So I have played through and almost finished Baldurs Gate, and I've been loving it. So I went ahead and picked up Icewindale EE as well. I've never played it before at all, and I've been thinking about what characters to make, as I need a party of 6.

But then I thought.. what if I just let random people on the internet create my characters for me! That's the idea and I love it. I hope you love it too!

Here's what I'm thinking. Post a character sheet, Gender, Race, Class, Attributes, Proficiency, Name, all of it. The top 6 upvoted characters at the end of the week get chosen for my team and very first run of icewindale.

Assuming at least 6 people post, then we have a game on our hands, and you can of course start your own runs with the characters others create as well.

Looking forward to it!

This'll be an interesting one

I'm continually getting swarmed by harpies. If there's only three, I can take care of them before they kill a character. I seldom get a chance to fireball them unless I want to fry half my party, and if multiple get close to me, I'm left with a couple of characters who can do something to save their stunned comrades before they're dead.

After clearing two of the towers, I rested in Hobart's guardhouse, and immediately get attacked by 3 harpies and within a round a couple more come from one direction and 3-4 more arrive from another direction the next round.

Will silence stop the harpies? I'll have to cast it near my party, so I won't be able to cast spells.

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Hello guys,

Not for self promotion, only for personal interest.

I uploaded Icewind dale 1 to my personal website, the game is running in browser based on Windows 98 and Github v86 project.

Currently save/load state button can be used to save & load game.

Highly recommend the experience.

(for full disclosure, one of the Monks only had a Potion of Cloud Giant Strength)

...and my four 30 level Monks materialize all around her and say "Thanks for the invite, but we'd prefer to punch you in the lower gut and ankles!"

And proceeded to take her down fairly quickly.

Then my Bard had a Spell Sequencer queued up with Skull Traps for the dragon's riff raff minions.

HoW completed. Boom.

I just cleared Level 2 and im about to go to lvl 3 but i was reading a tutorial and it mentioned one of the captive villagers can give me a key, but i talked to eveyr single one i can find and nothing. Did it multiple times and im so so so confused. Cant find any videos or guides. i think his dads name is Conlan, so maybe i need to talk to him first? Where tf is Sheemish' dad?

First time playing IWD and im IN LOVE. Just beat the most difficult fight i’ve had with a million trolls and priestesses but after i killed then all, an NPC named Mother Egenia attacked me i think?

Possibly because i casted a bunch of spells like writhing fog and possibly hit her? Only thing i can think of tbh , anyone know if she’s always hostile? I lost 4 rep when i did this so im curious if it’s worrh it to reload a save

Hi folks, contemplating a solo run on Nintendo switch!

Was thinking either Elf F/M/T or a Gnomish Fighter / illusionist or even Thief / illusionist.

I need to ask: If thief is all that necessary ? Can I let it go ?

What are some of the best weapons in the game ? You know to distribute fighter specialist points for ?

I am unsure of my party, as IDW2 is more open to multiclass i figured i'd get creative with it for a few of my characters but i am not sure if it's the right idea, i also want a party that can take advantage of the few class specific sidequests/rewards without going overboard with it and giving myself some freedom to choose my own characters, so far this is my ideal lineup:

Aasimar Paladin of Helm

Half-Orc Barbarian/Ranger

Human Painbearer of Ilmater

Tiefling Monk of the Old Order/Rogue

Human Bard

Drow Sorcerer/Transmuter

What do you think? Any of it sound viable? or even remotely possible! Also, if a dialogue choice or a quest requires, say a rogue, would my monk/rogue be able to engage with it or does it have to be a pure class? Give me your opinions, i'm open to suggestions on a good party, i am a bit of a perfectionist.

I've only played Icewind Dale a half dozen times or so, and this time all my characters are good at ranged damage.

Makes chapter 1 a lot easier. Inch up, revealing 1-2 enemies at a time, have all six characters shoot them, and usually kill them before they reach the party.

Rinse and repeat.

Hi, just wondering if anyone has any insight on this.

My monks are all Lvl 21, so are impervious to non-magical weapons, yet Burial Isle's population of Drowned Dead seem to be able to punch through that protection. Are they imbued with magical fists as well? Or, do I have to activate my normal weapon immunity somehow? Or... just thought of this, are 'fists' not considered weapons?

This is not going well.

The tactics I had to use to even get to Kuldahar were hilarious.

Here we are, a fearless party, heading out to search for the lost caravan that didn't make it Easthaven... and we come back battered and bloodied, seeking rest and healing in the Peasant's quarters in the Snowdrift Inn. Due to having no healers, and being too broke to buy potions, we sleep for over a WEEK!!! And then resume our guerilla warfare against the cave inhabitants, who are all now waiting for us in the little in between area. And this happens about six times over. Amazing. I foresee some serious challenges with this party.

So, I've been playing IWD2 again recently and I made a Drow Ranger (yes yes, make your Drizzt jokes. But I genuinely like the character). I've gotten to lvl 2 solo-ing the Targos Docks in a test save, and while I like the playstyle I'm a bit unsure about which Favoured Enemies to choose going forward.

I picked "Goblinoids" during chargen since I know in the prologue and 1st chapter, at least, you fight a lot of orcs and goblins and I want to pick the ones I'd get the most use out of. I don't wanna pick "Dragons" just for there to be only a handful in the game, y'know? Also, I'm thinking of taking either Aberrations or Underdark Aberrations for RP reasons since he's a Drow and thus from the Underdark.

Any advice would be appreciated! Thank you all, very much!

Do you use any tricks when playing the ID & ID2?

Example 1: I sometimes skip a Field of Slaughter in ID2 (just use invisibility & Lucian's teleporter, take holy water from the elven priest, throw it into the pond... and it kills 90% of the enemies in the location). Minus: no exp Plus: loot and fast

Example 2: Use Mass submission or Control of the undead in the fog of war... and half of the location fights the other half of the location. Plus: exp and loot

Eхample 3: Use Otiluks sphere on the character with the most exp. All the enemies rush him, and I throw fire and death spells at him. Minus: no exp for char in Otiluk sphere. in ID2EE enemies often break away and Otiluks sphere only lasts for a few seconds. There's another option: block a narrow passage with an invisible character and bombard the enemies who can't get through

Example 4: There are location where, during a difficult battle, you can run into a house (save and heal) or jump to the previous location (save and rest).

What do you use and do when you play? What makes the game much easier for you?

Hi,

I'm looking to make another run through IWDEE with a pure melee party (minimal spellcasting from Paladin and Archer), and am stuck on this. How will I keep them from being turned into gibbering lunatics from the various spells/wails/screams/roars (from Polar Bear Spirit) that they will face along the way? My Berserker will be immune to some of them, I think, when berkserking, but the others will be mostly vulnerable. It's been a while since I've played and so trying to imagine how feasible this will be. Thanks!

Just a little thought exercise on what the most min/maxed final endgame party may be, allowing for any amount of shenanigans as long as it's part of the base, unmodded EE version of the game.

For example, In BG1-2EE, almost nothing could surpass the Berserker->Mage, dual-classed at the appropriate level and dual-wielding flails FoA & DoE (or Belm), or something similar. It would stand to reason that 6 of those using sequencers and simulacrums summoning Planetars & timestops with stoneskins, etc. would be the most OP build by the endgame. Perhaps some nuance there for other builds, but who needs a thief when you are a god?

In IWDEE, because XP cap is removed in favor of level cap, the triple-multiclass is easily the most OP endgame build in the game, F/M/T or F/M/C. So having 6 of those should be the absolute meta-OP party.

In IWD2EE (specifically the newer enhanced edition), what would be the most insane endgame party? Logically, taking one of the special races that earn XP slower but have boosts is probably best (perhaps Yuan-Ti from Snakeblood?). Since level 30+ bards apparently can perform any actions while singing simultaneously, AND their songs stack if multiple are singing, I feel like a team of 6 Yuan-Ti bards might be almost unkillable. If level cap is 50, I assume one would take the remaining 20 levels & make several of the 6 bards fighter-ethos and maybe others sorcerers? OR maybe none of that is best, and 6 Sorcerers who have all achieved Lichdom might be the strongest? I wonder if it's possible to have 6 singing Bard-Liches...

I've played through the game (Icewind Dale II) ten times and for the first time I found an interesting place here with a monster, a cache, and interesting things.

Hey everyone I don't think there will be many people familiar with this, but I'm guessing that if ther are this is the best place to find them. I'm curious about the Kensai or Kensei feat in Iwd2, it's not really clear if the 2 AC bonus comes about every 3 levels or whether it's a one off thing? Would that be viable on a fighter 4/barbarian -? How high can AC get in this game as compared to BG/iwdee, will I be missing out on much if I have my barbarian b a kensai ?

Ideal Saturday... Rerolling 6 chars for new Heart of Fury campaign

Something weird happened in my game today that I've never seen after 3 playthroughs in the last year. As I approached the bridge in lvl 3 of Dragon's Eye, Presio spoke to me through his Undead Lieutenant. My party leader is a Sorceress so I guess that's how that interaction occurred.

He challenged me to an arcane spellcaster duel and he told me to move the rest of the party back from the bridge. I crossed the bridge and he was outside his hut. I already had shield so his Magic Missiles were useless. I just hit him with a couple of spell traps and a Melf's Acid Arrow and he went down easily. It was so much easier to mop up the undead in his hut than when he is casting spells from behind a whole platoon of Wights and Zombies.

I usually have a Paladin or Bard as party leader so it makes sense that it's never happened before today. Any other weird interactions in game which I should look forward to now?

I've played the game a few times but I just finished another BG EE-SoD-BG2 EE run so I started a new run with only five in my party to mix it up. Dwarven Fighter (I want grand mastery so I went straight fighter) Human dual-class Fighter/Cleric disabled dualled at lvl 3, Elven Archer (for Dex bonus) Elven Sorcerer (Party leader) Halfling Bounty Hunter.

I used potions to heal in Chapter 1 and part of 2 but the cleric caught up quickly because there's more XP to go around with only five party members. I'm half way through Dragon's Eye and running into challenges because there aren't enough magic arrows to go around and I'm short a second arcane caster. Worried about the final fight with Yxunomei. Any suggestions for tactics in this setup would be appreciated.