Ice Storm is useful as an area-denial weapon against casters: Damage is pitiful, but cold-immunity is rare and for 4 rounds casters in an area will be interrupted. It's a great opener against hostile… (View Post)

Yeslick rocks! This is the first time I'm playing with him. In my current run (SCS, no-reload, Dragon Disciple) he became my front liner after Cloakwood -- and, boy, can he hold the line! With the st… (View Post)

Bigby's Compulsive Wanking Hand Well, let's not go there, but you all thought about it... (View Post)

... and further on the topic of a chromatic sorcerer: IWD2 had some really nifty elemental spells (Outiluke's Freezing Sphere etc.). A sorcerer spell book from IWD2 in BG2 would have been epic to pla… (View Post)

I recommend CORE difficulty -- anything higher is just inane and does not provide a meaningful challenge. BUT with SCS installed for better AI -- especially since you are using a mage: it will reward… (View Post)