^ This. I've completed the saga with an Assassin (party, not solo), and I found the enhanced backstab a comparatively minor benefit. The real strength of the Assassin kit is using the Poison Weapon a… (View Post)

Well, that's true in the first half of BG1, it's a win-button spell against trivial mobs. But it's useless against all enemies over level 4, so it's not nearly so impressive in the later stages of BG… (View Post)

That's just urban legend, @atcDave! We could obviously never have advanced beyond caves and bearskins without the internet, so it stands to reason that it must always have existed. :wink: (View Post)

Aha! Okay, thanks for testing that, @dr_muds! (View Post)

Well, I guess ... provided that it's a pre-selected team in a closed game. The thing I really don't like about public, open multi-player (obviously I'm talking about other games here, not BG) is that… (View Post)