Zaram Maldovar's Poorly Played No-Reload Cemetery (Attempt #53: KorraThe Cleric/Ranger)

[ZaramMaldovar]

Greetings all, and welcome to The Future Home of my Poorly Played No-Reload Cemetery.

I am Zaram Maldovar and I will be your guide to death after death after death....unless I happen to get lucky of course. My current attempt is active on the Beamdog Forums but if it proves to be unsuccessful than I shall be moving here to the Tavern RPG Forum.

For those of you who don't know, I am running the gauntlet on classes and playing another class at random whenever I fail. Here are my attempts so far

Attempt #1: Zhira the CG Human Shadowdancer: Killed by Osmadi's Black Bear in Chapter 4
Attempt #2: Constantine the CN Human Necromancer: Killed by a Gnoll in High Hedge in Chapter 1
Attempt #3: Harlow Petra the the CN Gnomish Jester: Killed by Kagain's Caravan Bandits in Chapter 1
Attempt #4: Sovrek the NG Half-Elf Beastmaster: Killed by Kaldran the Bear in Durlag's Tower in Chapter 7
Attempt #5: Erza the CN Half-Elf Blade: Killed by a Vampiric Wolf in Chapter 3
Attempt #6: Tan the NE Gnomish Skald: Killed by Spiders in the Candlekeep Catacombs in Chapter 6
Attempt #7: Kala the LG Half-Orc Inquistor: Killed by Zargal in Chapter 1
Attempt #8: Bumbleblade the LG Halfling Cavalier: Killed by Melicamp's Wolf in Chapter 1
Attempt #9: Raguk the LN Half-Orc Kensai: Killed by Mulahey in Chapter 2
Attempt #10: Grax'lor the NG Half-Orc Priest of Lathander: Killed by Xan's BG1 NPC Project Foes in Chapter 3
Attempt #11: Khira the LN Halfling (Rebalanced) Wizard Slayer: Killed by Ziatar in Chapter 9 (My Best Run So Far)
Attempt #12: Twelve the LG Elven Abjurer: Killed by a Gibberling in Chapter 1
Attempt #13: Duerra the LG Dwarven Defender: Killed by a Worg in Chapter 1
Attempt #14: Kalos the CN Elven Assassin: Killed by a Kobold in Chapter 2
Attempt #15: Urga the NG Half-Orc Transmuter: Killed by Carbos in the Prologue (My Worst Run So Far)
Attempt #16: Kanto the TN Human Avenger: Killed by Ajantis in Chapter 2 (In Retaliation for siding with Edwin against Dynaheir)
Attempt #17: Sinnoh the NG Halfling Thief: Killed by Landrin's Spiders in Chapter 1
Attempt #18: Johto the CG Dwarven Cleric: Killed by a Worg in Chapter 3
Attempt #19: Unova the CG Gnomish Cleric/Mage: Killed by Karlat in Chapter 1
Attempt #20: Galar the CN Gnomish Priest of Talos: Killed by Cronus in Chapter 1 (I think he's somehow connect to Verr'sza whom I've never actually played in a full run to be honest)
Attempt #21: Nikora the NG Half-Elf Archer: Killed by Senjak in Chapter 2
Attempt #22: Aro the LG Human Sun Soul Monk: Killed by Mulahey in Chapter 2
Attempt #23: Dhira the LG Human Priest of Tyr: Killed by a Gibberling in Chapter 1
Attempt #24: Gorndar the CE Dwarven Blackguard: Killed by Dwarven Doom Guards in Durlag's Tower in Chapter 7
Attempt #25: Xorris the CG Half-Orc Fighter/Mage/Thief: Killed by Tazok in Chapter 3
Attempt #26: Brekker the CN Halfling Berserker: Killed by Neira in Chapter 2
Attempt #27: Frost the LE Human Dark Moon Monk: Killed by a Gibberling in Chapter 1
Attempt #28: M'yrnn the TN Halfling Shapeshifter: Killed by Black Talon Elites in Chapter 4
Attempt #29: Thorne the CN Half-Orc Fighter/Thief: Killed by Pasha Kohvu in Chapter 1 (Definitely connected to Verr'sza)
Attempt #30: Tredik the CG Half-Elf Priest of Tempus: Killed by Tarnesh in Chapter 1 (Surprisingly the first time this happened)
Attempt #31: Zhindra the NG Human Cleric/Ranger: Killed by Black Talon Elites in Chapter 3
Attempt #32: Troughton the CG Dwarven Cleric/Thief: Killed by Greywolf in Chapter 2
Attempt #33: Buffy the LG Human Undead Hunter: Killed by Greywolf in Chapter 2
Attempt #34: Discord the CG Half-Elf Illusionist: Killed by Carbos in the Prologue (Slightly better than Attempt #15 cause at least Carbos got a critical hit this time)
Attempt #35: Kithra the CG Half-Orc Fighter/Cleric: Killed by a Gnoll in Chapter 1
Attempt #36: Armund the CG Half-Elf Illusionist: Killed by Bandits in Chapter 1
Attempt #37: Zurtha the CN Half-Orc Abjurer: Killed by something near the Cloakwood Mines in Chapter 4 (I lost the screenshot)
Attempt #38: Zaram the LE Elven Invoker: Killed by Tarnesh in Chapter 1
Attempt #39: Lyra the LN Half-Elf Illusionist: Killed by Tarnesh in Chapter 1
Attempt #40: Wronath the NG Human Shapeshifter: Killed by Karlat in Chapter 1
Attempt #41: Mhira the LN Human Monk: Killed by a Hobgoblin in Chapter 1

And Finally

Attempt #42: Zork the LG Dwarven Paladin (Ongoing, see Beamdog Forums for more details)

 

[ZaramMaldovar]

Guys head on over to my previous No-Reload Thread to see how Zork the Paladin became Zork the Fallen Paladin. His story suddenly feels very compelling.

 

[ZaramMaldovar]

Alas Zork the Fallen Paladin has fallen for the final time. In honor of a new thread I shall begin my class selection at 0 again which means all classes are back on the board for another round. So let's see what we get

Attempt #43: Akora the Archer

 

[ZaramMaldovar]

Hmmm...I can't seem to do screenshots on this forum. That may be an issue

Edit: Ok I see the issue. How do I turn my files from .png to .jpg?

 

[Urdnot_Wrex]

If you open an image for example with Paint or similar programs, you can just pick "save as" and choose .jpg
To convert larger amounts at once, there's software for that but I don't know one, I'm sure @mlnevese does though.

You can upload .png as well, it's just that the file size limit per picture is 3MB.

 

[Antimatter]

This forum's software actually allows more than other forum's one. You can attach jfif, pjpeg, jpeg, pjp, jpg, png, gif, and even webp. The size should be under 3 MB, which is a LOT, but sometimes BG/IWD screenshots can be a little bit more than 3 MB. So you don't need to turn your files from png, @ZaramMaldovar, but might just decrease their size in Paint 3D sometimes.

 

[ZaramMaldovar]

This forum's software actually allows more than other forum's one. You can attach jfif, pjpeg, jpeg, pjp, jpg, png, gif, and even webp. The size should be under 3 MB, which is a LOT, but sometimes BG/IWD screenshots can be a little bit more than 3 MB. So you don't need to turn your files from png, @ZaramMaldovar, but might just decrease their size in Paint 3D sometimes.

Yes my files seem to float around 2-5 MB

I admit I have no clue what I'm doing but I'm going to try use Paint 3D and if that doesn't work I might just have to deal with posting my run on my old thread. Which I don't want to do because I like the reactions here.

How exactly do I make these smaller without cropping it or making it illegible?

 

[ZaramMaldovar]

Attempt #43: Akora the Archer

Now converted into JPG for more convenient use

Spoiler

 

[Cahir]

Yes my files seem to float around 2-5 MB

I admit I have no clue what I'm doing but I'm going to try use Paint 3D and if that doesn't work I might just have to deal with posting my run on my old thread. Which I don't want to do because I like the reactions here.

How exactly do I make these smaller without cropping it or making it illegible?

The easiest way is to open the image in Paint 3D (or any other image editor) and save it again (using Save as option), selecting the .jpg extension (instead of default .png or .bmp). This will reduce the image size (in terms of disk space) significantly. You don't need to crop it in Paint or any other software, if you don't feel comfortable to do so, just save it again with JPG extension.

 

[Urdnot_Wrex]

The easiest way is to open the image in Paint 3D (or any other image editor) and save it again (using Save as option), selecting the .jpg extension (instead of default .png or .bmp). This will reduce the image size (in terms of disk space) significantly. You don't need to crop it in Paint or any other software, if you don't feel comfortable to do so, just save it again with JPG extension.

I agree. What Antimatter said about cropping works as well, but I find converting to .jpg the fastest solution, although depending on the original image size you sometimes have to adjust the compression.

 

[Urdnot_Wrex]

Oh and another advice, if you're a fan of long posts. The maximum number of attachments is 30 per post, and also there's a character limit, not sure how much, I have only hit it once, but if you use the Save Draft (upper right corner of the post) you can easily split it later if it turned out too long.
I think the save draft even autosaves after a while, but I wouldn't rely on it.

It keeps the save for a week IIRC, and you don't find the save on your profile or something, you can access it simply by going back into the respective thread down in the reply window.

 

[ZaramMaldovar]

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An interesting new quest from what I can only assume is Shades of the Sword Coast, Lava is this you?

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Why is Ulgoth's Beard over here now?

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Oh this is going to be hilarious

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Seems fitting Jaheria should level up and obliterate that wizard after he killed Khalid

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Goblins? on the Coast Way? It's more likely than you'd think

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Who's idea of a sick joke is this? XD

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"Gods you look like one big bruise"- Akora

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*Insert Dobby joke here*

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And the world's weakest backstab saves the day!

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Glam's NPC pack is brilliant, I already love this character she's a raving lunatic narcissist ala Tiax and I will protect her with my life (well not really because it's a no reload run but you know what I mean)

 

[Antimatter]

What mod setup do you play with? Also, having looked at your list, jeez! Attempt #45, and it looks like the furthest you've reached is Chapter 7. A great idea though!

 

[BelgarathMTH]

I have another suggestion that will make this new thread much more readable as it lengthens. Please spoiler tag most of the screenshots. What is going to happen if you don't is that the thread will go nuts jumping around trying to download all the screenshots on the user end every time it's opened, which will discourage me from opening it to read new posts.

 

[Urdnot_Wrex]

it looks like the furthest you've reached is Chapter 7

*coughs as discreetly as an adult Krogan can manage, meaning it only shakes one or two walls*

Attempt #11: Khira the LN Halfling (Rebalanced) Wizard Slayer: Killed by Ziatar in Chapter 9 (My Best Run So Far)

But yeah it's a cool idea and you're definitely persistent.

Just out of curiosity, do you sometimes like to play other games too or are you 100% focused on Baldur's Gate?

I'm rather impressed it took you so long to have a run ended by Tarnesh!

 

[ZaramMaldovar]

*coughs as discreetly as an adult Krogan can manage, meaning it only shakes one or two walls*




But yeah it's a cool idea and you're definitely persistent.

Just out of curiosity, do you sometimes like to play other games too or are you 100% focused on Baldur's Gate?

I'm rather impressed it took you so long to have a run ended by Tarnesh

I do play other games but most of my focus is on Baldurs Gate. Call it an Autistic Special Interest

@BelgarathMTH

I was going to do that but it seems to blur it out rather than put it in a nice folder like Beamdog Forum does and that gives me uncomfortable sensory issues

 

[Antimatter]

You can include a spoiler this way:

[spoilerX]

pic.jpg

[/spoilerX]

remove the X part:

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[ZaramMaldovar]

Thanks also Akora is 43, not 45 lol. Not that it matters as you'll see after my next post

 

[ZaramMaldovar]

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Sorry about your husband lady. But I'm definitely keeping this sweet sword

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Rasaad you kill stealing....*REEEEEEEEEE!*

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After seeing that giant Rhino Beetle I don't think I'm particularly interesting in what else you might want to do at my current level. Perhaps next time

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I'm splitting at the seams here lol

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This is what I get for not paying attention during the fight. I thought I had this in the bag


@Antimatter Hooray it worked!

 

[ZaramMaldovar]

Attempt #44: Whye the Dragon Disciple (As in why do I keep dying lol)

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I love the idea that I basically skewered Shank in the throat with a dart in one hit lol


Hopefully this run goes better than my typical magic user runs do.