You don't have to go to a church for restoration, at least regularly. In BG1 (pre-SoD), there's no level-draining enemies. In BG2, there are plenty of scrolls you can buy or steal; that party I menti… (View Post)

I've recently played a no-cleric party for my werewolf run (fighter-thief protagonist, Jaheira, Cernd, Rasaad, Jan, Haer'Dalis) and it went fine. Undead can be troublesome, but you can always just fi… (View Post)

A fun fact: dragon disciples don't have a minimum Int score, so you can actually build a legal arcane character that can't use scrolls or wands unless they drink a potion. That's probably more challe… (View Post)

Here's how I'm pretty sure it works: The in-game numbers shown are almost accurate for a generalist mage or unkitted bard. There's an off-by-one bug which makes the actual chance 1% higher than shown… (View Post)

Incidentally, Dorn is not immune to turning, despite his fear immunity. I've had a good Aerie make Dorn run around pseudo-panicked before, when she had enough of a level advantage. Turning her evil i… (View Post)