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There are loads of magic maces, and so there should be. Plenty of monsters resist slashing/piercing but are vulnerable to bludgeoning.

For the same reason at least one of the non-tanks should go for sling rather than bow (and there's a good sling very early on).

Also there are some very good short ...

Hehe and I think a party with a gorgeous couple and 4 uglies is quite feasible. How often does that fit bird have an absolute minger for a best mate?

LOL, Aregorn (sic) I can't believe you said this:

Again I think you are miss distributing ability points for your Cleric. You did right to always maximize the ability points where the particular character needs it but remember also to minimize it where it is not necessary. Here you have too much ...

Many of the character portraits were available for BG2, although I feel sure some of them were on fan sites.

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Originally posted by Kayless
Hmmm... An interesting character, but not really min/maxed (since he’s dual wielding). Most melee types will do better with high str and a two-handed weapon, whereas the rogue really shines with dual short swords (and they make better mage slayers IMHO).

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The Cleric has summon spells too. I'd go light on the summons spells for a sorceror. Buffs are useful (some of the armor spells, cats grace, haste, improved invisibility, spell protections) - leave the rest to the clerics too. Also some spells to remove such protections from the opposition. But ...

Maybe I shoulda read this thread first. I've gone dual-wielding. Mind you my character is a little unusual all round...

Aasimar, Paladin L4/Fighter xx (took L4 in Pal coz I think that a pair of extra healing spells are well worthwhile), High Dex/Con, not High Str, Weapon Finesse, dual wields short ...

Actually there ar far better weapons (two stonking greatswords for a start) in the game than you can get in the Hall areas, but you won't get them until near the end. By then I was leaving vanilla +5 weapons where they lay...

Originally posted by Skuld
how do these tentative stats look?
Ranger/Rogue: Str+2, Dex+3, Con+2, Int+2, Wis 0, Cha-4
Fighter/Monk: Str+2, Dex+3, Con+2, Int-3, Wis+3, Cha-4
Cleric/?: Str+2, Dex+2, Con+2, Int-4, Wis+2, Cha+2


If you go with Cleric/Fighter or Cleric/Paladin (as the rest of us ...

Yes indeedy, the whole money/trading thing is almost pointless. Whoever tested the gameplay deserves shooting as the whole game is unbalanced. It could have been a very good game, if not quite up to BG standards, but the numerous gameplay issues take it down to a so-so level. Shame.

The INT score has no bearing on the Sorceror. In fact of the classes available the only one that INT really impacts on is the Rogue - high INT means he learns his skills quicker. Seems probable that you don't need to max out the Rogue skills if you have a high INT, so a few levels of one of the ...

As far as Cleave goes, my Monk/Fighter got it, and so does my Cleric/Paladin, so it's not limited to Barbarians. I don't know why your Cleric/Barb doesn't get it - have you upgraded to 1.3 in case it's a bug?

As far as your party are concerned I think that you may be underpowered in the "warrior ...

Thanks dmc.

Skuld, don't know if I got it straight away, but my Cleric/Paladin's got cleave, but I didn't add Paladin until I'd maxed out in Cleric.

Well, you tried solo (which I think is impossibly hard unless you've already been through the game once) and now you're trying duo. I'm now playing it (nearly finished) trio (having decided that I didn't like a full party). My 3 characters are:

Half-Elf Fighter/Monk: My favourite. Does insane ...

I don't have too many problems with Gimli or Legolas being >10 (apart from balance) but Rangers start to get spells at level 8. At 9 they get access to 2nd level spells, and so on...

It doesn't matter whether Minsc is the best Fighter around (which he's not, although with the right kit I doubt whether there's too much difference in most situations), the point is...

BG2 isn't BG2 without Minsc!!

Talking about what Gygax ripped off from LOTR is quite funny really:
Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Orcs, Rangers are all based on the LOTR model. The last three probably didn't exist in literature before Tolkien and Tolkien's take on Dwarves and Elves (in particular) was so different to what came ...

Where's that speed utility - I need it bad!

I reckon a Paladin is almost the last class I would play. In BG magic is by far the most fun, although in my P&P days I used to like playing some flavour of thief...

I've always imagined that Aragorn had a flexible fighting style, perhaps in some way akin to Japanese/Chinese styles. A shield goes with armour and a hacking style. A bastard sword (or maybe we should think in terms of a katana) would fit better than a longsword in D&D terms.

On half-elves: on ...