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@ Bruce, Indeed, my Fighter/ Illusionist gnome with 19 INT failed to copy properly about 7 spells out of 20, which according to the manual should not happen, considering 19 INT means a 95 % chance to learn spell...And note, these were not high level spells, but spells across the board (on core).

Ok, so we got 15 votes for core, 2 for normal, 3 for insane and 1 for easy. Much thanks to all who contributed. =)

[ 11-03-2001: Message edited by: KensaiRyu ]

I've played through BG2 only once, and that was at Normal (cause I wanted to get familiar with the game even though I've been a table topper for years. As though who know me, know I am computer illiterate, and that includes games). Restarting my character, I will do it as Core though this time around, though I will switch back to Normal when I scribe spells, after hearing this about learning spells. ;p (Even my RL dice aren't bad enough to get 7 out of 20 out with a 95% chance of doing it, and my dice are cursed -.-)

Core is the most D&D like.

Originally posted by KensaiRyu:
<STRONG> Indeed, my Fighter/ Illusionist gnome with 19 INT failed to copy properly about 7 spells out of 20, which according to the manual should not happen, considering 19 INT means a 95 % chance to learn spell...And note, these were not high level spells, but spells across the board (on core). </STRONG>

KensaiRyu, In PnP ADnD a specialist mage like an illusionist gets a 10% bonus to learning spells of their specialist sphere and a 10% penalty to learning spells not of there specialist sphere. Hoever even with this your gnome illusionist should have had a 105% chance to succefully scribe illusion/phantasm scrolls and an 85% chance to succefully scribe other scolls not in the oposite sphere (in the case of illusionists this is necromancy)

So 7/20 failures does seem like some very poor dice rolls or are there other penalties that the game engine takes into account for example spell level etc.

Originally posted by KensaiRyu:
<STRONG>so we got 15 votes for core, 2 for normal, 3 for insane and 1 for easy.</STRONG>

Who voted Easy? Not me. I didn't vote at all (or it would have been Core, since only that is D&D, although I switch to Normal to level up and scribe scrolls ).

[ 11-06-2001: Message edited by: Xyx ]

Originally posted by Xyx:
<STRONG>Who voted Easy? Not me. I didn't vote at all (or it would have been Core, since only that is D&D, although I switch to Normal to level up and scribe scrolls ).

[ 11-06-2001: Message edited by: Xyx ]</STRONG>

Do you still consider yourself playing on core if you switch to normal for scribing and levelling up?
I don't blame you however. I myself always start a new game on core and then switch to normal for the rest of the game if I have a spellcaster in the party.

LOL i go INSANE ALL THE WAY! lol i have beat the game with fighters, thiefs, druid, clerc, mage, and so on only char i haven't beat it yet is an sorcerer. saving it for later anyway i'm bussy trying out the TDD kits

my all time favorite class are the mage and bard, those two are my favorite class and the class that i play the best at i'm the best at magicery not at melee oh well

Originally posted by Bruce Lee:
<STRONG>Do you still consider yourself playing on core if you switch to normal for scribing and levelling up?</STRONG>

Depends on how you look at it. I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so if I'd keep the setting at Core all the time I would reload endlessly every time someone levelled up or scribed a scroll. The net result is the same, so I save myself the trouble.

"Normal" is not actually normal, since it reduces damage by 25%. That's why I avoid it in battles.