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Walk
Through: Chapter 1
Chapter 1 begins after the death
of Gorion. When you wake up the next morning Imoen,
a Neutral Good thief, will greet you. Talk to her and add her
to your party whether you think she will stay with you in the
long run or not. A thief is very handy in the game, and she has
a bow and can use it effectively which will help in the next
little while. Be sure to head north to where Gorion was killed
and pick up the loot on the ground.
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| Further along the road
right near the east exit of this area are the characters Montaron and Xzar.
If you are a neutral or evil character by all means add them
to your party. Even if you are a good character, talk to them
to get a healing potion and think about adding them in the short
term. Long term they will have to go, but you can use them as
cannon fodder on your way to the Friendly Arm Inn. |
| Head east from this area
after hunting some Gibberlings and Wolves for experience if you
choose. The new area you will enter is the hub to either the
Friendly Arm Inn to the north or the town of Beregost to the
south. Neutral or evil parties can skip the next bit and head
south toward Beregost, just stay on the road and it should be
pretty safe. Good parties should head north, again along the
safe road towards the Friendly Arm Inn. Either way, before you
leave here stop at the tower marking the road directions.
If you head due North from here you will find a boulder with
a slit on the top. If you are careful, you'll find a ring of protection +1 in the boulder -
its north of the direction tower. |
| If you headed north towards
the Friendly Arm head due east from where you entered the map.
About half way along toward the eastern edge you will come to
a pine tree with some rocks just south of it along the southern
edge of the map. Look between the rocks and tree for a ring of magery (apparently not in the
Mac version) that doubles the number of first level spells
a mage can memorize. Next, detour around the Inn along the east
side of the map and exit to the area to the north. This detour
is helpful in that it avoids some Hobgoblins along the road to
the west of the Keep. In the new area travel along the road and
talk to Ajantis. Add him to your party and then exit to the south
back to the Friendly Arm Inn. You'll encounter some Hobgoblins
when you enter the area, but you should be able to tackle them
with your three characters now. |
| Inside the Keep is the Inn and a temple. There
is also an assassin waiting for you on the steps that lead to
the entrance to the Inn. The assassin is a mage, but you should
be able to take him out with your three members of the party,
and the guards will also help. It is easiest to walk along the
very south edge of the keep and around the temple and then towards
the steps. This allows the guards to get to the mage to fight,
your characters will not be in the way. Use your formation of
a line with Ajantis in the front and your
character and Imoen trailing using ranged weapons. |
| Once you have defeated the assassin enter the
Inn and head to the east side of the first floor. Speak to Khalid and Jaheira and add them to the party.
Sell any loot you have gathered and provision as needed. It is
also worthwhile to adjust spells for Jaheira to focus on healing
and to rest while you are here. |
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Quests Begun in Friendly
Arm Inn |
| Quest1: Joia's ring: Joia
lives in a hut just inside and to the west of the entrance to
the stronghold. Her husband's ring is possessed by the Hobgoblins
you beat after ajantis joined. Speak to her once to get the quest
and a second time after you have the ring. If you return it,
you will get 400 xp and reputation +1. |
| Quest2: Landrin's things:
Head upstairs in the Inn to the third floor and speak
to Landrin. She will tell you about a
problem she has. Her home in Beregost, which is right next to
the Jolly Juggler Inn is infested with giant spiders. She wants
you to get some things from there for her. When you get to Beregost
you can do as she asks, then speak to her again when you next
visit the Friendly Arm for a reward of 575 gp and 520 xp.
You need to be sure to grab the wine, boots and the spider
corpse for the full reward. |
| Quest3: Unshey's belt:
Speak to Unshey on the second floor
to get another quest to return a girdle of piercing he lost to
an Ogre south of the
Inn. The Ogre is in the tile just south of the
Inn along the center of the eastern edge. The Ogre has two belts,
one is the one that Unshey wanted, the other is a cursed belt
that changes the gender of the person wearing it. If you return
the belt to Unshey he will give you 70 gp and 800 xp. |
| OK, it is time to set off to south towards Beregost.
Head south to the region you were in before. Then head along
the road to the south and Beregost. |
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In
Beregost
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| There are several quests that start
in Beregost, but I will only focus on the simpler ones that you
can handle at this point. First, the fighter Kagain
is available for your team. He's not the best fighter, but he
is a fighter. Since I already had the
ranger Kivan (when I first enter Beregost, I go west into High
Hedge, stay on te path), I just killed Kagain
and took his stuff (this is not a general practice to be recommended
if you are lawful good, but in this one case you do not lose
reputation). Try the store in the first intersection of streets
in Beregost. Talk to Garrick outside the
Burning Wizard. He'll offer you a job.
Accept it and follow him to the area outside of the Red
Sheaf Inn. Talk to Silke. When
you have the option decline to kill the people she was meeting
(unless you are evil, then go for it I suppose) and she will
attack you. Kill her and you'll net 900 xp, a bit of gold, a
staff+1 and an invulnerability potion. Talk to the people she
wanted you to kill and you'll also get a potion of defense. You
can now talk to Garrick again and add
him to the party if you choose, but I already have Kivan and
did not need him. I did not kill him because I might need a bard
later. |
| In a building at the far east of
the area is a woman named Miriane. She
is worried about her husband. She asks you to see if you can
find anything out. Along the road in the area just south of Beregost
you'll meet two Ogrillons, one of which is carrying a letter.
Return this to Miriane for 300 xp and a ring of protection+1.
South of
Beregost |
| If you aren't opposed to some petty
larceny, and let's face it a completely honest adventurer is
a poor adventurer, head to the large house at the north of town.
You will have to pick the lock on the front door. Send
in your thief alone and ignore the guards. Simply go upstairs
and in one of the rooms you'll find some gems, a potion of invisibility
and the big winner, a wand of lightning bolt! Save these magical
items for later, we will use them to good advantage. Be careful,
houses or hotels or shops where nothing seems important, may
become important later. For example, once I killed someone in
the Jolly Juggler, I had to unneccesarily fight there the entire
rest of the game. |
| While here in Beregost also be sure
to deal with the spider infestation in
the house next to the Jolly Juggler. The
difficulty with them is that there are four, and you are likely
to be poisoned (unless all your characters use ranged weapons),
something you may not have the skills to cure quickly enough
to avoid dieing. That is a problem, but save before entering
the spider house and if you screw up, well, try it again. |
| Head to Feldepost's
first. Upon entering the Inn, you'll be immediately confronted
by a man named Marl. He's horribly bitter
and mean towards adventurers of any kind since he lost his only
son who heard the call of the Realms and answered it. Since then,
the father has developed a resentment towards all adventuring
folk. If you have good charisma you can avoid fighting him and
instead calm him down (here's the choice of answers to his questions
[1, 1, 3, 3, 1]. You'll get a nice 900 XP for your troubles.
You can stay and buy a drink or explore the rooms but I don't
think there's much also you can do here |
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Now that you've set the grieving father's mind to rest, leave
and proceed towards the Jovial Juggler Inn.
Speak with the people there and eventually you'll be pickpocketed
by a little creep who wants you to return his magic boots from
a bunch of hobgoblins who stole them. If memory serves, they
are located south of Beregost, in the sunken house area.
Continuing your tour of the local Inns, Taverns and Brothels
(what do you mean you haven't found them yet?;-) enter the Burning Wizard this time. Chatting with the
regulars you'll get a couple of quests. First, there's a paladin
who' s been badly mauled by a bunch of ogres which he asks you
to ...handle. They are located south-southwest of the region
South of Beregost. (Note: If you kill them and the paladin
refuses to acknowledge your deed, just wait till morning. Then
he should be at the center of the room instead of in the corner.
If you speak to him now, he'll congratulate you, and give you
a medium shield +1. You'll also get a rep point plus some good
XP.
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In the Burning Wizard you'll meet a
grumpy old dwarf, who'll ask you to retrieve his *magical* cloak
which he lost in the appropriately named Cloakwood and has now
become the town's laughingstock.
However you can't visit the forest till later
on in the game, so let the quest drop for now. But you can enter
the temple to the East
(beware of the wolves).
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| Bearing that information in mind, explore every
area possible, kill any monsters you might encounter (Steve's
Note and Important Strategic Tip: At one point I came upon
a bunch of hobgoblin brigands which can be a big pain in the
ass if you don't know how to deal with them and their poisoned
arrows. The trick is this: Stop your party a good distance from
them, and then get your character only. Have him walk towards
them but stop as soon as he spots the first one (not the other
two). The goblin will naturally attack. Run your character back
to the party and prepare to meet the goblin with open arms; Have
this strategy in mind at all times and apply it whenever facing
multiple tough enemies. get any treasure you find, and return
to Beregost as needed to buy/sell stuff. There's the Thunderhammer
Smithy there which has some pretty good stuff. |
| West or south? Most folks say travel south
now, but if you don't have him, I'd travel west to find the Ranger
Kivan. He's a really good archer and very good for your
party. If you have two many fighter's dump one (don't forget
to drop all his goodies). West
of Beregost is High Hedge - careful, this is a dangerous
area. Stick to the path. After getting Kivan, get out and go
back to south of Beregost. You'll return to High Hedge later.
With these quests out of the way it is time to head south once
again. Go south from Beregost into the same area as where you
found the note for Mariane. You can clear it of foes for xp and
gold if you choose, or simply head along the road, which should
now be safe, to the south again. Exit to the south of the map. |
| You'll now be in hill country. Follow the road,
and you'll be jumped by several Hobgoblins. Defeat them and continue
along the road south. When given the choice, go to the Carnival,
not Nashkel. This will put you into Chapter
2 |
