There's also ways to mitigate the cheese factor through roleplaying, if you're so inclined. I won't memorize Protection from Petrification the second I enter an area I know to have basilisks, for exa… (View Post)

It must have some vague association with the Werewolf Island NPCs, though damned if I know how Khalid was affected before you ever set foot there. Sounds like a crazy bug. If you have an earlier save… (View Post)

Protection from Petrification is an easy spell to learn very early in the game, and trivializes Basilisk fights for the most part. They're quite weak once you become immune to their gaze. Plus, pre-b… (View Post)

I really have to go on a case-by-case basis. In your example, I'd view an item like that protection scroll completely trivializing the encounter to be, if not cheesy, at least unsatisfying. After all… (View Post)

Mages are nothing special in BG1, honestly. Having one is nice, having two is overkill. Pre-Nashkel, you'll have the option of grabbing Neera, or teaming up with Minsc and getting Dynaheir. Edwin is … (View Post)