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Originally posted by Xen:
Hmm.. I am still quite normal as far as I can tell. [img]tongue.gif[/img] But you are correct... You just have to know the game and spells...
So therefore:Spell Reference to the rescue
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...some folks would beg to differ, Xen. [img]tongue.gif[/img] (Oops, did I say that? [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img] )
This game will teach you spellcraft. I remember playing BG1 and getting so upset that my mages kept dying in one hit and kept getting chunked by wolves. Bought BG2 ~8 months or so later, played a few games, went back to BG1, and figured out how to keep mages alive with the limited BG1 spell arsenal. Then my thieves kept dying. But that's another story.
Ashsays, if you know IWD, you're pretty good at combat. There's nothing in the BG series that feels as good as a party full of non-spellcasters beating the snot out of a mage. ("I bet they don't make Protection from Complete Buttkicking, you spell-shooting wiener!" [img]graemlins/evillaughter1.gif[/img] )
Instead of making a mage PC, why not pick up an NPC mage to practice spellcraft? That way, if something doesn't work and the mage dies, you don't have to reload the game. (Or, with the more annoying spellcasters, you can invent interesting ways for spells to backfire, like casting Summon Fiend without casting Protection from Evil first. [img]graemlins/evillaughter2.gif[/img] )