KiNgBrAdLeY7: Can you create an ELF druid in the enhanced edition too, like the original?

Alyosha: I'm playing IDEE on Android, but the answer appears to be negatory.

I think the EE Infinity Engine games are using ToB's race, class, and kit combinations, plus the extras added by EE. There are also two add'l kits for priests in IDEE that aren't part of BG1EE or BG2EE.

Alyosha: I'm playing IDEE on Android, but the answer appears to be negatory.

KiNgBrAdLeY7: It is a ruleset issue. Icewind Dale 1 uses rules that allow elves to become druids, and even if you want, to use a 3 ruleset edition sneak attack, instead of the 2.0 and 2.5 backstab thief ability. Different rules, different mechanisms...

The enhanced editions, follow the kits, the classes and the combos, that can be done in Baldur's Gate, plus some new classes, like dwarven defender, that come from neverwinter knights.

In the original, you could make an elf druid, and if memory serves well, it had been justified lore-wise, too. Elf druid is pretty badass, mostly because of resistances. And the dexterity bonus. I was very disappointed to see that in the enhanced (which i purchsed mostly to say "thank you" to GoG for bringing it here, and complete my collection), you cannot make one such character.

Also, i liked more the system of original icewind. It favored multiclass combos BIG time... And it wasn't an exact copy of BG2, rules and mechanisms wise... It had its own unique style.

Aran_Linvail: I see. So the EE is basicaly Baldur's Gate 2 combat pasted on top of Icewind Dale's story? along with a bg's kits and so? I never did find the combat particularly diferent from one game to another, though what always stroke me as "diferent" were the classes and kits available.

KiNgBrAdLeY7: Yes, roughly it is as you estimated above. Damn, they shouldn't touch anything in the remake! Adding kits is one thing, but emulating another game mechanisms and ruleset is totally another!

KiNgBrAdLeY7: It is a ruleset issue. Icewind Dale 1 uses rules that allow elves to become druids, and even if you want, to use a 3 ruleset edition sneak attack, instead of the 2.0 and 2.5 backstab thief ability. Different rules, different mechanisms...

pcamagna: My 2e lore is a little rusty, but IIRC sylvan elves--the most common elves--were allowed druids as a class, whereas the other elven subraces were not. BG/BG2 interpret that as no elven druids; IWD interprets that as elven druids allowed.