Support provided both by Beamdog, beta testers and the community has been outstanding. One has the feeling that this is a project reaching first to BG's hard-core fan base... and it feels good. (View Post)

Yep. Buffed up Thief->Cleric backstabbing with Staff of the Ram... boom! pick up the pieces. (View Post)

You're right. But then if I'm taking a back-line character mostly for special items and occasionally a few spells (because I already have another arcane caster in my party), I'll take into account th… (View Post)

@DJKajuru: again, almost any class can "front-line". In late BG2 there is no better "front-liner" than a mage. As has been said, clerics are decent front-liners due to low AC, and… (View Post)

There is one thing however a plain Bard will excel at: using special items. IIRC, they can use any wand/scroll/potion - there are lots of them, very powerful. While your other party members cast thei… (View Post)