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What are the instant "Game Over" circumstances?

Discussion in 'BG2: Throne of Bhaal (Classic)' started by Klorox, Nov 16, 2006.

  1. Klorox

    Klorox Baruk Khazad! Khazad ai-mênu! Veteran

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    I'm going to give that no reloads thing another shot, but this time I will only start in BG2. I am trying to figure out the ways characters can be instantly killed. Please help me formulate a list here. My theory is that I can easily put together a party of 5 NPCs to handle all of the game, but I want to make a Protagonist that is most likely to avoid instant death.

    I can think of:

    Charm (I'm pretty sure the Protagonist getting charmed instantly ends the game)
    Imprisonment

    TIA
     
    Klorox, Nov 16, 2006
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    Instant death spells :p

    And I've had my character charmed without getting a game over. They just sit there & you have control of your other party members, it can easily be dispelled.
     
    Halasz, Nov 16, 2006
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  3. War Nerve

    War Nerve And it took me back to something that I'd lost

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    If you're going the solo route, then Charm does indeed force a reload. I believe if you have a party, it does not.
     
    War Nerve, Nov 16, 2006
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    Saber A revolution without dancing is not worth having! Veteran

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    I think Maze does, if you are solo (never tried, but I am assuming...).

    Being stoned without having a Stone->Flesh scroll is a quick way to be chunked.

    Or are you looking for non-death ways of losing?
     
    Saber, Nov 16, 2006
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    IIRC Saber's right on maze. Had my party killed once and my PC mazed and that was game over.

    Then there's the remote chance of getting chunked by a green-slime poisoning... :rolleyes:

    Humm...level and stats drainages...although they're not exactly insta-deaths...

    [ November 16, 2006, 10:38: Message edited by: Iku-Turso ]
     
    Iku-Turso, Nov 16, 2006
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  6. Decados

    Decados The Chosen One

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    I'm pretty sure War Nerve is correct on the Charm spell.

    There are a couple of traps, but I assume that you know well enough not to go rushing into them.

    Iku-Turso's point on Level Drain is a good one- if things don't go your way during a Vampire attack, it is possible that you'll lose a character due to chunkification.
     
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    I think it was "Dire charm" not charm....
     
    Kara Ay, Nov 16, 2006
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    Maze doesn't end the game. You get put somewhere else for so many rounds. Imprisonment, otoh, will end the game if the PC gets caught.
     
    kuemper, Nov 16, 2006
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    :lol: That, Saber, is why you shouldn't buy any black lotus from that shadow thief at the city gates :lol:
     
    Trellheim, Nov 16, 2006
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  10. Felinoid

    Felinoid Who did the what now?

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    Maze ends the game if you have noone left. So a solo character getting Mazed will end it, but if you've got a full party and the PC gets mazed you can just wait it out.
     
    Felinoid, Nov 17, 2006
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  11. Ziad

    Ziad I speak in rebuses Veteran

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    Same with Charm, Domination, and so on. I think the point is that, if your PC is still alive but you lose control over him, and all other NPCs are incapacitated, then it's game over.
     
    Ziad, Nov 17, 2006
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