Yale University have just released a report on excess deaths. As with the BBC study I reported, it looks at all-cause mortality in order to avoid distortions associated with defining particular cause… (View Post)

If you wanted to give mages a fair crack, then allowing them to learn scrolls, but not otherwise use them would seem reasonable (it would be better I think not to allow XP for learning scrolls, but t… (View Post)

Under a strict interpretation of poverty rules, mages would only have available their starting L1 spells for the bulk of the game. If you were somehow to make progress (and blindness and a familiar c… (View Post)

I think you may be referring to this guide, which covers solo poverty runs along with other information (though only in relation to BG2). The guide includes some misleading information, but much of t… (View Post)

He's definitely had 100% MR when I've come across him before, but I think that's the result of an equipped item - so the Wiki is correct that he himself has 80%. It's possible I suppose that item is … (View Post)