Pillars of Eternity, possible spoilers.

Let's try and keep this as spoiler free as possible but Car, Dragon and I seem to be running close together.  Be vague about locations but I am wondering about how you fared with Gilded Vale.  I cleaned the place up and people seem to be fairly happy now.  At least the place doesn't smell so bad now.    I saw a child near the temple ruins not a ghost but a child but before I could click on him he disappeared..

Those ghostly figures I see sometimes in the wilderness are interesting but I haven't been able to click on any.

I have several quest items in my stash that I picked up early, the water bag, an ancient relic and a key.  I did the opening sequence a bit different with my monk and went the long way round.  Think I picked up the relic then.  I tend to stick everything in my stash except what I can use.  I like the way some quests can be anticipate.  "Oh, that tattered rag?  Is this what you are looking for?  Glad to be of service and clean out my backpack."

Don't forget to check your journal, lots of info in there about different things.  Forest lurkers seem to be around level nine which is what makes them so bloody hard to kill especially when they gang up on you. Read my bio over.  I am an orphan, just wandering around really vague about what I want to do.  Monks seem to be rather masochistic to me.  Can give themselves wounds to release special power.  Mine gets wounded right away so I haven't bothered with that.  He can use weapons and wear regular armour but I think that defeats the purpose of being a monk and turns him into just another fighter.

I didn't get everything in your post. Did you copy paste?

By the way we could use spoiler tags to hide stuff:

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[*spoiler*] this is a spoiler [*/spoiler*]

Just remove the *.

Oops, sorry, I think i need an eye break. Lots of stupid typos. Will edit it after I take a break. Thanks for being so polite.

Nakia the Rogue wrote:

Oops, sorry, I think i need an eye break.  Lots of stupid typos.  Will edit it after I take a break.  Thanks for being so polite.

No need to thank me, my mom didn't raise me to be rude (and she did succeed for the most part).

Take it easy, the typos can wait and so can we.

In that case I thank your mother she did it right and I wish more would do the same. My grandmother was a stickler for politeness and I do try to be polite.

I edited the OP so I think the worse typing was fixed. My right hand was moved to far to the right and I didn't notice. I actually can't see what I am typing when I type it and if I don't reread it that happens. It is a code I just want to see if people are actually reading my posts. Muhahaha.. that isn't true but I like to pretend makes it more fun.

Good idea for this thread, Nakia.

Yeah, I think I did just about everything there was to do in Gilded Vale. I'll spoiler tag it all just in case:

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The only thing I have yet to do in Gilded Vale is confront Lord Raedric - I think I'm going to wait to do that until I'm finished in Defiance Bay.

Since this is a spoiler thread, mind telling me where you found that dragon that you killed, Nakia?

Nakia the Rogue wrote:

It is a code I just want to see if people are actually reading my posts.  Muhahaha.. that isn't true but I like to pretend makes it more fun.

You know for a minute I thought it was a code and I did try and look for a pattern.

Dragon Talon location

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Dragon did you do the following?

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In regard to Lord Raedric this is a real spoiler

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dragoniguana wrote:

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Inside sitting on the floor against a wall. Where you enter. Have fun.

Now I am exhausted. In defiance Bay I got a go fetch quest. My inventory is loaded with loot, Watch out for those go fetch quests.

Yup, I just found him. I can't believe I almost totally missed an entire dungeon, haha.

I would love to hear your reaction when you come to the end of the quest.  Be sure to read the dialogue especially in those vision things your PC has.

Oh, if you need help with a puzzle door let me know. Took me a long time to figure it out.

The puzzle door was easier than I thought it would be, between the two huge clues the game gives you (the note and the spirit). I'm not quite done with the dungeon yet - I'm working through it now.

I'm playing with the option that you can see dialogue options that you don't meet the requirements for - it doesn't let you see the dialogue option itself, but it does let you see what requirement you need to meet. One just says:

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I have no clue what it means. It's bugging me.

And, done in the Temple of Eothas. I let Wirtan live, told him to try and make amends. He might be a little cowardly, but what happened wasn't really his fault.

Those vision things were freaking intense, though. Holy cow.

I think I missed a spirit when down there. I did the same with Wirthan. I found this quest very intense. Dialogue may be based on intellect, lore, or maybe even reputation. Any of your attributes. I.E. you may want to be aggressive but your might may not be high enough.

Here are some tips that you may already know and you may have others I don't know.
1) Hold down the tab to highlight chests, and NPCs.  Handy for those small items and enemies.
2) I saw a suggestion of giving everyone at least to points in athletics to increase endurance.  I am not sure this works but am trying it.
3) I do give everyone two points in lore so that way they can use level one scrolls.
4) Holding down the shift key and clicking on an item in a party member's inventory will move it to the stash inventory.

Help! Have you guys done the Lighthouse quest at Defiance Bay, Odra's Gift? I am finding that one absolutely impossible. I hate to think what hard is like.

I'm not reading everything for fear of spoilers.

Nakia the Rogue wrote:

Here are some tips that you may already know and you may have others I don't know.
1) Hold down the tab to highlight chests, and NPCs.  Handy for those small items and enemies.
2) I saw a suggestion of giving everyone at least to points in athletics to increase endurance.  I am not sure this works but am trying it.
3) I do give everyone two points in lore so that way they can use level one scrolls.
4) Holding down the shift key and clicking on an item in a party member's inventory will move it to the stash inventory.

1) I've actually linked this to the right mouse button so I don't even have to touch my keyboard to highlight stuff.

2) I've been doing it already. I don't know how much it impacts the game but it seems to be making a lot of sense for any adventurers.

3) Interesting idea. I may look into this later.

4) I was dragging the item which works but having several options can't possibly hurt.

#2 Thanks, I didn't think of linking it to the right mouse key.
#3 I got the idea from Arcanum. There were scrolls that everyone could use and since Level 1 scrolls need two lore to cast decided to try it.

The scroll thing can be pretty handy. I will have to give it a try.

Finally have something that really annoys me. Being an adicted restarter +I started a game with a ranger PC, lion companion. I like lions. Every time I went into sneak there was this horrible clomping footstep which also sounds as if the character is lame. Well it is the lion. ??? Someone should tell the devs that cats are silently especially when sneaking up on prey. I think they mixed it up with a horse with a game leg and iron shoes.

That could probably be fixed by substituting some files.

Kana is pretty noisy and loud but at least he doesn't sound like a horse in a china shop (I assume a horse makes more noise than a bull).

I should take a look at the sound files maybe I can find the culprit.

This is an interesting party with no rogue. Durance is my mechanic, crafting and enchanting. I am getting much better at using him. Those priest spells are awesome. I have not gotten the hang of using traps. What in the world do we do with them? Never used them much in BG either.

Nakia the Rogue wrote:

I should take a look at the sound files maybe I can find the culprit.    

This is an interesting party with no rogue.  Durance is my mechanic, crafting and enchanting.  I am getting much better at using him.  Those priest spells are awesome.  I have not gotten the hang of using traps.  What in the world do we do with them?  Never used them much in BG either.

In BG, you could pretty much instant kill or at least really weaken a boss or a semi-boss with a handful of good old traps.
Long time no see