Posted on: July 8, 2021
MrClarke2011
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Play these great pre-BG games!
Man, before Baldur's Gate, D&D games came with almost no handholding. There's only 3 years between Stone Prophet and Baldur's Gate, reflecting a huge leap in graphics and a huge shift in game design and player aesthetic. But despite being more primitive, these games have atmosphere no Isometric RPG has been able to match, and they're absolutely worth your time. The first-person view of the games creates suspense, and tactical challenges all its own, such as enemies approaching your party from multiple sides, and needing to rapidly maneuver so that you can control monsters' access to the rear ranks of your party. The cluebooks for these games are both good, and there are some useful maps online - but the old fan walkthroughs tend to be incomplete, primitive, or just plain incorrect. Be aware! First of all, they'll tell you to play this game with multi-classed characters - some combination of Class/Mage and a Fighter/Cleric. You can do this but you don't have to. A single-classed character is always going to attain a higher level in a class than a multi-classed character. That means more spells, higher level spells, and more powerful abilities like turning undead. Second of all, the Stone Prophet guides will all tell you Piotra the Thief is useless. This is 100% incorrect. Piotra's ability to pick locks means you won't have to spend time hunting for keys. Second, as their levels go up Thieves can use most spell scrolls and magic items. If you don't bring a Wizard with you (there's no Wizard NPC in the game) there are a number of powerful scrolls and items ONLY Piotra can use. Between the two games, Strahd's Possession is harder, but it's worth playing through it at least partway to gain a few levels and obtain some powerful magic items like the Dagger of Throwing and the Paladin's longsword and dagger, then transfer your characters to Stone Prophet. IMO, the best combo of characters is a Paladin and a Single-Class Cleric.
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