One more comment to add: I just made multiple attempts to defeat Aec without metagaming and imho it really isn't feasible, at least with my four member party. So if you're going to do that fight you … (View Post)

Especially in this story where there's a bounty on your head and bounty hunters, hired assassins, and highwaymen routinely lay in wait for you! Even if not for that, Volo describes the region as fill… (View Post)

You know, one of the spell scrolls that is dropped just prior to that encounter (or found in a chest to be specific) is one that I rarely use, but I had forgotten how it works--and it makes all the d… (View Post)

The BG series' world is so incredibly dangerous (especially for the protagonist, due to the chief villains' intertest in him or her) that from a roleplaying perspective, I totally agree that the char… (View Post)

First, thank you for the kind words! Even with the "Fates" approach a slight bit of metagaming is still unavoidable. For example, each chapter has a quest, or a big fight, or something, tha… (View Post)