Seeking advice for an old game...

[WarLocke]

Well, here's some information on them:

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I don't think I've ever used Anomen, but I agree on the Viconia points. If I ever go through the game with an "evil" party, I'll most likely take her for my healer. But right now, Jaheira is doing just fine... B)

RE: Anomen & Crom Faeyr/Flail of Ages

I'm going through with an Undead Hunter and no Anomen, so I had planned on using the Flail of Ages initially, and then switching to Crom Faeyr once I could finish it (might as well capitalise on the undead slayage bit, IMO). Is losing the ingredients for Crom Faeyr really that big of an issue? IIRC, there's still the girdle of Fire Giant strength (Str 22) in the Adventurer's Mart, and my group is fairly strong (Me with 16 Str, and Minsc, Jaheira, Yoshimo and Mazzy have decent Str scores -- only sore spots are Imoen and Jan).

I also specced in Large Swords so I could use Daystar, Blade of Roses, etc. since noone else in the party could. I'm wondering now if I should have gone two-handed to use Carsomyr, since it's supposedly all that and a bag of chips...

Undead Slayers are fun, but not really useful.

Undead Hunters are the bomb. Losing Lay on Hands does hurt, but immunity to Hold and Level Drain? Heck yeah. The bonus against undead is just gravy...

Plus, it's just about as close to being a Paladin of Kelemvor that you can get. :lol:

A final note on Paladins: creation can be tricky. Paladins have steep requirements, so it will likely take a while to get a character you are satisfied with.

True, but it's not that much of an issue since the BG2 character creation system automagically bumps up a stat to the minimum if it would have been lower.

but that will keep you from getting such skills as Greater Whirlwind Attack in ToB.

Hrmm, is there anywhere with a list of these special ability thingamabobs? I'd like to know what Paladins get compared to, say, Clerics.

RE: Dragon fighting...

One thing you forgot to mention: Always have Breach before taking on a dragon. I fought all the way to Thaxll'syllia without it, then had to stumble through on Spell Thrust and Remove Magic alone. That was one hair-tearing fight. :( I could have sworn I picked up a Breach as loot somewhere (and Jan was scribing scrolls like a madman), but I guess I need to find it on a merchant somewhere (Ribald, I'm guessing)...