What do you fear in Baldur's Gate?
I personally fear poison, hold, mind flayers' psionics and INT drain, backstabs, "Imprisonment", Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting, "Power Word, Kill"
In BG1:
Hobgoblins with their poisoned arrows - They hit often and are extremely deadly. Hasted pure mages that have no antidote potions are as good as dead if hit by poisoned arrow.
Spiders with poison - Like hobgoblins with no ranged attack but with teleportation. I find spiders in Cloak Wood even worse because of the web traps there.
Ghasts/Carion Crawlers with Hold Person - Don't get hit, especially if you are soloing. Nasty, nasty stuff.
In BG2:
The same as above +
Mind Flayers - They are horrific with their psionic attacks(completely negated by spells like "Chaotic Commands") but the real scary thing is their intelligence drain that has no protection against.
Rune Assasins' backstabs - In fact every backstab is scary, except if you are barbarian or
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Imprisonment - no magic resist, no saving throw. Demi-Liches cast it almost instantly and from distance. A complete nightmare if you are unprepared.
Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting + Power Word, Kill - Both spells are deadly and fearful on their own but combined are disastrous
P.S. Level drains, acid arrows and insects are more annoyng than scary. Don't you agree?
I personally fear poison, hold, mind flayers' psionics and INT drain, backstabs, "Imprisonment", Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting, "Power Word, Kill"
In BG1:
Hobgoblins with their poisoned arrows - They hit often and are extremely deadly. Hasted pure mages that have no antidote potions are as good as dead if hit by poisoned arrow.
Spiders with poison - Like hobgoblins with no ranged attack but with teleportation. I find spiders in Cloak Wood even worse because of the web traps there.
Ghasts/Carion Crawlers with Hold Person - Don't get hit, especially if you are soloing. Nasty, nasty stuff.
In BG2:
The same as above +
Mind Flayers - They are horrific with their psionic attacks(completely negated by spells like "Chaotic Commands") but the real scary thing is their intelligence drain that has no protection against.
Rune Assasins' backstabs - In fact every backstab is scary, except if you are barbarian or
[spoiler]
wear this armor
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Imprisonment - no magic resist, no saving throw. Demi-Liches cast it almost instantly and from distance. A complete nightmare if you are unprepared.
Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting + Power Word, Kill - Both spells are deadly and fearful on their own but combined are disastrous
P.S. Level drains, acid arrows and insects are more annoyng than scary. Don't you agree?