Honestly, I preferred some of the art style and sprite choices in the original BG - it felt alright for BG2 because it was a different game in a different geographic area so of course helmets and arm… (View Post)

It's a fine spell for a mage/specialist mage and you also get access to a scroll of it almost immediately - that's the only reason I wouldn't bother taking it as one of the freebies at the start. But… (View Post)

Sleep is without a doubt the very most powerful spell in bg1 atm. It makes sense for a bg1 sorc to take it because it'll effect almost every fight in the game. But more long-lasting spells also make … (View Post)

I'll definitely agree with you on two points - 1. Mainly that BG1's named enemies especially as parts of random-esq encounters (THE FASTEST DART THROWER IN THE WEST!!!) were very memorable - especial… (View Post)

I'd say the easiest to get a basic thing going in BG:EE would be an archer. Archers are really strong, all of their best gear drops in the course of the main story. Archers are quite powerful in BG 1… (View Post)