"Spells are implemented up to level 20 in BGII. Spells that level up will not increase in effectiveness after that, even if their description does not mention they are capped"
Spell50 unlocks the level of spells. While this makes your spells much more powerful at high levels, remember that most liches are level 25 and the fixes apply to them too!!!
There's tons of good stuff at weidu.org and gibberlings3.net, check it out.
@colonel_burger Thanks very much for the thought, it is one I have tried many a time and when you add in things like SCS, it makes liches a right ballache (fantastic fights though) I have run many a modded game and I am very interested to see what the community comes up with when the BGEE updates settle down a little
Ahh you're a fellow difficulty-enhancing mod afficionado like myself! You can actually get these fixpacks to work on BG:EE as it's based off the BG2 engine, but it requires a bit of f*cking around. I'm just going to wait until camdawg, wesley etc release versions specific to BG:EE.
I have to say, Vanilla BG:EE feels way too easy after playing with Tactics for years...
It's not that Bards are *bad*. Sure they may have Thief THAC0 progression, no Set Snare, no Trapfinding, no Stealth, no Open Locks (Knock denies easy exp and wastes spell slots), and only a D6 HP, spells that cap at level 6, have a class feature which can be utterly replaced by a Remove Fear spell, are restricted to only one attack per round, cloth armour, denied the use of awesome, awesome robes and be unable to specialise in weapons but....
Bards can use chain mail as well (+4 Mithril chain, anyone?). Give Eldoth or Garrick the Gauntlets of Dexterity or the Bracers of Archery and the +2 Dead Shot long bow and they make very effective archers. Plus, Eldoth can create 5 poisoned arrows per day. Their spell casting is great back up to your party mage as well.
Bards weren't meant to be stand alone powerhouses. They're more of a compliment to a party: they can engage in melee, cast spells, identify items with their high lore, pick pockets, dispel fear, as well as boost morale and THACO.
No it states in the description that the blades song does not improve, the blade is looked at as more of a fighter than song singer, though it changed with the new rules.
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Spell50 unlocks the level of spells. While this makes your spells much more powerful at high levels, remember that most liches are level 25 and the fixes apply to them too!!!
There's tons of good stuff at weidu.org and gibberlings3.net, check it out.
I have to say, Vanilla BG:EE feels way too easy after playing with Tactics for years...
Bards weren't meant to be stand alone powerhouses. They're more of a compliment to a party: they can engage in melee, cast spells, identify items with their high lore, pick pockets, dispel fear, as well as boost morale and THACO.