Pocket 'lack EditionPC trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuCfkgaaa08PS5 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wW4Fdh6zFM>News:Patch 7: https://baldursgate3.game/news/patch-7-now-live_121Patch 6: https://baldursgate3.game/news/patch-6-now-live_108Patch 5: https://baldursgate3.game/news/patch-5-now-live_99>Wiki:https://bg3.wiki>Mods:https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/>FAQ:>Q: How often should I long rest?>A: Many companion and romance interactions occur when long resting. Some early lower priority camp scenes can also be missed if higher priority ones are queued. To advance companion quests or romances, make sure to long rest often.>Q: Can I recruit Minthara without going down the evil path?>A: If you knock her out in Act 1, yes. You do miss out on the sex scene, but otherwise the romance remains the same.>Q: Underdark or Mountain Pass?>A: Either, or both. It's recommended to clear both on higher difficulties for the experience and loot. Both connect to the same Act 2 map.>Q: Is The Dark Urge essentially "Tav+"?>A: Yes. You get additional content, BUT there are points where if you've chosen to resist the Urge and/or don't complete quests the "right" way, you'll have to pass additional checks to avoid losing companions.>Q: Are there any consequences to consuming tadpoles?>A: No, for the most part. However if you've consumed any tadpoles, there will later be a DC21 Wisdom check to reject the Astral-Touched Tadpole, which affects your appearance if consumed.>Q: Should I enable Karmic Dice?>A: Karmic Dice will avoid streaks of very low or very high rolls, both for you and the enemy. It is recommended to disable it if you're specializing.>Polls:>Romance: https://strawpoll.com/NMnQ5kJXYn6>Race: https://strawpoll.com/kjn18WPzeyQ>Class: https://strawpoll.com/eNg69DKKjnA>Companions: https://strawpoll.com/bVg8o8l3VnYOP pasta: https://rentry.org/bggpastaPrevious thread: >>507490938
This one
It's important to love your waifu, no matter who it is. Every playthrough of this wonderful game is a new opportunity to spend time with the significant other of your choice, and that's a beautiful thing.luv bg3luv happy endingsbut most of allluv MinthySimple as.
>>507739475Finally, a good ritual post.
Heyo soulja how ya doin soulja what’s on your mind mate FUCK YEAH SOULJA aw is that Gale’s grandpa soulja omg soulja is that THE JAHEIRA soulja isn’t it great I’m both a shy virginal waifu and a massive turboslut so there’s never any conflict soulja fuck I wanna ride ya til we see the stars soulja touch me soulja touch me soulja never read a book in me life soulja did you have a good relationship with your soulja father soulja me neither soulja
>>507739475>It's important to love your waifu, no matter who it is>drops shadowheart literally a week after the game's release and has been shitting on her ever since
Evil doesn’t actually exist in DnD. Theres an alignment system that labels something as evil, but actual metaphysical evil isn’t real and everything fully subjective in the forgotten realms. Ao supports “evil” gods being evil. Evil people don’t get judged and go to hell. There’s no objective foundation for evil being wrong. If you are a murderer and worship Bhaal you don’t go to hell you go to Bhaal and he gives you your afterlife. Hell if you’re a murderhobo worshipper of Selune fighting for the greater good you still go to Selune. Being evil in DnD isn’t wrong, you just worship different gods and have a different perspective, one which is wholly supported by the Overgod as being legitimate. Actual evil as an objective reality would be harshly punished and Ao would exterminate evil gods if there was truly such a thing.
>>507739864Someone will probably fall for this
>>507739864I see what you're saying but I've read the descriptions of all the evil alignments on various websites and is seems to just translate to "sociopathic" - I think even lawful evil will kill for pleasure.
>Pippin_smoking_meme.jpgI'm not going to read that.
>>507740143And there’s nothing wrong with that. You’re just following gods and philosophies for that. Is Ao going to judge you and send your soul to be punished for it? No. Do the “good” gods get to punish you? No. Does a universal lord of the underworld get to judge you? No. You go to your god and he gives you evil heaven.
[AI-generated essay describing how Shar isn't actually evil but merely misunderstood.]
>>507739864> Evil doesn’t actually exist in DnDWhat are devils
>>507740319Indulging sociopathic impulses for pleasure is considered evil by everyone, so if evil = sociopathic then it wraps back around to being evil, generally understood. Evil people getting into the afterlife might not make sense, but this already exists in our world; the only Christians who say that evil people cannot go to Heaven are Catholics who stress good works. Other "Christians" like Calvanists just believe that as long as you accept Jesus on your deathbed, you're saved, regardless of your entire life hitherto.
>>507740724This general and all who post in it are evil
Shar Shart and Minthara being the only evil female companions is pretty disappointing
>>507740631>>507740724I don’t think you understand the philosophical concept of evil. No, they aren’t evil they’re just subjectively unpleasant to you. There’s nothing illegitimate about their perspective, as evidenced by the Ao defending the validity of someone like Bhaal. The fact that you immediately appeal to popularity is proof that it’s subjective and not truly “evil”.
>9-year-olds arguing about a pointless archaic mechanic
>>507739475I love Minthy, but I still hope there is hidden content where I can fix her. And I am not talking about freeing her of the absolute, I just want her to become a good girl. Not giving me poisons. Not thinking about the wizards as explosion device. Not considering we should push all our allies, Wyll, Shadowheart, Astarion, to go for the options that would bring us more power... but it looks like nobody can fix her. Not a male drow, not a female drow, no paladins, no clerics be it of Lolth or of Selune, not even Dark Urge (although her face when DUrge shared the visions with her was priceless, she looked genuinely that she won't have to put DUrge down). I tried everything. Killing the tieflings, ignoring the grove, knocking her up and stealing her underwear. But nothing works. My next attempt is to be a wizard. She seems to have a soft spot for them.
>>507741204Why did I bother engaging
>>507741204Uh hey nerd we're not in a philosophy seminar at your community college. Evil is just whatever it's been traditionally described as.
>>507741407There's nothing to "fix." Minthara did nothing wrong.
Was the cut Minthara pregnancy scene one of her cooing over my character and telling me she would love my child even if it's a boy?
I got like food poisoning but that doesn't stop my love for Astarion
Actually, Devils are completely neutral. They generously reward you and ask for something in return with clear cut terms. They do a good thing and a bad thing, so they’re neutral.
>>507742405Mol...
>>507741407>>male drow>I will found a house in your name, my kingThere is no way you could fix her harder than this, she's willing to fight every drow and their god to make you king of the underdark. Fucking idiot.
>>507742323It was the one where you think Orin has shapeshifted and replaced Minthara, because you find Minthara having drowned your son in the camp basin. Only to find out Orin was Yenna
>>507742405You meant this satirically but that's exactly what neutral is. It's the space occupied for those who simply aren't committed to evil or good but go back and forth. I think brainlets like you get confused with neutral because you imagine that LN/CN are the same as true neutral, which is a unique alignment.
In a grove where shadows crept,Kagha’s snake loomed while Arabella wept.Its fangs prepared, its strike held fast,Until Mizora appeared to save her at last.“Stand down, little snake, this one’s for me,”The cambion purred with devilish glee.The serpent slithered, its threat undone,But Arabella’s trial had just begun.“You owe me now,” Mizora declared,Her fiery gaze left the tiefling ensnared.“I’ll teach you well, you’ll scream my name,And soon, my dear, you’ll love this game.”Arabella quivered, her nerves ran high,But Mizora grinned and let fingers ply.She stroked, she teased, till the tiefling broke,Her cries spilled out with each deft stroke.Her body trembled, her senses soared,As Mizora whispered, “You’ll beg for more.Your first, my pet, but far from the peak,Tonight I’ll show you what I seek.”Mizora smirked and claimed her throne,Her pet’s face slick, her scent now known.“Kiss it, girl, and don’t delay,You'll soon crave what I give today.”Arabella learned, her fears erased,Her lips found home in Mizora’s taste.The night wore on, their passion bold,A devil’s heat, a tiefling sold.The bards now sing with bawdy cheer,Of a grove, a pact, and a devil’s leer.Arabella’s cries, her master’s call,A tiefling lost in Mizora’s thrall.
We goo'in
>>507740724Evil is very real in D&D, there are inherently evil and BAD monsters in the universe, and there are existing nine planes of reality that all coincide with the alignments of reality that each being goes to once they die and depending on what your morality/alignments lie, you will head to that plane and be one with it.I'm sorry, but you will never redeem the bla-Orc baby. They are by their very nature who they are and a manifestation of Gruumsh and his image. Eilistraee Drow are who they are because a goddess had a direct divine intervention of some of Lolth's subjects releasing them from her grasp, and some that were ""good"" struggled from deflecting back to the tendencies of their nature. Drizzt was a Gary Stu and as the lore suggests, a "truly exceptional".
>>507742639I'm going to give you a big old doubt because timeframes and developer cowardice would never allow that to happen
>>507743029The face tattoos add a certain je ne sais quoi.
If you had to say, what would be your dream party? You can simply say the race and class for each character to make it simpler.
its like you're ugly on purpose
>>507743429je ne sais cock
871What the fuck is wrong with you?
>>507743492ME: WHITE MALE PALADINMy companions: All ladies consisting of Goblin, Halfling, Elf, and Tielfing, and they are all my concubines.
>>507743492Mizora, Kagha, Tav, Ketheric
>>507743492My Paladion Durge, Sorcerer Mizora, Bard Alfira, Barbarian Karlach
>>507743624adding you to my male harem as the character that never gets taken on adventures and is relegated to washing the horses.
>>507743591Meant for >>507742871
>>507743492Dragonborn RogueEyeless Tiefling BardHandless Human WizardHeadless half-elf Cleric of Selune
>>507743492me, an obese balding dwarfmy companions, three beautiful elves who are paraplegic and can't run away
>what we wantedcute dragonborn goddesses>what we gotwyll
>avoiding bricking two sidequests by not speaking to Isobel until having done everything in the zone
>>507743591Refined tastes, imagination, the ability to read between Larian's lines
>>507743591>he doesn't know about swen's silly fetishes
>>507742050I say it’s not evil, now what?
High Elf Sorcerer Stacies
There's nothing high about elves
>game randomly decides to stop hiding the task bar in full screenthree years of early access, over a year of patching
Wyll getting molested by Halsin & Astarion.
>>507747261>full screenIdiot.
Finally played my second CRPG. Why the fuck are you still playing Balldo’s Gay 3
>>507747439Faggot
>>507743492White male 4E monkMy companions are Roah Moonglow, Thulla, and Hope and they’re all healsluts
/bgg/ loves high elves.
>>507748150The people playing are too mentally disabled to enjoy another game. Run.
>Raphael describing a fiend that can cleave through Grymforge and destroy a colossal army of Sharrans>aggro Yurgir and spank him>still don't see this fiend Raphael is talking about>nothing to summon Flesh on and get him killed
>Finally played my second CRPG. Why the fuck are you still playing Balldo’s Gay 3
>>507750040well? why are you playing it when it’s inferior to it’s competitors in every department besides cinematic quality?
>>507750149it's fun
>>507750212eh
>>507750149I play it because I’m retarded and don’t like reading!
laezel carries the bg3 cast so hard it's insane
>>507742871
>>507748150I can play another game?
Are there any balanced class mods that don't ruin the game ?
>>507753552No because the game is balanced around the very limited amount of classes they have
>>507753552if a class could ruin the game for you then you don't even understand the game
>>507754061Truly, this is the rick and morty of crpgs.
>become activated by Tactician>can't go back to unfinished Balanced campaignsTactician gave me a reason to use consumables.
>Stop, STOP!>Bibberbang
Kid Minty is vicious
>>507756954It should have been aborted, it's a drow
Which class benefits from Magic Initiate?
>>507756954>the random owlbear
>>507750930yes
>>507757976None, it's purely for RP flavor. Half and half characters just don't work in a party based RPG where you've got multiple classes available. Why be a half wizard when Gale is right there, why be a half martial when Lae'zel is right there, you just end up weak and bad at everything. Those sorts of classes make sense in a one or two man campaign.
How long until patch 8? I want to use the new subclasses but I also want to start a new game right now
you asked this last thread already
>>507758873As soon as you jump off a 30 story building
>>507757976>>507758793You can learn EB as a 12 sorc which might have some niche use I guess
>>507758003https://advent.larian.com/Its a christmas carol minthara style, the owlbear ghost is showing her her past
>>507759125Big splatto
>>507759139Why not just be a Sorlock?
>>507758873>I also want to start a new game right nowJust do it? Then make another one when patch 8 drops?
Death to weapon users
>>507759615Good to see they included Cooler Astarion in this
>>507758873>How long until patch 8?They're bug testing in a month. I'm not familiar with release times, but I'd guess it'll be out around May. Maybe June.
>>507762728>They're bug testingthat'll be the day
>>507762863It's literally in the launcher, if you somehow don't have a Twitter account.
>>507762863Larian staff actually prefers bugs in their game.Bugs like
Killing Karlach for the robe and then sacrificing Wyll to BOOOAL works out so perfectly it feels like the dev-intended path.
>>507763852What robe?
>>507761387>steel gauntletsWhat’s the difference between this and a sword
>>507764630https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Infernal_RobeAbsurd value for any Barb, dex class, or mage armor user
>>507765063Thank you.
Will Volo removing the Hag eye remove the Paid the Price?
>>507765535Volo cannot remove the hag eye.Both also take up a separate eye so you can have both
>>507765659.. That makes you blind. What the fuck.
>>507765535You can't get the hag's eye anymore, she dies in the cutscene
>>507765790It would totally make you blind and give you a real debuff if this were a better game.
>>507765846>>507765790>entire screen goes black whenever you control them>have to do the rest of the game by sound
>>507765846>mfw Tristian burns his eyes out and is now permanently blind for the rest of the game>have to keep up Echolocation on himKino
>>507766117If I had to pick a way for it to work it would be like how project zomboid has blindness set up.
Astarion cock
>>507766848I have something long and hard I want to put in Astarion, if you follow me
>>507768578Good for you homo you want a gay cookie?
>>507769042No, your dad already gave me someAfter I fucked him in the ass
>>507769207Says more about you spreading ass for the kind of man who will never give you the love you were lacking from your real father.
>>507713215the way he flaps his wings after saying “the absolute gave me what I always wanted” makes me think his ambition was just to have wings and be able to fly
>>507763852I thought being evil had no payoff? Which one is it?
>>507769534Anon I thought you were joking but I’m starting to think you might have autismSomething long and hard for Astarion is a stake
>>507769828Yeah(x3)
>>507769758It doesn’tYou get a total of three strong items from being evil. The Infernal Robe, Shar’s Spear, and the Bhaalist Armor.Good runs get dozens of dozens of strong pieces of gear, extra allies, extra quests, extra gold, extra companions
>>507765063The item is outclassed before Act 1 is over>Sparkswall>Graceful clothBoth shit on the infernal robe and before getting them the game is piss easy and the infernal robe is decidedly unnecessary
>>507764754Grants +10 bludgeoning damage to unarmed attacks
>>507770121Karlach has literally no reward for keeping her around or doing her sorry excuse of a quest, the infernal robe is her greatest contribution to your campaign. And you can get it almost immediately, you won't get the two you listed until the end of act 1.
>>507770985You don’t need anything else until then.
>>507770985>extra questsYou forgot how to read in your fervor for advocating Karlach's murder.
>>507770578>these items you get at level 6 are better than the item you can get at level 2Yes anon that’s true!Literally the only difficult part of this game is the early game.Infernal Robe offers resistance to fire, resistance to cold, bonus AC, and a short rest 10 round BA reflect attack that can literally oneshot goblins if they hit youSparkswall requires you to have lightning charges from another sourceGraceful Cloth is good
>>507771387Nigger sparkswall is used for the +1 spell save DC and learn what a camp caster is and all your troubles disappear. You can literally just warding bond with Gale for an immortal damage slave
>>507757976Magic Initiate: Druid is unironically okay in the niche cases where you plan to build around Shillelagh, but only because of the weird way it's implemented in-game.>Despite misleading tooltips, a Shillelagh'ed weapon replaces Strength by your current Spellcasting Modifier for both Attack Rolls and Damage Rolls, no matter if learned as a Druid, Nature Cleric or even via Magic Initiate: Druid, i.e., taking the feat at 4th level as a Bard will cause it to use Charisma.
>>507771509>camp castingWhy are you even talking about the game difficulty if you’re doing this lmaoMight as well just mod in guaranteed 20s while you’re at it
Bhaalist armor is one of the best armors in the game, arguably the best since most armors don't double your damage. booal's blessing is pretty nice icing. The infernal robe is a pretty reasonable robe, and so is Isobel's. Ulder's armor is good. People seem to forget that the hag hair is the bad route as well, and every powergamer takes that. So I think the bad route gets more toys than most people make it sound. The good route gets more but the bad route isn't hurting for stuff like lots of people say.
>>507771509Don't use the n-word here. It's not acceptable.
Wyll acts like a stereotypical black woman he should have been a woman.
>>507771803>The good route gets more but the bad route isn't hurting for stuff like lots of people say.They already know that - they just don't want to admit it because it goes against their narrative. Both the Bhaalist armor and Shar's Spear of Evening are best-in-slots. At least you're honest about it.
>>507771803>ulder’s armorIs a worse version of Damon’s act 3 armor>hag hair is the bad routeYou can save the girl and get the hair.Killing Ethel in the lair does nothing but stroke off some “le righteous Paladin” ego
People would complain about evil being worse a lot less if this fucking thing didn't exist
>>507772364You don't think rolling the dice for an innocent's life might be, I don't know, EVIL? Are you willing to do the same for your mother, with one million dollars at stake? Mintharafag is right. Min-maxers like you are funny - so quick to disregard roleplaying or morals as soon as a +1 stat is dangled in front of you.
>>507770121all of these items are available on a neutral run
>>507774113Anon, do you understand that your character is not pulling out dice in-universe and rolling?
soo..I'm non binary
>>507774113cute frog
>>507774453audibly kek'd
>>507774453It gets worse if you try to justify it in-character, because now your character is trusting a hag to keep her word, and believes eating her disgusting scalp will make them stronger. And you're still rolling the dice (metaphorically) for an innocent's life, so you're obviously still evil - to the point even Lae'zel will call you out.
im thinking about finally getting this game while it's on sale. i don't need the dlc right, it doesn't add any quests just stuff?
>>507774113Is this an Ethel screenshoot? Lae'zel wants Ethel dead, but approves of me squeezing her?
>She finally choke on True Soul Nere's prick?
>stop Nere from killing the deep gnomes>nine duergar with Extra Attack and a caster with illithid powers on Tactician>win handily
>>507780189For me, it’s Shove
should I go paladin or cleric of eilistraee for a seldarine drow playthrough? leaning towards cleric but I don't know if the extra dialogue options are actually worth it
>>507780484What about their loot??
>>507780907Turn based-> run highest party member into lava -> loot everything grouped together -> jump out -> heal -> repeatAs long as it isn’t Nere, we’re guchi
>>5077811343 down, 3 over
>>507781134lolI used Elixir of Heroism, Potion of Speed, and Bless.
I have a gun and am going to kill Gortash
>>507781517NOOOOOOOOO YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO USE CONSUMABLES!YOU DIDN'T BEAT THE GAME, YOU DIDN'T BEAT THE GAME!
I thought i would have hated Karlach, but I surprisingly found out that I don't.Her flippant reddit-tier combat dialogue makes her seem like a fucking psychopath and that's hot
>>507771803The one thing that hurts the most is the Potent Robe. For a Warlock or Warlock multiclass, no other chest piece comes even halfway close to it.Heavy armor users have some alternatives to the Armor of Persistence, both Helldusk and Bhaalist are great, but there's nothing comparable to Potent Robe.Yet, the class that is most often associated with Evil and is a popular pick for evil runs, gets cucked out of it. Doubly so because, expecially if you're Durge and maybe don't want to side with the goblins (honestly not even an evil character would side with the goblins, the first thing they do is make you eat shit, kiss feet, brand you like cattle and drug you to torture you, any self respecting evil character would exterminate them and keep the children for last so they can watch), you still end up killing Alfira, the one that gives you your BIS armor, unless you metagame around it. It's the Potent Robe that breaks the deal for me.
Fucking lmao
>>507783993I wouldn't call her a psycho, she's pretty clearly chaotic good, but she maintained that upbeat demeanor even after being a soldier in the blood war for like a decade so she's not entirely right in the head, either
>>507784182okay
Frogbros... how could this happen...
How did Wyll and Karlach get tadpole'd? I get tav/durge, froggy, we literally see that. Shadowheart was part of the plan. Gale, Asterion... no idea why those two were abducted, but can accept that they were at wrong time in the wrong place. Minthara looks like the kind of person that would happily put the tadpole into her eye for the promise of more power. But Wyll and Karlach boarded the nautiloid in Avernus. There wasn't enough time for them to get implanted by parasites and they aren't stupid enough to infect themselves on purpose. >>507786741Minsc has moves... but isn't he more into witches? Still, getting to know girls through pets is smooth, rangers and druids have unfair advantages. Druids even more so, with wildshape they don't even need a pet, they can be the pet.
>>507743492High elven female sorceress with fat titsHigh elven female ranger/ druid with fat thighs and ass but she only partially transforms turning into a catgirl for example. Also she always summons her dryad gf for threesomesHigh elven female fighter with decent muscle tone and a tight but curvy figureMe, human male life cleric of Shiallia.The sorceress and the ranger-druid work together to brew alchemy and we only ever adventure for a few months every 9 months or so.
>>507743492Tav, Shadowheart, Halsin and their son that Tav is providing for.
>>507790035spawning pool falls over and the tadpoles slither for their lives into the nearest host
>>507743492Paladin, Oath of devotion, High elf girl, party leader, escorting the despicable suspects to fair trial as a test by her goddess, but unfortunately, ending in circumstances where the cooperation of accused is required. Starts naive, optimistic and full of sunshines, rainbows and justince. Wants to save and redeem anyone and everyone. Learns to hate her life. Cleric of Lolth, Lolth-sworn Drow, woman, as stereotypical as she could get. Necromancer Seldarine Drow male, aka wizard, pronounced with hard R, bit of a nerd and very bulliable, has curiosity about all dead and undead things. Purely academically, of course, unless nobody is looking. Wild magic sorcerer, wood elf woman, for the lolrandumb character... possibly could be drunk fist monk, once that is available. Just wants to have fun and explore life to its fullest, open to new experiences.
>>507771747There is no difficulty in this game retard
>>507792573Post Foehammer
>>507793258
>>507793484You win this round
The scrying eye in the warden's office is difficult to discreetly eliminate.
2025 is the year I beat Honor Mode so I can be one of the cool kids.
>Stupid, worm-infested cockhead!
About to replay this game. What are the must-have QoL mods today?And which mods will disable Honour Mode completion?
>>507795001It's vulnerable to Thunder, a Chromatic Orb oneshots it. Air Elemental basic attack also does it and doesn't cost a spell slot if it's already summoned.
How come when I do my monk attack the bonus action unarmed attack doesn’t automatically pop up in my UI? I have to manually go to my spell book every time to find it.
>>507799685I usually see it on the right, same place where Hurl Flame goes when you cast Produce Flame
>Shart laying back, exhausted from Halsin's pounding>Daddy Halsin sitting back with his pipe, supervising your clean-up>"mmmnfurfnfmmm nurmomnurghh good mmm arrmgfrnmm mmm goodberry good">"Slow down, Tav! You'll make yourself sick!>"There will be plenty more Goodberry Pie for you later :)"
The dancing breeze is probably better but I can’t wait to get the staff of cherished necromancy and imbue it with thunder elemental power using the Drake throat glaive for my reverberation 4E monk. Also plan on rocking the broodmother’s revenge, ring of regen, and caustic band (I could trade for the ring that causes daze on reverb enemies) and with GWM I should be doing pretty good damage per attack.
Kill tieflings. Behead tieflingss. Roundhouse kick a tiefling into the concrete. Slam dunk a tiefling baby into the trashcan. Crucify filthy tieflings. Defecate in a tieflings food. Launch tieflings into the sun. Stir fry tieflings in a wok. Toss tieflings into active volcanoes. Urinate into a tieflings gas tank. Judo throw tieflings into a wood chipper. Twist tieflings heads off. Report tieflings to the IRS. Karate chop tieflings in half. Curb stomp pregnant tieflings. Trap tieflings in quicksand. Crush tieflings in the trash compactor. Liquefy tieflings in a vat of acid. Eat tieflings. Dissect tieflings. Exterminate tieflings in the gas chamber. Stomp tiefling skulls with steel toed boots. Cremate tieflings in the oven. Lobotomize tieflings. Mandatory abortions for tieflings. Grind tiefling fetuses in the garbage disposal. Drown tieflings in fried chicken grease. Vaporize tieflings with a ray gun. Kick old tieflings down the stairs. Feed tieflings to alligators. Slice tieflings with a katana.
Kill vampires (even though they’re already dead). Behead vampires. Shoot vampires with silver bullets. Stuff garlic in vampires’ mouths. Pour holy water on vampires. Wave crucifixes in vampires’ faces. Impale vampires on wooden stakes. Set vampires on fire. Press an icon into a vampire’s chest. Slam dunk a baby vampire into a fire pit. Chop a pregnant vampire’s head off. Put a bible in a vampire’s face. Pour holy myrrh on vampire. Rub a vampire with relics. Throw salt in a vampire’s path. Demolish a vampire’s lair. Throw a vampire’s coffin to the bottom of the sea. Punch a vampire in the face with a bouquet of roses. Steal a vampire’s treasure. Starve a vampire of blood. Have a priest punch a vampire in the face.
This nigga wasted years of his life writing WYLL
>Honour Mode:>MC - Blood Mage - low Charisma, still the party face though>Shadowheart - OotA Paladin / Life Cleric>Gale or Wyll - Wild Magic Sorc / Warlock>Astarion - ????????????????????????????????????What am I missing bros ??? Don't say double bow, tavern brawler, summoner, whatever...Gale or Wyll ?
Love waifus. Give waifus the best armor to keep them safe. Always keep waifus inventory stocked of healing potions. Complete waifus questline with the best ending. Marry waifus. Live happily ever after with waifus. Cuddle with waifus. Hold hands with waifus. Treasure waifu smiles. Give waifu gifts of items, potions, scrolls.
>>507802704The fuck is a blood mage?
>>507802865https://mod.io/g/baldursgate3/m/blood-mage
>>507802908Oh you’re cheating
>>507802806This poster fights for the sake of love. This poster is based.
>>507739740>>507803507
Any self respecting person would cheat on namefag t b h he spent Christmas calling shadowheart and her fans slurs
>>507802704Blood mage and the blood sorcerer on the in-game manager are dogshit.>>507803042It's not much of a cheat, since it's actual rancid anus that's more of a detriment than a boon.
>>507802704>What am I missingA properly formulated question. You're like one of those clueless people that come here asking for the "best" or "most fun" builds, and expecting a tailored answer for your specific needs.
If you think about it, a "good" playthrough character would never recruit Minthara.
>>507804562Astarion tried to kill you twice and you still kept him in your camp
>>507804656>twiceNot entirely true, it depends on how you recruit him and your rolls.>and you still kept himYou can just not recruit him or even kill him once he tries to bite you.
>>507804656No I didn’t
>>507804562Why? She's a victim of the Cult of the Absolute, just like you.
>>507805068Why? Because she's evil, obviously.
>>507805068>mercilessly kill grog and glut>oh but we need to knock minthara unconscious!Fuck off
Warlockbros, favorite pact?
>b**lb*dd*
>>507806373A great artist!
>>507806080Blade GOO
>>507806080>Fiend warlocks make pacts with a shitty low tier Cambion that screws them over>Old One warlocks risk going insane just trying to use their powers>Fae warlocks pact to a cutie with near godlike power that gives them scary tricky powersLiterally only an Archdevil could give you powers comparable to the Archfey, why would anyone go any other route?
>>507808032Can you fuck your archfey patron?
Swen's Vincke.
>>507808482I don't like sex or being touched by other people, so I don't care about that.
>>507804562There are many roleplay reasons. You pitied the captured goblin, went to Minthara with her and then sort of made bad choices, because you cannot say no to people. You were paladin, believing anybody could be redeeemed, so you wanted to capture her alive. If you weren't a paladin, the alive capture is for the purpose of questioning and torture. You were a dick, looking forward to her reporting failure in her mission. Knocking her out and stealing her clothes. Ok, this one wouldn't be good, more like chaotic neutral. You didn't want to get involved in any of this grove goblin mess, you have parasites you need to get rid off, so you ignored the plotline completely, then just tried to rescue the maiden in distress. You sensed she has a parasite in her head, and wondered if she needs help, just like the rest of your party. You thought she is not evil, just under bad influence. Turned out being evil and being brainwashed aren't mutual exclusive, but you pragmatically decided to have enemy of your enemy join you in uneasy alliance. >>507804656Astarion occasionally gets staked for that by paladin players.
>>507809687All of this is literally just metagaming cope, except for the first option which is simply being evil in the first place.
>>507809687>you pragmatically decided to have enemy of your enemy join you in uneasy alliance. Pretty much. You are allies of circumstance. Survival comes before petty moral disagreements.
>>507810513Well, metagaming is also not killing Karlach, I mean, paladins of Tyr tell you so, the blade of frontier tells you about advocatus diabolus... and you'd rather listen to the voice in your head than to the obviously good, well-intentioned characters? If I didn't know she is one of the origins, she would go down (I just couldn't bring myself to it after hearing how she just wanted to find friends, reloaded and have never killed her ever since).Oh, on the other hand you shouldn't listen to the voice in your head when recruiting Gale, both with 'oh those sigils are dangerous, don't touch' and 'this hand looks yummy, what would happen if you cut it?' I wonder how many people missed Gale on their first playthrough and had to google where and how to recruit him (I did).And knowing Astarion is a vampire is metagaming too, because he spoils that in his origin intro. Honestly, game would have been better if the origins unlocked only after you complete the characters' quest, so you have to figure out their motivation yourself as custom character.
Watch your step, virgin high elf double staff sorcerer, a chad human staff and shield wizard is approaching
>>507813436Except Karlach tries to explain things to you and isn’t an obvious mass murderer like Manthara you dumb nigger loving baboon
I get EXTREMELY upset when I see people online that don't abide by the same imaginary rules I subject myself to.
>>507808032Feys are fucking psychotic in DnD, it's not so clear-cut. Also a lot of Warlocks don't choose their patron, their patron comes to them when they have no other choice but to take the deal.
Good morning I love Astarion Ancunin
>>507817015Valid
>>507784182>unless you metagame around it.Metagame? Durggy helps the tiefling lady with her song, gets an overwhelming urge to kill her, knocks her out cold with a shovel, but resists before he actually does the deed and leavesimmersion intact
Astarion Rape
>>507820194You consented to this by allowing him to join.
>>507810513Do you think the characters click a “non-lethal damage” button and suddenly their swords are blunted? Minthara got critically injured in the fight, we didn’t go around stabbing all of the downed enemies to make sure they’re dead (because we’re the good guys, remember?) and Minthara managed to recover behind the scenes and escapesimple as
There's no way Astarion could be a vampire. He looks at his reflection every night. What a narcissist.
>>507823107>>507810513
>>507820926Yes but he didn't
Isn't Lae'zel like the only non breedable girl lorewise? If so that's a real shame.
>>507824289>breedableCan you speak like a normal human being and not a porn-damaged degenerate?
>>507824289>frog wasn't a government appointed breeding slave>the baby would melt inside Karlach>shart's womb was destroyed by decades of viconia-approved sharran trains being run on her>jaheira old and dustyMinthara is the only girl you can breed, as shown by her having the dropped pregnancy plotline.
Wyll Ravengarde is looking mighty breedable
for breaking your contract I’m turning you into a cute breedable girl Wyll - or should I say Wylla
>>507790035>How did Wyll and Karlach get tadpole'd?It's never explained beyond>Karlach saw the Nautiloid in Hell while being chased by Wyll>she (somehow) jumped atop the Nautiloid (because it was seemingly her first opportunity to leave Hell)>got captured (because duh)>Wyll also jumped atop the Nautiloid>was captured as wellanother issue is that the Nautiloid, by the time it was in Hell, was already in deep shit due to the Gith attack and also under fire by Imps and Cambions.How tadpoling some random people was still a priority is beyond me, nevermind that Karlach and Wyll were quite powerful before being tadpoled, so they must've put up a fight.Both Astarion and Gale are also odd cases.Astarion was most likely on the prowl in Baldur's gate, so that Nautiloid must've shown up during the Night and presumably captured a bunch of more people from Baldur's gate.Gale was sad, sitting in tower crying about the "break up" with Mystra, how he was abducted is questionable at best.Honestly, beyond Lae'zel (which unfortunately makes her incompetent for being abducted) and Shadowheart, none of the companion don't feel contrived as far as their abduction is concerned.Having Minsc in there would ironically have made a ton of sense in hindsight.
We love Wyll.
>>507826225said no one
>>507790035>>507825519If I recall correctly, Karlach says something about "jumping aboard the Nautiloid to escape Hell" or something along those lines, with Wyll jumping aboard to chase her.How they both got captured, and ended up in different parts of the map, with little history of their recent encounters to tell despite presumably crashing together with Tav, remains to be seen.
>>507825519Gale was probably abducted during the scene where Nautiloid is flying over Yartar, before the dragons attack. If you put Waterdeep and Yartar into straight line, you can figure out he was heading to the least inhabited area in Faerun. What he wanted to do there is kind of... sad, considering his condition. Abduction might have been the best thing that happened to him in a while. And considering Wyll and Karlach... their level is disappointing too. Astarion might have been lowly spawn, can accept that. Gale was effectively deleveled by his godess, Shadowheart and DUrge got brainwashed, Lae'zel is incompetent newb, talking about ambitions and future, instead of past achieveent, so she fits the beginner adventurer. But Wyll is supposed to be already accomplished monster hunter and Karlach fought in Blood War, their level makes no sense.
in 3….2….1
>Wizard of immense talent, chosen by the goddess of magic herself as her pupil and loverLevel 1>Warlock that singlehandedly defeated a Tiamat cultLevel 1>Gith warrior that traveled the universe and fought in countless battlesLevel 1>Hell-augmented Barbarian that spent 10 years in the field slaying demonsLevel 1>Hundreds of years old vampire spawnLevel 1Larian forgot that an adventurer just starting out at the bottom shouldn't have some grand background as it creates a disconnect between the narrative and the gameplay. I know that "he was a farmer that got tired of slaving the day away and went adventuring" is not interesting as a background in a videogame, but there's middle grounds.
If I recall correctly, the slopswine has nothing to offer beyond slop and "I don't really know." expanded into enough words that give the illusion it cared about your question.
there it is
Thanks for the sideline commentary.
Astarion hugs and cuddles
Now that the dust has settled I think we can all agree that UwUluum is the best character in BG3.
This morning I was thinking about waking up next to Shadowheart in our cottage, kissing her and telling her I love her, and then sniffing her cunt while she blushes and gets embarrassed, and then I make her some pancakes and eggs.
How did Astarion get traumatized by sex if he was never sexually abused (according to the smart slopswine)? Why did he lie about having bedded thousands of people? Did anyone ever figure out this plot hole?
>>507827120>Gith warrior that traveled the universe and fought in countless battlesLae'zel treated as a kid by pretty much every Gith you meet, she's a low ranking warrior.Decent student on her own creche but lacks any outside experience, it seems.
>>507828020He had just use sex to seduce people for his owner to feed on. He was a pimped prostitute that associated sex with food.
>>507827593not a problem it’s what i’m here for
>>507827120I know you're probably not doing this on purpose, so I remind you that the game justifies this by citing the tadpoles and their influence as the "level loss".Does that make sense? Honestly, no: wasn't tadpoling the most capable and skilled people a strategy to quickly expand the Cult of the Absolute, if everyone starts at level 1 it doesn't make much sense.I know it's more about control, but then even Minthara, Nere, Z'Rell and the other top brass of the Cult were pretty much useless when recruited: I can imagine Ketheric's disappointment."Suspension of Disbelief" is unfortunately the only answer to give ourselves in some specific cases.
>>507826971>>507827394huzzah
>>507828208Ah, okay. I didn't realize being prostituted against your will for a mere couple of centuries didn't constitute sexual abuse. You learn new things every day, from a stupid swine, no less.
spent his christmas alone spamming pastas^
At least I don't enable subhuman animals that joke about male rape. It's about roleplaying choices. Why do some players choose to let Astarion get raped?
>>507828940That was really eye opening.
>>507828825It's hard to have a serious conversation with you. It's even harder if you omit information, misquote, or just lie every time.I said that Cazador never sexually abused Astarion: no "penor-into-anungus" type of sexual abuse. In fact, all those Harry and Draco-style fujoshi doujinshi featuring Cazador and Astarion that I've heard of are...completely cringe.I'm not even sure Cazador has that kind of drive anymore, honestly, which is why he probably wants to become an Ascended Astario-, I mean an Ascended Vampire: to see the true colors of the world again, and have a libido.>>507828940I personally ate a lot of pasta during Christmas.
>>507806080In the lore of d&d what would stop a Level 20 pure Fighter from just getting a Warlock patron on top of their existing martial prowess?
>>507828273The game constantly tells you to go all in on your Illithid powers because they'll make you stronger, it makes no sense to use them as an explanation for being weaker. I guess that the most egregious example of ludo-narrative disconnect, Gale, can be partially be explained by the Netherese Orb feeding off his Weave, but isn't Wizardry literally "magic made science"? Having a parasyte eating your magic would explain a Sorcerer being weakened by it, as the magic is part of them, but isn't a Wizard just a guy that studied the Weave and found ways to bend it to their will? Unless he gets a concussion and straight up forgets stuff his powers shouldn't wane neither by tadpoles nor Orbs, no?
>>507828940I’m sure you were the one spamming halsin pastas and blaming it on him
>>507827120The game explains that everyone experienced a reset of their powers when they were infected. Wyll and Gale especially are the oens who comment on it.Lazy was still a fairly recent graduate from boot camp, and is referred to as child by a few other gith.As for Jaheira and Halsin, it's just a gameplay conceit that they're back to being weak. Jaheira was lawn mowing entire mobs with 20 class levels back in bg2.
Notice how literally everyone except one swine can answer a question without attaching slop to their post for attention. I just think that's interesting.On the matter of sexual abuse:>None of the elements present in the game suggest that Astarion was ever sexually abused>Being sexually abused is not the same as being used as a prostitute to attract hundreds of victims for your master.Smart piggy.https://arch.b4k.co/vg/thread/503099073/#503226256Not a thread-derailing faggot, by the way.
>>507829618>I personally ate a lot of pasta during Christmasyou are so valid
>>507829882Don't feed it (You)s. You don't want it bragging about being the general's "most influential shitposter."
>>507827120>an adventurer just starting out at the bottom shouldn't have some grand backgroundSeems to have worked out okay for them, maybe it isn't a universal unbreakable law after all
>>507830378I am the general's most influential shitposter, and I don't post Halsin and never have. I also vowed to spare this general from my torments for a period of no less than one week in honor of the birth of Christ, something you call center pajeets wouldn't know about, and I have maintained my vow. I watch this thread to see any new shill developments, but any shitposting occurring is purely the fault of the subtard animals that still linger here for reasons other than being paid by Liarian or shill containment. Not everything is me; only the important, thread-culture defining things. This one is on you people.
>>507830592Well said, my liege.
>I am the general's most influential shitposter, and [unintelligible schizobabble]
>>507827120They explain that the tadpole weakened them dumbass
>>507830765>game has no plappable goblinsWhat a waste
I'm saving my first durge run till drunken master monk is added. His backstory is that he's an angry drunk
>>507831121sazza would have been a cool camp follower
>>507829862Yes, I understand the idea that:>a parasite enters your brain through your eye, so at first you are mentally and physically shocked by it but then eventually you not only fully recover all your powers, but you also have improved and new onesAnd then also stop the leveling up at level 12 when in the previous games there was no such hard cap.I don't know if on some sort of shonen power level it's because canonically the protagonists of BG1&2 are and MUST be stronger than those of BG3, but the threat of an Elder Brain is no small thing so, yeah, the more you think about it the less sense it makes.Ansur, a dragon dead for centuries, is Level 17 IIRC; Rapahel, a powerful cambion son of Mephistopheles, is at level uhh 16? After centuries of life?Hmm, does not really make sense but most importantly, it doesn't fullfill my power fantasy well, fantasy. That's why I mod the game so the level cap is 20 again.>>507829980Yes, I noticed that. Too bad, I wish more people would share their screenshots.>>507830376Well, I don't think there's any merit to it.
>>507831170Will he be a dwarf?
>super special snowflake Bhaalspawn with 200 IQ who was the real mastermind of the entire plot and is also a prodigy of arcane arts and is also super charismatic and also has a dark and twisted sense of humor and is also amnesiac and is super cool and badassLevel 1.
>>507831429To be fair, he has like half of his brain left
I wish more posters shared screenshots. Valuable posters like Pea.
>>507831429>super coolha
I'm thinking about replaying as Dark Urge. I have only used the game's companions and only really done pure classes in my first playthrough, so I want to mix it up more this time, and use custom companions.5e seems pretty simple though. Are there any fun/worthwhile multiclassing options?
swen vincke and his harem of anthro lizard women need to release the swashbuckler subclass ASAP
>>507831589Just wait for the photomode. It is going to be exquisite.
>>507831429>"Tee hee hee, whoopsie step bro! I accidentally your brain, oh gosh! Sorry for lobotomizing you, I'm just a girl~!"Orin best girl
>>507831702>Are there any fun/worthwhile multiclassing options?Do you have a minute to talk about the humble Fighter 10 / War Cleric 2?
>>507831263Most likely. Though I may be a faggot and go wood elf for the extra movement
>>507831839fun fact: Orin has more fanarts than 80% of the companions
>>507831958And for a good reason: look at her cute feetsies
>>507831839Accidents happen, she is pretty, she can be forgiven. Just like Kagha, Mystra and Minthara.
>>507831907NTA but I do, please go on
>>507831907>Fighter 10 / War Cleric 2?Losing an extra attack and a whole feat from level 11 and 12 fighter for a measily war cleric feature (extra attack but very limited) and a single guided strike per short rest? You've got to have something better than that.
>>507831725Does it get extra attack?
>>507832462no one knows, they'll be reworking most of the new subclasses
>>507831429Literally got his brain scrambled by Orin
>>507831702I feel like 1 or 2 levels of warlock work very well on just about anyone. Hex is always useful, and the bonuses you get from pacts + subclass can be useful for anyone
>>507832861Yeah I know >roleplaying, but multiclassing warlock is an absolute lore disaster
>>507833314how? literally anyone can strike a deal with a devil/fey/alien
>>507828940I think he's a bot
>>507833471I don't think the patron would appreciate you obtaining power from other sources
>>507833619it depends on your patreon, really
>>507833471Warlock is generally regarded as a quick way to power with a cost.If being a Warlock isn't the main source of your power, then why make a pact that still might have a serious price.
>>507833314fair enough, it's the one class that has you sell your souleven worse if it's a paladin multiclassing into a warlock (even though both work off of CHA)
>>507832462In 5e no, don't think they'll change that.
>>507832427Fighter 11/ War Cleric 1Extra attack bonus action > feat number 4
>>507833314>>507833965>>507834016The character may have ended up in a desperate life or death situation and the only being that showed up and offered their help was a Fae/Fiend/Ayy/Talking sword (coming soon), but only if you sign a contract, of course. You don't necessarily need to be the one looking for them, sometimes patrons search for vulnerable targets themselves.
>>507834208>Extra attack bonus action > feat number 4It's an extra attack bonus action when using a charge, so just 3 such actions per long rest. And remember that with great weapon master you can get extra attacks as bonus action anyway if you manage to score a crit or kill an enemy that turn.I think the extra feat is the better choice, but I suppose you do also get some basic spells, and if you weren't using spells from items on your fighter already, then you can use those instead.
>>507833965Because it offers abilities that you can’t get anywhere else which can seriously enhance your other powers
>>507834872>so just 3 such actions per long restMore than sufficient given that the game functionally has unlimited long rests, so any "per long rest" skill or item is essentially "per fight" in practice.
>>507834872You should be long resting often
>>507835107>>507835171>More than sufficient given that the game functionally has unlimited long rests, so any "per long rest" skill or item is essentially "per fight" in practice.That's true technically, but I'm autistic about it and only take rests when I'm actually out of most of my resources. I don't know, it just feels weird to be long resting too often.
>>507834872Yeah, honestly a Fighter makes for a decent pre-casting Bless bot since they have high Con, Con saves and nothing to do with their concentration. You also get an extra character able to save companions in clutch with Healing Word and Sanctuary. A single level is fine if you don't need any Feat. 2 levels Is obviously utterly retarded as you miss the improved extra attack.
ok, ok, hear me outsorc with 1 lvl barbarian for the extra +3 AC from your CON modifier
>>507834208War cleric charges are the most overrated thing in this game. Even if long resting is basically free I would rather have an extra feat, there are lots of good ones that people never take because they don't have enough chances and fighters can take advantage with 4.
>>507835868>there are lots of good ones that people never take because they don't have enough chanceslike what? haven't tried the sentinel + polearm master combo, but seeing as it uses reaction, so it's only 1 extra attack in specific conditions, idk if it's worth it
>>507835770Does not stack with Mage Armor. I guess it's justifiable with the Amulet of Greater Health, but it's not like +3 AC is a game changer at that point.
>>507836383>Does not stack with Mage Armorreally? well shit, nevermind then
>>507835868>GWM>ALERT>ASIYeah fighters really hurting for badass feats like…And uh…
>>507835261I don't long rest in cases where I can't make it make sense, once I land in Grymforge we're there until I kill Nere, once I free Aylin we're there until I kill Myrkul, once I arrive in the temple of Bhaal we're there until I kill Orin. But most fights I can head canon as the distances being longer, camping is worthwhile.
>>507836571Savage attack, heavy armor master
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-KNBl1PDPE
>early access
Tav has a rumbly tummy from all that "goodberry pie" but just can't stop.As soon as Daddy Halsin pumps a new batch into Shadowheart, Tav is in place ready to slurp it up like a greedy little beast. It goes on like this for all the night and into the morning. Finally Tav retches, it's just been too much druidic seed... yet still, the feeding frenzy continues.>hrmrmmmnfhrhgrlrlgm mmm yum good yes yes good berry mmmgrllrlkfrjmHalsin and Shadowheart look both disgusted and highly amused. "Nature's bounty" he says to her and she laughs, shaking her head and looking away.Slowly over time, Tav becomes conditioned and addicted to slurping up the Goodberry Pie, which is good because Halsin and Shadowheart keep making more of it, and Tav's new role in their relationship pleases the two of them.
>>507838389
Oak father preserve us
They should rename trolling outside of /b/ to trolling outside of /vg/, why not be honest about it?
hummmmm goodberries
>>507836846Neither of which are worth taking over the war charges
>>507799368Thank, but that leaves residue. Granted, none of the jailers have a reason to come up to the warden's office. Only when they, somehow, happen to see the scrying eye fall into the chasm and then run up to do nothing.
Never forget Gortash rape
>>507839491Again, unless you long rest constantly they 100% are. War charges can functionally be translated as a feat that says "make 3 extra attacks per long rest"They're overrated dogshit
If I were to go all in on an element, like X type dragonborn, sorc with X draconic ancestry, and X elemental adept, what do you think would be a good pick? Fire? Lightning? I guess what matters the most is the amount and quality of the spells of each type.
>>507831725That's a landsknecht
>>507840971All in like "pure damage, fuck CC" type build?Probably Lightning. You get plenty of variation for spell damage types and can set yourself up for LOADSADAMAGE with Wet. Storm Sorc or Lightning Draconic Ancestry both workAll in like "Fine with CC but basically only do damage using element X"?Fire Sorc 100%, it's one of the most broken builds in the game. Uses the hat of fire acuity + Scorching Ray spam to get unresistable CC spells while shitting out damage>Fun buildFrost Sorc. Get Mourning Frost, Snowburst Ring, Winter's Clutches, Potent Robes, and that one Necklace that lets you add Cha to cantrips. Without even getting into your actual spells, your Ray of Frost now does 3d8 + 2x Cha (which may randomly double because you apply debuffs to the enemy) and creates massive pools of ice that the enemies will all trip over. And very little resists Frost
I’ll accept the level down, but why the hell are Wyll and Karlach not affected by the Absolute’s mind control?It’s stated multiple times that the party would be thralls if not for the Emperor, so did he just preemptively extend his protection over everyone who escaped the Nautiloid?