BG was pretty difficult first time I've played it, but managed it.
There's nothing better then defeating Sarevok, and watching the final scene (you know the one when the heroes leave the cemetery and you see dawn; and then you look out your window, and there's also dawn
)
P:T was too easy for me, but I soloed FTR to 6, then switched to rogue and had maxed WIS throughout the game so I finished it with ROG 64 had insane HP and all stats were 25
That was fun...
BG2 was so great, no problem there 'cept for the dragons
BG2:ToB no problems whatsoever 'cept the blue dragon; I had to reload for him.
Liches? lol, viconia, sweety, go command the bad lich. Too bad you can't take them around the world with you...
And I petrified Kangaxx (wand of wonder or what's_it_named; killed my entire party, so I thought "what the hell" and used it on him; had to reload anyways)
Also did 43750 dmg to vampires that failed save vs. sunbeam, still have that screenshot
"vampire: roll 7; save failed
vampire takes 43750 dmg
vampire dies
lol"
IWD and TotSC - hadn't played... after BG2 got too lazy to play non dual wielders
IWD2 - just great, I love the challenge. I laughed, I cried, I slaughtered them all. Still want more...
and yes, you need casters in this game as you need them in all DnD games.
you need them to kill your enemies, to heal you, to summon creatures that will kill your enemies (or that your enemies will kill (so that they won't kill you)), or all of the above.
casters are your friends.
use them to cast spells and they will be grateful to you.
you don't need paladins.
but you do need CG Male Drow RGR/BRB/FTR with two scimitars.
He's a MUST HAVE.