For the love of FSM, if you're just starting out don't look at an item/spell with free action. One other thing that's important--the opcodes are applied in the order listed, which is why you see stuf… (View Post)

Spell effects are capped at level 20, but spells still get counted as being cast by a level 30 mage. IOW a level 20 and 30 mage will both get 40 rounds out of a Protection from Evil, but it will be h… (View Post)

Pretty much. The IESDP is mainly the result of a lot of tedious experimentation via hex editing. At this point, honestly, I'm not sure source access would make much of an impact. Yes, there are certa… (View Post)

Well, two different answers, depending on whether you're talking about making the mods or distributing them. BG2 did ship with a script compiler but it was pretty crude (and aimed at player AI script… (View Post)

oBG has composite longbows--Winthrop has one available for sale right at the start. It also had strength requirements on weapons, but the engine did not enforce them. The most notorious example is Qu… (View Post)