@Silverstar @Erinne Any character with a minimum 13 WIS can talk to the Spectator to complete that quest line in BG2 (it doesn't have to be the PC). A high WIS does not effect dialogue choices or NPC… (View Post)

My mistake. Clerics get crap lore bonuses; I should have said Mages and Thieves. In the original game and Tutu, I never had a problem identifying low level magic items based on other NPC lore scores … (View Post)

It's limiting but it doesn't break the character's performance (Unlike, say, a Fighter with 13 STR, or a thief with 14 DEX). I realized this when I once tried to play Garrick as a serious spellcaster… (View Post)

Just to clarify: Nobody was actually making this argument, or came close to making it. Huge? Identify is a convenience at best, duplicated by other classes and game mechanics. Edwin is popular becaus… (View Post)

They're effective, but not as effective as in the original game. Because ranged dominated BG1 so much, to the point where you barely need a melee toon to be effective, Bioware went out of their way t… (View Post)