Also, for particular monsters, you could check out the Wiki that I have occasionally stumbled across. For example there's a page about stone golems with links to the other golems http://baldursgate.wikia.com/wiki/Stone_Golem.
There are plenty of articles there that could do with more info, so perhaps the community could fill taht in, and not have to retype basically the same replies on here all the time?
To be fair to newer players, the BG games do generally assume that the player has a good knowledge of AD&D (and 2nd edition in particular).
I can't think of anywhere in game (or even in the manual) where it mentions that particular monsters need magical weapons to hit them. Sure, the game will tell you that hitting the Clay Golem with your sword isn't working, but not why.
Some things aren't even mentioned in the AD&D books - you just have to learn them from BG experience. For example liches being immune to 5th level and lower spells.
Typically the only enemies where there is an in-game explanation are those enemies which don't exist in P&P AD&D. For example the magic golem strengths/weaknesses are explained in the Ecology books dotted around Watcher's Keep.
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There are plenty of articles there that could do with more info, so perhaps the community could fill taht in, and not have to retype basically the same replies on here all the time?
I can't think of anywhere in game (or even in the manual) where it mentions that particular monsters need magical weapons to hit them. Sure, the game will tell you that hitting the Clay Golem with your sword isn't working, but not why.
Some things aren't even mentioned in the AD&D books - you just have to learn them from BG experience. For example liches being immune to 5th level and lower spells.
Typically the only enemies where there is an in-game explanation are those enemies which don't exist in P&P AD&D. For example the magic golem strengths/weaknesses are explained in the Ecology books dotted around Watcher's Keep.
http://www.lomion.de/cmm/golemagi.php