiencies in Katanas, but we haven't found any yet, despite having an enormous arsenal of magical weapons. He's not yet able to plant difficult traps, but this will change in a few levels. Should he survive what is to come, i'll boost his archery skills a bit.
Brunch received Shield of Harmony. A very nice shield that grants immunity to confusion among other things. He fares quite well so far.
Monskine is a second-plane character when it comes to combat, but in a few levels this too may change. I'm not used to play druids.

We have truckloads of magical potions, handful of wands and desire to kick some butts! ARGH!
In the next update the person who voted for "combat encounters" will get a little treat to keep him interested. Druid grove is a boring place, but i'm trying to make it interesting. The fights there are boring, the dialogues are scarce, the events are.. there are none.. But i'll do my best to make it worthwhile until we get to interesting areas! Feedback is, as always, welcome.

Regards

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Earthquake Damage on April 08, 2011, 11:55:24 pm

Quote from: Stworca on April 08, 2011, 12:10:20 pm

Ochita has wild surge on EVERY spell that he casts. A weird bug, but one that i am unable to fix. I'm trying to cast as few spells as possible with him, to not kill him too fast.

Spell level variation is not a wild surge. That happens with every spell cast, and at high levels you'll see swings of up to +/- 7. You'll know a surge when you see one. There's an announcement and they're visually obvious.

Also, (Improved) Chaos Shield is your friend. I don't think it reduces the chance of a surge, but it dramatically lowers the chance of a bad one and increases the chance of the "spell cast normally" result.

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Quote from: Stworca on April 08, 2011, 12:10:20 pm

Monskine is a second-plane character when it comes to combat, but in a few levels this too may change. I'm not used to play druids.

Druids have one massive drawback. It takes IIRC well over 1 million XP to gain either level 14 or 15. They lag behind the rest of the party for a looong time at that point. Fortunately, they gain levels pretty quickly later on to make up for it. At high levels they have Ironskins, Creeping Doom, and some fantastic summons. They're still inferior to the other primary spellcasters IMO, but at least you have the best druid kit in the party (though Shapeshifter can be pretty good, the rest suck :P ).

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Burnt Pies on April 09, 2011, 05:11:53 am

Really enjoying Brunch so far, he's brilliant.

Really enjoying everything else, too. Nice work.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 09, 2011, 03:56:18 pm

Current Party

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The following update may be of lower quality than other ones. I've had yet another tough night with no sleep, and it's starting to get me. The update has a vulgar word or two, beware.

CH2 Part 7 : Muddy Water(s)

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When i've said wild surges i did mean wild surges. Ochita was polymorphed, we lost our gold, we summoned pit fiends, we... many things. It was because i've accidently activated "WILD SURGE" mode. It's fixed now.

The results of talk with Faldorn will be revealed in the EPILOGUE.
As will the sudden, but temporary change of Stworca's understanding and behavior.
When will i write epilogue? Once we die or beat the game. One of two.

Love and regards

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: 3 on April 09, 2011, 04:31:59 pm

Quote from: Stworca on April 09, 2011, 03:56:18 pm

That's it. I'm going in.. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsQXV4InRpY&hd=1)

Entire video is "lol, sunfire". Why did I expect anything else?

Besides the shield of harmony, was there any specific reason you decided to go to Trademeet first? Just trying to get a hold on your overall strategy.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 09, 2011, 05:00:57 pm

Quote from: 3 on April 09, 2011, 04:31:59 pm

Entire video is "lol, sunfire". Why did I expect anything else?

Well, we will never again encounter trolls so i gave them a special treat. I have warned thee that the Grove is a boring place. I hope you ain't TOO disappointed. ???
Non-boss Combat encounters in general are not very exciting. The boss fights though..

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Besides the shield of harmony, was there any specific reason you decided to go to Trademeet first? Just trying to get a hold on your overall strategy.

Shield of Harmony was not a reason. The only reason was that Monskine had a "past" in Grove.
This, and the fact that Trademeet = 20 000 gold, not counting the loot.
It's also a place which we are unlikely to visit ever again. Unless the party decides to go back.

I have no overall strategy. I only aim to get through boring parts of the game as fast as possible. I really have no ideas on how to make things like Lilarcol sewers interesting. I also want to focus on main plot as much as possible.

I went ahead and did D'Arnise off screen, there are no interesting fights in there, and nobody cares about Nalia's story. We got the flail, but will not be using it for quite a while. We have gained some XP though. Current levels are 10-12ish

With this being said i'm open for party suggestions where do we want to go.
Interesting and mostly doable places at this point are :
1 Firkraag's castle (a tough boss at the end, that can easily obliterate the entire party in one round. Fight with end boss would get much music and editing love.)
2 Unseeing Eye dungeon (beholders are MAJOR pain with SCSII. I'm still not sure how to handle them.)
3 Umar Hills (a few tough fights with undead, dragons and liches)
4 Unique, super high level characters in Athkatla - Such as Kuroisan, Liches and a rank 4x Gnome Fighter/Mage in docks
5 Proceed with main quest (we have the gold)

If you don't mind, i'd like to see your votes on it. I havent added Kangaxx, Twisted Rune and others, because these are too dangerous to beat without cheese usage. At least at this point.
The "vote" will close in 3 or 4 updates, after we beat a certain dungeon.

Also, 3, i hope i'm not going too far with your character. It's -yours- after all and thus i'm open to all suggestions and criticism. Having an "Ok, boss" rogue is good for me, but you might have a differend POV.

Aside from that, feedback on updates is - as always - welcome.

Regards

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: 3 on April 09, 2011, 05:21:31 pm

Quote from: Stworca on April 09, 2011, 05:00:57 pm

This, and the fact that Trademeet = 20 000 gold, not counting the loot.

Yeah, I tend to do the Mae'var quest asap for the same reason.

That docks gnome fight is always kinda fun, but it's pretty miscellaneous alone. I'd vote for the Umar Hills (although it's not like you get anything much out of it besides dragon armour).

Quote from: Stworca on April 09, 2011, 05:00:57 pm

Also, 3, i hope i'm not going too far with your character.

Nope, it's ok with me (boss).

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 10, 2011, 05:34:50 pm

Current Party

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CH2 Part 8 : Sealing the deal

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 11, 2011, 05:04:12 pm

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This update has an unchanged dialogue in second spoiler. Unchanged because i could not find the dialogue lines to edit. It's a shame, because there was supposed to be a bit of story behind this encounter. My apologizes for that.
Everyone hates slavers, and rightfully so! A combat update.

CH2 Part 9 : All in a day's work

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4 out of 7 votes were in favor of proceeding with main quest, so this is what we're going to do.
A new poll has been added. Bodhi or Aran? Bodhi is the more evil path, aiding vampires in their quest to slaughter everything that is living. Aran is a douche, with lots of plotting, but no action and annoying complications. Shadow Thieves endorse slavery. Vampires do so too, but use mental shackles instead of iron ones.

Aran is a lying type, Bodhi is a cruel one.
As enemy : Aran would sell you into slavery. Bodhi would kill you.

Now, since it's an alternative world..
Aran despises Stworca for something he did on a pool party, waay back.
Bodhi still sees him as potential pet slave.

Last, but not least. Bodhi path will have more changes from vanilla, Aran one will have less.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Burnt Pies on April 11, 2011, 05:47:07 pm

What's the difference?

Also, is there a chance of meeting Brunch's Evil Cousin, Lieutenant Elevenses?

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 11, 2011, 05:48:41 pm

You'd have to tell me more about this evil cousin ;) preferably on PM. I cannot promise anything though.

The difference between Aran and Bodhi? Read my previous post. I've just now edited it to answer your question.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Ochita on April 11, 2011, 06:08:41 pm

SCRIBE THE SHIT OUT OF THAT SCROLL INTO MY SPELL BOOK.

Wild surge can cast anything from your mage list, including spells which you can't normally do...
Chaos shield me though.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Earthquake Damage on April 12, 2011, 01:09:44 am

Slay Linvail! For great justice! Also, no level drain that way.

Also also, this:

Quote from: Ochita on April 11, 2011, 06:08:41 pm

SCRIBE THE SHIT OUT OF THAT SCROLL INTO MY SPELL BOOK.

Nahal's Reckless Dweomer is the greatest thing since ~~sliced bread~~ individually wrapped processed cheese food.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 12, 2011, 08:42:32 am

The Let's Play is suspended until i figure out why is Spell Trap not working correctly (not recovering spells) and possibly fix it.

If any of you has BG2 install on which the spell works just fine, and you're willing to aid me in this one - it will only take a few minutes. You will however need DLTCEP.

Edit : Fixed it, after almost three hours of script editing.. Let's see how it goes.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Monks on April 12, 2011, 10:58:12 am

since my character really dislike undeads stworca made a charisma roll vs mine. he is able to get 25 (with magic and other means) vs my 13. the roll was 1D20 + charisma
1st roll stworca: 20
2nd roll Monksin: 11

total 45 stworca 24 Monksine.
guess she will live trough the undead shit :(

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 12, 2011, 05:22:47 pm

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CH 2 Part 10 : Roll the dice

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What could the tavern name be? Hmm.. A bit too obvious isn't it?
In the next update we'll decide whether we side with Bodhi or Aran.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Ochita on April 12, 2011, 08:57:14 pm

Can my character stop being deaf after he casts timestop once?

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 13, 2011, 02:51:41 am

I fail to see the connection
But he can stop being deaf after casting limited wish or wish once.

Also : Why? Giving Ochita a personality will disturb the delicate balance!
Any ideas for him? Can't i still lose him in a bet somewhere?

Edit : Just tried Ust'Natha with Fraps. Choppy as DF with a thousand cats. This is the worst possible news, as improved Ust'Natha is the jewel of this LP. :(

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Ochita on April 13, 2011, 05:21:17 am

He will use timestop to mess you up.
Believe me.

He will.

Someone who is always astounded by talking, very small voice, and stuff.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 13, 2011, 09:41:27 am

I've ran five Ust'Natha simulations today, and not once did "Chaos shield and the world is awesome" turn out to be true. Out of eleven dweomer attempts (with improved shield each) not one spell worked. Multiple chaos shields in sequencers don't work, so no cheesing your way out 'ere.

Now, dweomers are awesome for much later levels, or for boring encounters.
Not here :

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 15, 2011, 04:39:15 am

I'll update later today or tomorrow after work, for now, all you hungry fight fans enjoy a short promo of a fight that is to come! It's fast paced, so don't try to read the combat log, just enjoy the fireworks!

Insanity meets Improved Ust Natha (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gesmc6wqeso&hd=1)

Getting this damn fight to work smoothly while recording is my top priority for the LP.
People who haven't voted yet - do so!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 16, 2011, 06:28:55 pm

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CH2 Part 11 : A terrible past

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The following spoiler may be quite confusing. It's a modified plot one. It will eventually answer all questions regarding Stworca's low intelligence as well as his past.

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End of chapter 2

Bodhi won by a stunning 11/3 vote.
Anyone interested in participating in chapter 3 should, as always, leave a message here or send a PM.
A new poll has been added.
This co-main-plot (spoiler 3) is an important part of the LP, since post number one, and should you not like it - i'm sorry, but it's going to stay the way it is.
Comments, both positive and negative, are welcome.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 17, 2011, 04:22:00 pm

Chapter 3 : Knee deep in...

Introduction

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Elsewhere :

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Yet another place :

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Somewhere in Athkatla :

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Finally :

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 18, 2011, 03:38:19 pm

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CH 3 Part 1 : Brought to damnation

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The poll will lock in two updates.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 19, 2011, 05:08:09 pm

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CH3 Part 2 : Fall of the Order.

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And so falls The Most Noble Order of the Radiant Heart. What becomes of Brunch? Only time will tell.
Let me remind you that voting will close in next update (CH3 Part 3) So far our voters prove to be vile creatures! First siding with vampires, now betraying said vampires? Still, i shall provide!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness.
Post by: Stworca on April 20, 2011, 04:34:08 pm

Current Party

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CH3 Part 3 : To fight a city

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"Betray Bodhi" option has won by an amazing 11:1 vote, we'll get to it in the next update, which will move the main quest forward. New poll added!
We're nearly done with non-boss content for chapter 3! Still this is an incredibly combat-heavy RPG even without any mods, and fight we will.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on April 25, 2011, 05:14:44 pm

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CH3 Part 4 : Three lefts make a right.

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The update was quickly sticked together from some scraps that i managed to save before my BG2 installation went to hell. Bugs, crashes, ridiculous text changes.. All present.. But fixed for now!

Ochita is the first permanent death in our LP, unlucky. Unlucky, because Sleep-O was supposed to trigger the trap, with his insane health. It's permanent, because the body got destroyed by the damage. It happens sometimes. I'm sorry Ochi.
This also means that a spot has opened.
A disturbing fact : Both 3 and Brunch (and Ochita) WERE protected from fire. It's post reduction damage. Then again, we are playing on insane, right? Right.

Next update? Some boss fights. I require more time with script fixing, and videos are quite easy to make.

Edit : A minute in, and the free spot was taken. Impressive reflexes.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Burnt Pies on April 25, 2011, 05:25:00 pm

Good to see this back, I'm really enjoying reading it.

And damn, that was some insane damage to Brunch and 3 there. Sleep-O is one lucky bugger.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on April 26, 2011, 10:11:48 am

Stworca the Sorcerer

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Monskine the Totemic Druid

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Sleep-O the Anti-Paladin

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Captain Brunch the Fallen Inquisitor

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3 the Bounty Hunter / Fighter (dualed at rank 13)

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New character "Unbekannt" the Kensai/Mage

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Special mention :

Deceased Ochita the Wild Mage

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Abandoned Vinith the Priestess of Helm

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Abandoned Moozg the Anti-Paladin

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Why does Stworca have some of the more powerful items, while Unbekannt has only a robe?
The higher the HP, the lesser the chance of irreversible death. Unbekannt has 120+ hp, which is very high. The character also has AC on pair with Stworca, with less items.
Stworca is also the party TANK for incredibly powerful enemies (Dragons & co) , and thus needs all help he can get.
Lastly, if Stworca dies, the LP is over. The way the game works - your character can NOT die, or you lose.

At this moment highest mortality rate award goes to 3. Ochita has Ironskin spell, sanctuary and co. Stworca and Unbekannt (and previously Ochita) are untouchable by random mobs. Brunch and Sleep-O have insane AC and health.
3 only method of defense is turning invisible. He does that as often as he can (potions), but it's often not enough. He dies in half a round when focused. Thankfully he does NOT have 40ish HP, and is unlikely to die irreversibly this early in the game.

Irreversible deaths work like this : A great amount of damage dealt in one hit has a chance of destroying your body beyond magical revival. The higher your max health, the higher damage is needed for a chance of irreversible death.
Ochita could irreversibly die from hits above 30. For Sleep-O it'd have to be 80ish.
Brunch was hit for 157 by the 3 Fire Arrow sequencer, which is more than his hit points, but he wasn't hit by that amount in one attack. The highest damage he suffered there was 16. If he were hit for 157 in one attack, he would be permanently killed 100% of the time.
Some attacks : Such as Cone of Cold, all fire damage, petrification and disintegration, have MUCH higher chances of permanently killing you. Disintegrate is the exception, it ALWAYS irreversibly kills a character. So does dying from attribute drain.

Regards! Update? Today probably!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Monks on April 26, 2011, 02:17:28 pm

nice post. good with some information :)

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Ochita on April 26, 2011, 02:25:23 pm

At least my character died after crossdressing you.

Thats all that matters.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on April 27, 2011, 12:33:02 pm

Current Party

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Technical Info about the Three fights.

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CH3 Part 5 : "Spellcasting 101 : A lovely evening with Sion, Kuroisan & Mad Gnome" Boss Fight * 3

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And this is only the beginning..

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Burnt Pies on April 27, 2011, 12:55:59 pm

Nice videos, enjoyed watching them even if I know next to nothing about the game.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on April 27, 2011, 01:22:21 pm

Should you have any questions, shoot :)

I'll try to cover the combat system briefly for you :

Melee is like in any other game. Except Backstabs deal up to 5 times more damage, and Helmets protect from critical hits.
Attack speed, accuracy and damage are increased with character levels, as well as Weapon Proficiency points and some items and spells.
It's a attack vs Armor roll every time. There are 4 types of physical damage. Slashing, piercing, crushing and missile. Some items give partial resistance to one or more types of damage. Some give increased Armor Class.
Some targets are immune to a type of damage, some are immune to non-magical weapons, some can be affected only by really powerful ones (example : Demi-Liches can only be hit by +5 weapons!)
There are spells that grant magical weapon protection for 4 rounds (24 seconds)
There are spells that grant protection from non-magical ones.

Now, magic system is why i love Baldur's Gate. It's a rock - paper - scissors one.

A chain example :
A mage can protect himself with Stoneskin. It stops up to 10 physical attacks (not elemental nor magical)
It can be dispelled with Dispel Magic, Remove magic, Breach or hitting the mage 10 times.
Dispel and Remove magic can be stopped with Spell Immunity : Abjuration
Breach can be stopped with Spell Defense, Spell Trap, Spell turning and more.
Spell Turning is dispellable with Spell Thrust, Secret word and more.
Spell Thrust cannot be cast on an invisible target
Spell Thrust is also too weak to affect a target protected with Spell Trap
True sight, Purge Invisibility, Oracle and more reveal invisible targets.
Non-decection stops the above spells, with the exception of True Sight.
True sight can be stopped with Spell Immunity : Divination
But Oracle ignores Spell Immunity Divination..

Et cetera, Et cetera, Et cetera :)
Basically the more complex your defense chain is to dispel, the more time the enemy needs to make you vulnerable.
If mage level is high enough, there is always a way to work on enemy protections.

There are 7 types of magical damage. Magic, Fire, Magic Fire, Cold, Magic Cold, Acid, Electricity.
There are spells, scrolls and potions that partially protect from some (In Kuroisan fight we were all protected from Acid at 70% or more)
There are spells, scrolls and potions that FULLY protect from some
There is also the last resistance : Magic (not to confuse with magic damage)
It's a chance of ignoring a hostile spell altogether.
However there are a few spells that ignore magic resistance.
Which also can be increased by other spells, scrolls or potions.
There are 9 spell levels for Arcane spellcasters (Sorc, Mage) and 7 levels for Divine (Priest, Druid)

Mage can cast only one spell per round (6s) with the exception of very powerful end game mage using a very powerful, end game ability that removes the cooldown.
Spellcasting can be interrupted by damage, Crowd Control or effects such as Silence and Miscast Magic.
Mage spellbook is limited.

Insanity makes enemies deal double damage, and the mods i'm using upgrade them both AI wise, and attributes/ resistances / gear wise.

I hope it helps!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Ochita on April 27, 2011, 04:51:37 pm

Oh, you have to love a web of protection spells...

Mislead is good.. I think.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Earthquake Damage on April 27, 2011, 06:07:12 pm

Hooray for combat!

This LP has been the first time I've ever watched someone else fight, which is cool. It's fun to compare your tactics to my own. Apparently I have the right idea but less polish and several bad habits (thus plenty of reloads for difficult fights).

desire_to_play[GAME_BG2]++

Spoiler: Quibbles and Additions to Stworca's rule explanation... (click to show/hide)

Most classes get 1 attack per round (+1 for dual wielding, +1 for throwing daggers, +2 for bows or darts). Warriors (Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, Barbarian) get +1/2 at 7th level and another +1/2 at 13th level. They (and Swashbucklers) also get +1/2 attack for specializing in a weapon type (e.g. shortbow, katana). Single- and dual-class (but not multi-class) Fighters can get another +1/2 attack for grandmastery in a weapon type, but only if you install a mod (that bonus is true to 2nd edition AD&D rules but isn't present in unmodded BG2). There are some exceptions: IIRC Melf's Minute Meteors (Stworca used them in the Gnome video) give you a flat 5 attacks per round (the maximum). Energy Blades (a 9th level spell) do likewise, plus they add Improved Haste (doubles your animation rate, thus doubling attack rate, regeneration, poison, and a few other effects).
For those who don't know, Armor Class determines the target for attack rolls. It's evasion, basically. Damage resistance is a separate ability (e.g. high level barbarians absorb some 20% physical damage).
IIRC no enemy requires +5 or greater weapons without a spell active. Absolute Immunity needs +6. Improved Mantle needs +4 or +5. A few weapons have a higher bonus (w.r.t. being able to hurt things) than listed. The improved Mace of Disruption (+2?) acts as a +4 or +5 weapon, as does IIRC Azuredge. Daystar acts as +4.
Status attacks are generally pretty awesome in BG2. Most enemies are vulnerable to most status attacks, but high level ones have great Saving Throws (affects the evasion roll for various spells and secondary effects -- this is distinct from Armor Class, which only affects the chance a weapon attack will hit). The two basic protections from status attacks are:
- Saving Throw bonuses
- Immunities: granted by certain classes/kits (e.g. Undead Hunters immune to Level Drain), equipment (e.g. Amulet of Power grants Silence immunity), and spells (e.g. Chaotic Commands and a Berserker's Enrage protect against tons of effects, like Hold and Stun -- the latter also guards against Level Drain).
Thieves can remove all illusion effects from enemies via the Detect Illusions skill (though they can't do anything else while using it). AFAIK this ignores Non-Detection, Spell Immunity: Divination, and other protections. Since most parties should have a Thief to handle traps/locks and possibly scout or backstab, this is an excellent counter to illusion-based tactics.
Magic Resistance (distinct from Magic Damage resistance) is indeed a % chance to ignore spell effects. However, it only works against most spells. Some spells ignore it, and their descriptions don't always (if ever) make it clear which ones do.
The "one spell per 6 seconds" limit has a few quirks. First, it applies to both spells (special abilities like a Thief's Set Snare are considered spells by the engine, btw) and items (e.g. potions). Second, it counts down from the moment the spell was started. This means you can immediately start casting again if the first spell had a long casting time (e.g. Time Stop). Third, in the expansion (Throne of Bhaal) there's a 9th level spell (Improved Alacrity) that removes this delay, but only for spells. If you cast a spell or use an item, you still have to wait the full 6 seconds to use another item, but you can cast another spell immediately. If the spells have a zero casting time (e.g. wear the Robe of Vecna and cast Magic Missile), you can unload a huge number of spells about as fast as you can input commands (the pause button is your friend).
Spells (again, by spell I always include spell-like special abilities) can be interrupted by taking any damage. In fact, they're interrupted even if you have 100% damage resistance. The only protection is to avoid the damage entirely. Stoneskin/Ironskins prevents physical damage entirely (but not e.g. the additional fire damage of a flaming sword), which prevents interruption. Spell protections (e.g. Spell Deflection, Globe of Invulnerability) also help avoid interruption.
Spellcasting:
- Mage/Bard spellbooks can only hold a limited number of spells (based on Intelligence; also, the interface doesn't scroll, but there's a mod to fix that), but you can choose which ones you learn. Clerics/Druids/Paladins/Rangers automagically get the full spell set for their class, but they lose out on the XP for learning spells. Sorcerors only learn spells as they level up, to a maximum of 5 per spell level.
- All spellcasters have a number of spell slots depending on their class and level, which get replenished by resting. Most classes have to explicitly fill those slots with spells then rest before they can use them. Sorcerors don't have to explicitly fill their slots. They can choose a spell on the fly (consuming a slot of the spell's level). Furthermore, they get more spell slots than Mages.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on April 28, 2011, 03:13:22 pm

Current Party

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Technical Info about the fight

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CH3 Part 6 : "This is not where i parked my horse : Lich in the Docks story" Boss Fight

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on April 28, 2011, 03:22:00 pm

Quote from: Ochita on April 27, 2011, 04:51:37 pm

Oh, you have to love a web of protection spells...

Mislead is good.. I think.

I don't use Mislead, Invisibility, Impr invisibility or Shadow Doors. There are plenty of Invisibility potions in the game that don't take a spell slot. Also, in my opinion mage / sorcerer is the one character that should always tank enemies. No other class has this much tanking possibilities!
Yes, webs of protection spells are nice :D

Quote from: Earthquake Damage on April 27, 2011, 06:07:12 pm

Hooray for combat!

This LP has been the first time I've ever watched someone else fight, which is cool. It's fun to compare your tactics to my own. Apparently I have the right idea but less polish and several bad habits (thus plenty of reloads for difficult fights).

desire_to_play[GAME_BG2]++

Spoiler: Quibbles and Additions to Stworca's rule explanation... (click to show/hide)
Why would you extend the spoiler!? Are you nuts?!

Ah, but this is just one way of dealing with these fights. I'm trying not to overdo with cheese, and play in an unconventional way, or at least a fun to watch one.

A thumb up for the additions. I didn't want to go into detail too much though :o

Bodhi? In next update! We're however going to clear a thing or two before heading to supper happy fun main quest place.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Earthquake Damage on April 28, 2011, 07:43:25 pm

...

You actually finished a tough opponent with the Ring of Energy? Damn. I would've expected her protections to block it.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on May 01, 2011, 01:02:58 pm

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You actually finished a tough opponent with the Ring of Energy? Damn. I would've expected her protections to block it.

Honestly? I improvised this fight. Last time i fought the lich was years ago. I've remembered a thing or two (like "breach now, or you'll be fckd" and the fact that she uses clouds) but the actual tactic i've came up with after pressing "record" button.

The next update may take a while, i'm having maturity exams in the following days.
However, when we return, we'll return with a bang.

There is a dragon fight incoming. Beast that has more health than all our party members combined, with THAC0 good enough to -always- hit our party, high resistances to magic and all damage, and a breath attack that drains up to 20 levels when it hits (that's instant permanent death)

We are still not resting. Stay tuned for incoming parts, ahoy!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Earthquake Damage on May 01, 2011, 06:20:28 pm

Quote from: Stworca on May 01, 2011, 01:02:58 pm

We are still not resting.

Do you want to cut the LP short before Ust Natha? :-\

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on May 01, 2011, 06:22:45 pm

Quote from: Earthquake Damage on May 01, 2011, 06:20:28 pm

Do you want to cut the LP short before Ust Natha? :-\

Don't worry, our robes are fancy and balls big. No silly dragon that drains 20 levels with breath attack can stop us!

I've actually recorded the dragon fight already (just twenty minutes ago!), those impatient enough for an update will be able to view the video in about 40 minutes. What are the results?! Well.. Find out on your own, or wait for das update!

Ahoy!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Earthquake Damage on May 01, 2011, 06:30:34 pm

Quote from: Stworca on May 01, 2011, 06:22:45 pm

Don't worry, our robes are fancy and balls big. No silly dragon that drains 20 levels with breath attack can stop us!

With that statement, you've convinced me the protagonist should've been Duke Nukem.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on May 02, 2011, 10:14:52 am

Current Party

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CH3 Part 7 : "You look like a purse : Thaxll'ssillyia the Shadow Dragon" Boss fight

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Earthquake Damage on May 02, 2011, 07:30:36 pm

Cheese? In my LP? It's more likely than you think.

The dragon wasn't as wicked as I expected, but I think I'm used to the Tactics version which IIRC spams wing buffets and stoneskins. Still, bravo. I'd recommend drinks all around, but the party's already seen to that.

Also, I'm not sure if the ransacking of de'Arnise Hold was a result of drunkenness, Stworca being a puppy-kicking card-carrying villain, or just standard D&D party behavior. :P

Side note: I should check my PMs more often. :/

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: 3 on May 03, 2011, 08:23:50 am

I'm kinda surprised nobody got killed by the acid breath. Either you know the AI extremely well or we got off easy there.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on May 03, 2011, 11:32:30 am

Quote from: 3 on May 03, 2011, 08:23:50 am

I'm kinda surprised nobody got killed by the acid breath. Either you know the AI extremely well or we got off easy there.

Both answers are correct.
I had all three melee on her the entire time, not because they could DO anything (-18 AC is untouchable for us at the moment) but to force her to use Wing Buffet. Every 2s the dragon used buffet, were 2s less of Breath Attack danger.
I had the sorc stand the closest of all casters, to soak up the breath attacks. He did.

We got off easy with the fact that the dragon didn't target Sleep-O or 3, while buffeting them, but aside from that it was more or less "planned"

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The dragon wasn't as wicked as I expected, but I think I'm used to the Tactics version which IIRC spams wing buffets and stoneskins.

The dragon did use protection from magical weapons and wing buffet. The only difference between this and tactics is that it only affects cone in melee range, unlike tactics where wing buffet is a long range single target attack.
I did not install "dragons have fast, not interruptable spells" component though. It would be a tougher fight if we couldn't interrupt her dispel magic (she tried casting it nearly each round) but i don't like such components. Its cheesy puffs

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Stworca being a puppy-kicking card-carrying villain

Card-carrying? No idea what you've said there. And really, is he a villain?! Outrage!

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the ransacking of de'Arnise Hold

Had to be done, no matter the reasons! :D

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: lemon10 on May 03, 2011, 12:20:29 pm

Quote from: Stworca on May 03, 2011, 11:32:30 am

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Stworca being a puppy-kicking card-carrying villain

Card-carrying? No idea what you've said there. And really, is he a villain?! Outrage!

From the TVtropes.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CardCarryingVillain (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CardCarryingVillain)
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KickTheDog (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KickTheDog)

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on May 05, 2011, 05:08:10 am

Quote from: lemon10 on May 03, 2011, 12:20:29 pm

From the TVtropes.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CardCarryingVillain (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CardCarryingVillain)

I see. Well, if that's how people see him - fine. It's not 100% correct, but nothing is!

Tomorrow i'm having my last exams, afterwards the LP will continue!

We're going to tackle a long, painful, super-high-level dungeon to proceed with main quest, called Watcher's Keep. Normally you pick either Aran or Bodhi, but we've picked neither, so a third road must be taken!
I wonder if i should do Firkraag (tough dragon) before or after asylum though.

Open for suggestions.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Ochita on May 05, 2011, 09:39:41 am

...
Watchers keep.

Eh, sounds fun enough.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Monks on May 05, 2011, 04:52:18 pm

first 4 lvls are going to be piece of cake. unless he desides to fight the gambling demon, the demi lich or the red dragon inthere who can actually pull out some decent fights. besides it will give the party acces to a fair bit of magical upgrades. especially if the red dragon is killed! staf of ram rules! also should give stworca acces to the extremly powerfull wish scroll.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Earthquake Damage on May 05, 2011, 05:56:20 pm

Quote from: Monks on May 05, 2011, 04:52:18 pm

the demi lich

Demi liches in standard BG2 (also Tactics IIRC) are laughable. They spend most their time spamming Imprisonment. Spell Immunity: Abjuration, Enrage/Barbarian Rage, Protection from Undead (scroll), and Protection from Magic (scroll) all make quick work of them. I have no idea what horrible monstrosities SCS II makes them, so that could be a fun fight.

The two fiend brawls on level 3 (IIRC) may well be impossible at this point. I doubt Protection from Evil is fully effective in SCS II. I'd expect Remove Magic and other fun counters (ditto for the demi lich, by the way).

Quote from: Monks on May 05, 2011, 04:52:18 pm

it will give the party acces to a fair bit of magical upgrades

If you mean what I think you mean, not really. I think you get at best half of any given recipe pair, with the other half always somewhere in TOB. Also, I don't think Cromwell's up to the task. Gotta wait for Cespy.

The party should still score some +3/4 weapons and the +1 quiver &c. So that's a plus. Also great gobs of XP.

Anyway, onward to glory! But don't be afraid to run screaming if you get in over your head. :P

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on May 06, 2011, 03:54:18 am

Quote from: Earthquake Damage on May 05, 2011, 05:56:20 pm

Demi liches in standard BG2 (also Tactics IIRC) are laughable. They spend most their time spamming Imprisonment. Spell Immunity: Abjuration, Enrage/Barbarian Rage, Protection from Undead (scroll), and Protection from Magic (scroll) all make quick work of them. I have no idea what horrible monstrosities SCS II makes them, so that could be a fun fight.

SCSII demi-liches are spellcasters of level 35+, with greatly reduced casting time + all of the natural abilities.
Horrid willings and HLA's fly left and right. (have i mentioned that high level enemy mages have HLA's? Tactics mini-bosses were the only exception, due to SCSII not affecting them) Expect to see dragon's breath not long from now.
I also installed element "Spellstrike takes down protection from magic scroll".
Lastly they use remove magic on protection from undead scroll'd people.

Quote : "...I would be unsurprised to discover that Kangaxx is now beyond most SoA parties..." DavidW

Our party is unique though, and by no means can be compared to any other, ahoy!

Now, before asking yourself "What are we to encounter in TOB then!?".
To answer as shortly as possible : PAIN

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The two fiend brawls on level 3 (IIRC) may well be impossible at this point. I doubt Protection from Evil is fully effective in SCS II. I'd expect Remove Magic and other fun counters (ditto for the demi lich, by the way).

You mean the ones where you obtain hearts? The shade is the toughest fight of them.
Protection from evil might not work, but protection from magical weapons will!

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If you mean what I think you mean, not really. I think you get at best half of any given recipe pair, with the other half always somewhere in TOB. Also, I don't think Cromwell's up to the task. Gotta wait for Cespy.

The party should still score some +3/4 weapons and the +1 quiver &c. So that's a plus.

There is an anti-paladin-only +5 greatsword in Watchers Keep.
Also - wish scroll.
And most importantly.. a rod that fires ruby rays!

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Also great gobs of XP.

I plan on disabling XP on 2 000 000 to not exceed SOA cap at least before we get to really nasty parts.
When i see them youtube videos of rank 50/50 mage/cleric soloing a vanilla kangaxx, i cannot hope but hunt down such person and.. well, i can not say, to not add any evidence to my mass murder trial.

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Anyway, onward to glory! But don't be afraid to run screaming if you get in over your head. :P

I will, but "over your head" for me means everyone but Stworca dead, out of spells, scrolls and no rods of resurrection.
Things really have to go FUBAR for us to escape...

But they will.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Aliya on May 12, 2011, 06:33:27 am

Hi, Stworca! Just wondering: how's it going on in the LP? :)

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on May 12, 2011, 09:15:17 am

Quote from: Aliya on May 12, 2011, 06:33:27 am

Hi, Stworca! Just wondering: how's it going on in the LP? :)

On 23rd and 24th i have to defend my grade, and thus free time is scarce at the moment. The LP is not abandoned, it's just delayed - for now.

Ahoy!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on May 26, 2011, 12:23:00 pm

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CH3 Part 8 : "FUBAR - Guardian Statues" Boss Fight
When things go horribly wrong

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WK dungeon has a total of 6 levels. It's a shame that 3 died just now. Watcher's Keep level 2 and 3 without trap disarming are true definition of the word "PAIN". Trapped corridors, trapped mazes, trapped puzzle areas, trapped boss fights. And i'm not talking about yo' average arrow trap. These traps kill. Buttrape, no lube.

But our robes are fancy. There is no turning back.

Ahoy!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Burnt Pies on May 26, 2011, 12:58:20 pm

Good to see this back.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: 3 on May 26, 2011, 01:06:52 pm

Haha, the demon wraith fight'll be... fun without a rogue.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on May 26, 2011, 01:18:34 pm

Yes. Incredible fun. People will die left and right.

I'll have to double check if druids have detect traps spell, if yes, then we can minimize the amount of traps triggered in Demon Wraith fight. If not, i'll send the non-vital party members forward and hope for the best ;D

We're nearly out of the good potions. Potions of Power will be used for 20% more health, bless & co to aid saves.. Nothing else can be done. I'm not burning protection from magic scroll there.

The best way to do it though is a hastened summon. Summon to soak up spells without endangering any party members. Haste to trigger as many traps as possible before they kill it. Possibly the Efreet. It's very fast, and with haste it can tackle most "red" areas before the finger of death (first trap) kills it.

It's just a plan though. Theory. In practice it can all go wrong.

Normally i'd add another person just now, but it'd be unrealistic, so the 6th party member will probably be Pinky. Still if anyone is interested in joining, i encourage you to speak up.

Ahoy

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive, Mod & Madness LP.
Post by: Stworca on May 27, 2011, 04:54:10 am

Due to Chromatic Demon bugging out and often not attacking, i've decided to skip the second WK level in the Let's Play. A shame, but the fight with him was the only interesting part of it.

Which means.. Demon Wraith, 12 o'clock!
Also staring : Yakman, Deck of Many Things, Life-sucking succubi, areas of wild magic, and a giant effin maze, which i always get lost in. :)

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive. Insane. Ironman.
Post by: Stworca on May 27, 2011, 11:50:40 am

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CH3 Part 9 : Jigsaw has nothing on me : Demon Wraith encounter BOSS FIGHT

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(http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/674/towraith.png)

It's unbelievable that this maze is only fifteen rooms big..
Monskine : I still cannot believe that you..
Hush you, we are near the exi.. Oh, look, a card-playing cambion, waving to us with a warm smile on his face!
Brunch : Your sanity must have suffered when the su.. i'll be damned, it is a card-playing cambion!
Unbekannt : And he does wave to us, with a warm smile on his face!
Let's Investigate!
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7463/kart2.png)

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It turns out that the cambion was in possession of a powerful, unique artifact called Deck of Many Things. Cards powerful enough to create impossible to imagine effects. Both beneficial and harmful. One would have to be insane to play with such a dangerous artifact, thus Stworca and the cambion started using the cards for a newly thought gambling game. Creature which draws more beneficial card wins the wager. Perhaps it was pure luck, and perhaps something unpure.. But..

(http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/8/kart3e.png)
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7783/kart4.png)

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Stworca did not lose a single game. At first winning cambion's possessions, then the lives of his servants.. The demon, being a sane and wise gambler, eventually used his own life as a payment for another chance to win against the sorcerer. And so the Deck of Many Things changed ownership..
Kids, do not gamble.

(http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/6065/kart5.png)

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The cavern had two portals. One which the party used to enter it, and another one on the opposite side of the room. Somehow everyone knew that nothing good awaits them on the other side. It turns out, that even demons can become undead. One such unique, and powerful creature was waiting for them in an ambush. In a trapped area, protected by powerful magics and with dangerous allies, the wraith has devoured countless adventurers. Stworca and his group were no match for him.

But their robes were fancy.

Demon Wraith fight without a thief. 3:38. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCCN6OoJoaI&hd=1)

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive. Insane. Ironman.
Post by: Stworca on May 27, 2011, 05:07:10 pm

Time for another character breakdown. Or rather an update to the last one. Not nearly as detailed. Some things have changed, quite significantly.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Ahoy!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive. Insane. Ironman.
Post by: Stworca on May 28, 2011, 05:59:35 am

CH3 Part 9.5 : Bonus - Six Glabrezu Summoners, a SCSII-only encounter.

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I'm not adding it to the index. I didn't expect to find this fight. Got lost in the maze however, and here it is!
Next up - Watcher's Keep level 4! Unholy Reaver, Staff of Ram, Strange Machinery, Mind flayers, Dragons and Demi-Liches!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive. Insane. Ironman.
Post by: Stworca on May 30, 2011, 04:17:00 pm

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CH3 Part 10 : Grave Insult

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive. Insane. Ironman.
Post by: Stworca on May 30, 2011, 05:24:51 pm

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CH3 Part 11 "Insanity does not **** around : Saladrex the Red Dragon." BOSS FIGHT

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100th post in the thread. I didn't expect it to go that far.. Let me use it as an opportunity to remind you, that all opinions and comments, feedback and criticism, pies and lies are welcome. The viewers (if i still have any!) are awfully quiet lot, that does not yell at me for some reason :D

As for the result of the fight. I didn't move Monskine, because enemy abilities in BG2 are always centered upon a character. Only some allow you to outrun them (for example, dragon breath SPELL, not dragon breath-dragon breath).. Also i expected her to survive. A bad damage roll, with mostly high-end dices occurred. Nothing could be done. We had nothing more to protect anyone with.

Ahoy!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive. Insane. Ironman.
Post by: Stworca on May 30, 2011, 06:12:35 pm

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CH3 Part 12 : Immovable Object vs Unstoppable Force : Demi-Lich showdown. BOSS FIGHT

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Coming up next : Watcher's Keep level 5. The infamous seals. The deadly Nalmissra fight. The last stop before the end boss.. And the portal to Asylum!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive. Insane. Ironman.
Post by: Burnt Pies on May 31, 2011, 09:17:03 am

Sad to see Monskine perma-dead. How difficult is the rest of the keep going to be with only 4 characters?

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive. Insane. Ironman.
Post by: Stworca on May 31, 2011, 12:31:13 pm

Quote from: Burnt Pies on May 31, 2011, 09:17:03 am

Sad to see Monskine perma-dead. How difficult is the rest of the keep going to be with only 4 characters?

Nalmissra is often named one of the most difficult vanilla-game fights, and it's not too far from the truth.
From modded fights it's 10-15ish in the "rank", but for sure the most difficult encounter so far.

Ust'Natha (Gotterdammerung..)
Pontifex (the guy we've met already, and wisely skipped!)
Red Badge (which i delayed for after underdark)
Ascension (the last fight in the saga, i wonder if we will get there)
Impr. Asylum adventurers party (coming very, very soon)
Eclipse (very late in tob. People will die there for sure.)
The End Soa battle
Some of the major ToB bosses..

These are more difficult, but that's about it.

Aside from Nalmissra, we'll face two more slightly less challenging encounters, also a dragon fight (offscreen, the dragon is mediocre) a few liches (not demi-, offscreen) and then the Watcher's Keep end boss. To be honest i don't even remember how challenging the end one is or what he does.. I think he is immune to time stop, but we used our scroll. He also summons truckloads of adds, including very, very powerful ones. I hate to admit it, but i will have to fully improvise ;D

How tough will it be with 4 characters? Vanilla Nalmissra i soloed at rank 16, a year ago, with crappy recording software. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ochVynxW_SE)
The poor quality of the above video was one of the reasons why i wanted to try to solo the improved one. I will think about it. Perhaps you, viewers can give me your thoughts on this subject! The beholder will be the main problem with SCSII, it's ridiculously buffed with it. I think the warrior that dies to skull traps is hastened all the time. I am sure that Y'tossi and Nalmissra get more buffs and teleport around when someone tries to kite them, and the priestess is no longer a useless pile of monkey excrements. Obviously their damage is going to be insane, especially Y'tossi's. You don't want to melee this guy without protections.

Time will tell what happens. But i am taking suggestions!

If we.. ONCE we arrive at Asylum, we'll add new party members. And who knows, maybe our journey will take us to the place where the dead go? Perhaps we will be re-united with all those that have fallen? I know not. Do you? ;D

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive. Insane. Ironman.
Post by: 3 on May 31, 2011, 12:40:15 pm

Quote from: Stworca on May 31, 2011, 12:31:13 pm

Impr. Asylum adventurers party

Is this the one I think it is? The really, really irritating one?

I'm interested to see how you'll handle the Pontifex quest (I think the quest's harder than the boss...), although I guess that'll be much later on. Obviously we'll have to see if you get past Ust'Natha first.

(Bloody forum ate my post twice, gah)

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive. Insane. Ironman.
Post by: Stworca on May 31, 2011, 01:04:57 pm

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Is this the one I think it is? The really, really irritating one?

The one which you can not win even with cheating, if you don't know what to do. Braeudynael the drow.. or whatever his name was. The time-stop-immune, always-invisible, untouchable, unkillable mage with endless spells. A parody fight that you're not supposed to even try to win.
I've beaten it back in 0.91 version ;) We will have Sleep-O keep one of the items (outrage, i know, but it's the least cheesy one i'm after for him)

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I'm interested to see how you'll handle the Pontifex quest

You mean the quest-quest? The ritual?
Or the combat during quest?
I actually wrote a guide on that one, my friend. There is a reason why i'm postponing it to AFTER underdark. I don't want to fight Ira'Kiou'Dneg as we have too many dragon fights ahead of us anyway. Besides, he is not affected by "More hp for dragons" SCSII element, and drops quite easily. Here you can see him dead even before the golems. (http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/87/beztytuusnq.png) With a bioware party (+ Amber) no less.
I may beef up his HP though, and show off the fight. He has some very nasty abilities after all, and is often considered to be the "Top" dragon. But we will see more dragons later.. Many, many more, at once, no less.

Right now i'm focused on Nalmissra though.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive. Insane. Ironman.
Post by: Stworca on June 01, 2011, 07:55:54 pm

I bet some observant viewers have already found the Nalmissra fight ;) Still i will 'officially' add it to the LP in a bit.

For now i am facing a rather serious problem. Mainly the end boss affects and scripting..
As it is the end boss is absolutely immune to all magic removing effects. From low rank dispel magic to level 9 spellstrike. This is a major problem, because the boss spams stoneskins and protections. Thus it's impossible to kill him without cheese.

If you want it in numbers : He casts PFMW (read : invulnerability) every 36 seconds. It lasts 24 seconds. In the 12 seconds left you have to take down 2 stoneskins (20 successful attacks against an AC of around -18) and after that drop his 400 hp. (another 15-20 successful attacks. All that in the 12 seconds) before he casts another PFMW. If you fail, he will regenerate. At the moment we don't even have enough attacks per round to be able to pull something like that off, even if we scored each and every one. In short : You are supposed to be able to dispel his protections.

There is one non-cheesy way to stop his damned unremovable I-WIN buff chain, it involves chain contingency, lot's of powerful spells unleashed at once. However.. it completely screws up his scripting, making him just go into melee and do nothing else.

This means that i'd have to either kill a pathetic boss that does nothing, or face a cheesy, retarded version of what he should be, that will not get damaged by the party for the entire duration of the fight.

To summ it up, if i will be unable to fix this problem we will SKIP Demogorgon, or at least delay him until late ToB. This is very unfortunate, but i despise cheesy, "fake" difficulty increase, and unremovable buffs do exactly that.

I'm sorry for not posting Nalmissra yet, but i have to know what to do with Demo before i do so.

Regards

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Interactive. Insane. Ironman.
Post by: Stworca on June 03, 2011, 09:04:29 am

Edit : I managed to "fix" demogorgon enough for the fight to take place. Updates will be posted today! We're three steps away from chapter 4!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness!
Post by: Stworca on June 04, 2011, 09:31:11 am

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CH3 Part 13a : Exorcise the demons : Nalmissra party BOSS FIGHT

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Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness!
Post by: Stworca on June 04, 2011, 10:07:14 am

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CH3 Part 13b Exorcise the demons : Demogorgon the Pathetic, Bugged and Cheesy BOSS FIGHT

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End of Chapter 3

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness!
Post by: Stworca on June 04, 2011, 10:40:00 am

Before someone observant asks : Yes, we have taken all of Brunch equipment with us. No way i'm leaving all those flails, shields and maces behind! :D

Chapter 4 will start in just a bit. I have to edit the intro video and create characters that will be joining us. One of them waits for quite a while, the other got lucky that people don't join our suicidal train too often and we had a vacant spot.

I've killed Firkraag and Kangaxx off screen. Firkraag is less powerful than Saladrex, so there is no need to fight him. Kangaxx is pathetic when compared to the WK lich, besides, demi-liches are boring, so there was no need to record it either. Firkraag and Kangaxx were two very important SoA enemies, but worry not, we;re not out of the woods yet.
As a matter of fact, things will only get worse and worse. The easy part is over.

Chapter 3 was very, VERY boss-heavy. Now things will change. Bosses will be more rare (expect none for quite a few updates), but each one of them will be very likely to end our adventure. There is a total of 5 major bosses on our way to ToB. One of them may appear multiple times, who knows..
And only one boss between us and Ust'Natha....

Heavens have mercy, because the drow city will show none.

Oi ;)

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness!
Post by: Burnt Pies on June 04, 2011, 10:45:06 am

Is Brunch revivable? I noticed he died, but I'm not sure what happens with running away from fights with dead party members.

Still enjoying this, looking forward to seeing how well/badly we do in the next chapter.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Text, image, mod and madness!
Post by: Stworca on June 04, 2011, 10:50:02 am

Yes, we can resurrect him with no problems. Then again, everyone is revivable.

Comments, both positive and negative, are as always welcome. I learn as i go, so to speak, but i can not improve if i know not what to improve.

Intro video for chapter 4 should be ready soon.
There is a certain epic villain with amazing voice acting that we haven't seen in a while.

One quick info about the current poll : In the long run it does not matter how we get to the Asylum, but depending on which choice we pick, a few updates will be completely different.

Oi!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : End of Chapter 3
Post by: Monks on June 04, 2011, 03:29:06 pm

i refuse to make indepth comments before my new character is in the game!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : End of Chapter 3
Post by: Stworca on June 04, 2011, 04:22:36 pm

Quote from: Monks on June 04, 2011, 03:29:06 pm

i refuse to make indepth comments before my new character is in the game!

In-depth comment from you? Ha! I swear, if i wasn't sleeping with your daughters you wouldn't even get on tha- wait, you didn't know?
Ummm.. yeah.. you cool with that?

:D

Edit : Now what the three-legged table? Vote tied? Come on people, i'm waiting in anticipation for a result 'ere!
Arr!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : End of Chapter 3
Post by: Monks on June 04, 2011, 04:48:55 pm

if only i had a daughter :(

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : End of Chapter 3
Post by: marxistplot on June 04, 2011, 08:40:26 pm

Mad? Nah, he's just misunderstood. On the other hand, I love Waltzing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx02KOGhjes)

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : End of Chapter 3
Post by: Ochita on June 05, 2011, 03:39:29 am

Oooh.

Make a female monk.

Name it Ochita.

Improved whirlwind.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : End of Chapter 3
Post by: Stworca on June 05, 2011, 05:27:01 am

Quote from: Ochita on June 05, 2011, 03:39:29 am

Oooh.

Make a female monk.

Name it Ochita.

Improved whirlwind.

I'd rather have you pick a different name, because who knows, the dead may come back at one point.
Once someone dies you're first in the Q.

I haven't played a monk since... Pen and paper! :o

We will not be using HLA's in SoA, with the exception - maybe - of the end boss.

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Mad? Nah, he's just misunderstood. On the other hand, I love Waltzing

If Stworca ever started a Waltzing band it'd be called "Handicapped children in a deathlock"

If someone hasn't voted yet - do so! You have time till the next update is posted.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : End of Chapter 3
Post by: Ochita on June 05, 2011, 11:25:08 am

Its quite amazing really, my party of game characters is so.. mild compared to this.

Then again, having a monk was one of the strongest things in ToB.

I could kill a city full of mercenaries.
So much fun.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : End of Chapter 3
Post by: Stworca on June 05, 2011, 01:33:13 pm

I shall generate a random name if you don't pick one.. Just sayin' :P

Also : The next major boss, "Improved Asylum : Adventurers Party" i've decided to tackle :
- solo, with just Stworca.
- no pre-buff at all
- no level 9 spells (normally you don't have these in SoA)
- no scrolls

and of course no resting.

I never tried to solo this fight, so an ironman play is the perfect moment for that :D

Enemies there are as cheesy as it gets. I'll make a tech info breakdown of these characters once we get there. But we're talking about a mage that is immune to all weapons, all single target spells, all 1-5 spells, all necromancy, time stops, CC, stat damage.. A mage who heals all enemies if you're out of his visual range, and recovers all lost spells.
That's one of four enemies.

But our robes are fancy....

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : End of Chapter 3
Post by: Ochita on June 05, 2011, 02:27:38 pm

Oh fine. The name shall be.. BERTHA

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : End of Chapter 3
Post by: lemon10 on June 06, 2011, 06:51:52 am

Ewwww... Bertha... (no offense anyone named bertha reading this).
How about: Fabio, the gender confused monk (preferably with the Girdle of Masculinity/Femininity on).

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : End of Chapter 3
Post by: marxistplot on June 06, 2011, 07:59:35 am

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gender confused monk

Wo-Man: foreign king of questionable gender!

I like Bertha

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : End of Chapter 3
Post by: Stworca on June 08, 2011, 02:49:17 pm

I could begin chapter 4 now, but due to the fact that i have a wedding to attend to, and later on a lovely chill-out week in ze mountains, it's best that i delay the beginning of a new chapter, instead of part 2 or 3.

Oi. See you in a bit.

Title: Just how fancy are our robes?
Post by: Stworca on June 15, 2011, 12:58:51 pm

Another character breakdown! This time a major one. This time with pictures. This time with even longer walls of text! WOOOO!
Note that AC values are much better when the party is buffed, and our casters yawn at AC anyway.

Starting with our favorite : Stworca!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Followed by the only survivor from chapter 1 : Sleep-O

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Next on the list is our Fallen Inquisitor : Brunch!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The last survivor from chapter 3's massacre : Unbekannt

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Now the new characters.. Not yet introduced officially. Spoiler warnings! Also, they are undergeared, because i didn't plan on having 3 and Monskine die.. Stupid 3 and Monskine! :P

New Character number one :

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

New character number 2 (Totally undergeared!)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Overall Sleep-O, Brunch and Unbekannt are quite protected from most common death causes, even on insanity. Stworca laughs at dragons.. But i don't have any gear to spare to the new guys.. They will have to endure without for now.
The Barb is a character that - should he survive that long - will make ToB much, MUCH easier. For now he's just a trash character.

Not much will change till Ust'Natha... Unless we tackle Red Badge before Ust Natha.. Which i would like to do - but it's not for me to decide, and not now.

Title: Chapter 4 : Waist Deep...
Post by: Stworca on June 18, 2011, 10:44:15 am

Chapter 4 : Waist Deep..

Current Party

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Ch4 Part 1 : Hello, Brynnlaw!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Shiver me timber! ARRR!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Chapter 4, Waist Deep.
Post by: Stworca on July 06, 2011, 06:51:44 am

This LP is not canceled, it's delayed (quite significantly) because we're very close to Ust'Natha (3 updates tops).. and i can't get the damn thing to work! >:(
With all the AI improvements ,the FPS is cra..b.. (With FRAPS at least) and without them, the battle is too easy! I'm re-writing the AI scripts, but it takes.. a while..

I can not tell how much longer will it take, but it will continue soon.

For now, please, try to enjoy RTW.

Regards

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Chapter 4, Waist Deep.
Post by: Stworca on July 23, 2011, 04:42:52 pm

Current Party

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

CH4 P2 Sleep-O's Perspective

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Chapter 4 Part 2 : Sleep-O's Perspective
Post by: 3 on July 23, 2011, 04:57:07 pm

IT RETURNS. TREMBLE, MORTALS, AND DESPAIR.

So how much work was involved in optimising Ust'Natha and (more importantly) how much was sacrificed?

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Chapter 4 Part 2 : Sleep-O's Perspective
Post by: Stworca on July 23, 2011, 05:02:15 pm

I will have to play it on stationary PC, thus the resolution will be stuck at 1024 x 768. (was unable to get the altered scripting to work on the laptop)
It SHOULD be relatively smooth now. And by relatively smooth i mean "Freeze for a few seconds every time a wave spawns" as well as "Fps <20, but hopefully >10"

You have to note, that improved Ust' Natha has A LOT of drow, and all of them have massive scripting, path finding calculations, each casts spells, drinks potions, stabs you in the eyes.. and more. My PC handles high end games well, but this right here is still challenging. (HOW many drow? Dwarf Fortress cat problems are similar to this fight..)

We'll have to wait and see. Still, i had to progress the story a bit. In next update we fight the (in)famous Asylum Party.. Although i guess some of you have already found and seen the fight. ;)

Ust Natha is only three parts away from us. And with Impr. Ust'Natha comes the most hellish fight one can imagine. It was meant to be impossible. It was coded to be impossible. Is it? Stay tuned, folks!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Chapter 4 Part 3 : "Unkillable God"
Post by: Stworca on July 24, 2011, 05:53:51 pm

Current Party

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Technical Info about the fight

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

CH4 P3 : "Bend over and i'll show you a god : Breudayael's Party" Boss Fight

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Chapter 4 Part 3 : "Unkillable God" Boss Fight
Post by: Stworca on July 24, 2011, 06:24:48 pm

The party has dropped something around 20 items. I've went through them all, and with the help of Monks decided which ones not to use (too cheesy) which ones can we use only in ToB (should we get there) and others that are 'ok' to equip. Here is a breakdown, for those interested.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Open to feedback and suggestions, but only regarding the ones we've selected as "Yes".
Ones that i'm not picking are final. Too powerful. Not open for discussion.

Regards!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Chapter 4 Part 3 : "Unkillable God" Boss Fight
Post by: Akigagak on July 28, 2011, 06:17:17 pm

I say go whatever gives us an update. :P

I mean, I reached the last update and I had a little sad moment, so onwards to glory and (no) less cheesy enemies!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Chapter 4 Part 3 : "Unkillable God" Boss Fight
Post by: Stworca on August 16, 2011, 05:29:57 pm

Your wish is my command Akigagak :P

I have just now successfully recorded the Siege of Ust'Natha.

Over an HOUR long video of constant party on drow combat. It's not a group of encounters, it's one giant battle.

I did it with commentary voiceover, it is obviously a poor attempt (my first one after all) but you don't expect me to add an HOUR of music material to it, now do you?!

The video is compiling just now. I will upload it overnight. Then we will move to happier places, where i don't have to spend a MONTH of my time re-writing scripts to get the damn game to work.

Patience Imoen, soon it will all end!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : Chapter 4 Part 3 : "Unkillable God" Boss Fight
Post by: Stworca on August 17, 2011, 01:44:01 am

I'm leaving country for a week, thus i have little time to dish out an update (I will when i'm back home, worry not)

For now, all i have to offer is this terrible-commentary video of the long and painful Siege of Improved Ust Natha (1:08:XX) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYHJgD1O8cs&hd=1)
There is some microphone static, but after the fight starts it's blending in nicely (ha!)

Now you know why i'm not doing any video LP's ;)

Still, i recommend watching it, even if you decide to disable the volume. This is a unique, ball-breaking encounter that very few people tried at all. Even fewer on insanity.
Regards!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part ?? : Siege of Ust Natha (Beta)
Post by: 3 on August 17, 2011, 01:07:31 pm

That went well, all things considered. And your English isn't too bad, even if the quality wasn't great.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part ?? : Siege of Ust Natha (Beta)
Post by: Stworca on August 19, 2011, 03:36:16 pm

Quote from: 3 on August 17, 2011, 01:07:31 pm

That went well, all things considered. And your English isn't too bad, even if the quality wasn't great.

Well, we won! Hell of a fight too, or wasn't it?

After all, if we remained on the entrance circle, the giant open plane, we would get surrounded and beaten to death with sticks.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part ?? : Siege of Ust Natha (Beta)
Post by: Skorpijon on August 22, 2011, 07:36:59 am

Hey there.

Been following this LP after i seen the link on banshee forums. Let me tell you you are awesome :)
I am amazed how you can do all these things and making them look so easy. I myself have installed mods like yourself although i play on core rules since this is my 3rd play (1st modded) but have missed few things from the fine settings in certain mods (used toned down picks if possible).

Great job on the videos, dont know why your bashing your commentary on ust'natha, its sounded pretty good to me (non native english speaker here aswell).

I do have some questions though. I play with custom party of kensai/mage (yeah i know how you like this overused thing, going to dual it at 13 (10 atm)), sorcerer, thief/cleric (dualed at 10) and cavalier. I am trying to play good side and i try to stay of areas with locks/traps for when my thief gets active again (10/10 atm). Where would you recommend to farm for xp? I noticed you have 6 players and by the time you did certain fights you are already few lvl's above me. Where do you get so much xp?? Playing good side btw :)

Also if i missed something while installing mods or used the wrong combination (non insta spells for dragons/fiends/...) how can i change it without reinstalling everything in specified order (that you posted on banshee or is written in scsII). Namely i left out some of the things that were unknown to me but after i read your LP i am inclined i would like to try them.

Anyway, keep up the good work, cant wait for next updated GL & HF!

Skorpijon

p.s. Fingers crossed to complete LP in full

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part ?? : Siege of Ust Natha (Beta)
Post by: Monks on August 22, 2011, 11:19:51 am

his extra ammount of xp. most likely comes from farming guards, which is also an incredible source of income. in my own playtrough. same mods as stworca. same difficulty. im sitting constantly on 200k+ gold. and i have a good 2.7mil xp and standing at the gates of ust'natha.

good "easy" places for xp includes. the sphere in slums, all the slums quests. main quests (can wait with confronting bhodi/aran first 2 should net around 55k xp for everyone) the mods however also bring in ALOT of xp. think improved asylum was around 150k+ total. you can also do the de'arnise. firekarg is quite easy xp aswell. since you dont HAVE to confront him for the actual quest succes. the thief stronghold quest is one of the easiest around.

total you should be able to net 1.5mil xp before watchers keep/ending act 3.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part ?? : Siege of Ust Natha (Beta)
Post by: Skorpijon on August 22, 2011, 01:01:19 pm

How is farming city guards for reputation? A onetime 5-6 rep hit or a constant with each skirmish? I want to play goody two shoes so too much killing guards is not good for my picture of goodness :)

Also can i install improved asylium after i have everything installed? (fixes, ascension, tactics, spell revisions, improved items, scs2, tweaks, widescreen in that order). Or will it conflict with spellrevisions/scs2 (have improved irenicus fight from scs2)?

Anyway, just saw the hour marathon movie of ust natha and i am keeping my fingers crossed for the planned Resurrection of you monks :)

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part ?? : Siege of Ust Natha (Beta)
Post by: Monks on August 22, 2011, 03:28:41 pm

well thank you. just managed ust natha myself. blasted epic. 1 perma dead. 3 deaths 2 alive :P all whent fine. and suddenly last wave apears with 6 demons and a shit loads of other mobs. obviously it was the matron mother who destroyed 1 of my chars with a flamestrike :P

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part ?? : Siege of Ust Natha (Beta)
Post by: Monks on August 22, 2011, 03:29:40 pm

oh and guards give you rep = 1 ;)

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part ?? : Siege of Ust Natha (Beta)
Post by: Stworca on August 22, 2011, 05:26:42 pm

Quote from: Skorpijon on August 22, 2011, 01:01:19 pm

Also can i install improved asylium after i have everything installed? (fixes, ascension, tactics, spell revisions, improved items, scs2, tweaks, widescreen in that order). Or will it conflict with spellrevisions/scs2 (have improved irenicus fight from scs2)

Yes, as long as you dont have the improved asylum from SCSII (nor "take party items" from SCSII)
I installed Imp Asylum as last myself.

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Anyway, just saw the hour marathon movie of ust natha and i am keeping my fingers crossed for the planned Resurrection of you monks :)

It will be relatively easy. I had to play UN on my stationary PC - otherwise it would chop with fraps - and the LP save is on the laptop, where Monks lives. All i need to do is beating Ust Natha with instant mage buffs, with no deaths, and voila!

Hmm.. it sounded easier in my head.

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How is farming city guards for reputation? A onetime 5-6 rep hit or a constant with each skirmish? I want to play goody two shoes so too much killing guards is not good for my picture of goodness :)

Brunch was a goody too.. once.

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Where would you recommend to farm for xp?

Paladins of the Radiant Heart are a good pick. The ones that attack you that is.
We have a lot of xp, because i have cleared Kangaxx, Firkraag, Darnise, Sewers and everything else in the game off screen.
Remember the combat heavy chapter with lots of guards? I believe we had to fight up to twenty waves in Gov district alone, not to mention bridge, docks, slums or promenade. In SCSII they also drop the lovely potions and even high level scrolls.
When Ochita - who had almost all the avaliable scrolls learned - died, guards were the only source of scrolls for Unbekannt.

If the kensai mage dies permanently i will eat my hand in frustration.

Also : Thank You for watching, kind sir. In 3 days i shall be back in Holand, and thus the LP will continue soon! (Morrowind one as well)

Edit : Woo! Good job on Natha, Monx

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part ?? : Siege of Ust Natha (Beta)
Post by: ran on August 23, 2011, 04:03:16 pm

Hello all, an avid BG2 fan here salutes you all,

My question will be to Stworca;
You mentioned fixing your bugged Spell Trap a few pages before, would you explain how you did it? Same issue here and seems like i'm at a dead end :D

I could only find that too many effects(not spell but creature effects) is one of the culprits (when i edit my save game with near-infinity and remove additional proficiency effects from summoned NPCs at abbysal fortress it works and i'm not even at the abbysal fortress, but just left it, weird ToB secondary area function i think).

anyways, thanks in advance, save me and my hairs :D

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part ?? : Siege of Ust Natha (Beta)
Post by: Stworca on August 25, 2011, 05:25:10 am

I assume that you have installed Improved Asylum, ran?

You need either two installations of BG2 (one of which has a WORKING spell trap) or a total re-install.

Total re-install route : Replace the SpWi902 file in Improved Asylum instalation folder, with SpWi902 from your override folder BEFORE installing the mod.

Two installations route : Open the spell with DLTCEP, and replace all the broken variables with the working ones. There is a problem with a negative number somewhere along the way.

How to test if its working : Create a sorcerer in ToB, CLUAConsole him a ton of experience, add the following spells : Project Image, Spell Trap, Imprisonment.
Cast spell trap, follow it by project image. Next cast imprisonment spells using your image. Afterwards Kill the image once the spell trap is overpowered with the imprison spells.. And check if you got any spells back. (I check this before and after installing SCSII, as well as after installing the last mod)

I have no idea how to fix it for Spell Revisions (should you have it) nor whether or not there are easier routes to do the above.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part ?? : Siege of Ust Natha (Beta)
Post by: Skorpijon on August 25, 2011, 06:18:49 am

Edit final:

Spell revision change descriptions for spell trap and from then on it stops working (sizre 2.025 or something bytes). I have replaced the file from SR with the original (size: 778 bytes). After i installed SCS2 it change in size again but after testing it was working (size: 826 bytes). When i installed improved asylium last, it had the same length file in the install directory. I overridden it just in case with SCS2 one (size: 826 bytes). Still didnt work so i manually overwritten the file in override directory with the backup from SCS2 that i made. Now it works.

On topic:
Whats the plan for the next update, cant wait :D

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part ?? : Siege of Ust Natha (Beta)
Post by: Stworca on September 20, 2011, 02:59:53 am

To ease up your wait, kind viewers, i hereby present you yet another Ust Natha video! This time, my microphone is fixed and the quality is higher! This time, it's a co-commentary video! This time, we are using Bioware characters! This time, we.. FAIL!

Why would we fail?

Perhaps the video name will give it away :

Improved Ust Natha Fail : Raging Minsc (Co-commentary with Xaio30!) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygLmU9jlWKI&hd=1)

It's not a part of the LP, so it does not brake ze Ironman rules.
Also : I normally would not ever show a FAIL video, but this.. This was just Minsc-tastic!
Warning : I do use some f- words through the course of the video!

Update is.. You wouldn't imagine how many issues i'm having with getting the (saved) game to run :( We have some footage though, and i will try to capitalize on that soon!
I just thought that them viewers (That's You, viewer) deserve a special treat!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part 4 : Wake up call
Post by: Stworca on September 27, 2011, 01:56:28 pm

Current Party

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

CH4 P4 Wake up call

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Kudos to everyone who figured the plot twist out before this update. I left a hint or two in the previous updates.
Not a long update, but i'm warming up after a long period of nothingness. The game is finally working again, my rage meter went down from all those 10 re-installations per day, and..
It's good to see you again, viewer!

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part 4 : Wake up call
Post by: Burnt Pies on September 28, 2011, 04:57:38 pm

Hooray! Good to see this back again.

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part 5 : Peons, assemble
Post by: Stworca on October 04, 2011, 07:14:56 am

Current Party

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

CH4 P5 Peons, assemble!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Title: Re: Baldur's Gate 2 : CH4 Part 6 : Götterdämmerung
Post by: Stworca on October 11, 2011, 04:27:07 pm

Current Party

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

CH4 P6 "Götterdämmerung : The Siege of Ust Natha" Boss Fight

Spoiler: Tech Info about the fight (click to show/hide)

This is only a pseudo-update, that adds the already shown fight in the correct moment of the LP. Had to be done, for continuity sake.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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