Do I need to know D&D rules to play BG2?
Not really. Go look up THAC0 and read what it means and you're good to go.
>>736596074No
>>736596114THAC0?
>>736596074No But I would suggest you play BG1 first.
>>736596074No but you should play Arcanum instead
>>736596114There is no need to look it up. Just assume that "lower armor class = better because fuck logic" and move on with your life.
>>736596186>another episode of a zoomshit pretending to care about (old game) because their favorite e-daddy essayist made a video about itTiresome.
>>736596229>essayist made a video about itNo one made a video about it chud
>>736596074I played the games originally knew non of the rules.The main things you need to know is that Armor class is reverse numbers lower the better like Negative numbers low.The more negative a number is the better a tank some class is.You learn new spells from Spell scrolls on Wizards. Right click on the scroll when its in the inventory to learn it.Wizards scale of Int. Sorcerers do no scale of any stat. Normally its charisma but this was not implemented well so you might as well give them a ton of Dex and CON so its hard to kill if you decide to play one. Sorc learns spells as they level up.You can roll the dice for stats infinatly till you get 18 on all ability scores.So if you are autistic about that you might as well use cheat engine to give your sellf perfect 18 on all stats and save time.
>>736596074No because BG uses it's own interpretation of AD&D 2e. Just read the manual and then have fun when the game contradict the information you get there. Remember to quicksave after every fight!
Bow or crossbow?
>>736596074>do I need to know game's ruleset to play gamewell yeah
Play BG1 if you haven't, it's a lot easier to get into because of the lower level and because you can explore freely since the start, BG2 only makes any sense if you have already played the first one.
>>736596187this, it's not like you have to calculate anything
the lower the number in your armor class the betterwear helmets to avoid critical hitsplay bg1 first
Romance Nalia.
>>736596074>Do I need to know D&D rulesIt has rules? I thought you just made up bullshit and rolled die to see if it happened or not...>t. have never played D&D, have also been laid unlike some of you anons
If you don't know anything about dnd and baldur's gate and you jump straight into 2 you are going to quit before you leave the first dungeon
>>736597702I doon't get why you can't do it.
>>736597718is this forced cringe or what
>>73659793799% of the time when it's super arbitrary like that, it's due to dev time constraints.
>>736596074NO NOW GO PLAY IT RIGHT NOW. REMEMBER TO USE BREACH AND DISPEL MAGIC. GO RIGHT NOW AND PLAY IT!!!
>>736597937She was supposed to be, because ahe leans very naturally into being a love interest, but because the story was rewritten so many times, her romance fell into sidelines and mostly replaced with Aerie's. Same thing happened with Valygar and Haer'dalis.She was supposed to be a replacement for Imoen, who was supposed to die in Spellhold, but then the story was rewritten and Bioware decided Nalia is too redundant.There is a romance mod for that anyway. And it's a good one.
>>736598158>Imoen, who was supposed to die in Spellholdshame they decided to change that, Irenicus was a great villain and u really didnt need more reasons to kill him but that would take the entire revenge plot to another level.
>>736596074>>736596154This. BG1 is a great low-level adventure on it's own and your BG2 playthrough will benefit from your experiences there. Don't forget to remove Beamdog's cancerous NPCs from both games: https://argent77.github.io/A7-NoEENPCs/index.html
>>736596074No, since it doesn't actually adhere to its rules due to being rtwp rather than turn based, like the tabletop.
>>736598126Breach and dispel?
