Monster spawns were tweaked for BGEE and bugged early on (fixed by recent patches) but even fixed the spawns at lower levels particularly in Gnoll fort area still seem considerably lower than in vani… (View Post)

True enough but that really isn't about Rasaad - it's about monks in BG1 - so using him comes down to wanting him for RP and/or wanting to mold him into your group in BG for his usefulness in BG2. (View Post)

I wouldn't say there are no downsides - the main downside is that often for the bulk of the game you don't have the very things you are dual classing to get - and the more important having these thin… (View Post)

Re: playing different ways - I suspect that may be one of the prime reasons why a 14 year old game is still popular enough to warrant an "official" enhanced edition... ;-) (View Post)

IMO Mage in general is not very powerful in BG1 or certainly not for much of the game dualed or otherwise due to relatively low spell levels and limited number of spells (especially since the rings n… (View Post)