This article is a Inquisitor is a class kit in Baldur's Gate II and Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition. It is one of three kits of the Paladin and is considered one of the best kits in the game, replacing the meager cleric-like abilities of the Paladin with powerful innate anti-magic abilities and a couple of useful immunities.
All Inquisitors are immune to charm and hold. They have the special abilities Dispel Magic, which acts as twice their level and is cast very quickly, and True Sight, which dispels hostile illusions. They gain one extra use of each ability every four class levels. However, this comes at the price of not being able to cast priest spells and the loss of the Paladin abilities Lay on Hands and Turn Undead.
This class is a spellcaster’s worst nightmare as it is able to cast two powerful anti-spell abilities twice their actual level, thus being able to disrupt any and all spells with relative ease.
In-game description[]
"The Inquisitor has dedicated his life to finding and eliminating practitioners of evil magic and defeating the forces of darkness, and his god has provided him with special abilities towards that end."
Advantages:
- May use “Dispel Magic” ability once per day per 4 levels (starts at 1st level with one use): ability is used at speed factor 1 and acts twice his actual level.
- May cast “True Sight” once per day per 4 levels (starts at 1st level with one use)
- Immune to Charm Creature, Hold creature, Paralyze
Disadvantages:
- May not use “lay on hands” ability.
- May not cast priest spells.
- May not turn undead.
Notable inquisitors[]
Mod content[]
This section is about unofficial content that is only available via fan-made mods.
Sword Coast Stratagems mod under the "Gameplay Tweaks" and the "Reduce the power of Inquisitors' Dispel Magic" component allows an adjustment to this ability:
Inquisitors have a very fast and powerful Dispel Magic ability, which is cast at twice their level. In most bits of the game, this is usually much higher than the majority of spellcasting enemies. This component reduces the power of the Dispel a little; you can choose to use it at 1.5xlevel or at 1xlevel. Install this component for a balanced challenge, as the 2X level ability becomes unfair and is regarded as overpowered throughout the game. Consider for example, that in the unmodded game Keldorn at level 14 would exceed the power of Kangaxx the Lich, and then be able to dispel the lich's protections easily. Game balance would suffer, and therefore the challenge diminished.