My 2 cents on the longbow/shortbow debate are as follows: An archer (the kit) is a god in BG1 even with a shortbow. Longbows are technically better, but they simply aren't necessary. It's extra stren… (View Post)

Not to mention the pointless faux-Latinisms like the b in "doubt". Which we got from the French "doute", by the way, but no, that wasn't close enough to the Latin "dubitare&q… (View Post)

While Con bonus isn't the same for warriors and non-warriors, I'm pretty sure that warrior multiclasses use the higher warrior Con bonus for everything. So a fighter/mage with an 18 Con gets more hit… (View Post)

Quayle is also necessarily a latecomer, as he's on the far side of the bridge to Baldur's Gate. You can go to his area from the start, but you can't get to the part he's on until about 2/3rds of the … (View Post)

This isn't really in keeping with the current state of the discussion, but I just want to point out that, as much focus as we've given hill giant strength, there's another obvious benchmark, which is… (View Post)