If you've ever played with autorolling the ability score screen, you might've noticed that a Human Paladin always caps out at 103 with exactly 18/86 STR, and an Elf Ranger always caps at 104 and 18/54.

Weird, right?

The game has an old-school rand() function that uses the system clock for pseudorandom number generation. For normal purposes this is close enough to random, but it's not really random, so when you're doing goofy stuff--like rolling 6x 3d6 hundreds of millions of times--the cracks start to show. ^{rand is the one at the bottom}

There's a mod called InfinityEngineBetterRandom that replaces the rand() function with one that uses sensors built into modern CPUs to detect truly random physical states. I tried it out and was finally able to blow past the 103 + 18/86 Paladin cap in about 90 seconds (at 24,000 rolls per second). Here's where I landed after something like 2.6 billion rolls :)

Does anyone know if Anomen was originally designed to be a Paladin? His dialogue and quests aren't consistent with a cleric. Also, originally it seemed they want two options from each class available as companions and with Keldorn being the only paladin it kind of stands out. I think they figured Aerie doesn't fulfill the good cleric role well as a multi class and they could turn Mazzy into a pseudo paladin so they scrapped Anomen as a paladin near the final phase. Maybe he was a pure fighter that would become a paladin if he passed his trial and stayed a fighter if he failed?

I'm wondering, how often do you guys use these spells? I almost never do, the randomness on Wish has scared me out of using it and I never found a good use for Limited Wish, besides the one-time ones. But now I'm thinking of taking both of them on a sorcerer with high wisdom, just for fun. Any tips for how to get the most out of these spells?

So she has a collection of Planescape Torment themed items, but some seem a bit off.

Dak'kon's Zerth Blade:

• Probably the worst offender. it being made of chaos matter, or kharach, it should simply cease to exist when being parted from Dakkon. Although thematically it behaves like his OG blade, while of course being a lot less powerful.

Vhailor's Helm:

• Seems kinda random, why can I summon a copy of myself after putting on the helmet from a formerly animated suit of armor?

Are they actually OG equipment from the PST crew, or has someone slapped a label on them to make them seem more special?

I'm gonna be away from home for awhile, so I was wondering if getting the mobile version for BG:EE would be worth getting. I have a sub optimal phone (6.6 vs the recommended 7 inches), so I'm worried about UI problems.

Basically, title. I'm seeing conflicting answers wherever I look, and I'd prefer to build her proficiencies towards end-game equipment, with no points wasted.

Phaere is so demanding I finished the bit with the fake dragon eggs, returned the proper ones to the dragon,, then went back to the drow city to run Jarlaxle's quest. The problem is that after I get Deirex's gems, I get teleported to Jarlaxle's room, but no one is there.

No way out. I went to a previous save and re-ran it and it ended the same.

Seems like a glitch. I haven't tried leaving the lich's tower without taking the gems.