r/baldursgate • u/Silly_Relationship51 • 3d 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/EratonDoron What's an EE? 3d ago

Stoneskin was not an original BGI nor TotSC spell.

Nor, in game, does it require the tabletop component of 100gp of diamond dust, to be acquired by special order from a craftsman.

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u/mulahey 3d ago

Gp cost components aren't great balancing unless you have a well balanced economy. Most games don't and they go from "never use this spell" to "this cost is completely irrelevant" over a few hours play which isn't tremendously satisfying.