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Since the THAC0 bonus that Elves get doesn't apply to crossbows, and, AFAIK, there isn't much of a difference between 19 and 20 DEX, is it better to pick a Human/Half-Elf instead to avoid the CON penalty?

Hi folks! I just finished a duo no-reload playthrough as a Wizard Slayer (just me and Imoen). Unfortunately, Mulahey got me in the end. Still, I have to say: this class really isn't as bad as people make it out to be, as long as you're not playing solo.

The first thing I noticed is that all those amazing magical items can simply go to your companion. Imoen got to enjoy all the cool gear that would normally end up on my main character. So in a party, the Wizard Slayer restriction doesn't feel nearly as painful. By the end, Imoen had better THAC0, better saves, better immunities - the works.

The second thing is that I rolled a dwarf dual-wielding hammers. Normally I spend ages agonizing over race, class, and weapon choices, but this time everything just clicked. If my job is to inflict spell failure, then I want as many attacks per round as possible, so dual wielding was an easy choice. But why hammers? Because hammers are awesome in BGEE, and then in BG2 you get the sweet Dwarven Thrower. Throw in Whirlwind Attack with that, or The Brick, and it sounds like a ton of fun. Sadly, I didn't make it that far... although with a little more care, I probably would have.

One thing I definitely underused was the Wizard Slayer's item options. Sure, they can't equip most of the fun magical gear, but they can use green scrolls. That includes Protection from Magic. There are a few of those available in BGEE, and after this run I've learned my lesson. Next time I play a Wizard Slayer, I'm making sure to keep at least one Protection from Magic scroll on me at all times. And once you get to BGII, Wizard Slayers can use Vhailor's Helm. With that helm and a single Protection from Magic scroll, you're pretty much set.

Another funny side effect was that I never dual-classed Imoen into a mage, which is what I usually do. Since she got all the magical gear that would normally go to my protagonist, she ended up being a really solid archer instead. She even made great use of specialty arrows. It turned into a surprisingly fun way to play.

I still can't really imagine doing a solo run with a Wizard Slayer, though ;)

Okay. Recently redownloaded, been having fun replaying this game. Still getting used to some of the changes.

Poisoner questline (starting in northest bg), takes you to the house of umberlee, in south (docks) bg, the same place you retrieve the body of the child (shield of the stars iirc, +1 large shield, +5 vs missles).

If you misclick the dialog options with talking to Tenya, and turn the priestess's hostile towards you, can you still find a way to talk to jalantha? Trying to do a no save run

Played through bg2 as a kid as a mage and I just remember how ridiculously overpowered it became without any real building with incredible buffs, time stops, summonings, area damage and dispelling protective spells of your enemies.

Now I'm trying to play through the game again, this time starting from bg1EE, and I would like to try something else, but I just keep remembering how ridiculous mages and arcane magic in general are. Full spellcasters do so much stuff compared to thieves or melee classes.

I know there are many ways to break the game with minmaxing and make a melee build that cakewalks through the game with infinite attacks or something similar. This isn't about what can gameplay wise beat the game, but what would give you that power fantasy feeling that rivals that of arcane caster casting time stop and killing everyone in the room before they can literally move a muscle.

hi !

I had issue to install Eeex today and I wonder if it's could be the newest patch.

Do you play with 2.7 or still in 2.6 ?

thanks !

As the title says - AppStore has updates for BG1, SoD and IWD released 10d ago - while BG2 and PST are still on 8y-old versions.

Curious if anyone noticed that and has more info on the reasons behind. Release delay or no plans for patching these?

New updates are amazing and make modding way easier - next to bringing UI improvements (and support for wider screens)

I’m really not trying to be the Aerie simp here, but I don’t know many people who’ve played BG2 and I need somewhere to get it out of my system.

It’s just so peaceful. Whenever I hear it, I imagine her and my PC sitting together in a meadow. It might actually be my favorite romance theme in a video game.

Thank you for your time.

just wondering

To us Americans, happy Country's birthday! Back on task with Baldurs Gate!

Spell Revisions is a Baldurs Gate only mod so no fun spell revisions in IWD. It is an interesting mod for sure with some interesting aspects to it, some good, some bad, and some are deal breaking for me! But if you ever wanted to try it have fun and get it here: Spell Revisions

I personally find I don't use it often because it doesn't play nice with certain priest kit mods. It has lots of compatibility issues with Deities of Faerun and possibly Faiths and Powers. I just want my clerics to really embrace their gods correctly! And if that means I only get 18 seconds of luck instead of 5 turns then so be it!

In any case I go 6 pages worth of google doc delving into the level 1 spells of priests and wizards here Spell Revisions Lv1 Analysis so have fun reading.

Feel free to have thoughts and engage in a big analytical or philosophical discussion about the mod. Ill get every spell level eventually and I'll probably do both 8 and 9 wizards in one post since priests stop short!

Once again read here: Spell Revisions Lv1 Analysis

I've been playing the OG BG saga since the first game came out... but I've always played Fighter, Cleric and Mage classes. I wanted to do a playthrough as a Bard this, specifically a Skald for RP purposes (I wrote a story many years ago, and I slowly add new characters to it).

Anyway, I'm starting at BGEE1 and going all the way through the saga: Half-elf female, Chaotic Neutral. I generally roll with good-aligned characters, so preferably, for this playthrough, I'd like to run with evil or neutral characters to change things up. I just don't know what I'm doing with a Bard (lol), so some suggestions and tips would be appreciated.

BG2EE: Did the curse quest last night and remember 99% of the time killing the mages. I also remember previously asking in the gov’t district about the mages and talking to Terreece (?sp), but it never really lead me to anything. And normally as a 6 player party I don’t get 8m exp by end ToB, but 5 players I do.

But last night I followed the Gamebanshee walkthrough and found you can get a bit more exp by paying Terreece to not show up, then bargaining or something with Ployer, then Jaheira kills him anyway! I missed out on their gear, but learning a new thing after almost 26yrs was worth it!

So I went to Spellhold with all my party members, which includes Nalia. She’s the one I was planning to replace once I reunited with Imoen, but then I found out that Nalia will just stay behind if you dismiss her.

I didn’t want to lose her there for the rest of the game, so I sent Imoen back to the Copper Coronet.

Will I miss on a lot of important stuff with her? Will I still get to at least do some questing with her before the end? Kinda messed that up but I’m having too much fun to go back to the previous chapter.

The items introduced in SOD are a lot of fun. It's a shame only a few of them import to SoA. The Banshee Bow +2 is such a cool concept to me. And after learning about the mod that imports more SOD items to SoA I'm planning a build/play through around it.

Any SOD items that you wish were available early enough to warrant rolling a new character to build around it?