Astarion would totally lose all o his Pikmin out of apathy without realizing he had to make more and now needs to waste a day on that which could cost him the whole game.
#Baldur's Gate 3
tacit sluice
"What do you mean they don't come back on their own?!"
"Pikmin are dumb dude."
"GODS!"
severe robin
I downloaded mods and now my game is broken because of the patch and I have no fucking clue how to fix it
I know I overwrote some file with a mod one but I can't find it
And nothing wants to tell me
gaunt jackal
Validate your files, that should fix it
severe robin
It didn't.
The launcher is still yelling at me about a "data mismatch"
It won't fucking tell me what the mismatch is though
severe robin
I got it fixed!
golden grotto
clear kestrel
If you're modding:
Always back up your game
Always disable updates
limber shore
Drawd my party :3
austere hinge
Hooray for gith
dusky bear
wizardry
austere hinge
I continue to try and date lae'zel
limber shore
Good
austere hinge
I encouraged her to stay behind and cuddle last time
severe robin
I love being a greatsword medium armor wizard
Oh wait you can wear medium armour?
I got a set of like, +2 hide from the goblin
limber shore
Githyanki get proficiency in light and medium armor, as well as shortswords, longswords, and greatsword :]
soft tundra
yeah they get to be true war wizards
soft tundra
such is mod life
neon junco
Gith bladelock is also fun
safe jungle
||https://youtu.be/DBboW_p9VkQ?si=O7ck1I4fmfMBDnGo || act 3 spoiler
||this does explain what the Dead 3’s plan is, sorta. Turning people into illithid denies their souls to other gods. Ergo, this is a scorched earth operation writ large||
Somehow actually more petty than Shar lmao
soft tundra
Yeah, withers covers that issue in the epilogue, since the plan has One Huge Flaw
austere hinge
You could roll some random stuff, play an odd combo you've never even thought of
(I advise not human though, I don't think humans get special racial interactions much)
dusky bear
i was going to go gith
soft tundra
you get some human interactions in the game, they mostly amount to "well not ALL humans" which can be fairly funny
austere hinge
So I slept a few times
to have stuff happen before I left act 1 (I think I'm leaving act 1)
I feel like something happened that should have happened a lot earlier and basically Shadowheart and Lae'zel got into a big argument and tried to attack one another.
sly flare
A workplace accident
austere hinge
Thing is, I might be biased because I'm romancing Lae'zel, but when Shadowheart comes out of the night holding a knife to her Lae'zel's throat and talking about how "we can't trust her" I'm a little surprised when the dialogue seems to suggest Lae'zel is the unreasonable one.
It just casually giving options to chastise Lae'zel who moments ago was pinned down with a knife held to her throat.
While Shadowheart goes responds with "Don't poke at sore wounds" when I tell her I don't want any more trouble. Like the wound wasn't caused by her trying to stick a knife in someone while they slept.
sly flare
Yeah Shadowhearts an asshole if you ask her anything about her
until a point I didnt get to
austere hinge
Thing is I've been very reasonable and understanding with her, and even though she doesn't travel with me she's pretty fine with how things are going. But bam, holding a knife to the throat of a party member as they sleep.
I've been nice to everyone but Shart is causing problems in camp on purpose. Even Astarion doesn't do that.
sly flare
I had Shart have an accident ||(I killed her)|| after she tried to knife Lae'zel
sly flare
Spoilers for Act 3: ||I fucked up some how and the only way for me to interact with this child is to kill them||
sly flare
||I think it's because in Act 2 I refused to show the artifact to the lady in the Town immune to darkness. Which made be count as aggrod to all the refugees forever. Because the game doesnt give you a "If you won't let me in, I'll just leave" option||
clear kestrel
Ah that'll do it
Tbf, they do have reason to attack you
||they have proof you're an agent of the absolute basically||
sly flare
||What proof? That I wanted to enter a place that is safe? Like the only reason I "attack", was to then run away and not kill anyone||
dusky bear
Well
I'll have to make a new character after all
Let me play the game without any mods for now
I wanna be a very powerful tho 
Teach me
sly flare
Take a level of Paldin then go into Warlock, to my knowledge that's one of the most powerful easy builds in 5e
Never tried it though
dusky bear
Do we have hexblade here?
sly flare
no hexblade but Swordlock gets CHA attacks
dusky bear
Oh
clear kestrel
||What proof? That I wanted to enter a place that is safe? Like the only reason ...
They had the worm test
dusky bear
but i mean, since i can just respec my character anyway, i was wondering what would be the best class to go through the goblins and whatnot
or "speedrun" the goblins rather
there may not be a "best" one for the job but i do want to hear your suggestions
tacit sluice
Who have you recruited thus far?
dusky bear
nobody really...i'll be started a whole new playthrough
This one will have 0 mods
So i dont run into modder hell again .w.
simple spire
I wanna be a very powerful tho <:vicksyBork:996566504311099533>
Can you be more specific
dusky bear
here's the thing gk
Since mods broken and i dont wanna wait for them to get fixed up
I want to start a new playthrough
dusky bear
Killing lots of goblins really fast powerful
Cause i dont wanna take too long on that section
simple spire
Again, lots of things can do that. Do you want to be a caster? A melee?
dusky bear
i like melee but i feel i should probably go caster
simple spire
A bit of both?
dusky bear
i want to be efficient for this section, i can just change classes after this, so i'll focus on one
we go caster
we'll take our gith buddy with us
simple spire
Also, bear in mind that if you're trying to do Act 1 "optimally," there's stuff you may want to do before doing the goblin camp
dusky bear
like recruiting the tiefling friend and warlock friend?
simple spire
Also the stuff with Kagha
dusky bear
shank? 
simple spire
Spoilers: ||in the swamp you can find evidence that Kagha has been collaborating with shadow druids, which allows you to deal with her without starting a civil war in the grove||
dusky bear
|| since i just got her boss back the other time there was no civil war ||
sly flare
||I didnt find any shadow Druid thing, I just got Halsein back which stops a civil war||
dusky bear
i just wanna be loaded when going there either way i believe
and this time i should bring the ogers to the battle
i'll recruit strong lady 
she kewl
actually ya know what
if everyone good at bonking
soft tundra
Thing is I've been very reasonable and understanding with her, and even though s...
To be fair to this, Laezel literally challenged her to a death duel in the morning, she's just getting a head start cuz its rogue vs fighter mentality
soft tundra
Spoilers: ||in the swamp you can find evidence that Kagha has been collaborating...
||Its honestly a neat touch on the ways you can find this out, too; you can get a lot of subtle hints in the grove itself||
austere hinge
To be fair to this, Laezel literally challenged her to a death duel in the morni...
She's not a rogue she's a cleric, and can wear armour and has spells! Also I do not believe Lae'zel said "death" she just said a duel in the morning, which can be until surrender or humiliation.
soft tundra
Rogue vs Fighter mentality, not actual classes lmao my bad
But yeah, Laezel and Shadowheart are very much so at each others throats in Act 1 for a variety of reasons, and as you've picked up on Laezel/gith are a very "kill first talk later" and Shadowheart has a lot of "justifiable self-defense first" stuff going on there
its a good dynamic
its even better after their showdown cuz now theres begrudging respect
because they both looked at the party full of freaky heroes and went "YOU are my biggest threat" so its a funny complement
austere hinge
I think the problem for me was that the showdown happened waaaaay later, like almost 40 hours in when I'm about to leave act 1
So it felt like a murder attempt out of frickin nowhere
soft tundra
yeah, its supposed to happen shortly after the artifact reveals itself and/or you do the gith encounter
since thats the big "you STOLE our people's STUFF" moment
austere hinge
That's the other thing of like... isn't Lae'zel right?
austere hinge
Shadowheart over here acting like the british museum
soft tundra
Laezel is right in pointing out that Shadow- i was gunna make that joke lmao
and Shadowheart is right in pointing out that, hey, this thing is currently keeping us safe/alive, and also (possible spoilers unless you know who she's worshipping) ||her mind is wiped so she doesnt actually know why they stole it!||
charred niche
See my first run was with Shadowheart and Lae'zel and I found them both impossibly delightful, the knife stuff, the vitriol. That's banter!
austere hinge
I'm currently dating Lae'zel and left Shadowheart behind. I mean I didn't kill her or nothing, I'm actually a bit more mad at the writers because I swear the aftermath has a mild telling off for Shadowheart and a full on "never do that again" attitude towards Lae'zel
And yeah she opened up to me about her goddess and the whole situation well before she did this, which was one of situations of why it felt like it triggered a bit out of order
soft tundra
sorry the events played out that way for you
Too bad about her, Shadowheart has a lot of juicy Act 2+3 stuff going on
austere hinge
I'm just throwing bricks at their windows for being mean to my darling Lae'zel
Oh she's still in camp I just don't have her in the party
austere hinge
Really really really really really really easily with how frustrating she can be
soft tundra
she's an alien fascist soldier, its pretty easy early on
you gotta help her see how cool she can be when shes a free thinker
but also i super appreciate her being mean since from her point of view, we're all wasting time not-fixing-the-tadpoles, and i'd be very upset about that too
austere hinge
I mean I more often than not purposefully say shit to piss Lae'zel off which is hilarious to me, specially cause we're dating. In act 1 of course. Halfling bard is the height of fucking around and she hates fucking around.
soft tundra
aggravate the frog
austere hinge
Wyll fuckin loooooves me and I ain't even dating him.
Like his bar is way to the right for approval
soft tundra
Wyll loves a good hero!
in general just doing nice things will get you a lot of Wyll, Gale and Karlach approval
and eventually gets you a lot of Laezel, Shadowheart, and even Astarion approval as you show them the goodness of your heart
austere hinge
Pabby is a terrible hero he looks like an eldritch being tried to make a meat puppet so they can explore our reality
I've mostly gained Astarion approval by being a conniving bitch and accidentally negging him because I don't want to date him and when he flirts I tell him to settle down.
Which I get story wise why he likes but it's like I'm trying to get a chew toy away from a dog while they want to play
austere hinge
Yee
dawn terrace
Twitter
grave prism
as if they couldn't be more based
severe robin
Wooooooo!!!!
dawn terrace
I am praying Sony is more lenient than then they where with Bethesda. I really want those race, subclasses, and increase party size mods.
winged vapor
I’d love more classes
tacit sluice
It feels so good having the whole squad rock up on an encounter
tired nova
fuckign hell act 3 has several sub plots that feel like theyd just be 90% of any other campaign
grave prism
yup
storm sinew
Act 3 simultaneously has so much but not enough in the ones you WANT
no real Karlach content past Act 2 is CRIMINAL
neon junco
There's a small amount of Karlach content in 3 with ||her smithy friend|| but it's real criminally small
I'm guessing it's cause karlach was a last minute addition to the game
I can't recall anything for Minthara in act 3 either
gaunt jackal
I'm guessing it's cause karlach was a last minute addition to the game
No, she was in EA
soft tundra
Minthara and Halsin were the last ones, ignoring the Wyll rewrites
Karlach also gets ||Gortash stuff|| so i wouldnt say no content
neon junco
Oh right
clear kestrel
Karlash has a good amount i think
soft tundra
Wyll is the quest sufferer supreme
man isnt allowed to make his own decisions or be angry
clear kestrel
||she bumps into her friend, her parents grave, your date, anything with Gortash, going to hell again for the heist||
austere hinge
I think karlach got rewritten pretty hard
I heard her voice actor was the last one to get hired.
tired nova
ending spoiler: || you know i thought id feel somewhat bad about freeing orpheus, but no, the emperors response to me doing that was to go help the netherbrain without a second thought, he fucking deserves to be betrayed||
grave prism
ending spoiler: || you know i thought id feel somewhat bad about freeing orpheus...
yeah
||basically uhhh, fuck the emperor||
safe jungle
Don’t fuck him
severe robin
I did it and then sold his ass out
[Big final fight spoilers] ||Going full worm made me weaker lmao||
tacit sluice
So you're telling me ||I made a horrible mistake going partial illithid||
tired nova
ok, karlach ending ||im happy she lives, and that wyll is with her in avernus looking after her so zariel doesnt get to her, its not the ideal ending, but it beats her dying, and it beats her serving zariel way more||
soft tundra
yeah i like that she basically ||goes on Campaign 2: I'm Recreating Doom 64||
tired nova
||im just glad shes not in avernus alone 😭 ||
dawn terrace
||Baldur's Gate 3: Decent Into Averus 2: Electric Boogaloo||
frigid oxide
Is there a version of that where ||I go with them||
tired nova
Is there a version of that where ||I go with them||
||Yes actually!, one of the option seems to be you go to avernus with karlach and wyll, im romancing shadowheart so i didnt go for it, but i imagine if i was going for karlach, i would have gone with her||
frigid oxide
Ah yes my fate is sealed then
... Man imagine that as the new baldurs gate dark alliance spinoff
severe robin
So you're telling me ||I made a horrible mistake going partial illithid||
Nah, going ||part worm|| is fine, it's just that I was playing Open Hand Monk, and going ||full illithid|| removed my ability to make Unarmed Attacks
tired nova
act 1/start of act 2 will be rough
but honestly the game showers you in so many godly items afterwards that its not really an issue
severe robin
So it just like, removed all my attack abilities and magic items
soft tundra
this might seem obvious but a good basic strat is to recruit as many people as possible early and do a lot of the no-combat EXP asap
severe robin
I was still strong, just not "Kill 4 enemies each turn" strong
soft tundra
i also have a lot of success playing a half-orc for the not-die
tired nova
honestly if i get to level 4 i should already be golden
cause tavern brawler monk
and alert assassin
soft tundra
thats a pretty good one to do it with
tired nova
i had so many extra resources in tactician that i just didnt need to use
soft tundra
the main difference in honor is just the Legendary Actions, hence the early exp farming
those early legendary actions HURT
soft tundra
my other "cheat" for honor is that if youre super scared of an encounter, you can just enter it with 3 people so that if they die the 4th can just go to camp and fix the problem later
or you can send 1 person to, say, kill the minions, they die, then you go in to take care of the boss now that you've fixed the initiative order in your favor
severe robin
That's why I'm playing a ranged Sneak Attack Rogue
Speaking of, I found a thing that I really want to ask people about,
So, Ranged Sneak Attack
I'm using the Bracers of Archery, cause +2 damage is nice, and becausde I like having Longbows, Sharpshooter too
And I'm using the Titanstring Bow, even though I have 8 Strength, because I can bring it up to 19 with the Club of Giant Strength
Is that like, good?
soft tundra
thats a good way to add damage, yeah!
flat damage is always nice since you dont need to rely on the dice roll
automatic +6 damage from that is helpful
severe robin
Going Assassin, planning to go down Gloomstalker
I'm wondering like, should I be using dual Hand Crossbows instead?
I kind of don't particularly want to
soft tundra
dual hand crossbows gives you an extra attack, but i like being able to use my extra bonus action to hide or dash away
esp in honor since enemies are mean
tacit sluice
Nah, going ||part worm|| is fine, it's just that I was playing Open Hand Monk, a...
Well I'm playing a Sorcerer so I don't gotta worry about that
tacit sluice
Holy shit an NPC I just finished talking to walked into a still ongoing spell and died
WHAT THE FUCK
severe robin
Yeah they do that
tacit sluice
This is why damage spells should end after combat
severe robin
This is why allied npcs either shouldn't exist, or get ai that makes them not kill themselves in ongoing spells
Enemies have no problem avoiding those, why do allies?
bitter moon
Holy shit an NPC I just finished talking to walked into a still ongoing spell an...
cloud of blades 
had to pay Rolan to talk to me after he walked into the incredibly obvious sword tornado smh
bitter moon
like, maybe because I'm playing on low difficulty but the pathfinding doesn't seem to detect persistent AoE effects at all
grave prism
I think it's just like that
austere hinge
Yeah it just happens
Even PC characters just love the taste of fire
Also I managed to ||kill the adamantine golem without using the massive hammer|| for the achievement
Woo
It involved a lot of distracting strike attempts them switching to a raging Karlach to land some big hits
white sleet
I never realized that was an option on my clear of that fight lmao
austere hinge
To do it the rough way?
soft tundra
i think its funnier when people dont realize thats the Hard Way
white sleet
To ||Mc hammer|| it
soft tundra
ive met too many people who didnt realize the giant fuckin hammer existed
austere hinge
Ahhh
soft tundra
like cmooooon its a room with a giant hammer with lava the characters constantly comment on
white sleet
My team was karlach, laezel, shadowheart, and tav
I think brute forcing it was in character lmao
austere hinge
To be fair if gale isn't in the party and you're not a wizard there are very few braincells in the party
As a bard I get +1 to intelligence rolls and that makes me a god damn miracle, plus JOAT and my skill buffing rings I almost have a brain
tacit sluice
Wait, there was a giant hammer?
soft tundra
did you not get your adamantine armor 😭
tacit sluice
Wait, you mean that giant piston that slams down?
soft tundra
yeah
white sleet
Yep
soft tundra
it does like 150 damage to him
simple spire
Yeah you can use the forge hammer to hit him
tacit sluice
Yeesh, and all I did was have a mod that removed the party limit cause I didn't want to leave anyone out
white sleet
As a bard I get +1 to intelligence rolls and that makes me a god damn miracle, p...
I was playing a rogue so sadly one of my rings was permanently taken up as soon as I got the risky ring
simple spire
But just bonking him works fine too
white sleet
Which is a fucking stupid item
soft tundra
The real trick with int is to kill the ogres, get the intelligence headband, and just wear that with 8 intelligence to free up a stat
grave prism
Oh boy
Risky ring huh
That's going to be very fucking good for my modded monk based on how some item interaction end up working out
There is a modded item i am gonna grab that allows me to do 3 unarmed attack per unarmed attack i do
And with my two bonus actions and extra attack that potentially totals 12 unarmed strikes per turn
Advantage on top of that would be insane
Literally never miss again
Plus i'm also using tavern brawler
My plan is to become a menace
austere hinge
I was playing a rogue so sadly one of my rings was permanently taken up as soon ...
I'm pretty much wearing anything that gives me a skill boost, though I think one of my rings is taken up with something else I can't remember right now
Also god damn gamers don't look up
There should have been an achievement for USING the hammer on the golem
soft tundra
no way its the hard mode not to haha
white sleet
Tbf looking up is real hard in bg3
soft tundra
you get a furry friend :D
for me its not about looking up its like... left alt is a godsend and also character comments give you so much
winged vapor
But also famously bad but after testing really not so bad
austere hinge
yee
soft tundra
i mean you can certainly make someone bad but you'd have to ignore every red flag and recommendation to do so
austere hinge
but yeah the whole thing is taht you're meant to hit the person once then get out of there so the golem chases you, which is why they gave it that aggro mechanic. Then you drop the hammer.
soft tundra
And the mephits give you a headache while you try
austere hinge
You get a couple of turns of trying to do it but yeah, adds challenge. And there's fewer mephits than the area with the second ore
soft tundra
its worth it for two adamantine items
austere hinge
yee
I went with the heavy armour and a longsword, though from what I can see the longsword is like... alright
situationally alright
soft tundra
Its great for when you get it
I like two armor sets or armor+shield personally
Spoilers for Act 2 beginning: || its very funny that you can start act 2 with 3 sets of magic heavy armor if you have spare infernal iron ||
austere hinge
I feel like I've got some stronger two handed weapons
But I didn't see any options for two handed weapons
And the only person I have who uses one handed weapons is Wyll and he has a warlock specific sword that banes people and is kinda just a bit better
tacit sluice
Who'd you give the long sword to?
austere hinge
Right now it's a side option for Karlach if I want to up their AC, might give to Wyll if I need to overcome resistances. It's good against objects but I'm not sure there's any real "objects" that matter for that off the top of my head. Unless constructs count
soft tundra
theres a few annoying walls later on but Eldritch Blast also deals with them handily in my experience
white sleet
theres a few annoying walls later on but Eldritch Blast also deals with them han...
warlock
soft tundra
where theres a Wyll theres a way!
white sleet
Oh God dammit I should have seen that coming
My solution for walls was always just "karlach, grab your hammer"
austere hinge
Both work honestly
But that's the thing of like... Wow such a bonus, a stationary target takes a critical hit...
This other sword banes the enemy
grave prism
time for some funny modding troubleshooting 💀
sly flare
Eldritch Blast is actually the cantrip of the construction industry rather than a spell of war
soft tundra
i do hope people stop sending Larian threats over mods
grave prism
what
soft tundra
https://x.com/Cromwelp/status/1761873822314098738?s=20 full thread here
Twitter
grave prism
absolute insanity to threaten people over community made content
safe jungle
Very few things in the universe has force resistance
So my durge warlock’s eldritch blast carried me most of the game
grave prism
eldritch blast good
tired nova
It involved a lot of distracting strike attempts them switching to a raging Karl...
my approach to that is just ||druid, owlbear, enlarge potion, enlarge spell, smokepowder barrels in druids inventory for added weight, jump from the top rope, does about 55k damage 
||
austere hinge
Ah it isn't something you can get with bard or magic secrets
tired nova
im somewhat surprised its this low, but not really
charred niche
Folks hate throwing gold, plus only bards get instrument proficiency unless you take a Feat
soft tundra
you can also earn it for free, once!
charred niche
:0 Didn't know
soft tundra
yep! If you pass the checks while playing with Alfira, you get proficiency
austere hinge
Right in the tiefling village
soft tundra
yeah, the grove!
They wish it was a tiefling village
that'd make the situation there a lot easier to deal with
But alas, they have no homes.
charred niche
Elturel is back but no one wants to rebuild Helltown
tired nova
Folks hate throwing gold, plus *only* bards get instrument proficiency unless yo...
i have found a consistent way of getting almost everyone gathered to throw gold actually
play a song and people gather around
succeed the performance check
if you play a second song after that
most of the gathered people will toss 1 gold at you each
soft tundra
Elturel unfortunately did a racism and kicked out all the tiefs
charred niche
Dammit Elturel it's all the fault of the city councilman don't you understand, I did a whole 5e module about it
austere hinge
Yee
Also if you want to do some real silliness you can perform a song around non hostiles you're planning on attacking (deugar) and then enter turn based mode, run out of the circle and throw a bomb or cast a giant aoe spell which catches them all
limber shore
just started a solo honor mode run and died on the mind flayer ship.
||I accidentally aggro'd Us and it attacked and killed me and Laezel||
soft tundra
rest in peace
austere hinge
At least it happened quick
in god's honest truth it feels like a bad idea to have AOE, specially lasting AOE in honour mode
just a good way of wrecking shit
charred niche
Spike Growth is brutal in a lot of fights
austere hinge
I love being able to pick up some nasty shit from bard "magical secrets"
Taking Spirit Weapon because now you've got a nice little distraction that just makes an extra thwak attack each turn it's alive
charred niche
I will say BG3 really makes me feel the limit of the Spirit Weapon Movespeed
in the tabletop variety a lot of the times it just sort of works itself out
simple spire
soft tundra
in the tabletop variety a lot of the times it just sort of works itself out
if anything its a sign that some fields of battle DMs use in 5e are too small / not mobile enough
tacit sluice
When I run I usually try to put the players and their foes within a standard movement of each other so they can all get to swinging without further delay, so if everyone does it like I do that could be a factor
soft tundra
Yeah, I tend to run bigger / sitrep-y maps with other stuff to do, but also making sure both sides' magic users and archers can make good use of cover and terrain and such
tis a pain sometimes but its fun
frigid oxide
5e is weird like that. Dungeon prep can really turn the tide of how party balance works
I've learned to work with fps map design in my head, which helps because it creates a lot of open areas and cover positions but also adding clutter cover really helps for close range players to gap close and cover choke points.
tacit sluice
Yeah I've been needing to consider cover for one of the games I'm running, though that's ina system where everyone has a gun so it's a bit different
soft tundra
Cover and weird terrain makes every martial better
frigid oxide
BG3 reminding people the environment can be fun
charred niche
BG3 also like 'You're never going to guess how the enemy is going to shove Gale off a cliff this time'
They always know the hidden geometries
severe robin
BG3 I think might ruin 5e combat for me forever
soft tundra
just gotta add that bg3 spice to whatever 5e combats you run!
neon junco
BG3 probably will ruin 5e based crpgs for me
It does combat well while maintaining most of the 5e combat rules somehow
zealous shale
I think it's the large amount and variety of magic items is what makes bg3 work so well compared to normal 5e
soft tundra
The itemization, the terrain variety, the enemy variety (this is a huge one i see a lot of DMs fall into w/out thinking)
the variations in what to do, while not plentiful enough in bg3 imo, is a good step in getting people to think
what IF i only have 3 rounds to get into a portal? What if?
Does that meaningfully change combat?
simple spire
The itemization is definitely part of it
5e very consciously clamped down on the Christmas tree effect
But like
The Christmas tree is fun to decorate
sly flare
bg3 is just a like master class in making itself work
like the way items are, I don't think really works that well in normal ttrpg
But in CRGP is amazing
As like having builds which can be seperated from class translates much better with how crpg's are than how D&D style ttrpgs generally are
safe jungle
Me punishing enemies who made the mistake of taking the high ground by having karlach jump up there and toss them off it
austere hinge
Gith jump magic is fricking amazing
soft tundra
ty bg3 for making the Athlete feat very cool
austere hinge
austere hinge
Just to check, is going to the Rosymorn temple and the cresh under it act 1 or 2?
Just cause I know we try to spoiler act 2 and beyond stuff
austere hinge
Woo
anyway, I feel guilty about wrecking the kobold party
I actually kept them all to non-lethal attacks
(One died because I broke a support and it fell and did the one damage)
white sleet
Oh same, I tried to avoid killing them too. And then there was an errant firebomb or something thrown...
austere hinge
Ah the inventor kobold has three alchemist bombs
I just rushed a couple of them and knocked them the fuck out
simple spire
It’s act 1
Although I believe going to it will progress the druid plotline if it’s unfinished
austere hinge
It's also weird that if I'm sneaking in there I can whack a guy while they're asleep and in another room and the entire party knows what's going on even if I knock them out in one hit
I... look Halsin came into the party so late I've not really had him around
I'm going with the ones I'm always wandering around with
simple spire
By the druid plotline I mean the grove stuff
austere hinge
Oh right
Well that's kinda Halsin
I just put Lae'zel in the machine (or rather let her when she insisted) and oh boy
It didn't go well
Good news, I passed a DC 30 persuasion check. I do wonder what it changed...
simple spire
Do you want the answer to that?
austere hinge
Well it looked like she was about to explode if she didn't get out of the machine
Put it in spoilers what would happen if I didn't get her out of the machine? Then I can decide whether I want to look or not
I am worried I fucked up her quest a bit by passing the insane check
simple spire
You did not. ||She gets hit with some semi-permanent debuffs if she stays in the machine.||
austere hinge
Jeebus. So I luckily dodged the debuffs by being incredibly good at persuading?
The power of BARD
austere hinge
It does and I did
sly flare
A power not even the greatest of Devils can grant
austere hinge
Charisma based caster, Expert in Persuasion and Guidance, and even then I had to reroll with an inspiration
Get my waifu OUTTA THAT MACHINE
Last thing she did was get real mad at me because I shared some sweet sweet heresy with a dumb kid
stray basalt
holy shit just rolled a double nat 20 on an otherwise impossible check
DC25 and my bonus was 1-4
austere hinge
hell yeah
stray basalt
Spoilers for A3: ||Our rogue managed to get us into A Fight. Things were looking tough and I mentioned off-hand that it would be a great time to have that big explosive from the Underdark in A1
Cue one of the party remembering that they were in fact carrying said barrel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC4X0AQzKeo ||
stray basalt
holy shit just rolled a double nat 20 on an otherwise impossible check
also minor background spoilers for A3: https://youtu.be/4cEoCtvU8QY
dawn valley
hey what class and race combo should i play for my dark urge redemption playthrough ? i was thinking of tirfling paladin
dawn valley
hum i always wanted to make a multi-classed warlock
maybe for a verry evil urge run imma make a barbarian and capitilized on the slayer form
austere hinge
Halfling rogue
dawn valley
i'm already small irl i will not play a small character in my make believe videogame
austere hinge
live your dreams, be a small murderer
Halfling Barbarian
I'm playing a halfling bard
Not dark urge just halfling bard normally
dawn valley
here's my plan for dark urge : A nnormal good guy redemption run. An evil run (probably a barbarian) with a lot of murder ♥
the problem is that my current tav druid run kinda becam boring after entering act 3
austere hinge
Unfortunate
dawn valley
i dunno if it's my class or the choice i made so i kinda want to start from scratch
austere hinge
Bard has a TON of skill abilities and persuasion stuff
If you were a Gith bard you could be amazingly proficient in a ton of stuff
Which means letting you do more random shit
winged vapor
Light cleric is a fun one
winged vapor
There is a dope helm in act 1 that combos well
austere hinge
Which one is that? The one that smites people when they miss you?
neon junco
Gith is my favorite for slapping medium armor on any class
Considering some of the best armor is medium
austere hinge
Basically allows the best bits of Sword Bard while letting you play Lore Bard
winged vapor
Yeah the helm because it’s combos with radiate orb well
limber shore
deft crypt
so true
white sleet
vlaakith has decreed that we all must live in a society
limber shore
githjonki
this is my durge playthrough's dream visitor so right now the headcanon is that he represents the dark urge's murderous tendencies
dawn valley
||i will have gay sex with astarion and with the calamari||
austere hinge
Call yourself "Bats" and be a ranger for this build
I'd say Batman is a city specialized ranger
tacit sluice
Given how often he uses unarmed attacks he's a Monk
austere hinge
Mmm fair I can see the argument for it
simple spire
Batman is a monk/rogue multiclass
austere hinge
Isn't that just shadow monk?
simple spire
Rogue gets skills and bonus actions
tacit sluice
Batman's got PF2e Monk and Rogue going on but one's an archetype
simple spire
Batman’s absolutely a Wolf Stance thief rogue
tacit sluice
Different than my own BatDrow who's a Thaumaturge with the secret identity archetype
But this is way off track for this channel now that I look at it
tacit sluice
Vigilante can get class archetype stuff so it'd fit
sly flare
Batmans his own class in pf1e
severe robin
Damn Honour mode got hands
That's twice now we narrowly avoided a wipe through the tried-and-true method of "The Rogue drinks an invisibility potion and books it"
clear kestrel
Prebuff, prepare, preattack
sonic pollen
started my first Tactician playthrough as a durge monk. goblins have been kicking my ass
severe robin
My ass should not be playing cleric lmao
clear kestrel
Ah well at least you get Alfia as a camp companion to help buff you
severe robin
I ain't got no clue how to play as one
austere hinge
Spirit Weapon spell is amazing
Guardians spell is amazing
these will destroy most encounters
soft tundra
buff, buff, buff
Spirit Guardians + some insane Channel Divinities will clear the game
austere hinge
Unless you're conquest you're not front lines you're sidelines
soft tundra
Light and Life cleric are busted
austere hinge
Even then you can do some nasty chunks
soft tundra
life gets so much value with all the new healing magic items, and Light has a very generous AoE + a great use of your reaction
austere hinge
Also if you're light or life then the ||blood of lathander|| weapon that you can get from the creche is a decent act 1 and a bit weapon you can use to krump enemies if they get close while still being primary spellcasting
severe robin
Ok time to respec Shart into Light Cleric
clear kestrel
Trickster is probably the worst one sadly
gaunt jackal
Quite easily yeah
severe robin
Githyanki creche clear
austere hinge
Oh did you get the mace?
severe robin
Hell yeah
Put it on Shart
Stomped the Death Shepard fight with her
Y'know I could probably ask for advice here
austere hinge
It took me a moment to remember I had it in that fight
severe robin
So, I know that Spirit Guardians is cool, but what do I do with my 1st/2nd Spell Slots?
severe robin
Spiritual Weapon?
soft tundra
shield of faith, sanctuary, guiding bolt, enhance ability, create water, spiritual weapon
aid
severe robin
Sanctuary's good
Saved us from a wipe once, I always keep a spell slot spare for it now
soft tundra
Protection from Evil and Good in certain parts
Silence for killing folk w/out alarms
the cleric spell list is the best in the game imo its nutso
severe robin
📝
storm sinew
the true secret of Astarion's back revealed
wise mango
Damn Honour mode got hands
A strat I used was going into turn based mode before any action that I thought would involve combat and stacking all my buffs up and then ending the turn so I'd go into battle with buffs at max length without having to give up a combat round to buff up
sonic pollen
damn, people weren't lying when they said monk was really good
i'm level 6 with punches doing 1d6+3d4+5 per hit
sly flare
Do you have tavern brawler yet? If so shouldnt that +5 be like +10?
sonic pollen
i haven't taken TB
stunning strike and open hand flurry of blows is putting in work
and one of the d4s is from colossus elixir
winged vapor
You can get the elixir to set your str to 20
So you keep your dex high for int and ac but str for strength
gloomy cloud
I've been continuing my save
and I just had a bug???? that I thought was incredibly funny
Karlach, he actually did the exact opposite
I don't know if you were listening
clear kestrel
The dialogue surrounding that choice does seem a bit buggy
bitter moon
Wyll's questline in act 3 just seems a bit buggy in general
||broke his contract, rescued Ravengard, he and Wyll reconciled, then got a dialogue from Wyll about his dad being dead (he's right there you doofus), did Wyrmway, got the dialogue about the Blade of Avernus decision which seemed a bit off, then went to camp, got the same dialogue again but now it flowed better because Ravengard was there||
||I think the triggers around like... breaking the contract, but then rescuing Ravengard anyway are just a bit broken, even though it's not that hard to bust him out even with Mizora in the way ||
clear kestrel
I think it's cos theres several distinct triggers for it that get confused somewhere in the back end
||gortash ceremony, the iron throne, gortash death, speaking to Mizora in the camp to change the deal||
Somewhere event trigger A has been set to event trigger A-1 by mistake
clear kestrel
Bye Wyll
austere hinge
Hell yeah
Bard hours
Sometimes I don't even cast friends because it feels rude to enchant some people
sonic pollen
doing the harper ambush. successfully kill the drider with a combo of stuns and AOE spells, including a wall of fire
immediately after the fight, a harper walks into the wall of fire
gloomy cloud
Sometimes I don't even cast friends because it feels rude to enchant some people
I didnt think of the implication and casted friends when I kissed Wyll
And my friend was watching me roll it and he went "Atwcat thats awful" and it took me a minute 😭
austere hinge
I cast it on Lae'zel to help convince her to get out of the brain blender
because I don't care if she's grompy afterwards her brain was getting scrambled
And it was like a DC30 to make her leave it
severe robin
Holy shit
Honour mode run, got to the Last Light
Started the fight
Turn one, [Act 2 Spoilers] ||three winged horrors walk up to Isobel, fail their saves against Lathander's light becoming blind, crit Isobel leaving her at 3 hit points on turn one||
severe robin
We did successfully save her tho
Sharpshooter Ranger kinda busted tbh
I have a minimum damage of like, 28
winged vapor
Anyone know what quests advance when you head to the mountain pass? Not passing into the next act just the ||monastery||
tacit sluice
The Grove stuff either fails or enters a timer
winged vapor
I thought that was untouched ? Seems like grove and karlach from what I can tell
austere hinge
I will bow to your knowledge, I thought the gnome would die at least
austere hinge
She's a nice gnome
winged vapor
Yup lol
soft tundra
so the bigs one are
- The Grove quest will fail/advance to its endstate (depends on if you killed goblin leaders)
- Waukeen's Rest will fail
- lots of sidequests in act 1 end due to the npcs being unavailable
merry wharf
Playing a resistant/good dark urge with terrible charisma has been a great experience
You gotta talk to people with either blunt honesty or the slight bump to intimidation you get
soft tundra
I love that good durge intimidation is largely just. Standing There. Menacingly. But likely internally just struggling to remember words due to your brain problems.
austere hinge
I am continuing on my adventures
and uh
carry capacity
Here we see Karlach preparing the carry the sun itself
I also have an important question: how good is this ring?
simple spire
Heat in general is okay, but it’s no lightning charges
winged vapor
Heat is cool if you use aoe fire
Because it adds it to the whole thing
So you can add up to 7 flat fire damage to a fireball
sonic pollen
yeah it's something to build around
austere hinge
Perhaps so. Right now I just have the insane carry weight of Karlach
Now to fill out that weight limit on Karlach and turn her into a giant and jump on someone to crush them
sonic pollen
Now to fill out that weight limit on Karlach and turn her into a giant and jump ...
iirc any items you are carrying doesn't actually affect your weight
it should just be size
austere hinge
Well I could still just get a massive bag full of weight and huck it at someone as hard as I can for damage
sonic pollen
yeah you can do that
safe jungle
massive bag full of grease bottles
and alchemist fire
and hand bombs
and runpowder barrel
austere hinge
"to whom it is concerned" written on the side
I think being a giant means you can throw heavier things too. I wonder with a carrying capacity like that and a giant potion what I could throw around
sonic pollen
why bother throwing spears or bombs when you can pick up and throw your enemies
austere hinge
or your allies!
sonic pollen
I wonder how Feather Fall interacts with throwing allies at people
could you kill Grym by throwing someone at him?
austere hinge
It says that it technically makes you immune to fall damage
so... you should just do damage to the person you land on
sonic pollen
i will try and remember to test on my next playthrough
austere hinge
I can try to test it myself sometime, how do you do damage usually anyway? Just jump on someone from above?
sonic pollen
normal jumping doesn't deal damage
soft tundra
could you kill Grym by throwing someone at him?
one of the OG exploits to kill him was to jump as an owlbear onto him
gravity hurts
sonic pollen
that still works as far as i know
using the Crushing Flight ability from the owlbear wildshape
severe robin
Part of Crushing Flight
sonic pollen
yeah
severe robin
Theoretically, you can do damage to someone by jumping and landing on them,
But you need to jump into an empty space, then have them move into that space before you land
limber shore
cw profanity | i found this really cool astarion amv i wanted to share with you all :o)
rich plover
lmao. instead of the second dream visitor scene, one of the people in my multiplayer group somehow got the dark urge Sceleritas scene. he's...he's not a dark urge character. Sceleritas butt dialed him, I guess?
soft tundra
"Youre not my Durge but eh, good enough. Go murder."
austere hinge
When you murder hobo so hard you get a complimentary durge dream
rich plover
one of the duergar hurled Scratch into lava. that's so cartoonishly evil, holy shit 😂
austere hinge
ooooff
broken pumice
"fuck this cat in particular"
austere hinge
dog but yes
severe robin
I have a question about [End of Act Two spoilers] ||Convincing Shadowheart to not kill Aylin.|| Is it a romance specific thing, or is it just a "Get high enough affinity" thing; If the latter, around what affinity do I need?
winged vapor
It’s just a check I believe
simple spire
You may not even need to ||convince her, you can trust her to make the right choice||
severe robin
The check is... I have +0 Charisma and no proficiency
severe robin
You may not even need to ||convince her, you can trust her to make the right cho...
Does that need Romance/Affinity?
We're also on Honour Mode, and I really don't want to fuck this up
simple spire
I don’t know if romance is required, but you certainly need high approval
The wiki might be able to tell you more
severe robin
Ty
severe robin
Okay, less serious question
Why are the Justicar corpses so fucking big?
They block line of sight???
simple spire
They drank milk to grow tall and get strong bones
neon junco
This is too cute for me not to share
winged vapor
I gotta say radiant orb light cleric is so nasty
bitter moon
Radiant Orb is very funny
winged vapor
The lance helm combo is something else
austere hinge
Okay so I'm in act 2
||I met a horrible monstrosity in a bar and had a drink with it, and it exploded.||
I almost felt bad for them but then I took their key and found the stuff in their back rooms and yeah.
Not sure they deserved that fate but they were not good people
storm sinew
the ||Thorms|| are a sad bunch
austere hinge
Yeah but I found the barrel
neon junco
Yea I like how act 2 mostly all the bosses you can avoid direct combat with skill checks and usually some prior knowledge
Unless you're just real lucky
The book lore nerd in me is vindicated
austere hinge
There's one dude and a horde of ||winged horrors|| that came at me by surprise
but I beat the ever loving shit out of them
white sleet
Yeah he does that
austere hinge
just to check, does anything time out down here in act 2? I don't want to fall asleep and wind up with ||Mol getting fucked over or the tieflings being killed or anything like that||
tacit sluice
You will get a prompt for the point of no return
austere hinge
I also ||met a weird not-ghost of a kid in a shack|| I have no idea what that is
sonic pollen
I also ||met a weird not-ghost of a kid in a shack|| I have no idea what that is
||do you have Halsin in your camp?||
austere hinge
Yes but he ||fucked off when I found the guy who was mumbling about a dude and now I need to go to the healer place? And he doesn't have an option to rejoin me||
austere hinge
I thought I'd get a hint from the fact they were going ||Oh he has lute calluses on his hands. So I was like "Oh I'll play a lute near him or try and give him a lute and the game was like "ahahaha no"||
tacit sluice
||You're close, but there's a missing piece to this puzzle||
austere hinge
Something from the place I need to go no doubt
sonic pollen
correct
austere hinge
||Also for all the Halsin "wow he's a party member" thing he really didn't have much to say for several story beats in act 1 then literally LEFT my camp in act 2. Like... dood||
tacit sluice
||He's not fully recruited yet||
austere hinge
If I can bear fuck him he's fully recruited
sonic pollen
||he becomes fully recruitable after you fully complete this questline||
tacit sluice
||You're close too, find the missing piece and all else should fall into place||
sonic pollen
this questline also has some fun combat sequences
austere hinge
Looking forward to it
so far I'm mucking around
I do actually wonder if I'm going to be able to apply my medical knowledge to the ||house of healing||. Since I for some reason chose to have expertise in medicine as a bard
sonic pollen
analog radish
RIP
sonic pollen
I underestimated ||the fight with W'Wargaz||
||managed to kill him but got fucked by the remaining githyanki||
time to try again!
analog radish
I'm presently debating whether to continue with my honour mode playthrough after ||completely fucking up at the Last Light Inn, getting every one of the NPCs killed, and screwing myself out of fixing Karlach's infernal engine||
Still winnable, but god damn it hurts.
golden grotto
I'm presently debating whether to continue with my honour mode playthrough after...
i did that on my first playthrough and i reloaded out of shame
||I find the trick is to not worry about the gargoyles but focus the guy who tries to go for Isobel||
||because if you kill him, isobel is fine||
austere hinge
||Just did that part and I am so glad I wandered around and got a load of armour before I went near Isobel, even then she got really hurt. Let me tell you I was happy to have battlemaster Lae'zel with Goading attack to take the heat off||
golden grotto
||battlemaster lae'zel with adamantine plate my beloved||
||especially if you then spec her into glaives||
austere hinge
that's my girl
She's currently using an icy quarter staff that doesn't do the biggest damage but still procs polearm master stuff
austere hinge
I think it's the quarter staff that you can get by assembling the icy metal components from those doods in the underdark
golden grotto
mourningfrost?
austere hinge
Yeah that's it
It procs the polearm stuff so you can beat people down but I don't think you have the extra reach
golden grotto
rad
austere hinge
||the dude arrived into the middle of lae'zel about to smash him into the floor with a frost quarterstaff, karlach with a newly fixed engine, and pact of the blade Wyll with Blood of Lathander. He was pummeled into the floor.||
I'm the little baby in the backline, lore bard. Full of skills and 1 (one) Lightning Bolt
Also Performance is a useful skill. Specially when a bard, but that's not too surprising.
austere hinge
Ah shoot I just bought that I should put it on her
But also fuck it's a really good staff
soft tundra
Karlach and the flaming greatsword are a match made in heaven for me, until i start getting some +1/+2 greatswords
severe robin
||because if you kill him, isobel is fine||
||Isobel|| can still get fucked over by just bad luck. In our Honour Mode playthrough she got crit through disadvantage, failed her save against paralyze, and spent the rest of the fight on 4 health
Is it possible to Sanctuary her, or does her AI decide to immediately break it by running up to someone and punching them?
winged vapor
Damm the crèche is rough at tactician at level 5
austere hinge
Oof yeah I went there after clearing out the underdark of quests
The creche is pretty mean cause I feel like there's not a huge amount of ways to get experience
sonic pollen
tbh I just wanted to do the creche first bc I didn't want to piss of Lae'Zel
austere hinge
All I do is piss off Lae'zel
And I'm trying to date her
but you can clear out the whole of underdark and main area then go to the creche and it won't be too rough
At least from my experience
It does mean that you technically clear a whole area where you can much easier explore the act 2 area then go back on yourself, but you do get the an instrument that helps if you do that.
sonic pollen
yeah that sounds like a good plan
austere hinge
Putting Lae'zel in the brain jiggler also has a chance to cause a debuff, a very good one. I only just avoided it with an expertise in persuasion.
simple spire
Honestly good for them
safe jungle
Unfortunate but maybe for the best
golden grotto
https://fxtwitter.com/Wario64/status/1770879624848834995
larian is so fucking awesome holy shit
i kneel...
neon junco
I want divinity original sin 3
rich plover
DOS3: This Time it's a Dating Sim
frigid oxide
I am now vividly hallucinating a ravenloft videogame in the style of BG or NWN
Please tell me it won't happen
severe robin
yes
proven forum
FWIW I get the sense that this is more of a WOTC fuck up than Larian not wanting to produce more
That said, maybe they can make an incredible divinity 3 now!
clear kestrel
Tbf larian already has their own fantasy IP
And from a money perspective, imagine BG3 popularity from an IP you entirely own
You can sell the crap out of it with merch and the like
Anything they sell next will have massive hype for free
Like imagine the hype train for "the next BG3"
And their reputation is golden
From a cynical point of view, now is the time to cash in on all that
(Now as in their next project)
They basically have a free best seller button even if it's a bad game
severe robin
Ok but I hope they make a good game
simple spire
I mean they could also leverage their popularity to work on some other IP they think is fun
Who's gonna say no?
simple spire
Let Larian make a Pokemon game you cowards
austere hinge
Larian style Mystery Dungeon
simple spire
Larian makes the next Etrian Odyssey Untold
safe jungle
Latina studio version of mass effect
neon junco
Larian studio yugioh duel capsule monster
gloomy cloud
Larian Studio minecraft
frigid oxide
Allow yourself to be taken by the fey mood
(Tony spends several years learning game dev just to make one game only he wants to see)
simple spire
No Tony Crab
neon junco
Only tangentially related by laezels VA discovers ranch and how good it is
I now imagine Laezel trying to find where ranch comes from for her creche
"chk, tell me where the hidden valley is istik and I may show you mercy"
soft tundra
gotta introduce Lae'zel to dipping things in ranch
simple spire
Lae’zel squirting mustard directly into her mouth
gloomy cloud
nah she puts it into a bowl and eats it
simple spire
… I feel like I just stumbled on someone’s fetish
gloomy cloud
like soup
or... like cream???? idk how you would describe the consistency of mustard
golden grotto
"chk, tell me where the hidden valley is istik and I may show you mercy"
lae'zel asking veronica where the brotherhood bunker is in fallout new vegas:
soft tundra
that got a sensible chuckle from me
neat plume
gloomy cloud
"After that, though, the future of Astarion, Karlach, and the rest of Baldur's Gate 3's now-beloved characters will be in the hands of Wizards of the Coast."
simple spire
Good for them
simple spire
Nah they cancelled a DLC because they weren’t having fun with it
Or so they claim
I’m inclined to believe them
tacit sluice
Could be they're trying to maintain an amicable relation with WotC or Hasbro in case they cross paths again in the future
Burning bridges makes for bad business when the party on the other side is considerably bigger than yourself
Not that I'd blame them if that were the case, I imagine I'd do the same in that position
clear kestrel
It wouldn't surprise me if the team felt burnt out after a project like that, and didn't want to go beyond to try and top what they did
That's not even like a work condition thing, just a big project thing
tacit sluice
True
gloomy cloud
They were starting work on a DLC and no one was super into it
They felt like the DLC was being made just because bg3 was a hit
severe robin
On one hand, I am kind of sad that we won't be getting like, any new classes or anything
On the other, I am ecstatic to hear that like, they're doing what they want, and are avoiding burnout and stuff
storm sinew
TBH the only thing I'd really want from Larian would be any cut content making its way in, but if it's already made and just needs to be implemented
WOTC could maybe do that and not fuck up
sly flare
bg3 is already so big it doesnt need more stuff in it
and Larian moving onto other is exciting, although it's a shame WOTC is gonna have the characters
clear kestrel
Did Larian talk about mod support at some point?
If so, that'd be great to wrap up, although the modding scene isn't doing badly atm
bitter moon
yeah, they're working on mod support
austere hinge
Knowing some of the mods I've seen, a healthy mod support on the way out is as good as any DLC, but basically for free
gloomy cloud
and less creative stress on the side of the devs
soft tundra
it fosters goodwill with your community, too
golden grotto
austere hinge
In act 2 ||I was wandering around the sunken town, it's pretty cool, and I came across the bridge area where gith teleport in to attack you. I decided to go up the side so I can fight on the bridge. The two down below used misty step up to the main fight... which was a bad idea because I hit one with my axe as raging Karlach, then threw that guy off the bridge onto the floor, then threw the SECOND one off the bridge onto the FIRST one. They were not in a good place.||
golden grotto
||that was a tough fight for me damn||
austere hinge
It was still pretty tough for me, ||but damn if it didn't feel good to have Karlach go "Get off my bridge" and throw them off.||
I also got a really cool hat, the helmet of arcane acuity
It basically increases your spellcasting DC and to hit after you've landed weapon attacks. So as a lore bard with duel wielded hand crossbows I potshot some enemies in the distance to land some attacks, and each successful hit gives you 2 stacks
and then I use spiritual weapon to summon my spiritual weapon in the fray, which uses my spell attack for it's attack, so it becomes a monster of a summon just floating around
sonic pollen
In act 2 ||I was wandering around the sunken town, it's pretty cool, and I came ...
fun fact! ||Ch'r'ai Tska'an, the main Githyanki in this fight, is an Undead Warlock. This annoys me. I want to be an undead warlock.||
austere hinge
||I noticed they were a warlock when they started casting warlock spell thingies at me. Didn't know they were an undead one though. She didn't have a good time because I had Quoth on her blinding her again and again while Karlach chewed through the enemies straight towards them.||
sonic pollen
||She uses the Form of Dread ability, which is unique to Undead Warlocks||
austere hinge
Yeah what does that do? I didn't get a chance to really look
sonic pollen
don't remember what it does exactly in game, but in 5e it ||gives temp hp, gives immunity to Frightened, causes enemies you hit to be frightened on a failed save, and gives some bonus necrotic damage||
nvm, found what it does in game
||its the same as the tabletop version, but without the extra damage||
austere hinge
Ahhh
Even funnier
||Karlach is immune to frighten while she's raging in frenzy mode, so it literally didn't matter other than the temp HP||
austere hinge
There might be a mod out there
sonic pollen
probably, but I'm waiting until I complete honour mode to properly mess around with mods
or when mod support gets fully integrated, whichever comes first
safe jungle
I had karlach throw them all down to the ground
And then cast hunger of hadar on them all
golden grotto
karlach warlock… cursed…
soft tundra
Yeah im waiting for official mod support just to help safeguard my saves
broken pumice
karlach warlock… cursed…
karlock
safe jungle
Karlach fiendlock
broken pumice
demon^2
sonic pollen
Karlach fiendlock
The least lore accurate class option
sonic pollen
my current game is in honour mode, but the menu says tactician.
i am concerned that i will not get the dice
help please
i would like to know if i need to restart or not
gloomy cloud
It will say that
The actual difficulty of the enemies is tactician
Honour is an addition ontop of that
sonic pollen
I think I accidentally found an inconsistent strategy for the ||Auntie Ethel|| fight in act 1
||I initiated combat in the teahouse with a sneak attack, and on her turn she moved onto the balcony for some reason. I think the balcony is too far away from the hidden stairs, bc for some reason when I got her to low health she didn't try and run away when it got to her turn, even without stuns.||
simple spire
It's entirely possible to ||kill her before she gets downstairs, with some luck. The main thing is that you miss out on the hair.||
sonic pollen
tbh I can never remember ||that getting the hag hair is an option. I normally either kill her before she gets into her lair or she dies before the dialogue triggers||
my current plan for the playthrough is simply to ||make it to act 3, do the minimum necessary to get to level 12, then let Gale skip the brain fight for me||
tacit sluice
Oh BTW if you ||do the dialogue to make Gale explode himself can he be rezzed later by like that scroll if you didn't use it or Whithers for like a nominal fee for the epilogue or something?||
sonic pollen
i will make sure to check if when i get there
clear kestrel
Oh BTW if you ||do the dialogue to make Gale explode himself can he be rezzed la...
I think ||Gale explosions are permanent||
storm sinew
yeah there's no undoing that
tacit sluice
Okay, but then can you ||give the Orphic Hammer to the Gith you're helping so they can free Orpheus after you beat the Netherbrain?||
tacit sluice
Just trying to figure out if I can finangle certain things to happen after the final boss so I don't screw certain people over
austere hinge
In act 2 ||I walked ass backwards through the healers morgue into the horrible death pit and almost got bodied by the slimes and the animated armour||
||wish I could have learned a spell to make animated armour though||
sly flare
||the first time I got to that fight. It was with just one character disconnected from the rest of the party. Extremely annoying you can't do anything to alpha strike any of those enemies||
arctic moat
extremely important question are there any dyes that can make boots and gloves work with the adamantine armor + shield?
the lack of drip cohesion is killing me
sonic pollen
Honour mode attempt 3 has failed.
Got killed in Act 1 by ||the Nere fight in Grymforge. Wasn't able to get Elder Brithvar on my side for the fight, and got fucked over by the mind mastery/coercion effects. Astarion got thrown into the lava, and Gale got knocked out before he got to take an action.||
to be honest, I don't know why ||I couldn't talk to Brithvar. He just kept repeating the 'private conversation' line||
time to try again!
severe robin
Honour mode attempt 3 has failed.
Got killed in Act 1 by ||the Nere fight in Gr...
A thing I like to do is, if you can't ||get him on your side, just kill them all before freeing Nere||
austere hinge
Eyyyy
Welcome to the club
Halfling bard hours, aka I'm throwing a monkey wrench at this problem
Any thoughts on your subclass?
austere hinge
I am loving lore
Lets me steal other peeps spells
But if you aren't going with a bladelock in the party a sword bard is a lovely middle ground fighter
Lore bard cutting words also lets you go "fuck your roll I say you fail"
Also the bard power song of rest is super useful. A free short rest is nothing to sneeze at.
austere hinge
It is a while in, but when you can take other spells from other classes, Spirit Weapon from Cleric is amazing. Second level spell free summon.
sonic pollen
lore bard tav, wyll bladelock, shart light cleric, and lae'zel battlemaster fight feels like a solid party
austere hinge
Lore bards are definitely back liners though.
Yeah I have that, but frenzied Karlach instead of shart
It's good to have a decent astarion too because sometimes you need to slice some throats
Like on sleeping goblins
austere hinge
Wyll and he do a bit of switching between depending on the situation
In mine
"Don't look wyll, astarion is going to work"
austere hinge
A bit of advice, bards have special performance rolls a decent amount as special dialogue choices
sonic pollen
i am aware, yes
i am prepared to rizz talk my way out of as many combats as possible
austere hinge
Just cause they get expertise you gotta assign
I went with persuade and medicine and I'm not getting much use out of medicine
I've done it like twice so far
sonic pollen
pursuasion + performance feel like solid options
austere hinge
Yeah, BUT you can get the friends cantrip for persuasion checks, so deception is also an idea
sonic pollen
tbh I'm not sure I want to risk using friends
austere hinge
Yeah I know what you mean
I used it with laezel to get her out of the brain scrambler
Because she can be mad at me later, her brain was being scrombled
I wouldn't have passed that without expertise in it though I'll admit
sonic pollen
i almost never pass that check
storm sinew
I scummed the fuck out of that one
gloomy cloud
Bard is the best class in bg3
I say this because it's my first
But college of swords bard is great
bitter moon
it kinda unironically is, I think? that or Warlock. Dex gives you extra AC, lets you lockpick/disarm freeing up the thief slot, and you can fight alright (especially with some of the Act 3 stuff...), and Charisma is pretty good as the spellcasting stat because your lead character always defaults to being the "face"
if nothing else, it's really good for a first run
Bard is just a great "protagonist class"
winged vapor
Barbarian gets the best RP lies, no one will change my mind lol
sonic pollen
Paladin is a good contender
"Your god or my oath"
austere hinge
I say this because it's my first
🤝
Though my first is a Lore bard,
I think most classes have cool speech options I'm just loving bards
one of my favourite moments is that when Gale is showing you about the weave you get the option to do his words but grander and bigger
rich plover
I've been playing Swords bard in 4p multiplayer, which is strong but kind of boring. The magic arrows are nice, but I still end up feeling like all of my turns are Just Shoot Someone
I keep thinking about respeccing into Lore, but I don't have very good gear for it. How good is a wizard 1 dip if you don't metagame for the headband of intellect?
simple spire
Honestly even if you do it’s not amazing
Memorized spell count is real low
Obviously you can change them Fight to fight
But it’s a hassle
rich plover
aw, bummer. Maybe if there were more ritual spells...
austere hinge
My current outfit for a lore bard is the helmet of arcane acuity, wondrous gloves, boots of aid (those are probably getting out of use by now), and padded armour +2
I get by well
I think I've got a disengage cloak that lets me drop a smoke cloud on the way out but I don't have many cloak options and the armour one I have is on Lae'zel because she's terrifying nad I love her
My melee weapons are a club of hill giant strength (to give me a massive stat in strength for skills and jumping like a lunatic) and a dagger on the off hand
And two handcrossbows to ping at range
soft tundra
I keep thinking about respeccing into Lore, but I don't have very good gear for ...
You can pick up a familiar, magic missile and shield, but you can also get those from items/etc. 2 wiz for divination/abjuration might be more worth it?
rich plover
actually, what are some good buffs for a monk? my friend feels like her damage and survivability are both lagging. if I'm respeccing my bard I should pick up more buffs. (and since we're just starting act 2, probably pick up some kind of radiant damage)
austere hinge
I got the stinking cloud spell but I'm not sure how good that actually is
Debuffing the enemies rather than buffing allies
You can have the heroism spell which gives free hp per turn
Bane for the enemy
tacit sluice
Remind me can you detonate that spell with fire?
austere hinge
Second level spells are like
Invisibility and enhance ability and lesser restoration
Debuffs are crown of madness and hold person, heat metal can make someone take damage and drop a weapon
Third level bard spells are stinking cloud to stop people taking actions while poisoned, feign death would let you put your monk ally to fake death to protect them if they're in a bad spot
Hypnotic pattern can distract a whole group
Then level 6 of lore bard lets you get spells from other classes
Oh you could get "crusaders mantle" as a spell at that level if you want to enchant your ally to do radiant damage.
But you can also get revivify or spirit weapon
arctic moat
Paladin is a good contender
"Your god or my oath"
it's so fun every time
sonic pollen
already tried, no dice
the save date is also incorrect
on the bright side, if there is no salvaging this, i had only just gotten to the grove
sonic pollen
yeah i think it's gone
charred niche
Ogh that's rough but yeah didn't happen in act 3 at least
Can you manual backup the files for the next run?
austere hinge
The halfling bard had the best of ideas and left
gloomy cloud
Thinking of starting an honour mode save but also really want to finish the game first
sonic pollen
do your first ending in honour mode
