I also seem to remember that reaching the XP cap in SoA was not really too low. The BG 1 expansion did not hurt that much with <100k more XP. But we must also consider that the first playthrough i… (View Post)

In general I think SoA was better balanced with the old caps, even though it was frustrating to stop right before getting Level 9 spells. Unfortunately, many of the ToB additions don't work well with… (View Post)

Pascal's wager. Not logically sound, though. Choosing the wrong religion could be worse than having none at all. The true god might prefer freethinkers. Etc. Argument only works if it is a binary cho… (View Post)

Many ways. Melf's Minute Meteors are a start. A mage with IH and protection spells can also just kill them with a quarterstaff. Summons can start from Level 5, I guess (elementals)? Polymorph self: O… (View Post)

Time Stop can be useful to remove short-running but powerful buffs from enemies. E.g. consider a lich with PfMW (Breach won't work on liches) or if you run the appropriate mods various HLA from enemi… (View Post)