Is there a safe way to get special merchant pack?

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It seems to screw up my game when I install ToB so I am waiting til I am done with SoA. Is there anyway to get the merchant pack? I really want Robe of Vecna.


I also really want the Boots of Speed and Gloves of Dex. What is the easiest way to get them? The boots in particular.



P.S With the spell "Armor" My AC goes down to 0. I bought Bracers of AC 4 but when I put them on my AC only goes to -2. What am I missing?

 

If you remember my post from a previous thread, there are two general ways to improve armor. Bracers are among the type that set your base AC to a certain value, like chest armor and the Armor spell. They don't stack. Note that while Bracers set your AC to 4, the Armor spell only sets it to 6.

The easiest way to get the Boots of Speed is to finish the Planar Prison quest. If Aerie is in your party she'll start it at some point, otherwise visit the play in one of the taverns in the Bridge District and speak to the performers.

SP Bonus merchants link.

 

Just so you know the best way to defend your mage against weapons is the stone skin spell (level 4) and it lasts a cool 8 hours. Getting better AC is nice but this spell will protect you a lot more in the long run.

 

The Gauntlets of Dexterity can be found by going to the Temple District, listen to the nutcase speaking and then talk to one of the other priests nearby.

 

Really thats it? Awesome. To get the boots I was thinking of buying a ton of potions of Mastery Thievery and then trying to pick pocket it off a guy I believe is in the Shadow Temple.

 

That only starts the quest, you'll get the gauntlets around half-way through it.

You mean Renal Bloodscalp? He's in the Shadow Thief Headquarters in the docks. That will only work after you rescue Imoen, and only if you agreed to work with the Shadow Thieves. Properly ordered, it's actually the last possible Boots of Speed you can get in SoA.

 

The priests will lead you to a Quest below the Temple District that could lead you to acquiring the Gauntlets of Dexterity... they are well worth the trouble. They increase the AC for Anomen by -4.

Spoiler

There is also a very good shield, Saving Grace, that is a +4 shield in the same quest. Equiping on Anomen with Gauntlets of Dexterity or Jaheira makes either one a very good Tank with a great AC.

 

Be warned, that particular quest can be rather difficult for lower level parties, as it causes you to face off with some rather challenging foes. I won't say what they are, for fear of spoiling the surprise.

 

On the other hand there's an item you can buy from one of the special merchants that makes those particular foes a lot easier. The amount and type of enemy depend somewhat on your level too, actually.

 

Be aware that you won't get the gauntlets of dexterity if you play lawful and solve the quest the straight and honest way.

 

Ok now I am confused. I looked it up and it basically said go to the sewers go down some hold find Ghouls and then kill them. Gloves of Dex are in the pile of bones. Did not even mention a quest.


Here is the link:

http://www.ehow.com/how_4548660_obtain-gauntlets-dexterity-baldurs-gate.html




Please anyone?

is this correct?

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Is there something I need to do to get the Bonus Merchant Pack to work? I downloaded it and saved it to the same file my BG2 file is. Is the problem I am using an ISO file?

 

The instructions are accurate but skip everything outside of basic directions. There will be fights on your way there, and they will be brutal. There will be several quest-related encounters and more than a few important decisions to make. The instructions also fail to mention the presence of hidden doors and optional (yet very tempting) encounters. Finally it fails to mention that, technically, you're not even supposed to be able to get the gloves that way - doing so requires you to use a bug exploit.

Bottomline, getting those gloves the first time is nowhere near simple or easy. It's supposed to be much more fun than that, heh. Seriously, there's a lot of good fights/dialogue/history/puzzles on the way. TBH though you'll have an easier time if you get the Boots of Speed from the Planar Prison first.

As for the bonus merchants, simply copy the files to your BG2 "override" folder. There should be specific instructions in the readme that came with it.

 

I would say that once you get the quest from the priest in the Temple district to investigate this cult, you just follow where the quest points you and you get there automatically. Sure, you'd need to explore a bit outside of the direct path, but not a lot. I've never failed to get these gauntlets anyway, even if I don't know exactly where they are. Unless I'm just going through the game as fast as possible, in which case I would skip this quest entirely.

And yes, just copy the bonus merchant files into your override folder, as Paracelsi suggests.

 

There is also another pair of boots of speed if you find Haer'Dalis who is an NPC in the sewers of temple district and help him do his quest.

 

Those are the boots I meant, the ones that are part of the Planar Prison quest. The next two won't be available until after you save Imoen.

 

I never realised that Renal could also drop a pair of boots of speed. I did always lift the ring of regeneration off of the guy in the Adventurer's Mart (I forget his name).

 

Combine them both and add a mirror image. Armor means that your stoneskin will last longer as your mage will take fewer hits. Ditto for mirror image. I consider stoneskin a last-ditch defense for my squishy mages. The best defense for a plain mage is not to be there in melee to get hit. Let your summons take the fall for you. A fighter/mage however needs the mirror image, blur, and armor spells. A summoned pet to go in first and take a beating for you is also helpful.

 

thanks

 

You're welcome

 

Just as a comment, according to Dan Simpson's FAQ, you can use the console to create the merchants, then when you're done with your current game you can add them in using the patches on site.

CLUAConsole:CreateCreature("wmart1")
CLUAConsole:CreateCreature("wmart2")

It should work, since the mod available on SP only contains two .bcs files and doesn't appear to contain the actual items or characters in it.

Make the merchants in your stronghold or wherever you want.

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I just reread your first post, and should point out that you should have installed Throne of Bhaal, then the official patch, THEN the merchant pack. You should not have installed the pack before ToB unless you had no plans to use ToB.