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LOL. Wish I'd seen this earlier. I should check the Playgrounds. This is really quite amusing to someone like me who played it when it came out. "I don't like the game, so I changed it." You discovered FRUA, I hope.
I agree with all of this, actually. The game used 1st ed rules (though Gothmenes, Kalistes, and Tanetal have clearly 2nd ed tanar'ri stats, but without any spell-like abilities), which really nerfed demihumans. Of course even 2nd ed demihumans would have been too wimpy for Pools.
I was kind of disappointed Shal never got her mage levels back. Ever notice how all the NPCs were fighters, though? The reason is that the AI is monumentally stupid (remember, the game is from 1991) and NPC mages were notorious for blowing up the party (most famously Akabar bel Akas in Curse). That was more or less fixed but they're not great at holding their fire when the monster is immune.
BTW, you can take your Pools of Darkness party into Treasures of the Savage Frontier. Remove them from party, copy the files, and add them into a new game. A couple of the items get messed up, but you can drop Delayed Blast Fireballs on that giant sea of troopers in Geildarr's Keep and the like.
You can also take a party from Curse into Gateway.
I agree with all of this, actually. The game used 1st ed rules (though Gothmenes, Kalistes, and Tanetal have clearly 2nd ed tanar'ri stats, but without any spell-like abilities), which really nerfed demihumans. Of course even 2nd ed demihumans would have been too wimpy for Pools.
I was kind of disappointed Shal never got her mage levels back. Ever notice how all the NPCs were fighters, though? The reason is that the AI is monumentally stupid (remember, the game is from 1991) and NPC mages were notorious for blowing up the party (most famously Akabar bel Akas in Curse). That was more or less fixed but they're not great at holding their fire when the monster is immune.
BTW, you can take your Pools of Darkness party into Treasures of the Savage Frontier. Remove them from party, copy the files, and add them into a new game. A couple of the items get messed up, but you can drop Delayed Blast Fireballs on that giant sea of troopers in Geildarr's Keep and the like.
You can also take a party from Curse into Gateway.
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