Travelling to Ulgoth's Beard, a small town with great adventuring possibilities, a party of adventurers consisting of Gorion's Ward and their companions, meet with a mysterious mage called Shandalar who asks them to recover a cloak of his from the Isle of Ice, before forcefully teleporting them to the island. The Ward's party soon find themselves fighting against those who were trapped on the island's dungeon.
While the expansion retains the same fundamental gameplay mechanics of Baldur's Gate, and the new areas incorporated into the same world map as the original game, a number of tweaks and improvements were made. These include:
The experience point cap being raised to 161,000, allowing characters to reach higher levels.
The user interface receiving a number of improvements.
Identical items automatically stack.
Unidentified items display a blue tint to make it easier to distinguish them.
The abilities of the thief class are toned down.
Source: Wikipedia, "Baldur's_Gate:_Tales_of_the_Sword_Coast," available under the CC-BY-SA License.
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