new items unsure of usage

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  1. Templar

    Templar Established Member

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    The magic minerature chest seems new to me and doesn't seem to be a way to learn what it does. I can't seem to put anything into it.

    What effect does the staff of striking have?
    (i know this one isn't new but I am unsure its exact properties)

    What benifit does the cloak of elvenkind offer?

    The spiders at Lareth was a nice touch to add challenge.
     
  2. Allyx

    Allyx Master Crafter Global Moderator Supporter

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    Once Identified the miniature chest can summon an extraplanar chest that you can store loot in then send it away, you can retrieve the loot when you summon the chest again. Use the radial menu for this.

    The staff of striking adds the selected number of charges to the critical hit multiplier

    Cloak of Elvenkind grants +5 to the wearers hide skill.
     
  3. maggit

    maggit Zombie RipTorn Wonka

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    First indentify the chest, then open
    radial menu. In the section where
    you can drink potions and use scrolls
    you should see a sign "miniature chest"
    or something like that. This works the
    same as "bag of holding" in BG and IWD
    series. Also read Cerulean's note on what
    you shouldn't put into the chest. I'm unsure
    about the Staff of Striking (don't remeber
    really), but you should be able to see its
    description in your inventory when you press
    shift and click on it. Lastly the Cloak gives you
    a bonus to move silently or hide or both(?) can't
    remember, check in your character's skills sheet.
    You should be able to see what it gives by looking
    at the table of miscellaneous modifiers (I think it's
    +5 if you see such a bonus then it's probably
    the cloak).

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    Faster than me, eh Al? ;)
     
  4. Allyx

    Allyx Master Crafter Global Moderator Supporter

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    It all comes down to "who has the quickest fingers", maggit. :p
     
  5. maggit

    maggit Zombie RipTorn Wonka

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    It's not fair, I'm not a native speaker of English
    so I don't think as fast in it as in Polish. ;PPP

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    Sorry for hijacking the thread. ;)
     
  6. Allyx

    Allyx Master Crafter Global Moderator Supporter

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    Well posting on a PSP is very time consuming (no keyboard :(), I'd say we're about even.
     
  7. Templar

    Templar Established Member

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    You both did well :giggle:

    Last night I did the Emridy Meadows quest and was expecting a few skellies as usual but i got the pants kicked off me by some skeletal priest and some guards. Very creative by the way because I could picture them both being in the battle of Emridy Meadows!



     
  8. webusver

    webusver Established Member

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    Not +5 but +10. This may be too much but I rarely use sneak.
     
  9. maggit

    maggit Zombie RipTorn Wonka

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    In the 3rd edition it gave +10 but in 3.5 the bonus should be +5 I think.
     
  10. Blacksheep

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    Where is the chest? I found it once before, but not during my current game...
     
  11. maggit

    maggit Zombie RipTorn Wonka

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    Look in your PMs.
     
  12. Blacksheep

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    Ahh, much abliged maggit!
     
  13. JerryB

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    To use the staff of striking you also go to the radial menu, and when you get to "staff of striking set charges" click on it (or set it as a fast key). You use the popup menu that comes on screen to set your damage from 1 to 3 charges. Be thrifty though if you want to keep the staff for long, it only has like 20 charges and then it disappears.

    Lareth's staff functions as a +2 club even if you don't spend any charges, so until you get a better weapon for your cleric than a club +2 I just use it without charges except when fighting very tough enemies. IF you limit your use to a couple of charges per major encounter that weapon can last until the cleric can craft a holy mace +3, by which time you want to replace it anyway.
     
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