Solo quest order?

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Certainly the planar prison is not bad for a PARTY. But this thread is for solo. I agree with Klorox -- too many bad things happening right away to a solo character. I've been avoiding it thus far.

Thus far,
Circus Tent
Copper Coronet/Slavers
Started Chapter 3
First of Aran's Quests
Various small quests in the Graveyard
Bridge District Murders (ran away from the Rune Assassins)
Second of Aran's Quests
Unseeing Eye and Rescued HD (chose the 'hunt the imp' path) -- also cleared the sewers.

I am currently working on both stronghold quests for my gnome cleric/thief. I am also working on Xzar's/Harpers quest. Currently at 12/14 C/T.

I'll probably do D'Arness Keep (FoA) or Trademeet (Acid Club) next. Although Umar Hills is very tempting (ARMOR!). Both the keep and Trademeet require fire or acid -- not many items a cleric/thief can use with those properties, so I'll just have to memorize flaming sword six or so times.

I keep reading in various posts that golems can't be backstabbed -- this does not appear to be accurate. I've backstabbed every golem I've fought (in Chapter One, Rayic's golems, and the one with the imp). Although I have noticed that some neutrals allow you to backstab an enemy near them and others become hostile. I even had Roger go hostile when I backstabbed the troll within his sight -- Powerword: Reload.

 

Done it plenty of times as a solo. It takes some reloading on those damn psionic Athasian halflings, but it's simple enough.

In the patched and unmodded game (i.e. mine), it is accurate.

I have to ask. What possessed you to bring the troll up near Roger? They're pretty far away from each other, and it's not like anyone else in the game requires seeing the death for their quest to be completed.

 

The only mods I have are the Baldurdash fix pack and unfinished business. The lesser golems in chapter one were getting backstabbed without unfinished business mod (i.e., only patched and the fix pack).

It's a bit embarrassing but my female gnome cleric/thief was able to do a backstab on the troll, but not kill it. The troll proceeded to to rend the little gnome to pieces. In the spirit of Brave Sir Robin ... she ran away. I was trying to use corners to hide in shadows, but the damn thing was too fast and the corners where you find it were a little too rounded. So I ran back along the corridor and built up a small distance, tuck around the corner, and **poof** like a shadow I am (I'm using Annah's voice pack). Troll follows, backstab, troll goes down, and suddenly I'm under attack by Roger the Fence. What a moron -- Power Word: Reload.

Now that I have blade barrier it may not be as bad. But that initial ambush is wicked for a party -- solo, I'm still waiting to gain a few levels.

 

You guys aren't talking about tactics are you? The shadow guild quest was one of the hardest things I did on tactics and it's usually one of my first quests on the unmodded game.

 

Actually, I was talking about the insta-charm the psionicist has (what he uses isn't a spell) that ends the game nine times out of ten. Slicing through the rest of them isn't any trouble, but getting the psionicist down before he can get you takes some luck even with good tactics.