I would tend to think that things like Evasion and Shorty Saves would make luck less, rather than more, valuable, though. At least for me, I feel physical damage is a much greater threat than magical… (View Post)

A couple months late to this, but with the way Luck works, the +1 luck boost is almost always strictly inferior to a straight +1 boost. For instance, consider a regular 1d8 longsword. A +1 damage boo… (View Post)

It could be argued that taking a less-than-full party actually violates the #1 rule of Baldur's Gate: you *must* gather your party before venturing forth. (View Post)

Definitely no critical fail on stealing from shopkeepers, at least in BG2. I've done the "steal > sell > steal > sell" cycle on fences dozens of times without saving or reloading a… (View Post)

The biggest weakness of Enchanters is losing access to Web, which just seems stupid and unfair. I don't care about the mechanism of the spell, it's just dumb that the "direct damage" school… (View Post)