11-29-2009, 01:39 AM
Quote:HLAs break everything, as do level 9 spells. With enough Time Stops, you can cheeze almost anything. Chain Contingency, OTOH, is border-line BROKEN. I'm actually a fan of SoA-level mage combat - although I also use Sword Coast Strategems, which makes enemy mages much more defensive then in vanilla.
Pre-buffing is not fun, yes - but (IMO) playing the "Find a way to strip that Spell Immunity: Divination, so you can dispel Improved Invisibility, so you can get a Breach, before your party gets fried" is an interesting chess match.
I miss BGII, have the exp disc, but the rest of it is long gone. FWIW, I liked Chain Contengency:) The only thing is, it works on offensive spells... which according to the documentation it shouldn't.
Can't remember the name of the big red dragon, but put lower resist on all my chained spells. Did a time stop, followed by the chained LR's, missles, lightning bolts, toxic clouds, etc. I don't think the thing got a single attack off.
But yeah, gnome illusionist/fighter FTW. In physical combat mode, when properly equipped, he had more HP than the above mentioned dragon:)
Kinda miss my Chaotic evil sorceror who loved summoning pit fiends in pubs:)
Soloed most of BGII and exp with: Gnome illusionist/fighter, Human Pally, Avenger druid, Sorceror. The end stuff became rather annoying and I gave up on much of the end ToB parts. Favorite single target direct damage spell = chromatic orb for its ability to give one-shot single target killing ability at a relatively low char level. Petrified trolls don't come back to life:) Much easier than trying to dowse with fire/acid after knock down.