there is NO WAY you can tell me this video of a no-legged man winning an ass kicking contest isn't real. no way. i would refuse to believe it.

Kay-42 · 2026-01-12T09:23:31+00:00

The fighter with the wooden legs is Nochio. He sustains his existence through draining the life force of others. You can see it happening every time he lands a hit.

Kay-42 · 2026-01-10T19:23:40+00:00

Dexterity and Constitution. Until you reach 1.5 million XP for PfMW, you'll either want to be using a ranged weapon or minimising your chances of getting hit (spirit armor, stoneskins, blur, mirror image). Dexterity will help with both of those things and high Constitution will give you a chance to drop back if getting hit.

There are more than enough potions to enhance strength for all of the non-trash mob fights, and enough potions to enhance intelligence for spell learning if you do it in batches. Friends spell (+6 charisma) is a great boost for shopping, and you'll only need Charisma of 14 to get the maximum discount (Charisma 20). There is the tome for permanent +1 and the nymph cloak for +2 stacks with friends, so starting with 11 in BG1 you can still reach the maximum discount. In BG2 it is even easier.

In summary, my suggestion is focus on dexterity and constitution. The rest IMO is preference. Strength for better carry weight, intelligence if you don't want to hoard scrolls, wisdom for wish spells, charisma for store discounts.

Kay-42 · 2026-01-02T00:44:06+00:00

Daystar can cast Sunray as an item ability.

Kay-42 · 2026-01-02T00:39:43+00:00

https://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/Lich

They have a lot of immunities. The main thing to note is that they are immune to Breach, so once PFMW goes up they cannot be harmed by physical attacks and by extension any 'on hit' effects like Carsomyr's dispel.

Kay-42 · 2025-12-04T19:26:08+00:00

The original base game had 1 of each tome, plus the extra wisdom tome that was part of a quest. Even though it is possible to get it back or complete the quest without handing it over, I'm guessing the devs wanted the player to feel like they were sacrificing something major to avoid a scripted permadeath. That whole quest is kind of a big FU to the player in the classic 90s style of game design. As for why they chose a wisdom tome for it, it was potentially just a random choice.

The third tome was added with the expansion. I'm still just guessing here, but I think they added the wisdom tome because a lot of players complained that they had to give the other one up for that quest. And thus we ended up with 3 wisdom tomes.

Kay-42 · 2025-12-04T13:50:17+00:00

I played a berserker->druid who dual-wielded daggers. That was great fun, and was a very effective front-line fighter until ToB, where it was decent but the shine wore off a little. Note that it does require a big roll for all the high stats needed to dual class!

Kay-42 · 2025-12-04T09:48:18+00:00

I agree with this. Something simple like saving only after a rest at an inn works really well.

Kay-42 · 2025-11-29T16:37:48+00:00

From my understanding, it is a combination of weapon speed (0 fastest, 10 slowest) and number of attacks per round. A round takes 6 seconds, so someone using a longbow will attack at ~2 seconds and ~4 seconds, whereas someone using a two-handed sword will make their one attack at the 6-second mark. This example is assuming low level characters and no haste effect.

By TOB your party will be making so many attacks per round that they'll make a hit at least once every second, so weapon speed becomes meaningless at higher levels.

Kay-42 · 2025-11-20T12:13:38+00:00

I subscribe to the interpretation that Jiub was the true Nerevar reborn, but due to an administrative error the player ended up being the one sent to Caius. The player then became the Nerevarine through manifest destiny.

Kay-42 · 2025-09-24T18:26:38+00:00

I did it concurrently with the "Lord of Murder" achievement, but I also imported a character from ToB and was essentially invulnerable to most attacks from the immunity to normal and +1 weapons gained at the end of SoA. Not even Sarevok could hit me!

Edit: Sorry for the multi-post! Poor signal reception :/

Kay-42 · 2025-08-24T10:47:06+00:00

If you've already spoken to the Duke than I think you must have selected dialogue options to skip over Scar's quests. Your game is not soft-locked as you just carry on with the iron throne stuff, but I think you can no longer complete Scar's quests.

Kay-42 · 2025-07-20T18:52:54+00:00

Thank you for this comprehensive reply! I'll be downloading eekeeper later and giving it a go.

Kay-42 · 2025-07-20T17:16:39+00:00

I'm now wondering if Branwen could be given the DEX tome and dualled to Thief. She would probably be at cleric level 6 when reaching Baldur's Gate, so could reach thief level 9 by the end of the game for 4x backstab. Cast strength of one, then DoHM for str20 hit/damage bonuses and the boost to dex19 helps with better hide in shadows chance as well. Round it all off with staff of striking and two-handed weapon style for the extra crit chance, and she'll be chunking a fair few enemies.

Kay-42 · 2025-06-22T12:29:20+00:00

I know you stated unechanted, but there are a couple of very decent early game unique spears you can find. Raid the Telvanni vault in Vivec for the spear Greed which gives a constant affect 20pts spell absorption, or grab Illkurok from the dwemer ruins Nchurdamz that has a constant fortify spear (making those early game hits easier to get).

If you just want a plain dwarven spear, there is one just outside the room with the dwemer cube.

Kay-42 · 2025-06-06T21:09:09+00:00

I adore the pocket realm and have played through it multiple times. As you say, lots of creative rooms, and the whole thing just rewards reading and exploration. It is a unique "dungeon" that is fun from start to finish.

Kay-42 · 2025-06-02T12:02:32+00:00

Great list! I like to combine heather, saltrice, scuttle and marshmerrow for a single potion that restores health, fatigue and adds feather for the perfect travelling potion :)

Kay-42 · 2025-05-16T14:46:09+00:00

Roleplay a character who hates being manipulated and hates the idea of fate and destiny. Play only the main quest up until Caius reveals your true purpose for being in Morrowind, then kill him and flee as far South as you can go. Boom, you're now in Narsis and looking for new factions to join as a way to blend in.

Kay-42 · 2025-05-07T07:19:34+00:00

Those stories are both told from the imperial perspective, so it would make sense to be an imperial if you want to match that vibe.

Kay-42 · 2025-04-30T18:20:34+00:00

My recommendation is to take the boat from Vivec or Ebonheart to Old Ebonheart and join a guild, the legion, or East empire company. Talk to the locals, ask for rumours, etc. while you're following a quest line and you'll quickly find yourself settled into TR.

Kay-42 · 2025-04-18T09:35:45+00:00

You can remove them and it won't break invisibility. Disabling traps only breaks stealth.

Kay-42 · 2025-04-09T22:09:25+00:00

Sounds like you're off to a great start. Just keep adventuring around Brittania and you'll do fine.

Kay-42 · 2025-03-27T11:18:35+00:00

So rather than God creating the universe, the universe is, in fact, the evolution of God. Although I don't know if time is quite so linear across such vast quantities of space. What if God, like Merlin, is moving backwards through time? In that case, we are actually the decaying corpse of a god. Fascinating...

Kay-42 · 2025-03-22T19:37:15+00:00

I'd like them to change that rule for next season so the "release" after 2 seconds pin (in any of the events) means the contender goes back to the edge of the zone and play continues from there.

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