#Baldur's Gate
night oracle
desert dove
That's one nice set of armor for Shadowheart. Pity no one can wear the ||Grymskull Helm||. Now to find another bit of MIthril ore and figure out what to make with it.
sweet moat
That's the one major flaw with BG3's party members: the only two people who can wear the Grymskull Helm (or heavy armor in general) are evil (Lae'Zel and Minthara). Most of the time players aren't gonna be doing an evil playthrough so most of them won't use Lae'zel or even realize that Minthara is a recruitable character, so you're left with the two options of maybe creating a paladin or fighter right at the start that can use the helmet, or tossing it to the nearest merchant for gold.
desert dove
Oh god, if the wiki is correct, Shadowheart is about to become a tank.
Adamantine Chain: When a melee attack hits you, the attacker is sent Reeling for two turns.
Adamantine Shield: When a melee attack misses you, the attecker is sent Reeling for two turns.
sweet moat
I'd give the shield to someone else (Wyll was my option) and give her the adamantine scale mail.
desert dove
She isn't specced for heavy armor.
desert dove
Oh I was thinking of Splint. Yeah, she's got Scale
eternal hawk
If you cheat and read the golem's character sheet it takes double damage from blunt weapons.
desert dove
Yeah, I wound up giving Karlach a +1 Warhammer for the fight.
eternal hawk
That's the one major flaw with BG3's party members: the only two people who can ...
They factor in people might respec the origin characters. They have custom voice lines for every class.
night oracle
The Shadowtank is Real
desert dove
That's the one major flaw with BG3's party members: the only two people who can ...
There's a few other ways to get Heavy armor. Clerics can spec into War or Tempest domains. Rangers can pick the Ranger Knight "Favored Enemy" to get Heavy Armor.
sweet moat
It's still stuff that newcomers to D&D won't know about and won't be looking for.
desert dove
Fair.
sweet moat
I just wish that there was at least one good-aligned fighter or paladin in the party that doesn't have to be you.
I don't care if Lae'zel has a redemption arc, I'm not taking her with my team. And Minthara and her cult can buzz off.
eternal hawk
Lae'zel is good-aligned if you compare her to the rest of her race.
sweet moat
Nah, she's neutral compared to the rest of her race.
desert dove
She starts out a total asshole, but I understand you can gradually move her more towards good over time.
sweet moat
Good is stretching it veeeeeeeeeeeeery far.
night oracle
If you cheat and read the golem's character sheet it takes double damage from bl...
How is that cheating? 
I pretty much checked everything so i know what weapon to make Karlach use, lol
desert dove
I'm ignoring her for this playthrough, but I'll focus on her my next character.
night oracle
(she had like, uh, 8? in her bags)
desert dove
Karlach is my mule, so she carries all the heavy shit. 
eternal hawk
It depends, in tabletop a player checking a stat sheet would be cheating.
sweet moat
Yes, but this isn't tabletop, it's a video game. You have to accept a few things that wouldn't normally be acceptable in tabletop.
night oracle
Karlach is my mule, so she carries all the heavy shit. <:rdwut:39972507420406580...
I had her carry like 8 2 handed weapons, just tos wap out depending on the situation. Skellies? HAMMER TIME. Something needed slashing? Sword! Etc etc
Though I think two of them saw more use than anything else 
heavy hound
In tabletop you would have int rolls to see how much your character knows of the weaknesses of a given enemy so it's not necessarily all info you wouldn't have access to
night oracle
||Sussur greatsword and adamantite sword||
eternal hawk
And probably more feedback from the DM when your sword bounces off the golem.
heavy hound
True
eternal hawk
Even thought it's a video game it is still very close to the tabletop experience, it is really how far you're going to take it.
You could for example, min/max to the extreme because its a game or instead stick to a character concept.
In regards to something like the golem there is meta knowledge, something you as a player knows, and character knowledge, something your character knows.
If you're reading the documents around the forge your characters should know blunt weaponry is its weakness. Otherwise your character might just hit it with what they have.
Or you as a player can look up the stat sheet.
desert dove
Had to pull up the wiki to see what I'm missing in the Underdark, there's a whole southern area I need to visit.
Apparently I never found the Shield mold, so I'll just get a new Longsword for Wyll.
night oracle
it's a 2h
desert dove
Versatile, so it can be 1H or 2H. But Karlach's already got a nice sword, so Wyll gets it.
night oracle
Yeah but make sure you read it :X it has some reaaaaaally nice stuff that I used a lot for Karlach
desert dove
Eh. Ignores Resistance to Slashing, and always Crits when hitting an object. Not that great.
night oracle
Resist to slashing is more common* than you'd think! And in the hands of a heavy hitter, getting higher 2h slash damage is nice
desert dove
Fair.
night oracle
Also I did destroy several medium toughness doors/gates with her thanks to that 
desert dove
Oh, just found the Drow blade. Hm. Might give that to Wyll and have Karlach take the Adamantine Longsword then.
night oracle
(mind you it had to be a high rolled crit, but...)
That's also a nice one
There's another really nice sword that is obtained via something in the underdark too but there's more to it to get it. Chapter 1 stuff
eternal hawk
Shield mold is really well hidden. I don't fault anyone for missing it.
desert dove
Well that's annoying. I've been refusing to use tadpoles this playthrough, or even use the power dialogue options, because I thought that might affect the ending. Turns out, it only affects one choice partway through the game.
glossy palm
desert dove
Some astute players might have figured out the cause, though. A player named Agamemnon155 points out that patch 3's notes say that "Alchemy Pouches, Camp Supply Sacks, and Keychains will now show up in the Trade UI and won't be highlighted as story items." It seems that change hasn't quite taken on pre-patch 3 saves, though, meaning a lot of players are still rolling around with those things marked as story items.
Ah, that explains why it was hitting me.
sweet moat
||https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/16s2gq2/no_creds_for_finishing_...
I'm still not gonna use them, simply because from a narrative standpoint it doesn't really make much sense.
desert dove
At least for this playthrough, I won't touch them. My Good!Durge playthrough will use them, but still refrain from doing awful things. My Evil!Durge (whenever I get to that) will probably fully embrace the squid.
sweet moat
I've been hearing that most people who play Durge still refuse to be evil, even though it's supposed to be the "evil" playthrough. And I've also been hearing that most people who start evil playthroughs inevitably choose to stop being evil partway through Act 1 because they feel ashamed and horrified over their actions.
Leave it to Larian to make the evil narrative so realistic that it forces you to feel empathy, guilt, and anguish over killing innocent NPCs.
glass veldt
I have the same problem with playing dark side in Mass Effect or Knights of the Old Republic.
“Alright let’s do a dark side run”
5 minutes later
“I don’t want to hurt your feelings I’m sorry aaaaa ;A;”
night oracle
Biggest downside of an evil playthrough: Karlach is too much of a good girl ;_;
sweet moat
Yeah, you basically have to kill her and Wyll or at least chase them away to be truly evil.
desert dove
Yeah, that's the issue.
night oracle
desert dove
I've been planning out my Durge run, and settled on a Drow for the extra dialogue options that would open up. Been waffling back and forth on class, and I think I may do a female Dual-Wield Ranger.
Then I realized I basically created Rule 63 Drizzt.
quick bobcat
masque, how many times have you restarted the game at this point
desert dove
Only once! I don't count the Fighter I rolled just to kill the demon commander in the nautiloid for that achievement.
I've made a fuckton of characters though, just for the fun of it. None of them made it past getting out of the pod, though.
I've been focused on my Sorcerer, I've almost got her done with the Underdark, debating whether I want to take her to the creche or just go straight on to Act II.
quick bobcat
oic, it just sounded like you kept restarting the game with new characters 
you really like that character creator huh?
desert dove
I've been obsessed with making new RPG characters since D&D 2e.
There's just something satisfying about making new characters.
desert dove
Yeah, I'm not a multiclassing fan, but it's a way to really optimize your build.
weak cedar
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sweet moat
This is a wonderful art style, gotta admit
night oracle
They have another BG3 art a ways back but a tad too saucy
quick bobcat
sweet moat
Oh man, that flute addition at the one minute mark goes HARD. I love this
Man, Larian is so good.
I hope they never get bought and neutered by any megacorp.
They deserve to be their own RPG powerhouse in the industry
night oracle
eternal hawk
They did the whole kickstart thing to get away from the publishers, not sure they'd want to jump back in with any of em.
night oracle
And apparently DOS2's success was big enough to finance BG3, so one can imagine BG3's insane success will help a lot
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Oh hey, I didn't realize. Lohse (from D:OS2)'s voice actress was back in BG3
....as ||Mizora ||
sweet moat
I think all of the D:OS 2 VAs were back in BG3. Pretty sure I heard the Red Prince and Fane at least a few times with slightly different accents.
night oracle
sweet moat
I love the "Asterion's f*ckin' dead" pose
And yeah, all the girls are the strong ones in the group
night oracle
Shadowheart, AC 20+! And the two melee juggernauts 😄
wild arch
Astarion is only strong when it comes to neck kissies
night oracle
So while working, i've been listening to the BG3 soundtrack and it's definitely very strong. I think the problem with it in the game itself is that you're so focused on the story and/or the fights and exploring that it just goes to background level
But on its own, it's 
eternal hawk
I have managed to prevent Karlach from leaving after killing the druids.
eternal hawk
If you knock her out in camp before the raid then wake her up after the party.
quick bobcat
night oracle
eternal hawk
She does get mad about the knocking out part so get some approvals with her before trying it.
night oracle
eternal hawk
Also Karlach seems to really hate Withers, if you try to have her jump into the abyss she gets mad if you use Withers to bring her back.
night oracle
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Karlach I kinda expected, but Gale's
Now I am curious on what happens if he bites ||Mizora||
sweet moat
So they're literally just a bunch of murder hobos
night oracle
halfling murder hobos.
quick bobcat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-8xdY3g-Cs
Funniest shit I ever seen
Half of the things they did in the video had me exclaiming out loud "you can do that???"
night oracle
I never even saw the ||fishman zone||
sweet moat
That's because it's very well-hidden (and, ngl, the rewards you get for clearing it aren't that great).
Didn't know that you could kill the bad guy without having to kill the fishmen though
I tried to negotiate, but they all just attacked me
night oracle
oh jeez, someone compiled a list of things that have the most disapproval points in the game
Stuff like denying a companion a major plot thing for their personal quest, later in the game, gets -30 or so
....There's a -100.
I will leave you to guess what that is
Also, just found:
For comparison, a -20 is (act 3 spoilers) ||-20 Gale: Get the book about the Crown of Karsus and tell Gale he can't look at it.||
quick bobcat
I can't even force myself to do mean things to companions
Or friendly npcs in general
night oracle
I will probably be a murder hobo on the Durge playthrough
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weak cedar
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desert dove
wild arch
Neil was being too horny
night oracle
I mean, isn't that Astarion 24/7?
wild arch
Yes and now we know they were holding back
night oracle
sweet moat
Forgive me mods, but this is too hilarious to not post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UyAt2SZ5vc
weak cedar
desert dove
They tend to break at random.
weak cedar
Ah right.
night oracle
sweet moat
Name changing is cool. And customizing hirelings is great.
Wait what?
You can now use the Magic Mirror on hirelings.
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! This was what I wanted! Completely custom hirelings! The Kutter Krew is back, baby!
Bah, not "completely" custom, since you still can't change their race and body type, but I guess I can work around that.
night oracle
sweet moat
They really should add bags of holding, which can just increase carrying capacity. That's how the Pathfinder games do it, and it works so well.
night oracle
I did nab wrath of righteous for 12$ a few days ago
sweet moat
Damn, I paid $30 for my copy of it.
night oracle
sweet moat
It was still a sale, just more like -40% instead of -70%
night oracle
oh it's still on
sweet moat
It's a great game. Not quite as detailed or graphically amazing as BG3 or D:OS 2, but it fixed a lot of the issues I had with Kingmaker, the story is excellent, the gameplay is fun af, and the companions are an absolute joy to be around.
There's literally even a Fluttershy-esque Elf in the game who absolutely adores you if you do good things, especially with children.
Same style of voice, even.
I will say though, its character customization is...lacking. I really don't like how any of the faces or hairstyles look.
night oracle
sweet moat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tid1GjEegak
"Hi I'm Shadowheart, and I'm gonna be your waifu, but you can't sleep with me until act threeeeeeeeee!" gets yeeted to the camp
And his Asterion speech is "Smash smash smash smaaaash~"
night oracle
I mean, 100% accuracy right there
wild arch
yeah that's pretty on point
and tbf Astarion knows how to work his voice talent, everytime I talk to the bastard I get weak
night oracle
tame thistle
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weak cedar
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desert dove
@weak cedar Ehhh. Turns out that comes from a rather questionable meme subReddit with... some fairly bad "jokes". I'm not comfortable with it.
weak cedar
<@279214502501941248> Ehhh. Turns out that comes from a rather questionable meme...
Oh right it does?
desert dove
yeeeeah.
desert dove
S'okay. I was a bit concerned and looked at the Twitter, and he credited that subReddit and... it's full of jokes that I can't tell if they're self-deprecating or just anti-Slav.
weak cedar
I just thought it was baldurs but thanks for letting me know what it was
desert dove
weak cedar
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<:RDSalute:638405053388029952>
Have you completed the game yet?
desert dove
No, I haven't had the focus to continue.
weak cedar
No, I haven't had the focus to continue.
Ah. Hope you manage to get back to it soon.
night oracle
Please do, I have so many act 3 videos to share!
weak cedar
Please do, I have so many act 3 videos to share! <:rdwut:399725074204065802>
What kind?
night oracle
Well mostly stuff from articles, weird or silly things people find
weak cedar
desert dove
This is too weeb for me to get it. 
night oracle
An old manga by the same creator as Azumanga Daioh. Yotsuba is the young girl, the middle guy is her dad, big guy is Jumbo. And the BG3 thing just recreates it, though I don't think Lae'zel is happy
desert dove
Ahh
night oracle
Pardon the meme but I found this in the comments of that gif and there has never been anything more accurate, ever
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desert dove
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100% accurate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwd5EWi1yNw oh wow, they even went so far as to record 4 different "rage" sounds for characters and companions
And apparently 5 for Karlach
desert dove
Yeah, I noticed her sound would be different from time to time.
... oh god, I want to hear Astarion rage now.
sweet moat
Ngl, the rage sounds are AWESOME, whether they be yours or the enemy's.
And yeah, Shadowheart's rages are amazing
night oracle
I think the more I watch and listen to all this stuff - not to say some performances are bad, they aren't, but especially for the voice/audio part of things, Shadowheart's VA seems to put her soul into a lot of this
heavy hound
Gale sounds like he stubbed his toe on the bedside table real hard
Except D, D sounds convincing
night oracle
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||https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HZBgFbUSj2I|| act 3 stuff
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desert dove
Okay, this tempts me into a Lae'zel playthrough. Whenever I actually finish the first playthrough.
night oracle
I wish they chose the other option. "Are you.... attracted to these cats?"
kindred talon
I really need to finish my playthrough tbh
desert dove
same. I just haven't felt like focusing on it lately, with everything else
kindred talon
I kind of lost interest after that fuck up session and haven't really gone back
night oracle
act 2 minor spoilers stuff https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DUKr3m_68L0
Though the comments are a gem
night oracle
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“They’re basically astral space spartans,” said another popular comment. “The ones that aren’t OP wouldn’t survive the Githyanki lifestyle long enough for you to meet them.”````Yeah, I've noticed that for a while now. Gith are insane, and apparently there's tons of good stuff for them.
night oracle
And monks are pretty insane too. So purely by luck, i managed to choose the most interesting combo for my first playthrough
desert dove
And monks are pretty insane too. So purely by luck, i managed to choose the most...
Which is odd, because Monks in regular D&D 5e suck.
night oracle
But yeah, I went Gith Monk and romanced Lae'zel
She's definitely abrasive as hell but I really quite enjoyed her story arc, especially since there was the fellow gith affinity
sweet moat
Which is odd, because Monks in regular D&D 5e suck.
Hilariously, the monk player we have in Flitter's Curse of Strahd group is one of the party's best fighters, coming in clutch many times.
heavy hound
In BG monks have a ton of good items tailored to them which gives them a big edge.
sweet moat
YESSSSSSSSS!!! Finally! The King of Bards has returned! :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Ucd0vd5Cc
glass veldt
Oh hey, MiracleOfSound still does stuff. Awesome
sweet moat
He certainly does, he's just slowed down a bit to focus more on personal life and also making each and every one of his songs higher quality. Also he doesn't want to chase trends, but rather create songs for stuff that he enjoys.
quick bobcat
I'm curious, what kind of frame rates do you guys get in act 3 and what gpu?
I got a 4080 and can still barely hit 80 fps in act 3
night oracle
3070, didn't track it but was generally fine. I think when there was a lot of gas or something it could at times briefly drop
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sweet moat
O.o
desert dove
Yup, a 1 is always a crit fail in this game.
night oracle
It's just adding insult to injury with the difficulty class
desert dove
I find it funny there's a DC 2 roll in the Nautiloid at the beginning of the game, just to have a "You can only fuck this up if you're really unlucky" roll.
night oracle
desert dove
desert dove
There was a YouTube video recently where a party was 4 Wizards and 1 Artificer, where the narrator mentioned they basically had to rest after every combat counter.
(Tabletop D&D, not BG3, but still)
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sweet moat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfO3xQK-eXg
Carbot once again continues to never miss.
night oracle
It's a skill, distilling the pure essence that everyone experiences to just a few hilarious minutes
sweet moat
night oracle
sweet moat
Ngl, I'm really not liking the "satire" that South Park puts out these days.
desert dove
South Park hasn't ever really been satire. It's punching down at whatever Parker & Stone dislike at that moment.
desert dove
desert dove
Had to restart Steam to see it
quick bobcat
Well I finally finished the game
It was an incredible adventure
Definitely one of my favorite games of all time
701 saves is how many it took me
What about you guys?
... and now I have a massive urge to start again and try new story paths and character builds 
But another playthrough is gonna take waaaay too long 
desert dove
I've still not made it out of Act 1. I keep getting distracted / depressed and not playing.
night oracle
I'd have to reinstall it to check my quantity of saves
sweet moat
HYPE! 
night oracle
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desert dove
Oh shit
desert dove
Not that I'm aware of.
weak cedar
Not that I'm aware of.
Will you be trying it
desert dove
Definitely not
heavy hound
The interesting part, is that it will be a bit closer to original D&D as for the vibe
Since you don't have a reload if your whole party die, the only recourse is stop being friend with the DM forever
Joking aside I don't think it'll take that long, there are a lot of very broken builds you can employ if you really want to play super safe
weak cedar
desert dove
Nice!
weak cedar
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sweet moat
"Let me ask you a question...what is wrong with Marvel Phase 4?" 
Technically we're in Phase 5 now as of Ant-Man, but close enough
sweet moat
Holy crap, what?
Rest in peace, legend. The opening cinematic to BG3 was insane and almost movie quality.
quick bobcat
night oracle
https://youtu.be/0ehR5HjTu70
Glorious
desert dove
Every once in a while, Reddit makes me laugh out loud
sweet moat
This is the Reddit version of "Wow, still here Homer? You really are slow."
weak cedar
https://fxtwitter.com/wario64/status/1725201769834353012? @desert dove
eternal hawk
Should have included a little 5e players guide with it.
heavy hound
That is very true
tame thistle
https://fxtwitter.com/wario64/status/1725201769834353012? <@129646994053398528>
I want this but my pc wont have a disk drive
desert dove
Sadly tehre's nothing in the box I really want.
weak cedar
I want this but my pc wont have a disk drive<:trixiesad:739809281028915268>
Would it not run by connecting a disk drive to one of the USB ports?
desert dove
That involves owning a disc drive.
weak cedar
Ah yeah.
night oracle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QdzRcsyPY4 with a thumbnail like this, if I don't hear the Careless Whisper saxophone at some point, i'll be greatly disappointed, Carbot
desert dove
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glossy palm
I think he likes horns
quick bobcat
Is Pathfinder: Path of the Righteous worth for someone who loves all of Larian's games?
sweet moat
I'd say yes. It does a lot of things right, and I'd even say it does a few things (a few) better than Baldur's Gate 3 (it's got a MUCH better inventory system, for example, as well as much better party interactions and party organization). Also, since it's Pathfinder, you have a TON more options for class customization. Like, it's not even funny how many more classes and subclasses you have access to, with almost all of them having completely different styles of play.
The only things I'll personally knock it down for are its timed quests (which often go by so quickly that you can't keep up due to low levels), and its...less than stellar avatar customization. You aren't given many choices in how you look, and most of the time you can't even see a lot of the little details at all unless you zoom in really close.
I will say though, you should read up on how Pathfinder plays first before you get the game. It's a fair bit different from Baldur's Gate 3. You still roll dice for certain things, and there are skill challenges that have DCs to pass, but there's also a lot more mechanics involved in dealing and receiving damage, and armor is also a fair bit different from D&D.
Nevertheless, Wrath of the Righteous is a wonderful RPG that I absolutely recommend. It's got a fantastic soundtrack, solid voice acting, extremely well-written and likeable characters (Arueshalae and Daeran, my beloveds), fun gameplay, loads of places to explore, and takes full advantage of its 3D-ness to hide lots of goodies everywhere.
Oh, almost forgot, experiment with things. A lot of the content in the game can only be accessed if you pay attention to certain cues in dialogue and even in music and remember them for later. If a certain song starts playing and the game tells you that someone in-game is actually singing that song, don't skip through it. Listen to that song, it may be important later.
sweet moat
craggy skiff
sweet moat
https://youtu.be/6z05c7D6x78?si=3TN5C5BAGXP-Lubk
Oh man, the barbarian trying to make a huge leap over a chasm only to miss is so incredibly relatable.
desert dove
sweet moat
Perfect screencap for the article, lol
craggy skiff
sweet moat
You know what, I think once Larian has finished patching most of the really bad performance issues out of the game, I'm going to actually play a Dark Urge run (obviously entirely, vehemently resistant to the murderous urges in an effort to be a hero).
desert dove
Yeah, I'd like to do a Durge resist run at some point.
weak cedar
https://fxtwitter.com/ign/status/1729496891329556700? @desert dove
desert dove
Neat
weak cedar
eternal hawk
Dark Urge feels like the intented playthrough for Tav.
You need default blank Tav because it's DnD and being able to craft your own characters is important.
Dark Urge is what makes BG3 a sequel to the first Two.
craggy skiff
desert dove
I love that they're using the WoW stealth sound for the failure noise.
weak cedar
quick bobcat
What the heck kind of update are they adding
weak cedar
A beeeg one
weak cedar
It better be the upper city
How many times you completed it?
quick bobcat
Once
quick bobcat
There's a new difficulty?
quick bobcat
Probably, but not soon
I have other games I want to play
Not ready to commit 190 hours again just yet 
weak cedar
I have other games I want to play
You played Ghostrunner yet?
quick bobcat
I played the first level yeah. It's fun, but I'm playing through Jedi survivor for right now
weak cedar
craggy skiff
||https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v7ph-IRBtwc|| later act 3 stuff
weak cedar
||https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v7ph-IRBtwc|| later act 3 stuff
How many times have you completed the game?
craggy skiff
Just once as well. Still too fresh for me to replay it. Will be a Durge next tho
weak cedar
Ah.
quick bobcat
Lol same, gonna for sure play durge as well
Everyone saying how like integral durge's storyline is to the game and how many ridiculous choices you get
weak cedar
@quick bobcat @desert dove https://fxtwitter.com/ign/status/1730256559186338235?
quick bobcat
ooooh, a proper epilogue? They actually decided to improve the meh-tier ending of the game?
that's very nice
weak cedar
desert dove
Hasn't popped yet for me on Steam, even restarted the app. WIll have to wait and see.
Aaand now it's there. 
weak cedar
heavy hound
The Epilogue
||Players find themselves in camp, six months after the events of Baldur’s Gate 3’s story, where they “meet new friends and old, taking all the time they need to say their final goodbyes to the party.”||
This seems fucking awesome
quick bobcat
that I'd like to see
if my saves are still there, I'll definitely reboot the game and see what's up
eternal hawk
Minthara will still appear at Moonrise Towers if she was knocked out in Act I.
Sounds like you might be able to get her in non-evil runs.
sweet moat
Nah, I just kill her. Lae'zel's evil, but she has some redeeming qualities. Minthara literally just wants everyone dead. She's got no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
desert dove
I've read that certain choices can at least bring her around to being Neutral eventually.
eternal hawk
Act 1 Minthara is that way because of spoilers.
heavy hound
BG3 is just an elaborate 100 hours "I can fix her/him" fantasy
quick bobcat
Nah, I just kill her. Lae'zel's evil, but she has *some* redeeming qualities. Mi...
There's one. She's ||hot af dommy mommy|| /j
desert dove
BG3 is just an elaborate 100 hours "I can fix her/him" fantasy
Or "I can make her/him worse."
desert dove
In Tactician Mode, the hag can no longer be killed by being Shoved into chasms. She can cast magic, after all.
Fixed bibberbangs not reacting to summons. Now bibberbangs only ignore creatures that have different weights to Air and Fire Elementals, Mage Hands, Shadows, etc.
Welp, there goes that trick.
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So "Honor Mode" is basically Ironman. There's also a Custom Mode that lets you adjust difficulty for various parts.
Oh jesus
Honour Mode ups the intensity of what was previously our most challenging mode - Tactician - and not only makes the game more difficult in and out of combat, but also introduces over 30 new tweaks to all of Baldur's Gate 3’s boss-fights, with a new Legendary Action system designed to catch players off-guard and increase the challenge. Now, bosses can perform new actions, adding twists and turns to all major fights throughout the game.
Fucking Legendary actions
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sweet moat
There's one. She's ||hot af dommy mommy|| /j
She's not that hot.
Shadowheart, Karlach, and Wyll, my beloveds... 
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sweet moat
I just found out that you can quicksave during dialogue, so that if you fail a challenge you don't want to fail, you can reroll it immediately, rather than having to go through the entire conversation from the start again...
So much time wasted...
craggy skiff
"The patch also had a slightly less significant update that is probably unnecessary, but is still glorious to behold: Characters’ dangly bits now have jiggle physics."
quick bobcat
Patch 5 - the gift that keeps on giving
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sweet moat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIjN3LpwV-4
Lol, I did that with the glowing chest a few times.
I think everyone did
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heavy hound
Apparently people are saying that, if you are a selune cleric you can ||pick up that chest, bring it to the goblin camp, and they all die trying to open it||, which if true, is hilarious and the most goblin thing ever
weak cedar
Larian really *did* think of *EVERYTHING*.
https://fxtwitter.com/larianstudios/status/1730981176427335966? @desert dove @quick bobcat
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Neat
sweet moat
Rookie numbers!
craggy skiff
gleaming crown
So "Honor Mode" is basically Ironman. There's also a Custom Mode that lets you a...
I mean, considering, like, the completely broken balance of a few items that let you easily pass all checks, and a few imbalanced classes, combined with Halfling race feature (which allows you to reroll ANY critical failure once for free for any checks without a cooldown) basically deletes all RNG from the game, which allows you just to dominate everything else without any resistance, if you have enough attack rolls bonuses to just always hit. (Also, cloud hill giant strength potion sends its regards)
If you're exploiting certain spell slot abuse by a sorcerer you may even find yourself not resting throughout the game at all, and always casting 5th level spells on your foes.
So basically, this mode is for those, who felt like tactician was a joke, since anything else just evaporated by a snap of a finger (as it actually has, I suppose?) Custom mode also's good for those people, since I believe that it allows us to make it even harder than that.
Personally can't wait to lay my fingers on honor mode.
desert dove
I mean, considering, like, the completely broken balance of a few items that let...
I mean, if you optimize to bypass the difficulty, sure the game is trivial.
weak cedar
Congratulations! https://fxtwitter.com/playstation/status/1732974190071091382?
sweet moat
Baldur's. Gate. 3. SWEEP. It won sooooo many awards.
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eternal hawk
They just released it on Xbox as well.
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quick bobcat
yesssssss I'm so happy that Baldur's Gate won so many awards
it deserves EVERY single one of them
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sweet moat
So much joy :)
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heavy hound
We already had this in Xcom, and in there dices are rigged in favour of the player (at least in lower difficulties)
kindred talon
I'm pretty sure that's how the dice were in the original early access when I first bought the game
succeeding on rolls was very difficult for some reason.
I'm not sure if it's because the dice were unfairly bias or because few people actually play random chance straight
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eternal hawk
You do a lot of rolls in BG3 in a session, far more than a normal tabletop session, so the streaks happen more often.
I also think part of it is a person rolling physical dice compared to a computer rolling for them. There's someone to blame for the low rolls with a computer.
And dice rolls is a big thing, some people switch out dice when rolling poorly.
sweet moat
Gale: scandalized
Astarion: absolutely all in
Shadowheart: casually impressed by the idea
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panel 4: goblin mode
sweet moat
I think if I do another playthrough of the game, I'm gonna have my main character as a Paladin, and then I'm gonna have Karlach, Gale, and Astarion. I won't really have a dedicated healer, but I think I can manage with a Paladin and enough potions.
night oracle
My next playthrough will be a Durge, i just have to decide how murder hobo-y i want to be
sweet moat
Oh, I'm going to be a Durge Paladin. Make it reeeeal interesting. :P
Also, it'll be a full-resist run. I will be resisting the urges at every turn.
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Durge Bard!
desert dove
I decided to roll a Durge Drow Warlock, because there's been like three major patches since I last played, so my previous saves may be... iffy
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desert dove
I've gone through the initial stuff, hit level three, done most of the stuff in the Grove. And so far, I mostly find the Durge prompts... annoying. Not creepy or compelling, just annoying.
Plus side, most of the bugs I'd encountered with the tiefling kids are fixed now, so I got to see some dialogue I'd missed previously.
And everyone hates drow.
sweet moat
I'm sure you'll find some better Durge moments later.
You'll likely see a lot of creepy ones in Act 2.
desert dove
Looking at the wiki, I avoided a few by having Speak with Animals up.
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Oh right, I absolutely must get that speak with animals amulet again. Need it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuNHGGjgIpI a reminder of the rave~
kindred talon
What is this?
eternal hawk
It's that mini game from Mario 3.
desert dove
It's a "Match 2" game, it's older than Mario
eternal hawk
When I think of Match 2 in a video game I tihnk of Mario 3.
kindred talon
https://www.thegamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-lead-dd-team-first-meetings-laid-off/
I feel like BG3 is going to be one of those games that happens and then never happens again
desert dove
Completing today's puzzle gets you audio files for the City Streets ambient sounds, stereo & surround sound versions.
sweet moat
....I got every pair on the first try.
That has never happened to me before
For any of these match-two games.
desert dove
I got the first two pairs instantly, but messed up the third.
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kindred talon
the statue guy looks so sad
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weak cedar
https://fxtwitter.com/wario64/status/1735671299677065549? @desert dove
sweet moat
Yeah, that's perfectly fair. There's being generous, and then there's being downright dumb. Larian are extremely generous, and are not dumb.
heavy hound
I could see a future when it goes on gamepass in a good few years, if the money is right enough from Microsoft, but it's fair to not expect that in the immediate future
Not that they have to
Their games do have a pretty long taiils to their sales after all
Both Divinity:OS games no doubt saw some good sales from people finishing up with BG3 and wanting more
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heavy hound
To be fair tho, even if they did put it up there, I am not sure if those games are the kind of games that see much loss from gamepass, assuming it's like, a few years down the line.
Like, I usually buy games I intend to play for hundreds of hours
On gamepass I play games that I'm mostly interested in playing the story once
And when the story isn't like...that long
Or games I'm not super interested in anyway
night oracle
If it's netflix, it needs to be animated like castlevania and voiced by the original VAs
heavy hound
Interesting, I happen to think that BG3 story would suit the tv show medium really well, if adapted correctly
It's already very cinematic
Especially the big character arc culminations
night oracle
TV show would be a much better choice, yes. If it ends up being a movie, it'll almost surely be trash
heavy hound
I mean, depends what they adapt, but yeah it works better as a tv show probably
If they adapted a smaller section of the story maybe it'd make sense tho.
sweet moat
A live action Baldur's Gate show would kick all kinds of ass. Hell, an animated one would do the same.
And yeah, if they're gonna ever decide to do an animated adaptation, it needs the original VAs.
heavy hound
The story would need to be adapted a lot of course, but the structure I feel is really suited to this idea
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heavy hound
Fucking Gortash
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https://advent.baldursgate3.game/ third game's up
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weak cedar
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1086940/view/3878226811922849512
I was just about to post that 
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"Have you found some characters’ faces turning into stretched eldritch horrors with pits of flesh in place of eyes? That should not be a problem anymore!"
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So general gaming channel had a brief chat about how there's a JP version of BG3 now (just subs though). If there was JP voices, i'd love to do my second playthrough like that. Would be awesome to try to recognize JP voice actors too, pretty sure big names will feature
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LF_-UFgZ1Jw 100% the voice for Gortash, IMO
desert dove
From what I read, there is a JP voiced version, but it's region locked.
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outer portal
after watching that video, now i understand why the game deserved that many awards
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sweet moat
"Oh yes, I've seen your art. It's...imaginative, but not exactly life-like."
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quick bobcat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RBHYnjD2to
what
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Larian knows their audience
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desert dove
Thta's amazing
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quick bobcat
Yeah DOS2 was fucking brutal
I noticed the difficulty difference right as I started BG3
DOS2's tactician is pretty much unbeatable without the optimal builds and strategies. Normal difficulty is playable on homebrew builds but it's still EXTREMELY tough
Whereas I beat BG3's tactician without too much trouble by just building whatever the fuck
In DOS2 you pretty much have to clear out every single area, complete every quest and get every bit of XP you possibly can to be able to stand a chance on any difficulty above the easiest one too
Also I might be wrong but there's also much less options for talking your way out of fights than BG3
(though I didn't particularly like that you could convince so many bosses to suicide in BG3 either)
heavy hound
The main difference is that BG3 is using a solved system that many players are already super familiar with and know exactly how to manipulate to their advantage
While divinity basically you start the learning process when you click new game
Not like...9 years ago
eternal hawk
I agree with that, and a lot of publish dnd campaigns end around 12 too.
I also don't think any sane DM would give the type of magical items found in BG3.
quick bobcat
The main difference is that BG3 is using a solved system that many players are a...
Not exactly, because this was my first time playing a game based on DnD and I still found tactician to be totally doable without any special strategies or OP builds
The game is simply balanced much easier
I'm assuming they were expecting BG3 to be played by a lot of newbies so they tweaked the difficulty accordingly
heavy hound
You also had a chatroom filled with people that used the system since its creation that could clarify mechanics you didn't immediately get.
It's probably a bit or both, but my guess is your first BG3 run was more optimised than your first DOS2 run because of that
It's also probably easier, but there are a lot of compounding variables added to that.
quick bobcat
You also had a chatroom filled with people that used the system since its creati...
I don't think so. I only asked for help trying to understand the basic mechanics of DND but not about specific builds or strategies or optimizations
eternal hawk
BG3 does have a better first few hours, Do2 opener isn't well designed.
eternal hawk
It is easier to run into game overs in fort joy when your learning Do2, BG only has those bandits.
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glass veldt
Oh my Arceus thats amazing
night oracle
I've been thinking of replaying D:OS 1 rather than 2. Already had multiple playthroughs of that one, and it's been ungodly ages since 1
weak cedar
Oh my Arceus thats amazing
I just love the random guy running in the background.
night oracle
weak cedar
What game is this
night oracle
divinity original sin 1
weak cedar
Nice.
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desert dove
Yeah, the first time I went there I just jumped down instead of doing the gate puzzle. BIG MISTAKE.
night oracle
I also jumped but managed to survive all that
sweet moat
Ahhh, I remember the statues. Luckily I did save before anything bad happened, so as soon as that thing just emerged from the shadow realm I just calmly quick-loaded my save and went the other direction, lol.
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sweet moat
Awwwwww
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desert dove
Jinkies
sweet moat
I was wondering what this was referencing, now I just feel dumb.
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desert dove
The cross-save functionality will no longer sync modded saves, as they cannot be accessed by console players.
Stealing a couple hundred items in one go no longer results in the game becoming unresponsive for quite some time afterwards while it deals with your kleptomaniac overindulgence. It may still freeze for a short period while processing the inventory transfer, though.
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late rose
Hello, everyone! Could you, please, hint me how to create an undead race character?
desert dove
Hello, everyone! Could you, please, hint me how to create an undead race charact...
There isn't one.
These are the playable races:
https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Races
late rose
Bummer in the summer 
heavy hound
You can play a necromancer tho, if you are partial to the mortally challenged
The closest it gets to monster races is dragonborn and tieflings
quick bobcat
mods 
late rose
Should I install mods, or should I enjoy vanilla game? My game might become broken at some point.
sweet moat
I would suggest playing through the vanilla game at least once before going through mods. Some mods fundamentally change certain game mechanics.
desert dove
Yup. Always play through at least once without mods, just so you can get a feel for how the game works normally. Then you can add mods for the features you feel are missing.
I can't tell you how many times I see people post on Rimworld forums, mad about some aspect of the game, only for people to finally realize they're using a mod that causes the function they're mad about.
sweet moat
Lol
Speaking of which, I haven't seen you play Rimworld in a while. I miss seeing your random mishaps and hilarious disasters.
desert dove
Yeah, with my health issues and other stuff, I've mostly spent time playing WoW instead. I just have a hard time focusing on builders at the moment.
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late rose
late rose
I would suggest playing through the vanilla game at least once before going thro...
What about quality of life mods?
sweet moat
Wait on them. First play the game as is.
You may find you don't even need them later.
night oracle
It's perfectly playable without mods. They've also made some improvements through patches for quality of life issues that existed at the start but have now been improved upon
late rose
Thanks, guys 
sweet moat
No problem!
desert dove
Interesting.
glass veldt
An update will be issued soon
sweet moat
Apparently Astarian is smooth-brained.
(Spoilered for MAJOR spoilers in case you haven't reached Act 3.)
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desert dove
Okay, I like the design of that Tav
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x5OSBym9wDw God damnit, Gale
desert dove
Great now I want to play as Karlach
desert dove
So Larian posted a new video on Twitter and its...
Not posting it here, it's technically SFW but very heavy on the implications.
night oracle
"With Patch 6, automatically triggered dialogue will now try to prioritise your avatar as the main speaker, so your party members should stop stealing the limelight!"
desert dove
Nice
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If you Long Rest with only alcohol as camp supplies, you will now get the new Hungover condition for 10 turns
Scratch can no longer equip certain weapons. Like the Everburn Blade.
sweet moat
...Scratch could equip weapons?
desert dove
Apparently!
As a quality-of-life improvement, the Pact Weapon condition now remains after a Long Rest.
The whole party's inventory is now present in the trade interface, which doesn't require you to switch characters to sell their items from their inventories anymore.
sweet moat
> The whole party's inventory is now present in the trade interface, which doesn...
F*CKING FINALLY! :D
This is a huge improvement
desert dove
You can now dismiss a recruited companion from your party while speaking to the companion you want to replace them with.
sweet moat
Another one they added in this update is the ability to dismiss and recruit party members at will without having to first dismiss one and then recruit another. Instead, you can simply choose right from the get-go who to dismiss.
Ha!
desert dove
The trade interface got a graphic overhaul, clarifying which character is bartering for the party, what their Persuasion score is, and how much of a discount they're getting for the trade. The feedback when bartering has also been improved to indicate the status of the offer.
desert dove
Yeah, lots of good QoL changes, plus they added more kisses, and idle animations in camp.
Oh, and very important:
Increased the number of valid methods of knocking Minthara out to recruit her.
heavy hound
> As a quality-of-life improvement, the Pact Weapon condition now remains after ...
The number of times I started a fight only to notice I forgot to reapply the pact fucking weapon.
Thank fucking god for this
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sweet moat
Lol, the M&L battle theme with the eagles
Also the "do not touch" vase. I tried to take a health potion that was sitting on a counter once, because I thought I was in the clear. Nope! As it turns out, those patrolling soldiers are VERY observant, and even after you've taken the item and moved a million miles away, they will track you down and demand either the item you stole or your head.
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Twitter
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sweet moat
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This is so wholesome~ 
Also, I love how Shadowheart, the stereotypical waifu of the BG3 fandom, gave Astarion a more anime-esque appearance. Brilliant.
night oracle
I love Karlach's : D drawing
sweet moat
And Gale really wanted to get things perfect but ended up running out of time.
...Shit, that's a metaphor for his own story, now that I think about it.
wild arch
Gale is trying to draw but forgot the "rest of the owl" step
sweet moat
I love these guys so much: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG-rlLQS8eY
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sweet moat
Lol, the Banjo-Kazooie dialogue for Ethel and the player.
desert dove
Sad, but understandable.
sweet moat
I think they mentioned something about wanting to do a space IP next, and were already making concepts for it.
But yeah, I'm guessing Hasbro might contact a studio like Owlcat if they want more CRPGs in the D&D style. Owlcat has lots of experience with TTRGP video games.
Maybe not for a BG4, but perhaps for an Icewind Dale game, or maybe Planescape.
glossy palm
Would be cool if they did like a starfinder game or something similar
night oracle
Whatever it is, I'm on board
heavy hound
Interesting, I don't know what kind of space IP would suit them best
I played a bunch of Traveller so that was my first instinct but Traveller is a pretty bland setting that you are meant to build on so probably not the best match, something with an already strong narrative side going on they could expand on would be ideal
I wonder if they can snag a Star Wars license
I'd be there for it 100%
night oracle
Man, that could be so restrictive though from higher ups
On that topic, i remember this from when the game first came out
(warhammer was one)
sweet moat
I wonder if they can snag a Star Wars license
Oooo, what about a Stargate CRPG? That'd be so cool!
Could even have some of the OG actors voice some people.
OH! Or a LotR CRPG.
night oracle
KOTOR
sweet moat
Star Trek perhaps too?
night oracle
Hm, not sure that would fit their style
sweet moat
Oh...reading into this whole thing, I think I realized why Larian doesn't want to do more D&D games for a while. Hasbro released a statement yesterday that said that they now realize that there's a huge market for D&D video games (and they are seeing green in their future from it). Meanwhile, Swen Vincke (the top guy at Larian and director of BG3) made a speech today about how he and the rest of Larian utterly LOATHE corporate greed, and refuse to work with any corporation that wants profit over good games and developers' livelihoods.
night oracle
In an odd way it's like FIFA. EA had the license to FIFA for football for ages, but lost it because FIFA wanted even more money/bigger cut from the sales. And then they turned around and made/are making 3 or so blockchain (or whatever the term was) games
(FIFA turned around and did that, I mean)
So I'd guess Larian wants to avoid that
heavy hound
I mean to be fair, releasing in a bigger IP they don't own benefits Larian too
They do get the Baldur's Gate name attached to their RPG which is a big deal
Like a game of the same quality in the Divinity world wouldn't have had the same reach for example
maybe now it would, since now they are the people that made BG3, but before probably not
night oracle
They were able to make BG3 based on the sales of DOS 2 though, if I understood things right
heavy hound
The two are n two different leagues tho, sales wise is what I mean
BG3 has a much bigger reach
Like, just a quick check DOS2 all time peak is around 93k
BG3 is around 875k
night oracle
Oh I know, but I'm not sure that it's because of the baldur's gate name alone that it had so many sales
(let's be honest, it's the 🐻 💕 scene)
sweet moat
Baldur's Gate name, D&D's name, and word-of-mouth
heavy hound
it's not only the IP, but it's definitely a big part of the mix
Smart marketing during EA also helped
eternal hawk
They had to do a lot to fix 5e, they’re better off refining the system they built for Divinity.
And they weren’t happy all their point of contacts were affected by WOTCs layoffs.
wild arch
I think they mentioned something about wanting to do a space IP next, and were a...
Starfinder
sweet moat
Huh, that's pretty cool. I wonder if that was before Karlach was conceptualized?
sweet moat
All of the VAs, devs, producers, directors, and everyone else at Larian are exceptionally based.
glossy palm
Oh...reading into this whole thing, I think I realized why Larian doesn't want t...
In fairness there is definitely potential
I think an RTS game for it would be fun for example
Think Battle from middle earth for anyone thats played that
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In the new year, Vincke recalls coming back into the office and telling his team: "You know, we're not going to do it. We're going to [start] doing these other things that we talked about, that we planned on doing before we started on BG3 … let's just have closure on BG3, it's been great. We've done our job. It's a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end."
Contrary to his fears, Vincke then recalls a feeling of "elation" in the studio. "I thought they were going to be angry at me because I just couldn't muster the energy," he says, but that he "saw so many elated faces, which I didn't expect, and I could tell they shared the same feelings, so we were all aligned with one another. And I've had so many developers come to me after and say, 'Thank god'."```
sweet moat
More evil than playing the good guy for the entire game and getting all your companions to love you and then immediately throwing them to the wolves without the slightest hesitation at the end and turning them into your personal playthings?
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glossy palm
https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-dev-larian-working-on-additional-evi...
if theres not an ending where i unleash a demon invasion on the world im gonna be sad
clear yarrow
From what I heard that is technically correct, in that Hasbro is what they take issue with, not WOTC
sweet moat
Yeah, they had a good working relationship with the team from WOTC, but then Hasbro fired each and every member from that team, so that likely soured Larian's trust.
clear yarrow
Bingo yeah
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This is perfection:
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tame thistle
i hope BG3 goes on sale during the steam summer sale
night oracle
It might, but probably not by a large amount. 20-30% I'd say
glossy palm
Nice.
burnt adder
"Nobody's gettin any damn cheese!"
I got really invested in BG3, but I ended up spoiling the entire storyline for myself several months ago
so between that and my incompetence at any combat past the lowest difficulty, I've lost much of my drive to play
that being said, I would definitely like some combat tips for BG3
heavy hound
The best tip I can give, is make sure you allocate your stats efficently
Bonuses of stats go up at even numbers
So if you have a 15 in STR, it's identical to a 14 in str except for the purpose of weigh carried
It makes a huge difference to have stats well allocated, a +1 in a stats you roll your spells or weapons with means and extra 5% to hit for every single roll
(the game being based on 20 sided dices, every +1 is necessarily an extra 5%)
Also, lvl 3 is a big power increase for some classes, and lvl 5 is a massive power increase for ALL classes, so if you are having trouble with a fight at lvl 4, doing that extra level is sure to make a difference
(lvl 5 is when caster classes get lvl 3 spells, and fighting classes get an extra attack a turn)
burnt adder
so for someone like Gale, I'm assuming it's a good idea to get INT up to a relatively high even number (for Wizard stuff)
but what about other stats?
heavy hound
for wizards, you want int primarily, some constitution for hp and for constitution saves if you are concentrating on spells often, and dex for armor class
sweet moat
Constitution is a must for wizards, they're very weak in HP.
heavy hound
Notably, gale being human is able to wear light armor with no penalty
sweet moat
And yeah, some dexterity for armor class if you can spare the points.
heavy hound
you should either get him one asap, or prepare the mage armor spell and spend a slot every day
for a +4 AC
that last until the next long rest
+4 AC as said, it's a -20% to hit every time someone tries to hit him with anything that has a to hit roll
Which is big
he can also use shields
Which is another +2
(that only goes for human wizards, usually they aren't able to use light armor or shields, so mage armor is really the best option for AC)
sweet moat
(that only goes for human wizards, usually they aren't able to use light armor o...
usually [wizards] aren't able to use light armor or shields
Which, imo, is dumb, but whatever.
heavy hound
I mean I think it's fine, there are a lot of options if you want to armor a wizard up
More chance for expression
Multiclass into nature/war cleric and you can go up to heavy armor no problem
sweet moat
I suppose
It's just, for those first few levels, it's very difficult to keep them alive.
heavy hound
And at the end of the day, mage armor is very good and late game lvl 1 spell slots are cheap
So you don't need armor proficency
heavy hound
wrong channel
tame thistle
Do spell slots in BG3 work the same as in D&D?
heavy hound
Specically like D&D 5e
Which is rather different than previous editions for spell slots
tame thistle
Oh ok
heavy hound
Basically, you memorise a list of spells, and you have slots separate from that.
At any point you can spend a slot to cast a spell you have memorised, the slot has to be at least of the level of the spell you are casting (upcasting sometimes gives benefits)
You don't forget the spell after you cast
In previous editions you would have had to specifically memorise fireball at level 3
In a level 3 slot
and you'd forget the spell after you casted it
Until you prepared it again
tame thistle
So do you also have a limited number of spell uses per long rest?
heavy hound
yes, you are limited by the number of slots you have
you can always cast cantrips tho
tame thistle
Right okay
heavy hound
Also warlocks have less slots, all of a certain level, that recover on a short rest
So they are an exception
tame thistle
I've played 5e D&D so i should be able to figure out most things when I do play BG3
heavy hound
It's basically exactly like the tabletop, with some small tweaks here and there to make it work better in a videogame format
Like weapons all have unique actions associated with them to make melee combat a bit more engaging
But apart from that, it's pretty close
tame thistle
Like weapons all have unique actions associated with them to make melee combat a...
Oh that is nice
desert dove
So many magic items...
tame thistle
Also does all of the different armor/clothing look different from each other when they're equipped? Or is it like D;OS2 where most of them look the same
heavy hound
There is some unique looking stuff, especially legenday magic stuff
But most of it isn't that different
tame thistle
Oh
heavy hound
there is a basic dye system that can help to customise your stuff tho
heavy hound
All the legendary stuff does look unique, and there is a fair bit of that
Most of random +2 armor tho, it's just gonna look like armor
night oracle
tame thistle
this is my BG3 character
tame thistle
wtf😭
desert dove
Yeeeeah, you can just... let it kill you. It's hilarious.
tame thistle
i have a closer look of my character
This game is sooo good
I definitely understand how it won game of the year
I also love how the Dragonborns look
sweet moat
At least you gave them a tail, lol. Technically in the lore they don't have tails, but that's dumb, and everyone gives them a tail.
wild arch
every Dragonborn character of a first time player, I fear they picked Dark Urge as starting background
Durge is like, Advanced Baldur's Gate 3
sweet moat
Tav is the beginner's character. The Dark Urge is the veteran's character.
desert dove
Started a new run with the default Dark Urge, only changes were swapping a couple spells, and giving my +1 to Dex instead of Con. Playing a resistance campaign. Figured it was better to start over, given how many patches there have been since I last played.
sweet moat
Yeah, I'm thinking the same. I think they just finished their last major patch too (or, if they haven't, the next one will be the last). Problem is that it's just such a massive game that takes up almost all of my remaining storage.
sweet moat
Ah, so this is that final update they were working on then
“But will we be able to kiss Gortash?” we hear you plead. “We want to kiss Gortash!”
Listen, he’s a complicated guy who’s busy contemplating the minutia of death cult office politics. Babygurl doesn’t have time to kiss.
Patch 7 won’t be the final update for Baldur’s Gate 3. We still have a few things up our sleeve - including many community-requested features like crossplay and a photo mode to capture and share your unforgettable moments. And we’re working on a host of other enhancements, from gameplay tweaks and quality-of-life improvements to bug fixes and performance optimizations.
tame thistle
I killed Minthara by accident. I meant to just knock her out
sweet moat
I always kill Minthara. I am never having her on my team.
Then again I'm a bit of a goodie-two-shoes in games, lol
tame thistle
I mean i have some cool armor now
sweet moat
She also has some...interesting clothes that you or any of your companions can wear in camp, lol.
tame thistle
Now i just need to kill one more of the goblin leaders
sweet moat
Honestly, killing the goblin leaders is so much fun. I figured out in my first playthrough that you could eliminate every outlying goblin inside the temple without alerting any of the three bosses, so I was able to do that, and then eliminate each boss one by one. It made the whole thing much easier.
It also allowed me to casually shove the goblin that was pissing in a bottomless pit into the very hole he was doing it in, without anyone seeing it. Y'know, just for the lols.
night oracle
Which you obviously have to put on Astarion
#1136698160698376203 message as a response to this*
tame thistle
I found a piece of infernal iron. Idk what it is but ill keep it
sweet moat
Yes, definitely keep it
You'll need every scrap you can find for some very important story-related character stuff.
tame thistle
I finally met Karlach
desert dove
You found best girl
tame thistle
I did!
tame thistle
I had my first character death oops
sweet moat
"Who has defeated you so that you must drink their piss?"
night oracle
That's probably the single line that got her the job 
sweet moat
Makes sense that most people decided to be a custom character, since being an origin character, while allowing the player to see more details about that character, also makes them lose a lot of their personality. You can easily choose to make Astarion a very kind, compassionate, completely non-Astarion-like character while playing as him. Same for Lae'zel.
It makes more sense to play your own character, and then experience the other characters as they interact with you.
clear yarrow
I'm a bit surprised at only 15% Durge
sweet moat
That's because Dark Urge players are usually in one of two camps: the Resist camp, or the Evil camp. Most players are generally gonna be a good guy because most are empathetic in nature, so they either play a completely custom-made character to suit that good nature or, if they do decide to play Durge, they fall squarely in the Resist camp. Out of those 15% Durge players, guaranteed only somewhere like 25% of those Durge players actually played the evil route.
Plus there's also the fact that not many new players actually know that you can resist the Dark Urge's, uh, urges. They look at the character art and see a bloodied, evil-looking Dragonborn and think "this guy is the bad guy".
eternal hawk
People want a blank slate when they make a custom character, Durge is an origin story.
sweet moat
In short, yes.
weak cedar
Twitter
sweet moat
So apparently modders have discovered hidden campaign and level editor files buried within the Patch 7 files.
Hasbro previously wouldn't allow Larian to officially add those features into the game, but it looks like Larian sneaked them in anyway so that modders could still make their own campaigns and levels, just without voice acting or cutscenes.
This is where the fun begins.
sweet moat
Yup, and Wyll got shafted again.
desert dove
Frickin' huge. The update itself is 11 Gb, but it requires 160 Gb (!!) of free space to run the patch.
sweet moat
Yup
Although it seems like this is the "final" big patch. They're still gonna be adding some gameplay/game customization features later and keep doing bug fixes, but this is the final major content release.
desert dove
Yup.
We’ve still got a few more patches up our sleeve for Baldur’s Gate 3 - which will include both crossplay and photo mode, alongside other fixes and updates. But eventually all stories must come to an end. As Swen said during last week’s PAX West panel in Seattle - our final live panel for Baldur’s Gate 3 - it’s time for the team to go back to our cave and hang the armour on the wall while we focus on bringing you our next project.
tame thistle
Also, a modder found the developer mode in the new patch
sweet moat
I believe they're working on a sci-fi project next. Not sure if it's an original IP or if it's another previously-established IP, but they said they wanted to do a sci-fi RPG next.
desert dove
Apparently they figured out people were using Push a little too much.
If Dror Ragzlin finds himself inside the spider pit, he'll try his best to befriend the spiders residing there with a new spell called Arachnid Compulsion so they can band together to fight the real enemy - you.
sweet moat
Lol
I think I know what this is referring to, and I used that exact strategy too
Still got my ass kicked, but at least I won thanks to the spiders killing him for me.
tame thistle
I just fought him
sweet moat
I think I was underleveled when I fought him
quick bobcat
Aw dang, I was really hoping they'd add the upper city 
But looks like they'll never end up adding it
sweet moat
Modders can do it now, thanks to the campaign/level editor files. I have a feeling we're gonna see some major expansion packs to the game and story soon.
Although unfortunately without cutscenes or voice acting.
quick bobcat
Yeah I'm excited to see what the modders cook up for this game. With how big and popular this game is I'm sure someone will create an almost AAA like experience as a free mod
Kinda like fallout London or something along those lines
tame thistle
Also im inside the arcane tower in the underdark and have no idea what to do
quick bobcat
I should really replay this game, but I also don't have another 200 hours to spend anymore 
sweet moat
Larian has stated publically that they LOVE modders (the ones that don't do weird or offensive stuff, anyway), so I have no doubt that Larian is purposefully giving them all the tools they need to create an even larger and more expansive game.
Also as a reminder: files for several other races such as the Warforged and Aasimar exist in the game, unused.
Even the hag lady (forgot her name) has voice lines referencing the Warforged.
quick bobcat
Oh yeah I heard that Hasbro didn't want Larian releasing the campaign editing tools so Larian sneakily made it so that modders could easily uncover them instead
I went to a pony con recently and was really surprised to see this BANGER of an Astarion cosplay
desert dove
Nice
sweet moat
Oh yeah I heard that Hasbro didn't want Larian releasing the campaign editing to...
"Hasbro didn't want us leaving the door to the good stuff unlocked, so we locked it. Now, I'm gonna turn around and, you know...post a sign. Yeah. A sign. Please do not steal the key in my back pocket."
quick bobcat
Is that a real quote?
sweet moat
No, but I wish it was
weak cedar
Twitter
tame thistle
No not that😭
craggy skiff
sweet moat
We really need an animated adult comedy series based on Baldur's Gate 3 with this exact art style, it'd be so great.
This part is so good:
WANT
That was amazing
night oracle
This part is so good:
Shikanoko nokonoko koshitantan 🦌
light mist
i am very fashionably late, but u must understand, i couldnt afford to play bg3 til i was in a good spot with ff14 
so conveniently deciding to wait til official mod support made all that setup much nicer. i plan to spend a month with this game until new dragon age drops, hopefully ill complete a playthrough by then lmao
desert dove
Enjoy! I still haven't finished a playthrough myself.
I may try to when I have my vacation later this month.
light mist
quite pleasantly surprised how high my graphics can go without laptop shittin itself 
i was ready to play on everything set low and bear "limsa lominsa at 8pm" framerate, but i guess my specs still hold well even on a new game like this
is it normal to get critical failure on the very first check you do
heavy hound
ohh, bringi going for BG3?
There are so many great characters
So you playing a dwarvern rogue in this one too?
Now that they put all the evil endings I should do an evil playthrough
light mist
So you playing a dwarvern rogue in this one too?
turns out gnomes are shorter 
and there are monks, if i can punch things then i am punching things
sweet moat
is it normal to get critical failure on the very first check you do <:penk:12186...
So, just as a quick heads-up, you can quick save before you do anything and quick load if it goes poorly, and you can even do both mid-conversation.
quick bobcat
monk is like the most busted ass class in this game
afaik it's really bad in normal DND
desert dove
The 2024 version is actually very good, but yeah the 2014 version is fairly weak.
heavy hound
monk are very strong in baldur's gate because a bunch of magic items are really really strong for them
night oracle
My first playthrough was Githyanki monk, romancing Lae'zel
sweet moat
afaik it's really bad in normal DND
In my and Rom's game with Flitter, our third player is a monk, and she's pretty strong.