I've been playing IWD recently for the first time and the random loot thing hasn't bothered me at all. I've missed out on a bunch of useful stuff (no elven chain for me either) but I'm enjoying the c… (View Post)

I started playing Icewind Dale a couple of weeks ago. Played lots of BG 1 & 2 but never IWD so thought I would finally give it a try. I've been really enjoying it so far. Given that it's so linea… (View Post)

Energy drain is a 9th level spell because level drain is pretty terrifying in P&P games. In BG games it's lost most of the fear factor because restoration is so convenient. (View Post)

Wild mages are great till a cow falls on your head. (View Post)

The reason the AI can face-stab is that the AI is pretty stupid. It would be a lot of work to rewrite the AI so that it walked behind players before backstabbing them. So as a quick and dirty comprom… (View Post)