Should I dump these items?

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I've reached the three merchants in the Underdark (Chapter 4 of HOF). I've got a good number of items that seem to be useless; I'd appreciate it if someone would tell me which ones I should have used earlier, which ones I should save for later, and which ones are plain junk.

Male Body
Female Body
Dead Cat
Nat's Ring of the Ram
Note to Lord Brisbaine
Skull (x4)
Aurilite Holy Symbol (x2)
Door Guard's Key
Dolon's Letters
Rock Pile
White Wyrm Egg

Thrym Extract
Many gems of all types
Seven assorted cursed harmful scrolls

Also: when am I going to get good CHA and WIS boosting items? Right now one sorc has a +2 CHA ring, the other has +1 CHA hat and gloves (yes I know they don't stack), and the Cleric has nothing. Have I missed any chances to find such items?

Thanks!

 

Excellent questions, and tough to answer all of them without spoilers.

All I will say at this stage is:
- a body of some sort might not be completely useless
- you should really have given the ring of the ram back to Nat so he could break the ice-wall. How did you get past that without doing that?
- there is something you can do with egg
- most gems should be sold for gold (other than the diamonds you used to fix Oswald's ship)
- Wisdom is certainly something that can be boosted to uber proportions, but most of that is yet to come.

 

All the dead things can be used later, and I seem to recall that having just one body doesn't cut it. They're not *absolutely* needed, though.

All the holy symbols, keys, letters and notes are useless by now - Dolon's letters could have been used at the monastery. Rocks are useless, as are the cursed scrolls.

Thrym exctracts don't have a quest-related use. As for the Egg, you need a bit of skill points in Alchemy to gain the benefits.

You haven't missed any dramatic stat-boosting items. You'll find some later on.

Harbourboy, you don't have to give Nathaniel back his ring to keep the plot moving. You can be a meanie and tell him you don't have it.

 

Hmm, guess I've never tried being a meanie. I wonder how you get through the icewall without Nathaniel smashing it for you.

 

His own spells suffice, he says so himself. I found it a bit strange that you have to go through all that trouble to find the ring and he doesn't even really need it... Well, at least a chance to do mean things! Love those!

 

Thanks guys. I don't mind spoilers.

I found an ioun stone for +2 wisdom, and alchemized the egg into (useless) strength potions.

I made a Sanguis Anima potion but it seems pointless to use it on the golem since I already cleared the map. I don't suppose theres anyplace I can use it or sell it later?

Nobody wants to buy Nat's ring from me...

Pile of rocks: useless?

And yes being mean is fun. My usual strategy is to complete quests for people and then kill them afterwards, because I get exp and treasure for both.

 

Male Body, Female Body, Dead Cat, 1 Skull may be useful. However it is not necessary and the game will continue.
Also there was a charecter somewhere in the Horde Fortress that you did not have to kill. If you did kill it, you won't even get a chance to use these items.

Nat's Ring of the Ram has powers. Equip it and look into the item abilities. The ring can cast 3 spells 1/day. (The item abilities button is not present on your charecters action buttons by default. Right-click any one of the unused buttons and pick it.)

The rest of the items have either already served their purpose or are completely useless. So you should sell them if you can.

You get to buy a ring in Kuldahar that will boost your Wis. iirc no item gives more than a +2 boost to Char.

 

I think there is a robe in the Severed Hand that increases Int by 2 and Cha by 3. Prior to that, the Ring that raises Cha by 2 is the best a sorcerer can get.

 

There is a robe in Severed Hand, HoF only, +3 CHA and INT IIRC.

 

The Flesh Golem rules! He is one of the coolest things in any game.

 

There are no other uses for the Sanguis Anima besides the Golem, and the Golem can't leave that map.

I like the Golem too. "The master requires maintenance", or somesuch he says when you're injured. He's pretty powerful as well, a big help with the Driders.

 

The Ring of the Ram powers are basically useless. Merchants say it is worth 15000 gold, but none of them will buy it from me -- not even Nat himself! I wish the designers had thought to allow me to return it to Nat now.

I bought the Every God Ring... awesome! Also speed boots, but I can't tell if they give real haste or just faster movement. Also a cloak of displacement.

One of the drow earlier was selling a hat that gave +3 CHA, but usable by rogues only. Guess I'll wait for that robe.

 

The boots only increase your movement. That's what they're supposed to do. In BG2 they haste you, which I don't like, 'cos in my mind it goes against the item's description and idea. You're supposed to run faster, not swing the sword faster. But that's just me.

 

The RIng of the Ram rocks it ignores all magic resistance before doing physical damage the only other effects that ignore magic resistance are Melf's minute meteors and Bolt of Glory...

 

The Rock Pile is used to load the rock-thrower near the Ice Temple to kill the Crystal Golem.

White Wyrm Egg can be used to create a potion of Frost Giant strength or if you are a Transmuter, increase your cold resistance while decreasing your fire resistance (pretty useless IMO).

You will find a lot of stat-boosting items later in the game, especially if you play on HOF mode. Other than that, your Paladin and Cleric of Illmater/Bane will have side-quest that boost their stats.

Hope this help.

 

Man, I know about the Paladin ability enhancing quest, but what are those for the clerics you mentioned (Ilmater and Bane)? I know it is spoilerish, but it's something I gota know!!

 

Okay, everybody be warned of the power of the mighty Spoiler: (and somebody correct me if my memory is faulty)
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These quests occur in Kuldahar. If you have said clerics in your party it's extremely hard to miss them. For Bane all you have to do is whack the priest of Bane that comes threatening you right at the start of the chapter. For Ilmater you need to sanctify the statue at the graveyard after killing said priest. For both tasks you get nice exp, but I don't remember getting anything else. Of course it could be altzheimer's digging in.

 

Baneites get +2 to Wis after killing that hobgoblin cleric. Priests or Paladins of Ilmater get a small XP boost once they touch the statue in the graveyard.

 

Wheres the flesh golem guy?? i thought he was in the underdark from memory but i cant seem to find him

 

He is in the lab in the drider cave.