The fact that in the Baldur's Gate games you can buy weapons at taverns (in Candlekeep, Ulgoth's Beard, Saradush, etc.). Imagine if in real life you went into a bar and the bartender was selling guns… (View Post)

Assassin/Mages are quite awesome. They used to be more awesome, back when you could use Melf's Minute Meteors with Poison Weapon to inflict lots of damaging poison in a short time. Still, late in the… (View Post)

Did you know that Lord Maluradek from Trials of the Luremaster is a REALLY powerful character, easily on par with the game's final bosses? Here are his stats: * Class: Fighter/Mage/Cleric, level 9/20… (View Post)

Yes, they are that good. Although I don't know what SCS does to them, in the base game flesh golems have 4 THAC0 (base 7, +3 bonus from 19 Strength). This means they could hit an AC -8 character on a… (View Post)

In Icewind Dale, on the other hand, Arrows of Piercing count as +3. They are among the only missiles that can damage Belhifet. (View Post)