Interesting. Several caveats, though. (1) Unless you are roleplaying, there is no reason to be a human as Dragon Disciple -- elf gives you a (somewhat castrated) 90% Mind Shield, and -1 AC. (2) Again… (View Post)

Abstract aka tl;dr: This challenge requires the player to succesfully complete ‘Improved final battle’ (SCS, BG2EE), ‘Improved Ilyich’ (Tactics, BG:ToB), a hardcore version of ‘Party’s items are take… (View Post)

Generally, I agree with the previous posters, though I find their slightly hysterical tone unwarranted :) Indeed, there is nothing to base this change on, either if we go with 2nd ed. rules, or with … (View Post)

With a whole lot of invaluable practical help and theoretical advice from @DavidW (the author of SCS, in case you don't know) and @Borsook (the author of the Mix-Mod/Difficulty & Tweak mod), I've… (View Post)

Truth be told, I’ve been reluctant to touch SCS for years, instead relying on self-imposed restrictions to raise the challenge cap (solo ironman runs, etc.). However, recently I decided to do a SCS n… (View Post)