The weird thing is that they handled every single original character between both BG1 and BG2 well. Khalid, Jaheira, Minsc, and Dynaheir were all well written and expanded, whereas the EE companions … (View Post)

Ooh, I've wanted to make a post about this for awhile! Since SoD characters have already been brought up... The thing that's made most of the BG2 NPC so memorable is that they're people: flawed, magn… (View Post)

Getting to Sarevok is in itself a pretty neat feat for your 3rd attempt, especially since you went into Durlag's: I consider that much, much harder than the main quest and always avoid the lower leve… (View Post)

Greater Whirlwind is in no way the only good warrior HLA: dual wielding builds and archery/crossbow/dart builds get to 9 or 10 APR after Improved Haste anyways, and level 6 arcane spells are plentifu… (View Post)

This is generally where I use one of two Protection from Magic scrolls in BG: throw it on your strongest warrior, put on the boots of Cheetah Speed, drink a potion of regeneration and shoot Davaeorn … (View Post)