BALDUR'S GATE 2:
SHADOWS OF AMN
FAQ/WALKTHROUGH
Introduction
Welcome to my FAQ and walkthrough for Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. Due to the inclusion of class-specific quests, it will be a long time before I complete this FAQ - but bear with me. Further versions will include all the extra quests I missed, as well as information on the different strongholds other classes can use.
From now on, each version I'll outline the stronghold quest for each class. With Paladin, Cleric, Thief and Fighter down, more are coming.
Please note this FAQ is just one big spoiler, as it contains full information on every part of the game. If you only want tid-bits of help, then refer to the Q/A section just before the main FAQ.
Note that the appendices are now considerably larger and more in-depth, in particular my "Spellbook" which provides the world's most comprehensive magic-using guide.
INFO
↑ Back to TopBy: hellkite_7
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Version: 1.6
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Also, if you have any strategies or your opinions of what spells to take, what party to use, or anything, please e-mail in, it will almost certainly be included.
Next Faq Decided
↑ Back to TopHaving done this FAQ as "testing the waters" kind of thing, and having found them fairly hospitable, I'm going to really go for it in my next FAQ, which will be for Neverwinter Nights. In the meantime, I'll be honing this FAQ and possibly writing one for Baldur's Gate and maybe the unrepresented Discworld Noir.
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Contents
↑ Back to TopQuestions And Answers
↑ Back to TopWalkthrough: chapter 1
↑ Back to Topa. Irenicus' Dungeon Level 1
b. Irenicus' Dungeon Level 2
c. Waukeen's Promenade
- Walkthrough: chapter 2 a. The slums b. The city gate c. The docks **THIEF STRONGHOLD** d. Temple **CLERIC and PALADIN STRONGHOLD** e. Government District f. The Bridge District g. Graveyard District h. The Planar Sphere **MAGE STRONGHOLD**
- Walkthrough: chapter 3 a. The aid of the Shadow Thieves
- Walkthrough: chapter 4 a. Spellhold Island b. Spellhold c. The Underwater City
- Walkthrough - chapter 5 a. The Underdark b. Ust Natha
- Walkthrough - chapter 6 a. Exit from the Underdark b. Small Teeth Pass and North Woods c. Graveyard revisited d. Forest of Tethir
- Walkthrough - chapter 7 a. Suldanessellar b. Woodland Clearing c. Hell
- Walkthrough - other non-Athkatla areas a. D'Arnise Hold **FIGHTER STRONGHOLD** b. Windspear Hills c. Umar Hills d. Temple Ruins e. Trademeet f. Druid Grove
Appendices
↑ Back to TopNotes on Slayer
Character Creation
Monster Fighting Tactics
Party Skills
NPC Breakdown
Cheating!
Other Miscellaneous Stuff
Webring
Baldur's Gate
Monster/NPC Info
Spell Tactics
Spellbook
Playing Multiplayer On Your Own
How To Kill A Dragon
Credits And Addendum
Questions And Answers
↑ Back to TopThis section will reduce spoilers drastically for those of you wanting only minor pieces of spoil.
Chapter 1
↑ Back to TopQ: How do I free Minsc and Jaheira? A: The key on the table in the nearby room opens Jaheira's cell, and to free Minsc just keep talking to him.
Q: What do I do now? A: You need to find the Sewage Golem and its activation stone. The Golem is in a circular room just off the second hallway, and the small chamber where you find Rielev is where you get the stone. Give the stone to the Golem to get past the locked doors.
Q: What am I looking for? A: A portal key that will grant access to the upper levels. The key is found in the Mistress' room just beyond the wooded area.
Q: What do the dryads do? A: There are two quests they help you with/give you. You really have to look down for more info - I can't cover that here.
Q: How do I get past those damn wands? A: You need to use the wand keys with the pedestals, they will release the wands, so you won't get blasted by them - in fact you get them with one charge each.
Q: Where do I go from here? A: The passage to the right just before the wands leads to the exit. Just follow this.
Q: What was the point of all that with the wands then?!? A: There are other passages beyond there which lead to magic items and a bit of experience. It's worth it.
Q: Now I'm out of there, what do I do? A: Stock up at the various shops. From there, go to the Slums.
Chapter 2
↑ Back to TopQ: How do I free Imoen? A: For good characters, take Gaelan Bayle's offer. Evil characters will soon have the option of taking an offer from Bodhi.
Q: So I can't free her straight away then? A: Nope, you've got a long wait for that.
Q: So, where do I go now? A: Search for quests! There are hundreds, do as many as possible for experience.
Q: Which NPCs should I use? A: Look in the appendices for the guide to managing your party.
Q: OK, so what do I do now I've got some experience and neat items? A: Complete the appropriate quest to find Imoen... Just follow the instructions from the Shadow Thieves or the Vampires.
Chapter 3
↑ Back to TopQ: What do I do now? A: Exactly what you're told to do. You'll get experience, items, and a boat to chapter 4.
Chapter 4
↑ Back to TopQ: OK, where the hell am I? A: On Brynnlaw, Spellhold Island. You've got to try and infiltrate Spellhold, basically.
Q: How??? A: There are two ways, but look down into the appropriate section for more detailed info. One involves getting a pass-key thing, the other getting people to believe you're mad and put you there.
Q: Er... I've just been caught by Irenicus. Help??? A: This bit's hard, and you'll do a lot of dungeoneering now. You have to escape this dungeon - plenty of distractions here. You need the hand of the vampire to open the door, then the statue horns to leave the door on the next level. After this, just do as you're told.
Q: That was tough - now what? A: Enter the asylum, offer the bloke the middle amount of money. Now fight Irenicus - at 1hp, he flees. Now you get the option of the long but lots of stuff way (by boat) or straight to the Underdark.
Q: OK, I'm in the Sahaugin City. What do I do? A: You need to get the artefact in the weird Drow quarter of the city (in the south). Join with the rebels, then, when all is done, enter the Underdark with the rope.
Chapter 5
↑ Back to TopQ: Where do I go? A: First to the city of gnomes in the N. Then follow the quests to a Silver Dragon then throughout Ust Natha. Eventually you will get out.
Q: Do I follow all the Drow quests? A: All but one. Don't kill Solaufein, and he'll help you. Keep the real eggs and use the other two to fool both the Drow.
Q: Hey, now my romantic NPC hates me! A: Yep, that happens when you sleep with the Drow. Sorry.
Q: OK, now I'm trying to get out. Help? A: Keep following the path, wading through all the Drow. Not easy, but eventually you'll get out, no problem!
Chapter 6
↑ Back to TopQ: Do I co-operate with the elves? A: Yes - fully. Tell the truth, and agree to help them.
Q: I met Drizzt - what do I do? A: He can help you, but if you kill him, he carries some of the best magic items in the game!
Q: Where's the Lanthorn? A: Bodhi has it in the crypts under the Graveyard District. This quest also gets Imoen's soul back. She's exceptionally well guarded though.
Q: I got the Lanthorn. What now? A: Take it back to the Elves. Agree to help them in Suldanesselar, and they'll grant you access.
Chapter 7
↑ Back to TopQ: Where do I go? A: You need the artefacts that will awake the Avatar that will break down the gate to Elliseme's palace. When you have the artefacts, the Avatar will break the gates down. Also get the two stone instruments - you'll need them.
Q: I'm in the palace, what do I do now? A: Get the nuts from the tree, and place the stone instruments on the statues to reveal the passage to the Tree of Life.
Q: What do I do here? A: You need to kill the three parasites on the tree, when you attack each one it will release elementals to defend it. Kill them then the parasite dies easily. You are now taken to Irenicus, and you have to kill him.
Q: What's going on? I killed him!! A: Yep, but you've just been sucked down to hell. All you party and items are restored (despite death) and you need to find the Tears of Bhaal to get through the door.
Q: Where are they? A: Down each tunnel is a challenge of some description - complete them for a Tear of Bhaal. When you have the lot, break the seals on the door for the final fight - Irenicus as the Slayer and four Demons. Kill him and you complete the game.
Other sections:
D'Arnise Hold
↑ Back to TopQ: What is besieging the hold? A: Yuan-ti and Trolls. There are a few Umber Hulks too.
Q: Where's the boss of the Trolls? A: On the second floor you find a secret door leading to a spiral staircase. Go down here. There are some enemies then you reach a bunch of trolls including their boss.
Windspear Hills
↑ Back to TopQ: Where's Fikraag gone? A: He is in fact the main man behind a big plot. He's the bad guy here.
Q: What do I do? A: Go down the dungeon in the NE, it's very hard but ultimately very rewarding. Look down for full information, I can't cover it all here.
Umar Hills
↑ Back to TopQ: Who do I help? A: Minister Lloyd - assure him it's not Madaulf but in fact go to the Temple Ruins, complete that then tell him you have and you get credit for it.
Q: Where's Valygar? A: Whatever your purpose with him, he's in a cabin in the NW, guarded by a few rangers.
Temple Ruins
↑ Back to TopQ: That werewolf - what do I do with her? A: Let her help you, she is handy against the Shade Lord.
Q: How do I stop those Shadows at the entrance? A: Activate the stained glass window. Then they all die.
Q: There's that Indy-style letters puzzle, what's the name? A: "Amunator".
Forests Of Tethir
↑ Back to TopQ: What's there to do here? A: A few quests, nothing major. Be sure to pick up the Mana bow +4 - it's in the cave in the E of the area.
Trademeet
↑ Back to TopQ: What do the Dao Genies want? A: In the Druid Grove area there is a cottage containing three Rakshasas, get the leader's head and give it to them.
Q: Who do I help? A: No real difference - if you're skint help one of the families, otherwise aid the High Merchant.
Druid Grove
↑ Back to TopQ: Where in the name of hades is the Grove? A: In the NW. It's a bit hard to find.
Q: Where do I find other distractions? A: The Troll Cave/Ogre Tower provide magic items and monsters to bash.
Walkthrough
↑ Back to TopIn this main walkthrough there are countless spoilers, so beware!
A few points about this walkthrough: First, that I often use a map reference - to discover a reference place your cursor over the spot you want to find the reference of and press X (you can configure this in the BGConfig); second, it is assumed you are playing on Core Rules difficulty setting; lastly, each section is split into the Walkthrough, the things you MUST do, and the optional quests, which I recommend doing as they get you extra experience and treasure.
1.a. Irenicus' Dungeon Level 1 (AR 0602)
↑ Back to TopPLOT POINT:
Having fled Baldur's Gate due to your lineage, you were captured, and now awake trapped in the dungeon of the evil mage Irenicus, undergoing torture or "experiments". As the Shadow Thieves break in, you take advantage of the confusion to attempt to escape.
Monsters: Goblins, lesser clay golems, mephits (lightning, ice, steam, smoke, mineral, dust, fire, air), duergars, 1 cambion, 1 ogre mage, 1 otyugh.
Treasures: Long sword +1, Bastard sword +1, Helmet of infravision, Bracers of defence AC 8, Amulet of Metaspell Influence, Helm of Balduran, Quaterstaff +1, Mail of the Dead +2, Sword of Chaos +2, Dagger
+1.
NPCs: Imoen, Jaheira, Minsc.
Imoen 9 18 16 17 11 16 Human Mage/Thief Neutral Good
Imoen is your foster sister, also an oprphan brought up by Gorion, and the same age as you. After travelling with you she too has been captured by Irenicus.
Found: Appears at very beginning.
Score: ***
Good mage, OK thief, but poor at fighting - seeing as you
lose her soon on in the game her score doesn't matter too
much - use Jan instead.
Jaheira 15 17 17 10 14 15 Half-elf Fighter/Druid Neutral
Jaheira was a friend of Gorion, and her and her husband Khalid agreed to protect you after he died. However, they too have been captured and while Jaheira is found in a locked cell, Khalid is nowhere to be seen. They were both members of the Harpers, that semi-secret force of good to which Elminster belongs.
Found: In a locked cage in the room you start. The key is in the room with the weapons on the table.
Score: ***
Good stats, but in the long run a fighter/druid is of
little use, as they have limited access to equipment and
cast less well than clerics.
Minsc 18/98 16 16 8 6 9 Human Ranger Chaotic Good
Minsc was the guardian of the witch Dynaheir, who, after picking up a nasty head wound, has been going increasingly more insane, to the point where he has befriended a miniature giant space hamster (he claims) called Boo. He thinks Boo is a source of wisdom who gives him advice. Nevertheless he is unfailingly loyal.
Found: In a cage near Jaheira. Simply keep talking to him to set him free.
Score: ****
Very good physical stats and a excellent fighter, the only
reason he gets four stars is his terrible mental stats, but
these are unimportant to his class - Minsc is one of the
best warriors in the game.
After the opening cut-scenes, Imoen will come up to you and free you. Be nice to her and she'll join your party.
GETTING EQUIPMENT:
Head to the north-west room as she advises. Equip yourself with weapons and armour and take the key. If you open the locked/trapped picture at (x 3120 y 2690) you get:
Dagger +1
3 Potions of Healing
(Golden Pantaloons, if you imported with them from BG1)
There is a smoke mephit along the corridor past the door the golem is guarding.
Note: To kill the jailkeep golem, buff up a priest and get him to cast Spiritual Hammer. If the priest kills the golem it is worth 5000 xps.
FREEING MINSC AND JAHEIRA:
To free Jaheira (x 3898 y 2675), a half-elf fighter/druid, talk to her using dialogue options 4 then 2, then with the key from the equipment room you can open the door and she'll join (3000 xps).
To free Minsc (x 4025 y 2758), a mad human ranger and his pet hamster Boo, simply talk to him, saying whatever you like. Eventually he'll break free of his cage. Now be nice to him and he'll join your party (3000 xps).
THE LIGHTNING MEPHIT MACHINE:
Now carry along the W passage into a room with a large blue machine in the middle. Every time the machine throws out a bolt of lightning, it creates a lightning mephit. To turn the machine off "use" the control panel on the wall (x 2864 y 3086) twice (2000 xps).
Note: Lots of "use" items require two clicks - one to identify what it does and the second to actually use it.
AATAQH'S RIDDLE:
Now carry on into a room filled with crystals. Talk to Aataqh and answer his riddle. If you say you'd press the button, he'll summon an Ogre Mage. Answer you'd not press the button and he'll summon a group of panicked gibberlings. He'll come back to talk to you afterwards and give you the clue to talk to Rielev.
The pools around the edge provide interesting reading but nothing more.
There are some goblins through both exits but the N one is locked so use the W one. To kill goblins get rid of the archers first, they're the only half-dangerous ones.
SEWAGE GOLEM ACTIVATION:
Head W still. Enter the room with the sewage golem at the junction past the goblins. Talk to it, if you pretend to be it's master, it'll tell you to find the activation stone which Rielev has. Search the room for goodies, inc:
Long sword +1
Spells (Flame Arrow, Dispel Magic)
3 Potions of Extra Healing
1 Healing Potion
Some mundane items (5 arrows, 2 scimitars, warhammer, spear, medium
shield)
In the panelled corridors, enter the first room on the right, and talk to Rielev. Agree to release him (4000 xps) for some energy cells which you CAN use on the bodies in the room W of the sewage golem for some weird dialogue. At least be sure to search that room thoroughly. There is:
Quaterstaff +1
1 gp
Some mundane items (5 arrows, 6 bullets, short bow)
And in Rielev's room:
Activation Stone
2 Potions of Healing
Mundane items (Sling, 8 bullets, halberd, warhammer)
Get the activation stone from Rielev's table and give it to the sewage golem (3000 xps). Follow it and enter one of the doors it opens. The otyugh in the central room can only be harmed with magic. The various boxes (one of them is trapped) contain:
Helm of Infravision
Spells (Clairvoyance, Vocalise)
7 Potions of Healing
1 Oil of Speed
Mundane items (10 bolts, splint mail, light crossbow)
And the otyugh itself has the wand of frost key.
THE MASTER'S AND MISTRESS'S ROOMS:
Now head up the passage to the master's room, complete with lots of traps. Search it, get the Air Elemental Statue. There is also:
Amulet of Metaspell Influence
Helm of Balduran
Wand of lightning key
Go South-east, past the dryads, down to the Mistress's room. In here are even more traps plus:
Portal Key
Spell (Dire Charm)
Wand of key
Note: The Portal Key cannot be removed from an inventory, so make sure Imoen takes it, or one party member will be stuck with it permanently. Imoen doesn't have it again in Spellhold.
When you go back you may encounter the two lesser clay golems that were standing inert back in the panelled corridors. They can only be harmed by melee weapons.
Now you have the portal go back through the master's room into the portal room, search it for:
Spells (Fireball, Armour) 20 bullets
Now simply "use" the portal to be teleported to the next level of the dungeon.
OPTIONAL QUESTS }}}
LIBRARY AND GUARDROOM:
The room beyond the pannelled coridors and the one beyond that. In the library is a band of goblins and a lone mephit. Deal with them and loot the room for:
Spells (Larloch's Minor Drain, Know Alignment)
5 Potions of Healing
1 Potion of Extra Healing
1 Oil of Speed
Agni Mani Necklace
LOTS of books!
The linking corridor is guarded by a fire mephit. In the guardroom can be found Illyich and his group of duergars (evil underground dwarfs). They have crossbows and one of them is a mage. Casting Fireball and Summon Insects is a brilliant way of killing half of them and stopping the mage casting. Illyich himself has the Mail of the Dead +2 and the acorns for the Dryads's quest. The ordinary duergars have basic equipment and gold and the mage has just gold. Loot the various tables, chests and barrels for:
Spell (Grease)
2 Potions of Healing
4 Potions of Extra Healing
Lots of mundane equipment
THE CAMBION:
Carry on down the trapped corridor past the guardroom to arrive in a room with a bizarre machine and a force field-protected cambion. To disable the force field use the whirring machine twice. The cambion has a Bastard Sword +1 and some gold.
THE ELEMENTAL PLAIN OF AIR (AR 0601):
In between these two quests there is a door. This can only be opened with the air elemental statue from the master's room. Inside are lots of mephits.
The first branch of this wooden structure leads to a mephit-guarded Summon Air Elemental scroll. If you carry on the main route, then at x 310 y 558 you will find a genie flask. Use it to summon a djinni. He tells you that if you retrieve his true flask and hence his freedom, he will give you a weapon belonging to you that he possesses.
The true flask is held by the dryads in the forested area between the two bedrooms. Ask for it and they'll give it you. Return it to the djinni for 15000 xps and the Sword of Chaos +2, Sarevok's sword.
THE DRAYDS AND THE ACORNS PART ONE:
When you first encounter the dryads mentioned above they give you a quest to find some acorns held by the duergar Illyich and take them to the Fairy Queen in the Windspear Hills so they can be freed.
If you agree, then fetch the acorns from Illyich (the only way is to kill him and his friends, see above) and show the dryads you have them for 9500 xps.
The second part of this quest is found in the Windspear Hills section.
1.b. Irenicus' Dungeon Level 2 (AR 0603)
↑ Back to TopPLOT POINT:
Continuing your attempt to escape from the nightmare dungeon of
Irenicus, you are assisted by a mysterious rogue by the name of
Yoshimo...
Monsters: Mephit portals, mephits (magma, ice, radiant, smoke and dust), goblins, duergars, 1 doppelganger, 1 vampire.
Treasure: Girdle of Bluntness, Ring of Protection +1.
NPCs: Yoshimo.
Yoshimo 17 18 16 13 10 14 Human Bounty Hunter Neutral
Yoshimo is a mysterious bounty hunter claiming to be from distant Kara-Tur. He also says he is a thief of high repute, though you have never heard of him. Whether you trust him or not is another matter.
Found: Appears at beginning of second level.
Score: *****
On the second level, allow Yoshimo to join your party (he's very worthwhile). Search the crates and head NE into a room. As told by Yoshimo, kill the four elemental portals to stop the mephits coming through (5000 xps each). You'll now be treated to some dialogue as Jaheira finds Khalid's desecrated body. Head through the Westernmost of the two doors. A battle between a clone and an assassin will take place, with the clone winning then attacking you. Kill her for xps. Through the E-most door, go across the bridge (beware deadly steam trap!) and kill the duergars.
With the keys, "activate" each of the pillars along the western edge to get the wands. All the wands have one charge left. Loot the statue. Through the W door you'll fight a vampire and shadow thieves - not too tough and probably worth it.
In the NE there are two corridors. The N one leads through a goblin- guarded forge to a room containing four duergars,
Minor treasures Girdle of Bluntness.
The lower one leads into a room with a division. On the other side of the division is Frennedan who asks for rescue. Check the chests for minor treasures and the key. Release him and he'll follow you.
Go down the SE corridor from the wand room. You'll come into an area where three Shadow Thieves challenge you. Kill them. At this point, Frennedan turns into a greater doppelganger, so kill him (3000 xps).
Note the statue of a King at the end of the wand corridor contains
Ring of Protection +1
Follow the passage down and over the bridge. Simply continue along and leave the Irenicus' dungeon.
1.b. Waukeen's Promenade
↑ Back to TopYou've escaped the dungeon, but your greeting from the City of the Coin, Athkatla, is that your half-sister is taken by the Cowled Wizards. It is time to begin your pursuit of Imoen and Irenicus.
In the open, you'll fight Irenicus (cut-scene, don't worry) and some Cowled Wizards will come and arrest Irenicus and Imoen for illegal use of magic (34500 xps/head). Soon you'll have to get her back. First though, you have this area to explore.
Monsters: Illusionary Werewolves, Shadows
↑ Back to TopTreasures: Girdle of Piercing, Ring of Human Influence, War Hammer +1, CURSED sword of berserking +3, Cloak of non-detection.
NPCs: Aerie.
AERIE (elf; female; lawful good; cleric/mage; str.10 dex.17 con.9 int.16 wis.16 cha.14)
The only major thing here is the circus tent. Talk to the guard outside and say you'll try to end the evil inside. Inside, answer the genie on the bridge's riddle as 3 (19500 xps). Enter the tent. Talk to Aerie and agree to help her free herself.
Head W and talk to the spider. Be nice. Now go over and kill the peasants. One of them has the sword that will free Aerie. Give it to Aerie (18500 xps) and let her join.
Enter the door guarded by the pleasure slave. Inside, kill all the monsters and enter the door at the top of the staircase (the genie will reappear and give some information).
Inside this circular room, Kalah will try to kill you, but first he tries to kill Quayle while some monsters kill you. Use part members to disrupt Kalah's spellcasting, and deal with the monsters. KEEP QUAYLE ALIVE. Kill Kalah (2000 xps). He carries
Ring of Human Influence Girdle of Piercing
Everything will be back to normal, and Aerie will stay with the group. Take Kalah's treasure and leave. Outside, talk to the guard again for reputation +1.
Otherwise, the only obvious thing to do here is shop (the Adventurer's Mart has a great selection, which I will cover soon). There are some distractions though:
On the top floor of the Den of Seven Vales, there is a group of adventurers. Be nasty to them and they'll attack you. A tough battle, but ultimately rewarding. Search the bodies and chests for some of the magic items from BG1.
Cloak of Non-detection
War Hammer +1
CURSED Sword of Berserking +3
Once you get Aerie's message (if she's with you), go into the Circus tent and talk to Quayle. He'll ask you to go and talk to a friend under the playhouse in the city gate section, see below.
Near the NW entrance is a man in blue by the fountain. If he sees Viconia, he will yell out that she is a Drow and all the citizens of the Promenade will be your enemies - not the best way to get along. Either use another exit or make Viconia invisible/blind him.
2.a. The slums
↑ Back to TopYou have no knowledge of what you're doing, or how you're going to do it, but immediately you can tell the Slums is the best place to get some cash, and perhaps even find some contacts that will help you.
Monsters: Hobgoblins (Archers, Warriors, Shaman, Captain, Elites), Mustard and ochre jellies, 1 otyugh, Myconids, 1 Myconid king, Kobolds (Commandos, Shaman, Captain), Carrion Crawlers, Yuan-ti, Slaver Guards, Trolls.
Treasure: D'Arnisse signet ring (Nalia), Battle axe +1 (Korgan), Delryn Family shield +1 (Anomen), Shaman's Staff, Gloves of Pickpocketing, Glasses of Identification, Tuigan Short Bow +1, Studded Leather Armour +2, Bastard Sword +1, +3 vs. Shapeshifters, Lilracor +3.
NPCs: Nalia, Korgan, Anomen.
NALIA (human; female; chaotic good; mage/thief; str.14 dex.18 con.16 int.17 wis.9 cha.13)
KORGAN (dwarf; male; chaotic evil; berserker; str.18/77 dex.15 con.19 int.12 wis.9 cha.7)
ANOMEN (human; male; lawful neutral; fighter/cleric; str.18/52 dex.10 con.16 int.10 wis.12 cha.13)
On your way you may get ambushed by Suna Seni, Eldarin and some slavers. Kill 'em. Suna Seni carries
Arbane's Sword +2 Short Sword +1
Talk to Gaelan Bayle and agree to everything. Now chapter two begins. Note that upstairs is a merchant with lots of magical ammo and the glasses of identification.
I'll cover the copper coronet in detail, now. There's a lot to do here.
First, talk to Nalia, and accept her quest. You can let her join or not
- see D'Arnisse Hold section for more on her quest.
Talk to Amalas and he'll challenge you to a fight in the pit. Defeat him (9500 xps). You can also talk to Surly and bet 10 gp on a dog fight. You get 20 back if you win. Woohoo...
Korgan has a quest to get a grimoire from a tomb in the graveyard and give it to a sage he knows. He wants to join up and get it done. Accept, if you like.
Talk to Lord Jierdan. He'll ask for help on the Windspear Hills, agree - it's for the cash, and the big quest that will follow.
Talk to Garrol, and he'll refer you to Lehtinan, ask about 'entertainment' and 'other entertainment' and he'll let you through the locked door at the top of the stairs.
Search the rooms for mostly minor treasures and the
Gloves of Pickpocketing
Head SE and on and enter the second secret door, then go through the door here. You're in some sewers. Kill the Hobgoblins, then head in to a circular room SW, kill all and search the grate in the middle of the room for a hand.
The hand is one of four keys to a sword. To get this quest, head onwards, SW and on, over the TRAPPED bridge, then NE, into a room with four pipes. A voice will talk to you, and then you should look at the four clues.
Quallo, as the voice mentioned, is found SW of here (beware a very nasty cloudkill trap). Talk and he'll tell you about all the keys.
The hand is the first, place it in the third pipe. Second is a Ring, carried by two skeletons just beyond the hobgoblins. Thirdly, kill Quallo's Carrion Crawler and take its blood, this is the third key. Lastly, is the Shaman's Staff, carried by a Kobold Shaman E of the bridge. The sword is the talking
Lilracor +3
handy but sometimes annoying.
When Brus has met you again, come back. Travel to Gaelan's house. On the way, Bregg and Cohrvale stop you. Kill 'em.
At Gaelan's house, he'll lower the price to 15000 gps. You may well be able to afford this now. Accept or decline as you will.
Tanova and two other vampires attack a bloke at the northern district exit. Fight or flee as you desire.
In the Copper Coronet back rooms, you can go right through to the back where a man called Hendak begs you to free him and the other gladiators.
Head S then E to find the beastmaster and his animals - kill them all and grab the key (the beastmaster also carries the Tuigan Short Bow +1).
Give the key to Hendak and wade your way through the Copper Coronet guards (7500 xps). If you're present when Hendak kills Lehtinan, you get 48750 xps and a request to infiltrate the slaver stockade (Lehtinan carries many gems and spells).
In the Slaver Stockade, there are LOTS of enemies, and lots of traps, and lots of minor treasures.
Go through, killing as you go. When you reach the two rooms containing children, unlock them for 2500 xps each. Go onwards, kill the Slaver Captain and take the key. Now enter the next room, kill the two trolls and free the girl (3500 xps). If you pay 100 gps, you get reputation +1.
Now tell Hendak for reputation +1, quest xps, 3900 gps and the
Bastard sword +1, +3 vs. Shapeshifters.
2.b. City Gate
↑ Back to TopAthkatla may be massive, but there's only one exit to the outside world, where you can also rest at the Crooked Crane, a renowned tavern for gossip.
Monsters: 1 Lich.
Treasure: Daystar, Rod of Terror, Ring of Invisibility, Wand of Fire, Wand of Cloudkill, Wand of Lightning.
NPCs: none.
A very small area, the only interesting area is the Crooked Crane tavern. However, at the start you'll witness ANOTHER vampire vs. Shadow Thieves battle. Then talk to Flydian and readily accept his quest (10000 gps will get you nearly there).
In the Crane, everybody is talking about Aulava and Tiiro. You can talk to them upstairs, if you so desire.
I don't recommend trying this now, but later, enter the secret door in the tavern. It leads to a tomb guarded by a VERY powerful Lich.
The tomb is empty, but the chest behind is not:
Daystar
Rod of Terror
Ring of Invisibility
Wand of Fire
Wand of Cloudkill
Wand of Lightning
2.c. The docks
↑ Back to TopAnother place where you might find employment and contacts, the Docks is the route in and out of Athkatla for smugglers and travellers.
Monsters: Mephits (Magma, Fire, Ice), Stone Golems, Vampires, Thugs, Muggers, Pirates.
Treasure: Helmet of Charm Protection, Staff spear +2, Spear +1, Bracers of defence AC 6 (x2), Bracer of defence AC 7, Quaterstaff +2, Short sword +2, Katana +1, Two-handed sword +1, Cloak of protection +1, Ring of Wizardry, Boots of Stealth, Shadow Armour.
NPCs: Edwin Odesserion.
EDWIN (human; male; lawful evil; conjurer; str.10 dex.10 con.16 int.18 wis.10 cha.10)
YOU CAN PROBABLY GET THEM ANYWHERE IN ATHKATLA, BUT THERE WERE TWO MESSAGES DELIVERED: FIRSTLY, TO AERIE TO SEE QUAYLE (SEE WAUKEEN'S PROMENADE SECTION), AND FOR JAHEIRA TO GO STRAIGHT AWAY. Next time you rest after Jaheira leaves, she'll come back, and tell you to go to the Harper HQ. Inside are five people who try to kill you. Get there first.
If you have Yoshimo with you, he'll tell you that you need to see Renal Bloodscalp. On the way to the Shadow Thieves' Guild, you'll find a Mad Cleric who tells you to convert to Cyric. Say no then kill him (750 xps).
Inside, go forward then up and follow round. Accept Renal's offer to spy on Mae'Var. Leave and go to Mae'Var's guildhouse. Inside, show Gorch the documents given to you, then go through and down.
Accept Mae'Var's task. Go over to the TEMPLE area (see temple area section for details of what to do here).
Having got the amulet or statuette, give it to Mae'Var (29500 xps), he'll tell you to visit his assistant, Edwin (yes, THE Edwin from BG1).
Speak to Edwin and he'll give you a hard errand. Accept it, and search the chests and rooms for treasures, including a:
Spear +1
Go to Rayic's house and enter kill the mephits, then SAVE - it gets TOUGH. Upstairs are two stone golems. Kill them, then go upstairs and kill Rayic. Search his body.
Tell Edwin, he'll give you another task: collect some documents from Marcus in the Sea's Bounty Tavern.
If you don't have Jaheira, enter and get the documents off of Marcus for 200 gold. Give them to Edwin (10000 xps). Go to Mae'Var, accept. Go to Embarl and kill him. Bring back the dagger (28750 xps).
Go to Edwin again, he knows the truth, agree for the key. Enter Mae'Var's chamber and open the locked chest. Take the letter to Renal (48250 xps). He'll tell you to kill Mae'Var.
Everyone in his guild will know about it, so wade in and kill everybody. With Mae'Var dead, head back to Renal for your reward: ???? xps and 10500 gps.
THIEF STRONGHOLD QUEST
↑ Back to TopWhen the Renal/Mae'Var quest is resolved, Renal gives you control over his old guild. Enter the guildhouse and talk to the two men in the room where the steps to the basement are.
They will tell you about all your rogues, what they do, and give you the option of altering how they work, making things risky or less risky for them.
There are also several events that occur. EVENT 1: Ama, Shadowmistress of the East, requires you to make a rendezvous and assassination at Waukeen's Promenade. Go there at dark and Ama will spring a trap of half a dozen muggers, herself and the bloke you thought you would assassinate. Kill them all.
EVENT 2: One of the young thieves under Kretor is skimming off the top, reducing returns. To deal with this, cut all their wages. In five days time the matter will be resolved.
The amount Joster, Renal's quarter-master, demands, changes. It goes: 500, 500, 1000, 1000, 350.
There's got to be more to do on this stronghold, but I haven't come across it yet.
Back in the Sea's Bounty Tavern, there is a secret door. Inside is a bunch of pirates, search the water after killing them for cash.
If you have the body of Renfeld (you'll get this if you try to travel to the D'Arnise Hold) , deliver it to the estate in the SW. Give it to Rylock outside for 14550 xps and 125 gps.
As you leave, another old "friend", Xzar, will come up to you and give you a quest (accept it).
Go back to Rylock and ask to enter. He'll make you perform a service first. Do this by going to Prebek's house and killing everyone inside (loot for treasure).
Report back to Rylock (14500 xps), he'll let you enter. Inside, search the rooms especially the end room for an amulet. You also get a
Helm of Charm Protection
Put this on your best thief and send him upstairs. Doing this will stop the spectral harpers attacking. Search, but head into the first door you see. Enter the cage and take the bird.
Deliver this to Xzar, who thinks it is Montaron, polymorphs it: it is Lucette who kills Xzar (don't know how many xps, but there are some). Loot his corpse.
Near the first exit, a bloke will come up to you then get attacked by vampires. You can flee or fight as you wish, but three vampires is a tough prospect.
The Dwarf Cromwell will forge items out of component parts and monster hides. Each work will lose you one day of possible adventuring and costs you 5000 gps.
He makes:
Red Dragon Scales - Red Dragon Scale
Ankheg Hide - Ankheg Plate Mail
Shadow Dragon Scales - Shadow Dragon Leather
3 parts of the Equalizer - Long Sword: Equalizer
2 parts of the wave - Halberd +4: Wave
2 parts of the Gesen - Gesen Short Bow
4 parts of the Crom Faeyr - Crom Faeyr
Jaheira is a bit of a liability here - in the Sea's Bounty Tavern is a guy called Baron Ployer who gets a curse on Jaheira - you must solve this fast or she dies.
First, go to the Government District. When you leave the Council of Six building, a mage called Terrence will be waiting. Pay 1000 gps and his gang won't attack you with Ployer.
Now go to the Derelict House in the Slums (marked on map). Inside, threaten to kill Ployer if he doesn't help you and when his friends don't turn up, he'll give you Jaheira's hair (21250 xps), then get killed by her (21250 xps more). Now rest a full day in the Copper Coronet and she'll be fine. No problem.
2.d. Temple
↑ Back to TopIn a place like Athkatla, it's unsurprising that people will turn to the Gods in everyday life. Here you will find the honest priests of major gods, as well as those who have little skill but ply their trade simply for dishonest coin.
Monsters: Rakshasa, Kobolds, Kobold Commandos, Kobold Captain, Kobold Shamen, Kobold Witch Doctor, Sea troll, Gibberlings, Mutated gibberlings, Mephits (Ice, Dust, Magma, Fire, Lightning), goblins, Salamanders, Ice salamanders, Ghasts, Zombies, Mummies, Gauth, Ettercaps, Sword Spiders, Vampiric Mists, Shadows, 1 Nishruu, Ogre Berserkers, 1 Glabrezu.
Treasure: Hallowed Redeemer (Keldon), Firecam Full-plate armour (Keldon), Cloak of the Sewers, Rod of Resurrection, Necklace of Form Stability, Harp of Discord, Entropy (Haer'Dalis), Chaos (Haer'Dalis), Full plate +1, Wyvern's Tail +2, Hangard's Axe +2, Pride of the Legion +2, Large Shield +2, Helm of Glory, Mace +1: Ardulia's Fall, Dragon's Bane +3, +6 vs Dragons, Amulet of Magic Resistance 5%, War Hammer +2, +1 electric damage, Saving Grace +3, Skin of the Ghoul, Celestial Fury +3, Adventurer's Robe, Plate Mail +1, Mace +2, Large Shield +2, Battle Axe +2, Helmet of Defence, Helm of Charm Protection, Two Handed Sword +2, Full Plate +1, Short Sword +2, Leather Armour +3, Asp's Nest, Sling +2, Spear +3, Morning Star +2.
NPCs: Keldon Firecam, Haer'Dalis.
KELDON (human; male; lawful good; inquisitor; str.17 dex.9 con.17 int.12 wis.16 cha.18)
HAER'DALIS (tiefling; male; chaotic neutral; blade; str.17 dex.17 con.9 int.15 wis.13 cha.16)
You will be waylaid by Orogs on the way - a tough fight. Here, a man will ramble on about the "Unseen Eye" cult. After his sermon, a priest of Helm will escort you to his temple. Here, talk to both High Watcher Oisig and Telwyn for quests (do them after finishing with the Shadow Thieves). The Unseeing Eye Cult is found in the tunnels off the NW of the map. Go down the sidepath and wade through until you reach the Gas Chamber.
When you reach the centre the door shuts and fills the room with deadly gas. Turn the wheel to stop the gas, then defend yourself against Vampiric Mists.
Ask Gaal to let you join the Cult, but tell him you'd rather keep your eyes. Accept his quest. Go back to the main tunnel then down to the door. Beware traps - in the room is Sassar who has seen the evil in the Unseeing Eye Beholder. Accept. Note that for the Kangaxx quest, the sarcophagus is of the Shade Lich!
Carry on down, beware further traps. In the next area, go forward then right. Here are some Yuan-ti. Go up to the building via the trapped stairs and answer the questions: Life; Time; The Current One (42250 xps).
Across the bridge is a tough fight, but afterwards search the nook for the brilliant Warhammer +2, +1 electrical (this was my close combat weapon of choice, after Drizzt's scimitars, in the original game).
In the next room ignore the people, then enter the Temple. In here is the Emphatic Manifestation. The only way to kill it is with Cure Light Wounds, oddly enough. You get 25,750 xps for finding the Avatar (it appears now). Accept its quest.
Return to Sassar with the Avatar's rod half. Talk to Tad in the cult (not Gaal!!!). The password is "The Eye is Blind". Keep going down the pit (lots of undead).
Search for the
Ghoul's Skin Gauntlets of Dexterity
Wade through to the Lair.
In each eye shoot of the lair, a Gauth guards treasure. Search all for
Cash
Spells
Dragon's Bane +3, +6 vs. Dragons
Other rod part
Fix the two rod parts together and put it as a quick item for 26,250 xps.
Then use the rod to disable the Unseeing Eye's protections and kill him, he carries the
Amulet of 5% magic resistance.
Go left, give the Avatar the rod on the way, then enter the temple and convince everyone that if they believe in their god, he will appear. He won't, they'll vanish. Get your reward: 47,250 xps.
Saving Grace +3
Go back to the cult, Gaal's blokes will attack you. Kill them (search for treasures). Now return to the Temple you got the quest from for 45,750 xps/head, Mace +1: Ardulia's Fall, 7000 gold and reputation +1.
CLERIC STRONGHOLD QUEST
↑ Back to TopOnce you have completed the Unseeing Eye Quest, you are made an acolyte of your Temple. There is another acolyte who will tell you what to do.
There are a few visitors, you must advise them as an acolyte of your church. You will be graded by the other acolyte a day after each visitor arrives. Note you can be chucked out if you act against your church's wishes. Simply said, if you're Lathander take the good option, Helm the neutral, Talos the evil.
VISITOR 1: Glinden's wife is unfaithful and wants advice. Lathander - Tell him to forgive her (20000 xps). Helm - Tell him to remand her vows (20000 xps). Talos - Tell him to murder her and her lover, then turn him in when the guard arrives (200 gps and 20000 xps).
VISITOR 2: Ti'Vael has killed a man. Lathander - Tell him to pay restitution to the man's family (20000 xps). Helm - Tell him to give himself up (20000 xps). Talos - Tell him to kill all witnesses, then kill him. Take his head to the inspector in the Council of Six (500 gps, 20000 xps).
VISITOR 3: Rania has lost her faith.
Lathander - Give her time to think (20000 xps).
Helm - Stress the importance of duty (20000 xps).
Talos - Kill her and keep her head.
VISITOR 4: Cortirso got put down when you got promoted, he wants a duel. Lathander - Refuse the duel (20000 xps). Helm - Accept and win (20000 xps). Talos - Take Rania's head to the Inspector and frame Cortirso for the murder (30000 xps).
You are now either given the task of killing the chief of the opposing church (do so for 35000 xps and 1000/2000 gps), or for Helm supporters, stop the Talosian attack, then talk Lara out of a vengeance attack (same reward).
For thieves: Go now to the Talos temple. There are three rooms here with some handy minor treasures to loot. The amulet you were sent for is in the W room, collect it and leave (20000 xps). Head now back to the docks. If you were to find the statuette, go to the Lathander temple and in the E you will find a priest. Wait for a bit and he'll leave, you can now loot for the statue and cash.
Once finished with all that, enter the sewers at the entrance by the Prophet. Inside, head straight on to a fight with Kobolds and a deadly Rakshasa (which carries the Cloak of the Sewers).
Continue on to a fight with a sea troll (remember to use fire or acid on it when it drops!). At the last junction, head N, kill the gibberlings and continue. Let Keldon join - he's very good with cool magical items. Head NE, and kill the goblins. Here there is a secret door, go through, right and up.
In this room (from BG1's Durlag's tower), kill the mephits then go south. Go round and enter Mekrath's room, threaten him and kill him (warning: hard wizard!). Search the room for
Cloudkill Wand Rod of Resurrection.
Upon leaving you will be approached by Haer'Dalis, who can join. He'll ask you to get a gem and return it to its owner at the Five Flagons. This gem is a Portal Gem on this level (trapped shrine).
Head NE from the secret door to a fight with six tough opponents. Try it
- it's hard but rewarding.
Talk to Roger the Fence south of the central area. If you're persuasive he'll give you 250 gps. You can buy/sell too.
Outside Valen will tell you you are being spied upon and you should meet with her mistress in the graveyard. Directly after, Brus tells you to visit Gaelan Bayle again - they seemed to be linked...
There is an exit NW of where you got Keldon to the sewers beneath the Bridge, but I'd leave this for later, as it's not at all easy.
Telwyn in the Helm Temple wants you to get the services of Sir Sales. To do so, first go to Sales in the Jystevv Estate (Government District), then to the Ore Merchant at Waukeen's Promenade. Ask for real stuff, for 1000 gps she'll tell you to look for Unger in the Copper Coronet. He'll tell you Neb (yes, THE Neb, the evil child murderer who lets you out of prison in BG1) stole his ilithium and he is in the Bridge area.
Go to the derelict house here, attack Neb. He'll go invisible and cower in a corner while four Child Spirits attack you. Now kill him with magic (this is one sick man). Take the ilithium and give it to Sales (21750 xps) and tell Telwyn (1000 gps, 20000 xps and Helm of Glory).
He now gives you a second task. Go to Dawnbringer Sain inside the Lathander Temple and accept his task. Go to the N Slums exit by night and use some spell (Dispel Illusion, Detect Invisibility, Invisibility Purge, True Sight etc.) to reveal Travin.
Pay him 400 gps for information. Enter Borinall's locked house, and either (if you are very evil or a priest of Talos) recite the vow OR (if you're anything else) refuse and kill him and his muggers. Take the Dawn Ring and also search for a Warhammer +1 and gold.
Take the Dawn Ring to Sain and he'll give you 16250 xps and 1000 gps.
At some point after chapter 5 a Githyanki will appear and demand the silver blade of you. Fight or give as you desire.
PALADIN STRONGHOLD QUEST
↑ Back to TopWhen you've been given a recommendation by Garren Windspear (see Windspear Hills), you can enter the High Hall of the Radiant Heart.
Inside, tell Squire Cathras you want to visit the Prelate. Accept his offer, then talk to Sir William Reirrac. Accept his first task, head over to the Umar Hills directly.
Here, a knight of the Most Noble Order of the Radiant Heart takes you to the fight: two ettins, two ogre magi, four orcs and a spotted lion. Kill them all, keep the knights all alive.
After the fight, a Squire will congratulate you. Head back to the High Hall and accept your next task, taking you to the Umar Hills again (10000 xps).
Talk to the Baron in the Inn, then go outside and talk to Brunson, he'll leave.
Go back to the Order HQ and you get another quest (1000 xps). Go to the appointed building at the docks. Talk, don't let her out. Fight the assassins upstairs and down. When her guardian arrives, let him take her.
Return to the Order. You're given a final task and your reward (magical armour and 10000 xps). This task is to kill the Red Dragon under the Windspear Hills, this is Fikraag. He is exactly where you last left him. This time though, kill him. He carries the
Holy Avenger: Carsomyr +5
Cloak of the Shield
Red Dragon Scales.
Return to the Order for 35000 xps. You've completed your stronghold quest.
In the Guarded Compound, go in slowly then kill the summoned monsters. Search the downstairs area for
Morning Star +2 Minor Treasures
Upstairs is a much harder fight. I suggest going downstairs so you only get one or two at a time. When successful, search around. The guards and the search will get you:
Celestial Fury +3
Adventurer's Robe
Plate Mail +1
Mace +2
Large Shield +2
Battle Axe +2
Helm of Defence
Helm of Charm Protection
Two Handed Sword +2
Full Plate +1
Short Sword +2
Leather Armour +3
2x Spear +3
Asp's Nest
Sling +2
Many minor treasures and several wands
Nice selection, eh?
2.e. Government District
↑ Back to TopAthkatla often seems highly disorganised, but the truth is that there are groups of either dishonest ne'er-do-wells or greedy governors. This is a place where corruption is rife in Athkatla.
Monsters: none so far.
Treasure: Techno-Gloves (Jan), Spectroscopes (Jan), Flasher Bruiser Mate (Jan), Metal Repelling Adventure Wear (Jan), Ring of the Ram.
NPCs: Viconia deVir, Jan Jansen.
VICONIA (elf; female; neutral evil; cleric; str.10 dex.19 con.8 int.16 wis.18 cha.14; upon joining party loses reputation 2)
JAN (gnome; male; thief/illusionist; str.9 dex.17 con.15 int.16 wis.14 cha.10)
If Keldon is with you, he'll ask to visit his family.
Just outside the prison Viconia is about to be burnt at the stake. Untie her and you'll have to fight three fanatics, then she can join.
Visit Keldon's estate and his wife will admit to seeing another man. Go to the Mithrest Inn at the Promenade. Talk to Sir William and suggest a peaceful return to Keldon's home. Here, talk to his wife, and say Keldon must stay with you, at least for now (15500 xps).
Head through the park and talk to Delon, accept. Carry on to the Council of Six building. Agree to Madeen and Tolgerias.
Anomen will eventually demand he visit his father when he finds out his sister is dead. Take him to his home. In the dialogue, convince him to take the path of the magistrate (10500 xps), he'll be exiled from his family.
Talk to the magistrate in the Council of Six building for 7500 xps, just convince Anomen to let things be.
Jan is here and tries to sell you his inventions. Trax will come and try to arrest him. Tell Trax you were just discussing the weather for 8500 xps and the chance to let Jan join up (11500 xps).
If you have Valygar's body, go to Tolgerias, threaten him for a promise of death or give it to him for 11250 xps, 500 gps, -1 reputation and the
Ring of the Ram
Talk to Corneil after doing this and for 5000 gps he'll let you cast spells in Athkatla legally - very useful, and worth every penny.
2.f. The Bridge District
↑ Back to TopConnecting the two sides of Athkatla is a gigantic bridge, where you can drown your sorrows in salty taverns, but as of late a shadows has been hanging over the area - the shadow of gruesome murder.
Monsters: 1 Shadow Fiend, 1 Fire Elemental, 1 Ice Salamander, Githyanki, Umber Hulks, 1 Wyvern, 1 Elemental Lich, Muggers, Ghasts, Rune Assassins.
Treasures: Kundane +2: Sword of Quickness, Staff of Air +2, Melodic Chain +3, Cloak of the Shield, Bracers of Defence AC6, Horn of Valhalla, Boomerang Dagger +2, Neb's Nasty Cutter, Boots of Avoidance.
NPCs: none.
If Haer'Dalis is with you, go to the playhouse beneath the Five Flagons. Here he will give Raelis Shai her portal gem and she will open a portal and let stuff through, kill them.
When they go through, follow. In here, basically go right round killing everything (avoid the disgusting bulbous things, they are portals into a room of spell-casting and invisible Githyanki).
When you get the Orb of Mastery off of the Demon, use it on the brazier near the beginning to destroy it. This makes the fight against the warden much easier.
Now when you fight the warden, it doesn't have its thralls to help it. Kill the Hulks and it (10000 xps for the warden).
W of here is a jail, it contains Haer'Dalis and the other bards, beware, there is a Flesh to Stone trap! When you get through, Haer'Dalis can rejoin. Everyone now leaves.
In a house S of Delosar's Inn, there is a basement containing an Elemental Lich.
In Delosar's Inn itself there is a group of tough mercenaries, kill them for good experience, cash and a magical item.
In a house in the NW there are several traps, minor treasures and the
Horn of Valhalla
a handy item in a tight combat.
In the E by the docks there is a house containing four people who fight you and a bunch of brigands.
Lieutenant Aegsfield in the N tells you about some recent murders you can investigate. Go to the Merchant Square, buy Rampah's hide and get Rose's information on berries.
Now talk to Bel, he'll give you samples of things that small like guril berries and identify Rampah's hide. Rose will tell you that it was the tannin she smelt.
Go to the tanner and attack him, he'll admit to the crime and flee (23250 xps).
On the second floor down, there are several traps as well as damning evidence (be sure to get the letter) and minor treasures.
One more floor down and you're attacked by two ghasts and rune assassins. Kill them and search for the Gesen Shaft.
By the edge on the far W you find Am-Si, Tirdir's kidnapper. Talk to him, tell him you know and follow him into the house. He'll be killed. Now pursue the two others outside and kill them. One carries the
Boots of Avoidance
Back inside on the top floor, either free Lady Elgea (16750 xps) or get cash by arranging to meet for the ransom outside the Copper Coronet.
2.g. Graveyard District
↑ Back to TopOnce a peaceful resting place for the dead, and on the surface still the same, underneath this is a hive for kidnappers and other illicit workers. And in the darkest crypts, can be found the vampire-run guild than opposes the Shadow Thieves...
Monsters: Mummies, Skeleton Warriors, 1 Crypt King.
Treasure: Two-handed sword +1, Nether Scroll, Namarra +2.
NPCs: none.
The main purpose of this area is as a staging ground for Chapter 3.
There is a tomb to the E of the main entrance to the Lower Crypts containing a dangerous Crypt King who attacks. Kill him and search the tomb.
There are several other tombs exactly like this, with a few undead monsters and various treasures.
There are two quests: Firstly, you will see two gnomes mourning at Wellyn's grave. Eventually Wellyn appears as a spirit and asks for his teddy, explaining a man in the Copper Coronet's back rooms stole it.
Also, again E of the entrance to lower crypts, Tirdir has been buried alive (you must "use" the grave). He'll give you a piece of red fabric that points to his kidnapper. He is found in the Bridge District (above), as told by Sethle to the E.
Both Edwin and Korgan want texts found in the Southern Dungeons of the Lower Crypts, found S of the big spider nest thing. For more information on the lower crypts, look in section 3.a.
When you reach the branch in the southern dungeons, head E first. Here, if you have Edwin, you will meet Neveziah, a not especially powerful lich. Talk twice, BE NICE. On the second time, Edwin will initiate a combat. Just keep at him to disrupt spellcasting for an easy win.
If you win you get the Nether Scroll. Let Edwin keep it as his own if you want to progress further with the spell (11750 xps).
Korgan finds the tomb he intended to rob already looted (11250 xps) and begs you to give chase by going to Pimlico's house - you'll find it empty (8750 xps) except for dead.
Go now to the Copper Coronet's roof. Kill Shagbag and his party, and you can recover the Book of Kaza (purely for gold - 5000 xps).
Edwin's Nether Scroll - after a few days he translates a bit, and a day later, regardless of warning, he casts a transformation spell intended to turn him into a kind of living lich, but fails and turns into a touchy woman (hilarious JJ).
2.h. The Planar Sphere
↑ Back to TopA recent arrival in Athkatla, and guided by the dreaded Lavok, the only key to the Sphere is the body of Valygar Corthala, and nobody knows what horrors will be uncovered inside...
Monsters: Sahaugin, Mephits, Halfling Warriors, Ettercaps, Sword Spiders, 1 Clay Golem, Stone Golems, Fire Elementals, 1 Elder Orb Beholder, Lizardmen, Myconids, Salamanders, Imps, Quasits, Demons, Ice Salamanders, 1 Snow Troll, 1 Efreeti.
Treasures: Gauntlets of Ogre Power, Ripper +2, Stiletto of Damarche +2, Battle Axe +2, Ninja-to +1, Leather Armour +2, Sling +2, Ring of the Ram, Helmet of Defense, Large Shield +1, +4 vs Missiles, Staff of Fire +2, Ring of Acuity, Golden Girdle.
NPCs: None.
The only way to enter the Planar Sphere is with Valygar, or his body. Inside, go through the W door, kill the Golem, and get everything. Use the piece of the Control Panel to fix it so you can go through the N door.
Through here are some Knights of Solamnia. Don't kill them - if you want, they offer advice. The N door leads to a group of Sahaugin, with the
Cloak of Protection +1 Minor treasures
To the W are Feral Halflings. There are three group of Halflings. The first, as you enter their village, is easy. The second is tougher, but the rewards are greater:
Gauntlets of Ogre Power Ripper +2
And the third guards the furnace room, and have
Stiletto of Damarche +2
In the Golem room, add the arm to the machine and search. When you have three coals, use one on each furnace to activate them. When activated, they create a Fire Elemental to kill you.
The Golem's head is found in the clockwork room (guarded by Stone Golems) E of the furnace room, there's a nook by the big spindle.
Add the Head and the Golem gets up (23500 xps) and declares he must kill the intruder - a Beholder. Follow through here and into the Navigator's Room.
In here, use Breach to pull down Lavok's combat protections and he'll eventually repent, apologising for his wrongs. He asks you to take him back to the Prime Material Plane (ie yours), accept for 28750 xps.
The two doors lead to lightly guarded area with medium treasures including most the +1 and +2 items listed above. Search the Navigator's Room for minor treasures in a locked capsule.
Leave the Planar Sphere. From where you are, you enter the Abyss. You need a Demon's heart so you can power the Sphere to travel again. The best way is to kill the Demon Tanar'ri, who is Northwest of the Sphere, just beware his guardians getting in your way.
With the heart, go to the room with four runes on the floor. Activate them in this order:
1
4 3
2
And then go down the stairs.
In the next room, you must fight Tolgerias and one of his lackeys. Use one Breach for each of them or you have no chance against their barrage of spells.
The two doors lead to Trapped and guarded rooms with nice treasures in - I recommend sweeping both. The Ice Room contains:
Helmet of Defense
Spell
Minor treasures
The Fire room contains:
Staff of Fire +2
Large Shield +1, 4 vs Missiles
Spells
Minor treasures
Onwards one, you'll find a room where you can get some treasures, might have to fight some Golems, and will have to place the heart in the machine (45500 xps).
Now return to Lavok, and take him outside, where he'll die (????? xps). He carries the
Ring of Acuity
and if you're a Mage, gives you the Planar Sphere as a stronghold.
MAGE STRONGHOLD QUEST
↑ Back to TopThere are several things to do in this Stronghold.
At first, the Knights of Solamnia will ask you to help them home. Directly afterwards, a Cowled Wizard called Teos will force you to join with his group. If you ask him to help you free the Knights, he'll refer you to Ribald in the Adventurer's Mart.
Ribald, for a small fee, will organise you a mage. In one day exactly, a mage will teleport in and free the Knights. You'll be given 45000 xps and the Golden Girdle (CHEAT: If you're really quick, you can talk to her multiple times and get the reward multiple times)
The less useful alternative is to talk to Wessellan in the Radiant Heart HQ, and he'll fix up accommodation for them. Tell them this for 45000 xps (Note that for the Girdle, you can pickpocket the leader of the Knights).
3.a. The aid of the Shadow Thieves
↑ Back to TopHaving discovered how to find Imoen, you must attain the help of the Shadow Thieves. However, to get their help, they will require yours.
Monsters: Vampires, Phase spiders, Sword spiders, Spiders, Giant spiders, Fledgling Vampires, Greater ghouls, Grimwarders, Grimwarder archers, Ettercaps, 1 clay golem, Shadows, 1 Shadow fiend, Wights, Wraiths, Ghasts, Mummies, Skeleton warriors.
Treasures: Amulet of power, Ring of protection +2, Mace of Disruption +1, Spear +1, Halcyon, Black spider figurine, Ashen Scales +2, Katana
+2.
NPCs: none.
Go to Gaelan Bayle and accept his offer of 15000 gps (???? xps). Go to the Shadow Thieves' and head E then down the passage. Carry on, head NE from this room.
Accept Aran Linvail's first quest. Head down to the shipyard docks. Talk to Mook. Lassal will appear and kill Mook, fight him, he'll eventually run away.
Head back to Aran and accept again. Go to the Bridge and enter the five flagons. Upstairs, enter the far NE room of the four, kill the traitors. Then the contact will appear, his name is Gracen. Kill him (1400 xps).
Again accept Aran's quest. Head to the graveyard district, enter the tomb S of where you meet Uncle Lester and his relative.
Inside, follow on, beware of traps. Head N through the spiders' lair, then meet Haz and his golem. Kill the warders then purge the inner sanctum through the blue doors. In the NW door, kill and search the blood pool. Head S, kill the clay golem and stake the vampires in their coffins (9000 xps each).
Head SE. Kill Tanova - don't enter the next room.
Along the spider area, enter the "cocoon" thing over the "drawbridge". Kill those inside.
Enter the Southern Dungeons. Kill all the monsters, beware the painting on the floor - it's trapped.
Head S, killing as you go. At the junction, go E. Open the sarcophagus, kill the skeleton warrior and take his magical weapon:
Spear, Halcyon +1
Further on is a small room with treasures.
On the S branch, beware traps and enter room for more minor treasures.
Head back to the Inner Sanctum. Go down the NE stairs. Go along, enter and fight the vampires and grimwarders. Search the NW and NE rooms for treasure. Lassal will appear and tell you to meet him upstairs.
Head to the room full of spikes, blood and very deadly traps. Lassal is on the far E side. Kill him.
Now head back to the room where you staked the vampires in their coffins. Stake the last one and Bodhi will appear, talk a bit, then attack you - you can't kill her, she'll run when wounded sufficiently (18750 xps).
Now go back to Aran and he'll take you to a ship, which will take you all the way to Spellhold Island (??? xps). He also rewards you:
Ring of Protection +2 Amulet of Power
4.a. Spellhold Island
↑ Back to TopThe quiet Brynnlaw, is another place with a dark interior - ruled by tyrannical pirates, the residents are mostly enslaved. It is also home to Spellhold, the dark and forbidding asylum of the Cowled Wizards.
Monsters: Pirates.
Treasures: Quaterstaff +2, Flail +2, Leather Armour +3, Longbow +2, Light Crossbow +1.
NPCs: none.
Leave the ship, you'll be attacked by Del, Parisa and Valen, vampires. Kill them.
Head to the tavern (The Vulgar Monkey), and talk to Sanik. He'll get assassinated (kill the assassin) before he can help you at all. Great.
Now talk to the innkeeper who'll tell you to find Claire. To do this, go to Lady Galvena's Festhall and talk to the appropriate courtesan outside. For 100 gps you'll be taken to an inner room. Inside, tell her you'll leave then give her 100 gps to shut up about it.
Outside, head NW, kill the guards. Enter the room guarded by the first guard and take the skeleton key.
Head through the far NW door to the prison. Enter the NE door and kill Vadek and Galvena. Be nice to Claire and she'll take you to see her captain by the docks (10000 xps).
Take his information (2000 xps).
Go to Ginia, and agree to help her. Go to Chremy and kill him. Now head to Calahan and agree to pay (2000 xps). Go back and tell Ginia, she'll be very happy (9000 xps).
Now go to the Pirate Lord's home. Tell the door guard and the lord himself that Golin sent you. Tell him you need to get into Spellhold and act mad. If Yoshimo is in your party, this is very easy (36500 xps each).
Inside, get out and open the locked door S of where you are (talk several times to the bloke on the left and you get gems every time).
Attack Wanev and Irenicus appears and takes you in. He'll explain Yoshimo's treachery and you'll be put in the same process Imoen went through.
In your dream, enter the Library and talk to Imoen. Go back out, head W and tell Bhaal to "catch you if he can". Run back to Imoen and fight Bhaal. If you win, you're sent back to Irenicus' lab.
You'll be put in the labyrinth under the asylum.
4.b. Spellhold
↑ Back to TopSpellhold is an asylum, but there is a way of "testing" the unfortunates who claim to be sane and safe - they are thrown into one of the world's most dangerous dungeons where they will die. You're unlucky enough to be another inevitable victim of this deadly maze.
Monsters: Yuan-ti, Ice salamanders, Salamanders, Gibberlings, Mutated Gibberlings, Mephits (Ice, Fire, Air, Smoke, Steam), 1 ruhk, Umber hulks, 1 mist horror, kobolds, kobold commandos, kobold witch doctors, imps, quasits, shadow fiends, skeleton warriors, trolls, spirit trolls, minotaurs, shadows, wraiths, 1 mind flayer, murderers, goblin commandos, 1 djinni, clay golems, 1 stone golem, 1 spectral troll, 1 greater wolfwere.
Treasures: Spear +3, Ring of Regeneration, Ring of Free Action, Malakar +2, Flame of the North, Cloak of Reflection, Bone Club +2, +3 vs undead.
NPCs: Imoen.
Inside, Bodhi will gloat a bit and give you a "fighting chance". Talk to Imoen, she can join again (hurrah!). Head through the SW door, fight, loot the statue will give you a clue to how to leave (this is the exit). Head through the NW door. In the W door, search, E, fight and search - easy enough. Go through N door. The N from here leads to a tough fight. The E door leads to a room full of faces. Activating these faces will lead you to the Statue of Riddles who will pose a riddle. The answers (in no order) are: darkness; stars; candle; coffin; fire; ice; shadows; sponge; breath; fish; a secret; a hole. Answer all the riddles for 5000 xps per head.
Carry on through, fight the yuan-ti, carry on again - beware squashing mechanism. Enter the room, fight the clay golem and search.
In the next area (use the door from the main square), fight the umber hulks (v. hard, obviously).
At the end of the corridor, head NE. Keep going until you find a yellowed book. Keep using it to make these enemies (in order) appear: Kobold captain, sword spider, umber hulk, mind flayer, beholder). Kill them all, the re-use the book for
2 spells Ring of Free Action
and 8000 xps each. In the secret door, kill all the enemies. In the room with the kobolds' crystal, kill the "avatars" to get a crystal shard, which you need.
Back to the end of the corridor. Head SW. Kill the enemies, there is a lot to search for here and in the library just N of your position.
Go onwards, enter and kill Dace Solan, a very powerful vampire. When he retreats to his coffin, stake him for the hand you need to escape.
Go back to the statue on the first level, use the hand on it to open the door (29500 xps per head). Go through.
Down here, enter the W door. Go along a bit. Enter the S secret door, and turn the wheel to open the N one. Enter and kill the trolls, search.
Head on, and when you've killed all the minotaurs, head NE. Search the water, then the statues - beware!!!
W statue: troll painting, disintegrate trap
N statue: umber hulk painting, cloudkill trap
E statue: djinni painting, fireball trap
Head right on, you'll soon encounter Bodhi. This bit's fixed. You will turn into the Slayer, avatar of Bhaal and attack everything, friend or foe. Bodhi will flee, you're the big danger here.
Note: if you have a romance, you will transform again and kill your girl/boy.
In this room are four globes. If you stand on the mosaic then activate them one-by-one, they'll cast spells: slow, heal, haste, lightning bolt.
From this room, head N, wipe this place clean (not easy!!!).
Go back then SW and search. With the two stone horns, use them on the statue to open the door - but do this later, first, go right back to the start.
Now go down the E tunnel. Kill the yuan-ti, then enter, one by one, the doors corresponding to the paintings you should have.
Behind them are: MIND FLAYER: kill the mind flayer (11000 xps). It carries
Malakar +2
TROLL: Kill the Spirit Troll (8000 xps)
DJINNI: kill the djinni (10000 xps)
UMBER HULK: kill the umber hulk (10000 xps). Go on until you reach a junction. Go SW. Kill the Stone Golem guard, search. Now head SW again. In here is a machine that gives you magical items for mithril tokens, which are scattered around. I've found 21 so far. They get you:
5 tokens: Boots of the North
10 tokens: Boots of Grounding
15 tokens: Boots of Speed
20 tokens: Jester's Chain +4
Head back NE from the first junction. There is a bit of dexterity needed here. Inside is a chest guarded by three clay golems that attack when you open the chest.
To do this, send one person in hasted. Unlock the chest then open it and pause. Take the contents then RUN! Shut the door behind and for some reason (presumably so it's actually possible to get the loot) the golems don't come through.
Now leave into a room full of commandos, kill 'em all. Back at the stairs an apparition appears. Let him test you, it's the way out. For the first test you have to kill a big mushroom with spell abilities - not too hard. Now he'll ask a question, the answer is splinter.
Now you go to a dining hall with four apparitions. Search the table for the
Robe of Reflection
then talk to any one and you'll get four questions, the answers are: nothing, a river, fear, memory. You'll now be taken on to a platform. The apparition will free you, go down the invisible steps. Through here your treacherous captain will appear again.
Go upstairs and kill Lonik the Sane. You'll be taken to a room full of all the captives. Be nice and they'll join you as you attack Irenicus himself... Beware, they can be a liability, especially Wanev!
Eventually Irenicus will run away and Yoshimo will arrive with a bunch of murderers and you'll be involved in a HUGE battle.
Complete it (be sure to get the heart off Yoshimo's body) and rest. You'll have a dream in which you'll be granted the ability to shapeshift into the Slayer at will.
Go back up, Saemon will appear again and offer you an exit over sea or through the Underdark. I'll be pursuing the sea route this time round.
Back outside, head W and along, killing all and make your way to the SW corner where you can finally get to Brynnlaw at last!
Back in the town, go to the Tavern and talk to Saemon. Accept, when it's night go to Cayia's house. Fight the guards, the horn is on the table.
Take it to Saemon Havarian and you'll board ship. Desharik will appear, kill his lackeys and you'll leave.
On your way your ship will be attacked by two different parties, and you're captured by the Sahaugin.
4.c. The Underwater City
↑ Back to TopThe world conceals many secrets, but deep beneath the waves is the city of the shark-like Sahaugin, brutal but clever. Here you must gain their trust and aid in re-finding the outside world.
Monsters: Rebels, Sahaugin, 1 Ettin, Sword Spiders, Ettercaps, 1 Bone golem.
Treasures: Cloak of Mirroring, Cloak of protection +2, Boots of Etherealness, Rod of Lordly Power, Scimitar +2, Belm.
NPCs: none.
You'll be taken to the underwater city by the sahaugin. You're taken to an audience with their king, Ixilthetocal.
He'll explain you are to save the city as part of an old prophecy by their god. To prove your worth, you're put in an arena to kill an Ettin. When dead, accept all.
Go to their High Priest and she'll change everything - accept all.
Go to the Drow SE section, beware traps. Kill as you go. You will come to an area where some imps will set you a challenge - accept.
The answer is: Helmet - Piergorian
Pipe - Elminster
Scimitar - Drizzt
Staff - Khelben
Amulet - Alaustriel
Get the treasures, head N, talk to the Spectator. Kill it (it's a Beholder, of course it's hard). The chest contains the tooth you need.
Now head to the NE corner, go down the steps and through the door, fighting as you go onwards. Inside the door, accept an offer of an audience (if you kept the orb the Priestess gave you).
Accept all his offers and head back to the throne area. Give the false heart to the King then you're discovered, so kill them all (the rebels will arrive to help you).
At the end, the Prince of the Rebels will give you all the treasures including
Rod of Lordly Power
and a way down to the Underdark you tried to avoid in the first place (60500 xps/head).
5.a. The Underdark
↑ Back to TopThe most evil and dangerous place in the entire world, the renowned and feared Underdark is home to all the most deadly creatures across the Planes. So few survive, that you feel your death is at hand.
Monsters: Drow, Drow Warriors, Drow Priestesses, Earth Elementals, Air Elementals, Fire Elementals, Lizard Men, Kuo-toa wizard, monitor, warrior and leader, Myconids, 1 Balor, Umber Hulks, 1 Greater Elemental each of Earth, Air and Fire, 1 myconid king, Mind Flayers, Beholders.
Treasures: Jhor the Bleeder +2, CURSED Spear +3 'Backstabber', CURSED Ring of Folly, Rod of Absorption, Bracers of Defence AC 4, Skullcrusher +3, Dragon's Breath +4, Necradon's Crossbow +3.
Note: Drow equipment is typically better than any magic armour but will disintegrate above ground. Be certain to keep hold of old armour and weapons for when you leave. Drow equipment: Full Plate +5, Chainmail +3 (useable by mages!), Long Sword +3, Light Crossbow +3, Flail +3, Amulet of Spell Warding. There are others too, but mostly that's what you'll find.
NPCs: none.
From your starting position after the descent (20000 xps/head), head E. Talk Duergars, buy a Freedom scroll. Beware the elemental respawn points, they keep coming every time you kill one.
Head N. Fight Drow. You'll come to a crystal. By using the panels "lost souls" will come out and attack you (except one, who tells you to visit his village).
Now cast the Freedom spell. Between the crystal and the duergars a mage named Vithal appears and gives you a quest - accept.
Head back to the crystal and head along E, killing the bridge guards.
Go back to the crystal now and head W, kill all the myconids, just further W are three Mind Flayers that come round and attack.
From here, head N to the Dark Gnome village, accept peaceful entry, go around and talk to their chief, accept. The cave is in the village, a little E. Use the stone and kill the Balor (VERY, VERY, VERY HARD).
Now return to the king for a
Light Gem Skullcrusher +3.
In the next house along, talk to the Innkeeper and buy Vithal's book off him for 300 gps.
The other Gnome is father of the gnome that you freed from the mage crystal prison, the one that walked off. Talk to him for 10000 xps and the
Bracers of Defence AC 4.
Now go to the Earth portal and give Vithal his book. He'll summon a Greater Earth Elemental, kill it (keep Vithal alive!!) and he'll disappear and return.
You'll repeat this three times, once for each portal. At the end he'll reward you, press for more ONCE - more than once and he'll attack and win very easily. Be happy with this good reward.
With the Light Gem go now to the Dark Cave near the entrance to Ust Natha. Inside, accept the Silver Dragon's quest. As Drow, enter Ust Natha.
When you are back out again to hunt the illithid, a party of adventurers try to kill you, it's a tough fight. One of them carries the
Dragon's Breath +4
From here, go to the extreme SE, talk and kill those that appear. Head back to the Drow City at your leisure (20000 xps).
When you've escaped the city, go to the Dragon, talk for your reward: 78500 xps/head and
Necradon's Crossbow +3
You'll be taken to a gate, fight the Drow. Go through, fight again. There are fights in the next room, the next and the next. Eventually, you'll reach the exit to the Surface!!! At last!!!
5.b. Ust Natha
↑ Back to TopSafety is not found in a place more than the Drow capital, but still this is a place of constant danger, death, assassination, political intrigue, and typical Drow brutality.
Monsters: Drow, Mind Flayers, Mustard Jelly, Gray Ooze, Green Slime, Ochre Jelly, Beholder.
Treasures: BoneBlade +4, Ring of Spell Turning, Gorgon Plate +4.
NPCs: none.
At the Bazaar, you can buy and sell magical items and mostly scrolls.
Go straight to the Male Fighter's Association. Talk to Solaufein outside, accept. Go right back to the exit (if asked which way the "quarry" went in a pre-death chase, it was that woman that legged it past yelling, respond as you wish).
Now talk to Imrae and accept. You can rest/restock as you wish before. Refer back to the Underdark section now.
Back in the city, a Duergar will tell you to talk to his master, go up to the tank, talk to Aboleth and accept.
Qilue's house is guarded by Servants, all with up to level 8 spells - beware! Kill her, get her brain, take this to Aboleth for your reward, 10000 xps.
Talk to Phaene as agreed. Accept, go to the extreme SE, talk then murder the Beholder (20000 additional xps).
Go back to the tavern.
You're given another task, this time to kill a patrol of sverfneblin. Go to the Myconid patch and kill the gnomes. Take the gnomic leader's helm as proof of your feat.
Give this to Phaere and she'll tell you to meet her again. Go to the Female Fighter's Association and accept.
There is a Drow Priestess, accept her quest, go to the SE and kill the lot. There's no xps for completing that though.
Go to Solaufein and kill him. Tell Phaere. If you are male, at this point, you sleep with her (I don't know what happens if you're female!).
Go to the Temple of Lolth, accept the quest. Go to the Beholder cave in the Underdark (the southern tunnels on the map), and kill the Beholders, get the eye from the Elder.
Go back to the temple (22000 xps). Go now to Phaere in her apartments at the Female Fighters' again. Accept.
Enter the Temple, the treasury is in the NE. I suggest you cast (Improved) Invisibility first. Replace the Egg in the N bowl-thing, the golems will attack, shut the door on them. Kill the Egg Guards.
There are now to ways. Hard and Easy:
Hard: Take the Egg to Phaere (10000 xps). She'll vanish, an Imp will appear and give you instructions. Go to the Temple. In the ritual room, interrupt what Phaere is saying, kill the Demon and her (the demon is VERY HARD). Outside, every Drow in Ust Natha tries to kill you, you're only chance is to peg it outside the city gates. Note that the Matron has
Gorgon's Plate +4
Easy: Keep the eggs and leave the city. Nearly no xps for that though.
Refer to the above Underdark section again now.
6.a. Exit from the Underdark
↑ Back to TopAs the sunlight gradually re-finds your party, you find a war-torn out post of the surface elves, as they fight their constant war against the vicious Drow.
Monsters: none.
Treasures: none.
NPCs: none.
A nice short section. When out of the Underdark, you're taken to an audience with Elhan, the War Elf leader. NOTE: Before you leave, remove all Drow equipment, there is a bug in some versions that means the dust doesn't stop re-spawning!
Agree to everything and be careful to tell the truth. If Viconia is with you, she'll be put under a geas. He gives you a quest to find an artefact that allows the Elves entry to Suldanesselar.
This is carried by Bodhi, you can ask for stakes and holy water to sort her out.
The most interesting bit is that when you leave, Drizzt and his friends meet you. If you're nice, Drizzt will agree to meet you at Bodhi's guild and aid you. Of course, you can kill him and his friends, and nick all their brilliant items, but it's so hard I wouldn't bother. My advice is perhaps kill Drizzt when he's alone in the Graveyard District...
6.b. Small Teeth Pass and North Woods
↑ Back to TopThe Elven forests of Tethir are full of danger and intrigue, and these two distinct area will give you the opportunity to discover some evil secrets.
Monsters: 1 Efreeti, 1 Dao, Wolfweres, Ankhegs, Gnolls (Veterans, Elites, Slashers, Captains).
Treasures: several +1 items.
NPCs: none.
These two small and boring areas have been put into a single section because it's pointless making two tiny sections.
Small Teeth Pass is basically a small monster-thump.
North Woods is a bit different, there are two groups, one of various adventurers, one of an efreeti and a dao. Each holds/guards some minor treasures.
7.c. Forest of Tethir
↑ Back to TopMonsters: Mist Horrors, Vampiric Mists, Poison Mists, Crimson Deaths, Panthers, 1 Greater Wyvern, 1 Baby Wyvern, Kuo-toa, Wolfweres, Wandering Horrors.
Treasures: Mana Bow +4.
NPCs: none.
The main purpose of this place is as a gateway to Tethir. To navigate the map you must walk along the main tree-trunk down the centre and get off it at certain points.
In the NW you find an old companion, Coran, who asks you to help him rescue Safana. Go to the Wolfwere camp. Here, Safana turns out to be very nasty indeed and both Safana and Coran will die. Kill the Wolfweres.
You can search his cabin also. Defeat the nasties inside (Horrors, Mists, and Deaths) and search the cabin for several minor treasures and some healing/extra healing potions (very useful, but beware, all three chests in the N room are trapped with quite hard-to-spot traps.
In the central W you can fight two members of a wyvern-worshipping cult and their idols, if you so desire. Not much on their bodies, however.
In the E there is a cave (literally a door in the ground, Alice in Wonderland style). Inside is a pool to search for my favourite bow in the game, the
Mana Bow +4
and two bands of Kuo-toa.
7.d. Graveyard revisited
↑ Back to TopMonsters: Vampires, Fledgling Vampires, Vampiric Mists, Skeleton Warriors, Grimwarders.
Treasures: Cutthroat +4.
NPCs: none.
At the district entrance, Bodhi appears, runs off and leaves you with four vampires to fight.
Now the crypts can only be accessed by the roof of the building in the E. Underneath, some minor treasures have been replaced or even changed.
In the NW, Drizzt and his party appear (if you enlisted their aid, that is). Eventually only Drizzt will stay for you.
If you got Holy Water from Elhan, you can pour this into the pool of blood to stop the vampires regenerating from it.
Head downstairs and kill Bodhi. Go to her coffin in the NE room, stake her (55000 xps/head and you get her heart and the Lanthorn).
In the rooms you can also find the
Cutthroat +4.
Tell Elhan of your success, and he takes you to the Elven city of Suldanessellar, where a bitter war is raging...
7.a. Suldanessellar
↑ Back to TopMonsters: Stone Golems, Clay Golems, Adamantine Golems, Iron Golems, Rakshasas, Rajahs, Maharajahs, Trolls, Skeleton Warriors, 1 Nabassu, 1 Sand Golem, 1 Balor, Earth/Fire/Air elementals.
Treasures: Elven Chain Mail, Cloak of Elvenkind, Boots of Elvenkind, Girdle of Stone Giant Strength.
NPCs: none.
After entering (74500 xps/head), and talking to Elhan, fight your way to Demin's house. Inside, kill all your enemies, and talk to Demin, her route is the only way.
Many rooms in the city have level 9 spell scrolls inside, I've uncovered Time Stop, Meteor Swarm and Gate so far.
First, go to the House of the Talisman. Inside, use the puzzle box, the correct order is: Corellan, Rillifane, Water, Tree of Life, Suldanessellar.
Now, go to the House of the Moon. Inside, simply get the Moonblade off of the Elf's body.
Head to the NW now, and enter the Woodland Clearing (see that section)
There are also two stone artefacts, a horn and a harp, one held by the House of the Horn, the other by the Harpists, which you need.
When you return from the clearing, go to the Temple of Rillifane. Place the artefacts on the altar (65000 xps/head) and the avatar will appear and grant you access to the palace.
Outside, Reirra will appear with useful items and the
Staff of the Woodlands +4.
In the palace, gather the nuts from the tree. Go through, and use the harp/horn on the statues (3000 xps each) and go down (use option 2 when talking to party members and they will stay).
Accept Ellesime, and find the three parasites. Attack them, and two elementals will appear and attack. Kill them then the parasites.
You are automatically taken to Irenicus, where you must kill him. However, instead of this being the end, you and all your friends are sucked into hell...
7.b. Woodland Clearing
↑ Back to TopMonsters: Nizidramonii'yt, a Black Dragon
↑ Back to TopTreasures: Bladeslinger Chain +4.
NPCs: none.
Only one thing to do here, but it's a BIG thing, a black dragon. No matter what you say, you are forced to kill it.
In its horde is the final artefact of the elven gods that you need to summon the avatar. You're nearly there.
7.c. Hell
↑ Back to TopMonsters: Beholders, Gauth, Elder orbs
↑ Back to TopTreasures: Blackrazor.
NPCs: none.
Don't worry about deaths from your fight with Irenicus, all your party will be restored with their equipment.
You must go down each tunnel in turn and achieve a Tear of Bhaal. In order from right to left, the tunnels contain:
E: PRIDE - show no pride, question why you should kill the enemy and the demon will vanish. Walk through and talk to the dragon and you get your easiest tear.
SE: FEAR - head along the N passage and kill all the Beholders (if you can!). Now grab the tear from the crystals at the end.
S: SELFISH - to get the tear you must choose. Go down the right-hand path and your part member will die, and you will become a Fallen character, losing class-specific abilities (if you're good).
The left path means you keep your friend and abilities, and also lose 2HPS from maximum, 1 dex., and some xps. You get the tear either way.
SW: GREED - take the sword. I recommend giving it to the genie, but you can fight it (v. hard) instead. You get the tear one way or another.
W: SAREVOK - in here, you are forced to fight a wraith of Sarevok, the main bad guy from BG1. Kill him for the tear. Note that he's every bit as tough as last time round!
Now use the tears on the Abyssal Door. Save and prepare, this is the last battle...
Irenicus will appear and summon two Glabrezus and two Balors to help him, in addition he turns into the Slayer!
Here's how I did it. First concentrate on the demons. When dead, get rid of the Misleading slayer, then head S. Here, use pierce magic, breach etc. to remove his protections. Now fight him - use only hand-to-hand combat weapons, and change into the Slayer. With a bit of luck and skill, Irenicus will finally die!
Now you can watch and enjoy the sinister cut-scene... I think there's a BG3 for the future...
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE COMPLETED BALDUR'S GATE 2
↑ Back to Top8.a. D'Arnise Hold
↑ Back to TopMonsters: Trolls, Ice Trolls, Giant Trolls, 1 Spectral Troll, Yuan-ti, Yuan-ti mages, Umber Hulks, Flesh Golems, 1 Stone Golem, Clay Golems, 1 Iron Golem, 1 Otyugh.
Treasures: Ring of Earth Elemental Control, Dagger +2, Warhammer +1, +4 vs. Giantkin, Elven Court Bow +3, Battle Axe +3, Frostreaver, Shield Amulet, Flail of Ages, Orc Leather +3, Full Plate +1, Boots of Grounding, Staff of Striking.
NPCs: Nalia.
If you didn't get her in the Copper Coronet, she's in a palisade in the SW corner. See The Slums section for her stats.
FIGHTER STRONGHOLD QUEST
↑ Back to TopWhen you've completed this section, a fighter gets his Fortress.
Initially, once you have the keep, all you can do is sort out taxes with your Major. I advise keeping the taxes as they are for now.
Each week, you get 500 gps and a visitor to deal with. VISITOR 1: A merchant whose caravan has been robbed by bandits wants to be payed for the caravan. You can also hire mercenaries to deal with the bandits.
I suggest this: give the merchant 500 gps (cha.15 or more) or 1000 gps (less cha.) and paying 500 gps for the mercs (15000 xps).
VISITOR 2: Captain Cernick has caught a man thieving. H's excuse is that he needs money for his wife's medicine. Let him off entirely and buy the potions he needs for 15500 xps.
VISITOR 3: Bolumir, Cleric of Tempus, wants to set up a chapel in the keep. This is advantageous as not only will you now have access to healing, he sells magic items (inc. Staff of Striking and Boots of Grounding), and accepting gets you 15500 xps. He is found on the upper floor in the room previously full of golems.
VISITOR 4: Roenall himself demands your land. Refuse.
VISITOR 5: Chantelle the maid wants to marry Jessup, but Malvolio wants to marry Chantelle also. Let Jessup marry and pay the full dowry for 15500 xps.
VISITOR 6: Two moneylenders demand 2000 gps. Pay them 1000 and all will be fine.
VISITOR 7: Four citizens demand 7000 gps for damage from a great flood and to build dikes to prevent further flooding. Pay the lot for 15500 xps.
VISITOR 8: Finally, Lord Roenall attacks. You have a set time to kill him, or you lose the keep. If you succeed, you get 50000 xps. He carries Full Plate +1 also.
In the SW, there is a secret door in the side of the Keep, marked on the map. Enter, the idea on this level is simply wander around killing any stray trolls and searching for the treasure littered around.
In the NW, there is a special forge that can be used to repair the Flail of Ages (though it doesn't need all three heads, it's much better with them). Repair it for the item and 223500 xps.
The second floor, head S. In the library, get the key, this opens the doors. Same as before, wander, kill, search. On the W side you can enter a room where you'll find Nalia's aunt. Free her. Through the far door there are two secret doors. One leads to the stairs that take you to the basement where Lord d'Arnise is being held.
In the other room are six golems. Whenever you disturb the alcoves (containing powerful magical items), two golems attack. Take them two at a time, using your mace/halberd armed men/women to block the doorway and kill them all.
You can access the roof from this level, but there isn't much to do up there.
In the basement, go through the first two doors, searching - in the third room are the leader's pet Umber Hulks.
In the room to the E are the trolls and their grand leader, it's a tough fight. Search the shrine and TorGal's body for some gems.
Go up and out to the courtyard, kill the otyugh and leave the dogs alone. Nalia now rewards you (10650 gps, ??? xps) and if you're a fighter she gives you the stronghold as your, er... stronghold.
8.b. Windspear Hills
↑ Back to TopMonsters: Ogres, 1 Gnoll Elite, 1 Baby Wyvern, Orcs, Wild Dogs, Ankhegs, Black Bears, Goblins, Hobgoblins (wizards, elites, captains), Vampiric mists, Shadow Fiends, Ruhk Transmuter, Kamikaze Kobolds, Vampires, 1 Adamantine Golem, Iron Golems, Stone Golems, Clay Golems, Dread Wolves, Wolfweres, Greater Wolfweres, "Guardians", Orc Archers, 1 Greater Wraith, Orogs, Trolls, Mutated Gibberlings, Fell Ghasts, Werewolves.
Treasures: Amulet of Protection +1, Battle Axe +2, Large Shield +2, Dragon Scale +2, Dragonslayer +2 (Peridan), Studded Leather +2, Two- handed Sword +2, Heartseeker +3, Holy Avenger: Carsomyr +5, Cloak of the Shield.
NPCs: none.
At the start you are forced to kill some monsters who turn out, when all dead, to be paladins (including Ajantis from BG1).
Accept Garren Windspear's aid and be very good to him and all his friends who talk to you - some bandits will enter, make a spirited attempt to kill you and teleport Garren's daughter off. Say you'll save her.
Head to the NE and enter the dungeons. Kill all, and in the main cavern, there are two smaller ones. Go through the N door (the only door!), fight all inside (beware the golems). Head W, accept Samia. Head NE, NW, NW, N, N, N, N and then prepare yourself.
When you've cleared the floor of all its treasure (neat items!) Samia reappears with a powerful war-party. Kill 'em all (hard!).
Now head back to the first golem fight and head E. Kill the vampires, carry on and take the Greater Wraith. Get the chapel key.
Go now to the entrance to the maze and head down the W branch, kill the wolfies, note that Greater Wolfweres regenerate amazingly fast, so Disintegrate, Slay Living and similar are about the only ways to kill them.
From the circular room, W heads into a room where to "men" try to lure you into their "den". To get the treasures w/out a fight, send an invisible character through past the two men and get the goodies from the rooms past there.
When you re-enter their room they'll tell you to follow them, don't go through, nick the goodies from THIS room then leave.
NW heads to a room where some squabble between a troll, a wolfwere and a hobgoblin leaves some minor items on the ground.
Through the secret door is a very hard fight with some golems - their treasure behind them is the Heartseeker +3 longbow.
The N passage leads to another golem fight, then an orog fight. Go through the locked door, over the stairs into the next room, where you find DigDag, two orc lackeys and an old "friend" of yours, the ogre Tazok. Kill 'em.
Go into the cavern, talk to Fikraag, the red dragon (!) and when his wizard dimension doors, run upstairs quickly! Kill him, get the key and free Iltha (23750 xps). Now, leave!
Back at Garren's cabin, you'll be rewarded. If you're a paladin, you can now enter the High Hall of the Radiant Heart, see Temple section.
If you've kept the acorns from the dryads in Irenicus' dungeon, the Fairy Queen is found in the SE section. Give her the acorns for 32500 xps + 9750 xps.
8.c. Umar Hills
↑ Back to TopMonsters: Umber Hulks, 1 Killer Mimic, Shadows, Shadow Fiends, Spotted Lions.
Treasures: Corthala Family Armour (Valygar), Corthala Family Blade (Valygar), Spear +1, Ilbratha +1.
NPCs: Valygar Corthala.
VALYGAR (human; male; neutral good; stalker; str.17 dex.18 con.16 int.10 wis.14 cha.10)
There is a quest from the Government District in Athkatla to kill Valygar. You can let him join or kill him, it's you to you. He is the only way to enter the Planar Sphere in the Slums, I'll cover this in a later version.
Most of this section centres around a series of odd murders. Go to the village in the SW. Around the fountain, listen, then go to Minister Lloyd's house. Accept his quest.
Madaulf and his band are found in the centre of the map. Talk to them and they'll propose a peace deal, accept their quest to tell the village leader.
Go to Lloyd and tell him, he'll wander off (27500 xps). If you speak to Vincenzo in the Inn, there is the amusing "Umar Witch Project" tale, which takes the rip completely (fine by me because I HATE the Blair Witch Project!).
At the entrance to the town a group of youngsters give you 200 gps to buy them some swords and ale. Buy the swords and ale from merchants in and around the inn, give them the stuff for 2000 xps.
In the village, a mage named Jermien wants some mimic's blood for a golem. This is found (along with a killer mimic and other monsters) in the Umar Cave - open the chest once you've killed the killer mimic for some other stuff as well. Give him the blood for 19250 xps and the
Ilbratha +1
However, his golem will attack - kill it and talk to him for 21250 xps. You can now search for spells and potions.
The concerns about a hired ranger voiced in the town can be realised in the SW, there are some interesting books to read here too.
Valygar, and whatever fate you have in store for him, are found in the NW corner. If you come from the W, there are some rangers who may try to stop you, come from the E and you'll meet them on the way out, if you head E, anyway.
Jeb, just outside the village will sell you some information for 300 gps. Accept, he'll tell you about Hendrick's chicken. Tell Hendrick you know about his item and offer to buy it for 50 gps - it's a priceless gem, worth 600 gps (not quite priceless then).
If you've solved the Skinner murders in the Bridge district you should have a letter. Follow the instructions - by the History of the Zhentarim off Fael. His "secret name" is Darcin Cole.
If you have the Human Skin on you, you can get silver dragon's blood as he requests. I'll continue with this in another, later version.
8.d. Temple Ruins
↑ Back to TopMonsters: Shadows, Shade Wolves, Shadow Fiends, 1 Greater Shade Wolf, Greater Mummies, Skeleton Warriors, Bone Golems, 1 Shadow Dragon, Wild Dogs, Giant Lynxes.
Treasures: Cloak of the Stars, Halberd +2: Duskblade, Darkmail +3.
NPCs: Mazzy Fentan.
MAZZY (halfling; female; fighter; lawful good; str.
The Temple itself is found in the NE of the map. It is swarming with monsters. By activating the Stained-glass window, you can dispel any shadows that come into the light.
Beneath the dungeon, head N from the junction. Kill everything in this room and the next, being sure to find the bones and the jail key.
In the jail is Mazzy Fentan, a famous Halfling knight. She offers advice and can join your party.
Head W from the jails and get the sun gem. You can head N as well to kill things, if you wish.
With the gem you can pass through the first shadow barrier. Go through and over the bridge, get everything and kill everyone in this Room of Fire and the E room.
In the W room from here, give the bones to the ghosts for part of the Sun Icon and the Shadow Dragon Wardstone, plus 17750 xps.
Carry on and you'll come to a room with letters on the floor. This is done in the same way as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was done.
The name is Amunator, just walk over those letters in that order and no damage is done. Only send one man over.
In the next two rooms: the N room contains important items and the S room contains a Shadow that can't be trusted (kill it) and the second part of the Sun Icon.
Head back to the Statue at the beginning. Answer his questions on the rituals, if you get them all right he gives you the last Sun Icon piece (45500 xps) and you'll complete the Icon (21250 xps).
Go right back and now go straight past through the door into the cavern.
If you have the Wardstone the Dragon leaves you alone. Use the exit in the NW. Here you have to defeat the Shadow Lord (25000 xps) and his Altar. When all the enemies are dead, light returns (44250 xps/head). Merella appears and dies.
8.e. Trademeet
↑ Back to TopMonsters: Dire Wolves, Giant Spiders, Wild Tigers.
Treasures: Staff of the High Forest (Cernd), Cloak of the High Forest (Cernd), Shield of Harmony +2, Scimitar +2, Rashad's Talon.
NPCs: Cernd.
CERND (human; male; shapeshifter; true neutral; str.13 dex.9 con.13 int.12 wis.18 cha.15)
Fight the animals and agree to help the city when challenged by the Militia Captain.
Go to the High Merchant Lord's house, accept. Go downstairs and find Cernd.
You should now head over to the Druid Grove.
When that matter is resolved, tell the High Merchant (2000 gps) and accept his new quest.
Go to the tent of the Dao Genies. Give their Khan the head of Ihtafeer (the Rakshasa in the Druid Grove area) for 10000 xps and a sword.
Tell the Guildmistress in the Mayor's home for 7500 xps, gems and a magic shield. Tell the High Merchant himself and you'll be honoured and get reputation +1, 25250 xps/head and 10750 gps.
You're also given the same quest by two feuding families. The best way to do this quest is this: go to either mansion and accept, you'll get the key.
Go to the tomb and accept the High Merchant's offer when he appears. Go in, kill all and get the Circlet.
Take it to the High Merchant for 250 gps, 8000 xps and reputation +1.
There is found in Trademeet Neeber, presumably cousin of Noober (from BG1) or something. Talk to him loads of times and much like Noober, you get 1000 xps/head and some
+2 bullets
8.f. Druid Grove
↑ Back to TopMonsters: Trolls, Ice Trolls, Myconids, Spore Colonies, Rakshasas, Sword Spiders, Phase Spiders, Giant Spiders, Spiders, Ettercaps, Spirit Trolls, Spectral Trolls, Giant Trolls.
Treasures: Cleric's Staff +3, Amulet of Proof Against Poison, Scimitar of Speed +2: Belm, Bracers of Archery, Spear of the Unicorn +2.
NPCs: none.
Once you've agreed to help Trademeet, head to the NW. Here, meet Cernd and let him challenge Faldorn. Cernd will win, and you've freed the Druid Grove from the depredations of the Shadow Thieves, leaving Trademeet safe. That was easy.
There is a cottage in the NE belonging to a woman who is actually a Rakshasa. Kill her and her friends. You can get her head, and there are some minor treasures in a chest in this cottage.
In the deserted Ogre's Tower, there is a magical scimitar.
There is a Troll Mound in the SW. Enter, kill all the (many) trolls, and you can search the bones at the far side for some nice treasures.
Notes: ON THE SLAYER
↑ Back to TopAt a certain point you gain the ability to shapechange at will into the Slayer, an incredibly powerful avatar form of Bhaal.
This may seem like an excellent idea, but I warn against it. Use only when ABSOLUTELY necessary.
Once the ability is used, you get one chance to turn back and stay as a human. If you continue the transformation, you first lose 2 reputation points.
After a short period you will start taking damage due to your slipping control on your self. Most likely if you start taking wounds as the Slayer you might die before you can change back - you can only use the change once a day, so if damage interrupts your "Shapeshift normal form" ability you're stuck as the Slayer for a day.
You continue to sustain damage for roughly one turn.
The Slayer's merits though is that it has huge strength, high resistances, causes horrific cold damage and looks very cool indeed.
Character Creation
↑ Back to TopCreating a character
Due to higher levels than BG1, mages are finally powerful from the very
start. At the end? Well, they're amazing.
For experienced role-players, a mage can be extremely deadly, and is probably the best choice. For a novice or one who is not into the magical arts (or, like me, just loooves paladins), the cavalier is probably the ideal class. Loads of protective and healing abilities, resistances to acid and bonuses against the tougher monsties make them perfect at combat.
However, the lack of ranged power is probably a bitter blow to the real newbie, so I recommend beginners pick a fighter. No restrictions and easy to get to grips with, there is no easier class to use. Class by class rundown:
Fighter: easy to use, no restrictions, ideal for those new to TSR. Kensai: an even more dangerous fighter. Not recommended to new players due to the lack of any armour - careful use required. Berserker: probably a bit better than the bog-standard fighter due to the beserk ability but the disadvantages mean that it isn't as easy to handle as the standard fighter. Wizard Slayer: in my humble opinion the second weakest class. Sure they can do serious damage to all wizards including the game's main protagonist, but the lack of magical items means that against non- wizards they can be very weak late on in the game, which is when it counts.
Mage & Specialist Mage: excellent now for a clever or experienced player. The reason they are not as good for beginners is their lack of staying power. Always choose a specialist over a standard one - the extra spells can make a HUGE difference to your game.
Sorcerer: strong in the hands of a good player, but very hard to get to understand properly. Beginners should stay well clear until they have reached a respectable level of ability. Play up its strengths and try to hide its weaknesses.
Ranger: Ahh, a characterful and powerful warrior. Racial enemies and stealth make them very dangerous when used correctly. Use them as trackers and hunters. The only real weakness is their lack of large bonuses, but stacks of minor ones can be nasty. Stalker: Good a stalking (obviously), high stealth, pretty good. A few mage spells are handy too. They lack metal armour, but it's a fair trade. Beastmaster: Good for bringing help to the fray and no lack of combat strengths. They just aren't powerful enough to over-rule other classes. Archer: Again, not an ideal beginner choice due to lack of armour, they are perfect snipers. Very good class this. Use called shots often.
Bard: fairly weak at the lower levels, only really useful for identifying stuff and boosting morale. Blade: Good defensive power but they have a lack of rogue-ishness as the penalty. Can be good used carefully, but very poor in the thick of things, though they have staying power. Jester: Appalling. The ability to cause confusion against weak enemies (which are in short supply) traded for rogue abilities and just about everything worthwhile in a bard. Stay well clear, everyone. Skald: Nothing special at lower levels, but a very strong addition later on. Huge bonuses from their bard songs at high levels can swing entire battles.
Paladin: tough, many abilities and ideal for beginners. Can't say much more. Inquisitor: a worthy addition to the class list, their ability to almost ignore defensive magics mean that they actually beat the wizard slayer at their own job. Cavalier: my favourite. Stacked full of defensive upgrades and offensive bonuses against the super-powerful monsters make them characterful and dangerous in the extreme. The lack of any ranged power is a gripe but is easily outweighed. Undead Slayer: very powerful against the undead, but there isn't enough dead activity in the game to recommend them - they're just too specialised.
Monk: Weird and super powerful at high levels. Ki energy abilities means that they can get away with costing little to equip and doing powerful damage. A bit complicated but very good. My second favourite.
Cleric: Can't get to high enough levels and their spells are mostly a bit rubbish. Not that bad, but in my opinion not worth bothering with. Priests are better but a bit similar.
Thief: Cunning and guile in a PC can turn these not too tough characters into stealthy killing machines. Setting traps makes them even better. Swashbuckler: good in combat, but not good enough at their thieving skills to be as good as the standard thief. Assassin: a cunning player can take out very powerful characters very quickly with this kit. Deadly but quite difficult to use and not as good at thieving stuff as they could be. Bounty Hunter: the best thief, their custom traps and nasty abilities make up for the lack of thieving effectiveness.
Druid: More poor priest spells, low armour and poor weapons. WTF is going on? Don't even bother. Totemic druid: a druid with very weak bonuses. Don't bother. Shapechanger: A better option but still not really worth your while. Avenger: the most powerful druid, but it still suffers from the often woeful restrictions of its mother class. Stay clear of all these classes if you want my advice (and if you don't, why are you here?).
Note: I've had a lot of e-mails telling me Avengers are very good. Why? They lose 2 on two vital stats, their spells are mostly poor until level 6/7, they make poor fighters and can't use most weapons/armour.
Multi-classes: Hmm... the best for a cunning player is the mage/thief. Annoying weapon restrictions aside, they can make themselves invisible and stab the enemy in the back, hard. If you insist on priest spells, a fighter/druid is the best bet. The fighter knocks off the terrible restrictions of the standard druid and improves the class vastly. I prefer to steer away from multi-classers, as they take too long to level up to satisfactory levels and often never reach high enough levels to do any real damage. My character is: human; male; lawful good; cavalier, with weapon abilities spread across all sorts of weapons and fighting styles. This gives you a close-combat monster.
stats
Charisma - use it! A high charisma is your best friend and can get you cheaper goods and makes people generally kinder to you. Coupled with a high reputation and it's a huge bonus. However, I say skip it. Why? Because before it becomes at all useful you can get the Ring of Human Influence. Problem solved.
Wisdom - unless you're a type of spellcaster, I'd keep it down to 9 unless you have plenty of extra points.
Intelligence - vital for mages but not that hot for anybody else. Mages should get it up, but keep it to 10 for others.
Constitution - the most important. Get an 18 here if at all possible. It makes your character tougher, more resistant to all sorts of things and more likely to stay on his feet.
Dexterity - handy for mages, thieves, bards and druids but those capable of wearing decent armour might as well forget about it. If the Gauntlets of dexterity turn up you might be able to ignore it altogether.
Strength - second most important after constitution. Again, do your best to get 18+ on this. The 19s possible on str. And con. Make half-orcs an enticing prospect.
Monster Fighting Tactics
↑ Back to TopStone Golems (Edwin's first quest): Use polymorph self to get a mustard jelly, much less killable and more dangerous, then use magical spears to finish the job. It's the only way...
The Umber Hulks' room in Spellhold: This is so @!"%* hard I'd just turn the difficulty down to Easy to do it. Cast spells galore and with a little luck you can take them down. It's not easy though.
Drow parties: Drow AI means they are very hard. Aside from being fast, all carrying magical equipment as standard, having a huge magical resistance and being able to cast spells (now see why I love Viconia?), they help each other - great AI - if one Drow can't get to the fight but is near another taking a battering he'll cast healing spells, which showcases the AI. This is more to notify you of their cunning (they hide round corners too, just when you think you've finally got rid of them...), but I recommend this course of action - use your warriors and other tanks as a front line to fill the narrow Underdark corridors, and use sling/bow armed thieves/mages at the back to mop up the healers and spell-casters hanging about ruining everything - you won't do the damage to kill, but you can easily disrupt their spells in this way. Good luck!
The d'Arnise Hold golems: Take them on two at a time by pillaging the alcoves one by one. Retreat to the doorway and use mace-armed, spell protected characters to take out the golems as they appear in the doorway. Easy when you know how!
All especially hard characters (ie dragons): If you have to talk to them to attack, click to talk, then stop and attack. You've now got plenty of time to thump it before it wakes up and starts thumping back!
Dealing with Mind Flayers: Simply summon a few Invisible Stalkers (you're a fool if you don't have this spell memorised), preferably buffed up a bit (a buff is a purely beneficial spell ie Bless, Chant, Haste etc), and use them to attack the 'Flayers. The 'Flayers special abilities have no effect on them whatsoever. Sometimes the swirly Confusion thing appears on their heads, but they're not confused, and will easily tear the 'Flayers apart!
Dealing with Beholders: Easy really - if you haven't got the Robe of Reflection you need to cast spell turning, and the Beholder will drop dead of its own spells, unless you're unlucky and it makes all its saves before the spell turning wears off.
Party Skills
↑ Back to TopThe ideal party should be capable of performing any task, and should include about one of each main class section. If I'm playing as the cavalier, my party is always as follows:
Mazzy (a great fighter, pure and simple)
Jan (the best thief with good stats and a few spells)
Minsc (tough, good stats and versatile)
Edwin (a very good caster)
Viconia (VERY good dex. And wis., high magic resistance, useful in the Underdark)
I also like Valygar, Keldon, Aerie, Haer'Dalis and Jaheira in my party.
Select your formations carefully, based on ease of movement and various combat situations.
That's my advice anyway.
The part I use mostly now is this:
Mazzy
Valygar (Probably just me, but does he EVER fail a saving throw?)
Edwin
Anomen (Just for variety, you understand!:))
Yoshimo (Good, and when he leaves you get Imoen).
I still prefer the top part though.
Npc Breakdown
↑ Back to TopHere is a complete list of the NPCs by category to make it easier for you to select your party:
WARRIORS (Fighters, Rangers, Paladins)
Name Class Align. Str Dex Con Int Wis Cha
Keldorn Inq LG 17 9 17 12 16 18 Korgan Fig CE 18/77 15 19 12 9 7
Mazzy Fig LG
Minsc Ran CG 18/98 16 16 8 6 9 Valygar Sta NG 17 18 16 10 14 10
PRIESTS (Clerics, Druids)
Cernd Sha TN 13 9 13 12 18 15 Viconia Cle NE 10 19 8 16 18 14
WIZARDS (Mages)
Edwin Con CE 10 10 16 18 10 10
ROGUES (Thieves, Bards)
Haer'Dalis Bla CN 17 17 9 15 13 16 Yoshimo Bou TN 17 18 16 13 10 14
Multi-Class
↑ Back to TopAerie Mag/Cle LG 10 17 9 16 16 14 Anomen Fig/Cle LN 18/52 10 16 10 12 13 Imoen Mag/Thi NG 9 18 16 17 11 16 Jaheira Fig/Dru TN 15 17 17 10 14 15 Jan Ill/Thi CN 9 17 15 16 14 10 Nalia Mag/Thi CG 14 18 16 17 9 13
I hope this helps you select your party - for more detailed information on the locations of the NPCs see the appropriate location pages. I've summarised the locations here:
Aerie: Waukeen's Promenade
Anomen: The Slums
Cernd: Trademeet
Edwin: The Docks
Haer'Dalis: Temple District
Imoen: Irenicus' Dungeon
Jaheira: Irenicus' Dungeon
Jan: Government District
Keldorn: Temple District
Korgan: The Slums
Mazzy: Ruined Temple
Minsc: Irenicus' Dungeon
Nalia: The Slums
Valygar: Umar Hills
Viconia: Government District
Yoshimo: Irenicus' Dungeon
Cheating!
↑ Back to TopThe cheat features are largely unchanged since the original Baldur's Gate. There are some minor differences, but that is to be expected. To get the cheats activated do these steps:
Step One: Open the game's directory C:\Program Files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA
Step Two: Open the Baldur.ini file in notepad.
Step Three: Find the line [Program Options]. Under it are a variety of settings for your game. Add this line: Debug Mode=1. And it must be Debug Mode=1, not debug mode=1 or anything else. Save and close notepad.
Step Four: Now when you are in the game, press CTRL-SPACE to bring up the Console. This is where you will enter all the cheats. Anyone familiar with the original Baldur's Gate cheats will find that the cheats are mostly the same from this point. At any point in the game, press CTRL-SPACE to bring up the console. There you enter in your cheat and press ENTER to execute the cheat.
EXTRA EXPERIENCE: Open console and type CLUAConsole:SetCurrentXP(xxxx)
Where xxxx is the number of xps you want your character to have.
Note this has no bearing on your level.
ITEM CREATION: Open console and type CLUAConsole:CreateItem(xxxxxx,yy)
Where xxxxxxx is the item code (see below) and yy is the amount you want. If you just want one, don't type this.
Item Codes:
AMULETS:
AMUL01 - Necklace of Missiles
AMUL02 - Necklace
AMUL04 - Studded Necklace with Zios Gems
AMUL05 - Bluestone Necklace
AMUL06 - Agni Mani Necklace
AMUL07 - Rainbow Obsidian Necklace
AMUL08 - Tiger Cowrie Shell Necklace
AMUL09 - Silver Necklace
AMUL10 - Gold Necklace
AMUL11 - Pearl Necklace
AMUL12 - Laeral's Tear Necklace (3000 gp)
AMUL13 - Bloodstone Amulet
AMUL14 - Amulet of Protection +1
AMUL15 - Shield Amulet
AMUL16 - Amulet of Metaspell Influence (+1 2nd level spell)
AMUL17 - Greenstone Amulet
AMUL18 - Wolfsbane Charm +2 vs Lycanthropes
AMUL19 - Amulet of 5% Magic Resistance
AMUL20 - Kaligun's Amulet of Magic Resistance
AMUL21 - Amulet of Power
AMUL22 - Periapt of Proof Against Poison
AMUL23 - Periapt of Life Protection
AMUL24 - Necklace of Form Stability
AMUL25 - Amulet of Spell Warding
ARROWS:
AROW01 - Arrow
AROW02 - Arrow +1
AROW03 - Arrow of Slaying
AROW04 - Acid Arrow
AROW05 - Arrow of Biting
AROW06 - Arrow of Detonation
AROW07 - Arrow or Dispelling
AROW08 - Arrow of Fire
AROW09 - Arrow of Ice
AROW10 - Arrow of Piercing
AROW11 - Arrow +2
AROW12 - Arrow of Biting
AROW1A - Arrow +2 (different picture)
AXES:
AX1H01 - Battle Axe
AX1H02 - Battle Axe +1
AX1H03 - Battle Axe +2
AX1H04 - Throwing Axe
AX1H05 - Throwing Axe +2
AX1H06 - Throwing Axe +2
AX1H07 - Bala's Axe (miscast magic)
AX1H08 - Hangard's Axe +2
AX1H09 - Rifthome Axe +3 (thrown)
AX1H10 - Azuredge Axe +3
AX1H11 - Battle Axe +2
AX1H12 - Battle Axe +3, Stonefire
AX1H13 - Battle Axe +3, Frostreaver
BAGS:
BAG02 - Gem Bag
BAG03 - Scroll Case
BAG04 - Bag of Holding
BELTS:
BELT01 - Girdle
BELT02 - Golden Girdle
BELT03 - Girdle of Bluntness
BELT04 - Girdle of Piercing
BELT05 - Girdle of Masculinity/Femininity
BELT06 - Girdle of Hill Giant Strength (19 STR)
BELT07 - Girdle of Stone Giant Strength (20 STR)
BELT08 - Girdle of Frost Giant Strength (21 STR)
BELT09 - Girdle of Fortitude (sets CON to 18 for 8 hours)
BELT10 - Belt of Inertial Barrier (resist damage)
BLUNT WEAPONS:
BLUN01 - Club
BLUN02 - Flail
BLUN03 - Flail +1
BLUN04 - Mace
BLUN05 - Mace +1
BLUN06 - Morning Star
BLUN07 - Morning Star +1
BLUN08 - Flail
BLUN09 - Kiel's Morningstar
BLUN10 - The Root of the Problem Club +1, +3 vs. unnatural creatures
BLUN11 - Mace
BLUN12 - Mace of Disruption +1
BLUN13 - Flail +2
BLUN14 - Flail of Ages +3 (complete, Fire + Acid + Cold)
BLUN14A - Flail Head (Cold)
BLUN14B - Flail Head (Fire)
BLUN14C - Flail Head (Acid)
BLUN14D - Flail of Ages (Fire + Cold)
BLUN14E - Flail of Ages (Acid + Cold)
BLUN14F - Flail of Ages (Fire + Acid)
BLUN14G - Flail of Ages (Cold)
BLUN14H - Flail of Ages (Fire)
BLUN14I - Flail of Ages (Acid)
BLUN15 - Morning Star +2
BLUN16 - Morningstar + 2: The Sleeper
BLUN17 - Morningstar +2: Wyvern's Tail
BLUN18 - Mace +3: Skullcrusher
BLUN19 - Mace +2: Mauler's Arm
BLUN20 - Mace +1: Ardulia's Fall
BLUN21 - Mace +2
BLUN22 - Club +3, Blackblood
BLUN23 - Bone Club +2, +3 vs. Undead
BLUN24 - Club +2, Gnasher
BLUN25 - Mace of Disruption +2
BOLTS:
BOLT01 - Bolt
BOLT02 - Bolt +1
BOLT03 - Bolt of Lightning
BOLT04 - Bolt of Biting
BOLT05 - Bolt of Polymorphing
BOLT06 - Bolt +2
BOLT07 - Flasher Master Bruiser Mate (Jan Jansen)
BOLT08 - Blessed Bolt
BOOKS:
BOOK01 - Magical Book
BOOK02 - Spell Book
BOOK03 - Manual of Bodily Health +1 Con
BOOK04 - Manual of Gainful Exercise +1 Str
BOOK05 - Manual of Quickness of Action +1 Dex
BOOK06 - Tome of Clear Thought +1 Int
BOOK07 - Tome of Leadership and Influence +1 Chr
BOOK08 - Tome of Understanding +1 Wis
BOOK09 - Normal Book
BOOK10 to BOOK67 - Various Histories
BOOK68 - Book of Ancient Knowledge/History of the Nether Scrolls (must
be Identified) BOOK70 - Yago's Book of Curses
BOOK71 to BOOK86 - Various Dusty Books
BOOK87 - Balduran's Log Book
BOOK88 - The Recipes and Ruminations of One Dradeel of Tethir
BOOK89 - The Book of Kaza
BOOK90 - Golem Building Book
BOOK91 - Tome of Amaunator
BOOK92 - Merella's Journal
BOOK93 - Orcish Cookbook
BOOK94 - The Vapiricus Omnibus: Unabridged
BOOK95 - Dea Vampir Becomos
BOOK96 - Conjur Ota Servanta
BOOK97 - Lellyn's Journal
BOOK98 - Book of King Strohm III
BOOTS:
BOOT01 - Boots of Speed
BOOT02 - Boots of Stealth
BOOT03 - Boots of the North
BOOT04 - Boots of Avoidance
BOOT05 - Boots of Grounding
BOOT06 - Worn Out Boots
BOOT07 - Boots of Elvenkind
BOOT08 - Boots of Phasing
BOOT09 - Boots
BOOT10 - Boots of Lightning Speed (double haste)
BOOT11 - Boots of Etherealness
BOOTDRIZ - Drizzt's Boots of Speed
BOWS:
BOW01 - Composite Long Bow
BOW02 - Composite Long Bow +1
BOW03 - Long Bow
BOW04 - Long Bow +1
BOW05 - Short Bow
BOW06 - Short Bow +1
BOW07 - Long Bow of Marksmanship
BOW08 - Eagle Bow (Short Bow +2)
BOW09 - Ripper +2
BOW10 - Heartseeker +3
BOW11 - Strong Arm +2
BOW12 - Elven Court Bow +3
BOW13 - Mana Bow +4
BOW14 - Tuigan Short Bow +1
BOW15 - Tansheron's Short Bow +3 (needs no ammo)
BOW16 - Composite Long Bow +2
BOW17 - Long Bow +2
BOW18 - Short Bow +2
BOW19 - Short Bow of Gesen (needs no ammo)
BOW19A - Gesen Bow Shaft
BOW19B - Gesen Bow String
BOW99 - Eagle Bow (short bow +2)
NPBOW - Bow of Arvoreen (Mazzy)
BRACERS:
BRAC01 - Bracers of Defense AC 8
BRAC02 - Bracers of Defense AC 7
BRAC03 - Bracers of Defense AC 6
BRAC04 - Bracers of Archery
BRAC05 - Bracers
BRAC06 - Gauntlets of Ogre Power
BRAC07 - Gauntlets of Dexterity
BRAC08 - Gauntlets of Fumbling
BRAC09 - Gauntlets of Weapon Skill
BRAC10 - Gauntlets of Weapon Expertise
BRAC11 - Bracers of Binding (cursed item)
BRAC12 - Bracers
BRAC13 - Bracers of Defense AC 5
BRAC14 - Bracers of Defense AC 4
BRAC15 - Bracers of Defense AC 3
BRAC16 - Bracers of Blinding Strike (improved haste once a day)
BRAC17 - Gloves of Pick Pocketing
BRAC18 - Gloves of Missile Snaring
BRAC19 - Gauntlets of Crushing (extra fist damage)
BRAC20 - Gloves of Healing
BULLETS:
BULL01 - Bullet
BULL02 - Bullet +1
BULL03 - Bullet +2
BULL04 - Sunstone Bullet +1
CHAINMAILS:
CHAN01 - Chainmail
CHAN02 - Chainmail +1
CHAN03 - Chainmail +2
CHAN04 - Splint Mail
CHAN05 - Splint Mail +1
CHAN06 - Mithril Chain Mail +4 (Drizzt's Chainmail)
CHAN07 - Chain Mail +3
CHAN08 - Chain Mail +2
CHAN09 - Darkmail +3
CHAN10 - Jester's Chain +4
CHAN11 - Crimson Chain +5
CHAN12 - Elven Chain Mail
CHAN13 - Elven Chain +1
CHAN14 - Sylvan Chain +2
CHAN15 - Melodic Chain +3
CHAN16 - Bladesinger Chain +4
CHAN17 - Ashen Scales +2
CHAN18 - Armor of Faith +3
NPCHAN - Corthala Family Armor
CLOAKS & ROBES:
CLCK01 - Cloak of Protection +1
CLCK02 - Cloak of Protection +2
CLCK03 - Cloak of Displacement
CLCK04 - Cloak of the Wolf
CLCK05 - Cloak of Balduran
CLCK06 - Cloak of Non-Detection
CLCK07 - Nymph Cloak
CLCK08 - Algernon's Cloak
CLCK09 - Mage Robe of Cold Resistance
CLCK10 - Mage Robe of Fire Resistance
CLCK11 - Mage Robe of Electrical Resistance
CLCK12 - Knave's Robe
CLCK13 - Traveller's Robe
CLCK14 - Adventurer's Robe
CLCK15 - Robe of the Good Archmagi
CLCK16 - Robe of the Neutral Archmagi
CLCK17 - Robe of the Evil Archmagi
CLCK18 - Knave's Robe
CLCK19 - Robe of the Good Archmagi
CLCK20 - Cloak of the Shield
CLCK21 - Holy cloak
CLCK22 - Shandalar's cloak
CLCK23 - Cloak of Elvenkind (hide in shadows bonus)
CLCK24 - Cloak of Reflection
CLCK25 - Cloak of the Stars
CLCK26 - Cloak of Mirroring
CLCK27 - Cloak of the Sewers (AC +1)
CLCK28 - Shadow Thief Cloak
CLCK29 - Robe of the Apprenti
CLCK30 - Cloak of Bravery
NPARM - Jansen AdventureWear
NPCLCK - Cloak of the High Forest (Cernd)
DAGGERS:
DAGG01 - Dagger
DAGG02 - Dagger +1
DAGG03 - Dagger +2
DAGG04 - Dagger +2, Longtooth
DAGG05 - Throwing Dagger
DAGG06 - Nester's Dagger
DAGG07 - Kylee's Dagger
DAGG08 - Hentold's Dagger
DAGG09 - Silver dagger - Werebane
DAGG10 - Soultaker Dagger
DAGG11 - Boomerang Dagger +2 (thrown, returns)
DAGG12 - Dagger of Throwing +3 Firetooth
DAGG13 - Pixie Prick +3
DAGG14 - Dagger +4: 'BoneBlade'
DAGG15 - Dagger +2
DAGG16 - Poisoned Throwing Dagger
DAGG17 - Stiletto of Demarchess +2
DAGG18 - Shadow Thief Dagger
DAGG19 - Dagger of {CHARNAME}
DAGG20 - Dagger +4, Life-Stealer
NEBDAG - Neb's Nasty Cutter
DARTS:
DART01 - Dart
DART02 - Dart +1
DART03 - Dart of Stunning
DART04 - Dart of Wounding
DART05 - Asp's Nest (poison)
DART06 - Giant Rock
STARDART - Darts +5 (lasts for 4 hours)
DROW ITEMS:
DWBLUN01 - Drow Flail +3
DWBOLT01 - Drow Bolt of Sleep
DWBOLT02 - Drow Bolt of Stunning
DWBOLT03 - Drow Bolt +1
DWCHAN01 - Drow Elven Chain +3
DWCHAN02 - Drow Adamantine Chain +5
DWCLCK01 - Drow Piwafwi Cloak
DWDUST - Adamantine Dust
DWHALB01 - Drow Halberd +3
DWPLAT01 - Drow Full Plate +5
DWSHLD01 - Drow Shield +3
DWSPER01 - Drow Lance +3
DWSW1H01 - Drow Scimitar +3
DWSW1H02 - Drow Longsword +3
DWXBOW01 - Drow Crossbow of Speed
FAMILIARS:
FAMCAT - A familiar, cat
FAMDUST - A familiar, dust mephit
FAMFAIR - A familiar, fairy dragon
FAMFER - A familiar, ferret
FAMIMP - A familiar, imp
FAMPSD - A familiar, pseudodragon
FAMQUAS - A familiar, quasit
FAMRAB - A familiar, rabbit
HALBERDS:
HALB01 - Halberd
HALB02 - Halberd +1
HALB03 - Halberd +2
HALB04 - Halberd +3: Dragon's Bane
HALB05 - Halberd +4 Dragon's Breath
HALB06 - Halberd +4 Blackmist
HALB07 - Halberd +2
HALB08 - Halberd +2, Duskblade
HALB09 - Wave Halberd +4
HALB09A & HALB09B - Wave Shaft & Blade
HAMMERS:
HAMM01 - War Hammer
HAMM02 - War Hammer +1
HAMM03 - War hammer +2
HAMM04 - Warhammer +1,+4 vs giant humanoids
HAMM05 - War Hammer +2
HAMM06 - Dwarven Thrower +3
HAMM07 - Dwarven Warhammer of Thunderbolts +3
HAMM08 - War Hammer +2
HAMM09 - Crom Faeyr (best weapon in the game)
HELMS:
HELM01 - Helmet
HELM02 - Helm of Opposite Alignment
HELM03 - Helm of Glory
HELM04 - Helm of Defense
HELM05 - Helm of Infravision
HELM06 - Helm of Charm Protection
HELM07 - Helm of Balduran
HELM08 through HELM13, HELM15 - Helmet
HELM14 - Kiel's Helmet
HELM16 - Helm of Brilliance
HELM17 - Skull of Death
HELM18 - Pearly White Ioun Stone (regenerate HP)
HELM19 - Dusty Rose Ioun Stone (AC +1)
HELM20 - Pale Green Ioun Stone (bonus HP and THAC0)
HELM21 - Dragon Helm
HELM22 - Amnish Helmet
ICEWIND ITEMS (with the Preorder Bonus CD):
WAAXE - Hrothgar's Axe +3
WAFLAIL - Defender of Easthaven +2
WAMACE - Jerrod's Mace
WANINJA - Scarlet Ninja-To +3
WAS2H - Joril's Dagger +3
WASLING - Sling of Everard +5 (needs no ammo)
WASPEAR - Spear of Kuldahar +3
WASTAFF - Staff of Arundel
WASTAR - Everard's Morning Star +2
WAWAK - Kachiko's Wakizashi +3
KEYS: (that aren't "MISC" codes)
EDWINKEY - Mae'Var's Strongbox Key
KEY01 - Cult Key
KEY02 - Gaal's Key
KEY03 - Planar Key
KEY04 - Sun Ray Symbol
KEY05 - Dawn's Light Symbol
KEY06 - Lightstone Symbol
KEY07 - Chapel Key
KEY08 - Chain Key
KEY09 - Firkraag Prison Key
KEY10 - Keep Key
KEY11 - Planar Prison Cell Key
KEY12 - Key to Aran's Lair
KEY13 - Shadow Thief Prison Key
KEY14 - Piece of Burial Mask
KEY15 - Piece of Burial Mask
KEY16 - Piece of Burial Mask
KEY17 - Piece of Burial Mask
KEY18 - Piece of Burial Mask
KEY19 - Piece of Burial Mask
KEY20 - Burial Mask of King Strohm III
KEY21 - Samia's Key
KEY22 - Shadow Prison Key
KEY23 - Symbol of Amaunator
KEY24 - Sahuagin Treasury Key
KEY25 - Despana Treasury Key
KEY26 - Sekolah's Tooth
KEY27 - Guildhouse Key
KEY28 - Jon's Key
KEY29 - Sewer Key
LEATHER ARMORS:
LEAT01 - Leather Armor
LEAT02 - Leather Armor +1
LEAT03 - Leather Armor +2
LEAT04 - Studded Leather Armor
LEAT05 - Studded Leather Armor +1
LEAT06 - Studded Leather Armor +2, missile attraction
LEAT07 - Studded Leather Armor +2
LEAT08 - Shadow Armor (Studded Leather +3)
LEAT09 - Leather Armor +3
LEAT10 - Hide Armor
LEAT11 - Leather Armor +2
LEAT12 - Leather Armor +3
LEAT13 - Skin of the Ghoul +4
LEAT14 - The Night's Gift +5
LEAT15 - Studded Leather Armor +2
LEAT16 - Orc Leather +3
LEAT17 - Armor of Deep Night +4
LEAT18 - Armor of the Viper +5 LEAT19 - Shadow Dragon Scale LEAT20 -
Aeger's Hide +3 LEAT21 - Human Flesh +5
LEAT22 - Human Flesh (not finished)
MISC: C6LANTHO - The Lanthorn
MAGE01 - Ring of Invisibility
MAGE02 - Ring of Barkskin
MAGE03 - Ring of Mirror Image
MAGE04 - Pseudo Ring of Blur
MAGE05 - Pseudo Ring of Free Action
MAGE06 - Ring of Haste
MISC01 - Winter Wolf Pelt
MISC02 - Mirror
MISC03 - Small Box
MISC04 - Bassilus' Holy Symbol
MISC07 - Gold Piece
MISC12 - Ankheg Shell
MISC13 - Samuel (body)
MISC16 - Fire Agate Gem
MISC17 - Lynx Eye Gem
MISC18 - Sunstone Gem
MISC19 - Turquoise Gem
MISC1A - Bottle of Wine
MISC1B - Butter Knife of Balduran
MISC1C - Sea Charts
MISC1E - Evan's Body
MISC1F - Dradeel's Spell Book
MISC1G - Farthing's Dolly
MISC1H - Gong Mallet
MISC1I - Belladonna flowers
MISC1J - Glittering Beljuril Gemstone
MISC20 - Bloodstone Gem
MISC21 - Skydrop Gem
MISC22 - Andar Gem
MISC23 - Jasper Gem
MISC24 - Tchazar Gem
MISC25 - Zircon Gem
MISC26 - Iol Gem
MISC27 - Moonstone Gem
MISC28 - Waterstar Gem
MISC29 - Ziose Gem
MISC2A - Doppelganger Wardstone
MISC2B - Level 1 Exit Wardstone
MISC2C - Islanne Wardstone
MISC2D - Kiel Wardstone
MISC2E - Fuernebol Wardstone
MISC2F - Teleportation Wardstone
MISC2G - Level 2 Exit Wardstone
MISC2I - Wardstone Forgery
MISC2K - Compass Wardstone
MISC2L - Bone Wardstone
MISC2M - Dwarven Rune 1 Wardstone
MISC2N - Dwarven Rune 2 Wardstone
MISC2O - Lock of hair from Kirinhale
MISC2P - Harp of ?
MISC30 - Chrysoberyl Gem
MISC31 - Star Diopside Gem
MISC32 - Shandon Gem
MISC33 - Aquamarine Gem
MISC34 - Garnet Gem
MISC35 - Horn Coral Gem
MISC36 - Pearl
MISC37 - Sphene Gem
MISC38 - Black Opal
MISC39 - Water Opal
MISC3A - Book of Infinite Spells (Fireball)
MISC3A1 - Book of Infinite Spells (Invisibility)
MISC3A2 - Book of Infinite Spells (Protection from Evil)
MISC3A3 - Book of Infinite Spells (True Seeing)
MISC3A4 - Book of Infinite Spells (Farsight)
MISC3A5 - Book of Infinite Spells (Spell Turning)
MISC3A6 - Book of Infinite Spells (Wyvern Call)
MISC3A7 - Book of Infinite Spells (Stinking Cloud)
MISC3A8 - Book of Infinite Spells (Lightning Bolt)
MISC3A9 - Book of Infinite Spells (Burning Hands)
MISC3C - Efreeti Bottle
MISC3D - Golden Lion Figurine
MISC3E - Black Spider Figurine
MISC3F - Jade Hound
MISC3H - Horn of Blasting
MISC3I - Silver Horn of Valhalla
MISC3J - Bronze Horn of Valhalla
MISC3K - Iron Horn of Valhalla
MISC3L - Horn of Silence
MISC3M - Harp of Discord
MISC3N - Azlaer's Harp
MISC3O - Methild's Harp
MISC3P - Glasses of Identification
MISC40 - Moonbar Gem
MISC41 - Star Sapphire
MISC42 - Diamond
MISC43 - Emerald
MISC44 - Kings Tears
MISC45 -Rogue Stone
MISC47 - Golden Pantaloons
MISC48 - Idol
MISC49 - Melicamp the Chicken
MISC4A - Activation Stone
MISC4B - Jail Cell Key (Jaheira)
MISC4C - Air Elemental Statue
MISC4D - The Genie's Flask
MISC4E - Energy Cells
MISC4G - Portal Key
MISC4H - Wand of Fire Key
MISC4I - Wand of Frost Key
MISC4J - Wand of Summoning Key
MISC4K - Wand of Lightning Key
MISC4L - Wand of Cloudkill Key
MISC4M - Wand of Missiles Key
MISC4N - Acorns
MISC4O - Sewage Golem Key
MISC4P - Key to Frennedan's Room
MISC4Q - The Ogre's Sword
MISC4R - Haegan's Key
MISC4S - Key to Shadow Thieves Cellar (Gaelan's Key)
MISC4T - Letter of Transfer
MISC4U - Embarl's Dagger
MISC4V - Mae'Var's Letter
MISC4W - Edwin's Documents
MISC4X - Statuette of Lathander
MISC4Y - Necklace of Talos
MISC4Z - Beastmaster Key
MISC50 - Skull
MISC51 - Lock of Nymph's Hair
MISC52 - Wyvern Head
MISC53 - Bowl of Water Elemental Control
MISC54 - Child's Body
MISC55 - Duke Eltan's Body
MISC56 - Broken Weapon
MISC57 - Broken Shield
MISC58 - Broken Armor
MISC59 - Broken Miscellaneous
MISC5A - Rift Device Part
MISC5B - Rift Device Part 2
MISC5C - Rift Device
MISC5D - Harper Bird
MISC5E - Harper Amulet
MISC5F - Renfeld's Body
MISC5G - Exotic Hide
MISC5H - Guril Berries
MISC5I - Am-si's Key
MISC5J - Writ of Innocence
MISC5K - Illithium Ore (200 pounds)
MISC5L - Littleman The Stuffed Bear
MISC5M - Inspector's Body
MISC5N - Piece of Red Cloth
MISC5O - Silver Pantaloons
MISC5P - Ransom Note
MISC5Q - Blood of Quallo's Friend
MISC5R - The Lover's Ring
MISC5S - Hand
MISC5T - Shaman's Staff
MISC5U - Montaron's Body
MISC5V - Lock of Jaheira's Hair
MISC5W - Keepsake Locket
MISC5X - Harper Pin
MISC5Y - Jaheira's Note
MISC5Z - Rift Device (used)
MISC60 - Spider Body
MISC61 - Bottle of Wine
MISC62 - Dead Cat
MISC63 - Chew Toy
MISC64 - Telescope
MISC65 - Brage's Body
MISC66 - Farmer Brun's son (DEAD)
MISC67 - Brun's Dead Son
MISC68 - Abela the Nymph
MISC69 - Helshara's Artifact Fragment
MISC6A - Tanner's Letter
MISC6B - Dennis' Mother's Gong
MISC6C - Guril Berries
MISC6D - Solik Berries
MISC6E - Oak Bark
MISC6F - Quataris' Confession
MISC6G - Bust of Sune
MISC6H - Mekrath's Mirror
MISC6I - Anarg's Cup
MISC6J - Golem Head
MISC6K - Golem Arm
MISC6L - Golem Brain
MISC6M - Demon Heart
MISC6N - Sun Gem
MISC6O - Sun Gem
MISC6P - Shadow Dragon Wardstone
MISC6Q - Amuana's Bones
MISC6R - Note to Order
MISC6S - Chunk of Illithium Alloy
MISC6T - Planar Stone
MISC6U - Firkraag's Challenge
MISC6V - Smuggled Shipment
MISC6W - Wooden Stake
MISC6X - Portal Gem
MISC6Y - Mimic's Blood
MISC6Z - Beljuril
MISC70 - Delorna's Statue
MISC71 - Delorna's Spellbook
MISC72 - The Claw of Kazgaroth
MISC73 - The Horn of Kazgaroth
MISC74 - The Candle
MISC75 - Dagger of Venom
MISC76 - The Dream Potion
MISC77 - Skull of Kereph
MISC78 - Invitation
MISC79 - Female Body
MISC7A - Chicken
MISC7B - Chicken
MISC7C - Contact's Note
MISC7D - Barl's Antidote
MISC7E - Fairy Dust
MISC7F - Ti'Vael's Head
MISC7G - Jaheira's note for {CHARNAME}
MISC7H - Umar Witch Project Journal
MISC7I - Chaos Tome
MISC7J - Wand of Activation
MISC7K - Head of Cotirso
MISC7L - Valygar's Body
MISC7M - Corthala Tax Notice
MISC7N - Wand of Lightning
MISC7O - Note (from Cragmoon)
MISC7P - Tombelthen's Journal (first half)
MISC7Q - Tombelthen's Journal (2nd half)
MISC7R - Mithril Medallion
MISC7S - Lord Tombelthen's Note
MISC7T - Moon Dog Figurine
MISC7U - Dog Stew
MISC7V - Dog Meat
MISC7W - Lavok's Tome
MISC7X - Mastery Orb
MISC7Y - Thrall Collar
MISC7Z - Coal
MISC80 - Male Body
MISC82 - Ancient Armor
MISC83 - Key to River Plug
MISC84 - Boo
MISC85 - Mulahey's Holy Symbol
MISC86 - Bandit Scalp
MISC87 - Contaminated Iron
MISC88 - Rabbit's Foot
MISC89 - Edwin's Amulet
MISC8A - Note (for Shadow Thieves)
MISC8B - Note (for Shadow Thieves 2)
MISC8C - Morn Ritual
MISC8D - Noontide Ritual
MISC8E - Dusk Ritual
MISC8F - Playhouse Deed
MISC8G - Rune of Imprisonment
MISC8H - Blood of a Silver Dragon
MISC8I - Note from Imnesvale
MISC8J - Boots of the West (CHA +1)
MISC8K - Ihtafeer's head
MISC8L - Mantle of Waukeen
MISC8M - Trademeet Tomb Key
MISC8N - Isaea's Financial Statements
MISC8O - Isaea's Signet Ring
MISC8P - Isaea's Slavery Document
MISC8Q - Rebel's Orb
MISC8R - Fake Rebel's Heart
MISC8S - Rebel's Heart
MISC8T - Cernd's Baby
MISC8U - Silver Blade (Vorpal Sword piece)
MISC8V - Wardstone for Asylum
MISC8W - Opal Stone
MISC8X - Ruby Stone
MISC8Y - Sapphire Stone
MISC8Z - Kurtulmak's Crystal Shard
MISC90 - Chelak's Body
MISC91 - Grapes
MISC92 - Switch for engine
MISC93 - Odd looking key
MISC94 - Mallet head
MISC95 - Mallet handle
MISC96 - Peladon
MISC97 - De'Tranion's Baalor ale
MISC98 - Durlag's goblet
MISC99 - Cursed Plate mail armor (belt icon)
MISC9A - The Hand of Dace
MISC9B - Vampire Stake
MISC9C - Lium's Journal of Malevolent Magicks
MISC9D - Giant Troll's Head
MISC9E - Minotaur Horn
MISC9F - Minotaur Horn 2
MISC9G - Pirate Horn
MISC9H - Neb's Head
MISC9I - First journal of Jon Irenicus
MISC9J - Second journal of Jon Irenicus
MISC9K - Third journal of Irenicus
MISC9L - Deed to the Windspear Hills
MISC9M - Pipe
MISC9N - Pendant
MISC9O - Staff
MISC9P - Helmet
MISC9Q - Scimitar
MISC9R - Light Gem
MISC9S - Mind Amplification Device
MISC9T - Dragon Eggs
MISC9U - Fake Dragon Eggs (Phaere's)
MISC9V - Fake Dragon Eggs (Solaufein)
MISC9W - Drow Piwafwi Cloak (Solaufein's)
MISC9X - Control Circlet
MISC9Y - Brine Potion
MISC9Z - Corrupted Tadpoles
MISCA1 - Gem ?
MISCA2 - Sulphurous Poison
MISCA3 - Book of Rituals
MISCA4 - Potion of Squirrel Change
MISCA5 - Stoneshape Scroll
MISCA6 - Patrol Leader's Helmet
MISCA7 - Kuo-Toan's Blood
MISCA8 - Eyestalk of an Elder Orb
MISCA9 - Star Medallion
MISCAA - Golden Circlet
MISCAB - Jar of Water
MISCAC - Sundial
MISCAD - Sun Medallion
MISCAE - Sword Medallion
MISCAF - The Gagged Man
MISCAG - Mirror
MISCAH - Hourglass
MISCAI - Worn Out Boots
MISCAJ - Grinning Skull
MISCAK - Warden's Note
MISCAL - Mithril Token
MISCAM - Galvena's Key
MISCAN - Galvena's Medallion
MISCAO - Mind Flayer Painting
MISCAP - Umberhulk Painting
MISCAQ - Troll Painting
MISCAR - Djinni Painting
MISCAS - Sleeping Draught
MISCAT - Mug of Ale
MISCAU - Elven Holy Water
MISCAV - Golden Skull
MISCAW - Golden Arm and Leg
MISCAX - Golden Leg
MISCAY - Golden Torso
MISCAZ - Beholder Eye
MISCB1 - Talisman of Rillifane
MISCB2 - Golden Goblet of Life
MISCB3 - Moonblade
MISCB4 - Tree of Life Nuts
MISCB5 - Tears of Bhaal
MISCB6 - Tears of Bhaal
MISCB7 - Tears of Bhaal
MISCB8 - Tears of Bhaal
MISCB9 - Tears of Bhaal
MISCBA - Tears of Bhaal
MISCBC - Blackrazor, Long Sword +3
MISCBD - Dog Bones
MISCBE - Gilded Rope
MISCBF - Jae'llat Wardstone
MISCBG - Lich's Tooth
MISCBH - Deirex's Gem
MISCBI - Magical Rope
MISCBJ - Qilue's Brain
MISCBK - Illithid Serum
MISCBL - Aerie's Body
MISCBM - Anomen's Body
MISCBN - Jaheira's Body
MISCBO - Viconia's Body
MISCBP - Bodhi's Black Heart
MISCBQ - Tree of Life Nuts (edible)
MISCBR - Stone Harp
MISCBS - Stone Horn
MISCBT - Elven Priest Stone
MISCBU - Yoshimo's Heart
MISCBV - Elder Brain Blood
MISCBW - Sahuagin Scribe's Notes
MISCBX - Note (to Ployer)
MISCBY - Tainted Dragon Eggs
MISCBZ - Tizzak's Journal
MISCCA - Demin's Note
MISCCC - Drow Note
NPMISC1 - Jansen Spectroscopes
NPMISC2 - Jansen Techno-Gloves
PLATE & FULL PLATE ARMORS:
PLAT01 - Plate Mail Armor
PLAT02 - Plate Mail +1
PLAT04 - Full Plate Mail
PLAT05 - Full Plate Mail +1
PLAT06 - Ankheg Plate Mail
PLAT07 - Plate Mail
PLAT08 - Plate Mail +3
PLAT09 - Mithral Field Plate Armor +2
PLAT10 - Plate Mail +1
PLAT11 - Delver's Plate +2
PLAT12 - Doomplate +3
PLAT13 - Gorgon Plate +4
PLAT14 - Full Plate Mail +1
PLAT15 - Pride of the Legion +2
PLAT16 - Armor of the Hart +3
PLAT17 - T'rahcie's Plate +5
PLAT18 - Red Dragon Scale
PLAT19 - Full Plate + 2
NPPLAT - Firecam Full-Plate Armor (Keldorn)
POTIONS:
POTN02 - Potion of Fire Resistance
POTN03 - Potion of Hill Giant Strength
POTN04 - Potion of Frost Giant Strength
POTN05 - Potion of Fire Giant Strength
POTN06 - Potion of Cloud Giant Strength
POTN07 - Potion of Storm Giant Strength
POTN08 - Potion of Healing
POTN09 - Potion of Heroism
POTN10 - Potion of Invisibility
POTN11 - Potion of Invulnerability
POTN12 - Potion of Stone Giant Strength
POTN13 - Oil of Firey Burning
POTN14 - Oil of Speed
POTN15 - Red Potion
POTN16 - Violet Potion
POTN17 - Elixir of Health
POTN18 - Potion of Absorption
POTN19 - Potion of Agility
POTN20 - Antidote
POTN21 - Potion of Clarity
POTN22 - Potion of Cold Resistance
POTN23 - Oil of Speed
POTN24 - Potion of Defense
POTN25 - Potion of Healing
POTN26 - Potion of Explosions
POTN27 - Potion of Firebreath
POTN28 - Potion of Fortitude
POTN29 - Potion of Genius
POTN30 - Potion of Infravision
POTN31 - Potion of Insulation
POTN32 - Antidote
POTN33 - Potion of Magic Blocking
POTN34 - Potion of Magic Protection
POTN35 - Potion of Magic Shielding
POTN36 - Potion of Master Thievery
POTN37 - Potion of Mind Focusing
POTN38 - Potion of Mirrored Eyes
POTN39 - Potion of Perception
POTN40 - Potion of Invulnerability
POTN41 - Potion of Power
POTN42 - Potion of Regeneration
POTN43 - Potion of Insight
POTN44 - Potion of Strength
POTN45 - Potion of Freedom
POTN46 - Potion of Stone Form
POTN47 - Marek's Antidote (better than normal antidote)
POTN48 - Vial of Mysterious Liquid (used in Nashkel mines to poison iron
ore)
POTN52 - Potion of Extra Healing
POTN53 - Festule the Alchemist's Potion
POTN54 - Empty Potion Bottle
RINGS:
RING01 - Plain Ring
RING02 - Ring of Fire Resistance
RING03 - Ring of Animal Friendship
RING04 - Ring of Clumsiness
RING05 - Ring of Invisibility
RING06 - Ring of Protection +1
RING07 - Ring of Protection +2
RING08 - Ring of Wizardry
RING09 - Ring of Free Action
RING10 - Gold Ring
RING11 - Silver Ring
RING12 - Onyx Ring
RING13 - Jade Ring
RING14 - Greenstone Ring
RING15 - Bloodstone Ring
RING16 - Angel Skin Ring
RING17 - Flamedance Ring
RING18 - Fire Opal Ring
RING19 - Ruby Ring
RING20 - Ring of Energy
RING21 - Ring of Infravision
RING22 - Ring of Holiness
RING23 - Ring of Folly
RING25 - Koveras' Ring of Protection (+1)
RING26 - Ring of Djinni Summoning
RING27 - Ring of Fire Control
RING28 - Ring of Air Control
RING29 - Ring of Earth Control
RING30 - Ring of Human Influence
RING31 - Ring of Regeneration
RING32 - Ring
RING33 - Ring of the Ram
RING34 - Ring of Spell Turning
RING35 - Ring of Lock Picks
RING36 - Ring of Danger Sense
RING37 - Storm Ring
RING38 - Dawn Ring
RING39 - Ring of Gaxx
RING40 - Ring of Acuity
NPRING01 - D'Arnisse Signet Ring (Nalia)
RODS:
RODS01 - Rod of Absorption
RODS02 - Rod of Lordly Might
RODS03 - Rod of Resurrection
RODS04 - Rod of Smiting
RODS05 - Rod of Terror
DRAGON SCALES:
SCALEB - Shadow Dragon Scales
SCALER - Red Dragon Scales
SCROLLS:
SCRL02 - Spell Scroll
SCRL03 - Protection from Acid
SCRL04 - Protection from Cold
SCRL05 - Protection from Electricity
SCRL06 - Protection from Fire
SCRL07 - Protection from Magic
SCRL08 - Protection from Poison
SCRL09 - Protection from Undead
SCRL10 - Cursed Scroll of Weakness
SCRL11 - Cursed Scroll of Clumsiness
SCRL12 - Cursed Scroll of Foolishness
SCRL13 - Cursed Scroll of Ugliness
SCRL14 - Cursed Scroll of Summon Monster
SCRL15 - Protection from Petrification
SCRL16 - Cursed Scroll of Petrification
SCRL17 - Cursed Scroll of Ailment
SCRL18 - Cursed Scroll of Stupidity
SCRL1B - Agannazar's Scorcher
SCRL1C - Ghoul Touch
SCRL1D - Clairvoyance
SCRL1E - Dispel Magic
SCRL1F - Flame Arrow
SCRL1G - Fireball
SCRL1H - Haste
SCRL1I - Hold Person
SCRL1J - Invisibility 10' radius
SCRL1K - Lightning Bolt
SCRL1L - Monster Summoning I
SCRL1M - Non-Detection
SCRL1N - Protection from Normal Missiles
SCRL1O - Slow
SCRL1P - Skull Trap
SCRL1Q - Vampiric Touch
SCRL1S - Dire Charm
SCRL1T - Ghost Armor
SCRL1U - Confusion
SCRL1V - Stoneskin
SCRL1W - Fireshield (Blue)
SCRL1X - Ice Storm
SCRL1Y - Improved Invisibility
SCRL1Z - Minor Globe of Invulnerability
SCRL2A - Monster Summoning II
SCRL2B - Stoneskin
SCRL2D - Animate Dead
SCRL2E - Cloudkill
SCRL2F - Cone of Cold
SCRL2G - Monster Summoning III
SCRL2H - Shadow Door
SCRL2I-SCRL3F - Letters
SCRL3G - Vocalize
SCRL3H - Protection from Evil
SCRL3I - Letter
SCRL3Z - Letter
SCRL56 - Cure Serious Wounds
SCRL58 - Free Action
SCRL59 - Neutralize Poison
SCRL5A - Mental Domination
SCRL5B - Defensive Harmony
SCRL5C - Protection from Lightning
SCRL5D - Protection from Evil 10' radius
SCRL5E - Champion's Strength
SCRL5F - Chaotic Commands
SCRL5G - Remove Curse
SCRL5H - Emotion
SCRL5I, SCRL5W - Greater Malison
SCRL5J - Otiluke's Resilient Sphere
SCRL5K - Spirit Armor
SCRL5L - Polymorph Other
SCRL5M - Polymorph Self
SCRL5N - Domination
SCRL5O - Hold Monster
SCRL5P - Chaos
SCRL5Q - Feeblemind
SCRL5T - Protection from Electricity
SCRL5U - Reflected Image
SCRL5Z - Fireball
SCRL61 - Cure Critical Wounds
SCRL62 - Flame Strike
SCRL63 - Raise Dead
SCRL66 - Grease
SCRL67 - Armor
SCRL68 - Burning Hands
SCRL69 - Charm Person
SCRL6D - Find Familiar
SCRL6E - Power Word, Sleep
SCRL6F - Ray of Enfeeblement
SCRL6G - Minor Spell Deflection
SCRL6H - Protection from Fire
SCRL6I - Protection from Cold
SCRL6J - Spell Thrust
SCRL6K - Detect Illusion
SCRL6L - Hold Undead
SCRL6M - Enchanted Weapon
SCRL6N - Fireshield (Red)
SCRL6O - Secret Word
SCRL6P - Minor Sequencer
SCRL6Q - Teleport Field
SCRL6R - Spider Spawn
SCRL6S - Spell Immunity
SCRL6T - Protection from Normal Weapons
SCRL6U - Breach
SCRL6V - Lower Resistance
SCRL6W - Oracle
SCRL6X - Conjure Lesser Fire Elemental
SCRL6Y - Protection from Acid
SCRL6Z - Phantom Blade
SCRL70 - Color Spray
SCRL71 - Blindness
SCRL72 - Friends
SCRL73 - Protection from Petrification
SCRL75 - Identify
SCRL76 - Infravision
SCRL77 - Magic Missile
SCRL78 - Protection from Evil
SCRL79 - Shield
SCRL7B - Conjure Lesser Air Elemental
SCRL7C - Conjure Lesser Earth Elemental
SCRL7D - Minor Spell Turning
SCRL7E - Invisible Stalker
SCRL7F - Globe of Invulnerability
SCRL7G - Tenser's Transformation
SCRL7H - Flesh to Stone
SCRL7I - Death Spell
SCRL7J - Protection from Magic
SCRL7K - Mislead
SCRL7L - Pierce Magic
SCRL7M - True Sight
SCRL7O - Protection from Magical Weapons
SCRL7P - Power Word, Silence
SCRL7Q - Improved Haste
SCRL7R - Death Fog
SCRL7S - Chain Lightning
SCRL7T - Disintegrate
SCRL7U - Contingency
SCRL7V - Spell Deflection
SCRL7W - Wyvern Call
SCRL7X - Conjure Fire Elemental
SCRL7Y - Conjure Air Elemental
SCRL7Z - Conjure Earth Elemental
SCRL80 - Shocking Grasp
SCRL81 - Sleep
SCRL82 - Chill Touch
SCRL83 - Chromatic Orb
SCRL84 - Larloch's Minor Drain
SCRL85 - Blur
SCRL86 - Detect Evil
SCRL87 - Detect Invisibility
SCRL89 - Horror
SCRL8A - Carrion Summons
SCRL8B - Summon Nishruu
SCRL8C - Stone to Flesh
SCRL8D - Spell Turning
SCRL8E - Protection from the Elements
SCRL8F - Project Image
SCRL8G - Ruby Ray of Reversal
SCRL8H - Khelben's Warding Whip
SCRL8I - Cacofiend
SCRL8J - Mantle
SCRL8L - Spell Sequencer
SCRL8M - Sphere of Chaos
SCRL8N - Delayed Blast Fireball
SCRL8O - Finger of Death
SCRL8P - Prismatic Spray
SCRL8Q - Power Word, Stun
SCRL8R - Mordenkainen's Sword
SCRL8S - Summon Efreeti
SCRL8T - Summon Djinni
SCRL8U - Summon Hakeashar
SCRL8V - Control Undead
SCRL8W - Mass Invisibility
SCRL8X - Spell Shield
SCRL8Y - Protection from Energy
SCRL8Z - Simulacrum
SCRL90 - Invisibility
SCRL91 - Knock
SCRL92 - Know Alignment
SCRL93 - Luck
SCRL94 - Resist Fear
SCRL95 - Melf's Acid Arrow
SCRL96 - Mirror Image
SCRL97 - Stinking Cloud
SCRL98 - Strength
SCRL99 - Web
SCRL9A - Pierce Shield
SCRL9B - Summon Fiend
SCRL9C - Improved Mantle
SCRL9D - Spell Trigger
SCRL9E - Incendiary Cloud
SCRL9F - Symbol, Fear
SCRL9G - Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting
SCRL9H - Maze
SCRL9J - Power Word, Blind
SCRL9L - Spell Trap
SCRL9M - Spellstrike
SCRL9N - Gate
SCRL9P - Absolute Immunity
SCRL9Q - Chain Contingency
SCRL9R - Time Stop
SCRL9S - Imprisonment
SCRL9T - Meteor Swarm
SCRL9U - Power Word, Kill
SCRL9V - Wail of the Banshee
SCRL9W - Energy Drain
SCRL9X - Black Blade of Disaster
SCRL9Y - Shapechange
SCRL9Z - Freedom
SCRLA1 - Wizard Eye
SCRLA2 - Deafness
SCRLA3 - Glitterdust
SCRLA4 - Limited Wish
SCRLA5 - Melf's Minute Meteors
SCRLA6 - Spook
SCRLA7 - Remove Magic
SCRLA8 - Contagion
SCRLAG - Scroll of Crom Faeyr
SCRLAI - Ray of Enfeeblement
SCRLAJ - Farsight
SCRLAK - Remove Curse
SCRLAL - Sunfire
SCRLAM, SCRLAO - Symbol, Death
SCRLAN - Symbol, Stun
SCRLPET - Stone to Flesh
SCRLZZ - Summon Cow
SHIELDS:
SHLD01 - Small Shield
SHLD02 - Small Shield +1
SHLD03 - Medium Shield
SHLD04 - Medium Shield +1
SHLD05 - Large Shield
SHLD06 - Large Shield +1
SHLD07 - Large Shield +1, +4 vs Missiles
SHLD08 - Buckler
SHLD09 - Buckler
SHLD10 - Buckler
SHLD11 - Small Shield
SHLD12 - Small Shield
SHLD13 - Medium Shield
SHLD14 - Medium Shield
SHLD15 - Large Shield
SHLD16 - Large Shield
SHLD17 - Buckler +1
SHLD18 - Large Shield
SHLD19 - Large Shield +2
SHLD20 - Kiel's Buckler
SHLD21 - Dragon Scale Shield +2
SHLD22 - Sentinel +4
SHLD23 - Fortress Shield +3
SHLD24 - Reflection Shield +1
SHLD25 - Shield of Harmony +2
SHLD26 - Shield of the Lost +2
SHLD27 - Saving Grace +3
SHLD28 - Small Shield +2
SHLD29 - Medium Shield +2
SHLD30 - Large Shield +2
NPSHLD - Delryn Family Shield (Anomen)
SLINGS:
SLNG01 - Sling
SLNG02 - Sling +1
SLNG03 - Sling +3
SLNG04 - Sling +2
SLNG05 - Sling +3 : 'Arla's Dragonbane'
SLNG06 - Sling of Arvoreen +4
SLNG07 - Sling of Seeking +2
SPEARS:
SPER01 - Spear
SPER02 - Spear +1
SPER03 - Spear +3, Backbiter
SPER04 - Spear
SPER05 - Spear +2
SPER06 - Spear +3
SPER07 - Spear of the Unicorn +2
SPER08 - Spear +3, Impaler
SPER09 - Spear +1, Halcyon
SPER10 - Spear of Withering +4
STAVES:
STAF01 - Quarterstaff
STAF02 - Quarterstaff +1
STAF03 - Quarterstaff
STAF04 - Quarterstaff
STAF05 - Staff of Striking
STAF06 - Staff Mace
STAF07 - Staff Spear +2
STAF08 - Quarterstaff +3
STAF09 - Staff of Command
STAF10 - Staff of Curing
STAF11 - Staff of the Magi
STAF12 - Staff of Power
STAF13 - Staff of Thunder and Lightning +2
STAF14 - Staff of the Woodlands +4
STAF15 - Staff of Air +2 (looks like a machinegun)
STAF16 - Staff of Earth +2
STAF17 - Staff of Fire +2
STAF18 - Quarter Staff +2
STAF19 - Cleric's Staff +3
STAF20 - Staff of Rynn +4
NPSTAF - Staff of the High Forest (Cernd)
ONE HANDED SWORDS:
SW1H01 - Bastard Sword
SW1H02 - Bastard Sword +1
SW1H03 - Bastard Sword +1, +3 vs. Shapeshifters
SW1H04 - Long Sword
SW1H05 - Long Sword +1
SW1H06 - Long Sword +2
SW1H07 - Short Sword
SW1H08 - Short Sword +1
SW1H09 - Short Sword +2
SW1H10 - Short Sword of Backstabbing
SW1H11 - Odd Flame Sword (Creature Attack?)
SW1H12 - Hull's Long Sword
SW1H13 - Moonblade
SW1H14 - Short Sword +1
SW1H15 - Scimitar +3, Frostbrand
SW1H16 - Scimitar +5, Defender
SW1H17 - Perdue's Short Sword
SW1H18 - Sword of Balduran
SW1H19 - The Vampire's Revenge (cursed)
SW1H20 - Scimitar
SW1H21 - Short Sword
SW1H22 - Scimitar +1
SW1H23 - Scimitar +2
SW1H24 - Long Sword +1, Flame Tongue
SW1H25 - Kundane +2: Sword of Quickness
SW1H26 - Ilbratha, Short Sword + 1
SW1H27 - Arbane's Sword +2
SW1H28 - Cutthroat +4
SW1H29 - Short Sword +2
SW1H30 - Scimitar of Speed +2: Belm
SW1H31 - Sunblade: Daystar
SW1H32 - Long sword +2: Dragonslayer (Peridan)
SW1H33 - Long Sword +2: Ras, The Dancing Blade
SW1H34 - Bastard Sword +1: Albruin
SW1H35 - Adjatha the Drinker, Long Sword +2
SW1H36 - Namarra, Long Sword +2
SW1H37 - Taragarth the Bloodbrand, Bastard Sword +1
SW1H38 - Jhor the Bleeder, Bastard Sword +2
SW1H39 - Blade of Searing, Bastard Sword +3
SW1H40 - Blade of Roses, Long Sword +3
SW1H41 - Long Sword +2
SW1H42 - Bastard Sword +2
SW1H43 - Katana
SW1H44 - Katana +1
SW1H45 - Katana +2: Malakar
SW1H46 - Wakizashi
SW1H47 - Wakizashi +1
SW1H48 - Ninja-To
SW1H49 - Ninja-To +1
SW1H50 - Scimitar +1, Shazzellim
SW1H51 - Celestial Fury Katana +3
SW1H52 - Scimitar +3: 'Water's Edge'
SW1H53 - Sword of Flame +1
SW1H54 - Long Sword: The Equalizer
SW1H54A, SW1H54B, SW1H54C - Pieces of the Equalizer
SW1H55 - Katana +2
SW1H56 - Scimitar
NPSW01 - Sword of Arvoreen (Mazzy)
NPSW02 - Katana +1 (Yoshimo)
NPSW03 - Hallowed Redeemer +2 (Keldorn)
NPSW04 - Corthala Family Blade +2 (Valygar)
NPSW05 - Entropy (Haer'Dalis)
NPSW06 - Chaos Blade (Haer'Dalis)
TORMENT ITEMS (with Collector's Edition Bonus CD):
WA2AMU - Sensate Amulet
WA2DAK - Dak'kon's Zerth Blade
WA2HALB - Harmonium Halberd
WA2HARP - Harp of Pandemonium
WA2HELM - Vhailor's Helm
WA2PLAT - Plate of Balduran
WA2RING - Mercykiller Ring
WA2ROBE - Robe of Vecna
WA2S1H - Sword of Balduran
WA2SHIEL - Shield of Balduran
TWO HANDED SWORDS:
SW2H01 - Two Handed Sword
SW2H02 - Two Handed Sword +1
SW2H03 - Two Handed Sword, Berserking
SW2H05 - Two Handed Sword (no image)
SW2H06 - Spider's Bane
SW2H07 - Two Handed Sword +3
SW2H08 - Two Handed sword +2
SW2H09 - Two Handed Sword +4, Warblade
SW2H10 - Holy Avenger (Two Handed Sword +5)
SW2H11 - Two Handed Sword +2
SW2H12 - Two Handed Sword: Flame of the North + 2
SW2H13 - Spider's Bane + 2
SW2H14 - Lilarcor (Sentient Sword)
SW2H15 - Silver Sword (Vorpal Sword)
SW2H15A - Silver Hilt (piece of Vorpal Sword)
SW2H16 - Sword of Chaos +2
SW2H99 - Cursed Berserking Sword +3
SW2HDEAT - Soul Reaver +4
WANDS:
WAND02 - Wand of Fear
WAND03 - Wand of Magic Missiles
WAND04 - Wand of Paralyzation
WAND05 - Wand of Fire
WAND06 - Wand of Frost
WAND07 - Wand of Lightning
WAND08 - Wand of Sleep
WAND09 - Wand of Polymorphing
WAND10 - Wand of Monster Summoning
WAND11 - Wand of the Heavens
WAND12 - Wand of Wonder
WAND13 - Wand of Cloudkill
WAND14 - Web Sack
WAND15 - Wand of Apprenti
WAND16 - Potion of Icedust
CROSSBOWS:
XBOW01 - Heavy Crossbow
XBOW02 - Heavy Crossbow +1
XBOW03 - Heavy Crossbow of Accuracy
XBOW04 - Light Crossbow
XBOW05 - Light Crossbow +1
XBOW06 - Light Crossbow of Speed
XBOW07 - Heavy Crossbow +2
XBOW08 - Giant Hair Crossbow +3
XBOW09 - Light Crossbow +2
XBOW10 - Necaradan's Crossbow +3
XBOW12 - Flasher Launcher
XBOW13 - Crossbow of Affliction +4
XBOW14 - Heavy Crossbow of Searing +1
Phew...
EXTRA GOLD:
Write in the console CLUAConsole:AddGold(xxxx)
Where xxxx is the amount of gold you want.
GO TO AREA:
Write in the console CLUAConsole:MoveToArea(ARxxxx)
Where xxxx is the area number (ie AR1000)
There are a couple more cheats and lists to do (including an area list) but I haven't got them yet so you'll have to wait...
Other Miscellaneous Stuff
↑ Back to TopModraikinnen's Sword is not alone, it would seem - if it dies (can be poisoned) or you pickpocket it, it actually carries a magical Greenstone Amulet (casts Mind Blank, for some reason not in BG2)!
If you have over 100% resistance to anything (usually fire), then it HEALS you rather than hurting you!
Tactic: Put two invisible party members to cover a doorway completely. Move your character through them, then when an enemy pursues, they won't be able to move through your human blockade (provided they don't attack). The target is now easily defeated from range.
WEBRING
↑ Back to TopThere's loads of BG2 stuff on the net - try the following brilliant websites:
Information and Downloads-
[url=http://bg2.dbtavern.com]http://bg2.dbtavern.com[/url] (this is brilliant!)
[url=http://www.bgdungeon.com/bg2]http://www.bgdungeon.com/bg2[/url] (so is this!)
[url=http://www.interplay.com/bgate2]http://www.interplay.com/bgate2[/url] (the official one)
[url=http://www.planetbaldursgate.com]http://www.planetbaldursgate.com[/url] (this is the best!)
[url=http://www.bg2world.com]http://www.bg2world.com[/url] (not as good as the others)
I think all those links are correct.
Baldur'S Gate
↑ Back to TopIf you like BG2, I urge you to get BG1, it's possibly even BETTER than the sequel - the best use of sound in any game, the best dungeons by far (really scary - good lighting, great sound, brilliantly designed), and it had this indefinable charm to it that makes it easily the equal of its sequel - and possibly even better - imagine mixing the best of both games... what a game that would be! (BioWare, are you listening for BG3 advice?)
But for ?15 with the expansion pack (essential), it's a knockdown bargain, and it's even less if you buy it of gameplay.com, so go and buy it now!
Monster/Npc Info
↑ Back to TopMonster Experience Notes
Mephit (all types) 420 xps spell abilities Ogre Mage 650 xps spell abilities Goblin 20/60 xps some carry bows (60 xps) Duergar 420 xps ranged weapons Cambion 6000 xps protective field? Lesser clay golem 1000 xps magic resistance Otyugh 650 xps non-magic resistance Vampire 8500 xps level drain, undead
Greater doppelganger 3000 xps --- Assassin varies ---
Shadow 420 xps ability drains, non-magic
resistance
Shadow Thief varies ---
Thug varies ---
Mugger varies ---
Stone golems 8000 xps only magical spears/
blunts kill Slaver varies ---
Orog 600 xps --- Sea Troll 1400 xps use fire/acid to kill Kobold 6 xps --- Kobold captain 14 xps --- Kobold commando 34 xps uses fire arrows Kobold shaman 64 xps minor magical spells Kobold witch doctor 64 xps minor magical spells Rakshasa 3000 xps very resistant Gibberling 34 xps --- Mutated gibberling 14 xps --- Salamander 2000 xps minor spells Ice Salamander 3000 xps medium spells Fanatic 2000 xps --- Dire Wolf 124 xps --- Phase spider 850 xps poisonous
Skeleton varies undead Pirate varies ---
Sword spider 2000 xps poisonous Spider 10 xps --- Giant spider 450 xps poisonous Fledgling vampire 8500 xps vampire Grimwarder (archer) 4000 xps immune to normal weapons Greater ghoul 2000 xps haste, paralysis Skeleton warrior 4000 xps undead Clay golem 8000 xps only magical blunts kill Ettercap 650 xps poisonous Wraith Spider 2000 xps poisonous, immune to
normal weapons.
Zombie 974 xps undead, immune to normal
Weapons
↑ Back to TopGhast 650 xps hold person, disease Vampyre 2000 xps level drain, immune to
normal weapons
Mummy 3000 xps undead, immune TNW Wraith 2000 xps immune TNW Shadow Fiend 2000 xps immune TNW
Bandit varies --- Guard varies ---
Yuan-ti 1500 xps --- Yuan-ti mage 7000 xps spell abilities Ruhk 7000 xps immune to magic, minor
spell abilities
Umber Hulks 4000 xps confusion, burrowing Mist horror 3000 xps minor spells, immune TNW Mind Flayer 9000 xps major spells, magic
resistance
Beholder 14000 xps very major spells Imp 1400 xps --- Quasit 2000 xps --- Troll 1400 xps regenerate, use fire/acid Spirit Troll 12000 xps minor spells, as trolls Minotaur 3000 xps --- Goblin Commando 34 xps --- Spectral Troll 3500 xps minor spells Myconid 420 xps confusion Sahaugin/Rebel 3000 xps some cast spells Bone Golem 18000 xps magic resistance Ettin 5000 xps --- Air Elemental 7000 xps immune TNW/air Earth Elemental 7000 xps immune TNW/earth Fire Elemental 7000 xps immune TNW/fire Greater Elementals 10000 xps immune TNW/xxx Lizard Man 270 xps ---
Drow (all kinds) varies spells, magic resistance
Efreeti 8000 xps medium spells Kuo-toa Leader 2400 xps --- Kuo-toa Monitor 1400 xps --- Kuo-toa Wizard 2000 xps medium spells Kuo-toa Warrior 1000 xps --- Hobgoblin Warrior 34 xps --- Hobgoblin Archer 34 xps --- Hobgoblin Shaman 34 xps minor spells Hobgoblin Elite 94 xps --- Hobgoblin Captain 420 xps --- Carrion Crawler 974 xps hold person, disease Mustard Jelly 2000 xps immune TNW, magic
resistance, slow
Ochre Jelly 5000 xps immune TNW, magic
resistance
Myconid King 1200 xps --- Sverfneblin 1250 xps --- Sverfneblin Leader 4000 xps --- Green Slime 64 xps magic resistance Gray Ooze 274 xps magic resistance Flesh Golem 2000 xps immune TNW, magic
resistance, electric heals
Iron Golem 13000 xps only magic blunt/pierce
weapons kill.
Ice Troll 174 xps troll
Orc (Archer) varies ---
Baby Wyvern 6000 xps poison Spotted Lion 974 xps --- Killer Mimic 5000 xps hold person Fell Ghast 850 xps disease, undead Lich 22000 xps major spells, undead Giant Lynx 174 xps --- Wild Tiger 650 xps --- Poison Mist 3500 xps poison, immune TNW Crimson Death 9000 xps level drain, immune TNW Gnoll 10 xps --- Gnoll Captain 120 xps --- Gnoll Veteran 34 xps --- Gnoll Elite 64 xps --- Gnoll Slasher 64 xps --- Dao 5000 xps medium spells, immune TNW Rajah 7000 xps medium spells, resistances Nabassu 16000 xps immune TNW, magic
resistance
Pit Fiend 16000 xps magic resistance, gated Adamantine Golem 25000 xps magic blunts/piercing
kills
Gauth 9000 xps mini beholder Rune Assassins 4500 xps short swords +1, potions Child Spirit 1500 xps immune TNW, magic resist. Crypt King 15000 xps immune TNW, magic resist. Goon 164 xps --- Black Bear 200 xps --- Grizzly Bear 1150 xps --- Leopard 270 xps --- Panther 420 xps --- Winter Wolf 974 xps cold breath
Npc Enemies
↑ Back to TopIlyich 520 xps Mail of the dead +2 Kalah 2000 xps Girdle/Piercing,
Ring/Human Influence Mencar Pebblecrusher 10000 xps Full Plate, W/hammer +1
Smaulev Orcslicer 4000 xps Cursed sword/berserking +3 Pooky 4000 xps --- Sorcerous Amon 6000 xps Cloak/non-detection,
wand of lightning
Rayic Gethras 9000 xps quaterstaff +2, BoD AC7
Eldarin 480 xps plate mail +1, mace +1
Suna Seni 4480 xps arbane's sword +2, s sword
+1
Bessen 2500 xps BoD AC6
Kail 3000 xps short sword +1
Iko 3000 xps Katana +1
Nardinal ???? xps cloak/protection +1, ring
of wizardry, q/staff +1
Amalas 1800 xps --- Mekrath 14000 xps major spell abilities Gaius 4000 xps spell caster Zorl 2000 xps spell caster Gallchobhair 7200 xps spell caster Rengaard 6000 xps --- Draug Fea 7000 xps wyvern's tail +2
Tarnor the Hatchetman 8000 xps full plate +1, helmet/ charm prot., hangard's axe
Bregg 4000 xps --- Cohrvale 6000 xps --- Embarl 750 xps --- Gorch 14 xps --- Mae'Var 14000 xps shadow armour Caehan 1400 xps --- Jaylos 1400 xps --- Gellal 14500 xps vampire Embarl 750 xps --- Durst 14500 xps vampire
Tanova --- vampire, major spellcaster
Pai'na 4000 xps black spider figurine Lassal 11500 xps vampire Vadek 8000 xps spells, q/staff +2 Galvena 4000 xps flail +2, l armour +3 Dale Solan 8500 xps vampire King Ixilthetocal 4000 xps --- Alchra Diggot 22000 xps major spells Riti 8000 xps backstabber spear Raevilin Strathin 20000 xps major spells Madman Agnalo 6000 xps jhor the bleeder +2 Simbja 5000 xps --- N'ashtar 4000 xps medium spells Chandrilla 4000 xps medium spells Boz 6000 xps dragon's breath +4 Damien 4000 xps minor spells Qilue 4000 xps BoneBlade +4 Phaere 12000 xps minor treasures Solaufein 6000 xps drow stuff Glacias 9500 xps minor treasures TorGal 15000 xps troll Samia 9000 xps --- Legdoril 6000 xps s leather +2, m shield +1 Akae 8000 xps plate mail +1 Chak 6000 xps b axe +2, l shield +2 Kaol 8000 xps --- Chieftain DigDag 2000 xps --- Tazok 6000 xps 2-handed sword +2 Conster 6000 xps medium spells Fikraag 64000 xps major spells, red dragon Adsaan 15000 xps rakshasa Sarevok 20000 xps --- Captain Dennis 7300 xps boomerang dagger +2 Valeria 12000 xps priest spells Falchar 12000 xps --- Dracondro 8000 xps minor spells, BoD AC6 Pitre 6000 xps --- Neb 3500 xps Neb's nasty slasher. Shagbag 4000 xps Book of Kaza Scrooloose 1950 xps --- Tabitha 650 xps animal Ama 2000 xps poison t. daggers Sir Greshal 1600 xps mace +1 Reti 1250 xps boots of avoidance Camitis 3000 xps --- Unseeing Eye 30000xps amulet/5% resistance
One day I'll put this in some kind of order. Don't hold your breath.
Note that many of these characters carry potion etc. but I have only noted the most valuable items they have.
Spell Tactics
↑ Back to TopThere are countless different spell combinations that can lead to victory. Here I'll show you through a handful of them.
"Lay Down And Die!": A tactical spell to put any opponent out of the picture. Either naturally or in a Sequencer cast Greater Malison followed by Emotion (both level 4). This should make any opponent fall down on the ground in despair. If it still doesn't work, try a Stinking Cloud, but the original effects with a -8 penalty should be enough. Doesn't work on magic resistance though.
"Don't cast that spell at me!": Similar to above, but replace Emotion with Creeping Doom or Miscast Magic. No spellcaster can handle that. Couple with a Wizard Slayer for maximum effect.
The Elemental Risks: I don't recommend summon elemental spells (especially the lesser summonings) with mages as either one of two things tends to happen: they either attack you or stand about doing nothing (this is especially true of Air Elementals, they just sit there doing nothing). Do it with priests, it works then.
The many uses of Magic Missile: Annoying spell protections nos. 1 and 2: Mirror Image and Stoneskin. Either of these (and Iron Skins too) fall quickly to one or two Magic Missiles. A level 9 missile will inflict this spell removal against any of these with almost guaranteed effect.
Of course, Greater Malison is one of the game's best spells, and nearly all spells work under its effects.
Spellbook
↑ Back to TopWelcome to the most comprehensive spell guide in the world. This contains a brief introduction to spell types and choice, and includes the effect and my advice for every last spell in the entire game.
SPELL TYPES: There are three spell types - Mage, Cleric, Druid.
Mages have the largest selection of spells and are generally better casters. They have the strongest offensive magics as well as a broad range of effects. Their magic is written from scrolls allowing the player choice of spells.
Cleric magic focuses on healing spells and other buffs. Defensively speaking, they have the best whole-party spells (though mages get better one-person abjurative spells). All priests get a set selection of spells dependant on their god, alignment etc.
Druids are basically clerics that put more emphasis on elemental power (especially fire) and summoning (though they have less choice, they are more effective). In all other respects, Druid spellcasting is identical to Cleric spellcasting.
MAGE SCHOOLS:
Mages can be Specialist Mages, allowing extra spells/level at the cost of another school opposite to the one they have selected.
Abjuration - protective spells. Opposite school - Alteration.
Alteration - changing things for the caster's benefit. Opposite school - Abjuration.
Conjuration - bring things to the caster from elsewhere. Opposite school
- Divination.
Enchantment - change items or enemies somehow. Opposite school - Invocation.
Divination - reading the future or the unknown. Opposite school - Conjuration.
Illusion - making things appear what they are not. Opposite school - Necromancy.
Invocation - calling upon divine powers or similar channelling for offensive spells. Opposite school - Enchantment.
Necromancy - spells relating to the dead, or the restoration of the wounded. Opposite school - Illusion.
THE SPELLBOOK
↑ Back to TopMage Spells - Level 1
ARMOUR (Conjuration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: 10 turns
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
Creates a magical field of force equal to Splint Mail (AC 6). It is cumulative with other AC bonuses and does not hinder movement, spellcasting, nor create encumbrance.
ADVICE - The weakest protective spell, not really worth the spell slot. Useful however, when the Mage has a decent AC anyway, as unlike Shield it is cumulative with other effects.
BLINDNESS (Illusion)
Range: LoS (Line of Sight)
Casting Time: 2
Duration: 10 turns
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature
Blinds the target. Upon a failed save causes -4 to hit on attack rolls and +4 AC penalties.
ADVICE - A good spell. Like all spells, great in conjunction with Greater Malison (that applies to every spell here). Use one the most dangerous enemy.
BURNING HANDS (Alteration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: Half
Area of Effect: Small Wedge in front of Caster
Causes a wedge of flame to leap from the wizard's hands. Any creature hit takes 1d3 damage plus 2 per level of the caster, up to 1d3 + 20. A saving throw causes half damage.
ADVICE - Not bad at all, but I prefer Magic Missile as the lesser damage is countered by no saving throw and better range - use of Burning Hands requires dangerous proximity to the target.
CHARM PERSON (Enchantment)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 5 rounds
Saving Throws: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature.
Affects any one human(oid) creature it is cast upon. That creature is, if the saving throw is failed, under complete control of the caster, though it cannot talk or attack a non-hostile target. Any attempt to harm the charmed creature removes the spell. If more than 1 charm spell effects a person the most recent works. Note also that the charmed person may dislike you after the spell's duration is complete.
ADVICE - Handy against enemies simply to make them help you. However, named NPCs often give you quests and may not after being charmed, so it's not very good on non-hostile NPCs.
CHILL TOUCH (Necromancy)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 1 turn
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: Caster
This creates a weapon the mage may use that causes d8 damage and -2 THAC0 unless a saving throw is made.
ADVICE - Nothing to write home about. OK if your mage is virtually unarmed, otherwise useless.
CHROMATIC ORB (Invocation)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 1
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature
Causes a sphere to fly from the caster to the target. The effect of the sphere depends on the caster's level. 1st level - 1d4 damage and blinds for 1 round 2nd level - 1d6 damage and inflicts pain 3rd level - 1d8 damage and burns the victim 4th level - 1d10 damage and blinds for 1 turn 5th level - 1d12 damage and stuns for 3 rounds 6th level - 2d8 damage and causes weakness 7th level and higher - 2d8 damage and paralyses for 2 turns A successful saving throw negates all effects.
ADVICE - A good spell, as at higher levels it can be really very effective - most likely you'll paralyse any enemy you attack in this manner. The saving throw once again takes it below Magic Missile however
- but I say have one or two in your memory anyway.
COLOUR SPRAY (Alteration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: Medium-size wedge
Creates a lurid fan of colour. Up to six creatures in the Area of Effect must roll a saving throw or be rendered unconscious.
ADVICE - Awful against tougher/smaller groups of enemies, but when used on a large swarm of weaker enemies can be surprisingly effective.
FIND FAMILIAR (Conjuration)
Range: N/A
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 familiar
When cast summons a familiar to aid the caster (note Find Familiar can only be cast by the main protagonist). The familiar acts as a guard/spy/guide etc, and talking to it reveals its many functions. A familiar grants a permanent hit point bonus of half its total hit points. If a familiar dies, however, the mage loses the extra hit points and also 1 point of constitution permanently.
ADVICE - Worth casting once, but unless you want Con.3, you'll just leave it in your pack most of the time. Some can be handy, so it's probably worth it once, but note NPCs can't cast the spell, so don't bother trying.
FRIENDS (Enchantment)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 1d4 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: caster
The wizard, by means of this spell, makes himself more impressive. He temporarily gains 2d4 charisma, and is more likely to receive a favourable reaction from NPCs.
ADVICE - A must for evil mages - they tend to get band responses so Friends is a good spell if your reputation is suffering. Good/Neutral mages should use their spell slot on another Magic Missile though.
GREASE (Conjuration)
Range: 10 yards
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 3 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Special
Area of Effect: 15-foot radius
Causes an area to become filled with slippery sludge. Any creature in the area, friend or foe, must roll a saving throw or slip and slide and be rendered immobile. You must continue making saves until the spell duration expires.
ADVICE - A bit rubbish, but survivable. Again, a reasonable spell against large bands of lesser foes but no match for other spells of its type.
IDENTIFY (Divination)
Range: N/A
Casting Time: N/A
Duration: N/A
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 item
By means of Identify a wizard can discover the function of any item he carries. Just right-click on the item in your inventory, click "Identify" then "Spell" or "Scroll". The item's full information is displayed to you.
ADVICE - The best Divination, extremely useful as identified items are much better than unidentified ones. One or two spell slots is a reasonable amount to give up to this not at all bad spell.
INFRAVISION (Divination)
Range: 0
Casting Time: Instant
Duration: 10 turns
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature.
The recipient of this spell gains the ability to see in the dark like an Elf or Dwarf.
ADVICE - The worst spell in the game. Even if you actually notice infravision, only one character gets it and if you feel it even remotely important you'll have Group Infravision on anyway. Don't bother even writing it, at 50 gps for this spell scroll, it's much better to get the money.
LARLOCH'S MINOR DRAIN (Necromancy)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 1
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell transfers the life force of the victim to the wizard. The target takes 1d4 damage, which then heals the caster. If this takes him over his maximum hit point level, he loses the extra hit points after a few rounds.
ADVICE - For lower level wizards with very small hit point levels, a great spell, equal almost to Magic Missile. At higher levels, nearly useless as it doesn't have enough effect to really make a difference. Can be handy though, and perhaps some casters might like a couple of them available.
Magic: MISSILE (Invocation)
↑ Back to TopRange: LoS
Casting Time: 1
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature.
Creates one or more glowing missiles to hit the target. One missile per two levels of the caster, starting at one at first level but having no more than five at ninth level, strike the enemy, dealing an automatic 1d4 + 1 damage per missile.
ADVICE - By far and away the best level 1 mage spell. Can do surprising damage at most levels, there's no save and no chance of missing. It's also great against Mirror Image, Stoneskin and Iron Skins as well as the amount of hits normally entirely removes those particular spells. Over half your level 1 slots should be Magic Missile.
PROTECTION FROM EVIL (Abjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 10 rounds
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
The recipient of this spell gains a magical barrier that protects him from any evil-aligned creatures. Any evil creatures attacking the protected creature get -2 to all attack rolls. Also, all attacks made by the protected creature against evil creatures get a +2 bonus.
ADVICE - Not bad, though the level 4 priest spell PFE 10' radius is much better. Basically, before all fights with evil creatures cast it. It might not make a big difference but it can help. Note that paladins get it automatically so if you have a paladin you're wasting spell slots with this.
PROTECTION FROM PETRIFICATION (Abjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 3 rounds/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
The creature touched by the mage with this spell gains complete immunity to all petrification attacks, like Basilisk gaze or Flesh to Stone spells.
ADVICE - Obviously, if you know you're up against such attacks, have a few ready so your party is immune. These situations are very rare (unlike BG1), which is why it has been demoted to level 1 for BG2.
REFLECTED IMAGE (Illusion)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 3 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: caster
Creates another image of the caster that does everything he does. There is a fifty-fifty chance that attacks will hit the other image, in which case it will disappear, having taken damage for the caster.
ADVICE - A watered-down Mirror Image, and as such a bit useless. Absorbing one attack? Not worth it when Shield and Armour will last much longer. Don't bother.
SHIELD (Invocation)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 5 turns
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: caster
Creates a barrier of magical energy in front of the caster. It sets the caster's AC to 4 versus normal weapons and 2 versus missile weapons.
ADVICE - A pretty good defensive spell, one is always a good idea. Particularly good against weaker enemies, of course, but still good against tougher ones though. If you already have a lower AC this actually RISES your AC as it sets it, unlike Armour. When you have better than these Acs, drop it.
SHOCKING GRASP (Alteration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 1
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
Causes an electric charge to build up around the caster's hand. The unfortunate victim takes 1d10 electrical damage.
ADVICE - Simply, at low levels it's good, but at the higher echelons of magery not any worth. Does a decent dame but at level 5 Magic Missile will almost always do better. Also there's no range, creating the same problem as Burning Hands.
SLEEP (Enchantment)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 5 rounds/level
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 30-foot radius
Any creature hit by this spell must make a saving throw at -3 or fall asleep for the duration. Monsters with 4 + 3 hit dice or more, Elves/Half-elves and Undead are immune to this spell. There are great bonuses to attacking sleeping enemies.
ADVICE - Like so many level 1 spells, great against the weak stuff but in BG2 most monsters are immune to it. OK sometimes, but mostly it's not worth it.
SPOOK (Illusion)
Range: 30 feet
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 3 rounds
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature
Causes the victim to become afraid of the shadows around him. A failed save (the save is reduced by 1 every 2 levels up to -6 at 12th level) causes the target (except intelligence 1 creatures or undead) to flee for the duration.
ADVICE - Would be a good spell were it not for the poor duration. At higher levels this is actually pretty good due to the big save modifier, but again the terrible duration reduces what is quite a good spell from what it could have been.
Mage Spells - level 2
AGANNAZAR'S SCORCHER (Invocation)
Range: 20 yards
Casting Time: 3
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 2 by 60 foot beam
This spell creates a burning beam of flame to launch from the caster's fingertips. Any creature hit by the flame takes 3d6 damage.
ADVICE - Simply, a good damage-dealer. It's nothing stunning, but perhaps worth a spell slot or two. Note that for me it never seems to hit more than one creature, so if that's this spell's appeal for you, beware.
BLUR (Illusion)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 2
Duration: 3 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: caster
Causes the caster's form to blur and waver, making it hard to land an accurate hit. All attacks made against the mage suffer a -3 to hit penalty. In addition the wizard receives +1 to all saving throws.
ADVICE - Really a very good protection. The problem is many creatures are powerful enough to hit you anyway. The saving throw up however mean this spell is worth having.
DEAFNESS (Illusion)
Range: 60 yards
Casting Time: 2
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature
Successful casting causes the target to become completely deaf, causing 50% spell failure rates. The only way to remove the effects is with Dispel Magic or Cure Disease.
ADVICE - The permanent duration would make this very good if the effects were more pronounced. Nevertheless a handy spell for wizards if other, better, higher-level spells to perform the same function have been pushed out of their spell slots.
DETECT INVISIBILITY (Divination)
Range: 10 yards/level
Casting Time: 2
Duration: 4 turns
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: Special
This spell automatically causes all invisible creatures within the area of effect to be rendered visible for the duration.
ADVICE - Another great spell, this is absolutely vital to you as a mage, as several creatures are invisible. Only one is normally necessary in your spell slots, but it is necessary.
GHOUL TOUCH (Necromancy)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 3
Duration: 5 rounds
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: caster
Similar to Chill Touch, this creates a more powerful hand. Any touched creature must make a saving throw or be paralysed for 5 rounds.
ADVICE - Not that bad, but the short duration combined with minimal effect means it's not really worth the spell slot. Avoid.
GLITTERDUST (Conjuration)
Range: 10 yards
Casting Time: 2
Duration: 4 rounds
Saving Throw: Special
Area of Effect: 1 foot radius
Creates sparkling dust that settles over everything. All creatures touched must make a saving throw or be blinded (-4 to attack rolls, saving throws and +4 to AC) for 4 rounds. In addition, all invisible creatures are revealed for 4 rounds.
ADVICE - Another great spell, one of my favourite at this level as it creates a mass blindness and combines watered-down Greater Malison and Detect Invisibility spells too. Definitely use this, especially against large groups of creatures with possible invisibilities.
HORROR (Necromancy)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 2
Duration: 1 turn
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 15-foot radius
All enemies within the Area of Effect must roll a saving throw or flee in terror.
ADVICE - A simple spell with a simple effect, however it is really quite good for rendering your enemies useless when it's necessary. On some occasions it should be worth the slot it takes up.
INVISIBILITY (Illusion)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 2
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
The touched creature is made totally invisible. He will remain unknown until they attack or do anything other than move or cast defensive spells, when he is revealed. If he is not revealed, the spell will last for a full game day.
ADVICE - Handy for keeping poor fighters that you want to keep out of trouble safe. Generally, however, this spell is not as good as could be hoped for.
KNOCK (Alteration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 1
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 lock
This spell will automatically unlock any lock, or open any door. The exception is locks that are magically warded against unlocking spells - these are normally openable by keys.
ADVICE - Handy to have so you can memorise and then use it when your thief is not adequate for the job in hand. Write it and use it when you need it (which is not often).
KNOW ALIGNMENT (Divination)
Range: 10 yards
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell will reveal the alignment of the target (evil will glow red, neutral blue, and good green). If a saving throw is made nothing is learnt by the caster.
ADVICE - a bit pointless as in general you don't need to know a creature's alignment. If, for some bizarre reason, you do want to know, it takes a while to cast and then the target has a saving throw. Like Infravision, you're better off with the money from selling the scroll.
LUCK (Enchantment)
Range: 10 yards
Casting Time: 2
Duration: 3 rounds
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This charm grants the recipient a bonus of +1 or -1 (which ever is appropriate) to all rolls they make for the next 3 rounds.
ADVICE - Mediocre. The short duration makes it not especially worthwhile, but sometimes you need to do something and can't, in which case Luck may make it possible. Worth having in your book for such rare occasions, but don't waste spell slots.
MELF'S ACID ARROW (Conjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 2
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This makes a magical arrow that burns at flesh it touches. It hits automatically and causes 2d4 acid damage. For every three levels of the caster, it lasts for another round, causing a further 2d4 damage.
ADVICE - The "Magic Missile" of level 2. Always have a few ready. Not only quite powerful, few creatures have acid resistance, it can kill trolls, and is generally handy.
MIRROR IMAGE (Illusion)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 2
Duration: 3 rounds/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: caster
Creates 2d4 exact duplicates of the mage, in a fashion similar to the level 1 spell Reflect Image. Enemies are unable to distinguish between the duplicates and so hits will be allocated randomly. Once a duplicate is hit it will vanish.
ADVICE - My second favourite protection of this level, after Blur. The fact that there is still the possibility of hitting the mage is what makes it weak - Blur reduces the odds to a bit less but they don't change, Mirror Image's does - quite rapidly. Also, there is no saving throw bonus. Good, but stick to Blur.
POWER WORD: SLEEP
Range: 30 yards
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 5 rounds
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
Causes one creature (not undead, elves/half-elves or creatures of over 20 hit points) to fall asleep for the duration.
ADVICE - Not that good. OK, there's no save but it works on very few creatures and doesn't even last that long. Another forgettable spell.
RAY OF ENFEEBLEMENT (Enchantment)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 2
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell causes a beam to strike the target and instantly weaken it. This spell reduces its target's Str. to 5 for the duration, unless a save is made.
ADVICE - Not bad at all - if there was no save I'd say very good indeed. If the save is made it turns even Drizzt into a rabbit. However, there's no saving throw penalty. Worth considering. Note you should only ever use it on warriors of some kind, as it doesn't really affect a mage.
RESIST FEAR (Abjuration)
Range: 10 yards
Casting Time: 1
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell makes the target totally immune to fear or fear magic. The recipient's morale will gradually reset.
ADVICE - Ignore completely. The level 1 priest spell Remove Fear does exactly the same for more people.
STINKING CLOUD (Invocation)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 2
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 20-foot radius
Creates a noxious cloud of green vapours to overwhelm foes. All creatures inside the cloud must make a saving throw or be rendered unconscious for 1d4 + 1 rounds. You must keep making saving throws every round.
ADVICE - Similar use to Horror (for taking out enemies), but can affect your own party or at least not let you close enough. Better to use Horror, though this is second best.
STRENGTH (Alteration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 1 turn
Duration: 1 hour/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
The affected creature become much stronger. This spell automatically alters the recipient's strength to 18/50, regardless or prior score.
ADVICE - A good spell for obvious reasons. I recommend using it with mages or priests who need to be better in a battle. The long duration makes it worthwhile.
VOCALISE (Alteration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 2
Duration: 5 rounds
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 spell caster
The recipient of Vocalise finds themselves able to cast spells without use of voice. All spells cast by the affected caster have the vocal component removed - in other words they can still cast spells if unable to speak.
ADVICE - If you know Silence 15' is coming a perfectly good spell, but that happens so rarely another spell would be better.
WEB (Invocation)
Range: 5 yards/level
Casting Time: 2
Duration: 2 turns/level
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: Special
Creates a giant spider's web to trap foes. Anyone in the area must make a save at -2 or be caught, immobile. If the save is successful you may make your way out, but must continue making saves each round. No physical attacks can be made in the web.
ADVICE - The best spell of its type due to the fact not only does it render your enemies useless, they keep still to be attacked rather than run around like Horror. In addition the duration is massive so it just keeps going. Worth a slot, even above Horror.
Mage Spells - Level 3
CLAIRVOYANCE (Divination)
Range: N/A
Casting Time: 3
Duration: 1 round
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: Whole area
This spell allows the wizard to see the entire map.
ADVICE - Rarely used as most areas are now fog-less (unlike BG1), so it is only useable a couple of times. Perhaps have it available, but don't waste spell slots on it.
DETECT ILLUSION (Divination)
Range: N/A
Casting Time: 3
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 20 foot radius
All illusions of third level or lower within the radius are instantly dispelled, including friendly creatures. Note magic resistance has no effect on this spell.
ADVICE - Not that useful as only the odd mage uses Mirror Image and otherwise the only common illusions are invisibilities, revealed by the much better Detect Invisibility. Wait for True Sight.
DIRE CHARM (Enchantment)
Range: 20 yards
Casting Time: 3
Duration: 10 rounds
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell is almost identical to Charm Person. The exception is that the creature goes beserk, attacking any enemies of the caster. Otherwise all the limitations of Charm Person apply.
ADVICE - A very good spell, if beaten by (Mental) Domination at higher levels. I recommend having one, as extra allies are always very useful.
DISPEL MAGIC (Abjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 3
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 30 foot cube
Everyone within the radius touched by the spell has all magic dispelled instantly, whether friend or foe. There is a percentage chance of the spell dispelling all magic - the base chance of success is 50%. For each level higher the caster is than the target, the chance increases by 5%, for each level lower it decreases by 5%.
ADVICE - A very important spell. Most people use it on enemies, but don't, use Remove Magic for that so your men don't have protections removed. Use Dispel Magic to rid your party of hostile magics first, then as an enemy protection-remover second.
FIREBALL (Invocation)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 3
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: Half
Area of Effect: 20 foot radius
FireBall causes a blossoming ball of flame to explode, causing great damage to all hit. All hit suffer 1d6 damage/level (up to 10d6 at level 10). There is a save for half damage.
ADVICE - Level 3's very best spell. About two spell slots should be given over here - up to 60 damage over a wide area flattens weak opponents and softens tougher ones. Very good indeed.
FLAME ARROW (Conjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 3
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: Special
Area of Effect: 1 creature
Creates one flaming arrow for every five levels of the caster. Each arrow inflicts 1d6 points of piercing damage (no save), and 4d6 points of fire damage (save for half).
ADVICE - One of the finest lower-level offensive spells. 5d6 points of damage will floor many creatures, and the fact it does two kinds of damage (immunities to ranged weapons will block off the piercing but not the fire etc), fires multiple bolts the higher your level and allows no full saves, is a lot of gravy indeed. Very worthwhile.
GHOST ARMOUR (Conjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 10 turns
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell creates an ethereal shield around the recipient's body, that has an AC2, that stacks with other bonuses. It adds no encumbrance and permits spellcasting, stealth and so on.
ADVICE - Not a bad defensive spell by any means but as you can get better spells from the start (the FireShields, for instance), there's just no point. For fighter/mage/thieves, however, this is a truly great spell - AC2 plus any shield or bracer bonuses, with stealth and spells available. It brings out the best in that triple-class. Otherwise, best ignored.
HASTE (Alteration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 3
Duration: 3 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 20' radius
All allies in the area of effect affected by this spell find their movement doubled and gain a -2 initiative bonus. They also gain an extra attack each round. All non-movement/attacking effects are not sped up. At the end the recipients may also suffer a whole day's worth of fatigue.
ADVICE - One of the best utility spells at lower levels, the speed it gives you can serve two purposes - make difficult fights simple as you can attack far faster than your opponent, and if that doesn't work, you can easily flee, regroup and go back for another attempt. One spell slot should be freed for this spell.
HOLD PERSON (Enchantment)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 3
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: Special
This spell holds 1-4 humanoid creatures totally immobile for 1
round/caster level. They cannot perform any actions but are aware of
their surroundings still. Otherwise they remain exactly as they were
before the spell was cast.
ADVICE - The save means that this is essentially only useful very early in the game. Later on it is absolutely useless. Mage/thieves may find it more useful because they can cast this on a target for pick-pocketing then can easily pick-pocket from the victim and get away quickly.
HOLD UNDEAD (Necromancy)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 3
Duration: 2 rounds/level
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: Special
1-4 undead creatures are affected by this spell in exactly the same way as living ones are affected by Hold Person, except the duration is doubled.
ADVICE - When you know you will be fighting undead this is more useful than Hold Person because of the doubled duration. Even so, few targets will be affected simply because the saves will mostly be made.
INVISIBILITY 10' RADIUS (Illusion)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 10' radius centred on caster
All affected creatures are affected exactly as if the spell Invisibility had been cast on them. The durations of each recipients invisibility are separate.
ADVICE - A good spell for creeping up on unfortunate victims unaware, or creeping past enemies you are not confident of defeating. Remember when invisible you can still be heard.
LIGHTNING BOLT (Invocation)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 3
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: Half
Area of Effect: Special
Creates a bolt of sizzling lightning that leaps from the caster's hands directly towards its target. It passes through victims and bounces off walls until it has travelled its maximum distance. It deals 1d6 electric damage/level, up to 10d6. There is a save for half.
ADVICE - At first it seems as good as Fireball, but don't think that. Why? With Fireball you know exactly where the area of effect will be. With this it bounces all over the place and is almost as likely to frazzle your allies as your enemies. Absolutely never use in tight streets with dead ends - it will bounce back at you. In long corridors filled with enemies though, this is utterly lethal. Use down dungeons but nowhere else.
MELF'S MINUTE METEORS (Invocation, Alteration)
Range: 70 yds
Casting Time: 3
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: Special
This spell creates 1 fiery missile for each caster level. When thrown like missile weapons they deal 1d4+3 normal damage +3 fire damage. They also do 1d4 fire damage to every creature in 1' radius. There is a +5 attack roll bonus. A wizards can throw up to 5 per round.
ADVICE - OK, very good hitting chances but not much damage done. This is little more than lots of pathetic flame arrows. The only benefit is you get a few. They aren't even guaranteed to hit like many offensive spells. Leave alone, but if you want it, get it at the beginning as scrolls are very rare indeed.
MINOR SPELL DEFLECTION (Abjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 3
Duration: 3 rounds/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
A total of 4 spell levels are absorbed by this spell. It only affects spells directly cast at the caster. Spells over its level limit will cancel the spell and have their affect.
ADVICE - The very worst spell protection spell around. Don't waste spell slots with this fairly awful spell.
MONSTER SUMMONING I (Conjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 4
Duration: 3 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Special
This spell calls 8HD of monsters to aid you. They are under your complete control, and can perform any action you bid them. They vanish when they die or the duration expires.
ADVICE - On paper, this is a great spell. However, 8HD of monsters will do so little against most opponents it's a poor spell. The foes they will be useful against are so easy to defeat anyway that this is no good really at all. Don't bother.
NON-DETECTION (Abjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 3
Duration: 20 turns
Saving Throw: N?A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
The recipient of this spell is totally immune to the effects of all divination spells that would usually reveal him.
ADVICE - Most NPCs don't use divinations so it has limited use though. On invisible creatures creeping up on foes this is a handy spell. A thief that is invisible and non-detectable can pick pocket anybody. Use when needed but don't keep it in a spell slot.
PROTECTION FROM COLD (Abjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 3
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
The recipient of this spell is, for one turn per caster level, invulnerable to all normal cold damage and absorbs 50% of all magical cold damage.
ADVICE - When facing cold creatures, a good spell but there are two reasons it is pointless. One - cold is so rare you will almost never need it, and two - FireShields have the effects of protecting from elements and dealing damage back, so really there's no point in using this.
PROTECTION FROM FIRE (Abjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 6
Duration: 3 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 Creature
This makes the recipient immune to normal fire, and absorbs 80% of all magical fire damage.
ADVICE - See Protection From Cold advice above. It's the same, in other words don't bother.
PROTECTION FROM NORMAL MISSILES (Abjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 3
Duration: 1 turn/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell's recipient is totally invulnerable to all normal arrows, bolts and bullets.
ADVICE - In BG1 this was a great spell because normal missiles were so common. Not so in BG2. You will so rarely be attacked by normal missiles that you simply will be wasting time with it. The cash from selling the scroll is more worthwhile than writing it into your spellbook.
REMOVE MAGIC (Abjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 3
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 30' cube
This will dispel any magic affecting all foes within the radius. This does not include curses. The base chance of a successful dispel is 50%. For each level the caster is higher than the target the chance is increased by 5%, and it is decreased 5% for every level the caster is lower than the target.
ADVICE - This is almost as important as Dispel Magic. There are two instances this spell should be selected above Dispel Magic. Firstly, if you are going to cast lots of buff spells on yourself and your party. Secondly, if you know your enemies will cast loads of buffs on themselves but have few enchantments that will adversely affect you. Otherwise, use Dispel Magic.
SKULL TRAP (Necromancy)
Range: 20 yds
Casting Time: 3
Duration: Until triggered
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 30' radius
This spell creates a trap that remains in place until triggered by moving too close to it. When this happens the trap explodes causing 1d6 damage/caster level.
ADVICE - A much underrated spell this will stay in place and then do lots of damage (for a level 3 spell) with no save. This is perfect in ambushes, and is effectively a slightly dampened-down Fireball that can be laid as a trap. Certainly worth considering for a spell slot.
SLOW (Alteration)
Range: LoS
casting Time: 3
Duration: 10 rounds
saving Throw; Neg.
Area of Effect: 40' cube
All foes struck by this spell have their movement halved, and have an AC penalty of +4 and an attack penalty of -4. A save at -4 negates the spell. This spell negates Haste and is negated by Haste.
ADVICE - This spell is brilliant if your party relies heavily on ranged fire (ie every party based on a classic BG1 style). It is also good for fleeing or chasing. Consider it whenever you are facing large groups of enemies.
SPELL THRUST (Abjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 3
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell will automatically remove all the target's spell protections of 5th level or lower. Spell resistance does not affect this.
ADVICE - This would be a good spell were it not for the fact that you seldom encounter these spell protections. Higher level protections are quite common but you will find little use for this particular spell.
VAMPIRIC TOUCH (Necromancy)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 3
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
When the caster touches an enemy with this spell, the victim loses 1d6 hit points for every 2 levels of the caster, to a maximum of 6d6. These hit points are added to the caster's total, with extra hit points lasting 5 turns.
ADVICE - Powerful but the caster must get into combat to use it and this means the mage will quite likely sustain damage quickly using this spell. Hence fighter/mages should use it, but otherwise it is wise to ignore it.
Mage Spells - Level 4
CONFUSION (Enchantment)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 4
Duration: 2 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 30' radius
Unless the targets succeeds in a saving throw at -2 the victims become dazed and confused, and wander about randomly, go beserk, stand around or attack party members. They can still attack people attacking them.
ADVICE - This is a very powerful spell and it can render entire hordes of enemies totally useless. It is always best to have a Confusion-type spell handy. With Greater Malison it becomes the best level 4 spell.
CONTAGION (Necromancy)
Range: 30 yds
Casting Time: 4
Duration: Permanent
Saving throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature
Causes a major disease in the victim. Strength, Dexterity and Charisma are all reduced by -2. They also suffer being slowed. The spell can only be removed by Cure Disease.
ADVICE - Quite nasty but no save reduction means it will rarely have any affect. When it does though, It greatly reduces the fighting ability of a foe. Use on powerful NPCs with low saving throws.
EMOTION: HOPELESSNESS (Enchantment)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 4
Duration: 2 rounds + 1/level
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 30' radius
The first effect of this spell is to, upon a failed save, cause all enemies to lay down with the utter hopelessness of it all. The second affect is to instil upon the caster a feeling of courage that counters all forms of fear or panic.
ADVICE - While the affects of this spell are more deadly than Confusion, the save is easy. Against low-level, low-save enemies this is a superb spell. Otherwise stick to confusion.
ENCHANTED WEAPON (Enchantment)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 4
Duration: 1 day
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: N/A
This spell calls into being a mace, axe, longsword or short sword (caster's choice), with a +3 enchantment bonus.
ADVICE - Early on, this is good because it allows you to get good weapons free. Later, though, when better weapons are available, it's just a waste of space. You can do much better in your slots. It just isn't productive enough to make the grade.
FARSIGHT (Divination)
Range: Special
Casting Time: 4
Duration: 3 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: Special
When this spell is cast, an area of unexplored map is made visible so that the caster can spy on what is coming.
ADVICE - In theory you might think a spell that lets you know what's coming is great, but there is a better way to find out what's coming, without wasting spell slots. Save, wade in, if you die, you know what to do in advance. If you survive, no problem. Hence, there's no point in making use of Farsight.
FIRESHIELD (BLUE/RED) (Invocation, Alteration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 4
Duration: 3 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: Caster
These spells create an elemental barrier around the caster. They confer 50% resistance to the corresponding element. They also protect from melee attacks. Opponents hitting the caster take damage of the appropriate element.
ADVICE - Always have one handy, as they are the only spells that get their revenge on opponents as well as conferring protection, and they're good protection. Use the red shield unless you know you'll be facing cold damage as fire is far more common.
GREATER MALISON (Enchantment)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 4
Duration: 2 rounds/level
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 30' radius
All opponents affected suffer a -4 penalty to all saving throws. Spell resistance does not apply.
ADVICE - The best level 4 spell. Not only does it mean that your magical equipment will work far better, it improves the potency of spells beyond belief. ALWAYS use this against groups of enemies with good saves. Note that there are NO scrolls in the game, so if you want it, get it at the start.
ICE STORM (Invocation)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 4
Duration: 4 rounds
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 40' diameter
Great ice blocks rain down from the sky and deal 2d8 points of damage to all enemies in the area.
ADVICE - Three words: Virtually no damage. This spell is awful because 2d8 damage is simply not enough to be dealing at level 7. Forget this spell entirely.
IMPROVED INVISIBILITY (Illusion)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 4
Duration: 1 turn
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
The touched creature is affected as if by Invisibility, with one major difference - when they make a hostile action rather than becoming visible they appear only as a faint distortion in the air.
ADVICE - This is a great spell for protecting fragile archers/spellcasters, as well as being brilliant at helping along thievery. If you think you have characters that could make constructive uses out of this spell, use it, it's surprisingly versatile.
MINOR GLOBE OF INVULNERABILITY (Abjuration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 4
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This creates an immobile sphere in the air that prevents any 1st-, 2nd-, or 3rd-level spells targeted directly at the caster from touching the caster, they are automatically countered. Spells can leave the sphere. Dispel Magic brings down the globe.
ADVICE - A good spell, if not great, against low-level wizard NPCs this is very powerful as the enemy will almost always become powerless. However there are better spells that will find more general use so most of the time this spell should be let alone.
MINOR SEQUENCER (Invocation)
Range: N/A
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: N/A
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
This spell creates a glyph or sequencer that can contain up to two spells of 2nd level or lower. The glyph can be hurled at any time using the special abilities button. The effects of the stored spells then apply to the target. Note you can carry only one sequencer at a time.
ADVICE - This would be powerful but the range of spells available for use is small and unpowerful, so there's little point in using it. If you cast it once then rest then you aren't losing out, but this spell is poor for general use.
MONSTER SUMMONING II (Conjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 4
Duration: 3 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
This spell conjures 12HD of monsters to fight at your side, in the same way as Monster Summoning I.
ADVICE - The same advice applies here as to MS1, the summoned beasts just aren't powerful enough. The MS spells get better as they go along though, but even so there are far more worthy spells around.
OTILUKE'S RESILIENT SPHERE (Alteration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature
The target of this spell becomes frozen in the sphere. They cannot perform any actions, but at the same time actions cannot affect them. They are effectively not there.
ADVICE - A double-edged blade if ever there was one. This spell is a boon and a curse at once. The best use of this spell is to freeze the most powerful foe out of things for a while so you can destroy the rest of the group before taking him on, or even to protect a vital NPC in serious trouble.
POLYMORPH OTHER (Alteration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 4
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell, if the save is failed, turns its unfortunate victim an all his equipment into a squirrel.
ADVICE - This seems like a hugely dangerous spell, but in reality most saves will be made. Hence unless you're fighting low-save enemies this is a weak spell. Otherwise, it's deadly.
POLYMORPH SELF (Alteration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 4
Duration: 1 turn + 3 rounds/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
When this spell is cast the caster can, from his special abilities button bar, transform into any one of the following creatures:
1 - Gnoll, with a halberd +3, +1 fire damage.
2 - Mustard Jelly
3 - Ogre
4 - Spider
5 - Druid forms (black bear, brown bear, wolf)
ADVICE - This is a very handy spell because it allows you to tailor yourself for any eventuality. Lots of spells flying around? A mustard jelly is invulnerable. Can't scratch your enemy? An ogre will sort that out. It is very useful and thus deserves a place in your spellbook.
REMOVE CURSE (Abjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 6
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
If this spell is cast upon a cursed character, the cursed item he/she is stuck with can be dropped, removing the curse.
ADVICE - Never put it into general use but have a copy handy for when you need to remove a curse. Then rest, cast, rest and back to normal. It's useful but doesn't come into use often enough.
SECRET WORD (Abjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 4
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
When this spell is cast at a target, that target has one spell protection of eighth level or lower dispelled. Magic resistance does not affect this.
ADVICE - A specialist use spell, keep it tucked away until you face any wizard, as against wizards this is a peach of a spell for fourth level. Otherwise, don't use it.
SPIDER SPAWN (Conjuration)
Range: 40 yds
Casting Time: 6
Duration: 5 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
This spell creates 1 or 2 (20% chance) spiders depending on the casters level. They obey the caster just like summoned monsters from MS. The types are:
7th level - Giant spider
9th level - Phase spider
12th+ level - Sword spider
ADVICE - There is only one benefit of this over MS, that is you know what is coming. However this means it lacks the versatility. This is just an altered MS, so avoid it, really.
SPIRIT ARMOUR (Necromancy)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 3
Duration: 10 turns
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This creates a shadowy set of armour around the caster, with an AC1 that stacks with all other bonuses. He will also gain a +3 bonus to his saves vs. Spells. The armour does not hinder movement, add encumbrance or stop spellcasting/stealth etc. At the end of the duration, the caster takes 2d4 damage unless he makes a save vs. Spells.
ADVICE - A potent set of armour that will protect a fragile character very well is a good spell indeed. The damage at the end is low and will seldom come into affect anyway. This is a good protection spell that should be considered. Note that of the three good lvl4 defensive spells (FireShield, Spirit Armour and Stoneskin), this is the only one that can be cast on other people.
STONESKIN (Alteration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: 12 hours
Saving Throw: N?A
Area of Effect: Caster
This spell creates layers of solid stone around the caster. They hinder the wizard in no way. A wizard gains 1 layer for every 2 levels he has achieved. Each time the caster would suffer damage, a skin is removed instead. This only works against physical attacks of any kind.
ADVICE - The best defensive spell of lvl4. Always have this one ready - it's fast to cast and it doesn't matter if you take 200 damage, you don't get scratched. It's best because rather than decreasing your chances of getting hit it stops it entirely.
TELEPORT FIELD (Alteration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 4
Duration: 1 turn
saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 30' radius
This spell creates an area of distortions where creatures will be randomly teleported around the area of the spell.
ADVICE - There is only one advantage in this abysmal spell - it gives you time to regroup, heal, and activate defences. Really though it's not a particularly good spell, so don't bother with it.
WIZARD EYE (Alteration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Special
This creates an eye that can see for 60' around it with infravision. It is invisible hence it makes a good spy. It is solid and can be divined and cannot pass through walls. Any gaze attacks met by the eye affect the caster.
ADVICE - See my comments on Farsight for why you shouldn't use this spell.
Mage Spells - Level 5
ANIMATE DEAD (Necromancy)
Range: 10 yds
Casting Time: 5
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Special
This spell raises one skeleton or zombie for each level of experience of the caster. The serve the caster fully until they are killed or turned. They cannot be dispelled.
ADVICE - A powerful spell, repeated castings create a horde of skeletons at your command. While they are emminently usful as a shield, they often get in your way. I recommend using this spell in large areas to screen your party and distract spells, I won the final battle easily by casting this 100 times (literally - 1,000+ skeletons filled up the room so I had to stop). Useful, but can get in your way, basically).
BREACH (Abjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 5
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell automatically removes any combat protections the target has. Magic resistance does not apply.
ADVICE - A great spell, makes NPCs casting spells making them immune to your attacks a thing of the past. This makes life far easier, hence I recommend using it.
CHAOS (Enchantment)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 4
Duration: 5 rounds + 1/6 levels
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 30' radius
In all respects this spell is like Confusion. However 4th level or lower characters get no save and above this it is made at -4.
ADVICE - Well, what are you waiting for?!? An improved version of Confusion makes this a first class spell, so get out there and use it!!!
CLOUDKILL (Invocation)
Range: 10 yds
Casting Time: 5
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Special
Area of Effect: 20' radius
This spell causes a billowing cloud of poisonous vapours to asphyxiate all foolish enough to enter its radius. Creatures with up to 4+1HD get no save and die instantly. Up to 6HD there is a save at -4 or death is caused. Above this there is no save for 1d10 poison damage every round spent in the cloud.
ADVICE - Utterly lethal, this will cause devastation against lesser enemies. Use it, but with caution - hit your own party and they'll start taking damage fast.
CONE OF COLD (Invocation)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 5
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: Half
Area of Effect: Special
When this spell is cast, a cone of ice spreads out in an area five feet long and one foot in diameter for every level of the caster. It drains all heat and causes 1d4+1 damage per level of the caster.
ADVICE - A dangerous spell, again it is worthwhile using if you are careful to avoid hitting your allies. The other benefit of this is it does cold damage, which few foes have protections against.
CONJURE LESSER AIR/EARTH/FIRE ELEMENTAL (Conjuration)
Range: 15 yds
Casting Time: Special
Duration: 1 turn + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: Special
All these spells summon an 8HD elemental to do their caster's bidding. Every time this is cast there is a 15% chance the summoned elemental will attack its supposed master. After being summoned, the caster must engage in a battle of psyche for 3 rounds. If the caster wins control is established, otherwise the elemental goes beserk.
ADVICE - Why you'd want to cast this is beyond me. Let's see, what you're doing is taking MS1 up 2 levels, giving a good chance of getting attacked and taking ages to cast. Ignore these spells utterly.
DOMINATION (Enchantment)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 5
Duration: 9 rounds
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell allows the caster to fully control the actions of the target. The target gets a saving throw at -2.
ADVICE - The only problem with this respectable spell is that there is a high chance of the intended victim escaping it. Don't discount it, but think hard before using a spell slot on it.
FEEBLEMIND (Enchantment)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 5
Duration: Permanent
Saving throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell causes the subject's intellect to degenerate masively. The victim gets a save at -2 to prevent this.
ADVICE - This can have a very pronounced affect on spellcasters but still there is a problem of the save. There is not enough versatility in this spell to justify anything other than an occassional slot.
HOLD MONSTER (Enchantment)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 5
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 30' radius
This spell holds 1d4 creatures of any time immobile just like Hold Person. At the beginning and every nine rounds after, a save at -2 is made to shake off the effects.
ADVICE - Better than hold person but like that spell the chances of enemies avoiding it are too likely. You'd be better off with other spells, though this is no terrible spell.
LOWER RESISTANCE (Abjuration, Alteration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 5
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
The victim of this spell has their magic resistance automatically lowered by 10% + 1% per caster level. There is no save and magic resistance does not apply. This spell is not affected by Dispel Magic.
ADVICE - A good spell but only really useful when you know you're up against a big dragon or something. Don't use generally, but have it available for unusual scenarios.
MINOR SPELL TURNING (Abjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 5
Duration: 3 rounds/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This spell rebounds a total of 4 spell levels back at the original caster. It only works if the spell was directed at the caster. This works only on spells of 4th-level or lower. Dispel Magic functions normally.
ADVICE - A potent effect, but lasts very short periods of time and the spells it works against are enough of a threat enough of the time. Leave it be, I say.
MONSTER SUMMONING III (Conjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 5
Duration: 4 rounds + 1/level
saving Throw: N?A
Area of Effect: N/A
This is exactly the same as MS1 except it creates 16HD of monsters.
ADVICE - Like the others, the monsters simply aren't good enough to make this spell worth casting at all.
ORACLE (Divination)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 5
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 20' radius
When cast, all illusions of 5th-level or lower in the area are automatically dispelled. Note this also works on allies. Magic resistance does not apply.
ADVICE - A good effect, but there are simply not enough low-level illusions hanging around to make general use feasible. But in certain situations this can be a godsend.
PHANTOM BLADE (Invocation)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 5
Duration: 3 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
This creates a weightless blade in the caster's hand. It acts as a +3 sword, with a extra +10 damage bonus against undead. This sword can only be used by the caster.
ADVICE - The same applied as did to Enchanted Weapon, unless you're fighting undead, in which case +13 damage makes it utterly lethal. Don't use in non-undead-infested areas though.
PROTECTION FROM ACID/ELECTRICITY (Abjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 6/5
Duration: 1 turn/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
The affect of these spells is to confer complete invulnerability from the appropriate elements.
ADVICE - Powerful, but so rare it is to find these elements that they should again only be used when it is absolutely necessary, otherwise they are nearly never needed.
PROTECTION FROM NORMAL WEAPONS (Abjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 2
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell confers complete invulnerability to all non-magical weapons. This cannot be cast on someone who is Protected From Magical Weapons.
ADVICE - Very potent, this spell, and despite the short duration will keep you well protected against any lesser creature. Its use becomes less as the game wears on though.
SHADOW DOOR (Illusion)
Range: 10 yds
Casting Time: 2
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
This spell creates the illusion of the caster stepping through a shimmering door and vanishing, in reality he is invisible and can act freely under the effects of Invisibility.
ADVICE - The only reason to cast this above Invisibility is that enemy creatures don't try to find you if you cast it in combat. Is that worth paying three levels for? Nope, so don't bother wasting slots on this one.
SPELL IMMUNITY (Abjuration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 5
Duration: 3 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This spell grants total immunity to any spells of a single school of the caster's choice.
ADVICE - Very potent if you know what spells your foe will be casting at you, but in encounters where you don't know what you're doing, this is no help at all.
SPELL SHIELD (Abjuration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 8
Duration: 3 rounds/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This spell will counter the effects of one spell which would normally cause your spell defences to drop.
ADVICE - As it only works once there is very limited appeal in the spell, but if you're obsessed with protecting yourself, in which case you may want to make more general use of it.
SUNFIRE (Invocation)
Range: Caster
Casting Time: 3
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: Half
Area of Effect: 30' radius
This is identical to Fireball but for two differences. Firstly the effects are centred on the caster (causing no harm to them), second the maximum damage is 15d6.
ADVICE - Quite why you'd want to pay 2 levels for additional damage at higher levels and probably to put your party in danger, is beyond me. This is more dangerous to your party except in circumstances too rare to make it worth using spell slots on it.
Mage Spells - Level 6
CARRION SUMMONS (Conjuration)
Range: 40 yds
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: 7 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
This spell calls into being a magically mutated carrion crawler that will obey all the orders of the caster. There is a 35% chance that two carrion crawlers will be summoned instead of one.
ADVICE - While the carrion crawlers are nasty, it's the same problem with the majority of summoning spells, that the monsters just aren't hard enough. Like MS, best ignored.
CHAIN LIGHTNING (Invocation)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 5
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: Half
Area of Effect: Special
This creates a bolt of electrical energy that leaps from foe to foe, doing 1d6 damage for every 2 levels of the caster.
ADVICE - Though the damage isn't very high, it hits several enemies and they all take some damage, making it good, but when Fireball is acually more dangerous, it makes this spell seem a bit weak. Usable, but not great.
CONJURE AIR/EARTH/FIRE ELEMENTAL (Conjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: Special
Duration: 1 turn/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
When this spell is cast, there is a 60% chance of summoning a 12HD elemental, a 35% chance of a 16HD elemental, and a 5% chance of a 24HD elemental. The caster must concentrate on controlling the elemental for 3 rounds after the spell is cast.
ADVICE - The first half-decent summon spell, it still has a high chance of getting you a poor creature that won't help. However if you insist upon a summon elemental spell use fire, it's damage is super effective against more kinds of enemy.
CONTINGENCY (Invocation)
Range: N/A
Casting Time: 1 turn
Duration: 1 day/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This spell allows the caster to store one spell of a level no higher than one-third his experience level, and set conditions under which it is automatically cast. For instance you might want to cast Protection from Evil if you are attacked. No more than one contingency may be held at a time.
ADVICE - A superb spell - it can really save your skin if you put a sufficiently powerful spell in it. Always have a contingency on you, they really do work wonders.
DEATH FOG (Invocation)
Range: 10 yds
Casting Time: 6
Duration: 15 rounds
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 20' radius
This creates a solid cloud of acidic vapours. Animal life suffers 8 damage per round in the vapours. Summoned creatures are instantly killed by the fog.
ADVICE - Against casters that like to summon creatures, this is brilliant, but like so many spells, it is best used only when you're in a particular situation.
DEATH SPELL (Necromancy)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 6
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 30' radius
This spell instantly kills all creatures under 6HD and summoned creatures in the area. They cannot be resurrected.
ADVICE - The only problem with this is that most creatures are well above 6HD. The only time this spell becomes useful is when you're facing huge hoards of orcs or the like.
DISINTERGRATE (Alteration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 6
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature
The target of this spell must make a save vs. Spells or be turned to dust, along with much of his equipment.
ADVICE - Hugely powrful, with two drawbacks - the save (with greater malison, though...), and the equipment destroying. When you're fighting big monsters with no stuff, get lucky and you can kill them very easily.
FLESH TO STONE (Alteration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 6
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell instantly turns the victim and everything they carry to stone, unless they make a save vs. Spells. They can be shattered if they are attacked, and can only be restored if the reverse spell is cast (Flesh to Stone).
ADVICE - Simply, this is Disintergrate where ALL the equipment is destroyed and the victim can be restored. So use disintergrate instead.
GLOBE OF INVULNERABILITY (Abjuration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 4
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This spell is identical to the Minor Globe Of Invulnerability, except all spells up to 4th level are blocked.
ADVICE - The same as the Minor version - how often do lower level spells get cast at you? Not often. So leave this spell on the scroll where it belongs.
IMPROVED HASTE (Alteration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 3
Duration: 3 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell doubles movement and attack rates of its subject. They gain a -2 initiative bonus. This spell causes no fatigue. It is not cumulative but negates Slow.
ADVICE - Powerful, but only one subject means you'll have one guy zipping miles ahead, getting into potential danger. Hence a lot of micro-management will be involved but if you're OK with thay, this is a good spell.
INVISIBLE STALKER (Conjuration)
Range: 40 yds
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: 9 hours
saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
This spell summons an Invisible Stalker. It has 8HD and obeys the caster utterly.
ADVICE - The Invisible Stalker is a dangerous creature and hence this is a good summon spell. It isn't great in a slogging fight though - use subtlety and its natural invisibility.
MISLEAD (Illusion)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This spell causes the caster to become improved invisible, and also creates an immobile duplicate of the caster, which remains until reduced to 0HP of dispelled.
ADVICE - This is effective against low intellegence monsters as they will attack the dummy, allowing you to prepare or even continue fighting with the monsters unknowing. This is a worthwhile spell, so I recommend keeping one available.
PIERCE MAGIC (Abjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 6
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
The first affect of this spell is, for 1 round/level of caster, to reduce the target's magic resistance by 1%/level. The second is to remove one spell protection of 6th level or lower. Magic resistance does not apply.
ADVICE - This is dangerous when you're facing enemies with MR and spell protections, so use it if you know you're coming up against such NPCs, but otherwise, ignore.
POWER WORD SILENCE (Conjuration)
Range: 30 yds
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 3 rounds
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell totally silences the victim and all within 1 foot for the duration.
ADVICE - The abysmal duration makes this spell terrible, but I used it once in the game... when fighting Irenicus at the end for 3 rounds he was totally unable to defend himself while I lopped hit points off him. That's the only situation it's any use in - buying time against tough wizards.
PROTECTION FROM MAGIC ENERGY (Abjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting time: 6
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This confers 50% invulnerability to all magical based attacks.
ADVICE - A very good spell protection, half a chance of causing problems with spells, I recommend this spell.
PROTECTION FROM MAGICAL WEAPONS (Abjuration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 4 rounds
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This confers total invulnerability to all magical weapons. It cannot be cast on someone who is protected from normal weapons.
ADVICE - Highly powerful, but with short duration, it's high speed casting means that it's built for the thick of combat to buy time. Use it for no other purpose.
SPELL DEFLECTION (Abjuration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 6
Duration: 3 rounds/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of effect: Caster
This identical to Minor Spell Deflection except it it affects a total of up to 10 spell levels.
ADVICE - At last a decent spell protection, that will find decent usage. Problem is it will deflect 2 spells at best, so it doesn't last long. But for that time you're well protected.
STONE TO FLESH (Alteration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 6
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This automatically turns any petrified creature back to life, along with their gear.
ADVICE - You'll use it rarely if at all, but always have it to hand in case, you never know when you'll need it. Don't waste slots on it though.
SUMMON NISHRUU (Conjuration)
Range: 40 yds
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
This will summon a deady, magic consuming Nishruu into being totally under the power of the caster.
ADVICE - Easily more powerful than any summon so far, always have this in a slot, it creates a creature possibly more dangerous than any other to magic users.
TENSER'S TRANSFORMATION (Alteration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 6
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: Caster
This spell turns the wizard into a veritable fighting machine. H's HPs double, his AC is 4 better, his fighting abilities are that of a fighter of his level, each attack is made at +2 and has +2 damage.
ADVICE - Weak spellcasters should use this regularly, it really does turn the caster into a capable fighter - when combat looms, this is a vital spell to use.
TRUE SIGHT (Divination)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 6
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 20' radius
This automatically dispels all hostile illusions in the area.
ADVICE - By far the best divination around, this chops all invisibilities away - you'd be amazed how many invisible characters there are. Always give over a spell slot.
WYVERN CALL (Conjuration)
Range: 40 yds
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: 1 rund/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
This calls a wyvern to appear under the influence of the caster, and it will obey his every command.
ADVICE - This is quite powerful, but to tell you the truth a Nishruu is far better, so use that summon spell, not this one.
Mage Spells - Level 7
CACOFIEND (Conjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: Special
Duration: 15 rounds
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
This will summon a powerful demon into existence that fights anyone, unless they are Protected From Evil.
ADVICE - The danger of it attacking you is non-existent if you have Keldorn in your party, he can cast PFE repeatedly. However, it just seems... the demon never does much damage. No idea why. Maybe it's just me
- anyway, I leave it alone for that reason.
CONTROL UNDEAD (Necromancy)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 7
Duration: 6 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Special
Area of Effect: N/A
This spell control 1-4 undead creatures in the area. They serve the caster utterly for the duration. Undead of up to 3HD get no save, 4HD+ they may make a save to negate.
ADVICE - The attraction of controlling huge undead is obvious, but they almost always make the save. Weeny undead get no save but if you cast Animate Dead, you save two levels and get more minor undead. This makes this spell fairly poor.
DELAYED BLAST FIREBALL (Invocation)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 7
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: Half
Area of Effect: 30' radius
This spell is identical to the spell Skull Trap, except it deals 14d6 damage.
ADVICE - Simply, this spell deals so much damage it can floor several creatures - plus you can use it as an ambush trap as well. I recommend giving over a spell slot to it.
FINGER OF DEATH (Necromancy)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 5
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 1 creature
The target of this spell must make a save at -2, or die instantly.
ADVICE - Incredibly powerful, casting this on lower-save, greater malisoned creatures means a kill most times. Even without these the chance of a kill is still good, plus it can affect ANYONE, no limitations on HD. Definitely worth using.
LIMITED WISH (Conjuration)
Range: N/A
Casting Time: 9
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Special
This spell allows the caster to pick a wish from a list. The higher the wisdom of the caster, the more likely the spells will have beneficial effects - you won't know until they're cast.
ADVICE - The more powerful the wish, the higher the wisdom needed. Never attempt this without high wisdom, but if you do have good wisdom, cast at will.
MANTLE (Abjuration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 4 rounds
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
The effect of this spell is to confer invulnerability to the caster from all weapons less than +3 in enchantment.
ADVICE - Quite powerful, designed to buy time in the middle of combat, to tell the truth I'd rather spend my time casting an offensive spell. Your wizards shouldn't be in the thick of it anyway.
MASS INVISIBILITY (Illusion)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 7
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 30' radius
All allies in the radius of this spell are affected by the spell Improved Invisibility.
ADVICE - A very potent spell, causing your entire party to become invisible, the short duration is the only problem. Otherwise, this a recommended spell.
MORDENKAINEN'S SWORD (Invocation)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 7
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
This creates a sentient sword under the control of the caster that attack and moves independantly of a wielder. It has the THAC0 of a fighter half the wizard's level, and acts as a +4 weapon, dealing 1d16 (+4) damage.
ADVICE - As mentioned above, this bizarrely has a Greenstone Amulet in its protection, which you can pick-pocket of it. Note it can be poisoned! This sword is powerful and can lend an edge in combat, and for the duration it can be used to take on especially scary enemies without the caster and allies getting involved - it can't take normal damage, after all. Not brilliant, but very versatile and often useful.
POWER WORD STUN (Conjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 1
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
The target becomes stunned - if it has up to 29 HPs are stunned for 4d4 rounds, 30-59 for 2d4 rounds, 60-89 for 1d4 rounds, and 90+ are not affected. Note the current HPs are used.
ADVICE - Powerful, as no save is allowed, and I stunned a dragon once when it was down to Injured. However, it only has one target, so if you're facing 1 enemy, this is good otherwise leave it alone.
PRISMATIC SPRAY (Conjuration)
Range: 20 yds
Casting Time: 7
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: Special
Area of Effect: 70' long cone.
When this is cast, a clolourful spray of magic is thrown out. Any creature under 8HD is blinded for 5 rounds by the spell. Also if struck by the rays they suffer other affects, even if over 8HD:
Red - 20 HPs damage, save for half
Orange - 40 HPs damage, save for half
Yellow - 80 HPs damage, save for half
Green - Save or die, if saved 20 HPs damage
Blue - Save or be petrified
Indigo - Save or be feebleminded
Violet - Save or be disintergrated.
ADVICE - Obviously, this spell is shockingly potent, the only problm being you need good range judgement for full effect, but with practice this spell is awesomely dangerous. Worth using, especially against low- save creatures like Umber Hulks.
PROJECT IMAGE (Illusion)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This creates a copy of the caster that is identical in every respect. The caster cannot move while his copy is alive. If he is hurt or the copy killed, he can move again.
ADVICE - Essentially, this is giving the caster a second life. Because of this it can be very helpful indeed provided you find a safe place for the actual caster.
PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS (Abjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 7
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell confers 75% resistance to all forms of magical or non-magical element-based attacks.
ADVICE - Very powerful indeed - a reasonable duration, and if you add Protection from Magic Weapons and Normal Missiles (a nasty combo), you're nearly invincible. Many attacks will be absorbed by this, so it's probably the best defensive level 7 spell.
RUBY RAY OF REVERSAL (Alteration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 5
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This will immediately remove one spell protection of the highest level on the target. Magic resistance does not apply.
ADVICE - This isn't weak, but it's far too high a level, so wasting high slots on it is pointless.
SPELL SEQUENCER (Invocation)
Range: N/A
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
This spell is identical to Minor Spell Sequencer, except that you can store 3 spells of up to 4th level.
ADVICE - When you reach the stage of the game where you're casting 7th level spells, 4th level spells just aren't good enough. Hence this sequencer isn't particularly useful.
SPELL TURNING (Abjuration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 7
Duration: 3 rounds/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This is identical to Minor Spell Turning, except it reflects up to 12 spell levels.
ADVICE - Like all spell protections, despite this being very potent, it doesn't last very long. The effect is good though, and you may want to consider using this.
SPHERE OF CHAOS (Alteration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 7
Duration: 1 turn
Saving Throw: Special
Area of Effect: 30' radius
In the area a save must be made every round or they will be randomly either: polymorphed into a squirrel, confused, set alight, paralysed, disintergrated, healed 20 HPs, randomly teleported, made unconscious or hasted.
ADVICE - You need to know what you're doing when you cast spells, and this is far too random and dangerous to your party. Never cast this, EVER, unless you're only playing for fun, in which case it can be quite amusing and spectacular!
SUMMON DJINNI/EFREETI (Conjuration)
Range: 40 yds
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: 1 round/level / 8 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
This summons the appropriate magical beast to fight on your side. Note they will turn on casters who mistreat them badly.
ADVICE - Powerful creatures, yet the only summon spell on level 7 that's truly fantastic is the Hakeashar one, so while these are fine, use that one.
SUMMON HAKEASHAR (Conjuration)
Range: 40 yds
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: 8 rounds + 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
This summons an even more powerful version of the deadly Nishruu, with similar effects to that spell.
ADVICE - Nishruu are deadly, these are so dangerous I'll go as far as to say I fear them far more than any other summonable creature. Keep this available, use it often, it is simply astonishing how incredible this is.
WARDING WHIP (Abjuration)
Range: 10 yds
Casting Time: 7
Duration: 3 rounds
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This will remove one spell protection from the target, highest level ones first, one each round for the duration.
ADVICE - The Ruby Ray times 3 on the same level - why bother with the other one? This is an excellent spell protection remover, very good when you need it.
Mage Spells - Level 8
ABI DALZIM'S HORRID WILTING (Necromancy)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 8
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: Half
Area of Effect: 15' radius
This drains bodies of water. It does 1d8 damage/level, save for half. Water and plant creatures have a -2 penalty to their save.
ADVICE - Very powerful indeed, and one of the better offensive spells, while I didn't use it much, don't discount it by any means. The big problem is the small area.
IMPROVED MANTLE (Abjuration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 4 rounds
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This spell offers protection from all weapons of enchantment under +4.
ADVICE - Like Mantle, it is useful for fighter/mages in the thick of things, but for most casters it shouldn't be used because you shouldn't be in combat in the first place. Very powerful though.
INCEDIARY CLOUD (Invocation)
Range: 10 yds
Casting Time: 8
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Half
Area of Effect: 20' radius
This creates a cloud of flame. For every round in it you suffer 1d4 damage/level, save for half.
ADVICE - Bad, because the damage is low and the area too small too keep enemies in it so they take lots of damage. Use Horrid Wilting instead, it's much better.
MAZE (Conjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 3
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This traps the victim in an extraplanar maze. The time it takes him to escape depend on his intellegence. When escapes they are returned to the spot they left. Freedom prematurely dispels the maze.
Intellegence under 3 2d4 turns trapped
3-5 1d4 turns
6-8 5d4 rounds
9-11 4d4 rounds
12-14 3d4 rounds
15-17 2d4 rounds
18+ 1d4 rounds
ADVICE - A great combo is with Feeblemind here, they stay gone for ages. This is very powerful, instantly, no save, removing the toughest of NPCs from the equation. Use it to make a fight easier or regroup, heal and preapre, but use it.
PIERCE SHIELD (Abjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 8
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
The victim of this spell first loses 10% + 1%/level magic resistance. Then they lose one spell protection of any level. Magic resistance does not apply.
ADVICE - Powerful, but there are far better spells here, so I leave it alone, you'd be better off with most the level 8s.
POWER WORD BLIND (Conjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 6 rounds
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 10' radius
The affected creatures become blind for the duration.
ADVICE - At this level, blindness is simply not a great enough effect for 6 rounds. It won't help much, so leave this spell well alone.
PROTECTION FROM ENERGY (Abjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 8
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell confers 75% resistance to all non-physical attacks.
ADVICE - Very powerful, the best defensive spell at this level. It's good because your wizard should be out the fighting, but spells can still get him. With Protection From Normal Missiles he's almost invincible.
SIMULACRUM (Illusion)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 9
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This creates a duplicate of the caster, with 60% the level but otherwise identical.
ADVICE - Why bother? You don't need another caster, for that 9 you could cast spells that affect the combat. The spells from your duplicate are of lower level hence a good bit weaker. If it's for misleading enemies try Mislead or Shadow Door.
SPELL TRIGGER (Invocation)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This is identical to Spell Sequencer, except the spells stored may be up to 6th level.
ADVICE - Better than the others, but still the comments I made for them apply, though I think much more of this than the other two.
SUMMON FIEND (Conjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 9
Duration: 15 rounds
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
The same as Cacofiend, but the summoned demon is more powerful.
ADVICE - The same as for Cacofiend.
SYMBOL, DEATH (Conjuration)
Range: 30 yds
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: Special
This symbol remains like a Skull Trap, except that it kills any creature under 60 HPs failing their save. Creatures of over 60 current HPs are unaffected.
ADVICE - Very powerful effect, but most creatures will make their save, and you have to reduce many to 60 HPs, which is hard when you can't set the symbol off by coming too close. Dangerous, but not vastly.
SYMBOL, FEAR (Conjuration)
Range: 100'
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: Special
This symbol causes all creatures to make a save at -4 or flee for the duration.
ADVICE - More likely to work but less powerful, also inconvenient as some enemies just right away so you lose them.
SYMBOL, STUN (Conjuration)
Range: 30 yds
Casting Time: 1 round
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: Special
This symbol is identical to the Fear one except victims are stunned.
ADVICE - Simply brilliant - your enemies stunned totally making them easy targets. This is essential, the best spell at this level. Always have one handy!
Mage Spells - Level 9
ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY (Abjuration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1
Duration: 4 rounds
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This confers complete invulnerability to all weapons except of +5 or better enchantment.
ADVICE - Very powerful but not the best spell on level 9 by any stretch, so there's no point in using because of the considerably better spells around. Otherwise, use in the same fashion as the Mantle spells (buy time in combat). See those entries for further advice.
BLACK BLADE OF DISASTER (Invocation)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 9
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
This creates a sword like rift in the fabric of reality. It acts as a +5 sword the caster is proficient with. It deals 2-24 damage. The sword gives the caster the THAC0 of a fighter of half his level. Every target hit must make a save at +4 or be disintergrated.
ADVICE - For fighter/mages, immensely powerful. For ordinary casters though, they should never get close enough to wield a sword - they should be well out of the way, hence you shouldn't need this spell unless you're a fighter/mage.
CHAIN CONTINGENCY (Invocation)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 1 turn
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This spell is identical to Contingency except you can store three spells of up to any level.
ADVICE - Simply, the greatest spell in the game. Always be able to use it, and try it with Time Stop, Shapechange and Spell Trap! Don't forget to remove Contingency if you get slots at 9th level.
ENERGY DRAIN (Necromancy)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 3
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell automatically drains 2 levels from the target.
ADVICE - Incredibly powerful, but beware you must get close to cast it. Any victim of this spell is going to be considerably less of a challenge. Brilliant for fighter/mages.
FREEDOM (Abjuration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 9
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: Current map
Everyone affected by Maze or Imprisonment in the area is automatically freed and returned to the point they were standing when they were imprisoned.
ADVICE - Never generally use it, but this can potentially be a vital spell. Have it available but not in spell slots.
GATE (Conjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 9 rounds
Duration: 33 rounds
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: N/A
Similar to Summon Fiend, except the summoned monstrosity is of immense power.
ADVICE - The creature here is vastly powerful and hangs around for an age. Note that the duration sometimes means Protection From Evil runs out while the Pit Fiend is still around! I don't use it much but if you want a summoning this is serious stuff!
IMPRISONMENT (Abjuration)
Range: Touch
Casting Time: 9
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell automatically imprisons the touched creature many leagues into the Earth's crust, only to be freed when Freedom is cast, otherwise the victim will be stuck for all time.
ADVICE - I'm not even bothered by the range of this spell - instant imprisonment? Effectively, they're dead, I've never seen any NPC cast Freedom. Instant death, no save. OK, you don't get their equipment, but by the time you can cast this you should have most the game's best stuff anyway.
METEOR SWARM (Invocation)
Range: 90 yds
Casting Time: 9
Duration: 4 rounds
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: Special
This calls burning rocks to rain upon the area. Any struck will take 4- 40 damage, no save.
ADVICE - No save but the 4d10 damage rarely does too much. Plus it can hurt friends, hence I never use this spell, it's far too weak for level 9.
POWER WORD KILL (Conjuration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 1
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This spell automatically slays and creature with 60 or less current HPs, no save.
ADVICE - Another hugely powerful spell. This can floor badly injured dragons even. Really is capable of big things, but I prefer Imprisonment as it just outright destroys, regardless of HPs.
SHAPECHANGE (Alteration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 9
Duration: 5 turns
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This spell is like Polymorph Self, except the available creatures are: Mind Flayer; Iron Golem; Greater Wolfwere; Earth or Fire Elemental; Giant Troll.
ADVICE - A superb spell, which allows you to get into the thick of things. I like to first stun as a Mind Flayer then turn into an Iron Golem, if I get damaged (fat chance!), a Greater Wolfwere to regenerate. Use this spell often.
SPELLSTRIKE (Abjuration, Alteration)
Range: LoS
Casting Time: 5
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: 1 creature
This totally destroys all spell protections of the target. Magic Resistance does not apply.
ADVICE - Very good whenever you're up against wizard NPCs late on, they are fond of protections like this. Only use if you know you're oppoenent will be casting spell protections though.
SPELL TRAP (Abjuration)
Range: 0
casting Time: 9
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: N/A
Area of Effect: Caster
This creates an effect similar to Spell Deflection, that affects up to 30 levels of spells. In addition, it restores to your memory cast spells of equal level to those absorbed.
ADVICE - A superb spell protection - restores spells of yours as it blocks out (lots of) enemy ones. If you want a spell protection, this is the only one to use!
TIME STOP (Alteration)
Range: 0
Casting Time: 9
Duration: 6 rounds
Saving Throw: None
Area of Effect: Special
This spell totally freezes time for all but the caster for the duration. He may cast spells and attack, but the effect will not appear until the spell stops.
ADVICE - Highly powerful, allows you to run away, cast important spells faster and generally sort things out without any difficulties. I suggest using it.
WAIL OF THE BANSHEE (Necromancy)
Range: 0
casting Time: 9
Duration: Instant
Saving Throw: Neg.
Area of Effect: 30' radius
The spell causes a ghostly wail to echo from the caster's lips. Those who fail the save die instantly. Friends are immune.
Playing Multiplayer On Your Own
↑ Back to TopA valuable tool that lets you make your own party meaning maximum effect against all enemies. I recommend this party:
Human cavalier: The ultimate unkillable combat monster. Elf archer: The ultimate ranged beast. Halfling thief: Full thief skills, essential. Human conjurer: Spell casting power doesn't come any easier. Human priest of xxxxx: For healing and creeping doom. Half-orc Kensai: Tres tres nasty, my friends, with str. and con. at 19!
The alternative is the classic BG1 party - the Ranger bash.
Human ranger: combat nasty with bonuses.
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Elf archer: nastier from range.
Human Cleric: Buff/healing/creeping doom.
Human specialist mage: the obvious
Halfling Thief: for the obvious.
I prefer the first one, but it's entirely up to you, I certainly used the second in BG1 (Me, Minsc, Kivan, Branwen, Dynaheir, Quayle/Safana/Imoen).
Of course there are countless combinations and you can experiment, those are just the most common ones. Themed parties are great for a bit of fun also.
How To Kill A Dragon
↑ Back to TopPossibly the most powerful and diverse species you encounter is the dragon. There are five in the game, all of different species, that do different damage. And you might think that your hero with 125% magic resistance, cloak of mirroring and the Dragonslayer sword is safe, but oh no...
Here's a run down on the three dragons you fight (you help the Silver Dragon, and she helps you, see Underdark section, and the other one is avoidable).
Red: The Red Dragon is actually Lord Jierdan Fikraag. He is found underneath the Windspear Hills. BREATH TYPE: fire damage, circular radius. MAGIC RESISTANCE: very high. ITS MAGIC: level 3/4 spells (hold person, dispel magic, stoneskin). HORDE: money, red dragon scales, Holy Avenger Carsomyr +5.
Shadow: This Dragon is under the Ruined Temple. You can be rendered
invisible to it by a Wardstone.
BREATH TYPE: electric damage, cone radius.
MAGIC RESISTANCE: medium.
ITS MAGIC: level 3/4 spells.
HORDE: money, shadow dragon scales, crom faeyr scroll.
Black: Called Nizidramonii'yt, this is Irenicus' steed, found in the
Woodland Clearing NE of Suldanessellar.
BREATH TYPE: acid damage, cone radius.
MAGIC RESISTANCE: low.
ITS MAGIC: equivalent to level 1/2 with stoneskin too.
HORDE: money, cup of life, bladeslinger chain +4.
In addition all dragons do great damage with their slashing claws and have "wing attack", which blows your party away unconscious (I believe there is a save vs. Spells, but it has a very large penalty).
Of course if you have Lower Resistance then suddenly that high magic resistance is not so much of a problem, and Finger of Death preceded by Greater Malison will finish off most any beast.
Credits: AND ADDENDUM
↑ Back to TopCredits: To Rasskazov Konstantin and eagle3 for information on the
Plane of Air bit.
Jay h cunningham for some player character info.
Medanmann for far too much stuff to list here!
Michael Koo for plenty of stuff.
Jody Hehenkamp for even more help.
Jordan Cherncev for a large heap of useful stuff also.
Drogo (keep up the Dragon's Breath Tavern!), Cyber_bob and
many, many others for bringing stuff to my attention. There are
literally dozens so instead of mentioning everybody here, I'll thank you
all as a whole!
I'd especially like to re-mention Medanmann, Mike Koo and Jody
H, as they gave hordes of help and were very supportive, polite and
courteous.
To everyone who's helped with finding magic items so far, I've
been inundated with e-mails about this!
To all of you who send e-mails of encouragement - it's
appreciated!
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Acknowledgement
Annotated by hellkite_7 for the RPG Gamers archive.