Originally Posted by spectralhunter
Originally Posted by fylimar
The first playthrough was difficult for me too. I know nothing about DOS, but I do play DnD regulary and still had problems. It took me a while to learn the mechanics such as high ground, surfaces etc.

Even without knowing any Larian gimmicks, I didn't think the game was too hard my first walkthrough. Definitely the hag and spider matriarch were difficult without prior knowledge. The gnolls and githyanki were also tough but only because of Larian homebrew.

I guess it wasn't as hard for me because I played the game somewhat straight, meaning I was careful of my spell resources and focused a lot of physical range attacks. I didn't know I could long rest at will so I budgeted my expendable spells. I learned by mistake, just how powerful bows and crossbows were in this game. I may have lucked out a lot on some encounters by getting height advantage without even knowing since I tend to try to find ground that is easily defensible (bottleneck).

Once I learned of all the Larian stuff, the game is a joke. I think the only encounter that is remotely hard is the koa-toa and only because they have a bunch of archers in height advantage and it's hard to get to them since you are surrounded by the others.

Nowadays I don't have much problems anymore too. After I learned the mechanics, it became much easier. I never encountered the Kuo-Toa, searched the whole Underdark, but never found them.

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