>Here's your spunky, virginal, tight-pusy and ass childhood friend and sister broWhat were they thinking?
>human, male, fighter, wincest mod installedYep, it's gaming time.
>AI is ba-
>>742358867I've tried to play bg1 and 2 like 8+ times, but I get bored after 2 hours, why?
>I've tried to play bg1 and 2 like 8+ times, but I get bored after 2 hours, why?
>>742358867>What were they thinking?That good aligned characters needed a thief for opening things and finding traps without having to wait until fairly late in the game or being forced to play one themselves, also that having an extra person will help you make it thru to the Friendly Arm Inn.
>>742358867>using the default portraitsyou're a queer fellow
>>742358867German dub killed her for me
>>742359002I feel called out, lmao.I should really get around to starting Throne of Bhaal.
>>742358867
>>742359505word of advice: don't
>>742359130Because they're shit games.Unironically some of the worst classic CRPGs around. Nothing but number go up/thac0 simulators.Play Arcanum, Divinity, Pathfinder/Warhammer, they all shit on BG1-2 gameplay wise.Don't touch Fallout 1-2. They're even worse. People grew up with these games (myself included) so they pretend they were good, they can't separate nostalgia from unbiased timeless design. They're so barebones and uninteresting in every way, there's no reason to play them.
>>742359593What's so bad about it? I've only heard it's not as good as SoA
>>742359505>single class non-kitted fighterMan that must be boring as hell. Literally nothing to do but watch him auto-attack shit.
>human, male, wizard slayer, soloYep, I'm not getting that strength tome
>>742358867that portrait is based on one of the dev's wife. blame nepotism
>>742359091If all you see is beauty your entire life, you'll never have a baseline anchor for ugliness and eventually you start despising the beautiful because you're expecting perfection, and that is simply not a possibility in our lived reality.
>>742359820I had no idea what to roll with and thought that I can't go wrong with fighter just slapping shit around. I figured if I wanted to mess around with other classes I could just use companions.It was actually very satisfying just watching my guy run up and chop things up with minimal effort and very funny when I walked up to the dragon and killed it instantly with the Silver Sword.
She pegs
>>742359091Too old. Imoen deserves a prime 13 y.o. imouto portrait.
>>742359091if you are going to use AI make her cuter and brattier
>>742359518>hag linesAI is so cucked it can't make a cute brat anymore
>>742359820It's a good thing it's a party based CRPG, so you have multiple party members to control.
>>742360191You don't seduce men by pegging them, retard.
>>742362072That's what they all say at first
Yer a queer fellow
Hey there hi there!!
>>742363185With a smile :)
>>742363185my cute beloved little thief wife
>>742363185her voice is cute
>>742358867It's weird how hideous the BG portraits are when this was around the time tabletop and D&D art had hit its zenith. They couldn't get ANY of the tabletop artists to draw the portraits?
>>742364875Garbage like THAT was the "zenith"? I'd hate to see the nadir.
>>742359130Because they're the original pleb filters.
The original portraits are pure soul because they were just recolors if the staff, their family, and people they knew IRL.
When was the last time a western game had a virgin female romance?
>>742365849Rogue Trader, Cassia is a virgin.
>>742365520most of these work, but Imoen is egregiously bad, it doesn't convery her character at all, that's a fact
>>742365520>Draws himself as a gigachad knightPretty based, not gonna lie
>>742359951Can wizard slayer not even use those? Damn, that kit is shit.
>>742367256You can use the tomes, but you have no way to break the lock in the catacombs to get it because you can't use the violet potion, any giant strength potions, and the bhaalspawn DUHM isn't enough even at the max fighter level in BG1The only way is to dual into a thief or mage, or break your solo
>>742367256>that kit is shitin BG1 it's strong as hell, not so much in BG2 tho
>Heya! You're a queer fellow
>>742367256*interrupts you*
>>742360191Fuck BG3 for what it did to her.
>>742360108since no one else is responding to you, i will do you the courtesy to do soyour fear is very high concept, and unlikely to ever actually materialize in the way you are thinkinga more realistic critique would be that bimbofication will become oversaturated and that a specific, plastic surgery and makeup technique look will become dominant for a period of timethis kind of thing is realistic, because it speaks to broader trends in art, media, and entertainment, that the specific conditions that led to themhowever, trends like these always come and go, they are exemplified by their sex icons of their generation and era, and they become another page in historyhumanity will never despite beauty, because beauty is desire itselfbut humanity will get bored with certain looks from time to timeopining on the need for ugliness is unnecessary, you are confronted with ugliness every day, this is specifically what creates desire for beautyeven if every piece of media were curated to explicitly show only beautiful things, the ugliness of every day life will always reaffirm the desire for beautyugliness is inevitable, it's not something that can ever truly disappear
>>742365987>Owlcat>western
>>742368421Yes. Russias fall into the Western sphere. They certainly are not Asian developers.
>>742365849>When was the last time a western game had a virgin female romance?Tali, Mass Effect 2, 2010
>>742369504>space gypsy on her pilgrimage >virgin
>>742368589Sure thing bro, just like whatever brown hole you're from is totally honorary western.In reality though we have countries like Turkey or Russia where people sometime make games, but by the time you hear of it the devs are already imprisoned for participating in some coup or riot. You know, shitholes.
>>742363185Do halfling girls have fat asses?
>>742367639One person's ugly is another person's unconventional beauty
>>742359130Because they’re CRPG’s and the entire genre tends to front-load a whole lot of complex decision making on the player when they have no idea what is going on yet. That translates into a lack of confidence in your decisions which eventually leads to a quit moment.
>>742365520Imagine being Justin Smith and they turn you into a faggot elf portrait nobody ever uses.
>>742365520Cameron Tofer was eating gooood
>>742372317Look at his ears. That's clearly a Jew. He got what he deserved.
>>742371162If your criteria is how pale the skin of the people making the game is, Russian studios are the most Western studios on the planet.
They were thinking "Ah fuck. We gotta make 30 different characters portraits and our artists are too busy working on the maps. Just edit some photographs."
>>742365520>ex-wide of lead artist is drawn as an evil haglmao
>>742358867The average artists just wasn't good before digital became the norm
>>742360298weren't she and Charname around 18?
>>742365849When was the last time we had a virgin female romance in a Japanese game?
I SHUDDENLY REMEMBAH MY CHARNAME: 'HUH, TIME FOR A BIT OF THE ROUGH AND TUMBLE'
>>742358867All the portraits were goofy af.>protag is canonically a 20-year-old mage pupil/farmhand>default male portrait is a bald 30-something Steve Austin at home looking dude
>>742376945yet /v/ shits their pants if you dare use the tools the developer literally gave you to change the portraits because muh sovl
>>742377489I had one anon once criticize me for changing my CHARNAME's portrait but no others, so the art styles 'clashed', which is almost fair.But then when I posted a screenshot of a playthrough where I'd changed all the character portraits to the same artstyle I got complained at for that too kek.
>>742377489These people are just pretending to be le hardcore gronard RPG nerd who hates everything
>>742363185Wish she wasn't locked to last quarter of the game.
>>742380407It's a shame. Luckily there are a few mods that adjust NPC locations.
>>742380407I think the Tweaks mod adds her much earlier in Gullykin
>>742360108It's impossible to not see ugliness unless you never leave the house and never look at the news. Modern food has ensured the majority of people have fucked up skin and teeth and jaws and thus look like subhuman mutants compared to their grandparents.
>>742377489If you change the portraits to anime portraits drawn by the author of Dungeon Meshi you didn't beat the game, you CONQUERED it king.
>>742360108This is word by word the argument feminists use against hot female character lol, you are just afraid of competing with virtual characters.
>>742380579well the thing is, people don't leave their houses, they order their groceries and food home, they doomscroll and look at negative news all the time and unrealistic beauty standards of fictional porn characters and AI generated sloppeople are living in bubbles
>>742376615Butt kicking for goodness!
>>742380620Post the collages, please
>>742360108you see the thing is, you're on a website where everyone here sees it like this 2D>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>3DPD
>>742380510I was usually taking Safana while Immy was unavailable as a thief.Hell if you're willing to burn one book of intelligence on the thot you can keep her as yet another Thief/Magewith mage charname and Edwin you're basically team fireballs
>>742380912
>>742365520>unknownmystery niggas.
>>742381361hero 1 wife
>>742381361imoen..
>>742381361She made Aerie so cute... I hope we get to see what Kui has been working on soonish.
>>742381807Imoen after enchantment spell practice
>>742381361I hate how cute I find white Hexxat in that pic.
I've never gave a single fuck about companions beyond their basic unique barks and appearance, Solasta does CRPG party creation right.
>>742381361>>742381892this makes Neera and Hexxat bearable
>>742382008I keep wanting to try that but it's pretty expensive for having no multiclassing and no publicity.
>>742359505I still really don't understand THAC0.
>>742375768CHARNAME is canonically 20 and Imoen is "not much younger", so probably 18 or 19.
>>742382008Does it do anything else right though?
I really miss how grounded the old BG games feel. BG3 was just too quippy and horny, it felt like HBO Presents Baldur's Gates. I wouldn't call it fully woke but it was very "modern" in all the wrong ways.
>>742381502you sure? hero 1 looks like she vivisects kobolds for fun
>>742381807>the light inside has broken, but I still work
>>742382261Base AC is 10THAC0 = To hit AC 0Base THAC0 = 20So THAC0 20 against AC 10 is 20 - 10, you need to roll a 10 to hit. On the other hand if their AC is -10 and your THAC0 is 20, the number you'd need to roll to hit is 20+10 or 30.
>>742382152>>742382393it does many things in a really interesting way, resting, overworld traveling, combat, it lacks the production values obviously and doesn't have the same amount of interactivity as bg3, but it's leagues above owlfag stuff, just pirate it to check it out
>>742382838Are there any hybrid class kits to make up for the lack of multiclassing, or are you stuck with basic bitch Fighter/ Mage/ Thief/ Druid/ Cleric?
>>742382505Sure, it's important to have hobbies!
>>742382809wouldn't THAC10 make more sense then? Feels arbitrary to base the math around AC 0 when AC 10 is your default, naked and no defenses AC. I know AC in early D&D editions works where lower numbers are superior to higher ones (using the obtuse logic that first class is better than second class, which is better than third class etc.)So if an enemy has an AC of 3, and my THAC0 is 7, I would need to roll a 4 or higher to hit, right? 20 - 13 for my improved hit chance, yielding 7, and his AC of 3 counts 3 against him negatively, so my needed roll is reduced by 3 in turn, yielding a final needed roll of 4.I think I get the logic behind it (assuming I didn't completely fuck it up just now) but goddamn what an annoyingly calculation heavy system. I fucking hate math.
>>742382809Was there a reson behind this design, seems a little unintuitive compared to just roll over +bonus
>>742383386unironically intentionally convoluted to scare away normies who won't put in the effort to learn itGygax wasn't a very social person, ironically enough
>>742360108you're wrong though because perfect beauty doesn't exist you will never expect it because you have never seen it and never will
>>742383386Anti retard feature.
>>742383349NTA but for the most part you don't have to worry about it in vidya, just that a smaller number is better. BG1 was the first DnD game I ever played and THAC0 confused me for around 2 hours before I just understood it as "oh, smaller number better" and would equip things based off that. It's why going to BG3 right after 1/2 was rather funny because I had a moment of "wait....is a higher or lower number better for defense...?" and googling wasn't helpful because I was asking about 2e rules for a 5e game.
>>742374819>>742376945all of baldur's gate portraits used employees or their family members as modelsit's not surprising that they don't look particularly attractive because steve austin at home is literally just that
>>742366104They just picked the default female human portrait.Threadly reminder that they created Imoen at the last minute when they realized thieves could only be recruited in the endgame. Her voice files were recycled from another unimportant character.Her original fate for bg2 was even worse, they just straight up killed her in the first chapter so your motivation would be revenge. That's why they created Nalia as a discount Imoen, same pink hair and also a mage/thief human.Pic related, Bioware said this piece of official art is supposed to be Imoen. Unlike Minsc she just looks radically different everytime because they never cared.
>>742359091d
SEX WITH FINCH
>>742383349>wouldn't THAC10 make more sense then?Yes and no. Even though 10 is the benchmark 50/50 for d20 games, 0 is an easier binary for people to math out. -26 is 26 less than 0. That's minutely easier than '36 less than 10' to calculate.>So if an enemy has an AC of 3, and my THAC0 is 7, I would need to roll a 4 or higher to hit, right? 20 - 13 for my improved hit chance, yielding 7, and his AC of 3 counts 3 against him negatively, so my needed roll is reduced by 3 in turn, yielding a final needed roll of 4.Yeah, exactly. >I fucking hate math.Kek, same.>>742383386I do wonder. I'm guessing it's due to just being such an old sytem. 3.5 on feels so normal and sansible now because of hindsight, but when D&D was invented they didn't really have another sytem to look at.
>>742383159multiclassing SUCKS
>>742383386it was because most tabletop gamers were used to wargames that ranked armor classes with a lower class of armor being betterin other words the military aspies were to blame
>>7423843823E is terrible dogshit for computah games. Free multiclassing is degenerate and imbalanced. "Skills" are antithetical to decent game design. Feats are kinda gay too.>>742383349THAC0 is weird but it's not calculation-heavy unless you're a 5 year old.
>>742384383I will only play a single- or multiclass gish and you can't make me do otherwise.
>>742384487this, D&D was literally the result of a group of geeks playing a realism heavy medieval wargame (think it was named Chainmail) and going "dude what if this was Lord of the Rings with dragons and orcs and shit"
>>742358867BG1 NPC Project mandatory, and Banter Packs, Imoen Friendship and Imoen4ever mandatory for BG2.
>>742383476My cute retarded homeless-fucking wife
Looks like Mal Maloy, and if you wouldn't, then you're gay. Trust me, I would know; I'm gay.
>>742384550>3E is terrible dogshit for computah gamesthen why is 4e the only one without any vidya?
>>742367635True. I think it was WotC that wanted to vilify her. Larian had to make due with what they were given, so they tried to make it tolerable with the mirror of loss memories and responding to Jaheira and Minsc. They even let you spare her life. WotC will decide in the future if they want to bring her back. I doubt they want to kill an established character.
>>742384550I refused to play Icewind Dale 2 for years because I hate the 3rd edition. I checked the FAQ:>Don't play as a Paladin. Instead level up 3/5 times as a Fighter and then only level up as a mage or cleric.>You can give shields to thieves and helmets to mages>Rangers are uselessI managed to ignore all this bull, played as if it was still 2nd ed and could enjoy the game. Some aspects of it were better than the original IWD, but the music and the story are generic.
>>742384220That's also why she has no party banter until ToB, she wasn't meant to be a party member at all past the intro. Imoen managed to be a last-minute addition to both games.
>>742384776nah she is the type that ntrs the poor orphaned shotas
>>742385085stop using words you don't understand, moron
>>742365520What the heck, Anita Sarkeesian told me that women weren't allowed to make video games in the past, what's going on here
>>742365520Marcia Tofer a cute
>>742359130That's how I felt with bg3. Played through basically all those infinityengine games a ton too. Don't get it
>>742385218bro move ON already
>>742385070the real heinous sin of iwd2(besides the crashing/scripting errors and million other bugs) is that there are almost no spell scrolls. wizards are supposed to gain extra spells known at level up in 3e but they do not in iwd2, also you cannot fill higher level slots with lower level spells like you would be able to in pnp.so sorcerers are simply better in every way, more spells per day, higher level spell access earlier and even more variety in spells known.the game literally had zero play testing and you can't convince me otherwise. thank god i pirated it back in the day otherwise i probably would have been angry.
>>742385374Fuck you feminist scumbag
>>742385595die mad you retarded old man, lmao
>>742384776she would never have sex with a person born from a lower class, she literally says it to Gorion's ward, keep dreaming
>>742385762WHAT
>>742385781Yeah, she was just sneaking out at all hours to feed them and give them money
>>742370025Cope n Seethe Liarafag
>>742385781>she would never have sex with a person born from a lower class*willingly
>>742385827because she's a nice girl with a noble soul
>>742385973I'd love to see a commoner overpower a level 8+ mage lmao
>>742385524Play the IWD2 EE mod.
>>742367472The red head that fueled a million pre-teen wet dreams
>>742386126>wait for her to run out of prepared spells>rapeit's that easy
>>742360108I am beautiful and I see beauty in the mirror every day, I deserve to see beauty on the screen, as wellyou sound ugly and bitter, probably a femcel
>>742386574>wands exist
>>742371259Midgets have fat asses due to anatomy.
Why does every woman looks like a Genxer in their 40s?
>>742384882I don't even know what's in 4E and 5E desu, I was only comparing with 2E which has its flaws but 3E just adds bad things.>>742385070Indeed that shit is RETARDED>bro your sorcerer isn't an aasimar paladin 2/sorcerer X?
>>742386126>>742386770You forget the sheer quantity of commoners in the Athkatla slums. She can't shoot all of them. Sooner or later she'll run out of spells and wands, and then it's over.
>>742388047she can easily go invisible and flee, commoners have no means of seeing invisible creatures
>>7423876484e is basically "everyone is wizard, only difference is what's their spellcasting stat"5e is BG3, powergaming build autism and polymorph sex
>>742376945Steve Austin would make a great adventurer.
>>742388784>I've never played 5e
>>742370025Yeah, not Liara either. Not unless you ignore 2 and 3.
>>742359686Its fine just linear
>>742389037>reeeee no virgins>what? those two virgins? noooo they're not actually! I don't care if I'm literally told by the game that they are
>>742358867Is it ever stated if she's younger or older than MC?
>>742389037Liara explicitly states she is a virgin in that she has never been with a romantic partner whatsoever.Also, and some other ME autist can correct me if wrong, but the Asari don't really have like physical sex and I think they may even lack sexual organs altogether. Liara says as much, that their type of "sex" is some Vulcan shit where they directly meld minds and become one in some kind of ecstasy-like trance state that might be better than sex.
>>742389203nm just caught up with the threadwish she was older desu
>playing BG1 SoD>use EEKeeper to make Viconia fall in love with me (dorf)yep, it's gaming time.
where we droppin boys
>>742389249More or less correct, and it's also why they can reproduce with basically any species.
>>742388826>Alright innkeep I'm gonna need one beer... two beers... three beers -I don't GIVE A DAMN that you're runnin' short on ale!
>>742359237Dungeon Meshi's mangaka's redraw of the portraits genuinely altered the way I thought of them.
>>742381361Viconia pits...
>>742376615>"SHOMETIMESH YOU GOTTA GIVE A LADY A GOOD SHLAP">- Actual Sean Connery quote.
>>742389364Just finished SoD a few days ago and now playing BG2 and the writing is night and day, but most importantly, there is absolutely no continuity between SoD Viconia and BG2 Viconia.
>>742389417I DM dnd for my friends and I have no idea about any of this shit whatsoever because I make up the world as we go beyond the famous places like Waterdeep and shit, it's faster than reading and looking the lore as intended, honestly.
>>742390490People aren't ready for this conversation, but Baldur's Gate 2 and its consequences have been a disaster for the CRPG genre.
>>742390490would make sense considering how many years after BG2 SOD came out, the writing in SOD was always what people had problems with. i personally don't mind it at all; it's slightly quirky/fun at times, but it's nothing world-breaking or anything.
>>742390689BG1 is cool but BG2 is simply a step upIt lacks the charm of low level forest exploration and kobold fighting, but is better in every other regard.
>>742360191>She pegsNah, I feel like she'd be aggressive and energetic at first, but once you started dicking her down, she'd be all demure and submissive. Which would fluster her, so she'd start talking shit and degrading you with her dirty talk, but her body language and her pleasure filled face would give away that she's actually really likes you
>>742390689These days I think we're mostly past its influence but yeah it was bas for a long while.
>>742389417>1 hex = 10 milesso is Faerun just a really tiny planet or what?
>That one spell incantation that says 'Gracie'
>>742365849>When was the last time a western game had a virgin female romance?Karlach JUST came out like 2 years ago, bro. She couldn't fuck anyone because her curse that made her body too hot for anyone to touch her. And before she had the curse, she was a kid.
>>742376945That's why you use the giga portrait.
>>742390360>>742376615
ME ASS BE BLOODY READY
I'm a fine looking strumpet, ain't I?
>>742365520Nah theyre all shit and nepotism is cancer.
>>742391793>everything is bad because i hate everythingno one cares lol
>>742391850You do lol
>>742391020This one always looked weird to me. His shoulders are so narrow that it almost looks like he has two chainmail gauntlets on and clenched like fists in front of him, ready to fight.
>>742365520someone actually painted that many great portraits for the game?
>>742388047rape gets a death sentence and divination/necromancy existit is literally impossible to get away with raping a noble in forgotten realms unless you are a high level spellcaster. you literally need to wipe her mind so she never knew she was raped or protect against divinations and destroy her soul so it can't be interrogated.how many commoners are signing up for that? lmao
>>742388047Can't even a mid-level mage just nuke the neighborhood and dimension door away?
>>742382008Solasta is terrible and was clearly made for peanuts for budget
>>742390324>ywn be smothered in her pits while she casts evil Shar curses to confuse you
>>742391020Ah yes, Chadward, the Berserker9/Mage who wields Flail of the Ages and Crom Faeyr in the offhand. A true hero.
>>742394904Solasta 2 is looking good, I tried the demo and I liked some of the ideas they showed, I don't know if they'll manage to fully realize the game though, it's a huge undertaking.
>>742376945>bald 30-something Steve Austin at home looking dudeThe game was made during the Attitude Era so it tracks.
>>742360108You forget that beauty has an objective element and comes from biology less than culture.Yyeeeeah thats right, and if you disagree thenw e know you're ugly irl.
>>742389417What happens in the Border Kingdom?
>>742359091>DLSS: On
>>742358867They were thinking>"Oh we don't have a Good alignment Thief character, reuse those sound files and we'll make one really quick before launch"and then after launch>"What do you mean she was one of the most popular characters?"
>>742399152>>742384220This just supports my point of view >>742382008, you don't need characters with extensive dialogue trees, cutscenes, cringe backstory, the connection is formed through gameplay, you just need some basic characterization.
>>742390689>Hello, friend!
>>742359091why's ai always so shiny
I didn't know BioWare used AI for generating BG1 and 2 portraits
>>742359237BTFO that queer fellow
>>742362072not with that attitude
>>742365520>>742391020For me? It's Mike Sass. No homo. Say it out loud, you'll see why I put in a no homo.
>>742359294>HALLO! Es ist Mich Imoen!I can see why
>>742360191Ahh.. bonito
>>742365520Based and sovl pilled
>>742359686nta and responding to a 10 hour old post:The boss fights are bullshit with a paperback novel's worth of immunities, and epic-level trash mobs are annoying. The best part of the whole expansion is Watcher's Keep which you can access from within SoA anyway. It's also very short, very linear and the main town's layout sucks.
>>742400282His wife has to be the cutest of the bunch.
>>742400595At least your companions get some new banter, especially Imoen, given this thread. Some of their sound files i.e. command barks change to reflect their growth. Viccy sounds sultry, Aerie and Nalia more confident
>>742384220>Pic related, Bioware said this piece of official art is supposed to be ImoenWell, I can accept those giant boobs on Imoen.
SEX WITH YOUR MURDER-GOD-BLOOD-RELATED SISTER
>>742385374stfu That ignorant, vapid cunt is one of the primary catalysts for much of the bullshit still infecting the entire industry to this day.
>>742389417In terms of DnD vidya, where else have games been set? BG1 is in Sword Coast, BG2 is Amn, Icewind Dale is in Ice Wind Dales. Any others?
>>742391020I always saw him as billy
>>742405683In the romance mod this is hand waived by the idea that you are not really genetically related.
>>742406137Neverwinter Nights is set on Planet Namek. Shadows of Undrentide in Atlantis. Hordes of the Underdark takes place in downtown Chicago
>>742406797Damn, I didn't know the Dnd universe went that far.
>>742359608Its fun being a wizard and stopping time and fucking everyone up
>>742359820>>742360128There's no single class thief, just multiclass shitters and thief is pretty powerful in combat anyway.
>>742359130Same. My main issue is just RTWP. I fucking hate it. It's not fun and it's shit a simulating tabletop gameplay.
>>742385218That she was full of shit, nothing but a grifter? Yeah we knew that in the first place but some people couldn't contain their autism and insisted on giving her attention, making video after video about her when the right move would have been to ignore her.
>>742385218Anita didn't tell you that, /v/ did. /v/ told you that video games of the past were solely the purview of straight white men and that only a team of 100% straight white men is capable of creating a game like the classics of old. I don't know how you confused /v/ for Anita Sarkeesian because they're not very similar.
>>742391793>nepotismlmao Jesus
>>742408523Like this guy here misrepresenting what she said and trying to shift the blame to /v/ rather than the hours and hours of her on video giving interviews of what she thought the industry was and what it needed to change into>>742408859
>>742408930But /v/ literally does say that, and she has literally never said that. I defy you to quote her. Why do chuds project all the time?
>742408986>Why do chudsThat'll be that last (You) you get from me.
>>742409051Conveniently, just when you were asked to provide proof, you literally can't even, like oh my God
>>742406797The extended universe funnily enough covers all that. They are just their own Crystal Spheres out there in space that may or may not connect to each other. Forgotten Realms is in Realmspace. Elminster has been to Earth in Greenwood's lore. The Mulhorand people and their deities are also from Earth and went to Realmspace.
Who is baldur, and why is his gate important?
>>742358867>half sis at bestI lost interest when that was revealed
>>742407747The biggest gay thing about BG3 is that mage chess is gone. Fuck concentration. If all the most powerful wizards in the lore weren't created in the 1e and 2e era then they would be weak as fuck under 5e rules. If that BG2 remake gets done it's going to be an absolute travesty under slow turn-based 5e rules. Execs at Hasbro just see money in their eyes.
>>742408930No, he's actually onto something. When someone like Thompson cried about video games being violent and satanist and actually getting in the way of devs with their bullshit, you didn't gather together with your violent satanist friends to chant "only unhinged cultists can make a truly good video game" for decades after the fact. It's an honest observation.
>>742407863A strange attitude since turn-based is really boring and limited.
>>742409487I tried playing pathfinder but I found the combat really disengaging, having to use a build just makes it not fun, I just want to roll a paladin and go two hander ffs. Do you know if the epic level spell casters actually get some clout later in it?
>>742359505>Try out Imoen romance since it's constantly spammed in bg threads>She break ups with you if you want kidsWhat a bitter aftertaste of a mod
>>742409412Balduran, a human hero who founded the city of Baldur's Gate. Went on many adventures and left behind all those nice items. In the retconned Larian lore he is an elf though.
>>742406137MotB takes place in Rashemen with a brief sojourn into Thay. SoZ is in Chult.
>>742409769The most controversial versions are from the mid 2000's, where surprise sex may happen. But I think the mod actually throws some kind of demons at you for trying to do that. Never played it. But you are right, Imoen is too sweet to left wander un-pregnant.
>>742409487Indeed. Wizards are supposed to be the best.
>>742359608>ArcanumFound the pseud
>>742358867prolly not any of that shit you said
There are only a handful of good CRPGsArcanum>highest reactivity>highest roleplayability>NPCs have schedulesPlanescape>best party banter>best companions>best storyFallout 1>best original setting>best runtimeJagged Alliance 2>best combat (destructible environments)Colony Ship>best modern implementation of CRPG>best endings
>>742358867>virginalNot after Irenicus she's not.
>>742409487>oh no I can't solo entire dungeons by staking buffs this is uplayable!
>>742381361I just noticed Kagain is missing.
>>742382261What is there to understand? The lower it is the easier for you to hit stuff.
>>742410150>>742409487Things you can do as a solo low level mage, grease, ice knife, btw entirely new mechanic in a CRPG of this kind where spells are not just different colored energy balls, the element used interacts with game world, in this case leaving slippery ice surface the area is smaller than grease tho, also grease is flammable which is both a buff and a debuff depending on how you look at it.Then you can use an area damaging spell like Cloud of Daggers or if you are high level black tentacles which synergize well with any control spell that requires a save, of course if you have even 1 other caster in the party, the possibilies increase a lot more, web + black tentacles is murder.I guess having to combine party members to pull off more complex moves might be a little less satisfying if you just want the power fantasy of being a walking god just killing without having to think too much about what you are doing, The Elder Scroll games might interest you more.
>not playing solo as a fighter/mage/thiefyou didn't beat the game
>>742411709>playing a CRPG solo
>>742367635also for all the faggots that made it and filled the game with disgusting faggot stuff
>>742384315holy noseberg
>>742358867You're a queer fellow!
>>742411547BG3 lacks friggin Dispel Magic. I don't buy Larian's excuse. You wouldn't have needed to make it work outside of combat. It's not like their lore stuff was 100% anyway. Paladins for example always need a deity to get their powers from but the game treats it like you pull them out of your ass.
>>742411507In a video game, you are right, it doesn't matter. On tabletop you have to calculate a bit on your own. Which is all the more reason why a BG2 remake under AD&D is more than fine in principle, because the player doesn't have to worry about Thac0. WotC however mandates 5e in all of their released products.
>>742412693Gemini is really good at playing as Imoen.
>>742364875They couldn't afford it
>>742412693from my perspective you're the one that put on the girdle
>>742359237Its a good art style but it doesn't fit the overall Infinity Engine aesthetic. It needs to skew towards Brom not anime.
>>742413212https://onesixthbaldursgate.com/2024/03/25/imoen-pics-with-some-better-light-exposure/
>>742413396Unrelated and 5e coded.
>>742413435>unrelated>literally OP face made real
>>742410518>Colony ShipI couldn't get into AoD at all despite rave reviews. Is CS any better?
I've only ever played Baldur's Gate 1.
>>742386732based soulless retard narcissist
my wife is so cute
>>742413748I couldn't get into AoD either, but the closest game of comparison of CS is only AoD.In CS, combat is fun, and choices matter. The game is built for replayability.What might feel strange is that maybe you're used to Fallout or Baldur's Gate like mechanics, making CS feel strange.Stealth is a minigame where you really have to build a character for it Pickpocketing is only doable to a select number of NPCs (it's not like fallout), there is no reverse pickpocketing.World building is great, think post-apocalyptic or stalker-like inside a generational ship.No romances, you can recruit most of your companions on the first map provided you have enough charisma, then pick your 1 companion choice from each faction (there are 3), and another additional 1 companion in the late game (plus 1 hidden)This makes you able to recruit up to 5 per playthrough out of possible 8 companions, provided you max charisma.Common complaints are that factions are the same but I think that's the point.Everyone I know liked the combat.
>>742414589She is! She is!
>>742359091Now she actually looks 19 and not 42
>>742358867Is this the general rpg thread?I'm still salty over DOS2. Seriously, fuck Larian for abandoning the later chapters of DOS2, and for frontloading the game.Fuck game journos for only playing the first chapter.
>>742400595>implying I don't keep the thread open until it's deadI'll still play through it at some point as I would like to finish off the story. At least I'll be less likely to drop it due to frustrating fights as I'll be expecting them.
>>742358867Is the first bg game worth going back to play? I've done BG2 but I can't help thinking I'd get annoyed at being such a low level and having no tools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cLuxizt_Es>>Hé, c'est moi Imoen>>c'est bon de vous revoir!
>>742411547I sincerely don't understand people who are content with something as simple as Larian's barrel combat. Magic in games with dnd, or hell, any good RPG was never about the basic shit like fire/ice/lighting. It's time stop and wish in Baldur's Gate, it's dominate and resurrect dead from Arcanum, it's obfuscation from VTMB, shape change from Kingmaker, levitation from Morrowind. How fucking simple one must be in order to, after playing through all that with all those possibilities, be amused by shit like "wow you add fire and it burns, you add ice and it freezes"? I tried to be polite, but the more I think about it the more angry I become, because I believe it's the fault of simpletons like you that we rarely get decent magic in RPGs anymore. Fuck you.
>>742360108Why do I never see this argument in threads about newer games and only in threads about le epic cult classics for PC gamers (please do not abuse quicksaves)?
>>742376615For me it's the voice with:>>You don't want my 'ands getting idle
>>742413989not a narc, just objectiveI've got a good face, and I work hard at the gym, why would I settle for less?that retard is just some bitter lazy ugly ass fag/bitchpeople gravitate to beauty, it's natural, and these subhumans fighting nature, it's anti-humanthe whole feminist shit was started and is supported by ugly/old/used up women and ugly men that have no other optionsit's literally a parade of subhumans trying to make the world uglier and shittier
>>742415336Well let's be honest in BG2 by the time you even get time stop you're using it to just strip some other mage's magic protections, it's a rare treat when you can just use it to hurl death or status effects on an enemy mob
sister... sex...
>>742413505The game's portrait but real is also not in the aesthetic of the infinity engine. I'm not sure how its on the topic of game portraits either since its a figurine, therefore its unrelated. Maybe its related to the OP but has nothing to do with my comment on game portrait art styles.
>>742416270
>>742415891>it's literally a parade of subhumans trying to make the world uglier and shittierThat's just modern righoid slopulism
>>742415390I've noticed this too, its mainly roleplaying games that get the hardest culture-war harassment. Other games do too but to a much lesser degree.
stop talking about gay shit
>>742416436BG3 started to pollute the thread, its already a lost cause.
>>742416729it's the waifufags. it's pathetic
>>742415336>shape change from Kingmakeroh wow... shapeshifting... the thing that every fantasy crpg (including BG3) does... wow....
>>742416959I went from Waifufag in the 2000's to combat/mechanicsfag to back to waifufag. Embrace it.
>>742359091why is she asian?
>>742359237>transsexual anime pictureLike clockwork.
>>742359237You should run a Stanley down your arms and watch the life drain out
>>742412693I am gone!
>>742419808Those portraits are soul and you are a faggot
>>742419808A biological woman drew that art.
>>742391793>nepotismThey didn't pay anyone to model. That's precisely why they had to use people who worked there or were family and friends.
>>742358867Irenicus nailed that before Charname and didn't get any pleasure out of it at all.
>>742409626If you mean Kingmaker specifically, that game is designed to be hard as fuck, especially at the beginning, and is designed for real-time combat even though it (now) features turn-based mechanics. The game makes you feel like you're gonna miss out on things unless you rush certain story points in the first chapter, but then is also designed with the expectation that you have done tons of side shit to amass XP for any story fights. Overall pretty terrible game IMO, and is only really played because people are starving for CRPGs that follow actual D&D/PF mechanics.
>>742419734shameful honestly
>>742415336>list of things that bg3 also hasDo you even play video-games?>simple things like wow you add fire and it burns, you add ice and it freezesI'm sure all owlnigger games have these simple things then? Does it have any verticality at all or is the environment just a background image?Does it make use of fly and teleport spells? Changing the size of your character? Using the gaseous form spell to find secret rooms? Invade a bank vault?All simple things that I'm sure Bethesda and owlcat have implemented in their games?
>>742358867How do I get good at this game? My magic user only has 8 hp
>>742360108I have a mirror
>>742426003Send em to sleep before they can hit youUse ranged weapons, quarterstaff is a trap option, if you pick dagger you can use thrown daggers as well so you get both a melee and ranged weapon for your wizard.
>>742426003why is your magic user getting attacked
>>742426252nothin personnel
>>742382261How? I never even played the game and understand it.
>>742360108>beauty That's a sub-mid woman, "choppped" as the kids say these days. It's the absolute minimum standard for a female.
>>742359091Ruined.
>>742426003in the options set auto-pause for when an enemy is spotted, start all battles by casting sleep, later you want web
>>742415216>go to new map>explore map>bump into funny and outrageous situations>resolve situation with your dnd stats and spells or solving the puzzle or through whimsy>repeatA winning formula that's been forgotten, probably because it relies on the writing being half decent. BG3 was too gay for me so was divinity and pillars. Pathfinder was also grating but I was getting through it but I was roleplaying an evil character and killed too many of party members and got stuck desu. Why can't someone who can just write rpg stuff that's fun and good and not all gay black communism make an infinity engine game already?
>>742390112You say this but don't post it... Wtf is wrong with you?
>>742427372That's what this is >>742381361
>>742383561I have seen perfect beauty, I know it's perfect because I can't attain it>>742386732what about what I said was "bitter"? my comment was solely a slight towards AI and how people "beautify" things with AI and their only worldview is AI enhanced reality, just like people photoshopping their dating site photos, it's a false image of what actually isIt seems like you didn't even understand what I said and started going on an unrelated tanget, not only are you stupid and narcissistic, you are undoubtedly a delusional hideous ogre>>742396727When you ask AI to make something more "beautiful", it's an objective change, and people who only look at things through this artificially created beauty don't know ugliness, it seems you didn't understand what I meant either
>>742359091CRPG character portraits is the only "real" use I've found for AI-slop
>>742409487100% agree. Concentration sucks, but I also understand that the average idiot who plays HUMAN MALE WARRIOR doesn't have the capacity to understand wizardry, so they had to change it.
>>742410990And Yeslick and Quayle
>>742428881and also Faldorn
>>742406137Neverwinter 2 expac is in rasheman
>>742406137You briefly visit Chult in Icewind Dale 2 I believe. There's also a big surprise fight in the end...
>>742427879eh, I'm not reading all that cope and projection, continue being ugly inside and out
>>742427519Oh thanks!
>>742381361Skie best wife. The fuck they did to Dynaheir though?!
>>742409769damn, dropped
>>742359091sex
>>742358867>Walking around athkatla at night time>"Come, let me have a taste"
>>742391020>>742376945
>>742415336basado
>>742392078I think this is what they were going for but screw it up
I still laugh at that one guy in BG2 who randomly runs up to you and throws a scimitar at you for 1 damage.Also how wishing for a quest actually gives you quest to perform
Female game cosplayers>"When I go to conventions there's always creepy guys who start at my breasts or buttocks. It's extremely uncomfortable and speaks to the toxic masculinity still present in gamer culture. I am NOT asking for it you disgusting perverts.Also female game cosplayers:
>>742426003I dont wanna rest every minute and alway depend on the party, its better to pick figher and just dual class to mage later when you reach a acceptable hp.
>>742410518>Arcanumdogshit combat>Planescapedogshit combat>Fallout 1serviceable combat
>>742426003Play as a fighterThen dual class to mage at lvl 9. Then kick everyone out from your party and read a couple of scrolls for easy XP gain.
Nerd musichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP7vWiaxw7Y
>>742410518BG3's speak with the dead spells is like Arcanum's but with far more content and usable targets, you also can use speak with animals
>>742433537Tim Cain is kind of a retard. He has a good work ethic and has a lot of sound fundamental principles when it comes to game design, but you then realize he's only ever been involved in one hit (fallout 1). Everything else he's been involved in have been buggy trainwrecks that had potential. That might not be his fault, but still.
should I download the imoen romance mod? never played it
I should be playing arcanum again
>>742413894based
>>742427258You kinda don't have many options for that in BG though. You have thieves who you'll get like one backstab with and there's mages who are just aoe monsters.The most interesting segment of BG2 was the stupid underdark bit. I remember getting trapped in the Mindflayer dungeon and had no characters who could fight the mindflayers fairly so my only option was to have my characters spam out a bunch of summons, throw them into the room, and close the door. It was braindead but that's the only option I had.Then endgame it becomes even more skewed for mages since you want to control them so you can do your stupid timestop and pause spam all your spells at once. What does a fighter or a dancer have instead? Nothing. And thieves again just keep casting invisibility until they can backstab again.I've wanted to play Icewind Dale to see if a more combat focused scenario would elaborate on the system but I have little faith.
>>742399942it does what it's told. You could simply tell it "not shiny" and the result won't be shiny. but people put in garbage commands and get upset when they get garbage output
>>742360191I fucked up with her by accidentally making myself an Elf... I kept her with me the entire game wondering why she wasn't flirting with me and I wasn't getting the romance.Clerics are boring as shit anyway. Healing touch does nothing and you barely notice the effects of bless. I'd find the game more fun chugging potions
>>742436312>I remember getting trapped in the Mindflayer dungeon and had no characters who could fight the mindflayers fairly so my only option was to have my characters spam out a bunch of summons, throw them into the room, and close the door. It was braindead but that's the only option I had.Those kind of tactics are actually completely standard for solo play. You can pretty much complete it with any class but you need wands, scrolls, amulets, or boots of speed.
>>742437909You expect shit like that in solo play though. When I have a full party yet they'll all die to a handful of slaps from mindflayers with no counterplay for the hold shit and int reduction it becomes frustrating.
>>742415252This is cute XD She's so squeaky and chirpy
>>742433258Cosplayers? Just this morning I've seen four different groups of women, from teenagers to middle age, all with their tits out, belly's open, and wearing shorts that cover less skin than my underwear. And this is considered completely normal and acceptable.
>>742416298this is why no one likes you bg1 freaks
>>742360191my friend's gf is always trying to pressure him into letting her peg him, even in front of other people, and I'm worried for his safety. he keeps saying no but she just says "yeah whatever" or "we'll see"
>>742409626Play it on a lower difficulty you dolt, those games tend towards being challenging. Even normal is too much if you don't want to think about your build at all.
>>742365849>>742391006Lae'zel was also a virgin. She pretended not to be but she'll admit it in a certain dialogue path. Her whole tough badass act is just an act and she's actually scared as fuck, she's basically a highschool senior in gith society who doesn't know shit but doesn't want to look weak in front of strangers
>>742376945Using AI to generate custom portraits is genuinely a gamechanger.
>>742359237My problem with these portrait packs is that it's impossible to find good MC portraits in that style.
>>742439230Not really. Aside from the included human hero portraits, her Daydream Hour art books have tons of portraits of fantasy characters of various races in this style. You can find them online pretty easily.
>>742439940
>>742381361how tumblersque
>>742414912one thing I hate about AoD is how they claim to have build choices, but you can't half-ass skills, shoehorning you into playing a handful of meta builds.
>>742440195Wife (male)
