High damage resistance is great, of course, but its only achievable in the lategame, and taking a character along only for that might not be worth it for some people (lots of classes are great in the… (View Post)

@BelgarathMTH The spirit lion is basically my default spirit animal for most situations, as it has high APR, high damage output (19 strength for the level 10 version!), decent ac/hp and a very fast s… (View Post)

The spirit animals summoned by totemic druids get much more powerful once you level up a bit - and they're certainly quite useful for the entire duration of BG1 and early BG2. Once you get two spirit… (View Post)

Just FYI, I just tested to make sure if barbarians can in fact use the sword, and the answer is yes: (View Post)

Barbarians are a fighter kit in the enhanced editions, so when it says "Fighters can use it", this includes barbarians as well (though barbarians don't behave like a fighter kit in some way… (View Post)