Yeah, playing mages early-game can be tough. I'd second CaptRory's recommendation of something priestly. If you want to go the wizard route, you might have fun with a fighter/mage multiclass. They're… (View Post)

I do love me some mixed-blessing items, permanent or otherwise. BG needs more of those, I feel. (View Post)

Probably for the best. There are a lot of stat boosts in the game already. (View Post)

The HP comparison is definitely painful, but I don't think it's game-breaking. In BG1, if you have a 16 Con, there are only a few NPC fighters that'll have substantially more hp than you (since d6+2 … (View Post)

You do indeed. Once you've left one class for another, you can never go back to the first class again. You do eventually regain the abilities of the first class, but you can't advance any further in … (View Post)