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HoW is included in my game. I have EE but this isn't. Bought it on GoG. (Somewhere I have the discs as well) We have now started coming up against trolls. The Bastard Sword +1 tht does flame damage is useful there and Picky used fire arrows when they are near death. I only have a few of them so...

Things going well at the Dragon's Eye. We've rescued some villagers and levelled up as well. :) Things weren't going well against a sword spider until I thought of "Command!"

I buffed the whole party with bless and haste; the paladin with cat's grace and protection from evil, the cleric with protection from evil and draw upon holy might, the illusionist priest with armour and mirror image. The skeletons/zombies held the verbeegs off long enough for the party to kill...

Apparently we now have to go to the Dragon's Eye. The temple of the forgotten God was easy enough due to sending buffed undead ahead of the party. :) I was a bit over-cautious, but it's better to err on the side of caution. :)

That will make it straightorward then. :) The party used slowly, slowly, catchee monkey tactics to reach Kresselak. I think that I will deal with the goblins before Auril. EDIT I didn't bother with all the goblins, talked to Gherek and got a useful cloak inside the mill. Killing the priest...

Even if the orcs do have bows, you can pop inside the ship and get healing at your leisure, rebuff the party etc.

Yup. If you go to the right of the shop you can exit through some steps. When you are outside you can't go anywhere so you are perfectly safe from the yetis and can pick them or any other enemies off at your leisure. Of course orcs with bows can fire back but it is quite a useful tactic for when...

After our party was ambushed and an avalanche wiped out most of our party we fought against some minor parties of goblins. When our spells ran out, we tried resting in order to re-memorise them. Every time we tried to rest we were awoken by parties of Goblin Archer Marshalls, some of the parties...

Thanks. Some useful info there. I have found that although IWD and Baldur's Gate are similar, I have had to develop a different fighting style. The battle that I found difficult against the ogre and orcs in my first game became remarkably easy if I used sleep first and then retreated so I only...

That accounts for the goblin not having the high quality morning star that he had in the first game. Not a game-changer. Is the sword that you mentioned large or great? There is a half-decent large sword (plus two) Erevain's Broad Sword available right at the beginning, but I'm not sure that...

The new party

I'll try again with a very similar set-up. However, this time my paladin will have great sword skill and my illusionist/thief will have armour as a starting spell. I couldn't get it till well into the game last time. What's more if I failed to memorise it, I might not get it at all. There's a...

Here are two more pictures of Machchapuchare, one when I went on the Mardi Himal trek with my wife, the other from the roof the house we rented. :) Somewhere I have a beautiful sunrise from my house, a completely different vibe again. On the Mardi Himal trek the hotel wasn't quite finished. No...

Journal of Greta Greatsword Final entry The spells of the skeletal mage were such that I was the only one to survive and had to leave behind the equipment of my party. :( I only had sufficient gold to raise Finnan. I gave him my +1 hammer and bought him some splint mail. Upon returning the...

I will probably post others later if they are relevant to the plot. I spent three years in the area, but didn't get into the mountains as often as I would have liked as work had to come first. :( I did however get views of the mountains from thirty miles away on arising in the morning. I was...

When Mytos started casting spells we hastily retreated but Gnifty was still held. Mytos didn't follow us but the skeletons did and died as a result. We rested and returned. Finnan cast silence and this made Mytos helpless. Later a trap put us all to sleep. Gnifty had been looking for traps but...

Journal of Greta Greatsword. Progressing nicely through the Valley of Shadows though Finnan got paralysed by a carrion Crawler we survived. We have killed an abundance of yetis including their chief.:)

Well we got to Kuldahar and have done some shopping. Now poor again. Only 2gp left!! We should get better rates at the inn now. Wish that we had more gold!!

My experience so far makes me conclude that having another fighter in the party would have been helpful. Kuldahar reminds me of Tatopani in the Kali Gandaki Gorge. It means hot water, due to the thermal springs. (There are many places called Tatopani in Nepal) Tatopani which has orange trees...

I am discovering how different the game is compared to Baldur's Gate. Sleep and Command are nowhere near as effective. This resulted in my death. However my comrades were able to clear the cave and returned to the temple to raise me. After the avalanche we are proceeding to Kuldahar.