I think that Imoen was originally not intended to survive Spellhold (which is why she has so little in the way of interaction with other characters after chapter 1, and why Nalia is essentially a not… (View Post)

In BG1, the dagger of venom is probably the most powerful backstabbing weapon. In BG2 and ToB, many enemies are immune to piercing damage, but none, as far as I recall, to blunt damage. Blackblood do… (View Post)

The traditional way to generate D&D ability scores is to roll 3d6. This gives a mean average of 10.5 and a standard deviation of 4.8, which means a score of 10-11 puts you around the 50th percent… (View Post)

I more or less agree, though challenge is more important than the other two. In the context of a computer RPG, without a human game master to make on-the-fly judgments and alterations, there is bound… (View Post)

I'd rather just get over the whole locks-and-traps thing altogether. They are a relic of the game designs of the 1980s that had to try to translate the thief class from an interpretation-heavy pen an… (View Post)