Oh No! Not another Baldur's Gate thread!

[Traianvs]

when is it useful to use berzerk? After all you can't control the character anymore.. In most cases he just wanders around and gets himself killed when I berzerk!

[Jamski]

Useful against creatures that use charm spells. Send Minsc off on his own... well, you can work the rest out

-Jam

[duke o' york]

Does he already come with beserk ability?
Or does he get it at a later level than I am?

[Jamski]

Already comes with it, doesn't he? Its on the "special ablities star" on the far right.

-Jam

[duke o' york]

Erm, don't know - never used his special abilities.
I'm off to see what other people have got too!
Well, I already know my character has got CLW.

[Drogue]

Originally posted by Jamski
He's a strange one, is Minsc. No points in two-handed weapon, so I don't know where this idea of him as a bash-with-big-sword guy comes from

Very few NPCs have any points in a weapon style, since that is usually left down to the player. However he has 2 points in two handed sword.

Korgan, Keldorn, Valygar, etc. none of these have points in any (except for Valygar's 2 in dual wield as the Ranger special).

[Dis]

what's DuHM?

[Jamski]

Draw Upon Holy Might - boosts STR, DEX and CON and is a 2nd level Clerical spell.

Standard buffing spell.

-Jam

[Dis]

ahh okay. I didn't catch the acronym. I use it occasionally, maybe I should use it more.

[Jamski]

Use it before every fight. What other 2nd level spells are that good?

-Jam

[Drogue]

DuHM is great, but it's only on one character, and using it before every fight is a bit much IMHO. I use it before major fights, etc, but it only works on the caster,. For a fighter/cleric, that's brilliant, but for a normal cleric, it's nott hat much of a help, IMHO.

[Jamski]

Everyone benefits from huge STR, DEX and CON scores in a fight

-Jam

[Drogue]

True, but they're of much less use to a one attack Cleric who can't use a bow or a sword. It's not that much of a bonus. That to a fighter, sure, would be great, but the Cleric hardly gets any hits in anyway, so the difference will be negligable, IMHO.

[Dry]

Originally posted by Drogue
For a fighter/cleric, that's brilliant, but for a normal cleric, it's nott hat much of a help, IMHO.

That's right. Except if your normal cleric is used as a fighter.
In my current game - Granek's Angels - (Granek: that's me; Angels: I take only the girls with me ) I was in De'Arnise keep. Mazzy was not yet in the group, so Vicconia has been promoted fighter ad-interim.
Equiped with the girdle of Giant strength and the Flail of Ages, she kicked asses.
But against Torgal and his lieutenant, this was not enough.
Now, DuHM on a 19Str, 19Dex baby and the sweetheart turned into a 22 Str, 22 Dext fury (AC -9).
I cast web and entangle in the room and sent Viccy (65% mag. res.) on the dance floor.
She invited the boys and the orchestra played them a little sonate for string intruments (bows and slings).

[Jamski]

She may hit hard, but as a pure Cleric, only once a round

-Jam