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No disable traps?

Discussion in 'Icewind Dale 2' started by claudius, Mar 17, 2014.

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    Has anyone ever tried just a lockpick and a scout and then have tanks/healers trip on traps on purpose?

    I'm trying to get a bead on how dangerous they are. Can you bash the lightning traps in the mind flayer map?
     
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    yes, you can bash the lightening generators in the mind flayers lair.
    Most (all?) traps are not that dangerous.

    I'm a little unsure because I always used a mod that tried to up the damage and dangerousness of traps a lot. With the mod I can remember traps in the chult temple and in the severed hand to be dangerous.
     
    lefuet, Mar 17, 2014
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    Traps in IWD2 are more of a convenience thing than anything else. You could get by without if you wanted. Iirc, one of those power-gaming parties we hear so much about makes that recommendation.
     
    Beren, Mar 17, 2014
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    Thanks for the information. It's hard to make a high int/dex skill monkey character and have melee capabilities.
     
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    Ehmm.. no?

    Try a Deep Gnome Rogue(1) / Illusionist(x), with an optional extra level in rogue and/or something warriorish, with maxed STR, DEX and INT. Easily my most accomplished tank, damage dealer AND skill monkey ever. :)
     
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    Let me guess the stats... It seemed before that making the right stats would be hard:

    S 16
    D 20
    C 14
    Int 18
    Wis 5
    Ch1

    ^^ right now I need a character planner to know the attributes as I am away from my computer with IWD2. Am i missing something iwth S,D,I maxed the con goes down???


    So adding a warrior class to get items....

    Not paladin
    Ranger for DW
    Barb for HP, rage, speed
    Fighter for a feat

    What do you think is better^^

    Another problem is say you have a Rogue1/Barb1/Illusionist X, OK? I have on my other run through gotten to 16th level iirc. So a deep gnome is already down 3 levels and hits 13th level. So the Illusionist part is only going to be like 11th level.

    So the role of such a character is probably: buffer, decoy, archer???
     
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    Try tank, main dps and buffer. STR 16 is no decoy. :)
     
    Sir Rechet, Mar 18, 2014
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