1. SPS Accounts:
    Do you find yourself coming back time after time? Do you appreciate the ongoing hard work to keep this community focused and successful in its mission? Please consider supporting us by upgrading to an SPS Account. Besides the warm and fuzzy feeling that comes from supporting a good cause, you'll also get a significant number of ever-expanding perks and benefits on the site and the forums. Click here to find out more.
    Dismiss Notice
Dismiss Notice
You are currently viewing Boards o' Magick as a guest, but you can register an account here. Registration is fast, easy and free. Once registered you will have access to search the forums, create and respond to threads, PM other members, upload screenshots and access many other features unavailable to guests.

BoM cultivates a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. We have been aiming for quality over quantity with our forums from their inception, and believe that this distinction is truly tangible and valued by our members. We'd love to have you join us today!

(If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you've forgotten your username or password, click here.)

IWD characters and HOW

Discussion in 'Icewind Dale (Classic)' started by sturm brightblade, Mar 18, 2001.

  1. sturm brightblade Gems: 2/31
    Latest gem: Fire Agate

    Joined:
    Feb 26, 2001
    Messages:
    32
    Likes Received:
    0
    Remove all ads!
    [​IMG] hey guys!!!

    just finished IWD. belheit is sure is a damn demon. and i'm thinking of buying the expansion(HOW).

    but i have a question. no matter how many times i repeat it, i still end up with one or more of my characters dead after the fight with belheit. i mean my IWD are really dead, some have 0(zero) and some even have negative hitpoints.

    the reason i'm asking this is i'm planning to use my IWD characters in HOW. but with almost half of my characters dead i don't know what to do.

    any input will be appreciated
     
    sturm brightblade, Mar 18, 2001
    #1
  2. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 2000
    Messages:
    23,475
    Media:
    494
    Likes Received:
    538
    Gender:
    Male
    [​IMG] You could
    a) export your characters just before the final battle and start a new expansion game only when you get HoW
    b) install HoW and go to the new areas from one of your previous savegames

    That's your best bet if you don't want to start with half a dead party in HoW. Not to mention that you lose all the items the dead ones drop too...
     
    Taluntain, Mar 18, 2001
    #2
  3. Blackthorne TA

    Blackthorne TA Master in his Own Mind Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

    Joined:
    Oct 19, 2000
    Messages:
    10,407
    Media:
    40
    Likes Received:
    231
    Gender:
    Male
    Here's a quote from the manual:

    "If you have beaten the original game, Icewind Dale saves the states of your characters after the final battle and allows these characters to be imported into the expansion. (Any characters that died in the final battle will be restored to life, so if any of your characters didn't make it, don't worry about having to fight the final battle over again until you get it right)"


    [This message has been edited by Blackthorne TA (edited March 18, 2001).]
     
    Blackthorne TA, Mar 18, 2001
    #3
  4. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 2000
    Messages:
    23,475
    Media:
    494
    Likes Received:
    538
    Gender:
    Male
    [​IMG] That was copy/pasted from the FAQ and is not correct, at least it wasn't last time I checked. Marketing ploy if you will.
    When I played the beta and started from my final save game, everyone was as dead as they were back then, and lost all their items too.

    I mailed BIS back then and they said that, in short, it's just the way it is and that it can't be changed. Maybe they fixed it for the final release, but I doubt it.

    Same as the final save in BG... It's supposed to teleport you to Ulgoth's Beard but it never does. At least not for anyone I've talked to.

    [This message has been edited by Taluntain (edited March 19, 2001).]
     
    Taluntain, Mar 19, 2001
    #4
Sorcerer's Place is a project run entirely by fans and for fans. Maintaining Sorcerer's Place and a stable environment for all our hosted sites requires a substantial amount of our time and funds on a regular basis, so please consider supporting us to keep the site up & running smoothly. Thank you!

Sorcerers.net is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to products on amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.