So, say you only need 3,000 XP to level up and you really want a new spellpick before taking on the boss? Rest-spam and kill the spawns until you can level up. All you are doing here is repeatedly resting in order to provoke on-rest spawns. You probably worked this one out from my comment above. This obviously goes against the spirit of soloing. In this case, you are simply employing the Character Arbitration menu to bring in a first level character who will bring the party level down, resulting in more experience points. You can just ignore the level up and keep collecting levels in the background, killing stronger enemies as a weaker character, thereby exploiting the Challenge Rating system. Now, just because you gain enough experience points to level up, doesn't mean you have to. Thus, expect high XP yield if you kill an enemy that is much stronger than you but expect low or even zero XP yield if you kill one that is much weaker. But in IWD2 ( D&D 3rd Edition cRPG ruleset) experience points for kills are calculated based on your level in comparison to enemy level. For example, that IWD1 Cold Wight yields 1,400 XP whether you kill it at first level or twentieth level. In Icewind Dale 1, you would get flat experience point rewards for killing something, regardless of your level ( AD&D 2nd Edition cRPG ruleset). For veterans, it can become so easy that it becomes boring and utterly meaningless.įirst up, the Challenge Rating system. For newbies, soloing can become an exercise in excruciating frustration.However, the vast majority of quests can be obtained and completed without issue. Not every quest or quest experience reward can be obtained since some are specific to class, race or skill choices. You are far more likely to miss out on quests, specific quest resolutions and interesting dialogue options while soloing.While you can certainly power through most combat encounters, the tactical satisfaction involved in conducting a full party is completely lost. The tactics you can employ in combat encounters is limited.For example, while IWD2 combat encounter and dungeon design devalues IWD2 Rogue Build, and while Rogues are not particularly powerful, they are eminently flavorsome and fun to play around with. Unless you have conducted IWD2 Best Party runs beforehand, you will miss out on the experience of creating, building and operating an array of other characters.That said, unless you are an incurable hoarder, you will quickly learn that 99% of the crap isn't worth picking up. Inventory clutter can become an issue despite there being containers and a Bag of Holding itemized early on.

(That said, newbies will be able to solo if they follow this guide.) Successful soloing requires deep foreknowledge of game mechanics, campaign structure and cRPG combat encounter design and cRPG dungeon design.

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