Regarding the game play (EDITED MAY 15, 2008), you'll see Options

[Bereth Darkides]

I have rewrote this 5 times because I am non too happy with the extreme game balance problem.
Is there anyway to tone down the power and or numbers of the nuclear skeleton warriors I am facing (at 9th-10th lvl) that does not include playing outside of core rules!

HOLY FAK!

You see I really hate having to cheat.

(PS,,, Vlad what were you thinking)?


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This post has been edited by Bereth Darkides: May 15 2008, 07:35 PM

[Bereth Darkides]

(Face in hands, shaking my head no)

It is very obvious a lot of you cannot think beyong the fact that this entire core game is based on the core rules of AD&D second edition rules. I'll say it again, Core Rules, and even the configuration options in both BG and SOA and ToB all have this setting.

Many of you wouldn't know what "Balance" meant if it walked up to you and kicked you in the nuts, because it takes YEARS (oh my I yelled, sorry), to learn through direct experience. It's not a matter of opinion as many of you think, it's a matter of fact. Think about it this way.

Balance itself insinuates a common groung, a system of regularity, based on an expected thing. There are stronger vs stronger and weaker vs weaker. This is the meaning of balance found within AD&D. The Guide books do not say "hey after reading this book thoroughly, just go ahead and do what you want anyway! It instead states that it STRONGLY recomends a good understanding of the system in order to make alterations that make sense for playability and enjoyment for all.

What you don't realize is that DM's like myself who have been doing this for 25 years long before Baldurs Gate ever came around, have created thousands upon thousands of creatures add-ons etc etc etc. all integrated within the entire scheme. This is how I got my material published back in the 80's at age 16, because of my understanding of this balance and my creations.

The creatures in "this" game are not balanced and are irratically altered but much stronger than your party, (if you do not cheat like me and try to play an honest game, because Balance goes Both Ways).

This is also why Bioware incorporated AD&D into the game. This why they had advisors guiding them. This is why Baldurs Gate was one of the most successful games in history.

Some of you are utterly ignoring these facts and have no idea of what I am talking about. Some of you have misread the points of DM discretion and there meaning. This is nothing new of course. A lot of first time players think they are experts after reading it once through, or even skiming through it.

Some of you may be wondering why I am being what seems like a stickler for the rules. I can simply ask you in reply, why are you so afraid of the rules? Do you think it will be predictable? Do you think it will be too easy ( I have already given you perfect examples of difficulty) and if you think being able to kill a Litch without any preparation at all is easy, then you go right ahead and try!

Point is, many of you don't care for balance, many gamers cheat anyway. Ironic how a game can be so horrible but keep you coming back for more year after year isn't it!

The Dragon hit by norm weapons BTW (noted above) was a glitch in the original game. I just looked up the old fix notes from the beta release. Vampires still have their +1 required to hit while Bhodi is higher! (No spell casting there).

This can be better! This is the Big point!