He's even had an upgrade for BG:EE @SharGuidesMyHand. His Dexterity has been improved from 15 to 16 as it was illegally low for an Illusionist. So he can even throw a meaner sling stone than before, … (View Post)

It's not that long really. My first playthrough was about 12 hours but I stopped to soak in the atmosphere, try out the training tent and so on. My second playthrough was about 8 hours, but there are… (View Post)

Tanking is pretty much just the ability to be able to draw aggro and take the hits that come without dying. Given the aggro system in BG2 is pretty much "so who is closest?" the first bit i… (View Post)

If you're willing to wait quite a long time then go for Quayle. He's actually really good. He's not a frontliner and has crap wisdom but the sheer volume of spells he can put out is great. Cleric/Ill… (View Post)

Aside from thief HLAs which are hilariously open to abuse thieves don't improve well at mid-levels. This is probably why there are so many mage/thief combos in BG2. Imoen is a competent enough thief … (View Post)