Mages are ridiculously weak at levels 1-3, if compared with any other class (except maybe for thieves, but then again, thieves take exactly half of mages' XPs to level up). So, a familiar who gives 8… (View Post)

Yeah, but you'd still be kicked hard by said half-orc barbarian. You could have 18 STR, 18 DEX and 16 CON for a whoopping 6+12=18 HPs and cast Armor for AC 2, and throw a Magic Missle for the fun to … (View Post)

I completely agree with @Quartz. Actually, when I started playing BG2 and discovered that all the NPCs were buffed up so much, I didn't like it so much. I would have understood and be fine with, let'… (View Post)

It would be apropos to give a symbolic -1 to Thac0 at night to characters without infravision (or, maybe better, a +1 to characters with it). (View Post)

Let's take a comparison between a long sword, a long sword+shield and a 2-handed sword. Long sword - 1d8 dmg, 5 to initiative * - 1d8 dmg, 5 init, -1 CA, crit 19-20 ** - 1d8 dmg, 5 init, -2 CA, crit … (View Post)