Ally spells don't damage allies?

External Since: May 08, 2007 Posts: 1

Hey,

I'm playing BG2 for the first time on PC, having played about 1/2 of
it for the Mac a few years back. I thought I remembered that you could
set an option for ally spells to not damage your other allies, but I
don't see that option any here. Am I just mistaken in this memory?

External Since: Apr 19, 2007 Posts: 8

On May 8, 4:13 pm, prometh... RemoveThis @gmail.com wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm playing BG2 for the first time on PC, having played about 1/2 of
> it for the Mac a few years back. I thought I remembered that you could
> set an option for ally spells to not damage your other allies, but I
> don't see that option any here. Am I just mistaken in this memory?

What do you mean by allies? People in your party?

This setting is, IIRC, part of the overall "difficulty" setting. One
one setting ("core rules", I think) your spells will damage/affect
anyone caught in the area of effect, allies nor not. On lower
difficulty settings, all party members are immune.

I cannot parse a definition of allies which is broader than party
members, so cannot help you there. I am not sure whether any of the
difficulty settings change the effects of spells on neutrals. I tend
to play on the default difficulty (the one below "core rules") and
AFAICT neutrals are affected normally by my spells.

CC