Overall I think you make a good point. Every companion can be useful if properly built, each can be powerful in their own way, and it is 100% possible to finish the game with whatever set of NPCs you… (View Post)

Shorty saves and high hit points are the main reasons why he's a better tank than Khalid. Better tank is not the same thing as better all-around party member, though. (View Post)

Human, half-elf, and half-orc. Since shaman can't dual, your best choice from a min-max point of view will nearly always be half-orc. (View Post)

No, blackguards cannot fall in BG2. The tabletop anti-paladin could, though. In fact fallen anti-paladins could even "rise" to paladinhood by completing an atonement quest along the lines o… (View Post)

The problem with the Trials isn't so much that it unfairly changes your alignment to one you don't have, but rather than it suddenly exposes the alignment players always had but never admitted having… (View Post)