50 yrs ago I fell in love/awe with Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and have read the whole series at least 10 times. In the late 1980s I came upon Steve Jackson's series of Choose-your-own-adventure book… (View Post)

Elf is a better choice for Fighter-Mage because of the bonuses to Bows and Long Swords. Archery is perhaps Overly dominant in BG1 and an Elf with 19Dex is very comforting when you are still unfamilia… (View Post)

FMT ~~ My own nature is such that a base of versatility, allowing soloing or being valuable to almost any party, with optimal chances of having an answer for every situation that could arise seems pr… (View Post)

In my experience of BG, Minsc's Space Hamster 'Boo' does not really play much of a role in what Minsc contributes as a character or tactical factor. One point that no-one has made is that my imaginat… (View Post)

It is such a treat to be able to "chat" with someone with an authorial mind like yours, even thus once removed. Just picked up a book at my favorite PTA Thrift Shop that immediately release… (View Post)