Heh, that's metaphorical. He tells YOU to point the sword (i.e. signal what to attack, what to fight) and then HE shall strike. ;) Hmm I wrote a long post about Anomen on Gamebanshee awhile ago, but … (View Post)

Erm, when enemies have such great thac0 that it doesn't matter what AC you have for them to hit?! You simply cannot rely on AC alone come BG2/ToB. That's right - They don't. None of those spells gran… (View Post)

Obviously. Which is why I don't use it for tanking in, but reading SpaceInvader's post it seemed like that was his suggestion. ;) (View Post)

Could always try the infamous Kensai/Mage, if you like fighters. But to not make it too OP I think a Swashbuckler/Mage or a Blade is indeed what you'd be looking for. :) I'd roll a Blade, myself, bec… (View Post)

@TJ_Hooker example: A level 1 Fighter with 2 ** in Long sword and 18/55 STR will have a thac0 of 17 assuming he has no additional modifiers for race or items AC from DEX: Ahh, yeah, that is true, but… (View Post)