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| | Baldur's Gate II - Throne of Bhaal Review for PC - Gaming Age |
 | | The new class is certainly not a `serious´ one like a monk or wizard, but it is fun and does a nice job at providing a character class so different that it might convince players to replay the entire game, as well as providing a very entertaining multiplayer character choice. | | | One issue that most expansions of popular games have is keeping up the same level of technical quality that made its predecessor so captivating-expansion packs usually have much reduced budgets and far tighter schedules than the original game. | | | The player, like most fufillers of prophecy, must come face to face with others that would have them dead, and, in doing so, must also come to terms and accept the accursed heritage of their own blood. |
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http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/reviews/review.pl?sys=pc&game=bg2exp
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| | Lora's CRPG Reviews: Throne of Bhaal (PC/Mac) |
| | In point of fact, though, Throne of Bhaal is an add-on to the superb Baldur's Gate 2, and its value as a game is heightened by the fact that it is the conclusion to that epic. | | | Throne of Bhaal is only about 1/4 the size of the original game and the plot is much more linear, so it plays through comparatively quickly. | | | On its own merits, Throne of Bhaal would be a good but not great game. |
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http://www.geocities.com/ataniel/tobreview.htm
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| | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (2001) (VG) |
| | While Throne of Bhaal may disappoint some people because it is shorter than the previous games I found it to be an incredible experience. | | | Sure it is inferior to the previous games in the series but I still felt the old rush when I played the game. | | | The storyline becomes more linear in this final chapter of the Bhaal saga and I for one felt that it was necessary and furthermore the game ís an expansion pack and not a third full game so I don't understand the people who thought it was too short. |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282366
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| | Planet BaldursGate - A Member of the GameSpy Network |
| | Ascension (4 MB): This mod involves changes to the battles in the last chapter of Throne of Bhaal that often have many more enemies and spell effects going off on-screen than are found normally in the official release of the expansion. | | | Improved Illasera (8 kB): This greatly increases the difficulty of this first Throne Of Bhaal encounter, adding to her skills, weapons, AI and the strength of her group. | | | It is not very high difficulty, as a battle right at the beginning of the game shouldn't be, but it does make Illasera a credible opponent and member of the Five. |
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http://www.planetbaldursgate.com/bg2/media/files
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| | First Impressions: Baldur's Gate - Throne of Bhaal (PC) - Gaming Age |
| | The core gameplay in Throne of Bhaal remains virtually unchanged from Shadows of Amn, but if there was ever a case where the cliche “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” applies, it would be to this expansion. | | | I am not going to get into spoilers, but Throne of Bhaal doesn’t miss a beat from the epic storytelling, challenging combat, and addictive questing that propelled Shadows of Amn into the one of the ranks of the finest RPGs ever to grace the PC. | | | Bioware has done a stellar job of the tricky task of making sure every player of Throne of Bhaal will be able to tackle the expansion in the way they see fit, and for that they are to be commended. |
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http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/news/news.pl?y=2001&m=6&nid=21-112.db
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| | Low-Spoiler Baldur's Gate 2 Throne of Bhaal Game Guide (ToB) |
| | However, though Throne of Bhaal doesn't have quite the replayability of Shadows of Amn, it is much, much shorter, so it is very easy and enjoyable to simply finish the saga for each group you took through Shadows of Amn--and choose a different path for each one. | | | Once you pass into Throne of Bhaal, there will be no going back. | | | So I've written my own Throne of Bhaal guide, with the intention of pointing gamers towards things they might not have tried in the game rather than divulging puzzle solutions or giving step-by-step instructions. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/hero/tjekanefir/throne.htm
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| | Changing the child of Bhaal ... - GameBanshee Forums |
| | I suspect having two characters with the child of Bhaal powers in the same game, would be OK. Otherwise there would be potential trouble in a regular multiplayer game if more than one player used such characters. | | | In effect, it is possible to have two different characters both with the powers of the child of Bhaal, when you transfer the save game to the single player folder. | | | A character put into the lead position in the multiplayer game was given the special abilities of the child of Bhaal, even if that character was not the child of Bhaal in BG1. |
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http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/showthread.php?p=61835
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| | Neverwinter Nights: Bhaal |
| | Automatic Actions: Bhaal could use Bluff, Craft, Diplomacy, Hide, Intimidate and Move Silently as a free action, if the DC for the check was 25 or less. | | | If Mask were in the hands of some lv 10 character, that lv 10 wouldn't have been skilled enough to kill even Bhaal with a super powerful weapon like the Godsbane. |
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http://nwn.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=453796&forum=42
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| | RPGamer > Review > Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal |
| | While few, if any, tracks from the original two games made the transfer to Throne of Bhaal, their aid was largely unnecessary - the new songs were suitably epic in scope and concept even if the game demonstrated otherwise. | | | But just the fact that it is there, should one ever express a desire to explore it, fostered a deep sense of continuity and realness of the game world. | | | Simply being more of the same is not acceptable at this point; Throne of Bhaal must surpass its predecessors just as they surpassed their own. |
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http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ad_d/bg2/reviews/bg2tobstrev1.html
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| | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal for PC video game review and cheats |
| | It was easy to find Shadows of Amn games, but finding specific Throne of Bhaal games was a little more difficult. | | | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal is a fitting completion to the Baldur's Gate "trilogy," but was slightly disappointing to this reviewer due to the shorter amount of playing time available for the main game itself (around 25-30 hours). | | | However, Throne of Bhaal seems to be very popular on the GameSpy Arcade network, with over 100 users on both times I attempted to play. |
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http://www.gamezilla.com/review.aspx?review=6956
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| | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal |
| | The immense variety of outcomes for any given quest alone makes Throne of Bhaal worth replaying over and over, especially since the game gives you access to every possible NPC from Shadows of Amn right from the beginning of the game. | | | This, by itself, is not that serious of a problem; good games can have slow plots and still be worth playing. | | | For better or worse, Baldur's Gate II does a good job replicating the ideal Dungeons and Dragons game; the world is very open-ended, and you get plenty of chances to role-play your character by deciding between different choices that reflect on your alignment and your reputation. |
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http://www.applelinks.com/p5/index.php/print/1669
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| | Wizards Community - The Rise of Bhaal |
| | Bhaal cares nothing for intrigue and such, only murder, the art of the kill. | | | In my game, Ao allows the rise of Bhaal because of Cyric's attempts time and again to unbalance the pantheons in a quest for power. | | | I use this plotline a lot in my games, ironically for Cyric. |
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http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=91264&highlight=Bhaalspawn
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| | Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal Reviews for PC. PC Game Reviews @ Playcenter.com |
| | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal takes players through an all-new story line, rich with intrigue and treachery, as they unravel the mysteries of the Dungeon of Watcher's Keep and explore other new areas, such as the City of Saradush, the Fortified Monastery of Amkethran, Sendai's Underdark Fortress, and the player's own Abyssal Stronghold. | | | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal, the add-on pack to Baldur's Gate II, expands and enriches the gameplay experience by adding several new locations, high-level spells, and powerful new characters to the Baldur's Gate II game. | | | Baldur's Gate II players will be pleased to hear that Throne of Bhaal is fully playable either while questing through their BG II adventure or after they have completed BG II. |
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http://www.playcenter.com/PC_Games/Reviews/Baldurs_Gate_2_Throne_of_Bhaal_reviews.htm
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| | MacGamer - Get In The Game |
| | In Throne of Bhaal, the various Bhaalspawn are at war with one another, the stronger hunting and killing the weaker. | | | First, in order to play Throne of Bhaal, players must have already performed a full install of Shadows of Amn. | | | Being a powerful Child of Bhaal, the player has access to some of Bhaal’s tricks. |
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http://www.macgamer.com/features?id=1819
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| | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal Preview - Game Revolution |
| | The folks at Bioware estimate that Throne of Bhaal adds another 40 to 50 hours of engrossing gameplay to the trilogy. | | | Players can choose to continue the game with their characters from BGII:SofA or may begin with an entirely new character. | | | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal Preview - Game Revolution |
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http://gr.bolt.com/previews/featured/pc/baldurs_gate2_throne_bhaal.htm
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| | Apple - Games - Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal |
| | In MacPlay’s Baldur& expansion pack Throne of Bhaal, which uses official Advanced Dungeons and Dragons rules, your story comes to an end. | | | At its heart, Throne of Bhaal is about the choices you must make during your journey. | | | Apple - Games - Baldur&: Throne of Bhaal |
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http://www.apple.com/games/articles/2003/11/throneofbhaal
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| | GameSpy.com - Developer Diaries: Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal -- Volume 5 |
| | The Throne of Bhaal team has outdone themselves with the talent and effort they've put in to ensure that the game would be fun, exciting, and challenging to Baldur's Gate veterans as well as newcomers to the Bhaal saga. | | | I mean, with a 30-50 hour estimated play time, this expansion rivals other full game releases out there. | | | After this last round of rigorous testing and re-testing, we've come to a point where we're happy to send the game off for public consumption. |
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http://archive.gamespy.com/devdiary/june01/bgtob5
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| | BioWare: BG II: Throne of Bhaal Patches |
| | This new BETA patched version of Throne of Bhaal is still multiplayer compatible with the 26498 patched version of the game. | | | This patch is only intended for users playing the German, French, Italian or Spanish versions of Throne of Bhaal (English UK players should download the English patch instead). | | | Fixes bug in multiplayer where SoA save games were displayed on the ToB multiplayer or single player Load Screens after quitting from a ToB multiplayer game. |
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http://www.bioware.com/bg2tob/bg2tobpatch.shtml
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| | Featuring Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal Review at ActionTrip |
| | The other way to play it is to go through the expansion only, but in this case you lose the possible bonuses you might have gained when finishing Shadows of Amn. | | | Expansion pack Throne of Bhaal for BG II: Shadows of Amn functions much the same. | | | After you install it it merges with the original game and offers you two possibilities; you can play the adventure before or after the fight with Jan Irenicus. |
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http://www.actiontrip.com/reviews/baldursgate2throneofbhaal.phtml
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| | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal Items Listing - IGN FAQs |
| | HGBOOK1 - Yaga Shura's Journal (Throne of Bhaal) The large volume is almost too large to comfortably carry, but in giantish hands would likely be little other than a small journal. | | | BAG05 - Ammo Belt (Throne of Bhaal) This shoulder belt is ideally suited for holding sling bullets, darts, arrows or bolts. | | | They appear slightly straighter than the average arrow, almost alive as they effortlessly leave your bow and streak towards their target with deadly accuracy. |
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http://faqs.ign.com/articles/372/372409p1.html
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| | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal Walkthrough/FAQ - IGN FAQs |
| | It has one area (Watcher's Keep) that can be reached in either game, and many other areas that take place after the events in BG2. | | | What's New in Throne of Bhaal: ------------------------------ - TAB key will now highlight doors, containers and items for you. | | | Sure, only the Main Character can have a familiar (which means that if your Main Character can't cast Magic, you won't get one) and sure if they die then you permanently lose one point of Constitution. |
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http://faqs.ign.com/articles/371/371403p1.html
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| | IGN: Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal |
| | See what the expansion pack is going to look like in these new pics. | | | Click now to win big on IGN Sweepstakes! | | | I'll take one to go with the screens inside. |
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http://pc.ign.com/objects/015/015962.html
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| | Sorcerer's Place - Interplay's Throne of Bhaal Walkthrough |
| | The only way to combat this is to spread out to cover as much ground as possible in order to get as many hits on her in each position as possible. | | | You can decide to hunt for more enemies or treasure, or go straight to the Forest of Mir Temple (alternatively you can also visit the Watcher’s Keep level from here — if you didn’t already complete it whilst playing SOA with the expansion pack). | | | In TOB, there are many new items and weapons that can be gleaned through cunning adventuring, although most are just continuing along similar lines as before, and barely need explanation. |
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http://www.sorcerers.net/Games/BG2/iplay_tob_walk.php
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| | Baldurdash - ToB Bugfixes |
| | changes the Temple Of Lolth guards' AI so that they don't react to invisible players, as otherwise with Throne Of Bhaal installed (where Drow can see 'invisible' characters) the quest was almost impossible to finish without Ust Natha going hostile and the player/party being forced to kill all the Drow to escape. | | | corrects the omission whereby this was the only familiar whose hit points did not double between Shadows Of Amn and Throne Of Bhaal, and it had also lost all of its elemental damage resistances, though no other familiars that have them did. | | | (Note: This will not change her thieving skills if she is already present in your party; it will take effect when a new game is started, or when she joins the party in Spellhold, at the Copper Coronet or during Throne Of Bhaal in the Abyssal subplane. |
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http://www.baldurdash.org/ToB/Fixes/TOBfixes.html
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| | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal |
| | It doesn’t take a genius to see that you’re going to go out and kill a succession of powerful foes, either to become Bhaal yourself or to stop them from doing so, all the while coming closer to some grand climax. | | | I, by all rights, should have been outside enjoying the sunshine, playing Frisbee, or doing whatever it is people do when the weather is nice, instead I’ve been, once again, hunched in front of a computer screen tippy-tapping away. | | | Throne of Bhaal, the expansion pack for Baldur& that completes the story of one cunning son of a God, is compelling enough to make you want to play from the beginning but not good enough to satisfy in the end. |
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http://www.gamesfirst.com/reviews/mblackburn/Bhaal/tob.htm
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| | Bhaal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The tale of the Bhaalspawn is recounted in the Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II computer games; in the novelizations of these games, the protagonist is named as Abdel Adrian. | | | History of the Dead Three: 'Knucklebones, skull bowling, and the empty throne' | | | A wholly evil, debased and sadistic god, Bhaal was served by the goddesses Talona and Loviatar and in turn served Bane (Myrkul, to a lesser extent, was also his master). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaal
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| | The Adrenaline Vault News |
| | Titled Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal, the add-on expands the game with new locations, high-level spells and powerful new characters. | | | The Pocket Plane--a sanctuary for the player that is located in the Abyss--will also be on display. | | | Characters can reach up to level 40, made possible with a raised experience cap of eight million points, the highest level in an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons computer game. |
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http://www.avault.com/news/displaynews.asp?story=5172001-00059
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| | Neverwinter Nights: Bhaal v Cyric(Spoliers Warning) |
| | The games are not canon, the bhaal spawn officialy never existed | | | Was Bhaal at full strength during the fight?I don't think so and this is why | | | Bhaal didn't leave for a fight with Cyric, and a fight with Bhaal was the least thing Cyric would have wanted. |
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http://nwn.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?forum=58&topic=205146
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| | Boards O' Magick: Child of Bhaal: A BG2 story |
| | As for armor, the child of Bhaal disdained it. | | | The child of Bhaal slapped his hand over his eyes, suppressing a growl of mounting frustration. | | | Sol rounded on the girl angrily but she shrugged innocently. |
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http://www.sorcerers.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=12;t=000141
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| | Bhaal - Return to The Temple of Elemental Evil |
| | In this DHTML script, there are five links that constantly remain in the upper left hand corner. | | | Typically a ring of stones carved to resemble teardrop-shaped skulls is inlaid in the ground around the altar. | | | While he lived, Loviatar and Talona served him (though the two were rivals to each other), and he in turn served Bane. |
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http://davidcwood.com/adnd/campaign/evil/bhaal.php
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| | Baldurs Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal - coming to Mac! CONFIRMED OMG !1!1 - Topic Ars OpenForum |
| | It becomes a power ranger romp where you kill the 12 other sons/daughters of Bhaal or some shit. | | | Import your character from Shadows of Amn or create a new one as you set out to complete the Bhaal Spawn saga. | | | Okay, here's the news we know many of you have been anxiously waiting for: We're publishing the Baldur's Gate II expansion pack Throne of Bhaal for the Mac, and we expect to ship it on November 15. |
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http://episteme.arstechnica.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=39309975&m=1230929295
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| | GameSpy.com - Game of the Year Awards - 2001 |
| | Like Baldur's Gate II, Throne of Bhaal has cooperative multiplayer for up to six players and is supported by GameSpy Arcade. | | | As a Child of Bhaal, you become embroiled in this conflict and must choose your path of good or evil. | | | Clocking in at around fifty hours, longer than many full games, the expansion offers much more adventure in a fitting end to the Baldur's Gate tale. |
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http://archive.gamespy.com/goty2001/pc/pc_expansion_winner.shtml
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| | Baldurs Gate II: Throne of Bhaal Expansion : An Old Friend |
| | In your Pocket Plane there are 5 trials that must be overcome during the course of the game. | | | Home > Computers > Games > Baldurs Gate II: Throne of Bhaal Expansion | | | In the Baldurs Gate I section of this site it says that James Worthington was the creator of the adventure, though I could only see a writer called James Ohlen in the credits for Throne of Bhaal, it's surely one of the two, or at least a nod to the original story's creator James Worthington. |
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http://www.eeggs.com/items/31254.html
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| | VN Boards - Getting rid of Bhaal ... |
| | [RPG Vault] VN Boards » RPG Vault Boards » General RPG Board » Getting rid of Bhaal... | | | Thanx, heres the deal, I got a ranger and Im not there yet a friend has got a thief with 36 hit points, thats 3 hits from Bhaal... | | | Date Posted: 2/7/01 3:34pm Subject: RE: Getting rid of Bhaal... |
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http://vnboards.ign.com/Message.aspx?topic=9041499
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| | Mike's RPG Center - Baldur's Gate II - Walkthrough - Throne of Bhaal |
| | Rest to restore your strength and when you are ready, go to the exit and say that you are ready for the end. | | | At the beginning of the final chapter in the game, you will find yourself before the Throne of Bhaal. | | | Before you can become master of yourself and your destiny, you must face five challenges in your Pocket Plane, each of which was opened up when you defeated one of the Five. |
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http://mikesrpgcenter.com/bgate2/walkthrough-tob.html
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| | Amazon.ca: Baldur's Gate II : Throne of Bhaal: Books |
| | Follow the ultimate battle of the children of Bhaal in this thrilling novel based on the computer game from BioWare and Interplay! | | | Regarding the story itself, well, Drew Karpyshyn didn't really have much to work with and I don't think it's his fault that it came out bad and far far away from the story presented in the awesome game. | | | Instead of ridding the land of evil, each kill gives more power to a vicious group of Bhaalspawn intent on returning their father to the world. |
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/078691985X
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| | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal Preview |
| | If the Baldur's Gate games weren’t so good, I’d say something bad about Interplay riding this horse until it drops. | | | Players will be able to take their characters up to level 40 and accrue up to eight million experience points. | | | Throne of Bhaal is an add-on to the huge and hugely successful BGII: Shadows of Amn, and while it doesn’t promise any revolutionary changes in gameplay (which is probably a good thing) it does offer several new locations, like The Dungeon of Watcher’s Keep, the City of Saradush, and the Monastery of Amkethran. |
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http://www.gamesfirst.com/articles/2001e3/InterplayPC/BGIIToB.htm
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| | XGR.COM - The Net's FIRST 24/7 Radio Station For Gamers : Exclusive Throne of Bhaal Shots |
| | XGR.COM - Xtreme Gaming Radio - The Internet's FIRST 24/7 Radio Station For Gamers : | | | Thanks goes out to Heather from Interplay for sending over the Gold Master of Throne of Bhaal. | | | I've taken over a dozen shots from the beginning areas of this expansion while you wait for the preview (if you can wait that long) Click HERE to see the rest of the shots. |
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http://www.xgr.com/article.php?article=1631
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| | bhaal - GameBanshee Forums |
| | The book is called "the dead three" because Bane, Bhaal and Myrkul are three dead gods. | | | I remember that I read this in bg in a book called "The Dead Three." | | | There combined essence were given to the mortal assasin, Cyric, making him one of the most powerful gods of all the realms. |
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http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20349
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| | BALDUR S GATE 2: THRONE BHAAL by HAVAS 01070 |
| | BALDUR S GATE 2: THRONE BHAAL by HAVAS 01070 | | | Policies, item availability, and prices are subject to change without notice. | | | BALDUR S GATE 2: THRONE BHAAL by HAVAS 01070 -- computer,hardware, shopping, purchase, discount, ED.&EDUTAINMENT SW, ENTERTAINMENT SW, VOICE RECOGNITION SO - Select Outlet - |
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