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Well, for Sylvan Sorcerer or any other spontaneous caster like Oracle all metamagic-infused spells take full-round for cast and that's a huge difference. You can't cast it during current round if you need to move even slightly to position it carefully, so if you move, then you can cast...

Got it, thanks! With 'XP share OFF' you can get level 4 in the inn (if cleared 100% of Shield Maze) just after talking around and join with Woljif. The whole level difference! Actually, on RP grounds I always take other responses, which grants you completely useless buff vs neutral opponents...

Why? You only have one of those (move/5 ft. step or attack) during surprize round but in the following rounds you can make 1 swift action (like Smite Evil/Chaos), 1 move action (or 5 ft. step, which is VERY helpful and only availible in TB mode), 1 standard action (attack or cast regular spell)...

BTW, @Antimatter, I'm curious if you cleared the 100% of Shield Maze with your current Sylvan Sorcerer and if there is enough exp out there to get level 3 without 'XP sharing OFF' before leaving into the Gray Garrison? I'm actually restarted my Magic Deceiver, slightly tweaking him with Acolyte...

Congrats on dealing with Nabasu! Bless Weapon is indeed amazing, too bad it's only availible for Paladins (who I don't like at all, Seelah switches to other classes right at level 2). It's also very handy later on in Gargoyles' cave fight. Aside from potions from innkeeper there are also some...

Both modes have their pros and cons, sure, but not being able to take off items from quick slots (like in PoE) alone with other equipment like armor/rings etc. is clear 'fair play' for me. I never liked an unrealistic approach of BG players, when they switch gear like armor/boots/weapons or...

I would recommend you to try turn-based combat at least for those hard encounters. It's much more manageble and if you can utilize a surprize round then at least for this whole round you'll target a much lower flat-footed AC which is a huge difference. And if some of your characters win an...

You don't need level 5 to beat all those strong opponents or cast resistance vs elements (communal) from your books. I always buy scrolls of protection/resistance vs acid (alchemist), electricity (kineticist, Tower of Estrod), cold (shadow demon), fire (Tower of Estrod, brimorak). My first goal...

I'm curious what areas you've cleared before Tavern Defense? Because in my case I always have 5 levels under my belt at that moment and it's easier dramatically. No damage to tavern defenses at all and I even have a "Truly Important Deed" achievement (got it on Hard difficulty) - save all...

Thanks! :) And you have quite an interesting crew there as well! It will be nice to follow their adventure. The only thing I'm missing there is a lack of domains users which I personally think as a must have for unfair run.

OK, task #1 is done (Kenabres Caves) no-reload up to Small Earth Elementals (all else is cleared) who at first try killed Lann since I started surprize round with him and that's game over. At second attempt I started surprize round with Seelah using Demoralize so elementals focus her instead...

Nope, the map is not mine. I've borrowed it somewhere in the Web looking for the tips on playing Unfair difficulty. As for XP sharing here - I don't think it's quite the same as playing solo BG/SoA since it stop being useful the moment you'll gather a full party (and I always play full parties)...

If you need to somewhat easy the pain/frustration of early unfair run then you might want/need to (ab)use the 'Only active companions receive experience' switch in difficulty settings. Turn it 'On' unless you have the full six members party (and turn it 'Off' in the join new NPC dialog right...

My new favorite class is Magic Deceiver Arcanist (Living Deity with Wolf pet). It combines most (if not all) aspects I value the most - Charisma based spontaneous caster with a pet, some of Oracle's aspects (Curses/Revelations), Lore [Religion] skill via Charisma and from level 12 use it for the...

True. I've switched from blaster casters to crowd-control/disable casters long ago and never look back. Stinking Cloud with a Corruptor Mythic Ability (even non-metamagic infused) by my MC carries my crew through an assault on Drezen on unfair just fine while double 8 level (4*2 on saves or AC)...

What makes alchemist's spellcasting appealing to many players is their ability to 'apply' personal only spells/buffs like Shield etc. on other party members via Infusion discovery much like Shared Transmutation of Brown-Fur Transmuter Arcanist. This way you can buff your martial tanks with solid...

1. Seelah's using her divine bond level 5 ability to level up the companion, I suppose that means the hippogriff overrides the horse? True. If you'll level Seelah as a pure Paladin then you'll only get horse but if you'll dip SCM first then you'll continue hippogriff. 2. Also, can you have...

If your other class is able to have an animal companion one way or another then hippogriff will level up further but your might need to take boon companion feat to keep pacing. For more info check here. Just search that page for Animal Companions info. If you'll have any questions later feel...

Inquisition, witch hunts and other extream zealot things - that’s what I can’t stand in any way... I don't want to make a spoilers here but be ready to have a backup plan/unintended substitute for some of your party members at least for some time during story line.

Even though Ember will surely object that, but every single person who would hurt her should face a consequencies! BTW I don't know what are your plans for Seelah but I strongly recommend to take a dip on Sable Company Marine (one level dip is enough). Hippogriff animal companion is just...