Blindness is already effectively a save-or-die against enemies that can be affected by it, meaning the slay effect of Chromatic Orb that many swear by mostly just saves you the trouble of slinging/sh… (View Post)

I think so. There are great RPGs that I suspect many here feel do something better than the BG games. It might be Planescape:Torment's story or the background art, music, or set-piece battles of the … (View Post)

I backed it, so I'll play. I enjoy Obsidian's writing, so I have great faith that they'll come up with something compelling. On the flip side, the dirty little secret is that the PoE forums feature s… (View Post)

While it's certainly not the Disney Land of the Forgotten Realms, Candlekeep does get visitors from all over, and its security has gotten pretty lax (see Chapter 6). Putting Charname in close proximi… (View Post)

I play it every time I go through BG2. For me, when I talk about the games in a more general gaming context, BG1 = BG1+TotSC and BG2 = BG2+ToB. (View Post)