Worth noting here that Pathfinder, the PoE games and Tyranny all had dialogues where there were consecutive checks. Multiple checks to get the good outcome isn't something novel in these games. In fa… (View Post)

I've become a big fan of Nichols, the main subject in that story, during the Trump era. And reading his columns. Probably someone I don't agree with on a lot of issues from social issues to economic … (View Post)

Just going to reiterate what gorgonzola said. Especially on insect plague (and later its 7th level variant). It's just such a game breaking spell, it's really hard to overstate how powerful it is. Es… (View Post)

I went through and read your analysis on Aerie and I appreciate the deep work you've done there. I want to caveat what I'm about to say by first acknowledging that there are no bad NPC's in the game,… (View Post)

I love a lot about BG2. I love the deeper and more interesting dungeons. BG1 has the amazing Durlag's Tower and I guess the Candlekeep section. But that's about it for interesting dungeons. Two just … (View Post)