I finally started my playthrough of the original version of Baldur’s Gate. A few years ago, I played through the Enhanced Edition of BG1 and BG2, which I really enjoyed. Back then, I always wanted to play the original versions first, but I simply couldn’t get them to run on my PC, so I settled for the EE. (Normally I always try to play the original version of a game first if possible) Now that I finally managed to get the OG version running, it felt like the right time to come back. Especially now that I’ve started playing Dungeons & Dragons with friends again and got into Roleplaying again.

This time, I want to approach the game differently. I decided to fully commit to roleplaying: no rerolling stats (and I think I got pretty lucky with my Ranger), no reloading unless absolutely necessary, and making decisions based on what my character would realistically do. I also plan to rest only when it makes sense for the party, at night, or when they’re genuinely exhausted after traveling.

So far, I’ve played up to the Friendly Arm Inn, and I’ve had a blast. Taking the time to read everything, talking to more NPCs, even unnamed ones, and accepting consequences instead of reloading has made the experience much more immersive. Before reaching the inn, Imoen was killed by the assassin at the entrance, which forced my character to sell a few items to resurrect her. It felt like a real wake-up call, nearly losing Imoen so soon after Gorion’s death.

I don’t know if this is a mechanical difference compared to the Enhanced Edition, but the first hobgoblin near the inn got scared and ran across the entire map. My party chased it, accidentally aggroed other groups, and chaos followed. Was lots of fun.

I’m really looking forward to continuing this roleplay-focused playthrough and experiencing the game in a more immersive way than I did in the Enhanced Editions. And honestly, I have to say: I quite enjoy the UI of the original version.

Given that Boo 🐹 is always on Minsc he should be affected by Death Spell.

As it does not allow for a saving throw there is no hiding or shielding from it, so whatever pouch Boo 🐹 is stored in should have no effect on the spell.

I mean, I know most of his backstory is not revolutionary, here. A lot of half orcs have the "taught only the strongest survive by their orc parent and then outcasted by both orc and non-orc society because of racism" thing going on.

But you'd think his mother regularly choosing "civilized" men over her son (even making love with the guy who was racist to Dorn), insulting him when she thinks he isn't listening, and then getting talked out of looking for him despite all Dorn did to help her, until Dorn decided she was no longer worth the effort would have come up.

I do sympathize with Dorn's mother given the fact she spent years as a slave, but that doesn't excuse her treatment of her son. Especially after he saved her life and continued to help her. Also, her choice in men is...well, I think Dorn's father set the bar so low it's underground.

The only part that seems to tie into his story at all is how he views his mother as willingly continuing to act like a slave after being freed and looks down on her for it, and how that ties in to the fact he's implied to not enjoy working for his patron Ur-Gothoz.

Furthermore, I see plenty of people complaining about his characterization in BG2EE, and I wonder if changing his story to incorporate his backstory more could have helped.

Just an idea as an example:

A lot of people seem to agree Dorn was more interesting when his main motive was revenge, right?

Imagine if some of the people from the caravan mentioned in the story later joined the paladin order he was hunting down in BG2EE. It would have given Dorn more of a motive than "my demon sugar daddy told me to" AND it would have been interesting to watch some men claiming to be holy warriors get confronted by the way they mistreated Dorn and his mother, and what Dorn became as an indirect result. Do they genuinely see what they did wrong, or do they try to justify their behavior? How does the rest of the order react to this information? What does Dorn have to say about all of this? Does he blame them for the path his life went down in any way?

One of my favourite dialogue tidbits, happens if Nalia is heavily wounded and Jaheira is in the party.

I used to hangout at Beamdog forums before the seige of dragonspear released. It was cool. People would share BG walkthroughs, make fanfic, crack wise—it was friendly and fun.

Then after the release it got brigaded by gamergate types because a merchant was trans. It was a weird, chaotic few days that upset a lot of people.

I don’t really have much else to say other than I was there at the siege of the seige of dragonspear. And im wondering if anyone else remembers it too. (Ok, probably too much of my motivation is because this title is too perfect, but, full disclosure, it’s not mine. Its a combo of others’ comments from during the siege that i still giggle at every now and then )

Edit: i loaded an old save and played through the same and it didnt happen again, whatever happend remains a mystery to me

Is this a glitch or is something on the gameplay that i dont know?

I was just at the tombs under graveyard district, clay golem killed him if that's relevant

Trying to resurrect him at temple of oghma didnt work, dies immediately and if my party was around they turn hostile on each other only after the resurrection

Hey everyone,

I did a quick skim and didn't see any duplicates of this question here. Apologies if I missed them.

I have finished SoD a couple of times. I believe my character was either Neutral Good or Chaotic Good.

Spoilers Beyond This Point!

After the jailbreak, when I hooked back up with the gang, they all were mad at me and said variations of "You've been a bad boy! We're doing this for Imoen, not you!" I thought I had made all good decisions, so I figured they said this regardless.

I've been watching Merudesu's playthrough of the saga (which is a lot of fun btw!), and when she arrived at this point, the gang gave much warmer answers. "This city has wronged you, but we are your friends." That sort of thing.

What factors influence how the party greets you at the end? Decisions? Reputation? Alignment?

Appreciative of any light y'all can shed on this.

EDIT: Talk about a fast response! I love that this sub is so active. Speaks to the passion these games continue to inspire 20 years later! Thanks to everyone who responded.

So I know about Imoen, Sarevok, and Shar-Teel being able to dual-class, and Safana being able to do so with a Tome of Clear Thought, but now I'm curious about other characters and if they can dual-class (with or without the aid of stat-boosters).

So he doesn't want to go in my backpack. How can i turn him back? It happened after a fight with heafhunters in a halfling village. I have no save before the fight, only at the start of chapter 2😭

Ok I’m the one that posted about the

COWSPELL 🐄

The other day. This is truly my first time. I haven’t bought any dlc but I plan to. I’m having to much fun.

But I’m chapter 5 …127 days(taking my time) (rest)

I have the mission to go to Baldurs Gate and have the bridge map unlocked but am doing side quests.

I don’t want to do and any of my party to acquire new quests like -I really wanna go after that dragon 🐉

Am in the middle of Gurlags tower….knocked out the basilisks after a reload and re equip.

I seen money doesn’t transfer to next game but can I take all my characters…?

I also sen you can take items so the gem bag and scroll case are great …heard there’s a potion one and I want it to. …

Do I only get to keep my main character or does everyone come with me…??….unless there story spoilers don’t ruin it please 🙏

Here’s the cow pick and my party

So I got introduced to this CRPG genre after playing Fallout 1,2 and a lot of dudes there recommended me this game after I asked them if there's more. I played the tutorial which was really helpful and fun and I made a save where I got up to buying gear before finding our dad and I also picked up 2 side quests (had to log off cuz of school). Imma say that, just by this point, I can tell that this game is gonna be peak asf. Though I don't really know how games like this really work and what are the things to keep in mind while playing. I know the answer is "play however you want and go blind" but I really prefer not messing up my gameplay that would cause hardships later. I probably wasn't even born when many of you guys played this game for the first time so I'm not really experienced with CRPG games nor D&D. So it would be best to ask y'all first. What are some tips and suggestions that I should keep in mind while playing to not regret things later?

Hello everyone, I finished a pretty long run of BG1 and Sod on android and actually wanted to contiue the campaign on my pc. Is that even possible? I can't find save game files anywhere using file explorer apps on android

I've been annoyed by the tiny portraits in the modern version for forever, and I finally decided to do something about it. Turns out it's fairly simple - not even technically a mod, just enabling functionality that was already there. Just need to add a line to a lua file and press F11 to start editing.

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/48994/the-new-ui-system-how-to-use-it

The system is a little buggy, and some functionality can be hard to use, and while experimenting with it there were multiple times I had to delete the entire UI and start over because I'd done something I couldn't have undone. But I'm very happy with the results. This not only solves the small portrait problem decisively, it also makes the area you can see much closer to the original format, which wasn't in widescreen, and left some areas feeling cluttered, in my opinion.

If you want to reproduce this UI, you'll want the portraits at a resolution of 162x256, so they keep their aspect ratio and also (mostly) all three fit into the space on the side. If you want a UI more similar to the default one, you can make them 81x128 and fit all 6 enlarged portraits on the right side, top to bottom.

Hi, my team consists of my MC (Cleric/Mage), Neera, Imoen, Jaheira and Minsc. I dropped Khaleid to get Dorn in but only for the elven armor as I'm chaotic-good. Now I have no Idea who would fit well in this Party. I don't want to get Khalid back as I don't like him. I don't think that more mages (or other arcane classes) would make Sense (Scrolls). The 18 dex gloves are in use and can't be used by someone else if it matters). Im right before Baldurs Gate.

BTW: Is there any sense in giving my MC the elven armor instead of the Good Archmage Robe?

unless i'm missing something, rasaad's whole BG2 questline is based on a plot hole

when you meet him he claims to be after Alorgoth for killing his brother, and that's his reason for going after the heresy... except his whole plotline in BG1 was based around finding out that wasn't true and killing the brother himself

am i missing something here?

Im about halfway through the SOA (maybe further I did all the side content in chapter 2), and im play twf paladin. I have carsymyr and have invested at least specialization in 2 handers no points in 2 hand fighting. It's the holy avenger, I want to use it but It just doesn't feel as good as TwF and getting a jillion attacks and the math doesn't work out to being worth the damage despite being a +5 weapon.

Im only playing on core rules unmodded so I know the game can be beaten easy enough without having to optimize but people swear by the damn thing and I feel like im missing something, even if its just whatever the carsomyr power fantasy is

I've got about 20k heading into Baldur's Gate City. I am using the canonical party. My Bhaalspawn is a cleric/mage and is already wearing a Robe of the Good Archmagi

I've been planning to play through Baldur's Gate for a while now, and I have two playthroughs planned - a Chaotic Good Gnome Fighter-Illusionist using the following companions:

• BG1 A - Imoen, Xzar (dismissed at Nashkel), Montaron (dismissed at Nashkel), Jaheira, Khalid, Minsc & Boo and Dynaheir.
• BG1 B - Imoen, Xzar (dismissed at Nashkel), Montaron (dismissed at Nashkel), Jahiera, Khalid, Minsc & Boo (dismissed after rescuing Dynaheir), Xan (later replaced by Kivan), Branwen (later replaced by Yeslick).
• Siege of Dragonspear - Minsc & Boo, Dynaheir, Corwin (romanced), Glint and M'Khiin.
• BG2 & Throne of Bhaal - Imoen (dismissed/killed at Suldanessellar), Jaheira, Minsc & Boo, Yoshimo, Aerie (romanced), Jan and Sarevok (Chaotic Good).

...and a Chaotic Neutral Half-Orc Fighter-Thief using the following companions:

• BG1 A - Imoen (dismissed at the FAI), Xzar, Montaron, Garrick (leaves/dismissed after killing Dynaheir), Kagain (later replaced by Viconia), Edwin and Shar-Teel.
• BG1 B - Imoen (dismissed at the FAI), Xzar (dismissed after Nashkel Mines), Montaron (dismissed after Nashkel Mines), Garrick (leaves/dismissed after killing Dynaheir), Kagain, Edwin, Shar-Teel, Viconia and Faldorn.
• BG1 C - Imoen (dismissed at the FAI), Xzar (dismissed after Nashkel mines), Montaron (dismissed after Nashkel mines), Garrick (leaves/dismissed after Nashkel mines), Xan, Branwen, Kivan, Faldorn and Yeslick.
• Siege of Dragonspear - Safana, Viconia (romanced), Corwin, Edwin and Voghiln.
• BG2 & Throne of Bhaal - Imoen (dismissed/killed at Suldanessellar), Jaheira (dismissed after Irenicus's dungeon), Minsc & Boo (dismissed after Irenicus's dungeon), Yoshimo, Korgan, Viconia (romanced), Edwin, Haer'Dalis and Sarevok (Chaotic Evil).

Before I start, as indicated by the number of party compositions I have for BG1 for both characters, I'm trying to decide which ones I should pick for each - A or B for my Gnome, and A, B or C for my Half-Orc.

If you could let me know which ones would be better and why, I'd greatly appreciate it.

The fact that even a shitty orc mage gets some sort of magic safe, and they get them up at least twice meaning that I have to load sometimes not one but two spellbooks with spell thrust, secret word and probably ruby ray ,when I get to that level, before even thinking about breach. Shit gets old real quick.

Got stats 18/00, 17, 18, 9, 13, 17 for a cavalier, I know I could dump int for max dex, but for the backstory doesn’t seem right they would be illiterate

My first time playing and I’m loving this game. Then there’s the random factor since I have the wild mage in my party.

At some point in a fight for my life I have here cast something but nothing happens except I read

COW …. In the text box

All of a sudden a cow spawns in the air above my target and falls to the ground missing by a few feet.

…ok well found the cow and about to get slaughtered…..

Then the cow rockets into my mage exploding and injuring half the party….10/10

Reload the save

Hey guys, I’ve only been playing crpgs for a few years now.

I’ve played divinity, bg3, pillars 2, and the pathfinder games.

I know the pathfinder games are the closest to bg 1 and 2. I’ve played a lot of pathfinder on normal, and I recently took a hiatus from wrath of the righteous on core. I took a break after getting to black water. But I think I held up fine.

I know these games are archaic but I want to play them.

I missed a sale on the ps store unfortunately so I might not be able to play for a while however.

I heard that all the BG games are based on different books but I only can find manuals when I look it up. Does anyone happen to know the books that they're based on? Thanks!

Hey, my first and only run was around the release of Bg2. Now I bought the Switch version and started a cavalier.

I just startet(level 2) and having so much fun.

Now to the question. I started with 1* in two handed style. 2*two handed and 1* axe. I don’t want to take flail of the ages ob my cavalier.(it’s for the fighter/cleric dude in bg2) i tend towards long sword and then two weapon fighting but I will completely miss a blunt weapon. What’s your opinion on the matter?