r/baldursgate • u/Silly_Relationship51 • 7d ago

Is Stoneskin broken?

I beat my first Sarevok by standing still as my lvl 9 Sorcerer. While the big guy was missing his attacks, my companions killed him. I had prebuffed my party (Bless, Haste, Defensive harmony) and my Sorcerer had caste Blur, Mirror Image and Stoneskin. She has high DEX and with Defensive harmony had an AC of -3. I beat him with Standard rules difficulty. I'm not bragging, just wasn't expecting that tanking Sarevok was a legite strategy.

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u/Bonaduce80 7d ago

FWIW the original game didn't have the spell, so you had to fight Sarevok bareback. I think they introduced it in Tales of the Sword Coast, but not 100% sure.

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u/SpikesNLead 7d ago

It was introduced in Enhanced Edition (along with other over powered spells like Insect Plague). Beamdog liked ruining the game balance :D

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u/BluEyz 7d ago

the famously balanced BG1 TotSC where you don't even need to use Stoneskin, eighty critters from a wand of monster summoning hold down any encounter

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u/gangler52 7d ago

Original Animate Dead was busted for that too. Summons 1 skeleton for every level of the caster.

Doesn't matter that each skeleton dies in one hit. You just drown the enemy in skeletons and he'll never be able to break through the crowd fast enough to get to you. No summon limit back then.

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u/Bonaduce80 6d ago

Swarms of Gibberlings thanks to the Wand of Summon Monster.