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Now then, who are we?



Since you don't have as much choices for building a character as in Icewind Dale (Dwarves are restricted to Fighter,Thief, Cleric and Barbarian), we are Urist Ironblood McDoomfist the Third. Unbelievably strong but slightly thick and smelling faintly of vomit and booze.





Oh dear, Dialogue.



(How very Dwarf Fortressy of the game to do by dumping me at the Inn)

I've always been surprised that Winthrop can keep his inn open. Candlekeep has very draconian entrance requirements so he can't have great business.



Time to get mah drink on.



: Wait. Since when? People have been killed over less money. Hint, Hint.

:  Ever the humourless brat ye always were. If not for your fathers reputation, I'd not tolerate ye. Don't bother me.

But since I have money, he let me buy a couple of axes and some armour. Leaving about 100 gold to play about with. And we all know what happens then....






: This *Hic*... Dis sounds bad. What if mah axes breaks. How I kill then?


And you all know what happens when a Barbarian Dwarf gets drunk?




They go looting.



Ah Firebeard.... Good enough bloke but just a little too trusting.



Phlydia.... probably the most incompetent acolyte ever. She lost an expensive and rare set of books last week in the stables which we found tattered and drooled upon. It's a miracle that she hasn't nearly killed herself.




: WHAT YOU CALL ME STUPIT COW!






Sigh... Dammit Phlydia. At least I got something for it.



Wait.... Giving a cow an antidote gets them better. Say what?



I also encountered Tethtoril and obtained Firebeads scroll. I don't have much use for it and it's a fairly minor scroll so I can't make much money for it.



In exchange for returning the scroll, I've been protected from evil. Good?



: Yes. What of it?

: Nothing personal but I'm here to slit your throat.  Someone has placed a price on your head and I cannot turn down an offer.



: Bloody cats. We should make cat biscuits.

I prefer to fight my own fights. If someone is out to get me then I don't want anyone not involved putting an axe into their head. Still, perhaps I shouldn't have drunk so much as I can barely hit anything.



Rat Battle! Our valiant hero fought off an army of rats and cat traitors before tragedy struck.



A shattered axe. Truly the most upsetting thing in Urists life. Today couldn't get worse.



: Mah axe is broke! I demand vengeance!



Hull is one of the gate guards. I'm tempted to chew him out for letting an assassin in the keep but I'm feeling the warm fuzzy feeling of booze wear off.



The things I do for money and to help others.



: You the ward of Gorion?


: Yeah, I'm his son.


: Foster Son. Not that it hardly matters. Somebody wants you dead and I'm just willing enough to oblige.



This is really unnerving. Candlekeep is one of the most secure places on the Sword Coast. And now two assassins have made attempts on my life.



I don't know why I even bother with these people. Hull pretty much accused me of trying to run off with his sword. What self-respecting dwarf uses swords though?

I was pretty much finished with my preparations when I ran into my dear friend Imoen outside of the keep.



: Can't chat Shrimp. I'm on a journey.

: Shrimp? I'm bigger than you. A journey? That sounds really cool. I'd love to travel but I'm just cooped up here so I never get to go anywhere. I'd love to go with though.  I really do.

: You're not going. You wouldn't be allowed to anyways.

: Oh come on... You know what? You're right. G would never let me. Fine, I'll stay here and keep to myself. You better go though, the old man doesn't like being kept waiting.

(And I forgot to screen cap the conversation with Gorion. Long story short, we are outta here)



: Listen carefully.  If we ever become separated, it is imperative that you make your way to the Friendly Arm Inn.  There you will meet Khalid and Jaheira.  They have long been my friends, and you can trust them.

: We're just traveling aren't we? I mean, you can magic anything to death can't you?



:  Let us hurry, child.  The night can only get worse, so we must find shelter soon.  Don't worry.  I'll explain everything as soon as there is time.

We heard something and stopped. Something wasn't right.

:  "Wait.  There is something wrong.  We are in an ambush.  Prepare yourself."



: You're perceptive for an old man. You know why I'm here. Hand over your ward and no one will be hurt. If you resist, it will be a waste of your life.

: Un-bloody-likely. I'm not going anywhere.

: You're a fool if you believe I would trust your benevolence.  Step aside and you and your lackeys will be unhurt.

:  I'm sorry that you feel that way old man.



Gorion struck first, slaying an ogre before the enemy spell caster struck me in the side with a flame arrow.

: Run child. Get out of here!

So I did. I would have fought but I would have been little more than a liability between a powerful mage and that armored figure.



I looked over my shoulder as I fled. Gorion had cast seemingly every spell in his arsenal at the enemy yet still he remained standing.



I heard the unmistakable sound of a sword slicing through flesh and bone. I knew that Gorion had been slain defending me and I could do nothing but run.

And so I did.

Lo all, Untouchable here for my Bay 12 LP debut. I've been wanting to do a LP of Baldur's Gate for a while now so here we go. This post is also going to act as somewhat of a table of contents too but first an explanation about what's going on.

For those not in the know, Baldur's Gate is a Computer Roleplaying Game released in 1998 by Black Isle and developed by Bioware, who are now best known for their hit RPGs Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect and Dragon Age: Origins. At the time, Computer RPGs were essentially in the crapper doing poor business. While the original Fallout was released the year before, this was essentially the game that was able to revive CRPGs thanks to a combination of being easy to pick up and also being a fairly faithful adaption of the 2nd Edition D&D rules.


The Following Mods will be used

- Baldur's Gate Tutu (A conversion mod for Baldur's Gate II that essentially converts the game to run the original game with the much improved engine of the sequel)
- Unfinished Business (Pretty much restores cut content and stuff that was originally going to be in but were dummied out)
- The Lure of the Sirine's Call (Essentially a mod that adds a fairly long quest in)
- The BG1 NPC Project  (Pretty much an expansion mod which adds a couple of things in which I probably won't get to. It also changes up the location of some late joining NPC's.

Alright, let's get rolling. As I can't seem to embed Youtube videos, the awesome opening is in the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kmmggc6jH8
Creating our PC
Races

Standard Fantasy fare. Human, Half Human and Half Tree Hugging Pansy, Tree Hugging Pansy, Dwarf, Gnome, Half Orc and Halfling

Alignment


Classes



And well, that's all really. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD AND LET ME KNOW YOUR CHOICE!

My manager and my mason are Friends. The manager DETESTS rats. The mason keeps making statues of the manager surrounded by rats. I'm wondering how long this 'friendship' will last.

That's sorta like my Engravers making engravings of the humans on the site being killed by Hobgoblins. It's absolutely hilarious when the dwarves act like assholes for shits and giggles.

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Quote from: cameron on June 21, 2010, 08:09:03 pm

plate should be nearly immune to being cut by bladed weapons as some were rather big in order to combat plate and larger pole armshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweih%C3%A4nder  and these swords were not used to try and cut through plate, there was more bashing involved
The main advantage hammers have over swords is that their weight is almost entirely in their head and so its easier for them to gain the necessary amount of momentum
Other later bladed weapons though made for fighting much lighter armored opponents would have been much easier to hit gaps in the armor and unless it is a full suit there will be lots of unfortunate gaps, though finding these could go up with skill.

Don't forget the Mordhau sword technique. Armor was so effective that gripping your sword by the blade and smacking the other guy in the face with the pommel/crossguard could be as effective, if not more so, in striking at a well-protected area.

Well, getting whacked in the face will generally cause an effective result

The guy on the receiving end would typically be wearing a helmet.

Although my post's wording was unclear.

Ah, I guess it's my turn to be embarrassed. Still though, that's rather impressive if they did it through a helmet.

Quote from: cameron on June 21, 2010, 08:09:03 pm

plate should be nearly immune to being cut by bladed weapons as some were rather big in order to combat plate and larger pole armshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweih%C3%A4nder  and these swords were not used to try and cut through plate, there was more bashing involved
The main advantage hammers have over swords is that their weight is almost entirely in their head and so its easier for them to gain the necessary amount of momentum
Other later bladed weapons though made for fighting much lighter armored opponents would have been much easier to hit gaps in the armor and unless it is a full suit there will be lots of unfortunate gaps, though finding these could go up with skill.

Don't forget the Mordhau sword technique. Armor was so effective that gripping your sword by the blade and smacking the other guy in the face with the pommel/crossguard could be as effective, if not more so, in striking at a well-protected area.

Well, getting whacked in the face will generally cause an effective result

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How else will the humans impress us if they can't send demonic lizards as their trading agents?

By Reaching The Stuff On High Shelves.

The porno mags?

Quite the diplomatic breakthrough, wouldn't you say?

Depends. Is it human porn? Dwarf porn? Human dressed as dwarf porn that you might be interested in because it destroys lives?

If that existed then it would probably cause the universe to explode.

I just generated an evil world, (odd, considering it doesn't have any elves). Let's cleanse this shit.

EDIT:

SO MANY FUCKING BEAK DOGS AAAAAAAAAA

EDIT2:

ALMOST ALL OF THE SEMIMEGABEASTS ARE UNDEAD AAAAAAA

Well, you're fucked. That's the only thing I have to say for your situation.