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Been a while but pretty sure Shadows require magic weapons to hit. Try pelting them with spells and wands if you don't have any yet.

Most things have been mentioned, but in no particular order:

1. IWD is a combat challenge basically. Little story and it doesn't have the memorable characters of the BG series. You need superhuman stats to really make things even.

2.Range combat rules. Bows attack 2X per round which is huge early on. DEX increases missile chance to hit and lowers your AC so it should be the 2nd primary stat for mages and already is the primary stat for rogues.

3. Clerics are great. BG1 doesn't give you a cleric for awhile so you may want to make one you main character. They heal, buff/debuff and can stand in front lines.

4. Pause often. Setting autopause when enemy spotted will help alot.

5.Have a variety of classes in your party. You want at least one rogue. You likely want two front line warriors. You want at least one cleric. And you need at least one mage. Class/Multiclass combos will influence how you pick the 6th spot (ie if you have a paladin a second cleric might not be needed).

6. Attacks interrupt mages. Pelt them with missiles and magic missiles when you can.

7. Missile attacks are also deadly in enemy hands. Rush down archers with your fighters to make them switch to hand to hand.

8.Summoning spells (animal/monster/animate dead) are very helpful. They create fodder for enemies to have to deal with.

I think the loser of the Rocket League Rematch has to do MP 5. Basically Dan will then try to lose on purpose tearing GBWest apart.

I can no longer read the word nemesis without thinking of this:

If you can find it, there is Atelier Annie for the DS. It may be a little bit too complicated for you daughter right now given its task based nature but you probably would have a good idea about that. There is a 3DS version of Atelier Rorona that was just released in Japan that might make its way here but that could be a a way off.

Fantasy Life has simple action combat I think, you may also want to check that out.

What do you mean by weird? I mean Eraserhead is on Hulu. Well anything Lynch...or Cronenberg. Watch Existenz to see what VR is really going to be like.

Or do you want some light and fun like 50s monster movies?

Since you promised chaps, then what you really want is Zardoz

@alamun: If getting it on PC, get it through GOG. The return policy is much better and you get direct support.

Now that Bethesda/Zenimax has shown that it thinks modders of its games are a potential source of revenue who knows what is going to happen.

These two point are part of what I wanted to say. Mods for Skyrim are incredibly interdependent. How can a mod ask for money when it is not an enclosed experience? And so if a mod needs to be self contained to be sold, it will hurt the modding community because the effort to make everything in one mod is huge.

Support is another huge issue. Mods are incompatible. The more mods need to be self standing, the more compatibilities issues will arise. And if a mod doesn't work, how is it supported? This isn't selling hats. Actual gameplay is changed.

And this is ignoring that this is really just a cash grab by Zenimax and Valve. Pateron exists in order to pay for things like modders. Making it a transaction through Steam with only a pittance going to creators is skeevy at best.

Baldur's Gate II with the expansion is arguably one of the greatest games ever made. You'll miss out on who some of the characters are if you skip 1 and if you don't understand the combat system starting off mid level in 2 can be a set back. But if you want one game, that's it.