I'm a male atheist PhD student in generally mediocre physical shape who spends most of his time indoors. I believe very strongly in my personal moral code, and outside of moral issues I'm pretty hard… (View Post)

Oh, something to add. I don't mind that Safana's sexual. I do mind that her selection sounds flirt with you, the player. That just smacks of the writers assuming the player is interested in women (an… (View Post)

Shar-Teel, Eldoth, Skie, and Safana are all gendered negative stereotypes. Possibly Coran also. But everyone in BG1 is a stereotype, because BG1 NPCs have about a dozen lines of total characterizatio… (View Post)

Oh, exceptional strength. Because when you design a system where you only have a 1/216 chance of rolling an 18 Strength (early editions of D&D used straight 3d6 for stats, with no rearrangement o… (View Post)

That statline looks good to me. You'll get to 16 Con with the tome, and that's the highest you can benefit from. The Int is fine too (as good as almost any NPC mage even before the tome), and the 18 … (View Post)