First run through.

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What weapons are your characters using currently? I got that the Paladin has the flail of ages, but what about the rest?

 

I hate Nalia. She is an annoying lesser version of Imoen. If you do intend to pickup Imoen, I suggest dropping Nalia asap. Even Aerie or Jan would be better alternatives imo.

 

Nalia rules. She is a less annoying, more experienced, version of Imoen. The only reason to take Imoen over Nalia is if you have no other thieves in your party.

 

Weapons list
Doraln - Flail of ages, long bow +1(hardly ever used)
Minsc - elven court bow +3, sword of chaos
Jaheira - Sling +3, scimitar
Anomen - sling, mace +1
Yoshimo - darts, katana +1)
Nalia - short bow, Ilbratha (short sword +1)

Note - we haven't been shopping for weapons at all, because of needing to get the money together for Gaelan.

As has been said before, Doraln is the party 'tank', and the rest are missile and spell backup. In most of our fights so far, it's worked pretty well.
Nalia / Imoen
Due to history, Imoen would be a natural return to the party, and, as both are dual-class thief/mage, Nalia is the natural one to be dropped.

 

I'm really curious how your meeting at the graveyard went.

BTW, you got several missile weapons, do you use plain arrows\bullets or buy magical ones (expensive) ? With plain ones, it's often not possible to hurt an enemy...

 

Quite a lot to post here, and if I wrote it all down, I'd be here a week.

After resting for 8 hours, we explored the Coronet. Lehtinan's 'exclusive'areas were offered, and we got access. Slavery is totally unacceptable to a paladin, so it ends. Now.
In the cells area the guards set on us. Not the best move. Hendak asked us for the key, so its off to find his jailor. Once the jaior (and pets) were dead, we freed Hendak. We then headed back to the main room, killing the guards on the way. When Hendak got back there, we helped him kill Lehtinan.
It seems there are more slaves, so off to find the passageway to their lair. On the way, we collected Quallo's quest (the sword) - which took all of 5 minutes to work out and complete.
BTW, does the minotaur in the myconid lair actually mean anything?
Now into the slavers base. Basically, we freed the slaves, and killed everyone else. Back to the Coronet, for rest and recovery, before going to the graveyard.
We have now met Bodhi. I agree with Jaheira and Minsc. No deal, in other words. I do not trust her in any way. Allegedly, we have made an enemy. We will see. On our way out, 2 quests came our way. First, there was Tirdir, who had been buried alive. After our chat with the gravedigger, we need to visit the Bridge area. Second was the ghost, Wellyn. We also need to 'speak to' a certain thief in the Coronet. First, I think, will be the bridge district.

 

No, the Minotaur doesn't mean anything - at least nothing I've ever found or heard of.

 

So you gave that nice new little sword too Minsc? (The one person who the blade has probably been put in the game for) And don't you just love the way being a Paladin forces you to make certain decisions just in one way? I'm a little supprized that you didn't do the slavers quest sooner, since it was one of the first areas you've entered. But it's the first time around for you so I'll forgive you

 

The jailor had a very nice short bow. Good weapon for Nalia

 

Well, after way too many months in Singapore, I'm back home.
I'm actually surprised that it's been 7 months since I posted here. (This also means it's been 7 months since I played BG 2)
I am never working abroad again.
Thankfully, I had a cleaner while I was away, or else I think I'd need to shovel the dust out.
I'll post again, in a couple of days, when I pick up the game again. (although, to be honest, I may need to restart, unless all these old postings act to jog my memory)
In the meantime, I'm knackered, and jetlagged.
Will post again soon

 

Well, time to take up the game where I left off.
My last save game had left us in the CC, for resting, so I decided to go and get Wellyn's bear back for him first. From there, I went to see Gaelan. Deal done, at 15,000 gp. From the cutscene, Irenicus is free, and has Imoen. The sooner we go to see Aran Linvail, and get after them, the better.
When we got to the docks area, we got attacked by 3 vampires. I get the feeling this is going to happen a lot, now that we have sided with the Shadow thieves. Nalia and Minsc both got level drained, and Anomen doesn't have any Restoration spells memorised.
When we eventually found Aran, he sent us to the docks, to see Mook.
Hi Mook, hello Lassal, goodbye Mook. Lassal eventually escaped us by taking gaseous form.
Back to Aran, who is now sending us to the Bridge district to pose as recruits (we already have a quest there, looking for a man in a red cloak).
On the way there, we got waylaid (again!). We really could do with a rest, to recover some spells (restoration and NPP). After resting in the CC, Nalia had to go to the graveyard, to the funeral. Isaea was threatening, but nothing that we can't handle. We also met Kamir, the paladin who has lost his son. I don't see anything we can do (apart from a Raise dead, and that isn't given as an option!). On our arrival in the bridge district, we met Aegisfield - ANOTHER quest - this for a murderer.

If I can, we are not talking to anyone else - we have a load of quests to do.

In the 5 flagons, we met (and eventually killed) the traitors and their contact. Back to Aran, who is sending us to hunt down Bodhi and the rest of the vampires.
Notes
I'm thankful that Doraln is immune to level drain, as is Minsc (thanks to the amulet from Aran). Without that devastating ability, vampires don't really pack much punch. However, I will be trying to keep Doraln right at the front, so that all attackers target him. (with a current AC of -9 or -10, even a vampire will find it difficult to hit him)

 

^Err, you really COULD help troubled paladin Kamir, and you don't need to look further, but you don't want spoilers, and I respect that. You don't have to complete every possible minor quest in the game at your very first run.

It is good you find a way to take care of vampires, as you will face lots from now on, but you already know this.

Yep, vampire THAC0s are not great, they will hardly touch your PC. Though there may be 'special' cases.

Have fun!

 

Hey man, how did you manage to respond to your own thread? I always get a message saying that I need to edit my previous post and can't respond to a thread where I was the last poster.