He is one of the most difficult encounters in a SCS game. I usually wait until I am a higher level (i.e. level 8+ for a thief character) and then park my party up at the top right of the screen so we… (View Post)

I really enjoy the Bounty Hunter play-style, which for me means lots of stealth and trap-setting with my current dwarf. He is a good scout and a sufficiently skilled thief with extra traps on top of … (View Post)

@fischsemmel I usually wait until much later to take him on, as he is one of the harder (or even hardest) enemies with BG:EE SCS. High level parties can take him down. I usually try to wait out his s… (View Post)

Yes, it is Rogue Rebalancing - the SSoB becomes for thieves +5 THACO/+3 damage and also adds +1 backstab modifier in BG 1. In BG2 this increases +5 on damage. Also in BG 2 the sword becomes available… (View Post)

Blackraven, these are great insights. On the DoV, I had not considered the limited range issue and it is a valid concern. I just completed a BG 1 Halfling Bounty Hunter run where he used short bow (a… (View Post)