Excellent suggestions. Thank you all. But how do you deal with Beholder rays dispelling your protections? (Hence my first question about Spell shield: since beholders cast basically every round, if i… (View Post)

With the current BG2EE build and current SCS, how can I reliably NOT be killed while attacking beholders and elder orbs? - assume no Shield of Cheese [I mod it out] - assume full party [pick any NPCs… (View Post)

There is no difficulty to speak here. (HoF doesn't count. I seek a balanced D&D experience.) I considered Insane[+ no XP bonus + no damage bonus], but it doesn't make up for the poor AI. Seriousl… (View Post)

Well, to each his own... The game "AS IS" is unplayable for me: it's too easy and useless as a game, unless restrained a bit. Though you are right that ground rules should be kept simple: T… (View Post)

Nicely put. I find most of your criticisms quite on the money actually. After all, we are all trying to get a challenge & a story out of a venerable game... (View Post)