Is the wand of paralyzation nerfed?

archbishop · Sat, 23rd Apr '05, 9:19pm

I just reinstalled BG (without TotSC because CD is scratched and unreadable), and the wand of paralyzation isn't working correctly. It never paralyzes anyone, even peasants. Sometimes it will say XXX save vs. wands, but the majority of the time it doesn't and the affected character starts glowing the same way they would if the wand had worked previously. Yet, still they continue on their merry way. Taugos Sokhan(sp?) almost ate my bard who used the darned thing on him three times, and only one of which did it display the save vs. wands text.

I have used the official patch for BG only and ease of use mod. I left out the portions that apply to TotSC; improved Edane is the only one that needed to be left out I think.

Any ideas?

Edit: punctuation

Dranalis DeAealth · Sun, 24th Apr '05, 11:30pm

I was under the impression that it's like this in every version.

archbishop · Tue, 26th Apr '05, 12:51pm

So it doesn't work for you either?

It's funny because in my old install with TotSC, the wand worked fine. That saving throw penalty made it very difficult for enemies to avoid getting stunned. Maybe some stuff didn't install correctly, or maybe (and I'm beginning to suspect this is the case) my earlier install didn't uninstall properly. Example: In Gullykin, Gandolar Luckyfoot asks my party about visiting Durlag's Tower, which isn't even on my map. Maybe I should uninstall/reinstall again.

Fallen Paladin · Tue, 26th Apr '05, 7:38pm

I think Gandolar mentions Durlag's tower even if you don't have the expansion.

Dranalis DeAealth · Fri, 29th Apr '05, 12:13am

From what I recall, it was always totally useless for me, although I don't know whether this was because it was totally buggered, or simply because I had an awful lot of bad luck.

Sun, 24th Apr '05, 11:30pm	#2
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Fri, 29th Apr '05, 12:13am	#5
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Sat, 23rd Apr '05, 9:19pm	#1
archbishop Gems: 2/31 Latest gem: Fire Agate Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: USA Posts: 40 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 483 Level: 7 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 92.3% Daily Activity 3.31% Weekly Activity 1.89% Monthly Activity 2.46% Achievements	I just reinstalled BG (without TotSC because CD is scratched and unreadable), and the wand of paralyzation isn't working correctly. It never paralyzes anyone, even peasants. Sometimes it will say XXX save vs. wands, but the majority of the time it doesn't and the affected character starts glowing the same way they would if the wand had worked previously. Yet, still they continue on their merry way. Taugos Sokhan(sp?) almost ate my bard who used the darned thing on him three times, and only one of which did it display the save vs. wands text. I have used the official patch for BG only and ease of use mod. I left out the portions that apply to TotSC; improved Edane is the only one that needed to be left out I think. Any ideas? Edit: punctuation

Tue, 26th Apr '05, 12:51pm	#3
archbishop Gems: 2/31 Latest gem: Fire Agate Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: USA Posts: 40 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 483 Level: 7 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 92.3% Daily Activity 3.31% Weekly Activity 1.89% Monthly Activity 2.46% Achievements	So it doesn't work for you either? It's funny because in my old install with TotSC, the wand worked fine. That saving throw penalty made it very difficult for enemies to avoid getting stunned. Maybe some stuff didn't install correctly, or maybe (and I'm beginning to suspect this is the case) my earlier install didn't uninstall properly. Example: In Gullykin, Gandolar Luckyfoot asks my party about visiting Durlag's Tower, which isn't even on my map. Maybe I should uninstall/reinstall again.

Tue, 26th Apr '05, 7:38pm	#4
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