Mage dueled to Figher or Thief (Early)
Hi allJust wondered if anyone had played Baldur's Gate with a mage that they then dueled to a figher or theif early on (like level 2). This would give you access to some first level spells and (i...
View ArticleWhat is Conan's class and stats (the Howard/Busiek et al. character)?
... and before you can say "Barbarian. Duh!", consider all this:- He 'duals' into 'Thief' early in his career. - Later gains 'prestige classes' as a... err... 'Champion' [leadership bonuses, though not...
View ArticleNeed Charname +1 suggestions / Theme
So I'm wanting to romance Jaheria and try a different party (After 15 years I find that I get a little bored with the standard approach to things, and yet have never romanced Jaheria!) with the...
View ArticleForgotten Realms novels
So, I was browsing the Baldur's Gate wiki when I more or less stumbled upon the fact there have been novelizations done about the games, most everyone seems to think their utter jokes however upon...
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Collection of user-friendly Walkthroughs and FAQs
So...Some time ago, I took an interest in learning how to properly play this game, rather than just cheating my way through it; all joking aside, pressing ctrl-y to kill all your enemies gets old...
View ArticleUnorthodox Tactics with NPCs
After reading a few consecutive comments that suggests that Mazzy is used as frequently for sword & shield strategies as for her mastery of shortbows, I wondered what other methods people use with...
View ArticlePnP justification for Blackguards being human only?
Okay, regular paladins i get. In adnd 2nd ed they were specifically a human order. But blackguards don't seem like an "official" order, just dudes who buddied up with demons. Is there any lore-based...
View ArticleXvart Raids - quest
I tried looking for this quest everywhere on the internet but I cannot find anything related to it. There's this farmer in AR4400 (http://www.gamebanshee.com/baldursgate/walkthrough/ar4400.php) by the...
View ArticleBaldur's Gate: Gold Edition Big Box
Something I have been wondering, way back i got a box of pcgames and it had a mint baldurs gate gold edition big box and contents. Is this apparently a rare pc big box game? Checking around I see it...
View ArticleSingle click sometimes double click
I am playing BG2EE, latest patch.I have an issue where the game is a little quicker than it should be it seems. When I do a single click, its sometimes interpreted as a double click, so I routinely put...
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IWDification
Hey,I just tried to install IWDification( http://www.gibberlings3.net/iwdification/ ) and everything workes well and fine in BG2ee but I can't seem to get it to work in BGee I get the new spells and...
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The Nightmare Mode Thread
Post your Nightmare Mode experiences here, from challenges to fun moments.Here's me killing Niz, the Black Dragon in Suldanessellar.Party--------FMTBerserker 7/ClericKensai 9/MageInquisitorAssassin...
View ArticleIs cloud-saving still a development priority?
There was some talk a while back about allowing saves to sync across multiple devices. I know that's probably quite difficult to implement when you're talking about syncing games between a PC and an...
View ArticleDid you *actually* know?
I started posting random trivia about Baldur's Gate and Co. on the activity page, but it have become so many that I decided to start a new topic. If you have you yourself know an interesting piece of...
View ArticleHow long can someone survive being petrified?
This is something that I've always wondered about - how come certain characters can be "saved" after being petrified, but not others? I had assumed that this was because characters eventually die from...
View ArticleWEREWOLF ISLAND: All die upon arrival, does anyone know why?
As stated in the title, I've run into a major bug (I think?) as my whole party simply dies within seconds upon arrival to the island. I have some mods installed: Mini quests and encounters, Romantic...
View ArticleYou know you're playing too much Baldur's Gate when...
1. You complain to your family about having to live in "such a pissant town"2. You search for objects at the base of every tree you see.3. You walk into a complete stranger's house and start rummaging...
View ArticleThemed Parties - noblesse oblige
So, an idea hit me today.Keldorn (noble)Anomen (noble)Nalia (noble)Jaheira (noble...even though she was smuggled out as a baby and raised by druids, she still has and acknowledges her noble...
View Article7 = 3x4; 8 = 3x6; 9 = 3x8 ("Do unto the AI as you would have the AI do unto...
For the first time, I successfully managed to get a Sorcerer to lvl 14. After some agonizing, I picked Spell Sequencer as my first lvl 7 pick and had an epihany: ** Sequencers function like mini-Time...
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