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Bonus spell oddity

ShangerooShangeroo Member Posts: 84
in Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
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Curious about the logic of the bonus spells. You get 3 for lvl 1,2, and 4 but only 1 for lvl 3. Is that a 2nd ed. oddity or a bug?

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  • ShangerooShangeroo Member Posts: 84
    Also I don’t have anything equipped that gives bonus spells.
  • Grond0Grond0 Member Posts: 7,490
    It's just an oddity of the way bonus spells are given in the 2nd edition. That is:
    13 - 1st
    14 - 1st
    15 - 2nd
    16 - 2nd
    17 - 3rd
    18 - 4th
    19 - 1st and 4th
    20 - 2nd and 4th
    21 - 3rd and 5th
    etc

    I agree you could question whether 19 wisdom should give 1st and 3rd, rather than 1st and 4th - but then arguably that wouldn't have been a step up from the 4th level spell given at 18.

    Many characters would have 21 wisdom on transfer to BG2EE after using the 3 tomes available in BGEE, which would reduce the disparity between 3rd and 4th level bonus spells.
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