BG/BGII Characters Pinups
Hi everybody,to celebrate this new edition of BG, I have done a set of Pinups of all Joinable Characters of BG and BGII, of two Player Characters (Human Male 1 and 2, selectable portraits in both BG...
View ArticleThe great Shadows of Amn conspiracy!
I bet someone else thought about it... I always have seen some clues on something "bigger" going on in Shadows of Amn, so I gathered some clues here and there :1) Kalah, the tiny little gnome...
View ArticleThink I'll try to model my party off of LotR
Need a Norwegian swordmaster, a dwarf who can help quest for the Holy Grail, and an elf pirate.
View ArticleFighter to Mage or pure Mage
First off I will be playing only multiplayer will a full group of friends once bgee is released. I volunteered to be the groups mage and was wondering what you all thought my best option for filling...
View ArticleNew BGEE Manual
You know what would be AWESOME!?? If they could release the new BGEE manual BEFORE the release date! It would be great for someone like me who is anticipating their first real playthrough, (although I...
View ArticleIdeas for Future Baldur's Gate Fanart Challenge Themes
This thread is a place to post ideas/make requests for the themes of future fanart challenges. The second challenge will begin on Friday, November 16th, and I would like to have a theme lined up for it...
View ArticleHow do *you* roll?
Of course, I'm speaking of character stats. For some reason, I usually have trouble min-maxing 100%. Take a warrior class for instance; looking at an 18/18/18/8/8/8 just looks ugly and generic to me....
View ArticleThey won't join but you wish they would.
In my early days of playing BG, before I had learned the identities of all of the NPCs, I would often end up engaging characters in conversation in the hope that they would end up joining my party. One...
View ArticleMind Shield
Is there a complete list of effects Mind Shield protects from?I have just noticed it does not protect from Rigid Thinking spell. Is this as intended?
View ArticleWhat To Do With Mazzy?
Ok, so I'm playing BG2. I was planning on a "Paladin Playthrough" with my PC (Cavalier), Keldorn, and Mazzy. Well, I just did Keldorn's personal quest. My heart broke, I released him to retire with his...
View ArticleA suggestion for Assassins
I was just thinking about the assassin kit, and thought of the following slight tweaks that could improve and work great with the class. Though I do realize that this won't ever happen, I was wondering...
View Articlebest archer: fighter or ranger?
Who turns out to be the best archer? Is it the fighter with grandmastery in a bow or the ranger archer kit? Why?
View ArticleIs there anyway to convert an NPC into a PC (in the eyes of the game)?
I want to be able to export NPCs and import them into new games the same way I can a PC. Is there any way to convince the game (such as by moving files around or renaming them or something) that an NPC...
View ArticleApproximately how long are we away from BG2EE?
BGEE is lovely and we all cant wait to play it, but I'm curious, how long do you think will BG2EE take to be completed after that?Cos I've played through BG1 at least 50 times since it was released,...
View ArticleSuggestion for BG2:EE: Xpcap for SoA
I've always felt that the last part of SoA is really too easy when playing with SoA+ToB.This is mainly because we usually are a bit above 3,000,000xp (HLAs and 9th level spells) at the time of the...
View ArticleMagical Items - one at a time
So early on playing BG I discovered that you can only have one 'magical' item equipped at a time. I understand that it makes sense so that the player doesn't get super powerfull. What I wasn't sure...
View ArticleBG2: Alternity
So, one of the vaunted features of BG:EE is the ability to export your NPCs and carry your party over to BG2:EE.Since there's no "canon party" to suffer anymore, what would your party be?Whose body do...
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