Until chapter 4 or 5, they have around 2-3% kills ratio which becomes 20-30% after level 7 or 9. However, After level 7, they start to become dominant killers of the group. So, especially in early stages, I give my mages a sling and let them shoot from behind until I come across a worthy foe where they shine. They have a great shot to hit with limited ammo. I know BG1 to the core while I know little about BG2 which I never finished.įor BG1, I have always seen mages as 'Cannons or artillery' of the group. Are mages and sorcerers merely back line support characters? You haven't mentioned which game (BG1EE or BG2EE) you are playing so I will refer to both with my limited knowledge. I could never for the life of me understand how you get through this game when you have a limited number of attacks (magical charges). I just picked up the enhanced edition and I want to actually try to get the hang of magic characters this time around. I basically tried to use as many cheese tactics as I could get hold of.

Impressed as I am by Larian's willingness to drag players into the murk with them, I do hope there is some light at the end of the tunnel.Elfergos: I used to play this game a lot back in the day, but rarely did I play it 'properly'. A few stability issues aside, the production values are top notch, particular the duergar voice-acting, which is utterly dripping with scorn. Still, despite playing through Grymforge with little to no context, I nonetheless found myself getting sucked into this island of nastiness Larian has created. It proved a fastidious test of my party's pathfinding, a test they failed on multiple occasions, forcing a reload a few due to characters either refusing to move or getting stuck in the walls. I spent a good hour simply figuring out the base layout, identifying which staircases led anywhere, which ones were broken, how many layers I could actually traverse. But geometrically it's a pain to navigate. Not so much the aesthetic – I'm down with its gloomy vibes. I'm a little less enthused by Grymforge itself. They're basically what you'd get if you gave Uncharted's Nathan Drake magical powers, rakish forces of nature with a knack for getting into trouble.Īt one point, one of my sorcerers cast a fire orb spell, and as a by-product spawned a sort-of elemental fire drake that immediately began attacking my party I can't imagine a wizard resorting to shoving someone over a ledge to defeat them (an ability that's universal in BG3), but I can totally visualise a sorcerer pulling such an ad-hoc, dickish move. They're also a fine fit for Larian's more systemic interpretation of the series' combat. At one point, one of my sorcerers cast a fire orb spell, and as a by-product spawned a sort-of elemental fire drake that immediately began attacking my party.Īs someone who tends to avoid magic-based classes in RPGs, I find the chaotic potential of sorcerers unusually appealing. These effects can be beneficial to your fight, or detrimental.

A sorcerer's casting is subject to the whims of a mechanic known as Wild Magic, which can trigger a random effect whenever the sorcerer casts. But the unlearned nature of sorcerer magic comes at a price. It's an enjoyably flexible system, enabling you to come up with some pretty powerful combinations.

More interesting, though, is how sorcery points can be spent to modify spells, making them fly further, or hit additional targets. You can spend sorcery points to gain extra spell slots, or spend spell-slots to get extra sorcery points. In combat, sorcerers get access to a pool of sorcery points, which can be used in various ways. This makes them a natural choice for players who lean toward the 'persuade' function in dialogue.īecause their spellcasting derives from innate power rather than learning, sorcerers don't get access to the same range of spells that Wizards do, but they make up for that in how they can cast their spells. Their power is driven not by intelligence, but by charisma, which means their abilities grow alongside the force of their personality. Unlike wizards, who gain their magical power from knowledge and research, sorcerers are born with enchanted spoons in their mouths, innately imbued with arcane talent.

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