It’s honestly a bit too strong, plus you know about the ring that gives you advantage on all attacks but disadvantages on saves?
#Baldur's Gate 3
winged vapor
deft crypt
ye
winged vapor
So it’s very nice as well combo
storm sinew
Oh man, I just now learned what happens to Wyll if you kill Karlach upon meeting her
This game, man
AND you can loophole around it lmao
gaunt jackal
Oh man, I just now learned what happens to Wyll if you kill Karlach upon meeting...
Now I'm curious
storm sinew
So he ||doesn't turn into a Devil, and instead gets the Infernal Robe, which is +1 to AC, Resistance to Fire, and automatically damages melee attackers with fire.||
He actually gets a reward.
gaunt jackal
simple spire
What's the loophole?
storm sinew
If you kill her without triggering her cutscene, and then get the reward from Mizora, and then go back and resurrect her from outside of cutscene range, you can(according to this that I'm reading, idk if it still works) get them both AND the reward
simple spire
Ah
frigid oxide
I think they did close that
storm sinew
also it is so wild to me how many characters and plotlines you can end with just
telling them to (tw: sui) ||kill themselves||
Like so far I can count ||The crazy doctor, the gnoll, and the devil guy||
winged vapor
So far enjoying the stealthy build, dipping in and out of a fog cloud is disgusting lol
pearl sky
grave prism
ok finally picked a god to pray to at the absolute final part of the game
Kharalathri Khemmeri is now a "devout" of Talos the Storm Lord
(act 3 spoilers)to the ||elder brain||
||"this is very generous storytelling, i do not remember being able to swim" - My friend upon seeing our boat get blasted||
clear kestrel
Yeah its kinda funny how ||shadow heart explicitly can't swim unless you go skinny dipping with her but then she swims when the boat is destroyed||
neon junco
Yeah its kinda funny how ||shadow heart explicitly can't swim unless you go skin...
She got over it
white sleet
those aren't misses, they're, uh
tactical proximity strikes
it is psychological warfare in honor of great vlaakith
rich plover
the gith intentionally trained her wrong, as a joke
storm sinew
man I'm out here trying to save Minthara but every roll above 80% is just missing
bitch let me knock you out
neon junco
the gith intentionally trained her wrong, as a joke
Well she is considered extremely humourous amongst the gith
At least it's not shart's sacred flame
storm sinew
The curse has passed to Astarion
two 70/80% sneak attacks on targets with less than 10 HP
dawn terrace
At least it's not shart's sacred flame
Hey that's spell is dex saved based, it's not her fault so many things have good dex. Firebolt misses are on her tho.
neon junco
Act 1 is the worst for dex saves with goblins and everything nimble
Act 2 fireball becomes godly since everything is undead and has no dex basically
winged vapor
Spirit guardians god tier in act 2 lol
charred niche
It almost feels like Shadowheart should arrive later into act 1 with how much she cleans up act 2
sly flare
Getting really heated in an argument with somone and just yelling "Literally have a treato, go have a treato"
neon junco
You're not yourself when you don't have a treato
severe robin
safe jungle
Huh
I kinda wonder based on the words Withers used during act 3 ||when he resurrects the Durge after defying bhall, if he made Durge immortal||
||”I invest a portion of my power in thee. Death will not claim you whilst i endure.||
That’s gonna be a weird surprise down the line if it works like that
frigid oxide
That would be neat
safe jungle
I guess it’s kinda like undying warlocks
frigid oxide
A GM I had once gave me a respawn mechanic for playing one of those and it was funny
safe jungle
Except your patron|| is a primordial death god|| so actually more like a cleric
clear kestrel
I remember first game of 5e I played I resurrected another player by accident
My dumb ass goliath had found a magic orb but didn't know what it did, kept trying it out in various situations to no avail
Until I tried it on a dead guy
frigid oxide
Turns out when you can come back from being 0HP'd in 24 hours it does not actually make the game a no challenge scenario
clear kestrel
Who happened to be a player who just died
Withers deff puts something in the camp supplies
severe robin
Turns out when you can come back from being 0HP'd in 24 hours it does not actual...
Just have the BBEG have goals other than "kill the party".
Then you're not just trying to kill them, you're trying to stop them from going something that you won't be able to undo
frigid oxide
Yeah that was part of it
It did let me do funny things though
"The door could be trapped"
"Are we in a hurry?"
wise mango
I kinda wonder based on the words Withers used during act 3 ||when he resurrects...
||I always read it as such, You trade your legacy of blood and inheritance of destruction for Jergal's blessing and a second chance at a real life. From the chosen of Bhaal to the Champion Of Jergal simply because he thinks what you did was fucking dope... It doesn't hurt that in doing so he would also gain an immortal hero at his beck and call with all the innate skills and instincts of a Bhaalspawn with the inclination to fight for what's right... As we can see with his choice of bard for our ending party Jergal is very partial to using those he saves to do favours for him, and at the end of BG3, your Durge is certainly someone who it is most useful to have owe you their life, personally mine was akin to a small army, Baldurans Helm and Giantslayer and Helldusk Armour plus other goodies meant that Samantha Smitesalot would make one fucking hell of a chosen, much better than others Jergal could've chosen||
wow that got out of hand
I probably should've tried to cut that down, sorry
safe jungle
honestly who could be a better Chosen ||than the person who merced three other chosens||
he also seems to have a specific design for Tav/Durge
something that he needs them to do
severe robin
Minor Wyll/Act 3 Spoilers
neon junco
Minor Wyll/Act 3 Spoilers
||her ac is so low no wonder she got caught||
safe jungle
||I always read it as such, You trade your legacy of blood and inheritance of de...
Withers did promise my durge to ||look together upon the book of the dead later so that the durge may properly commemorate the lives she took||
Which was oddly sweet
safe jungle
||https://youtube.com/shorts/?si=wDw903SlwHUMEq5Q || Astarion act 3 spoiler
sonic pollen
Started a Durge run
||I've already cut off Gale's hand and gotten a child killed||
sonic pollen
||at least the child wasn't killed by me directly... i just convinced the child to make a decision that would get them killed||
deft crypt
that would not hold up in a court of law
sonic pollen
why is everyone so chill with me admitting a constant burning desire to kill
Alfira's here!
oh
wise mango
yeah
||Enjoy the best cape in the game! It comes with eternal guilt sown into the fabric don't worry!||
wise mango
why is everyone so chill with me admitting a constant burning desire to kill
you're an adventurer
your job involves killing most everything that moves
sonic pollen
||Enjoy the best cape in the game! It comes with eternal guilt sown into the fab...
||you can loot the body? i threw it in a ditch!||
sonic pollen
||eh, i don't need a cape to be fancy - i'm a bard||
deft crypt
i read fancy as fruity
sly flare
Some Wizard called Eliminster has shown up at my camp and is being a prick
sly flare
He turned ||Gale into a bomb and took a long while to get to the point||
Spoilers for act 2 I think (or at least the second area?): ||Also came across a Town in the Shadowlands and the game was like "show them the relic or fight", so I decided to fight and then run away because why in god's name would I show a complete stranger the relic.||
gaunt jackal
||He was already a bomb - Elminister suppresses it and lets him activate the ability at will||
||For the Reasons Stated By Him||
wise mango
Spoilers for act 2 I think (or at least the second area?): ||Also came across a ...
||Because I mean... In my head I made the calculation: either I show her the relic, she knows something and I get more information and we don't fight, or she doesn't and we don't fight, or she tries to take it and we kill her, or we just kill her.||
and yes that's all Act 2 content
simple spire
Welcome to Ed Greenwood's pseudo self-insert
Who he sells cocaine to
winged vapor
If I’m going stealth archer what’s your optimal build at level 12? I’m thinking bard 6 gloom 3 and rogue 3
simple spire
That seems solid
Personally I prefer Hunter to Gloomstalker for builds that get a lot of attacks
Gloomstalker is good for alpha-striking but I feel Hunter’s damage outpaces it pretty quickly in a fight
simple spire
Thief is just in a league of its own
winged vapor
The thing is, if you attack from outside combat into combat, and you trigger combat, you loose the ability to do extra attack
Without assassin
And on top you can sneak attack again right away
sly flare
Thief gives you a lot more versatility
simple spire
And there are also just lots of fights, including lots of boss and miniboss fights, where assassin is unusable
sly flare
I don't know if Bard gets many bonus action spells, but if they do then Thief is even better
because you can do stuff like Misty step into hide before attacking, which lets you get lots of different places
neon junco
Broken record but hand crossbow offhand is bonus action
With sharpshooter it's wild
Hand crossbow gives you 2 extra attacks with your bonus actions with thief
white sleet
Hm. Thief/berserker…
winged vapor
I tried it
Very cool
I guess I also like the bow options over hand crossbow
Like the titan string
simple spire
Hm. Thief/berserker…
The trouble with that is that the penalties add up fast. For something more defensive and very mobile, I strongly endorse Thief/Wildheart w/Bear Heart and Stallion Aspect
Cunning Action Dash has a ton of synergy with Stallion Aspect
white sleet
simply roll 20s forever
simple spire
And in general dashing around is gonna help you sustain your rage
neon junco
simply roll 20s forever
Divination wizard says hello
simple spire
I have Lae'zel specced for that Wildheart build and it's quite strong
Gonna end up doing either Wildheart 6/Thief 4/Fighter 2 or Wildheart 6/Thief 3/Battlemaster 3
safe jungle
Karlach berserker with cunning dash is a superior class
It was hilarious using her to cover ground across the map to reach the back line
neon junco
Berserker with boots of speed acheives almost the same thing
Casual 90 feet of movement with standard+bonus action
safe jungle
True
simple spire
Either way, barbarians really want to move fast
Because ending your rage just because you couldn't reach the opponent sucks
simple spire
I mean actually if you want to do Berserker/Thief throwzerker is probably optimal
neon junco
Oh I meant just to prevent rage from ending, but yes throwbarian is very good with you guessed it, tavern brawler
simple spire
Just do Berserker 8/Thief 4, grab all the items that increase throwing damage, get a million bonus action throws
neon junco
And the spear of returning
simple spire
I don't think bonus action throws tick up your berserker penalty?
neon junco
It should
But i've never noticed, reckless is good
I know frenzied throw prones enemies so that's fun
The real reason to take tavern brawler
Act 3 Item spoilers ||https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Slinging_Shoes||
safe jungle
Huh
winged vapor
Don’t forget there is a glaive that has finesse
So you can sneak attack and use great weapon master with it
sly flare
Glaive also applies for polearm master
which lets you get bonus action attacks with it
winged vapor
Hmm does my stealth archer even need ranger
The bonus action hide is huge
But I get it from rogue
soft tundra
the reason to use ranger for archery is for hunter volley, imo
so if you dont plan on using that you can probs fit in something else
like battlemaster fighter
simple spire
Ranged fighting style is pretty great too
storm sinew
is Divinity also a D&D game? Or is it its own thing? Curious if Larian's other games are worth picking up.
clear kestrel
It's own thing
I'd recommend Divinity Origonal Sin 2
You do not need to have played any previous games in the series
sly flare
Divinity is its own thing and very good
storm sinew
As in cast two at a time? Yeah, you get that after a point
winged vapor
Nah multiclass take it on a sorc with meta magic
winged vapor
Thanks
simple spire
Sorc 7/Warlock 5 or so has some wild synergy for this reason and others
deft crypt
ahh good old coffeelock
winged vapor
Is quicken eldritch blast that good ?
simple spire
It is once you start doing bullshit to stack extra damage on every single blast
Dragon Sorc enables some of said bullshit
winged vapor
Too bad I can’t get the best robes for that on my urge run
winged vapor
Dragon Sorc enables some of said bullshit
How so? Eldritch blast is force damage
deft crypt
shows how much i know
simple spire
You know how Dragon Sorc can add +Cha damage to spells of a certain element? There’s a staff that lets you get lightning charges when you cast spells, and those lightning charges then count for that bonus damage.
winged vapor
DO THEY?
storm sinew
That's kinda nuts
simple spire
Last I checked, yes
winged vapor
I’ll check after work
deft crypt
and dragon sorc gives a bit of free cheeky ac
simple spire
There’s a fair bit of itemization that gives you damage increases of one kind or another
deft crypt
specifically only the ones that get lightning bonus if gk is right
and a lot of them go off sources of damage
aiui
and each eldritch blast is a damage source
simple spire
Sorc also gives you some low-level slots to spend on Hex, just a lot of little things.
deft crypt
also since warlock slots reset on short if you need to do spell point nonsense
simple spire
Yep
winged vapor
If I’m not taking the robes for cha on cantrips what other armour should I grab?
safe jungle
There’s a hat that gives you +2 charisma sold at sorcerous sun dries I believe
||Gortash’s gloves|| from act 3
For increasing spell save forced on enemies
And then I got myself long jump boots for mobility
safe jungle
I thought you were wearing robes
simple spire
Robes and armor occupy the same slot
winged vapor
Sorry I meant not
simple spire
Oh okay
winged vapor
Mobile auto correct lol
safe jungle
Hmm
sly flare
Death Sheperds are very scary
Especially when there's multiple, I can't imagine fighting 3 or more of them
safe jungle
Huh
sly flare
They can revive undead and are undead themselves
soft tundra
The duo fight with the ghouls in the mountain pass is fuckin brutal on honour cuz of that
sly flare
in the normal mode they revive them with 50% HP, in Tactics or above it's full health
And an ability like that should really be like known to you. But the games examine option of them doesnt tell you
severe robin
As a bonus action
An unlimited number of times
First time I fought them I was like "Oh damn they can rezz eachother, okay, I'll just waste the ghouls so they spend all their charges on them. Anytime now. That ability uses like, a spell slot, right? Right?"
(It does not use "like, a spell slot")
safe jungle
I just kept throwing the little guy sat them and it kept knocking them prone
Oh and putting shadowheart with solar mace next to them
I think they can’t rez things when they are blind
soft tundra
You have to get the mace first haha, which is even more difficult
soft tundra
Those gith are fucking brutal on tact/honour
esp honour, with the new boss abilities
severe robin
I should do a tact/honour playthrough...
sly flare
I'm playing on Tactic, I think if I was playing on the normal difficulty I'd be having a lot less fun
soft tundra
Tactician makes you so aware of pits and ledges lmao
sly flare
Spoilers for Act 2: ||"I think a real god could kill who ever she wanted" and then she did. Guess she's a real god||
severe robin
||Except not really, because she can't kill the person she wants.||
soft tundra
lmaoooo ||thats my favorite game over||
safe jungle
Me: ||“hah, stupid Gith, that’s a ninth level spell, not a divine spell, you can’t foo—“||
sly flare
||Me: I don't want to kill you, but I'd like to know more about why this god dedicated to killing mind flayers wants you dead||
||Dream Guardian: YOU HAVE TO KILL ME, I will refuse to elaborate on myself or give any evidence to my claims. I will only let you either kill me or piss off a god. No inbetween.||
||"You're fear of Vaakleth consumes you!" of you mean the person who can literally just kill me whenever she wants? Uh yeah I fear her.||
simple spire
||You actually don’t have to try to kill them. You don’t even have to enter the prism.||
||Vlaakith cannot, in fact, just will you dead whenever||
sly flare
||You actually don’t have to try to kill them. You don’t even have to enter the ...
||She said if I left the room she would kill me, a thing I know she is capable of because she did will me dead in a previous save||
winged vapor
Sadness, looks like adding lighting charges to your spell doesn’t make it count for lighting damage
So no sorc eldritch blast madness
simple spire
Awwww
storm sinew
Me, to my companions who cannot stand the thought of NOT walking into the fire/fumes: "Y'all can't be trusted with free will. Ungrouped."
sly flare
Somtimes you've just gotta go into turn based for microing
winged vapor
Gosh abjuration wizard with Armour of Agathysis top tier comedy
austere hinge
So I've been going around the Goblin camp
(I realized that I'd gone off on a weird position before and now I'm at the gpblin camp)
And it feels... weird?
I'm just walking around talking to goblins
half the time they're being assholes but less than like the druids or anything
severe robin
Less assholes to you specifically or everyone else
austere hinge
Sure they're cooking a dude, it just feels kinda... okay so they're cooking a dwarf, but I can't help but feel like they had to put cannibalism in the middle of the place to make it feel like a bad place
The druids were willing to kill a child because she went to steal an idol
severe robin
The goblins are willing to kill multiple children because it's funny
austere hinge
The goblins are assholes and terrible for attacking people, but the adventurers that they killed are thieves or killed goblins on the way in themselves.
I haven't come across dead kids so far to be fair
severe robin
They are actively trying to kill multiple children, in fact
austere hinge
I have not come across that to be fair
severe robin
Because their god told them too
What do you think they plan on doing in the Grove?
Letting everyone walk away with an "oh sorry didn't mean to bother you"?
austere hinge
Like, they suck, I know they suck, they raid and kill places, but literally so has everyone else I've met
severe robin
Er, sorry if I'm coming across too strong
neon junco
Well when they want to raid and kill the Grove they mean everyone
I don't believe you don't have to fight any children but it happens in a cutscene
charred niche
(( The Goblins are roasting a dwarf on a spit ) )
neon junco
Druids are not great though either
severe robin
The druids are assholes, yeah
Kagha's the worst, but everyone else is just going along with what she says so they're not any better
Halsin's good, and uh, Raith?
The one who's arguing with Kagha when you meet her
But the Tieflings didn't do anything wrong
They got kicked out of their home because of racism and are just trying to make it somewhere safe
neon junco
If you talk to the druids half of them agree with kagha and the other half don't so it's a divided camp with no leader defaulting to kagha
austere hinge
I mean I found goblin kids kicking an adventurer's corpse because the adventurer had killed their parents. I'm not siding with the goblins but it just feels odd to be walking through their camp all fine knowing I'm going to have to probably kill them all.
neon junco
That's true
I guess they need a way for you to do the evil side
Cause larian loves giving you the option to be the worst person ever
clear kestrel
They are also torturing that gnome
austere hinge
gnome? I found a dude being tortured who I set free.
clear kestrel
The one on the windmill?
austere hinge
I guess it just feels weird that I can walk around chatting with them and buying a bunch of cool shit
Oh no that dude
yeah
clear kestrel
Oh well that's cos they think you're a true soul
austere hinge
I freed him I meant "Liam"
actually I kinda snuck in
and then I just kinda wandered around chatting
clear kestrel
Ah then you missed that scene, I did to first time
austere hinge
I skipped the front
clear kestrel
But basically, they got a vibe for your worm's vibe
storm sinew
Man, it feels like they planned a route where you (Creche stuff) ||Convince the Kith'rak that the Inquisitor is fucked and turn them away from this mindless and brainless hunt.||
but just... never implemented it
clear kestrel
This your first time in the creche?
storm sinew
Like, I get it, the artifact is important, but it's clearly something that the captain thinks could be handled better
yes
clear kestrel
Okay
storm sinew
Also she randomly just... KNOWS that we have the artifact.
We haven't mentioned it or shown it to anyone
but she's like "I HEARD YOU HAVE IT"
simple spire
Psychics I guess
clear kestrel
I only ask about the creche cos SPOILERS ||Yeah Kith'rek Voss has their own thing going on seperate from the Inquisitor and most Gith||
storm sinew
like, I can understand Vlaakith being an absolute dickhead with a single-minded drive to do a thing, that's cool. But christ almighty it's just annoying that all roads here seem to lead to combat
clear kestrel
Yeah it is a little forced in the creche sadly
storm sinew
esp because I made an effort to be buddy-buddy with Lae'zel
and now she's like "WELL I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK"
clear kestrel
She was lied to about.. a lot
neon junco
Lae'zel and Shart were lied to a lot and both have religious trauma
Similar backgrounds in a sense but very different characters
simple spire
Lae’zel’s romance is legit great
storm sinew
oh yeah Lae'zel herself makes sense
I just wish I didn't have to ||slaughter her people|| for the githyanki story to continue
clear kestrel
Fairs
safe jungle
Spell casters: “what’s non lethal mean”
austere hinge
no spoilers I'm going after her
wise mango
Durge Spoilers ||Anyone found a mod to make slayer form not suck ass?||
||Cause this shit is good at one thing and that's killing my enjoyment of the game and any fun RP potential with it unless i go down to story mode||
soft tundra
I didn't find it bad
soft tundra
Like, I get it, the artifact is important, but it's clearly something that the c...
Fascism baybee yeeeeeeah!!
neon junco
Durge ||slayer form is quite nice in a vacuum but the issue is by the time you get it in act 3 you've got a whole slew of magic items that synergizes with your builds that make you way stronger than slayer form. In a default 5e campaign with minimal magic items then slayer form would be really good||
severe robin
Y'know
I find it kind of funny how if you are a druid, you're better off not using Speak With Animals
austere hinge
oh?
severe robin
Cause, when you don't have speak with animals up, it's an Animal Handling check
Droods are good with those
But if you do
From my experience, the game replaces the Animal Handling with a Persuasion check
austere hinge
Ahhhh yes
It helps me a lot as a Bard because I can intimidate or persuade them
neon junco
Why would you intimidate animals
austere hinge
BECAUSE THE FUCKIN SQUIRREL BIT ME
The other option was kicking them so I just intimidated them into leaving me alone
Then they gave me a hyena ear
safe jungle
I have speak with animal on my warlock because she’s optimized for persuasion and charisma checks
austere hinge
I hideous laughtered someone earlier and by god does it feel mean to slaughter the enemy while one of them laughs on the floor
severe robin
But yeah I just find it amusing
austere hinge
I wonder if you get a bonus if you animal handling first, then talk to them with the spell?
Pet the frick outta the doggos
and bears
neon junco
I like to hideous laughter my companions cause I think their laughs are cute
storm sinew
Man, I've been watching someone play this and they've come to a similar thought as me
Anything that isn't directly dealing damage just doesn't FEEL good.
Like, everything has a high-ass chance to save your CC effects unless they're area based
it's basically never worth it to cast Hold Person
or any direct, targeted CC
austere hinge
Ehhhhh, maybe just cause I'm new to the game but I've found things that linger are useful
Like sleep or hideous laughter
gaunt jackal
Grease, too
austere hinge
Oh and crown of madness is amazing for starting infighting
Though I will admit it sucks to have save or nothing spells, Crown of Madness is a really strong spell
I also found that since I'm a Lore Bard, cutting words really assists with these
gaunt jackal
Yeah Cutting Words in BG3 is turbo dumb
austere hinge
since it effectively ups my save by even more and all!
As long as I have bardic inspiration to spend of course
gaunt jackal
Being able to spend it on saves, and retroactively to boot, boosts its power level through the stratosphere
austere hinge
yeeeees
So honestly, if you're finding your hold persons and other such spells being kinda suck? Go lore bard.
gaunt jackal
Lmao
austere hinge
I talk to everyone, I have mind reading and animal talking and talking with dead and friendship spells and even after all that I can blast people in the face and heal folk.
And I'm gonna learn some fricked up spells later on as well, cause I can learn secrets
winged vapor
Does anyone know if gear that improves crit range works while in animal form?
wise mango
a good way to check is to examine yourself
since it will be a passive effect on you on your stats sheet
grave prism
Forgot to mention
At the end of our campaign we summoned Scratch :)
||Scratch the dog witnessed the death of the Netherbrain||
sonic pollen
My durge run continues.
||So far, I have: caused Karlach and Wyll to abandon me for murdering the Grove, killed Minthara after having sex (necrophilia has not been added to the schedule yet), killed Alfira, killed Shadowheart (not a Durge thing, just failed to calm her down during her fight with Lae'zel), and stabbed the Dream Guardian (also not a Durge thing. I just hate them)||
soft tundra
you woke up and chose violence!
sonic pollen
indeed
right now it's Me, Astarion, and Lae'zel running around doing hot people shit and committing several crimes
hopefully Minsc or Jaheira will be willing to play along with my murder vibes. not sure I want to go through the rest of the game without a full party
soft tundra
There's always the Withers Special
wise mango
My durge run continues.
||So far, I have: caused Karlach and Wyll to abandon me ...
god damn
you're worse than my durge ||At least I didn't murder minthara after that... Mostly because this will be my one and only time romancing her because being evil is honestly a bit boring||
||Also, I've come around on the slayer form, just only use Slay and the jump attack and it's actually decent||
winged vapor
Moon Druid seems like a fun urge ||run have the slayer form be your evil corrupting wild shape ||
sly flare
So is Lovitars love supposed to be perminent?
Because pretty much every other like blessing of its type goes away after a long rest
winged vapor
It is
neon junco
Sort of, last I checked it goes away if you are downed or die
Idk if that's a bug, or it's been patched since then
soft tundra
it has been patched since then
just like the eye buffs/demerits
they used to go away if you died but they're permanent
severe robin
Did the [End of Act Two Dungeon spoilers] ||Githzerai|| buff also get patched?
sly flare
For the time 25 Charisma was with me, it was wonderful. Very sad to see 25 charisma go
grave prism
my friend is currently going insane trying to get our mod setup done
soft tundra
Did the [End of Act Two Dungeon spoilers] ||Githzerai|| buff also get patched?
It should have!
wise mango
||Yo, bloodlust on the slayer form is zooted, I'm actually having a blast now that I'm just slaying||
||I'm still a bit sad it doesn't have any condition immunities. Like you're murder incarnate, but you can still be frightened or charmed by any petty spellcaster||
||doesn't really scream murder incarnate does it?||
winged vapor
Does it have any synergy with a class or it’s just something fun when violence is the answer ?
wise mango
just fun to go on little murder sprees with it active
you can chew through a lot of ghaff when it's up
winged vapor
That’s cool, I’m not super into my sneaky build
wise mango
||I'm still a bit sad it doesn't have any condition immunities. Like you're murd...
||oh shit stillness of mind still works in slayer form, that's neat I guess||
storm sinew
Man, there's so many neat story beats in this game
safe jungle
Haha
storm sinew
that like
safe jungle
Murder ||incarnate and you still die like a chump to hold person||
wise mango
you do as well
storm sinew
I really feel for anyone who's going to try and do anything similar in their actual tabletop games because inevitably someone's gonna be like "THIS IS JUST LIKE BG3"
wise mango
||your mental saves are shite and they replace your actual mental stats||
storm sinew
RIP to anyone who wanted to use mind flayers
wise mango
||So you can't even stop it||
safe jungle
Yeah
wise mango
I really feel for anyone who's going to try and do anything similar in their ac...
literally fucking me
wise mango
I spent so long sifting through character ideas and every damn time i came up with a workable one, it was a variation of either Wyll, Astarion or Minthara
storm sinew
also ran into a weird bug
I've just entered the shadow-cursed lands
and literally every particle effect is a black box that drives the screen wild
and then the game crashes
neon junco
The companions are a wide spectrum of characters, gonna be hard not to find something relatable in a OC
Well except bard
And monk type
storm sinew
This is what the game looks like in the shadow-cursed lands for me
it was working just fine up until I got here
safe jungle
I love that when you meet alfira she’s surrounded by animals like she is a Disney Princess
But if you have speak with animals you can tell that they are dissing her music
safe jungle
If you are a bard, yeah
If you aren’t a bard she teaches herself while teaching you
That’s how my durge got her lute specialization
austere hinge
As a bard you can rap battle Volo in the goblin camp and get him sent to his cage
soft tundra
yeah, she's not bad as a bard, she's just in the middle of grieving
hard to play correctly through tears
storm sinew
man, playing a warlock be like
why would I do anything but eldritch blast
shit's so good
wise mango
you can also get extra extra attacks much faster
since thirsting blade stacks with extra attack
simple spire
Well, one level ahead, with multiclassing
But it is the only way to do three hits other than fighter 11
sly flare
"Mr Du Bois! I can assure you the absoulete is not a cult, we're simply very effective Union."
austere hinge
Wonder what class Harry would be
sly flare
Pathfidner second edition investigator
safe jungle
Monk
austere hinge
Or tavern brawler, since that is somehow the most powerful thing somehow
sly flare
As we all know, the ultimate tavern fighter is a fuckjing bear
wise mango
But it is the only way to do three hits other than fighter 11
personally, Warlock 5 is more appealing than fighter 11
soft tundra
Fighter cooler :)
wise mango
counterpoint, my mom lets me throw people off of ledges without being at risk of having a mephit throw you off as well
soft tundra
I like plate armor and disarming people and being able to ignore rests
wise mango
fighters need rests too?
Action Surge and manouevre die are expendable and most people run fighters as melee fighter so you're either going to burn a hole in your wallet feeding them HP potions or drain other party members resources keeping them in tip top shape
or short rest
as for plate armour, nothing a one dip into war cleric can't fix
soft tundra
The benefit of rogues and fighters is you dont need rests to keep beating fuckers up
No spell slots no problem
But also i hate multiclassing so it benefits my style
simple spire
I mean also if you’re going for three attack pact of the blade you’re probably playing either Pallock or Fightlock
So you’re gonna have heavy armor, you’re gonna have additional damage tools, you’ll be doing fine even above and beyond the three attacks
sly flare
The benefit of rogues and fighters is you dont need rests to keep beating fucker...
Except Manoevre die are just spell slots
Like a warlock doesnt need spell slots to fuck people up but it helps
deft crypt
warlock has access to a cantrip that's often better than most levelled spells
simple spire
Something like Warlock 5/Fighter 2/Paladin 5 is almost strictly an upgrade over straight fighter
Not that battlemaster is bad
It’s slick
Could do Warlock 5/Battlemaster Fighter 5/Paladin 2 and get its best stuff
sly flare
Born to be poly forced to be mono Pensive
simple spire
The main highlight of going Warlock 5/Paladin 6 is aura of protection, conversely
soft tundra
Except Manoevre die are just spell slots
Just hit things with big sword
Fighter 12 gets so many cool feats
sly flare
Just hit things with big eldritch blast
soft tundra
Also fun!
Thats why you get both a warlock and a fighter
Eldritch Blast is a great way to create happiness
simple spire
It sparks joy
winged vapor
I think my padlock with prerogative is the strongest build I’ve done
Maybe using the ring that let’s you cast with a bonus action would be better but I tried and didn’t feel like I needed it
sly flare
Act 2 spoilers: ||just did the moonrise tower top fight, I skipped the lower floor bceause that fight seems miserable. I was getting through the like general guy and then suddenly I didnt? I don't really feel like I got an explination for why my convincing suddenly stopped? idk maybe I'll get one in the Absoulete||
soft tundra
|| Was Aylin there ||
sly flare
||Yeah I guess he saw her and was like "No fuck redemption I want to die" then I got him to half health in a round and he pissed off||
severe robin
Oh
I know what happened there
||So, you were getting through to him, and then Aylin attacks and you can't stop her.||
sly flare
||She didnt actually attack though? She goes to attack and then h'es like "BOW TO ME blah blah blah"||
soft tundra
I mean
Are you going to wait for someone to hit you first
Also || she's his ticket to immortality, she shows back up so he's got his out again ||
sly flare
||If they're being actively told to stop yeah. And if Aylin doesnt respect his surrender, I'd prefer to fight her than him||
soft tundra
Damn lmao
severe robin
Damn
soft tundra
|| Should have just speared her LOL ||
severe robin
||He tortured her for like, a thousand years||
soft tundra
100! But thats still a forever
sly flare
||Yeah he's also really valuable for stopping the absoulete as he's one of their generals and is in charge of the big brain they've got. If he surrenders, he surrenders can help beat the absoulete and then we can put him in a torment nexus or something to make it up||
soft tundra
Youre gunna love act 3 (genuinely)
neon junco
Act 2 ending (||every time I talk to kethetic he just jumps into the pit)||
gaunt jackal
I straight up consider thirsting blade stacking with EA an exploit
sly flare
They ban it in honour but no where else, which is a little weird
gaunt jackal
Because people would whinge at them when it's been in the game so long and they haven't touched it
So they went for a compromise decision
Which, imo, worst of both worlds by far
Nothing else in the game works in that way
But yeah I consider it an exploit and wouldn't touch it in normal gameplay due to how it homogenizes builds
charred niche
Some of the balance changes are still wild to me
'Mage hand is too powerful to be anything other than a short rest'
sly flare
mage hand is really good, I never remember to use it
sly flare
just design your dungeons to make Mage Hand less OP, rather than directly take Mage Hand out of the equation
gaunt jackal
It feels like a half measure
charred niche
I don't even know when it would be too gamebreaking, 99% of the time people can teleport or simply jump whatever distance
rich plover
are they trying to nerf its utility out of combat, or as a combat summon?
winged vapor
Most likely both
sly flare
What does it even do as a combat summon?
sly flare
I don't even know when it would be too gamebreaking, 99% of the time people can ...
Can they do that teleportation without expending any recource?
charred niche
no but nothing stops you from doing so and then taking a rest about it, it's just clunky and less immersive
and karlach hurling a gnome onto a ledge costs less than an action, idk
Like, at least let Arcane Tricksters always have one
sonic pollen
hot tf did you roll a -5
stray basalt
neon junco
Like starting act 2 and especally act 3 he's really a indepth and tragic character
Which really I could say that about pretty much every character
storm sinew
like I'm romancing Minthara right now but next run might be Astarion's turn
well, next run will be Lae'zel
soft tundra
Astarion x redeem Durge was my favorite romance of all of them
sly flare
I like Lae'zel it's a shame you can only do one Romance per run, at least you don't get shamed or anything if you suggest being poly to other people
winged vapor
Funny ability I discovered the raven from the beast master ranger is actually super powerful
dawn valley
rate my crackhead druid
winged vapor
10/10 would eat mushrooms with lol
dawn valley
felt cute might turn into a squid later
silk dune
rate my ~~crackhead~~ druid
needs more squid, 8/10
frigid oxide
rate my ~~crackhead~~ druid
Shaman Time
storm sinew
neon junco
rate my ~~crackhead~~ druid
I think that's an act 2 npc
storm sinew
oh yeah I met that dude
dawn valley
I think that's an act 2 npc
well i killed him cause and stole his identity to avoid taxation
dawn valley
i kill him cause he comme from the shadowfell... and shadowfell creature are emo fairies (i hate fairies)
winged vapor
Hmm spore Druid or necro wizard for undead build ?
neon junco
If you want a lot of summons then spore druid
If you want a single summon that's tougher than necro
winged vapor
Hmm interesting
My main thing is the spore Druid has more support spells to make hitting easier for you summons at all levels
rich plover
wizard can sort of do that by making enemies suck more. someone who's prone from Grease or Ice Storm is easy pickings. (although getting zombies across those zones might be its own issue...)
winged vapor
Well I mostly choose the archers for that reason lol
Yeah I could just drop grease even at higher ll
Or ice storm
austere hinge
I continue on my way around the goblin camp. I poisoned a whole lot of them, found Halsin and talked to them about worries. I also met Minthara. Afraid I probably will have to kill her.
I also got Priestess Gut alone and crouched Karlach behind them and smote the fuck outta their skull for an instant kill...
Also Lae'zal has... ||weirdly turned around and has basically admitted they're DOWN BAD. Like she basically goes "I like your smell a lot"... and then when I went to sleep after that I got the scene where she threatens to kill me and everyone else because of possibly transforming and I met that champion person I designed||
clear kestrel
Yeah Lae'zal can be like that
||you're a imbecile, but you kill good, wanna fuck?||
austere hinge
I just found it hilarious it went from that to "I'm going to slit your throat, then everyone else, then myself"
soft tundra
She likes forceful, decisive actions in a leader.
sly flare
||There's nothing more attractive than a Woman who insults you and responds almost exclusively using violence||
soft tundra
Her main issue is People Fucking Around
austere hinge
Which is funny to me because I'm a halfling Bard I'm almost entirely fucking around
But also I try and have purpose
I also let Volo...
I let him. He did it. I had to confirm multiple times. Fuck.
I find it funnier that Lae'zel disapproves when I'm like "please, I'm trying to do anything to get this thing out"
clear kestrel
Tbf it's all positive
soft tundra
I also let Volo...
I let him. He did it. I had to confirm multiple times. Fuck.
"Have you done this before, Volo?"
"I've dreamt of it!"
dawn terrace
austere hinge
"Have you done this before, Volo?"
"I've dreamt of it!"
I'm even more concerned because he says "I've dreamt it many times!" like... REALLY? Honestly? Truly you've DREAMT it REPEATEDLY?
Why are you dreaming of stabbing people in the eye Volo?
Thing is I honestly probably would have agreed to have him do this even if I didn't know it gave me a cool bonus
soft tundra
he's amazing. Volo is my all time favorite Forgotten Realms guy
austere hinge
I just got done having myself beaten by a follower of Loviatar obviously I am clearly just here to make bad life choices about myself
Just being a general hero and friendly person to everyone else while basically going "oh yeah sure fuck me up" when given the chance to do horrific things to myself
safe jungle
Volo: “Did you see the dragon that attacked us?”
You: “yeah, it was a huge red dragon.”
Volo: “witnesses clearly mistook the color of the huge gold dragon.”
austere hinge
I keep having a bard off with them as well
safe jungle
Is Volo killable
severe robin
Yes
safe jungle
Does he die die or does he live anyways
storm sinew
I mean you can just, y'know, murder him. But there is something in Act 3 where he ||is tied to a bunch of explosives and you have the opportunity to save him or spur the mob on||
safe jungle
Apparently ||if you attack elimindter in act 2 it turns out it’s a level 1 construct he sent in his place lmao||
safe jungle
Because heck if ||elminster’s gonna personally bother with mere magical nuke problem||
soft tundra
wizards are busy!!
soft tundra
Gale would use one if he was still capable of casting it
but, yknow, he's got a Reason he cant
storm sinew
tadpole done sucked out his magic juice
severe robin
He’s got stuff to do
Like ||not getting blown up by a magical nuke!||
soft tundra
tadpole is a part of the problem, but his other issue is what really hurts
||not being able to properly use the Weave is a nightmare for a wizard||
storm sinew
yeah my understanding is that the tadpoles basically set everyone back to Level 1 from where they were in backstory
but Gale's extra hurt
safe jungle
Gale used to be an ||arch wizard yeah?||
soft tundra
Yeah
||so you have, say, Astarion, who is level 1 because he's been tortured and starved for 200 years and never trusted to do anything, then you have folk like Wyll who actively lost a lot of their juice from the tadpoles fucking with their magic, and then Gale pre-tadpole was already in a huge pile of trouble||
safe jungle
Beat ||Raphael fair and swuare|| in act 3
Legendary skill to ||break out of hold monster eh, too bad warlocks can cast four of those per short rest lmao||
just cast held monster on him every turn and then had Karlach wail on him
severe robin
Wild
I had the unfortunate luck of me him karlach
So i cast it, he breaks free, then karlach hits him but without the advantage or anything
severe robin
I always take Alert on my casters and Strength ASI'a on my fighters
safe jungle
I don't know what that does but I assume it makes them go faster on the initiative order
I did the same thing with Karlach but I gave her thief using the dex 17 gloves
so she was pretty speedy
deft crypt
Especially since casters are well suited to going first to buff or nova strike or disable
safe jungle
that is pretty good
I just never felt a need to give one to my warlock because she's a durge and got the invisicloak
so as long as she kills she won't be getting targeted
which does wonders for survivability
at least up to act 3 anyways
severe robin
The immunity to surprise is also great
safe jungle
that is pretty great yeah
severe robin
It doesn't come up a lot, but when it does...
safe jungle
magic missile also very effective against him
bringing gale was a good idea
anyways I found this cool little ||amulet that set my CON score to 23||
so my warlock's got 135 health
sly flare
anyways I found this cool little ||amulet that set my CON score to 23||
||It feels wrong to just wear gear that like bumps up stats but also like, they're so good. Like the gloves which set your Dex to 18 are fucking crazy||
storm sinew
I kinda wish that companions didn't boohoo so much when you removed them from the party
Like, a little "aww" is whatever
but "Aww, you don't mean that" "You're making a mistake" "I question the wisdom of that decision" like bro shut up
simple spire
Frankly there should just be a party swap menu in camp, it's one of the few modern conveniences that Larian did forget about
winged vapor
It might still happen
I think they assumed people would be sticking to a few core characters for a full run
Which I get but also I love everyone and they should all spend time with me
simple spire
Her ardent declarations are very cute
sonic pollen
she beat me up ❤️
deft crypt
Kidney that’s all women
sonic pollen
most women do not attempt to kick my ass
sonic pollen
||why the fuck is there succubus spit in this chunk of raw spider meat||
sly flare
||why the fuck is there succubus spit in this chunk of raw spider meat||
||I think because it ate one? I'm not really sure, I've completed that area and didnt get context for that||
wise mango
||why the fuck is there succubus spit in this chunk of raw spider meat||
you... You really really really, do not want to know
sonic pollen
please tell me
sly flare
Very annoying to me that hold person only works on humanoids
sonic pollen
it's called "hold person"
winged vapor
There is a higher level spell that works on everyone
But there are many tricks for similar effects
sonic pollen
you... You really really really, do not want to know
i crave knowledge
sly flare
act 2 spoilers ||it turns out the assumedly leader of the 3 absoulete is a stage magician||
austere hinge
I just wanna give lae'zel a hug and let her have emotions every once on a while
Tug at her thread and unravel her a little from the massive screaming knot she's become
simple spire
Screaming is the correct word
Lae’zel is terrified when you meet her and for a good while afterwards
simple spire
Larian did a really good job writing her both as a space fascist and as someone for whom the space fascism starts to break down as soon as nothing is reinforcing it
austere hinge
She's fucked up on several levels
But she's doing her best and that gives her a gold star
neon junco
She's fucked up on several levels
That's like everyone except Wyll and karlach basically
Wyll and Karlach are the best beans despite the the trauma and maybe a little to spite the trauma
austere hinge
I'd say they're both pretty fucked up too, but yeah they do their best to be good people.
Not sure about halsin cause I don't have him in the party yet, or if that's an option
clear kestrel
He's basically vibing imo
safe jungle
Yeah Halsin just vibes
You wouldn’t know that ||he used to be some drow’s sex slave for years|| just by interacting with him
winged vapor
Gale is like, the least messed up I feel
austere hinge
I haven't interacted with him much, other than him begging magical items from me. I appreciate he's skeptical of a lot of things but also... no.
storm sinew
Gale unfortunately falls victim to "Everything must be a quip" syndrome
I still love him but I do wish he'd shut the fuck up on occasion
austere hinge
And I'm a bard already
So I doubly want to tell him to shut the fuck up
So I pretty much JUST got my first weird "guardian" dream (I do not trust them in the slightest) and I've talked to the people in camp about it. I find it funny that Astarian is literally the only one to go "oh we should TOTALLY do this, free power yey!"
winged vapor
He’s good company to my serious Paladin
deft crypt
So I doubly want to tell him to shut the fuck up
he's stealing your thunder
winged vapor
And you learn it’s a defence mechanism
austere hinge
Yes but it's MY defense mechanism too and I can't have him doing a mediocre version of it
frigid oxide
I kinda wish there was more things to ping off my race/class tho, ngl
deft crypt
warlock gets a lot i think
frigid oxide
I'm a half orc barbarian
austere hinge
And I've had a few halfling ones too.
deft crypt
a classic tony
austere hinge
yeah bard ones tend to get you more persuasions or deceptions
Sometimes just performance
frigid oxide
I think I just want to play D&D now, which is odd considering my opinion of the system
austere hinge
Halfling options are usually just saying halfling things, like "Thank you for the gruel it looks delicious" and then they hand you another bowl for being nice.
Or "we'll never make any friends if you keep on doing that" to Lae'zel, which is strategic to make her eyes roll so far into her head she can see her own parasite.
Yeah, I can appreciate that Tony.
The trick is to play with someone who is cool and knows how to run properly.
winged vapor
Barbarian has such hilarious ways to deal with things
austere hinge
If the right person runs it you can make a fun game out of pulling letters out of alphabetti spaghetti to make words of power
frigid oxide
Brb homebrewing the weapon based special attack system into 5th
Unironically thinking about writing a "5e but you played bg3" homebrew set
austere hinge
Honestly yeah i'm considering just adding that shit myself when I run
D&D Larian Style
frigid oxide
Add in the couple things everyone likes from the 2024 DND ruleset whatever it's named now like the new "your off hand attack is part of your attack action" and "exhaustion isn't complicated" things
austere hinge
And anything Brennan Lee Mulligan has introduced to the game
because he does narrative stuff really well
storm sinew
TBH the biggest thing that I enjoy
austere hinge
But yes. I'm continuing to work my way through things. I got priestess gut alone and critical hit her with Karlach's smite ability. So... they exploded.
storm sinew
is being able to reactively use stuff
Swing and miss? Would you like to Reckless Attack?
Rolling for a thing, would you like to Guidance?
frigid oxide
More spells not needing spell slots outside of combat or being able to be narratively downcast as cantrips would be cool, but also there was a homebrew to give all fighters maneuvers with battle masters being the experts at them that I liked
Alright this is just venturing into a 5E rebuild I'll cut myself off and work on it outside of chat
austere hinge
I mean that's what rituals are usually for
being able to cast spells as rituals
it makes them free but take longer
I think detect thoughts, speak with animals and speak with dead are all rituals
soft tundra
Yeah, thats what rituals are for!
Now you can get into what should/shouldnt be a ritual and all that, I think thats a design space that could have fun potential
severe robin
I think detect thoughts, speak with animals and speak with dead are all rituals
In Baldur's Gate 3, yes. In 5e, no.
safe jungle
just finished the epilogue
that was a wild ride
now to see about installing mods..
severe robin
There's some fun ones
Abberant Bloodline Sorc, Psi Knight,
The frakking Mystic Unearthed Arcana
soft tundra
Speak with Animals, Find Familiar, Detect Magic, Comprehend Languages, Alarm, Silence, Tiny Hut, and Water Breathing are my big notable 5e rituals; Speak with Animals made it into BG3, the devs axed Detect Magic for good reasons, and Speak with Dead was made a ritual for story improvements
same w/ Detect Thoughts being a potion/scroll everywhere
safe jungle
I kinda wanna give everyone one extra perk so that I can screw around with giving everyone music instrument feat without having to respec to do a full band performance
soft tundra
For at least one character theres an in-game way to get free musical prof
safe jungle
Yeah I have that on my warlock
But bard songs sound way better with like two instruments
soft tundra
true!
bleak wagon
Speak with Animals, Find Familiar, Detect Magic, Comprehend Languages, Alarm, Si...
I feel like everything would glow in BG3 with detect magic lol
soft tundra
That was actually why they cut it!
i am having difficulty fighting google finding the post/article, but basically Larian realized detect magic would just be a UI nightmare and also give away way too much of the story
safe jungle
Also the same reason why they forbade dispel magic
silk dune
Speak with Animals, Find Familiar, Detect Magic, Comprehend Languages, Alarm, Si...
they nerfed create food and water 😔
tbf it would have been hilarious for the food system to stop mattering partway through act i
but very unbalanced
safe jungle
Lmao Tara
“Ah, you were the one who helped Mr Dekarios save Baldur’s Gate.”
“Actually I think you got it other way around. Gale helped me.”
“That doesn’t sound like him. Sure, if you want to remember things that way, whatever.”
soft tundra
poor Gale
austere hinge
Is there a purpose to the bard songs? Other than being cool?
severe robin
^
clear kestrel
But I think that's it
sly flare
if you make enough money you get an achievment
severe robin
They sound nice
austere hinge
Oh! Interesting.
severe robin
NPCs will come up and watch you perform
If you do well they'll cheer and throw coins
austere hinge
To be fair I haven't gone to baldur's gate yet so I've not met many casually friendly npcs
And I feel bad taking money from the tieflings
And uh... the entire goblin camp, but I'm doing horrible things to it
severe robin
How about the Droods?
austere hinge
Friendly
severe robin
So they'll let you in to play your songs 
austere hinge
I'm already in thankfully. At least I'm not fully locked out yet.
clear kestrel
Don't forget to long rest often
austere hinge
I've done it three times. I don't want all the tieflings to get shoved out
clear kestrel
It's all upside to long rest, I wouldn't worry
safe jungle
I used the bard song to distract the ||archivist|| in act 3 ||House of Hope|| while Karlach disabled the traps and made off with the loot
clear kestrel
Lotta companion progression is tied to it
safe jungle
its very useful when you need npcs to stare at a wall for a few minutes
austere hinge
I mean every time I've long rested bad things happened, like gale eating my stuff and astarian eating my neck and lae'zel... wanting me carnally then later trying to slit my throat
severe robin
There is... One situation that I recall where long resting advances a timer to a negative outcome, instead of just progressing quests
clear kestrel
Is it the one with ||nere?||
clear kestrel
ye I think that's the only one
severe robin
I went in with no Shrests
sly flare
I mean every time I've long rested bad things happened, like gale eating my stuf...
lae'zel... wanting me carnally then later trying to slit my throat
These don't have to be seperate, let the girl cook
safe jungle
she's only a little bit yandere
austere hinge
> lae'zel... wanting me carnally then later trying to slit my throat
These don'...
They weren't separate they were literally one after another in my play through so far. "I will see you later perhaps" and then she showed up with a knife and I was actually unsure if this was the flirting scene
safe jungle
assassinate all the duergar before I rescue Nere
I think I can pull it off with no long rests
sly flare
The duergar can be seperated into lots of little fight fairly easily
The number of times I heard the "You just attacked someone, only the guards are allowed to do that" thing come up
austere hinge
I will note here, because its either me being savvy or dramatic irony, that I do not trust the thing telling me to eat other parasites to make mine stronger
I might have let volo into my skull but I'm not letting more of the parasites into my brain
sly flare
what's the worst that could happen
sly flare
To you, what's the worse that could happen to you if you put more in?
safe jungle
you get weird black blood and die
clear kestrel
Just send in another worm to flush out the first one
charred niche
They would be wiggly and unpleasant and I'd carry the sense memory for all time
So no wormies
austere hinge
Brain full of parasites and I explode into squid tentacles
austere hinge
Just send in another worm to flush out the first one
I tried that, volo failed me
Also I think lae'zal wouldn't like me
Which powers me
austere hinge
Yeah I'm going no worms
severe robin
Worms are great
I was doing an all wors run on my monk
Where my monk ate all the worms
austere hinge
I might do a other run with many worms
severe robin
And I was crossing entire maps killing 3+ people a turn
austere hinge
Well I'm a bard so I don't think I can do that even with their help
severe robin
I can only tremble in fear imagining what I would have been capable of if I got the thing that makes powers bonus actions
winged vapor
The worms help a lot with the action economy on caster if you do a specific thing
So it’s hard to pass up
soft tundra
It does help you with some RP stuff later on in act 2/3 ( not worming up )
silk dune
it does make me sad thats theres no real benefit to no worms
winged vapor
Apart from RP
winged vapor
You can just dabble in the worms
Not to poop on 5e but I think that’s because you’re suppose to take a few to make builds a bit more interesting
winged vapor
Hahah
grave prism
my new character Tenebril
austere hinge
very nice
grave prism
playing modded so i'm a Velkyn'bol Tiefling Wizard
soft tundra
what is a velkyn'bol tief!!
safe jungle
a slimy tiefling
austere hinge
goo hours
safe jungle
i'm a little afraid of adding any new race or class because I'm afraid i might break some thing
grave prism
lmao
i rolled a 23 on deception on my first time talking to Gale when he asked me if i was a wizard and i told him no
frigid oxide
I need to try that
sonic pollen
so...
I have found out what happens if you ||kill the Emperor in the prism fight||
||I kinda wish that Orpheus could prevent your ceremorphosis without the Emperor||
winged vapor
Act two spoiler question: ||when I enter the Kao toa ritual can I make anyone do the sacrifice because I want lae zel to have the bonus not my TAV?||
clear kestrel
||I think you can sacrifice anyone, not sure if the buff will go to TAV or just the current speaker||
||Just be warned they are dead for good||
wise mango
||So if you sacrifice gale you have 2 days to finish Act 2 before he blows up||
grave prism
ok i am not going to be a blood magic wizard, i'm Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk gang now
simple spire
Mod?
deft crypt
no she just brute forced reality
sonic pollen
Romancing Lae'zel as Durge is honestly pretty funny
||Lae'zel: You are silk and satin. I want to protect you, and I want you to protect me||
||Durge: Transformed into an unspeakable killing machine of Bhaal||
grave prism
Lae'zel is going to be my romance for this run also
i would love to do Karlach but my friend is romancing her
he wanted to do it last game but since we weren't playing modded he couldn't cause we are 4 players
sly flare
Spoilers for act 2 ||I teleported out of the brain under moonlight and now Halsin, the tiefling refugees and a flaming fist are all hostile? jahira is there and an ally? I have no clue what the fuck is happening||
grave prism
it was actually kinda depressing cause he kept trying
sly flare
||I just did the big boss fight so I've got like no health, I'm really confused and this feels wrong||
grave prism
and in (spoilers for the end of the game)||the post brain battle cutscenes, he didn't even get to do the cutscenes for Karlach, and i did them instead||
safe jungle
Multiplayer be janky with NPC interactions
sly flare
||A bunch of like civilians are beating the high harper to death with their fists? I don't know how I fucked up to make the game like this||
safe jungle
What
That’s the life of the Harper tbh
One day you are fighting, risking limb and life for the sake for the people
grave prism
i think ||Jaheira just died in combat trying to get us up the tower tbh||
safe jungle
And the next day you get beaten up in a back alley by the people and mugged
grave prism
||we were playing on tactician and she was kind of shit so we literally just couldn't do much of anytihng to save her||
sly flare
||I skipped the fight at the beggining of the tower because it looked like a ball ache, just climbed up the side into the generals room and got to the roof from there||
safe jungle
Dropped the Hunger on their warlocks and it made the fight a lot more manageable
sly flare
||Jaheria is now dead, but I've managed to run away from the weird fight. I don't know hwat I did but I know it's my fault and it isnt supposed to be like this||
deft crypt
great old one
storm sinew
alright I'm gonna say it
Act 3 spoilers
||Orpheus looks fucking silly lmao||
||The patchwork beard that's not-quite mutton chops by the ears sends me every time||
severe robin
He do
grave prism
bro
everyone keeps calling me a drow
i assume that the mod just tacks the drow dialouges onto being a Velkyn'bol Tiefling
safe jungle
playing as a drow halfelf who actually just looks like a normal human
I wonder if the game will catch on to that lmao
grave prism
i look like this actually
merry wharf
playing as a drow halfelf who actually just looks like a normal human
I'm playing as a forest half elf who looks like a drow
Or wait
no I think just a forest elf
grave prism
people mistaking me for a drow is perplexing
even without my slime form this is what i look like
aka not like a drow at all
safe jungle
You look spooky
And all spooky people are drow
Auntie Ethel? Really fucked up drow
grave prism
i don't look spooky at all
perfectly normal tiefling
seems like the Velkyn'bol are touched by Ghaunadaur which is probably why i keep getting Drow dialogue, cause Ghaunadar is a drow deity
safe jungle
all tiefling look spooky
ergo all tiefling are drow
are all the great old ones evil
grave prism
Thinking if i should dip 3 levels in thief rogue for an extra bonus action
Basically translates into an extra action since i'm going monk this time around
simple spire
Monk w/thief 3 is phenomenal
Picking up sleight of hand expertise also helps free up space in your arty composition
Safe to presume you’re a Dex monk?
grave prism
We already have a rogue anyway so it's not a pressing matter
I'm trying to focus Dex and Wis
I'm playing modded so i'm a Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk
If i multiclass Thief then i lose this ability, 3 ki points, some movement speed and a feat
Trying to decide if it is going to be worth it
simple spire
I would say it probably is worth it but ymmv
grave prism
I think it'll probably be worth it too
simple spire
You might also want to consider if you want to take Rogue to 4 for 3 feats
Monk 9’s benefits are pretty small, all things considered, and monks love ASIs
grave prism
You know what that's a good idea
9 ki point total feels like it's gonna be kind of a small amount but i think they regen on short rests so maybe it's not so bad
simple spire
I have found that 9 is more than enough, personally
grave prism
Fair
I can respec at literally any time if i want to change chings anyway so it shouldn't matter much
simple spire
Yep
sly flare
As a Warlock player, I think 9 of your resourse is crazy
grave prism
I'll try a 8/4 split
grave prism
As a Warlock player, I think 9 of your resourse is crazy
Hah, i played Warlock in my last playthrough
Didn't feel it as much cause Eldritch Blast is a free rapid fire gauss cannon
sly flare
I'm thinking of multiclassing into some ranger for my run just because I think that'll be neat. 9/3 Warlock ranger.
Ranger stuff just looks cool
And the 6th level spells dont
grave prism
Idk how much monks rely on ki points
sly flare
I assume to similar degree as battle master fighter?
grave prism
Anyway imma go with a 8/4 split
Focus my feats on ASI's
I want to max my Wis and Dex as much as possible
Gonna grab Tavern Brawler too once i get one of the items that sets my strength high
simple spire
If you want to do Tavern Brawler strength monk you might want to consider starting with a fighter level for heavy armor and shields.
Again, ymmv, but my karlach’s aiming for Fighter 1/Monk 8/Thief 3
winged vapor
You can also go for unarmoured to for the speed and just take a potion for the strength
It’s a bit cheesy but they are super easy to stockpile
simple spire
Armoured mainly helps with itemization and AC
There’s a lot of good armor and shields in this game
winged vapor
Yeah very
Though I’ve gotten a nuts combo with the wild heart barb and just any aoe spell that NPCs want to walk out of
safe jungle
Karlach is a ranged combat class
winged vapor
The range is how far she can jump lol
sly flare
Act 3 spoilers: ||"Yes I'm called the emperor and I have an army of intellect devourers but I swear I'm a good guy. Evidence? Bro trust me" - Dream guardian before I fucking kill them||
grave prism
Act 3 spoilers: ||"Yes I'm called the emperor and I have an army of intellect de...
Same bestie
Fuck ||The Emperor, what a bitch||
sly flare
||Gotta keep em alive because otherwise I'll die. They really could do more to make themself trustworthy||
grave prism
||Emperor be like "being an illithid is cool actually, give me the netherstones i can be trusted sith unlimited power", like an absolute chump, being an Illithid is shit you are just brainwashed||