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Carl Stein

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Aug 13, 2001, 4:40:15 AM8/13/01
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If you were creating 6 charcacters: how do they look like then in
multiplayer BG2??


Allen

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Aug 13, 2001, 6:49:02 AM8/13/01
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>If you were creating 6 charcacters: how do they look like then in
>multiplayer BG2??

I created 5 custom multiplayer characters and left room for 1 NPC.

Inquisitor as party leader (The BEST Paladin type)
Dual-Class Kensai/Mage
Multi-Class Ranger/Cleric
Dual-Class Swashbuckler/Mage
Multi-Class Cleric/Illusionist

I'm REAL happy with this lineup!

Mark Blunden

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Aug 13, 2001, 7:45:10 AM8/13/01
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"Carl Stein" <webcr...@home.nl> wrote in message
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> If you were creating 6 charcacters: how do they look like then in
> multiplayer BG2??

Are you asking what they look like to other players? They'll have the skin,
hair and clothing colours you assigned them during creation.

--
Mark.
mar...@bigfoot.com

* Time will tell. It always does.

Fylla och Sprit

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Aug 14, 2001, 4:25:32 AM8/14/01
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6 Jesters!

"Carl Stein" <webcr...@home.nl> wrote in message news:<PnMd7.15430$z7.2...@dbsch1.home.nl>...

Barbarian X

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Aug 14, 2001, 4:53:33 AM8/14/01
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"Fylla och Sprit" <fylla.o...@unforgettable.com> skrev i meddelandet
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The Horror, The Horror! ;)

1 Half-orc Barbarian
1 Human Wild mage
1 Human Berserker dualled Cleric
1 Human Kensai dualled Mage
1 Elven Cleric
1 Gnome Thief

/S

Manu

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Aug 15, 2001, 8:57:58 AM8/15/01
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1 Human Paladin Cavalier
1 Half-Orc Fighter Berserker
1 Human Druid Avenger
1 Human Cleric
1 Elf Fighter-Thief
1 Human Dual Class Fighter-Mage

Only regret : no room for an archer !

Allen

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Aug 15, 2001, 9:21:57 AM8/15/01
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>1 Human Paladin Cavalier
>1 Half-Orc Fighter Berserker
>1 Human Druid Avenger
>1 Human Cleric
>1 Elf Fighter-Thief
>1 Human Dual Class Fighter-Mage

I've played a Cavalier before. Lately I'm playing an Inquisitor and the
Inq is MUCH nicer than the Cav in my opinion. And you only have 1/2 a
mage in your party? ouch...

Tai Fong

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Aug 16, 2001, 12:06:42 AM8/16/01
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"Carl Stein" <webcr...@home.nl> wrote in message news:<PnMd7.15430$z7.2...@dbsch1.home.nl>...
> If you were creating 6 charcacters: how do they look like then in
> multiplayer BG2??

Just for a thought:

1. Inquisitor (Leader)
2. Cleric/Mage (Multi)
3. Sorceror
4. Ranger/Cleric (dual Class)
5. Archer
6. Kensai/Thief (King of Backstabbing wielding CF)


Regards

Nostromo

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Aug 16, 2001, 3:22:23 AM8/16/01
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Can you backstab with a katana? I thought that in AD&D that wouldn't be
allowed...does SoA break this rule or is this with a Baldurdash patch or
some such???

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the freedom to learn from experience...to be influenced by reasonable arguments...
and the appeal to the emotions...and especially the freedom to cease when sated.
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patterns." - Lawrence Kubie

Tai Fong

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Aug 16, 2001, 9:44:32 PM8/16/01
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Nostromo <nost...@spamfree.net.au> wrote in message news:<b3tmnt4kv45a41r65...@4ax.com>...

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> Can you backstab with a katana? I thought that in AD&D that wouldn't be
> allowed...does SoA break this rule or is this with a Baldurdash patch or
> some such???


I tried that with my Kensai/Thief game and it was really fun to sneak
behind the mages and gave them a super backstab! That's with BG2 patch
and w/o Baldurdash patch.

Regards

Manu

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Aug 18, 2001, 7:29:21 AM8/18/01
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I don't have half a mage. I have a full mage so happens to have enough HP to
survive and who can use any weapon. The druid avenger can, on the other be
considered as a "half mage - half cleric", so I'd rather say I have a mage
and a half...

Way I see it the real advantage of an inquisitor is his immunity to hold and
charm and his dispel magic ability. Knowing that you can find a +2 dispel
magic sword, do you really think the immunity to hold and charm outweighs
the "lay on hands" and the ability to turn undead and cure disease ?

So many possibilities, you just gotta love it !

Manu.

Graeme Dice

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Aug 18, 2001, 10:30:35 AM8/18/01
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Manu wrote:
>
> I don't have half a mage. I have a full mage so happens to have enough HP to
> survive and who can use any weapon. The druid avenger can, on the other be
> considered as a "half mage - half cleric", so I'd rather say I have a mage
> and a half...
>
> Way I see it the real advantage of an inquisitor is his immunity to hold and
> charm and his dispel magic ability. Knowing that you can find a +2 dispel
> magic sword, do you really think the immunity to hold and charm outweighs
> the "lay on hands" and the ability to turn undead and cure disease ?

That's not the real advantage of an inquisitor, the real advantage is
that he casts dispel magic at twice his level.

> So many possibilities, you just gotta love it !
>
> Manu.
>
> Allen wrote:
>
> > >1 Human Paladin Cavalier
> > >1 Half-Orc Fighter Berserker
> > >1 Human Druid Avenger
> > >1 Human Cleric
> > >1 Elf Fighter-Thief
> > >1 Human Dual Class Fighter-Mage
> >
> > I've played a Cavalier before. Lately I'm playing an Inquisitor and the
> > Inq is MUCH nicer than the Cav in my opinion. And you only have 1/2 a
> > mage in your party? ouch...

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Nadazgada

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Aug 18, 2001, 11:57:53 AM8/18/01
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Fylla och Sprit <fylla.o...@unforgettable.com> wrote in message
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> 6 Jesters!
>
Be a do gooder:

2 Inquisitors, 1 Undead Hunter, 2 Caveliers and err...

1 Anomen
:-)

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Dagger of Vashna... too short
Helshezaag... not dark enough..."
Nadazgada
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Bob Tokyo

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Aug 18, 2001, 3:11:30 PM8/18/01
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"Nadazgada" <hari...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>
> Fylla och Sprit <fylla.o...@unforgettable.com> wrote in message
> news:854a621.01081...@posting.google.com...
> > 6 Jesters!
> >
> Be a do gooder:
>
> 2 Inquisitors, 1 Undead Hunter, 2 Caveliers and err...
>
> 1 Anomen
> :-)
>
"Legion of Super Pets." Create 3 monks and two sorcerers, then use
Shadowkeeper to change their avatars into a squirrel, a cat, a groundhog, a
dog, and a rat. Watch Irenicus flee before the might of your groundhog!
Watch Anomen romancing the squirrel! Booyah!
;-)


Bob Tokyo

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Aug 18, 2001, 3:40:32 PM8/18/01
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"Bob Tokyo" <rober...@japan.com> wrote in message
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Incidentally, this would also be the best non-cheating way to get a high
powered familiar or animal companion. Start a multiplayer game, create you
main character, then create a monk or sorcerer named "Mister Snuggles" or
some such. Move the game into the single player directory, then use
Shadowkeeper to fix Mister Snuggles' avatar. You now have a familiar that
has useful powers, levels up with you, and does not (further) unbalance the
game.


Nadazgada

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Aug 18, 2001, 12:58:05 PM8/18/01
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Bob Tokyo <rober...@japan.com> wrote in message
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lol, that was cool.

Steve Wray

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Aug 18, 2001, 6:47:10 PM8/18/01
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Do those animals get the right buttons (at the
bottom of the screen)?

I've tried out some and so far only the groundhog
and the rabbit have the buttons for find traps *and*
thief skills...
I figured in a solo game having a familiar that could
pick locks *and* find/remove traps would be way cool.
So I edited famfer.cre and gave it the skills,
now it can do the job of a theif!
:)
Yup, that little weasel's feeling pretty fine!

Bob Tokyo

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Aug 18, 2001, 10:36:02 PM8/18/01
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"Steve Wray" <ste...@wetafx.co.nz> wrote in message
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> Do those animals get the right buttons (at the
> bottom of the screen)?
>
> I've tried out some and so far only the groundhog
> and the rabbit have the buttons for find traps *and*
> thief skills...

IIRC, changing the Avatar with Shadowkeeper shouldn't have any effect on the
buttons display. I'll give it a try again.

> I figured in a solo game having a familiar that could
> pick locks *and* find/remove traps would be way cool.
> So I edited famfer.cre and gave it the skills,
> now it can do the job of a theif!

That's fair enough, but if the familiar is doing the job of a character,
then in the long run it feels cheesier not to have it taking a share of
experience points. If I wanted a high powered "familiar", I'd create a
multiplayer party, then change the Avatar of my secondary character into an
animal and call that my "familiar". On the other hand, it's your game, and
to do as you will shall be the whole of the law. ;-)


Steve Wray

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Aug 18, 2001, 7:49:58 PM8/18/01
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Bob Tokyo wrote:
>
> "Steve Wray" <ste...@wetafx.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:3B7EF06E...@wetafx.co.nz...
> > Do those animals get the right buttons (at the
> > bottom of the screen)?
> >
> > I've tried out some and so far only the groundhog
> > and the rabbit have the buttons for find traps *and*
> > thief skills...
>
> IIRC, changing the Avatar with Shadowkeeper shouldn't have any effect on the
> buttons display. I'll give it a try again.
>
> > I figured in a solo game having a familiar that could
> > pick locks *and* find/remove traps would be way cool.
> > So I edited famfer.cre and gave it the skills,
> > now it can do the job of a theif!
>
> That's fair enough, but if the familiar is doing the job of a character,
> then in the long run it feels cheesier not to have it taking a share of
> experience points. If I wanted a high powered "familiar", I'd create a
> multiplayer party, then change the Avatar of my secondary character into an

Well I figure that the familiar doesn't get better with levels so its
good to start off with but one wants to maybe recruit a real theif
from time to time!


> animal and call that my "familiar". On the other hand, it's your game, and
> to do as you will shall be the whole of the law. ;-)

Love is the law. Love under Will.

Bobascama

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Aug 20, 2001, 11:42:28 PM8/20/01
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Make all of your guys paladins. Give one of them a rabbit familiar. Then use
shadow keeper to give the rabbit familiar the slayer ability. Then go around
saying Nee to everyone. And if they talk back sic your vorpal rabbit on them.

Sly

Steve Wray

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Aug 22, 2001, 10:27:06 PM8/22/01
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I was thinking something similar so I gave the ferret
familiar shapeshift brown bear.
Now hes almost like Boo!!!!
:)

In fact how about that for a mod? A useable Boo...

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