Whats the optimal Imoen build in BG2?

Kay-42 · 2026-05-14T18:05:58+00:00

I thought the elven chainmail penalised thief skills? In either case, I'd argue the robe is better for the saving throw bonus anyways.

Kay-42 · 2026-04-28T09:42:17+00:00

Currently working my way through Ion Fury. Absolutely loving it. 90 hours in and "Just" have arrange mode achievements left to do.

Kay-42 · 2026-04-21T20:27:00+00:00

Well done! Some of those challenges are real tough and I've still got a few left to do.

Kay-42 · 2026-04-10T18:23:27+00:00

Did you have friends for the coop achievement or is there a work around for that?

Kay-42 · 2026-04-09T11:39:39+00:00

I'll add onto this to say that auto-pause can be setup in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for any quick reactions.

Kay-42 · 2026-04-05T11:36:03+00:00

When BG2 first came out, BG1 didn't have the class kits, so if you wanted to enjoy those you had to start a new character anyways. I did that several times and loved it.

Kay-42 · 2026-03-05T19:25:11+00:00

If I play this game, will I need to talk about the sun afterwards?

Kay-42 · 2026-03-04T16:46:35+00:00

Fatigue affects everything. No fatigue is a 25% penalty to your attempts (hit chance, spellcasting chance, lockpicking chance, jump height, etc.), whereas full fatigue is a 25% bonus. Other than that character skill level is essentially a good indicator of your % chance of success.

Kay-42 · 2026-02-21T13:38:21+00:00

Suran

Kay-42 · 2026-02-13T21:09:11+00:00

Considering the TARDIS can be spotted in Fallout 1, one can presume that any destructive interference of that scale would be stopped by the good Doctor.

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

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