Baldur's Gate's 3's | Studio Spacefarer | Page 4

vapid lintel Jun 5, 2026, 2:41 PM

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🦑🦑🦑

terse comet Jun 5, 2026, 3:18 PM

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weirdly swinging it around into a good guy ending even after all my evils

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it's the power of 'whoops jaheira survived' into 'fine i'll do your quests'

vapid lintel Jun 5, 2026, 3:19 PM

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Oh huh weird

terse comet Jun 5, 2026, 3:20 PM

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the darkest path felt a little too bleak and unfun

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so i'm aiming for a slightly different path

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And i hated the non-||squiddified orph|| variant

terse comet Jun 5, 2026, 6:19 PM

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ok! It's finally time

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to stuff Gate into the Baldur or whatever happens at the end of this game, who knows

terse comet Jun 5, 2026, 9:29 PM

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Finished!

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Save scumming a couple ending decisions to see which evil is the funnest

terse comet Jun 5, 2026, 10:00 PM

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i found the most satisfying ending

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now, it is done

vapid lintel Jun 5, 2026, 10:01 PM

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The most evil was the most satisfying?

terse comet Jun 5, 2026, 10:05 PM

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no, actually, hee hee

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i found a different flavour of crime

vapid lintel Jun 5, 2026, 10:26 PM

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Oh!

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Chocolate

terse comet Jun 6, 2026, 11:59 AM

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As much as i enjoyed going through the game again, i'm glad i'm rid of it again. It's such a brain consuming game

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And i'm not just talking about mind flayer worms! *crowd ROARS with laughter*

vapid lintel Jun 6, 2026, 1:39 PM

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Yeah it's a very Filling game

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Doesn't leave much room for other stuff

terse comet Jun 6, 2026, 2:18 PM

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And Segments just take a long time. Just like my previous run, i found myself staying up a little too late just to finish the Thing i was doing

thorny elk Jun 6, 2026, 9:39 PM

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♫I'm about to obliterate Gortash, do dah, do dah♫

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7 rays of fire to the face, oh de do dah day

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would have been 14, but he immediately gets his shield and avatar becasue 125 damage before the battle even started

terse comet Jun 6, 2026, 9:48 PM

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I just made a Dark Alliance with him to rule the city together!

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Much easier, no fight

thorny elk Jun 6, 2026, 10:14 PM

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I mean, that works too

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but his haircut is pretty bad. I had to singe it to make it look better

vapid lintel Jun 7, 2026, 12:12 AM

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Ah the thistle down hairstyle

vapid lintel Jun 7, 2026, 12:34 AM

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That is a lot of damage lol

thorny elk Jun 7, 2026, 3:10 AM

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Level 6 scorching ray is 7 rays, plus using reverberation. If the dude didn't get fire immunity and a shield after the first attack, I had a staff that can be used to take the cost, and as a sorcerer I can make a spell attack a bonus action, so another level 6 scorching ray would have done another 125 ish damage, so 250ish with one characters surprise attack

thorny elk Jun 7, 2026, 5:27 PM

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Just finished combat to the hardest tunes in the hells

terse comet Jun 7, 2026, 5:57 PM

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Dang, you're cruisin'

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Though if you know what you're doing, you can get through it pretty fast

thorny elk Jun 7, 2026, 5:58 PM

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I'm pretty close to the end

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just gotta deal with a certain cultist sect under the city and then I can look at taking the brain on. Unless I want to get a bunch of dessicated clown parts to give back

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I was about to walk into one of the fights and went "wait, did I long rest first?"

terse comet Jun 7, 2026, 6:02 PM

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I completely forgot about the clowning near the end

thorny elk Jun 7, 2026, 6:06 PM

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Heckin scorching ray. did 14 in one turn and did about 230 to Sarevok

terse comet Jun 7, 2026, 6:29 PM

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Are you running an all mages glass cannon assault party

thorny elk Jun 7, 2026, 6:31 PM

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Not quite

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Karlach, Wyll, Shadowheart, and Sorcerer Tav

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Tav has a staff that can use a spell for free at any level, so level 6 or whatever scorching ray is 7 rays, plus reverbration and lightning charges

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then sorcerer quickened spell cast the same thing again for another 7 rays

terse comet Jun 7, 2026, 6:43 PM

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That does sound rad

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Wait, is sorcerer in D&D?

thorny elk Jun 7, 2026, 7:08 PM

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Yes

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It's a charisma caster

terse comet Jun 7, 2026, 8:16 PM

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ahhh okay!

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i thought there was only wizard

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sorcerer being charisma is cool though, that means you can also smooth talk (da ladies)

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(and other skill checks)

thorny elk Jun 7, 2026, 9:26 PM

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The other difference is that while wizards can get more spells by copying scrolls and swap them out, sorcerers are stuck with what they have

vapid lintel Jun 7, 2026, 9:36 PM

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I have apparently never copied a scroll lol

tulip igloo Jun 7, 2026, 10:49 PM

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Wizards can prepare more situational spells if they know what’s coming up. Sorcerers have to prioritize spells they know they’ll use all the time.

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Iirc wizards might get more slots?

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Of course, you can always just buy scrolls and potions and not need to learn

vapid lintel Jun 7, 2026, 10:51 PM

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Don't mind me, I just played wizard like a sorcerer without any benefits lol

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I didn't realize you could even swap your prepared spells out until I think mid Act 3 because y'all told me

tulip igloo Jun 7, 2026, 10:52 PM

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Bladesinger wizard with a smol level in fighter is really fun

vapid lintel Jun 7, 2026, 10:52 PM

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What it do

tulip igloo Jun 7, 2026, 10:52 PM

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You get a song that increases in healing or force damage depending on the spells you cast or attacks you make. Iirc it also ups your AC and stabby as you sing.

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You can end the song in either a burst of DPS or in a healing circle in a pickle

vapid lintel Jun 7, 2026, 10:54 PM

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"healing circle in a pickle" took me a good minute 🥒

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I was like "what D&D jargon is a pickle"

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So it's like... bardzard?

tulip igloo Jun 8, 2026, 2:29 AM

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Kinda. Depends on how you play bard, I guess

thorny elk Jun 8, 2026, 4:36 AM

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Sorlock is a common multiclass. But sorcerers are so powerful that most people don't bother

terse comet Jun 8, 2026, 4:37 AM

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tulip igloo Kinda. Depends on how you play bard, I guess

I always play Bardball 🔥

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Just kidding, i try to play these games as much as talky sims as i can

thorny elk Jun 8, 2026, 4:38 AM

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Honestly, there are times where I wish I could play more actual DnD with lots of talking

terse comet Jun 8, 2026, 4:38 AM

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So my bard specialization was 'the one with the most talky skills'

terse comet Jun 8, 2026, 4:38 AM

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thorny elk Honestly, there are times where I wish I could play more actual DnD with lots of...

Esoteric Ebb

thorny elk Jun 8, 2026, 4:40 AM

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Combat gets thrown in so often that it gets old. So I often wish for more stealth and intrigue and parties

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One of my favorite RPG memories was with Daneeyul, I Assassin Creed climbed a building, staked out in a tower and then sniped a guard

terse comet Jun 8, 2026, 4:48 AM

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Which rpg was it?

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Sniper Elite co-op?

thorny elk Jun 8, 2026, 4:51 AM

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Nah, it was a homebrew. But it was a d20 system

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Fantasy setting, so sniped with a bow

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Pretty sure critical hit one shot takedown

terse comet Jun 8, 2026, 5:18 AM

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Always neat

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The best D&D-with-only-talking video game is Disco Elysium

vapid lintel Jun 8, 2026, 8:45 PM

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I did NOT know you could persuade the doctor guy to undergo special surgery

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"hey lol did you know you're not a real doctor if you don't let them practice on you"

tulip igloo Jun 8, 2026, 8:48 PM

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Those mini bosses all have speech escape hatches, it’s nuts

vapid lintel Jun 8, 2026, 8:48 PM

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I'm kind of glad, that was a difficult fight my first run

tulip igloo Jun 8, 2026, 8:49 PM

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Honestly Act 2 might be my favorite in terms of encounters. Love the environment of Act 1 more, but those interactions and scenes in 2 are great

vapid lintel Jun 8, 2026, 8:56 PM

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yeah 1 has the best environments (forestttt), though act 2 does seem more varied in the encounters, you're right

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plus I'm a sucker for "shadow curse" thanks to Neverending Story

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though it is a bit samey

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not so bad that I hate it though

thorny elk Jun 9, 2026, 12:41 AM

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I appreciate the ability to talk your way out of most of Act 2's major encounters.

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Though saving Isabel can be a pain

vapid lintel Jun 9, 2026, 1:01 AM

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Can you talk your way out of that one? 🤔

tulip igloo Jun 9, 2026, 1:24 AM

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Unfortunately no

vapid lintel Jun 9, 2026, 1:25 AM

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I've gotten fairly lucky and won the second try this run so I'm not too upset

vapid lintel Jun 9, 2026, 11:54 AM

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save scummed my way to a panther friend 🐈‍⬛

terse comet Jun 9, 2026, 12:04 PM

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is that... in a vault?

vapid lintel Jun 9, 2026, 12:04 PM

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a sharvault

terse comet Jun 9, 2026, 12:05 PM

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lae'zel voice: just as i expected...

vapid lintel Jun 9, 2026, 12:05 PM

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if you always expect a trap you can never be surprised!

terse comet Jun 9, 2026, 12:10 PM

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Minthara always says "A trap. Let's send forth our least favourite, just to be sure"

vapid lintel Jun 9, 2026, 12:13 PM

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lol

thorny elk Jun 10, 2026, 4:35 PM

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I took down the brain last week with my sorcerer. But didn't have time to finish the epilogue. Jumped straight into the hells with Karlach

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