Gold Box SSI's Gold Box Series Thread

[Fowyr]

White mages have Abjuration and Enchantment/Charm. Red mages - Alteration, Illusion and Summoning.

 

[made]

That's only for Raistlin fanboys.

You can roleplay Raistlin in any robe color. He's worn each at least once in his career.

 

[kmonster]

It's worth maxing character stats at creation to make the game more comfortable. Non-mages don't need int, non-clerics don't need wis and not everyone needs cha, but max the other stats unless you're a masochist, even with maxed strength you'll have to leave stuff behind because of carrying capacity problems.

Don't bother planning for later games, start death knights with a fresh party and keep it in dark queen.

You get enough XP to max double-class characters during the game, knights are the only ones to keep pure.
You don't need neutral clerics, good clerics get better deity bonuses, more HP and level faster in CoK.
Avoid rangers, they're capped too early.
Don't switch knight order before you've enough XP to stay at level 8 (220,000/350,000 XP).
Sleep is very powerful so are hold person and stinking cloud, casting well aimed fireballs before the enemies move is the best tactic later.

As party for CoK I suggest:

human knight
kender cleric of kiri-jolith/thief
half-elf fighter/red mage
half-elf cleric of majere/white mage
half-elf cleric of mishakal/fighter/white mage
half-elf fighter/red mage or cleric/fighter/mage or human knight

 

[damicore]

May be I should play something like let's say... ToEE first to get the hang of DnD rules? An simpler goldbox? a more affable DnD game?
Or at least play it's tutorial whatsoever? Sounds way easier than reading the whole 60pages manual whichis confusing me, at least at 4AM
Is this a bad idea?

Also what's the percentage after the strength of my knight? And maxing stats or not maxing stats, should I do it? Shouldn't I? Are there any differences?

 

[Excidium]

TOEE is 3rd edition, it's bound to be more complicated than what you'll find on that manual.

 

[Fowyr]

This is bad idea. JUST PLAY COK ALREADY! Don't forget to modify stats and take red and white mages, Myshakal's Cleric, Solamnian Knight, kender thief and fighter.

PLAY THE GAME OR I'LL SEND LITHUANIAN HITMAN AFTER YOU.

Also what's the percentage after the strength of my knight?

Exceptional strength. 18 < 18/50 < 18/00 < 19.

 

[damicore]

hahaha I will I will, i always loved the art anyways.
Right now it had been kind of hard with college on my back, but I'll get completely free to play from now on.
See you after I get butthurt from my first encounter.

 

[overtenemy]

I just looked through the adventurer journals of Champions and Death Knights and couldn't find the level limits on subhumans in the trilogy. Where are they listed?

 

[octavius]

Ignored.

 

[Jaesun]

lalala nothing to see here, move along. Um yeah Gold Box Games rule!

 

[Metro]

subhumans

 

[Jaesun]

I just looked through the adventurer journals of Champions and Death Knights and couldn't find the level limits on subhumans in the trilogy. Where are they listed?

Check the Manual (not adventurer journal). IIRC they are in there.

 

[octavius]

Demi-humans, not sub humans.

 

[Mackerel]

Level limits are in the Adventurer's Journal at the back, here they are for DQK

MAXIMUM LEVEL LIMITS BY RACE AND CLASS

CLASS    HUMANS  SILV.   QUAL.    HALF    HILL      MTH.      KENDER
                 ELVES   ELVES            ELVES     DWARVES   DWARVES
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Cleric     Max   Max     Max      Max     10        10        12
Fighter    Max   10      14       9       Max       Max       5
Paladin    Max   12      No       No      No        8         No
Ranger     Max   Max     Max      11      8         No        5
Knight     Max   No      No       10      No        No        No
Magic-user Max   Max     Max      10      No        No        No
Thief      Max   No      Max      Max     10        8         Max

 

[overtenemy]

Yeah, thanks. I found them in the DQK adventurer journal not long after I made the most. Not sure why I had so much trouble. Also, I said subhumans and meant it. Level capped untermenschen.

 

[Fowyr]

Level capped untermenschen.

 

[purpleworm]

Level limits are in the Adventurer's Journal at the back, here they are for DQK

MAXIMUM LEVEL LIMITS BY RACE AND CLASS

CLASS    HUMANS  SILV.   QUAL.    HALF    HILL      MTH.      KENDER
                 ELVES   ELVES            ELVES     DWARVES   DWARVES
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Cleric     Max   Max     Max      Max     10        10        12
Fighter    Max   10      14       9       Max       Max       5
Paladin    Max   12      No       No      No        8         No
Ranger     Max   Max     Max      11      8         No        5
Knight     Max   No      No       10      No        No        No
Magic-user Max   Max     Max      10      No        No        No
Thief      Max   No      Max      Max     10        8         Max

Fixed-

MAXIMUM LEVEL LIMITS BY RACE AND CLASS

CLASS    HUMANS  SILV.   QUAL.    HALF    HILL      MTH.      KENDER
                 ELVES   ELVES    ELVES   DWARVES   DWARVES
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Cleric     Max   Max     Max      Max     10        10        12
Fighter    Max   10      14       9       Max       Max       5
Paladin    Max   12      No       No      No        8         No
Ranger     Max   Max     Max      11      8         No        5
Knight     Max   No      No       10      No        No        No
Magic-user Max   Max     Max      10      No        No        No
Thief      Max   No      Max      Max     10        8         Max

 

[purpleworm]

Additionally, I agree with...

JUST PLAY C.O.K. ALREADY!

If you don't know the ins+outs of the races+classes now, you will learn them soon. Just go ahead and try them.

 

[Mortmal]

Level capped untermenschen.

Rpgcodex a very special view over rpg history

 

[MisterStone]

Eh bros, I seem to remember that having a dwarven ranger was pretty helpful at least early in the game because you could get sick compounded bonuses against goblins etc. with the dwarf's racial bonus vs. Giant races (includes goblins etc.) and the ranger bounus against the same. Probably not a big deal to someone who is good at tactical games, though, and IIRC by the end of the game you're fighting draconians and dragons n shit, so it may not be helpful by then... but still, it is kind of fund smacking down goblins with this early on.

 

[damicore]

I have a char on autofight, he keeps autofighting every fight, who do i unauto him? :S
Also the first 3 encounters seemed too easy, will the fights get any harder?

 

[octavius]

I have a char on autofight, he keeps autofighting every fight, who do i unauto him? :S

Hit the space key in combat.

Also the first 3 encounters seemed too easy, will the fights get any harder?

Yes. CoK is one of the easier Gold Box games, though.

 

[desocupado]

Dark Queen of Krynn asks me for a save disk to save a created character. Anyone knows how to solve that?

 

[Fowyr]

Check file path in the configuration file.

 

[damicore]

How do you uncharm someone? or end a battle when one party member is charmed?