In general, it occurs to me that the summoning dances are a waste of time, and the best way to use the shaman is as a sorcerer-type druid with Detect Illusion as a bonus. And in this role, I think th… (View Post)

Another insight from this run, almost finished SOA. Nature's Beauty doesn't break invisibility when you use it. And druids/shamans can turn invisible using the spell Pixie Dust. Nasty combo. (View Post)

Doing a serious Shaman run for the first time, and something interesting happened when I fought Irenicus in Spellhold. I decided to wait until he'd cloned my party, and then use Nature's Beauty to bl… (View Post)

It's a minor complaint, but one thing that irked me in SOD was the way the characters abused that weapon swinging animation as a point of emphasis when doing things in this game. There are certain po… (View Post)

Perhaps one can say that tic-tac-toe is still more balanced, since optimal play and victory are entirely incompatible. (View Post)