@Alesia, interesting what you say about UCONN's coach. Had never heard of him. I'm a soccer-man (or football as it's called in Europe). There are coashes there who are a bit like Geno Auriemma.
As to Semaj's Cloak, it Blurs the wearer (as per the spell) and gives 10% MR. A really good item really, that comes with BGT. The only downsides are the visual Blur effect (which actually put Glorydd into trouble as you can read below) and the fact that it's only usable by Human, Elven or Half-Elven non-lawful priests and wizards (including dual/multi though). Glorydd has only recently begun to use it.
Saving Narlen is difficult for a solo character. He's very vulnerable.
As to Semaj's Cloak, it Blurs the wearer (as per the spell) and gives 10% MR. A really good item really, that comes with BGT. The only downsides are the visual Blur effect (which actually put Glorydd into trouble as you can read below) and the fact that it's only usable by Human, Elven or Half-Elven non-lawful priests and wizards (including dual/multi though). Glorydd has only recently begun to use it.
Saving Narlen is difficult for a solo character. He's very vulnerable.
Glorydd, Dwarven Fighter/Thief, 8th update
Glorydd didn't take long in finding Valygar. It turned out he had a cabin near Imnesvale. The Ranger explained to her that he was the last living relative of Lavok Corthala, owner of the Planar Sphere, a bizarre structure in the Slums District. His body was literally the only key to enter the Sphere, which was why the Cowled ones were after him. Glorydd had no love for the Cowled Wizards - although she remembered their convincing intervention when she'd had to deal with a powerful demon in the Bridge District - and Valygar's story did little to change her views. The two traveled back to Athkatla to enter the Sphere, to confront Lavok (apparently an evil Necromancer), and to make the Sphere useless for interplanar travel before the Cowled Wizards would claim it for themselves.
Ever the loner, she made Valygar wait for her at the entrance, and went exploring the Sphere. She didn't like the place. It made her think of Irenicus' dungeon, with guardian Golems, strange apparatuses, innocent captives namely Knights of Solamnia from another plane, and slaves, in the form of highly aggressive, cannibalistic Wild Halflings. Glorydd had no choice but to defend herself. She relied on Carsomyr for dispels (because some of the Halflings proved to be highly intelligent spellcasters), and on her Flails for damage. She battered Iron Golems and Juggernaut Golems, and with a non-hostile Guardian Golem, she downed an Elder Orb. [Note that Glorydd merely finished the creature; the Golem had already brought it to Near Death status.]
She found Lavok in a navigator room. He wasn't happy to see her, but he didn't take long in changing his attitude. He had a string of protections: Shield, Fireshield Red, Globe of Invulnerability, Spell Turning, Stone Skin, PfCold, Spell Shield. These were all great protections if Glorydd had been a wizard like him, or if she hadn't wielded Carsomyr. As it was however, she got rid of his buffs in a single strike with Carsomyr. A Chain Contingency with Improved Mantle, SI: Abjuration and ADHW did nothing that Carsomyr couldn't fix. The only damage Glorydd took was from the hitting the Fireshield.
Lavok saw reason, and begged Glorydd to show him the open sky of Athkatla. For that to happen, she had to slay a demon - apparently the sphere had traveled to one of the lower planes - and throw its heart into an engine. As she went to take a look at the engine room, she found Tolgerias, the Cowled Wizard that had commissioned Glorydd to find Valygar, accompanied by an adherent. She had no idea how Tolgerias had entered the Sphere. What she did know, was that he wasn't there to make conversation with the Dwarf.
Like Lavok, Tolgerias saw all his initial instantly cast buffs dispelled by Carsomyr. The difference with Lavok was that Tolgerias knew what was needed to stall Glorydd: PfMW. In the time he had thus bought himself, Tolgerias further buffed, and faster than Chiktikka Fastpaws he summoned Mordenkainen's Swords and, somehow simultaneously, two Glabrezus, Glorydd noticed from a distance. Glorydd switched to her Sword of Arvoreen just in case a sudden decline in health would make her vulnerable to their PW: Stuns. The Fiends teleported toward her, and soon she saw herself surrounded by the Glabrezus, Tolgerias and a bunch of Skeletons that the other Mage had summoned. When Tolgerias refreshed his PfMW and subsequently Wished for himself and his allies to become impervious to injury, Glorydd knew it was time for her to excuse herself for a moment. As she returned it was much less crowded; the Fiends had departed. She stripped Tolgerias' assistant of her protections, and slew her shortly after that. At that moment Tolgerias was in the process of casting what would prove to be a Time Stop, but an invisibility potion made Glorydd vanish before her foe was done casting. It made him idle his time away. She waited for a while after the Time Stop had expired, slew a Skeleton that was in her way, did a Carsomyr-dispel on Tolgerias, and finished him off with her Flails without allowing him to cast anymore spells.
Behind the area where she had run into Tolgerias, were an ice room and a fire room. In the latter room she ran into trouble. She thought herself hidden as she entered it (Semaj's Cloak didn't help there), visible only to a pair of Hell Hounds, but the collective attack of all the room's inhabitants made it clear to her that she hadn't been hidden at all. She had to leave the room, blinded and badly injured due to fire damage. A Rod of Resurrection Heal, followed by fire protection potions (and ring) enabled her to deal with respectable foes such as a Salamander Noble, and - with a Whirlwind Attack - a Noble Efreeti. She had no problems with the creatures from the Ice room. In the Power Core she struck down a number of Golems before she left the Sphere in search of a demon heart.
She didn't have to look around for long. In fact, after she had killed a number of Imps and Quasits, she ran into two Fiends at pretty much the same time, a Nabassu and a Marilith. Two demons at the same time was a bit more than Glorydd had bargained for. The Marilith hit hard and fast, so Glorydd chose to run and heal and try to get in the occasional hit. (Again, the Sword of Arvoreen was equipped, because with the damage she took and the running around, she feared she might catch the attention of more Fiends, such as PW: Stunning Glabrezus.)
Gaxx-Hasted, she managed to slay the Marilith with her flails. It made things a lot easier for Glorydd. The Nabassu followed not much later. And indeed there was a Glabrezu for Glorydd to slay as well. Glorydd threw one of the demon hearts into the power core, and left the Sphere with Lavok. Valygar rewarded Glorydd for her good deeds with a nice suit of armor, a family piece.
In a home near the Sphere the Dwarf retrieved a ring from Talassan thieves for the Temple of Lathander. She delivered it at the temple, and then decided to pay Aran Linvail a visit to see if he had made any progress with his preparations for Gloydd's journey to Spellhold. Much to her satisfaction (and relief), he had. A ship and a captain were waiting for her, ready to depart. Glorydd told the men to wait for her to settle some unifinished business that she said would not take long.
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While I'm not overly endorsed in the idea "let's make BG2 a PnP accurate game", I do feel as if demons should be really dangerous.
) grants him two spell slots at each level. He wears a robe
