Just for the record, Aerie was the second option for romance plot here.
Yep. And with Jaheira rotting forever in her cage, we're now 2 of 3 down.
True. Also, we probably own our readers some apology.
For the hiatus? We were gone for almost a year.
Supposedly. Like, two people. Maybe.
If You say so...
Update #4: Mandatory sewer adventure
After all this fighting and looting in the circus, we have some stuff to sell. For this, we head to Adventurers' Mart.
The Codex' stats at the moment.
We got this spell as a part of the loot. It's one of those we'll be using a lot.
Current 4th level spells selection for The Codex.
If You do not change Your attitude, we will LP Dragon Age II next and you will become very close acquaintances with Anders.
Try me.
Actually, I'm quite done.
We start our trade dealings with merchant's here by pickpocketing Ribald Barterman here...
And getting this neat ring off him.
This should make us much less dependant on healing potions. At least between the fights.
He is basically describing an old school cRPG. How ironic.
This gem bag will make our life much easier when it comes to equipment management.
Very useful barcers here, but unfortunately we can't afford them right now.
Deidre is a half-merchant, half-easter egg, as the items she sells are supposedly (mostly) from Planescape: Torment.
Among them Robe of
Lady Yuth here sells spell scrolls.
Some of them are quite good, but expensive.
Don't we all.
This is supposed to be a reference to some D&D cartoon, which I never watched.
How do You..
This stash, commonly referred to as the "Bull's Head" in my family (yeah, I'm that nerdy) will be where we stock our excess items.
It's only a model.
This one should fly, I think. I might have seen something like that in Icewind Dale.
It was crashed into a hill, actually, but that means it must had been flying at some point, I guess.
Enough of the sightseeing. It's time for us to explore some of the wonderfully open world, full of exciting things awaiting us! We shall explore dungeons, crypts, mystic forests, underwater cities...
How fitting.
Calm down, we're not in Dragon Age. Yet.
No wonder they are progressively getting rid of them in following games.
All in due time.
Actually, no, but I'll cut the rest of this dialogue, so we can leave.
We have reached Chapter #2. Yes, Chapter #1 consisted of Waukeen's Promenade only and there was no way of not advancing to Chapter #2.
Another cutscene, it seems.
It's a narrative thing.
The audience needs to know what is happening with the protagonist.
Ah, a common misunderstanding. You see, You're not the hero of this story, actually.
Jon Irenicus, of course.
Well, we get to know his whole life story throughout the game, and he gets the most of all cutscenes, including the outro.
You also trail him for the majority of the game. Arriving second everywhere. Basically, You're getting leftovers.
You can move now.
We visit the shop upstairs Galean's house.
It has fairly basic stuff in it, except Glasses of
We also take everything that's not nailed down, in a true RPG fashion.
Especially when they are RPG characters.
This wand is the most interesting find here. Other than that, we get mostly some gems and ammo, which are promptly sold to their owner.
After leaving the house we are pestered by Gaelan's nephew.
A few steps later, we encounter these two unfriendly individuals.
It all ends in violence, as usual.
We try to Horror them into submission.
It doesn't work, so the tactic is adjusted to "strike them down with a sword". We manage to kill Bregg, but The Codex gets his share of pain too.
The pain proves to be too much for our hero.
Death count: 10
Loading.
And one of the reasons I never play in ironman mode.
Back into the action, with Horror failing once more.
At least we did not pay $150 million for it.
This time our AC works its magic and we get little damage before Bregg dies from magical steel poisoning.
With Cohrvale following soon.
Not much loot here.
Seconds later we are assaulted by
The Codex does not negotiate with
Dear ladies, please don't feel insulted by The Codex' attitude towards women. He's an idiot.
Ok, a prick then.
Some of the patrons here hide behind secret doors.
One guy is lying down, one guy is sitting and one woman is standing.
Would You prefer some digitally animated sex scene?
Another secret door.
This time it's no orgy, but a secret corridoor leading to the sewers.
Because our readers told You to.
And some of them cast spells.
We shoot the shaman a bit so he does not cast too many spells and follow with Horror.
It works much better this time.
We also managed to get quite wounded in the process.
Following one of the panicked hobgoblins, we run into an Otyugh.
We try to hold it with Web...
...but it doesn't work, so we resort to the stonewall reliable Magic Missile.
And run away.
I mean, tactically withdraw, of course.
More Magic Missile spam for the Otyugh.
It works pretty well. Hobgoblin is in the meantime taken care of with more traditional means, i.e. arrows.
And sword.
The Otyugh manages to get a hit in. The Codex is slowed down and... I don't remember what status effect the red cross symbol represents.
Focus on not dying, willya?
There still are some hobgoblin leftovers to clean up here.
The Codex is poisoned. Will he recover in time?
Yup. We used one of the violet healing potions, which double as poison cure.
Finally some
We're not here to make fun of generic fantasy RPG tropes but specifically of BG2, so shut up and drink. Besides, I think it's the liquid itself that is blue, not the bottle.
We also find some arrows +1. Always useful.
Moving on, we encounter an Ochre Jelly.
Ochre. Ochre Jelly.
Well, I have no idea who specifically designed an Ochre Jelly, but various slimes, gels and jellies were monsters in Dungeons & Dragons from the very beginning of the game. They have years of tradition behind them.
Ochre Jelly proves immune to both normal and magical arrows.
Oh yeah, speaking of gods...
The Codex Draws Upon Holy Might of his divine heritage...
...and gets a +3 modifier to badass.
Make up your mind with the battle taunts. You can't use them all at once.
Next up is a Mustard Jelly, for a change.
Ok, that was really lame.
Yet, You will.
Stop whining, You'll be fine.
We got this helping hand.
Yeah, I got it. And I can blame only myself for starting.
Moving on, we meet a Hobgoblin Shaman, vying for blood of The Codex to avenge his fallen brethren.
Except, You know, we can use it to complete a quest.
We continue our exploration of the sewers.
It's not...
Forget it.
It got a vial on it.
Only one of the best swords we can get at this point.
I'm not so convinced, actually. The sword can be... problematic.
Can't tell you, sorry. Spoilers.
Yep.
I must have forgotten something.
Staff! That's right! I remember now. We have to kill the kobold shaman.
Let's not go back to this. Please.
Let's move on. Kobold shaman awaits!
It does not take long to find him.
This conversation is still longer than You've had with any girl so far.
We focus on the shaman, allowing commandos to spike us with arrows unhindered.
And pay they did.
Our loot.
Standard fare +1 sword.
And the staff. It actually has a usable ability.
You are probably right.
Long story short, we perform the ritual.
The Codex got a modest 18k experience from this. We also seem to have a slight inventory space problem.
Lilarcol is ours.
He has quite the backstory, too.
Yeah, I knew Your ADHD won't take long to kick in.
Mechanics-wise, it's a +3 two-handed sword granting two useful immunities when wielded.
All this comes with a price, though...
Yeah, unfortunately.
Be careful what You wish for.
Oh yeah, The Codex got killed by a random trap on our way out.
Death count: 11
Load game.
What?
How can you talk to us?
Well, yes, but...
What? You're willing to accept this?
Ah. I understand.
This is the trap that...
Another Mustard Jelly is the last enemy we encounter in the sewers.
It manages to poison The Codex before being dispatched. Luckily we have one more violet potion.
Area completed!
We head to Copper Coronet to sell all the excess stuff.
No. Sorry.
That's for our readers to decide.
Indeed he does. And won't shut up about it.
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Next time: Copper Coronet management change.
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