Woolie Wool posted:

How much magic in general is a good idea for BG2? In BG1 I ran one arcane, one divine, and four martial characters, which matches my Pillars party.

Woolie Wool posted:

I can go buy more. It's not like they're expensive.

Woolie Wool posted:

Are bards useful, and if so, what would be a good way to build a bard? I might play IWD after I finish ToB and I was thinking of trying a party with a bard (and probably swap out the typical D&D tank cleric with one of the squishier buff-bot cleric kits from the Faiths and Powers mod). It might actually give me a reason not to install the disable identification tweak.

CobiWann posted:

So my next question...to use backstab, should I put points into Move Silently, Hide in Shadows, or both?

Wizard Styles posted:

I think the biggest issue with the EE is dual-wielding; there are so many good buff spells that two dual-wielding fighter types just start tearing through everything. Some of the spells ported over from BG2 probably aren't great for game balance either, but I don't even remember when the game gives those to you. Archers may be a bit OTT.
Anyway, you could always just use some of the weaker kits.

Woolie Wool posted:

They couldn't get the Shakespearean English correct and kept confusing "thou", "thee", and "thy".

Also I've cleared two levels of Kesserack's Tomb in IWD and holy poo poo is this game brutal, even with kits.

Woolie Wool posted:

No, people are not stupid and are perfectly capable of understanding grammar, it's just that the writer didn't bother to look anything up, much like the the bizarre Olde English phrases and words in the player's dialogue options that come and go and were thankfully entirely removed for BG2.

Head Hit Keyboard posted:

Xan is at the end of the Nashkel Mines. He's an Enchanter and thus has the opposite problem of Dynaheir in that he doesn't get any Evocation spells, so no Magic Missiles, no Fireballs, etc.

Max Wilco posted:

Is there an way to lower reputation in BG2 without causing too much trouble? I want to do a couple of the quests in Trademeet to get some better equipment, but I don't want my Reputation to get too high, otherwise Edwin will end up leaving the party.

Kavak posted:

Aww, Ctrl-Y doesn't work on Bodhi when you first meet her.

Murdering a man complicit in burying ransom victims alive costs me 6 Reputation points? He was unarmed and running for his life, but still that should be like 1 or 2 tops.

Kavak posted:

Why does the vampire guild try to kill you, anyway? Irenicus needs you alive, and if Bodhi ends up responsible for your death he's probably going to tear her to pieces then use Imoen's soul for his plan. Sure, fight back when your base is under attack, but going out of your way to strike at Charname could easily backfire. I can't tell if this is a plot hole from the original draft or just a genre assumption.

Mordaedil posted:

A lot of people think themselves Judge Dredd when playing these games, huh?

Mordaedil posted:

I tend to play these games forgetting that there is a force attack feature and I think the developers also forgot about it, so I can't recommend using it.

Head Hit Keyboard posted:

Kavak posted:

Man they nerfed the gently caress out of arrows in BG II, but bolts and bullets are unaffected. What gives?

MrL_JaKiri posted:

Way too easy on "anything resembling reasonable settings", not way too easy on "anything but solo Insane/HoF/Ironman" which doesn't sound inaccurate for someone who's good at the game (system). I don't see why you need to villainize someone doing a cool thread!

Wizard Styles posted:

I'm no longer sure about that. In my current playthrough I'm not having anyone dual-wield, and I've got a Monk in the party which is pretty much playing with a handicap. I'm not having a lot of trouble. The prologue cave (so many Ogres) and parts of Dragon's Eye were rough but still, the only death so far was a friendly fire incident caused by a catastrophically misaimed Lightning Bolt.

Hollismason posted:

Does Baldur's Gate 2 allow you to pick a Kit for your main Character if they're multiclassing? Like Assassin/ etc..

Sephiroth_IRA posted:

Uh is it possible to get negative Thac0?

I know that sounds dumb unless it means the game will adjust rolls for you, IE: You have -1 Thac0 so your roll of 19 is now a 20.

JustJeff88 posted:

I'm also going to defend BG1's plot. I won't go into detail here because clearly there are people who haven't played it, but I think that the progression of the critical path and the slow revelations about the antagonist's motivations are quite compelling. Also, because a normal game of BG1 with a lot of exploring takes months of in-game time, it makes perfect sense that all of that intrigue would need weeks and weeks to unfold. In short, I think that BG1's plot is woefully underappreciated and that if one really takes time to drink it in, it's logical and satisfying.

MrL_JaKiri posted:

Well, except for things made of iron breaking

MrL_JaKiri posted:

I don't think those are reasonable expectations

MrL_JaKiri posted:

It's not like the plot of BG2 changes in any way depending on how long you take. "Yep, going to sleep outside suldanessellar for six months I hope nothing happens inside in that time"

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How many RPGs change the world based on how long you take with the main quest

bike tory posted:

Sorcs need one spell at each level as follows (in order from 1-9): 1- magic missille

Krowley posted:

I tried reinstalling setup-ddrawfix.exe but it didn't work

Antti posted:

NWN2 isn't an Infinity game but this thread seems the most suitable for this question:

I've started NWN2 twice now since release and both times I've gotten bogged down in the first city you end up in. I've almost certainly lost the save games from both attempts. I tried googling around but is there a tool I can use to edit a new save game so that I can skip the early parts of a new game? Or would I be better off starting in MotB and just playing that, since that's the part everyone seems to love? How much will the story in MotB suffer from that?

Or would there be a way to thread the needle, a cheat engine like thing that lets me just point at enemies and make them blow up so I can fly through the OC?

Sanzuo posted:

Hi everyone. Playing BG:EE on a solo run and gotten further than I've ever gotten before. Playing a Half-Orc Assassin and most of the game has been a breeze so far on core rules.

But now I'm at the finale with Sarevok and the greater dopplegangers. I'm not sure how to get through this part since if I do my usual evade-backstab, the dopplegangers kill the duke guy and it's game over. I'm not tough enough for a stand up fight it seems.

I've been doing a lot of reloading and with the right RNG i might succeed, but I'd rather use a more legitimate strategy than save-scumming.

Any advice?

Fruits of the sea posted:

Was this any fun?

Playing a square peg=round hole Witless One sounds like it could be pretty funny. Not sure if the game takes low int into account like Fallout and Arcanum though.

Vargatron posted:

I just feel like you're not given the tools to handle a lot of the lower level encounters. Once you hit around level 4 things really start taking off. If you let a caster get off something like fear or confuse, it basically fucks the whole party up.

It could just be that I'm not good at the game, but it's not really fun when a kobold one shots a caster in the back row with a regular bow and arrow.

Fruits of the sea posted:

The original campaign gets better as it goes along.

The Iron Rose posted:

Quick question : my girlfriend is playing bgee having never played the original abs despite modding the hell out of these games ages ago I cannot for the life of me recall whether or not you need the BGII fix pack for bg1ee. I know the tweak pack works just fine however.


Also any basic tips for her? The beforeiplay wiki is super sparse.

Entropy238 posted:

Playing through NWN has made me wonder wtf Wizards of the Coast were smoking when they created 3E Clerics:

– Implosion (Best AoE Death Spell in the game, +3 DC Bonus, Works on Death Immune and Mind Immune)
– Holy Word, no save AoE party friendly blind
– Heal and Mass Heal
– Harm
– Can increase BAB to level of fighter with one spell
– Massive Accuracy/Damage Boosts
– Undead Turning
– Buffs out the gills
– Ridiculous Synergy with Monk

Was NWN a relatively faithful implementation of the 3E ruleset on Clerics?

BadAstronaut posted:

Is all of Throne of Bhaal so dark and 'evil'? It seems to have switched entirely from the awesome high fantasy of BG1 and 2 into this nightmarish weird dark fantasy stuff, which isn't really as cool. (Based off less than 2 hours play so far)