Baldur's Gate The Baldur's Gate Series Thread

[Cael]

PortraitAi.app seem to have a bias toward westerner's face, most specifically the zygomatic bone (the eye-cheek bone I think)

Most of them has high ridge, a favourite facial structure in west, but not in east (because we think it's not a good sign in women)

So it's harder than hell to create an asian face. devon aoki, Zhang Zi Yi just... western.

Fan bing bing is most likely.

My go to pack for IWD/BG portraits:

 

[Cael]

Thanks for the reply guys. I'm a mage, probably will get the paladin guy and the archer "Mario" Sue.

I read what I wrote, sorry for the errors, I will clarify some points.

I made a run os a baldur's gate ee, just main quest, story mode, praticaly didn't entered in any other area.

Started with Imoen, Xzar, Xul, Khalid and Jaheira. Ditched Xzar and Xul and pick Minsc and daenarys.

With this party I "finished" the game, didn't do any personal quest (even don't know if this exist in this game), didn't meet any other companion. Just the ones made by beamdog, whose I dismissed.

Like I said shitty run.

Now I'm playing the gog version of the game, with just the widescreen mod. I want play right this time

Just don't want the party killing each other or someone useless.

Your replys helped a lot

Jaheira is good at the beginning simply because she is level 2/2 when everyone else is 1. That extra 4k XP she has over everyone else fades pretty quickly. Khalid's problem isn't that he is a bad fighter (he is competent with a pretty high Dex). His problem is his morale break is so high, he runs away at the drop of a hat. I think only 1 other character has a higher morale break (I think that one is Garrick).

Thing is, you don't have plenty of choices that are any good.
Both bards, Skie, both gnomes, are complete write-offs.
Xzar is a suicidal idiot who charges ogres with a dagger.
Safana is pretty good for a thief, except you have Imoen, who is better.
Ajantis is not too bad, but will fight any Evil character you have for the shits and giggles. Minsc is also far better in the melee role, and he has Berserk as an innate skill, which is very handy for a number of fights.
Allora is a darned good thief, except you get her so late, her skills and hp are screwed.
Dynaheir, Xan and Branwen are meh for their roles, but might be your only choices due to alignment.
Coran, Kivan, Viconia, Kagain, Edwin, Montaron are solid in their roles.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Dynaheir, Xan and Branwen are meh for their roles, but might be your only choices due to alignment.

 

[laclongquan]

Branwen is a solid member in my party~ Though her manly portrait need a reassignment for something more... milf~

 

[Lilura]

To finish, I was thinking to shift to neverwinter nights 1 or Temple of elemental evil

What you guys and lirula think?

Jagged Alliance 2.

 

[kangaxx]

Jagged Alliance 2.

Never played this but all the talk of it has sufficiently piqued my interest.

 

[kangaxx]

Thus far, the only good Beamdog content is Baeloth. Very much in the spirit of the originals.

I find this guy to be completely unbalanced to the point of being game breaking. Must say I'm not a big fan of the EE characters, but one can just ignore them.

Apostle Hand agreed, I quite like Shar Teel too and you can duel class her to be an effective backstabbing machine. The anti-man stuff wears a bit thin though.

 

[Storyfag]

Xzar is a suicidal idiot who charges ogres with a dagger.

Just... y'know, give him a sling and enough ammo?

 

[Cael]

Branwen is a solid member in my party~ Though her manly portrait need a reassignment for something more... milf~

4 from left, bottom row is my standard portrait for Branwen.

 

[Cael]

Dynaheir, Xan and Branwen are meh for their roles, but might be your only choices due to alignment.

Xan, by definition is the epitome of meh. "MEH! We are DOOOOOOOM! What's the point?"

 

[Cael]

Xzar is a suicidal idiot who charges ogres with a dagger.

Just... y'know, give him a sling and enough ammo?

He makes it 1 screen, screams at the ogre at the crossroads and dies. At least in all my runs, anyway

 

[Nano]

The real reason Jaheira is good in BG1 is because Entangle is a fantastic spell. It got horribly nerfed in BG2 though, and BG1EE uses the BG2 version of the spell. So now people are stuck with someone who doesn't have any decent level 1 or 2 spells, and her Fighter side isn't good either because she hasn't gotten her DEX buff yet.

 

[Harry Easter]

Absolutely disgusting for many reasons - they are nothing special, except Ja early on. Khalid is weakling. Fuuuuuuuuu!

They are solid and especially Khalid can take some, until he bites the dust. He's also a good killing machine. Give him a good weapon and just let him do his work. Can't carry much, but at least he hits the target. An hits it and hits it.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Xan, by definition is the epitome of meh. "MEH! We are DOOOOOOOM! What's the point?"

None of that matters. Xan is an Enchanter which is the most OP Wizard specialist in BG1.

The real reason Jaheira is good in BG1 is because Entangle is a fantastic spell. It got horribly nerfed in BG2 though, and BG1EE uses the BG2 version of the spell. So now people are stuck with someone who doesn't have any decent level 1 or 2 spells, and her Fighter side isn't good either because she hasn't gotten her DEX buff yet.

Can someone explain to me a non-gay application of web and entangle? I find using them to be extremely clunky because fights end way faster than the effect that does and its linger time is kind of annoying. And I know Sleep doesn't work in all situations, but it works in most (BG1) and is far easier to use than either web or entangle, and more reliable.

 

[Cael]

Xan, by definition is the epitome of meh. "MEH! We are DOOOOOOOM! What's the point?"

None of that matters. Xan is an Enchanter which is the most OP Wizard specialist in BG1.

Conjurer is the best specialisation. Always has been. Xan's problem is that he has a weapon that only he can use, that also turns him into a corpse if you don't micro him, and it is arguably the best weapon in the game.

And his Con of 7. On a mage.

 

[NJClaw]

Can someone explain to me a non-gay application of web and entangle? I find using them to be extremely clunky because fights end way faster than the effect that does and its linger time is kind of annoying. And I know Sleep doesn't work in all situations, but it works in most (BG1) and is far easier to use than either web or entangle, and more reliable.

BG1 Entangle only affected enemies IIRC

 

[Harry Easter]

BG1 Entangle only affected enemies IIRC

Hmm, no I think it worked on partymembers too. That's why I never used it.

 

[hell bovine]

None of that matters. Xan is an Enchanter which is the most OP Wizard specialist in BG1.

Yep, but for a long time people didn't know the save penalties for wizards specialization are in.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Conjurer is the best specialisation. Always has been. Xan's problem is that he has a weapon that only he can use, that also turns him into a corpse if you don't micro him, and it is arguably the best weapon in the game.

Conjurer isn't necessarily the best, certainly not in BG1. It's an easy choice recommended for most new players since Conjurers give up the least amount of spells while retaining the specialist slots, but in BG1 an Enchanter only loses out on Evocation spells which aren't all that important. The +2 DC to Enchantment spells that Enchanters get in BG is way stronger than anything a Conjurer will bring to the table.

And his Con of 7. On a mage.

A Wizard lives or dies by their buffs. Their HP is almost meaningless after they reach level 2 or 3.

 

[Nano]

Hmm, no I think it worked on partymembers too. That's why I never used it.

It didn't. You're thinking of the BG2 spell. This is the BG1 version:

 

[Lonely Vazdru]

My go to pack for IWD/BG portraits:

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

ToEE is much harder than the BG games, so if you want an easier time I wouldn't choose that next.

The fact that you have turn based combat rather than RTwP makes ToEE easier than BG.

Try playing with Shar-Teel, she's one of the more interesting companions and capable fighter
that challenge duel was epic

When you get captured in BG near the end it turns out that one of Saverok henchman is her father so he sets you free out of prison. Better than waiting for npc in next cell to activate.

 

[Lacrymas]

My go to pack for IWD/BG portraits:

Nah, it's just some gay on the side.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

Can someone explain to me a non-gay application of web and entangle? I find using them to be extremely clunky because fights end way faster than the effect that does and its linger time is kind of annoying. And I know Sleep doesn't work in all situations, but it works in most (BG1) and is far easier to use than either web or entangle, and more reliable.

I can explain. Web can work on enemies that are immune to sleep. You can use it in combos like web and fireball or web and cloudkill. You can also have someone with a big sword and free movement to have fun in web area of effects which gives a satisfaction of beating the system. Also you feel a satisfaction of dominating your opponents, of making them unable to do anything against you while being conscious and seeing that their doom nears.

 

[Melcar]

ToEE is much harder than the BG games, so if you want an easier time I wouldn't choose that next.

The fact that you have turn based combat rather than RTwP makes ToEE easier than BG.

What makes ToEE harder in 90% of the cases for a newbie (for me at least) is the somewhat convoluted UI, but this is temporary. The encounters themselves are not that hard, except for a few key ones. However, you can say the same of BG games (that encounters are mostly easy except for a few). The only way I would see BG encounters as genuinely harder than ToEE is if you got full RT, but most people use the wP bit anyway.