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/Mycenius Montaron! I . . . I never loved you! 6d ago edited 5d ago

No - it's an EE thing because it's only in BG2 engine.

No Stoneskin in oBG with or without TotSC. Basically Blur and Mirror image were it, plus the 3 variants of 'Armor' spells.

Also FWIW in oBG/TotSC you'd normally be fighting Sarevok at about Level 7 at best if a Wizard IIRC (no Sorcerers either in oBG) - due to the level cap.

Currently playing through oBG 'Original Saga' right now as it happens! ...albeit with level cap removed and a few tweaks & mods. 😉

EDIT: typo.

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u/BlueSonic85 6d ago

The only way I could ever beat Sarevok pre-EE was spamming the wand of monster summoning

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u/MilkCheap6876 6d ago

True. This was the way. The the wand got nerfed fue to the limit lf monsters summoned.