Super happy to see Betrayal at Krondor get a mention in the book. It was one of my favorite games as a kid, and the deft writing is arguably unsurpassed in the RPG world. The music is just absolutely perfect, too.
The only real weakness this game had was how easy it was to completely break the combat system. Skin of the Dragon is the most OP spell in the world. It's basically invulnerability for X rounds. And when I say invulnerability, I don't just mean physical attacks, but also magic, status effects—basically everything. It's cheap enough from a mana perspective to just have Owen quickly throw it on all your party members at the beginning of any combat situation.
Did I mention you can pick up the spell for free near the beginning of the game? I used to deliberately avoid it just to help balance things a bit.
The only real weakness this game had was how easy it was to completely break the combat system. Skin of the Dragon is the most OP spell in the world. It's basically invulnerability for X rounds. And when I say invulnerability, I don't just mean physical attacks, but also magic, status effects—basically everything. It's cheap enough from a mana perspective to just have Owen quickly throw it on all your party members at the beginning of any combat situation.
Did I mention you can pick up the spell for free near the beginning of the game? I used to deliberately avoid it just to help balance things a bit.