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Quick Note on Alena's Game: A Matter of Concern (Or Why I May Need to Retire Alena) In recent editions SCS has moved further and further in the direction of altering the original adventure's game mechanics. Early in SCS's life cycle, changes were few and inconspicuous. The focus was on high...

Alena, Halfling Priest of Lathander, Canon Party Run: The Mind Flayer City- About Those Hips Do you remember when I said I didn't trust myself in the Mind Flayer City? I should have said I didn't trust myself yet. I was waiting for something. I was waiting for Jaheira. As measured by XP...

Good to see you again, Wise! Glad you got to spend sometime with your grandkids. @Borco has been doing RL stuff too recently. He mentioned a music festival. I hope you’re having fun, B! Back to BG: A dragon near Nashkel? That’s crazy. Where did it come from?

Alena, Halfling Priest of Lathander, Canon Party Run: Bodhi's Lair I'm not sure who I feel most sorry for. Drizzt, who had to watch us buff for a month and a day; Bodhi and her kin, who were summarily executed; Or Haer'Dalis, who's going to hear even more gloating from Aerie. It's a tough one...

Alena, Halfling Priest of Lathander, Canon Party Run: Watcher's Keep Level 2 I have a confession to make. I'm not sure I've ever done Watcher's Keep with a party. I'm pretty certain Alanis and Aphril didn't do it. Same with Alesia. That leaves only my early runs, and I find it hard to imagine...

Alena, Halfling Priest of Lathander, Canon Party Run: The Talent Show After a few drinks at the bar in celebration of their successful lich hunt, the party retired to the playhouse. Inspired by spiced wine as much as judgement, they decided to hold a talent show. Rallying the rodents of the...

Alena, Halfling Priest of Lathander, Canon Party Run: Liches Gots to Learn Minsc! What are you doing over there? And what's with the hat? Seriously, what’s up? Be quiet? Why do I have to be quiet? Fine, why do I have to be very, very quiet? Liches. Right, we're back from the Underdark so it's...

Alena, Halfling Priest of Lathander, Canon Party Run: The Return to Athkatala Don't look now, but we're all grown up. That's how it feels, at least. It's not because we have reached an arbitrary level, and it's not because we've been winning fights. It's because we can now stand our ground...

Thanks! Developing each character along the lines suited to them, and in the context of a team strategy, is one of the most enjoyable things about party play. I'm good with Imoen and Aerie because I used them in my last party game, with my sorcerer(*). That's where their nicknames come from...

Right. That's why Imoen's use of Mass of Invisibility was a clue. It implied that Minsc still had RoAC II in reserve. He should have activated his ring before charging the mage

Have you run parties before? It's like riding a bicycle. More precisely, it's like riding a bicycle on ketamine. You'll feel super-wobbly at first, but it'll come back to you and you'll get stronger as time goes on. By now it feels far, far easier than solo play, at least at this juncture. It...

I need to verify this in game. The original version of Chill Touch was unenchanted, with the cold part bypassing Stoneskins, making it an interesting choice against ProMW. In this game I tried it against ProMW and it didn't work. I checked the resource file and was surprised to find that is was...

A Blade Barrier in BG1. Yikes. Good thing you noticed in time

Alena, Halfling Priest of Lathander, Canon Party Run: A Side Battle for Funsies In my last post I mentioned that I wasn't satisfied with our performance against the demon knights. I also said I might try it again, as an experiment. Guess what: I did. That's what this post is about. Here's...

Alena, Halfling Priest of Lathander, Canon Party Run: The Underdark, Part 4 Back to Ust'Natha we go. We accept Phaere's eggs and Solaufein's. Aerie was tasked with the heist because of course she was. With Sanctuary and SI: D, success was guaranteed. Since I have a long history of muffing up...

Alena, Halfling Priest of Lathander, Canon Party Run: The Underdark, Part 3- The Kuo-Toan Prince I'm sorry everyone. I accidentally deleted this post's most important screenshot. I'm going to ask you to picture it instead. It's the Spelljammer beholder encounter. The party is invisible, with...

Agreed. I'd need to do a proper novelization, and yes, it would be difficult. My primary interest is in finishing Arcadia's story. That one had potential. The plan would be to do Alisa first, as a way of getting into practice. I'd then proceed to Arcadia. It is a major undertaking, but the...

Quick Note: I spent some time reading old runs last night, and it gave me a couple of ideas. I'd appreciate feedback on both of them. Idea 1, Re-Write My Old Runs: I've long been torn between my desire to play the game and my interest in writing Baldur's Gate inspired stories. Doing both at...

It can be super-useful or super-useless, depending on your party and the page you get. It's been awhile since the Book of Infinite Spells has figured prominently in one of my runs, but with this crew, and the book on Spell Turning, it will literally be an every fight item from now until the...

Alena, Halfling Priest of Lathander, Canon Party Run: The Underdark, Part 2- Simply Divine For much of this run Alena has played a support role. Not anymore. With her buffs at L17, and with multiple Breach stopper options at her disposal, including Spell Turning form the Book of Infinite...