Besides the four wardens, the initial cultist ambush is probably the toughest fight in BG1. I especially hate how the mages carry invisibility potions and tend to just run away, forcing me to just wa… (View Post)

I think what people are seeing here isn’t so much an example of the design of Baldur’s Gate itself, but of 2ed AD&D (upon which BG is based). Back in AD&D, there was a lot more general accept… (View Post)

Yeah, I see no point in this. Point-buy in the vein of 3e wouldn’t be appropriate for 2e, because the effects of attributes don’t scale linearly and not all stats are in any way relevant for every cl… (View Post)

This. The reason you think mages are bad is because the mages you’ve encountered are bad. In that they don’t use good spells or tactics. A mage is obviously going to suck compared to a fighter when t… (View Post)

Let’s just say that the expectations for RPG mechanics are very different today than when AD&D 2ed came out. Also, a big part of the problem comes from translating a tabletop game with a human DM… (View Post)