There's a reason why "DM's discretion" appears everywhere in handbooks, you could say. In the case of Simulacrum, one can simply argue that as a higher level spell (or the fact that it crea… (View Post)

It's for this reason that you're supposed to be extremely wary around vampires. There are whole worlds (like Ravenloft) devoted to them and similar creatures, they're not supposed to be easy to beat.… (View Post)

It's not like you're the first person this has happened to, and it's going to keep happening every once in a while. Thankfully everyone who plays BG2 inevitably develops packrat syndrome, so most uni… (View Post)

Disarm Traps gives you a TON of XP at early/mid levels. Not sure what your definition of "valuable" is but to the practical person something that allows us to get levle 5/6/7+ spells faster… (View Post)

Yes. The NPC alignment system is based on their motivations - Viconia is neutral evil because she simply sees no reason why she should care for anyone other than herself, given the sum of her experie… (View Post)