@Mith finished a Planescape playthrough before starting Baldur's Gate . . . It was more awesome than ever q_q

@M.A.R. o.O Cool!

But I hope you didn't go too fast with that. The game isn't long and it's better to take time with it.

Can't afford to. Been at it for like 10 days

Now I'm setting up the character in Baldur's gate EE. Oddly intelligent street half-orc fighter/thief who's neutral good. Checks all the tropes, good for a 1st playthrough I think?

@M.A.R. Be careful here

You need to roll many times to get good stats, for starters.

So what are good stats?

Now you're thinking ;)

@M.A.R. lots of strength

Str 12 dex 11 con 14 int 15 wis 15 charisma 9

Terrible!

Thanks!

Well, street urchin can't afford to be charismatic. I can afford to have low con and high str or maybe dex but he's a half-orc

Str 18 dex 18 con 18 int 10 wis 10 charisma 10 for a fighter / thieve

For example

Roll many times to get high sum of points

Then give the points to most important scores

Aha. So weird.

Got 84.

Well, this this good^

Str dex con 17 int 11 wis 11 charisma 11

Oh, I can manage 18 10 I suppose.

You can roll some more, it's still not all that impressive

Four 18 would be ;)

Fiiiine

Roll until you fall!

Hmm, as a half orc you could have 19 perhaps?

Should I add str to 18/82, 19 or above?

Still don't understand that weird DnD rule

19 would be great

92

Cool!

@M.A.R. played Dragon Lance where a specific class could get 19 strength. (Human only, Knight of Solamnia class)

Int, wis or charisma?

RP wise, charisma would make more sense

19 18 19 (max values for fighter/thief) int 12 wis 11 charisma 13

Badass!

Your dude's gonna have way better stats than mine :(

He's neutral good, won't pick too many pockets. Open locks find traps detect illusion?

@Mithoron I'm sure I can find masterful ways to botch up my playthrough, no worries

Open locks and find traps are important

Still, you're gonna have Imoen

She's a thieve and first in team

Is dagger worth it?

Huh?

Weapon slots, can I roleplay them or do they have to be specially put in?

If you'd backstab

You pick which ones you want

Okay

Long swords are a safe pick

Or maybe better two handed

Depends how you want to fight.

Hmm, names . . .

@ShadowTheKidWizard Not also half orc? They get a bonus to strength

How about . . . Bob

To make it sound orcish, buggoboub

O.o

Don't worry I tried something pretty meh

I already forgot

It sounded like Melkor but more guttural

I think it's good to use a name you know

@M.A.R. Hmm, hmm, read Silmarillion?

Nah, I haven't been that bored in my life yet

Normal difficulty? Normal difficulty.

Here goeth naught!

BBL

Ech, if all is gonna go well, my dude is gonna be like super powerful by the end of BG2.

But this lame stats complicated things

@M.A.R. This F / T isn't best class

Still Coran has it and he's one of best followers, so I guess ain't bad

You'd need to use two armors - one heavy for fight and light one for thieving.

With this build you could tank and cut guys in half with two handed sword

@Mithoron can't play half orcs there, the races I remember are: Human, Dwarf, Elf, Half Elf, Kender.

Dwarf can reach 19 constitution, kender can reach 19 dexterity, elf can reach 19 intelligence, I think.

@ShadowTheKidWizard Yeah.

But "kender"?

Makes sense

@M.A.R. gamebanshee.com/baldursgate/walkthrough.php

Can be useful (and other sites)