Arg, help.

For the first time in many months of playing BGII, Mae'Var has asked me to steal the statue of Lathander instead of the Talos Necklace.

I can't seem to get it without the alarms sounding and the priests going hostile. I have tried the lone thief armed with potions of invisibility, I have tried using other characters to distract the guards and priests, what should I do?

I don't want to kill the priests & guards here - I'm playing an evil party, but this temple may be of use later - they seem to sell some good gear that I can't afford right now (& don't have the ability to steal yet) besides anything else. My priority is to get Edwin quickly, and I can't do that until I've got this bloomin' statue!!!

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i never manged to do this without turning them hostile. I dont think theres any other way apart from just nabbing it.

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"But not a single skull was to be found; all taken as sick trophies by these despicable attackers."

Well the alarm only sounds when they SEE you stealing, so if you manage to take them out of sight, you will have no problem. You can do this just waiting till they go out of sight (maybe it will never happen) or charm them and make them walk far from you.

Anyway, when i played the evil party i just killed them all. http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...iles/smile.gif

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OK, kill them it is! This is certainly working out very different than my usual game!!!
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Nah, I've play an evil party and I've stolen the Lathander statue just for the hell of it. Makes a good coversation piece in my Thives guild (Ie: Not an actual game converstation) what I did is talk with the priest blah blah blah and he walked out and left eventualy yoshimo detected the trap and locked picked it 2 of my other party memebers blocked the priests way my guy took the staue and voila no hostile priests.

Thanks Strahd, I could give that a try. I've got Artemis Entreri as my thief at the moment (see Memnoch's thread on 'hidden NPC' for more info) and his trap detection is the only thing which is a bit lacking at the moment (60) - and it's gonna be years before he levels up!

Does anyone know if the 'Dawn Ring' plot still happens later on for evil parties? Or does it happen differently? I normally have to get it for the Temple of Lathander when I play a good alignment, and that's the other reason I don't want to kill the priests (in other words I was going to loot the temple for its riches *after* I'd got the exp. for getting the ring, BWAHAHAHAHA). But I really can't wait that long for Edwin, no way!
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I managed not to alert anyone by having Viconia cast santurary, I only sent her into the area where the statue is. Sometimes I've noticed the priests also walks around, maybe his absence is also a contributing factor to not sounding the alarm.

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Yes, Dawn Ring quest happens even for evil parties. But once the guys in Lathander Temple turn hostile, the quest cannot be completed (but the guy at Helm still "sends you" to Lathander... Helm sees all? Yeah right.). If you want to do the Dawn Ring quest, it will be a better idea to finish it prior to stealing the statue (just to be safe about them turning hostile).

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Thanx everyone for helping me on my first journey to the 'dark side' BWAHAHAHA http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...miles/wink.gif

The priests and guards are all dead, the Temple of Lathander is no more - I guess the ring quest will have to remain undone! I never really liked that one anyway - too much running around for too little reward! http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

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Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Just a suggestion for your leisure, why not empty out the Order of Radiant Heart building? http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif
It doesn't affect you reputation. http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...l_laughter.gif

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