I find it highly annoying and irritating that I have to deal with Neera to get the gem bag. I guess it's the reward I demand from her for forcing me into a mage battle in the middle of the streets of… (View Post)

Another caveat is that spell-casting classes don't have their spells that level scale go higher with any other class. That is, if you are leveling as a wizard, and you take a level of fighter, your w… (View Post)

One caveat about the Insect Plague strategy is that it takes almost a full round to cast. If the mage gets off an AoE that hits the druid, or one of the mage's companions gets a hit on the druid, it … (View Post)

@UnderstandMouseMagic , My problem is that I'm a die-hard roleplayer. Of course I already know what every magic item in the game is, as do most of us who have been playing BG for years. But I feel gu… (View Post)

I'm pretty sure we all learned whatever level of expertise we have with the game through years of trial and error with the combat encounters. Each encounter is a lot like a puzzle you have to solve. … (View Post)