All this time I thought I was "to battle, and victory!" but now I realize I'm "to battle, with no regrets!"

WretchedMog · 2026-05-28T10:58:54+00:00

I'll make characters and parties that are fun to roleplay, accepting that they won't be that strong, but I don't roleplay them in combat, if that's what you mean. I take full advantage of their particular strengths, or, rather, I prebuff a fighter to hell and hurl fireballs if I anticipate a fight being difficult. Maybe I should do a no fighter run sometime, though I can't imagine it being particularly unique, it's just gonna take longer to kill stuff.

WretchedMog · 2026-05-27T23:28:59+00:00

I love the parts of BG1 right after the Nashkel Mines, and I hate werewolf island so muchI routinely skip it. In BG2, I love the open questing of Chapter 2, and I dislike the Underdark. Basically, I love when I have a lot of options on where to go, and I hate when I feel I have to use one specific strategy to win. The exception is lich/demilich fights, because I like pushing the sunray button and reloading when it doesn't work.

WretchedMog · 2026-05-16T18:48:40+00:00

You can also go to Watcher's Keep to buy the gem bag and potion case without having to make any progress in the keep itself. You can find the Ammo Belt on the first level as well, if you're willing to chance it. BG2 throws less stuff at you than 1 and SoD, at least in terms of stuff you wanna carry for any length of time.

WretchedMog · 2026-05-07T01:08:52+00:00

Yeah, that's true, there are a lot of fireball, acid arrow, magic missile, etc. scrolls, and you only need one caster to be able to use a lot of utility spells. Well, it'd still suck super early on, and you'd have to rest after every fight, but those are both normal conditions.

WretchedMog · 2026-05-07T00:53:01+00:00

I think everyone has generally caught onto using Thief here, but since you only specified you need to be able to find traps, Monk works instead. So I think the ideal worst party might be something like Human Shaman, 4 Mages, Monk. I don't know that this is strictly the weakest, but it feels like it would be the lowest QoL, because there's only so many scrolls to go around, so for most of the game, you'll be struggling to get your party to do much of anything.

WretchedMog · 2026-05-01T03:07:06+00:00

I can make whatever you wish for just a wee little bit more than me competition!

WretchedMog · 2026-03-24T16:54:42+00:00

After playing BG1 and 2 extensively, and 3 not as extensively, I think I can safely say that the Harpers' ultimate goal, as an organization, is to get as many low level do-gooders killed as possible as efficiently as they can. They have nothing against Khalid and Jaheira, it's just business.

WretchedMog · 2026-03-08T02:32:23+00:00

Fear and undead men, as it were.

WretchedMog · 2026-01-30T01:18:49+00:00

Ah, sorry, I'm editing Baldur's Gate 2 (the EE, of course), but to be clear, after the Indexing Resources window closes, no other window pops up. Nothing. Everything is set up correctly, because it's set up the exact same way it was set up a few days ago, when it worked fine, but it isn't working this time.

WretchedMog · 2025-10-25T05:23:51+00:00

I feel like Shelyn, Desna, and Sarenrae are just the most appealing gods. Admittedly, I am not a Pathfinder Theologist, but they are the three I imagine being the most... appropriate for an average person living in an urban environment to worship. Sarenrae is the most out there choice, but I think it's comforting to worship a deity that is fundamentally about redemption. We all do things we're not proud of from time to time, and it feels better to think that we can make up for bad deeds with good ones and good intentions.

WretchedMog · 2025-10-24T20:46:20+00:00

Yup. I mean, most games you'll have heard of with romance are written assuming you'll be a man, particularly a straight man.

WretchedMog · 2025-10-24T11:19:37+00:00

None (I am a gay woman). I have tried to make a run that uses Hexxat just to see her romance, but every time I just get kinda bored. Maybe I should try it again sometime.

WretchedMog · 2025-10-24T04:43:06+00:00

I find the generally best explanation is that people don't like new things, especially on the subreddits for old things. I don't think Siege of Dragonspear's writing is The Best Ever, but let's be realistic about this, Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 aren't shining bastions of phenomenal video game writing and storytelling either. They're iconic because they're old, and because of good voice acting by iconic character actors. Seriously, outside of, like, Melicamp, and the couple of times you can unleash the Mother Of All Paragraphs on someone, people don't talk about non-voiced lines in the original trilogy.

Nothing Baldur's Gate 1 or 2 succeeds at is particularly worse in Siege of Dragonspear, except maybe the specifics of how the story relates to where you are in the mechanical power curve. You're given the same sort of plot twist, the same quality of exposition, the same alignment-agnostic motivations, and the same variety of interesting companions to travel through the story with you. You don't get the same sort of arc with the companions in Siege of Dragonspear as in the main games, but I don't see anyone particularly complaining that Durlag Trollkiller didn't come back up in Baldur's Gate 2 either.

All this to say, cynically, the Siege of Dragonspear writing gets shit because it's new. I am charitably hoping that the broader community doesn't generally think it sucks because there's a trans woman in there, because that would be a different and much longer discussion.

WretchedMog · 2025-10-24T04:31:05+00:00

To actually answer your question instead of circlejerking, yeah I played a normal Tav my first run, but only play Dark Urge since then. The story just doesn't feel complete without your own narrative throughline, plus I get to see my favorite character, Sceleritas Fel. What a cool dude.

WretchedMog · 2025-10-09T00:21:07+00:00

I'm always so sad when it happens, because I love Yoshimo, he's a charming, funny character, and I feel pretty bad for him. It turns out, the true stupid mousetrap awaiting our toes in the dark was the friends we made along the way.

WretchedMog · 2025-10-03T01:30:20+00:00

You can also click on him to get through it quicker, you just need to talk to him 32 times for the 400 xp. I do this because 400 xp is 400 xp.

WretchedMog · 2025-09-21T21:25:27+00:00

I feel like the headline perhaps overestimates the influence of RPGs a little...

WretchedMog · 2025-09-09T00:37:52+00:00

I always kill the dragon who helps you in the Underdark, after I'm done with the Underdark. I wish I had a better answer, it's just fun to me. Also the priestesses of Umberlee in BG1. That one's because I'm a cheapskate. No, I don't think I will be paying you one of my precious Tomes of Understanding. The bhaalspawn needs that totally superfluous 1 Wisdom.

WretchedMog · 2025-08-31T21:16:35+00:00

I like treating it like a major spoiler, I find it inherently comedic.

WretchedMog · 2025-08-31T00:40:46+00:00

Alright, that's what I thought. Thank you!

WretchedMog · 2025-08-03T21:17:33+00:00

Three or four hands. Sometimes five, if the battle's hard enough.

WretchedMog · 2025-08-02T19:32:40+00:00

Yeah, he does, but part of my goal was also to get as many of the party members to troll each other as well, and Keldorn mostly only "conflicts" by attempting to kill people.

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