Well, I certainly will agree that BGII is certainly overpowered in the magical weapons department. Since creating even a measley +1 swords forces one to sacrifice a CON point, I want to find the Calcutta-style hidey hole where they're putting all these wasting-away mages. [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]
It's an FR thing: the land where you literally trip over magic items with every step. OF course, now it seems with 3E that all TSR realms work that way. I like the old-style 2nd Ed. Ravenloft setting with VERY LITTLE magic items. You wouldn't believe the adventures one can have when trying to simply find an iron or silver sword to go kill the beastie.