I know I am way late to the party but here are some of mine.
-Valygar actually has a good storyline if you think about it. -Viccy is overrated and poorly written -Anomen's fall or rise in the ranks is one of the best implemented morality conflicts -IWD has the most replay value -BG1 has better gameplay than TOB
I know I am way late to the party but here are some of mine.
-Valygar actually has a good storyline if you think about it. -Viccy is overrated and poorly written -Anomen's fall or rise in the ranks is one of the best implemented morality conflicts -IWD has the most replay value -BG1 has better gameplay than TOB
About Valygar: Indeed ,he's quite the fleshed out character . I suppose he ain't as popular as other SoA npcs because he has charisma/group interaction. About Viccy: I would call her stereotypical, not poorly written. On the other hand, she's my favprite romance! Anomen's : I wish there was a third, neutral option ...
Edwin's inability to cast Detect Invis/True Sight is a significant liability if you rely on your mage to defeat enemy mages. Also, his mediocre Wisdom makes Wish resting a lot harder, and those bonus spell slots he gets don't apply to a Project Image, which can actually nerf his ability to fully exploit that spell more than you'd realize.
Edwin's inability to cast Detect Invis/True Sight is a significant liability if you rely on your mage to defeat enemy mages. Also, his mediocre Wisdom makes Wish resting a lot harder, and those bonus spell slots he gets don't apply to a Project Image, which can actually nerf his ability to fully exploit that spell more than you'd realize.
there are mountains of potions of insight at temples in BG2, and even in ToB the temples come in with quite a few as well, even random drops will sometimes drop potion of insight
Also, Edwin is a human. A gnomish illusionist has +5 to their save vs. spell, plus a -2 penalty to their Spook and Blindness spells. Likewise, an Enchanter gets a +2 bonus against enemy enchantment spells as well as the abovementioned -2 penalty to their own enchantment spells.
Edwin also has poor DEX unless you give him the Gauntlets of Dexterity, which means you can't give the gauntlets to Keldorn or Minsc or Anomen or another tank.
Besides, once you reach a certain point, extra spell slots become less meaningful.
there are mountains of potions of insight at temples in BG2, and even in ToB the temples come in with quite a few as well, even random drops will sometimes drop potion of insight
Feh, potions are for people who didn't min-max or metagame enough!
Also, Edwin is a human. A gnomish illusionist has +5 to their save vs. spell, plus a -2 penalty to their Spook and Blindness spells. Likewise, an Enchanter gets a +2 bonus against enemy enchantment spells as well as the abovementioned -2 penalty to their own enchantment spells.
Edwin also has poor DEX unless you give him the Gauntlets of Dexterity, which means you can't give the gauntlets to Keldorn or Minsc or Anomen or another tank.
Besides, once you reach a certain point, extra spell slots become less meaningful.
Soooo ...... Gnomish Enchanter would be the way to go. Call him Casanunda as a tribute to Terry Pratchett. Perhaps he is the riveting, if short, poet speaking through the poor vessel that is Garrick outside the Radiant Heart building in Athkatla?
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OH BOY HERE WE GO
second..third.. umpfteenth time in this thread already? :PPlaying as a mage charname is a complete waste of time when Edwin is available.
You are all kidding yourselves, you'll never make the grade.
-Valygar actually has a good storyline if you think about it.
-Viccy is overrated and poorly written
-Anomen's fall or rise in the ranks is one of the best implemented morality conflicts
-IWD has the most replay value
-BG1 has better gameplay than TOB
About Viccy: I would call her stereotypical, not poorly written. On the other hand, she's my favprite romance!
Anomen's : I wish there was a third, neutral option ...
Pah!
Mage envy....
Edwin also has poor DEX unless you give him the Gauntlets of Dexterity, which means you can't give the gauntlets to Keldorn or Minsc or Anomen or another tank.
Besides, once you reach a certain point, extra spell slots become less meaningful.
Thread title, "Unpopular Opinions"
Looks like I'm doing it right.
Ah well, true visionaries have seldom been recognised in their lifetimes.