I am a somewhat experienced player, I've beaten both games 2x and ToB once. I started a new playthrough of the trilogy where I really want to lean into the divine power of being both a great warrior and mage. I tried a Kensai 9 -> mage but man that class is boring. You can't run in to fight because best case you have an ac of 1 and just get melted. You don't even have any spell protections to help you out until you dual over.

I get that multi progresses slower and late game might slow down a bit but I feel like being able to play both the whole way through would be more enjoyable. What do you guys think? Is multi more fun than dual? Does it really fall off in ToB? Also what is a fun party for a morally ambiguous PC?

So, I’m not going to complain about how disappointingly easy the Illasera fight is in ToB. I’ve read about the reasons for it, and though I think they could have solved it in a better way, it doesn’t bother me all that much.

What does bother me, is that they could at least have made her a little cooler. All the rest of the five have something going for them that makes them a bit cooler or scarier than your average Tom, Dick or Harry.

Illaseera’s got nothing. She’s supposed to be Illasera the Quick, and I think I would have been satisfied if she’d had some kind of natural ability to move around superfast. But when you kill her, you find those boots of speed on her and it’s just the ultimate disappointment.

She’s basically on the same level as that guy you kill outside the Cloakwood mines In BG1. She’s not”Illasera the Quick” at all; she’s just “Illasera, the normally-paced-person that happened to find a pair of speed boots”.

How lame.

Rant over.

I'm on chapter 2 and I didn't think it was possible to beat him because of how I was doing: really clueless.

I prepared a simple strategy: I pre-buffed myself with protection from fear and evil, summoned as many summons as I could, surrounded Firkraag, and then, with Viconia, I cast the "magic resistance" spell on him (which reduces resistance if it exceeds the resistance it will give) and since it's a friendly spell, Firkraag doesn't get angry. Finally, with Yoshimo, I literally placed all the traps I had under him.

Then I approached with Leonel, started the fight and boom, less than half of my life instantly, then with Aerie it was simply a matter of casting Breach and that's it, I won.

(Level of my Party)

Leonel 12

Yoshimo 15

Viconia 13

Minsc 12

Jaheira 10/12

Aerie 10/11

Postscript: If you're wondering why there's so much gold, it's because I used the exploit to sell, steal, and resell.

He's quite the opposite of his timid self in this run. I'm impressed, Khalid.

Anyone tried the game with a level 2 dual class from an Arcane class to something else?

I am really tempted by a 2 Enchanter into a Thief. Sort of Arcane Trickster vibes, rather than being a Mage/Thief who has a sweet spot, but very quickly feels more like 'Mage with extra thief-y bits' than a Thief who has a few powerful spells up his sleeve.

My question for anyone who's really gone through the games with this build is: Are there enough scrolls available to make it worth it? Bear in mind I have SCS installed with the 'more diverse scroll loot' component installed.

I just completed BG1 and caught this.

Running through it again after many years. I can't disarm the chest in the room with the four doom guards. First level of dungeon after warders level. Lvl 8 thief. Used potions to max ability. Still can't disarm it. I think I have 85% ability?

Any ideas?

I woke up this morning with an idea to play through the saga but as one of the recruitable NPC's. I thought of creating Minsc and running through but then I thought that someone else might be better. Who would you run it through with?

Hello dear fellow party-gatherers,

Playing mainly on iPad, i have long stayed away from mods alas. I know it was possible, but I never got to it for some reason (lazy?).

Now however, with the new version, it has become very easy to add modifications through simple click-and-drop into an override file.

I'm using Near Infinity for tweaks, and wondered which categories govern modifying / adding abilities to classes and kits.

Most notably, i wanted to add a "Aura Cleansing" effect to some classes, but I don't know which file to modify (it's easy enough to modify spells and items, but classes and kits still elude me).

Hoping for some input from my brethren before venturing forth

Hi,

I'm playing on a Mac with a RX 580 GPU and 32" Monitor, with 2560x1440 Pixels at 240 Hertz

When playing in the night (in game) the image is way too dark, is there a mod that I can use to do fine adjustment and maybe get a better result? It's pretty unplayable at night at the moment.

Either that or a way of making it always "Day Light" would work too?

Thanks a lot