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ICEWIND DALE II

faq and
walkthrough
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by kaichern tee
teekc@mail.com

starts Oct 7 2002
finished Oct 19 2002
last update Nov 24 2002

version 1.4
actual version 1.4.1.031079-zdf-bs/99*25


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If you have interest in translating this faq and place it in other
website, please contact me. We can work together to make it better.

If you have any question about this game, i suggest you go first to
one of the following forums because i believe people there will be
more informative while answering your question.
GameFAQs at
http://s1.cgi.gamefaqs.com/boards/gentopic.asp?board=15119
Black Isle at
http://feedback.blackisle.com/forums/
Socerers net at
http://www.sorcerers.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=14

If you want to email me teekc@mail.com, you would need to specify
"icewind dale 2" at your title since i receive a lot of junk mails.
Be inform that my PC operating system can decode chinese (traditonal
and simplified). So if you want to, you can email me in Chinese.

Feel free to correct my mistake. Any help from anyone regarding this
faq will be credited and none of the email address will be post unless
requested. Note that your emails might be quoted in this faq. In the
process, i might modify incorrect words. If you feel that i quoted
wrongly please inform me. Also, if more then a person telling me the
same thing, i will credit everyone but use the expression of my own.
Please inform me if i said something wrong.

This faq may be posted on any site so long as nothing is changed and
you have my permission for doing so. You may not charge for, nor in
any way profit from this faq.

You will find the most updated version in,
http://www.gamefaqs.com
http://www.sorcerers.net
http://www.neoseeker.com

This faq is also posted in the following websites,
http://www.gamesover.com
http://DLH.Net
http://www.ggmania.com
http://www.cheatcc.com
http://www.edbis.com

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This Document is Copyright 2002 by kaichern tee

ICEWIND DALE II copyright 2002 by Interplay Entertainment
Corp. All Rights Reserved.

The BioWare Infinity Engine copyright by 1998-2002 BioWare
Corp. All Rights Reserved.

Icewind Dale, Icewind Dale II, Baldur's Gate, FORGOTTEN
REALMS, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, Wizards of the Coast are
trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary
of Hasbro, Inc., and are used by Interplay under license
from Infogrames Interactive, Inc.

Black Isle Studios are trademarks of Interplay
Entertainment Corp.

The BioWare Infinity Engine trademarks of BioWare Corp.

All other copyrights are property of their respective
owners.


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Table of Contents
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I Introduction ---------------------- ppgint
**Please, read this first, it wouldn't be long**

II Character Creation ---------------- ppgcre
II.1 Race ppgcr1
II.2 Class ppgcr2
II.2.1 Front-line Tanker ppgcr3
II.2.2 Back-row Caster ppgcr4
II.3 Alignment ppgcr5
II.4 Constructing a Band ppgcr6

III Skills --------------------------- ppgskl
IV Feats ---------------------------- ppgfet
III.1 Weapon and Armor Feats ppgfe1
III.2 Self-improving Feats ppgfe2
III.3 Weapon Fighting Feats ppgfe3
III.4 Spell casting Feats ppgfe4
III.5 Class Feats ppgfe4

V Useful Spells -------------------- ppgspe
IV.1 Arcane Spells ppgsp1
IV.2 Cleric Spells ppgsp2
IV.3 Druid spells ppgsp3
IV.4 Spells that Overlap ppgsp4

VI General Strategies -------------- ppgstg
VII Known Bugs That Will Hurt You ----- ppgbug

VIII Walkthrough --------------------- ppgwlk
Prologue ---------------------- ppg01
1.1 Targos Dock ppg02
1.2 Targos Town ppg03
1.3 Targos Palisade ppg04
Chapter 1 ----------------------------- ppg05
2.1 Shaegarne Fort ---------------- ppg06
2.1.1 Somewhere Before Village ppg07
2.1.2 Torak Base ppg08
2.1.3 Somewhere Before Dam ppg09
2.1.4 Dam ppg10
2.1.5 Shaegarne Bridge ppg11
2.2 Horde Fortress------------------- ppg12
2.2.1 Outside Fortress ppg13
2.2.2 Cave to Fortress 1 ppg14
2.2.3 Cave to Fortress 2 ppg15
2.2.4 Fortress ppg16
2.2.5 Inside Fortress ppg17
Chapter 2 -------------------- ppg18
3.1 Foothills ppg19
3.2 Glacier Crevice ppg20
3.3 Ice Temple Upper Level ppg21
3.4 Ice Temple Lower Level ppg22
3.4.1 Battle Square ppg23
3.5 Chapter Ends ppg24
Chapter 3 -------------------------------- ppg25
4.1 Wandering Village ---------------- ppg26
4.1.1 The Missing Children ppg27
4.1.2 The Returning Dead, or Undead ppg28
4.1.3 The Silent Ghost ppg29
4.2 Cold Marshes ppg30
4.3 River Caves ----------------------- ppg31
4.3.1 River Caves Entrance ppg32
4.3.2 River Caves ppg33
4.3.3 River Caves Exit ppg34
Chapter 4 -------------------------- ppg35
5.1 Black Raven Monastery ------- ppg36
5.1.1 Monastery Entrance ppg37
5.1.2 Monastery ppg38
5.1.3 Eight Chambers ppg39
5.1.4 Black Raven's Tomb ppg40
5.2 The Underdark --------------- ppg41
5.2.1 Driders Cave ppg42
5.2.2 Leaving the Underdark ppg43
5.2.3 Z'hinda Citadel ppg44
Chapter 5 ------------------------------- ppg45
6.1 Kuldahar ------------------------- ppg46
6.1.1 Kuldahar Pass ppg47
6.1.2 Kuldahar ppg48
6.1.3 Chult and Yuan-Ti Temple ppg49
6.1.4 Slaying the Guardian
and Protecting Kuldahar ppg50
6.2 Dragon's Eye --------------------- ppg51
6.2.1 Dragon's Eye Entrance
and Level 1 ppg52
6.2.2 Dragon's Eye Level 2 ppg53
6.2.3 Dragon's Eye Level 3 ppg54
6.2.4 Finishing Dragon's Eye ppg55
6.3 Holy Avenger --------------------- ppg56
6.4 Dragon's Eye Exit ppg57
6.5 Ice temple Revist ppg58
6.6 Fields of Slaughter ppg59
6.7 Saablic Tan ---------------------- ppg60
chapter 6 -------------------- ppg61
7.1 The Plam ppg62
7.2 The Fingers ppg63
7.3 Finishing the Game ---- ppg64

IX Frequently Asked Questions ----------- ppgque
X Version History ---------------------- ppgver
XI Credits and Acknowlegment ------------ ppgthk



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I introduction ppgint
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Well, This is the first faq i write. i am a bit old now, and most of the
time, i'll wait for an faq to release to buy the game and play according
to the faq. However this time, i amazingly played iwd2 without any faq.
Sure, i do stuck in somewhere along the course, but i have help from the
good and friendly people who visited www.gamefaqs.com IWD2 forum. As time
went on, the itch of writting this faq enlarged and i cannot resist it.
so there you have it.

For your information, i am more a pc gamer then a pnp-er (pen and paper).
So, my knowledge about 3ed is very limited. Basic stuff only i know,
technical knowledge limited i am.

You will notice that for important title in the table of contents, it will
be follow by ppgXXX. i did this for the purpose of simple navigation. You
can now just look at the table, using "find" function in your wordpad
to find ppgXXX and jump to the correspond content. For example, search for
"ppgthk' will bring you to the section. In
case, ppg means 'Powerpuff Girls'. Don't you just adore them?

As you go through the walkthrough, you'll notice that my style and basis
of writting change. There are two main reasons behind this. 1st, the game
has developed into such a state that i cannot continue with my previous
style. 2nd, my mood changed.

Since you can use 'alt' key to highlight interact-able containers, i guess
there is no need for me to indicate each containers in the game. Just press
the key often to highlight containers and on ground items so you wouldn't
miss a thing. Also, traps are expected everywhere. De-trap wouldn't yield
xp like in BG. Plus, i haven't enounter a deadly trap that cost my life,
so i wouldn't mention every trap in the game.

As the faq goes, i'll use more and more short form. I suppose it would be
easy to understand but just in case,
STR = strength DEX = dexterity
CON = constitution INT = intelligence
WIS = wisdom CHA = charisma
BGx = Baldur's Gate 1 or 2 IWDX = icewind dale 1 or 2
3ed = 3rd edition rules pnp = pen and paper
BIS = Black Isle Studios hp = hit points

Enjoy the game, enjoy the faq.

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II. character creation ppgcre
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There are a lot of discussion going on in several iwd2 related forums, so i
would not and could not cover them all. You can always pay a visit to these
forums and post your suggestion there for analysis and criticism. What i
will cover is very general.