Sword and shield style doesn't boost base defense, it only increases AC vs. missile attacks. It's by far the weakest weapon style, so it's generally not considered worth boosting unless you just have… (View Post)

I didn't feel I needed to reinforce my position. My position is that mages work just fine against Belhifet, and I've demonstrated that pretty thoroughly by now, or so I thought. But if you want me to… (View Post)

Again, this is demonstrably untrue. The only way you can handle the final boss is to physically damage him, but *mages have a whole suite of spells making them totally viable physical damage dealers*… (View Post)

Also in BG2: it's easy to forget this now, but I'm sure there are people who didn't bother grabbing Amauna's bones in the Shade Lord's dungeon and as a result got themselves a big face-full of pissed… (View Post)

This raises an interesting question to me. Thieves and Bards are “balanced” (i.e. on par with mages and fighters) solely because they get access to Spike Traps and Use Any Item, arguably the two most… (View Post)