By visceral experience I mean hands-on adventuring that is at least reminiscent of the freedom of imaginary role-playing, where there is up and there is down, seas and heavens, gelatinous cubes with … (View Post)

So IWD:EE can use all of the "IWD2" type effects? @gorgonzola : Yes, that was very helpful. I don't normally play thieves, but it's nice to know how stealth works. Energy Drain, Gate... Met… (View Post)

Nice effect, @joluv. That's the Enhanced IWD2, I see. And thanks for the explanation of stealth. I still think it's easier to stay hidden than to hide. My thieves are bad at hiding and fail in half-s… (View Post)

That's the thing - the idea of Winning. I didn't think about Winning once with the original BG. But now that there are worked-out tactics and this legacy of BG2 imposed backwards on BG1 - and do they… (View Post)

I think Grease is overpowered. It's as good as Web, and it doesn't completely disable party characters who get caught in it. Blindness? I've thought about using it, but every time it turned out that … (View Post)