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Naked mages.

Discussion in 'BG2: Shadows of Amn (Classic)' started by Bloke with sword, Feb 16, 2004.

  1. Bloke with sword Gems: 3/31
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    [​IMG] Throughout the entire game is there one single mage robe thats ever made you say, WOW!

    the only thing semi-good is the elven chain, but its not a robe is it. any suggestions? :confused:
     
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    Baronius Mental harmony dispels the darkness ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    Robe of Vecna is the best. Other good ones are: Robe of the Good Archmagi, Robe of the Neutral Archmagi, Robe of the Evil Archmagi.
     
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    I've been kinda wondering where on ecould find good and neutral robes of the Archmagi. I only recently discovered evil in my umpieth rerun. :rolleyes:
     
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    Sorry, I might have been wrong. At the moment, I cannot remember either (nor the people who I just asked) where to find a Neutral or Good Archmagi Robe in Shadows of Amn. I faintly remembered someone wearing it, someone who we usually don't kill; perhaps (s)he was in Throne of Bhaal, not in Shadows of Amn, if exists at all.
     
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    There's one Archmagi-robe in Trademeet from some salesman I think, though I don't know what alignment it's got?
     
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    spoilers...
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    The Trademeet blacksmith has a good robe, a Drow merchant in Ust Natha sells an evil version, and Ribald sells a neutral version in chapter 6.
     
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    [​IMG] Both can be bought in Trademeet from the generic merchants, IIRC, Because I bought one earlier today.

    I think there is one in the Underdark - either the Deurgar or the Potion selling Drow has a robe of the GA, because I suddenly thought I would look suspicious wearing it...
     
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    Robe of Vecna was the best one I bought, didn't know that there were any Archmagi robes in BG2... :rolleyes:

    :yot: Before entering the Beholder lair, one should allways wear the Shield of Balduran, from the same merchant... ;)
     
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    IIRC there's also a Robe of the Apprenti from the mage stronghold. Sounds neat, but I can't remember what it does or anything special about it.
     
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    Robe of the good archmagi is in Trademeet, go to your minimap and search for the "Smithy" north of the Alibakkar's. In the Underdark from one of the three drow salesmen is the Robe of the EVIL archmagi, NOT good, (you wouldn't look suspicious wearing it, unless you weren't evil :p ). The nuetral comes from Ribald in the 6th act as someone has already mentioned. Robe of Vecna can be found from the merchant behind Ribald, (if you have the female BG2 Extra NPC's, (official one) installed). The robes of res's aren't too shabby either, they're really handy when you know you're going to face a certain element, (ie: fire res robe against Firkragg).
     
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    The Robe of the Apprenti is base AC 3 but it has no other bonuses.
     
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    What do the Robes of the (insert alignment here) Archmagi do?
     
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    5 or 10% magic res, +1 or 2 to saves base ac 5.
     
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    You can get a Robe of the Neutral Archmagi earlier if you manage to pry it out of Terminsel.
     
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    I don't remember that - how do you pry it out of him? I'm guessing you can't kill him to get it, so do you talk him into giving it to you?
     
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    [​IMG] I think you can pickpocket it. Like you can pickpocket most peoples' armour they are wearing - or even their body! (Think Valygar)
     
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    More often that not, I don't bother with any robes aside from the Robe of Vecna if there's anything better around. As soon as I come across something like elven chain, the robes get binned.
     
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    IMO the Archmagi robes are much better than any suit of elven chain, save the Aslyferund elven chain. Regular elven chain is AC 5--same as a Robe of Archmagi except without all the nifty bonuses of the robes. Even magic elven armor isn't worth it, but that's wading into an AC vs. MR/save debate. I'm in the camp of always trading a few points of AC for better save bonuses and magic resistance. :)

    Since we're talking elven chain, we must be talking dual/multi-classed mages. If it's a mage/thief combo, then the thief gets an extra penalty to stealth and pickpocketing wearing eleven chain to boot.
     
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    Why worry about AC at all as a mage? That's what stoneskin and your warriors are for.
     
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    Exactly. It's only once in a blue moon I have my mages engage in hand-to-hand combat and for those instances I cast haste, stoneskin and mirror image, which pretty much makes them invulnerable to physical attacks for the duration of the fight. In those circumstances, AC doesn't matter a bit because whether they get hit or not they don't take any damage.

    The Robe of Vecna I always grab as soon as I can because of the decrease in spellcasting times. The rest of the robes don't bother me although if I'm in a cheesy mood I grab the one that gives immunity to magic.
     
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