One thing to consider, far, FAR more than BG is alignment. A few items there are alignment restricted... more spells than just smiting are alignment restricted here, though I wonder if they'll be god… (View Post)

Best Bard weapon would probably be the Hammer Longbow +4. It has 4 APR, a rather wasteful total on any warrior who can easily get 5 APR without that much a start. On a bard however... (View Post)

As useful as priests are, they, much like thieves, should be multid with anything or dualled from Fighter or ranger for some extra oomph. A single class cleric falls off with the inability to abuse h… (View Post)

How is IWD harder than BG? In BG, you risk dying, at the start, to a wolf or a mage who, if he gets one cast of magic missile off, will almost certainly kill a mage outright and can possibly kill a h… (View Post)

In that case, Abjurers are even worse than ever. Losing Mirror Image, Imp Invis and Blur is bad as is, but all the probably ported image spells ON TOP of Stoneskin, the vastly improved long reaching … (View Post)