Rasaad's SoA quest has a very specific trigger - you must visit the City Gates map with Rasaad in the party. Since there's not much to do in City Gates (if you've already killed the lich in the Crook… (View Post)

I disagree, I find Cernd useful and versatile. After reading scores of negative comments about him without ever taking him along, I decided one time to experiment with him as a permanent member of th… (View Post)

Erm ... very interesting, @Nexus and @meagloth. What's been published before (and I think by members of the official team) is that it's the leader's CHA which counts (regardless of who you select to … (View Post)

[Edit: moved note to top from bottom.] NOTE: None of what follows is intended as criticism of anyone who chooses any combination of class and race for role-playing reasons. Whatever you choose, it mi… (View Post)

Etherealness would be way over-powered for most of BG1, hardly any of the "ordinary enemies" would be able to hit you at all, so most encounters in the first 5 chapters would become trivial… (View Post)