Nalia is pretty great as a mage (more so in the epic stages, cause she advances faster than Aerie) but she is not very much of a thief at all. The game kept giving you mage/thief characters: Jan, Nal… (View Post)

I think it's unfortunate how the "mental" stats really modify the game experience so little. You can be a kick-ass wizard with an Int of 9, provided you ever successfully learn from a scrol… (View Post)

Big support for this. I guess I'm kind of an old school gamer in that I want a payout for exploring an area. The Gnoll Stronghold gave you this mythic setting, a compelling motivation (Dynaheir's res… (View Post)

I'm sure everyone agrees that Thief class is in need of re-balancing. The Thief is generally inferior at combat (particularly in BG2, when missile combat isn't that useful). The one case where a Thie… (View Post)

In general, I think adding new content is a better idea than adding new rules like point buy. People want more out of an enhanced addition, not less. For argument's sake, I also think point buy is a … (View Post)