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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fladian" data-source="post: 123786" data-attributes="member: 5833">I must admit that I find all Bhaal-children quite tough... including myself. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> Oh, wait, that's bragging. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />No, but seriously. I find them all worthy of attention. When I first faced them, I must admit that I underestimated them a bit. Especially the son of the Dragon. I forgot how powerful a dragon could be when he cannot be targetted by spells and is capable of casting haste on itself. Truth to be known, I had more trouble with the son than the father. I can't remember any of their names anymore though. I always had a problem with names.I'm keeping my reputation at a low scale at the moment. It's... uh... 13 or 14, as I recall. Because I have an evil aligned character in my team, Viconia, I can't really boost my reputation and have to find ways to keep it at a normal scale. I don't mind much about the prices of items currently; seeing as I have enough gold (170,000) and a nice charisma (23) to buy the kind of stuff I need. I don't have much on my list of 'have-to-buy' for a while anyway... only the necklace in the Underdark, an armor and the War Sword +4 at the Adventurer's Markt. For now, I'll be saving some money for ToB. I don't want to end up without gold again.. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />Jan usually carries his own-made armor as well throughout just about the entire game. The Underdak is an exception. Unless he's the only (or the best) mage in the party, then his armor is quickly replaced with the Robe of Vecna.A question though. I'm sure you're familiar with the thief ability, Use any item, right? When I give that ability to my thief/mage, is he able to wear the Bard-armor? If so, is he still able to cast spells then? As I recall, the bard armor is better than the elven chainmail. And I don't like most robes (the Robe of Vecna being a big exception), so I am searching for something... better.Anyway, I'm just about to enter the underdark. I'm (not a joke) right in front of the pit to enter it. I did experience a small bug though. I now carry two blades of the Silver Sword. It's not the first time that I encountered this bug, but in the end, I don't think I'll be forging the Vorpal Blade anyway. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> The Equalizer, for one, is an item I won't be forging. The only forged item (besides the armors) I desire, is the bow and Crom Faeyr at the moment. I'm running out of good blunt weapons.I also saw what you meant with "killing Bodhi a second time in Spellhold." She isn't worth any experience at that moment (you won't kill her either (after reloading three times to check) but she always turns into a bat. Would that be before, or after you turned into the Slayer. When she reaches the 'Near Dead' status, she transforms into a bat and doesn't give any experience. The other two vampires, however, do give experience. One of them is worth 8,500 and the other is (strangely enough) worth 10,500 experience. I guess that's worth killing them.Killing the Pirate Lord is worth a nice sum as well. A full 16,000 experience is quite a nice amount to have. Admitted, he's quite a decent fighter as well. But that's probably because of his dual wield.Jon didn't give much of a fight either at Spellhold. He didn't manage to cast a single spell. Quite a shame actually, I had my breach spell ready for him and was waiting until he was going to cast his protections. Maybe it was the critical hit that didn't trigger his protection spells in the end, maybe it was something else. Whatever it was, he disappointed me. Yoshimo proved to be more of a match than Irenicus, however. I shouldn't have armed him with the scales of the Shadow Dragon and Celestial Fury. Still, not much of a threat, but more than what Irenicus did.Imoen kindly took over Yoshimo's items when she returned.The romance with Viconia is going steady as well, and I should finish it by the time I reach the end of SoA. Everything si right on the scheldue, currently. Except that Mazzy still has too few slots in her two-handed sword. Regardless, her mastery in short bows seems to do the trick mostly anyway.I am, however, annoyed by the many characters I have in my team that is able to do front line fighting. Mazzy and Anomen are natural for them, and I wouldn't expect anything less of it. I'm partly a Ranger, so it isn't a surprise for me either. However, Imoen and Haer'Dalis fight on the frontline quite well. Though I prefer to keep Imoen a bit in the back (because I don't have any weapons that is related to her profincies (sp?) besides the Staff of the Magi, which I did not equip her), Haer'Dalis is too good of a fighter (at the moment) to avoid letting him join in on the real combat. Viconia stays in the back, with a more than decent mace, providing the necessary back up. She's my healer-priest, to call it like that. Anomen is specialized in the attacking-priest spells, while I combine them a bit, though am also mixing druidic spells with it.Haer'Dalis' main weapon, Adjatha the Drinker +2, is heavily exceeding all my expectations. I couldn't remember this weapon being this useful. I might be becoming over-confident now, but I am starting to compare it to Black Razor, well known for being the best long sword available. I personally like Black Razor more than the Equalizer. But then again, I never liked that weapon much. Maybe it's because the blade is in the Mind Flayer dungeon; a place I rather avoid coming. I hate Mind Flayers.</blockquote>

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