The difficulty with triple classes in BG2 is that the experience table plateaus, and you'll no longer be only a couple of levels behind a pure-class. So at 2.95 million XP (the original SOA level cap… (View Post)

Casting magic resistance to lower the resistance of a high MR enemy as @lunar suggests is very useful. It also doesn't turn neutral foes hostile, so you can cast it quite safely on Drizzt, Firkraag o… (View Post)

From what we hear from 90% of the bandits, they *are* stupid. "So I kicked him in the head until he was dead"? We're talking football-hooligan levels of brainpower without the literacy and … (View Post)

Regular thief traps are useful for setting in an area you know an enemy will become hostile in to do some initial damage (and usually before spell protections are up, to boot), but Bounty Hunter and … (View Post)

Clubs are a bit odd in BG2. There are 2 available in the Druid Grove quest, Gnasher +2 with a damage-over-time component and Blackblood +3 which does bonus acid damage. But those are the only notable… (View Post)