2000 - Jan. - 21

This fix was made not by myself, but by Wormy Hellcar and posted on his websites at http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/hellcar/index.html and http://www.crosswinds.net/~hellcar. However, these downloads are no longer available; I am offering them due to their not being available elsewhere.

The HELM18.ITM, HELM19.ITM and HELM20.ITM are edited versions of the Baldur's Gate 2 Ioun Stones items, which resolve a problem with the definition of them. Ioun Stones, the "trapped essence" of a living being (usually voluntary so that their characters' strong attributes survive after their death) are wearable in AD&D tradition by all characters other than those specifically prohibited from wearing magical accessories. They were invented by a mage (Congenio Ioun; they were originally called Congenio's Pebbles) for mages, but due to them being defined as helmets in Baldur's Gate 2, only characters that can wear helmets can use them. (They aren't really "worn" per se but when active orbit the character's head.)

To use:

Simply unzip the files HELM18.ITM, HELM19.ITM and HELM20.ITM to your BG2 Override folder, and restart BG2 (if it's already running.)

Kevin Dorner
mrkevvy@rogers.com
aka Kivan Do'Urner, solo CG E F/M/T
aaka Elmonster, solo LN/NG H M

This file was obtained from my webpage at http://www.baldurdash.org