Another of those things that I possibly played the game for 15 years without noticing: if you walk through the Black Dragon Gate in northern BG and then exit the map to the left, instead of being tak… (View Post)

Given that so many real-world humans are afraid of spiders, it could simply be a reflection of that, or even of the writers' own fear. It's been hypothesized for instance that JRR Tolkien suffered fr… (View Post)

There's a component of the tactics mod that does almost exactly that. From the readme: This component changes the way the game handles trolls, substituting one arbitrary hack job for another. In the … (View Post)

Untrue. Mouse movement was made a lot smoother with hardware support and the UI was reworked to allow for more free screen real estate and easier customizability (as opposed to using a mod that neede… (View Post)

It has the advantage of removing several protection spells over time, but it doesn't tear down a spell trap, so not always useful in the later game except combined with other defense breakers. Also m… (View Post)