#ICEWIND DALE 2 PORTRAITS SOFTWARE#
#ICEWIND DALE 2 PORTRAITS PC#

Next timer you run ToEE, you'll see Elmo's smiling face in one of the slots for PC portrait selection.Īny portrait slots in the sections I enumerated above have to have one of the following in the first string (the large portrait line):ġ. Then save changes and use the new version. īe sure to back up the portraits file first and rename it.

#ICEWIND DALE 2 PORTRAITS SOFTWARE#

If you have the necessary software you could create a large portrait, but that's for another post. There are a total of 5, but NPCs don't have a large portrait, so there will be only 4 available. Be sure to do so for each of the strings in that portrait set. For example, if you wanted one of your PCs to look like Elmo, you could locate Elmo's portrait info under the NPCs listings, copy it, and past it over a listing for half-orcs that you know you'll never use. The above listings are all selectable in the game for PCs. With the data from the source portrait set. It will also require some experimenting.ĭo you have the portraits MES file in your PORTRAITS folder? If so, open it with notepad, locate the listing that corresponds to the portrait set you're looking for (this is where the experimentation comes in), and replace any of the sets under Two-handers get too much love from both the ruleset and itemization they are King.Yes indeed, but only at the cost of losing an equal number of the existing portraits beyond the 5 or so you can add. One-handed weapons could have been made more attractive by giving them more potent on-hit effects, and shields could have been made more attractive by giving them better AC bonuses, blanket wards or damage reduction. I think it's unfortunate that dual-wielding and shield setups are clearly inferior to two-handing. I can't think of a single shield that made by eyes light up. As for the cool armors such as Abishai and Cornugon Hide, their DR isn't good enough: 5/+1 (Normal) and 10/+2 (HoF). This AB+7 armor requires no proficiency, does not penalize spellcasting or thieving skills, and can be worn by one and all. That said, there are a couple of interesting IWD2 armorsets of which the Chain of Drakkas is prime. It's just that armor itself is not the be-all and end-all of defense it does not keep pace with enemy BAB (in IWD and BG, armor more than keeps pace with enemy THAC0). This does not mean that Armor Class is of no concern in IWD2 far from it. However, in IWD2, the benefits of conventional armor (armorsets) are not only Dexterity-capped but are also easily outstripped by basic buffs on top of scaling Dexterity and Wisdom bonuses to AC. No other Infinity Engine game calls for an armored front line like IWD does, and IWD2 is no different. HoF mode is actually easier than Normal mode due to its OP weapons and spells. Thankfully, it's not until Heart of Fury mode that OP weapons are found.

High INT builds (e.g, Wizards) can take Rogue skills as cross-class ones without putting a dent into their deep skillpoint pool.

In addition, Mirror Image > Rogue Evasion and Mind Blank > Rogue Slippery Mind.

Rogue-only feats such as Crippling Strike and Hamstring are cool but not very impacting.

Sneak Attack doesn't work for ranged weapons and Sneak Attacks can only be executed once per four rounds. Subject to certain regulations, in Neverwinter Nights (also 3.0), ranged Sneak Attacks and many-attack Sneak Attacks are possible, which is much cooler.

Barely any good items can be pick-pocketed (no need for Pick Pocket).

Invisibility spells facilitate more reliable scouting (no need for stealth skills).

Plus, there is the arcane spell, Knock (no need for Open Lock skill)

ANY lock can be forced open by characters with sufficient Strength scores.

There are not many traps and they're not deadly, anyway (no need for Search/Disarm skills).

On the other hand, Rogues are devalued by IWD2 for the following reasons:

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