Here is my current Honour mode character: The Lolth Durge


[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]

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It took me a full year, from 8/23 to 8/24, to complete my first playthrough. It was on Tactician, started 3+ months prior to the release of the Honour mode. Now, I'm playing again on the Honour mode, with the character shown here.

I intended to make this character a tall, big, magic-using version of Karlach. I initially planned to play as Karlach but gave up due to a bug that took 6+ months for me to see fixed.


PS - some details


My ultimate goal is simply this: experience every aspect of the game with the same character, and survive the entire game no matter what I do. I achieved my goal with my last Gnome Durge, though it was on Tactician, a bit unsatisfying. I reloaded probably twice: one was to alter the twisted fate of my favorite bard (I was appalled to see that fate unfolding before my eyes - had to rewrite it), the other was due to the boss-level duel being too easy (i was a bit scared, but it was over in 1 round, so had to reload from an earlier save to avoid going this easy route, such that I could enjoy a big fight).

On the survival side, my Gnome Durge only died 3 times: a) killed by Nettie's 2nd summon and then beaten to death by Nettie, 2) ambushed while scouting ahead of my party solo, put to sleep twice by the Underdark beholder, beaten to death by his Drow party, no chance to fight due to the sleep magic, 3) tired of disarming traps and decided to run over the final tripwire, got instantly killed - not just downed! All the three times, the rest of my party were intact and could bring me back. Which implies, my 3 companions (while my Durge was lying dead and cold in the Underdark) killed the Spectator and the Drow party in order to reach her.

More on the survival side: Except under unusual circumstances, in Act 1, I stopped using potions; in Act 2, I stopped using consumables - not just potions; in Act 3, I stopped leveling up. Eventually, in the final battles, I stopped healing as well, effectively making Shadowheart (level 11 Trickery Cleric) out of job - her level 1-6 spell slots were almost intact at the time all the final battles were over. In particular, this Gnome Durge party cleared the Upper City Sewer without anyone on my side taking a single hit. As a result, all 4 of my party members did not even lose their temporary hit points.

In the end, I finished the game at level 11 (not level 12).

I'm doing the essentially same type of playthrough, except on Honour mode this time, instead of Tactician last time. Gnome is technically great, but too short in many cutscenes. So, this time, must be big and tall. I'm now playing a Cleric of Lolth - quite unique in that only one race in this game can select Lolth as their deity - while primarily a Sorceress in combat.

Last edited by Henry NYC; 31/08/24 07:37 AM.