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Start game.
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Character creation.
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Disappointed that goblin isn’t an option.
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Disappointed that class is linked to race but whatever it’s an old game.
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Can’t decide between making my character a half-elf druid avenger or gnome thief.
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Settle on druid avenger because playing as an eco-terrorist sounds fun.
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Become disappointed that druids can only be true neutral.
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I make my characters skin green and give them the old lady voice because fuck you game I wanted to make a goblin.
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Walk into the Inn.
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Insult every noble visiting the inn.
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Leave.
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Enter a house and get jumped by an assassin.
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Die.
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Lmao this game rules.
The early game is difficult, pretty much anything can kill you. As you lvl up and figure out the mechanics, it gets easier.
Pro tip: make sure to use lightning bolt in cramped spaces!
I’m guessing this will get me killed but I’ll do it anyway because it sounds fun
It will get everything killed. The one time it works out for you will be totally sweet though.
AoE spells are just fun - Colour Spray, Grease, Web, etc - but will wreck your fighters unless you place them carefully (and the AI is pretty suicidal). Eventually, there are a lot of low-threat opponents, which means even the low-level ones stay useful the entire game.
Usually the most dangerous threat is anything that can throw bullshit magic back at you - so, monsters - and then worse, anything that can do that magic and has protections against your magic - mostly wizards. Most of those fancy monsters want you to stock up on a couple of status-healing items when you notice them for sale, just in case. Wizard fights become about comprehensively dispelling their protections and then them instantly exploding from Minsc slapping them with a greatsword.
Later, in BG2, things get pretty damn unfair (in both directions - a lot of near-impossible fights are totally negated because you scrounged up money in the starting city to buy an overpriced shield).