Sweetheart of Shar Edition>News:Patch 8: https://baldursgate3.game/news/the-final-patch-new-subclasses-photo-mode-and-cross-play_138Patch 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 DC 21 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 low 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: >>536542557
Missionary with Astarion
My favorite act is still act 2
She looks really cute in this armor and it's one of the best sets for her.
>>536761428https://youtu.be/NCukclINJbIuh ohkino alert
My new wallpaper
>>536763159why are you gay
>>536761586yeah, it's great and the dyes work really well with it too
How do you RP justify springing Sazza on a non-evil playthrough? A convoluted plan to get into the goblin camp that risks the location of the grove?
>>536766159>"I'll bring the fight to them"
>>536766159goblin pussy
>>536766159use her to get into the goblin camp easily and then bait minthara out to kill her in front of the gates?it's pretty basic
>the cloister fight contains nobody with the alert feat>you can surprise them and 2 round the fight
>>536766159Your tav has low intelligence and was duped by her
Who is the most fun romance of Durge? I'm guessing Astarion, but I've never seen Shardowheart since I always fix her in my runs.
>>536402092>>536399970Avoiding long rests isn't about camp supplies, it's about maintaining elixirs and buffs like bliss spores as long as possible. Long rests' cost is the fact that a lot of buffs reset.I have 3K camp supplies in honor mode right now, both because I'm looting a lot, and also because I try to avoid resting more than 3 times an act if I can, though this does depend mostly on whether I do have a buff like that and the resources my party has. The only character I have who actually requires long rests is shart, but I'm able to get away with her mainly just using utility spells, because I always have her summon a djinn.
>>536766837Karlach is bizarrely supportive of Durge, she reacts to your father being Bhaal like you told her you grew up a Jehovah's witness or something
>>536766837astarion got a lot of extra durge lines
>>536761620>lazy jewish drunk astarionoh good
>>536766159>How do you justify sparing a goblin?I wouldn't.
>>536766837i really liked froggy's lines>govern your hunger before it governs you>>536767338ack is pro eating soul coins and listening to slavers so not a big surprise
>>536767338>>536767458>>536767583Full murderhobo or resisting?
>>536768404i'm a dindu nuffin good boy until an NPC is rude to me then i go full murderhobo
>>536766159Save as many lives as possible, she was clearly not safe in the grove, ready to get hate crimed any minute. It's not up to me to judge people.
>>536766159Every living being matters and it was not for us to execute a defenseless person, there's a reason Gale, the most morally good person of the party approves you freeing here
>>536772530>the most morally good person of the party
>>536772530>Gale, the most morally good person of the party
>>536772530>chosen of mystra >most morally good person of the party
>>536773494Who is that Mexican in your screenshot
>>536773580his name is wyll
>>536773580El Señor Jale Dekarios
What would you do if Durge was a High Elven Stacy?
We love wyll
>>536773494
>>536774696Compliment Bhaal on good taste since elves are based
>>536769939nicefrog
>>536763159>that facesMinsc is the only top of this game LMAO
>>536778589Astarion face is so fucking Astarion. It looks like he's faking orgasm.
Is mizora into petplay?
Why does DND deny the traditional unkillable tank archetype? Paladins and fighters can come close, but both are far more based around becoming armored wrecking balls than immortal walls
>>536766159There's barely any sane justification to doing any goblin-allying even in an evil playthrough. Destroying the grove is fucking stupid, its just slaughter for slaughter's sake
>>536779329Just give karlach the tough feat.
>>536779170Wyll ishe's forcing her into his sick CNC fetish
>>536779649tanks are more than damage sponges
>>536774696Knock her up with my half breed children>>536779078>It looks like he's faking orgasm.I'm sure youre intimately familiar with what that looks like anon
>>536779170>Is mizora into petplay?100% sure. Wyll has bottom aura. >>536763159
>>536779741But I want to be a damage sponge
Mizora should be calling me her pet not wyll
>>536780064We know, Minthara.
The gnoll's cursed club is really cool I wish we could restore it into a flail instead of carrying around a shitty tiny stick
>>536780142lol
This Durge walks up and slaps your GF's head off. Your response?
>>536780372She slaps her own head off?
>>536779504>barely anyI don't know. Your goal is to find a cure, not play housekeeper between two virtue signaling parties in the oppression olympics which is the entirety of the druid grove. Goblins have a better lead to what's going on inside your head and you can subvert them into not destroying the grove while you are there. Personally, I slaughter them both.
SPLIT THESE INTRUDERS OPENAVERNUS IS OURS
>>536780372>slaps your GF's head offhow? what action/spell do they use?
>>536780372Why is it always Durge like this
>>536779329It's not that hard on Paladin to have 36AC and immunity to Crit and also having such high saving throws that you only ever take partial damage making you practically unkillable. You can even taunt everyone to attack you now as well. It is a super cheesy, boring, and slow way to play though. Most of the time you'll be running in solo and spending 10-20 minutes getting all the enemies grouped up to taunt them before coming in with the rest of your party.
If Tav and Astarion could secure another 7,000 souls for Tav's ascension, they would become the progenitors of an entirely new race of ascended vampires, akin to Adam and Eve.
>>536781172As if he would ever allow that to happen, lmao.
Daily reminder your random character is not relevant outside your gameplay. Stop trying to self-insert outside your gameplay. Also, Dark Urge is a white draconian.
What does mizora see in wyll?
>>536781506I always choose Wyll to be the good MC because of that, he is bland as fuck, I don't need to create another bland character
>>536781172...why>>536781537a plaything, a pet, she calls him that several times
>>536761256more like Sweatyheart
>>536781506t. has no imagination
>>536779078Anything for the old Godey.
>>536779329I guess for a similar reason that there aren't any dedicated healers, they don't want to force people into a certain role.To justify the investment into defense, there must be some huge incoming damage, else the investment is kinda pointless.But if you do that, anyone not specced into defense gets fucked, so it's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation.You have this issue in pretty much every MMO>reduce incoming damage>no point in playing tank>increase incoming damage>every party comp now needs a tank
>>536782397
>>536780768She roleplayed it out well so the DM didn't bother rolling
>>536782726damn... almost as if video games are a pointless time sink...
>>536781478He would. Astarion is a cute dummy despite the persona he puts on.
>>536766468the only good answer
Wyll should have been Asian
>>536766159
Wyll should have been a blond white stud
who the fuck is M?
>>536786291The cut hag coven.
>>536773580The swine will post attention-grabbing slop of Gale then double down on the attention whoring with a comment like, "wow... I really miss the Galesis!!" later on. It's a hypocritical sack of shit.
uh oh slopmelty
>>536786291the disgusting swine manthyfag, of course
>>536786291Minthara
>>536786824Is it funny playing as origin Lae'zel and being nice to everyone?
>>536787457What happens if you play as origin Astarion and be paladin and pray to gnomes?
>>536787457its kinda like playing evil gale>>536773062
>>536783285Six months later, Tav is still a spawn. Six years later, Tav is still a spawn. Six decades later, Tav is still a spawn. Any day now, she will become the equal of her "consort"...
>>536788330You could turn Wyll into a lemure slave, toss him into Avernus, have him fight his way through Blood War and up the devilish hierarchy over the millennia and when he made a pit fiend Astarion's spawn would still be spawn.Meanwhile Gale will actually make you a god if you just ask
>>536763159>mfw this is canonMinsc being asexual is one of the biggest fake news of Baldur's Gate franchise.
for me, it's a peaceful married life with my high elf wife
Refute this, chuds.
>>536789634its the curveball
>>536789634ban sex
>>536788330That's a cute headcanon.
>>536789064He doesn't want to date TAV so everyone automatically assumes he is asexual. By this logic 99% of RPG companions are asexual.
Getting Minthara kidnapped by Orin is hilarious. Just imagine how hard she must have shit her pants.
>>536789805
>fucked up gortash cheese strat in honor mode>now will likely have to fight him in earnestBased on what I saw while escaping, my best bet is entering through the prison and just killing as much as I can on my way up. I also noticed the steel watcher AI is shit, they were just dashing, jumping, and using the hook on enemy NPCs at random.I screwed up by not realizing karlach would trigger a cutscene, plan was to take him outside and throw him over the edge.I've never fought him, any advice?
>>536789805But not as cute as yours, the one that started this chain. Cute in the sense that it assumes your power couple would be allowed to live for decades, safe from the threat of any intrepid vampire-hating, high-level cleric or paladin of Lathander. It's a nice fantasy.
>>536792812I also noticed that with longstrider and the flight ability, you can fly down from the coronation chamber to the bridge leading to rivington, it's a pretty useful escape route because the enemy AI is incentivized to move up the tower. The steel watchers also seemingly can't fit through those doors, which is useful
>>536780372Also Durge. You know the drill.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHUr8OL2bVg
>The Dark Urge to write bad poetry and keep a diary where I vent about how stupid boys are
>>536793306You are a man right
>>536792894Vampire lords who have been around for centuries do abound in Faerun, Cazador himself is a good example and he was probably protected by several patriars too.
Ascended Astarion doesn't give a fuck about Tav and would let her rot in hell or join Halsin in his bear cave
Astarion seethers still trying
>I love you pookie
>>536794081I despise Astarion, however, I've realized I have him along in every playthrough, so clearly I enjoy him more than I let myself believe.Honestly, if he disapproved less shit, I'd probably like him, he's just the hardest for me to raise approval for. It just seems like he's not very pragmatic, he gets mad at 'good' dialogue choices that help the party
You'd think he learn nothing he does phases them
>>536794629Baudelaire mindbroke them so hard they made a 54 pages long essay about Ascended Astarion actually loving Tav despite enslaving them just saying
>>536794771Syphilitics, madmen, kings, puppets, ventriloquists,What can you matter to Paris the whore,Your souls or your bodies, your poisons or your rags? She'll shake you off, you pox-rotten snarlers!
>>536793775Cazador survived through a combination of keeping a low profile and calculated scheming. I wouldn't be so optimistic with Astarion.>>536794201Just killing time because it beats talking about the simpleton with a rodent. I do find it interesting that a Tav who lets Astarion ascend is no longer the one with all the power in the couple - it's an unusual role reversal in a genre that typically ascends the protagonist, not their lover.
>>536793775>protected by several patriars too.Maybe almost all killed by the young handsome man or the squids. Baldur's Gate will be a more chaotic shithole than Luskan.
>>536795301Realistically you the player can still kill him. Also Spawn Tav can still break up with him. Larian knew they couldn't actually the trap you into that or they would get death threats everyday.
>>536795592>they would get death threats everyday.I want to believe we are (slightly) more civilized than the dmc fags.
>>536766468gobussy
>>536794081Stuffed Halsin is standing in our grand hall. No need to thank me, sharties
Tell me what is the difference between a party with 4 summons and a party with 3-4 actions per character.
>>536796038Daddy Halsin stuffs Tav and Cuckstarion can't say anything about it actually
>>536796091Well, it’s not really 1:1, the utility you get out of the summon’s kit is sometimes better than just basting yourself.The elementals/myrmidon and the djinn only have an action and a bonus action, but when the bonus action is an infinite misty step, you get a lot. Shovel is weak as shit on paper, but her ability to start almost every encounter with a surprise round makes her incredibly valuableThere’s also the fact that more “things” in your party affects the AI pretty noticeably, tanky stuff like the djinn and water elemental can soak up a lot of damage that might otherwise have been sent your way
I gave every enemy an extra action and it's wack. I'm trying to make the game more difficult so I have various camp supplies and enemy hp scalings,plus tactician enhanced giving them all 2 actions and it's a bit much.If I'm being honest though, I'd prefer to find a way to make the game harder that is not just inflating enemy hp bars and actions. One of the coolest things about bg3 and one of the many things that sets is above other crpg's is that tactician actually alters enemy spell lists and equipment, and honor mode gives bosses new things to do, so difficulty levels are not just stat inflations like in owlcat and obsidian games. There are mods that say they make enemies "smarter" but I haven't noticed much in my testing so far.
>>536796998Honor/tactician mode also increases enemy rolls, you can see the bonus in the combat log. Also at least in honor mode, every character including yours has a higher proficiency bonus than balanced. I think it’s a +2 but I’m hazy
>>536781172based>>536788330nice headcanon>>536794081seethe
>>536797361>nice headcanonYou talk about murdering 7k people so you don't feel hunger anymore. lmao
>>536796998Use the mod that restores Initiative to a d20 roll.https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/1115Not only does it create more volatile encounters where your party is not guaranteed the first (and most important) turn, but it pairs well with any difficulty mods you might stack.
>>536796850If the party is minmaxed then I can do a lot more with those extra actions than a bunch of minions could ever hope to achieve. Shovel (along with any other minion that can go invisible) is the only real hang-up. Not spending your action to start combat is very useful. But that's one minion, and you care less about surprise rounds the higher you get.Sorry this came out of nowhere, I was on the crapper and it just hit me out of nowhere that we have someone ITT who throws an autism fit if you have a party of summons but has never once complained about breaking the action economy using your own party.
Am I 8 int for feeling like, outside of dedicated cheese setups. most utillity spells are a waste of a turn in comparison to just doing damage numbers, especially when the end state of almost all combat is 2 characters standing next to each other and swinging?Even sleep seems broken, until you learn any random underling can just shove them to wake them up...
>>536798737utility spells are there for varietymost are worse than just doing damage but sometimes you dont want to do damage you want to fuck with the enemies
>>536798737I gravitate toward ape “control” spells personally, they’re pretty consistent A good hunger of hadar, some grease, a wall of blades, it’s one turn to set up and it just makes everything more straightforward
>>5367986317k is not enough I'm going to make mephistopheles make the deal 15k
>>536799039>not kill everyone and turn into the next Cyric
>>536798702>we have someone ITT who throws an autism fit if you have a party of summons (...)That someone doesn't exist. A full summoner party is a viable (albeit very tedious) playstyle. I'm also not here to police how you play the game. My issue has always been with worthless cheaters like the swine that use the Party Limit Begone cheat to stack 10 companions and act like it's the coolest thing ever to cheat in an easy game. It goes without saying that even with the base itemization in BG3, an optimized party member is capable of much more destruction than any summon.
>>536798737A lot of cc spells generally just make up for bad positioning, especially given how limited they are by this being a video game. Very little point in stopping an enemy from moving when your spellcasters are far away and your warriors are on top of them. Even less point when its a Video Game Enemy with a big red health bar that is there for the express purpose of you killing them, and that must be killed to complete the Video Game Encounter.
>>536799758>those are all party membersHuh. The image usually doesn't have context so I had just assumed they were summons.
>>536800046Pigschizo has a mod where he can use all the companions
>only 10% of people who beat the game do it in honor modecringe. Filthy casuals you are all beneath me
>>536800256>10%not according to steam
>>536798702Idk man, I use the djinn and water elemental prolifically and I love them both. They have a free misty step as I mentioned, but then the djinn is able to use thunder wave and those tornadoes, both of which gum up enemies. The water elemental’s ice breath can prone groups of clustered enemies, or break a concentration.Like what am I going to do with another attack, use eldritch blast again?
>>536781506An anon making a post like this would let their phone autocorrect dragonborn to draconian and not notice/care
>>536800483I've chunked enemies for 70+ health using just EB with modifiers and riders, so yeah I'd rather just get another attack.
I for one think its based that Larian also (correctly) consider Dragonborn a joke of a race that shouldn't exist.
>>536800750You prefer gaining an action, I prefer preventing the enemy from acting, both are sensible
>>536800457yes according to steam
>>536800256Downloaded a save file and got the chievement and the gold dice.
>>536800910Those extra actions could also be used to prevent enemies from acting, and not just by killing them. But I do agree that both are valid. I was completely wrong on why the anon was against multiple controllable entities anyway so the whole point I was trying to make is moot.
>The virgin martial minmaxer"Ugh! Summoning is so tedious! You have to click so many times!>The chad SummonerGAWD"Wao! Look at how many turns I get! This is awesome!
>>536801110>Catelyn: "You are a man without honor."
>>536801368>Wao! Look at how many turns I get!>Miss!>Miss!>Miss!>Miss!>2>Miss!>Miss!>4
>>536801343>prevent enemies from actingNo I get what you mean, the kino setup if you can manage it would be haste + summons. I don’t use haste as a spell, because of it being a concentration, and I don’t like the lethargic side effect, but that’s just me. I tend to spend the first few rounds of a fight trying to “inconvenience” the enemy, once I have them almost completely neutralized, then I start DPSing. I’ve just gotten good results from this and it’s what I’m comfortable with>anon against multiple controllable entitiesThere’s a schizo lately who calls people cheaters for using seemingly anything outside of melee, might be the same guyThe chad reason not to use summons is that it’s a pain in the ass when you’re really leaning into it
>>536801464I always play as an assassin/gloomstalker for a reason.https://youtu.be/jR54A_PSPbM?si=btkDh9rcOCXomt_m&t=176
the w...wizard???
>>536802118why did you post 8 Shadowheart turns
>>536800942source?
>>536802570https://steamdb.info/app/1086940/stats/
Why is being a huge sloot in the teachings of a goddess of darkness anyway?
>>536802780am i missing something
>>536801110lol owned
>>536803035Shar hates life and wants everyone to be miserable all the time, it's only natural she would want her followers to be poly whores incapable of knowing love.
Just realized that Dark Urge is literally Lohse from DOS2. How many times will Larian repeat this narrative?
>>536803332I feel like Sharrans should not be having sex, even the high that comes from lovemaking would be an affront to the Lady of Loss.
>act 1 is structured but it doesn’t railroad you into anything>act 2 is very linear>act 3 has a bunch of orthogonal optional quests It’s so weird
>>536803567Losing the sight of your dick in a pussy (or in Mizora's arsehole) is approved by the Lady of Loss.
>>536803680to be fair to him using sloot unironically makes you sound like youre either reddit or underaged
Mizora, you arsehole.
>>536803974t. SharranDevoid of whimsyScared to feel
>>536800193I had a mod that allowed me to bring the full party with me, but I technically I'm the "slopfag" or "slop friend"; some called me "big sloppa", too. But I am not a pigschizo.
>>536803567Getting a hollow fleeting high that gets duller and duller each time out of what is supposed to be a magical thing is exactly the kind of misery the lady of loss would want to propogate, is it not?A virgin can have hope, someone who uses their body as a tool both learns that there's nothing to hope for and loses their self worth at the same time.
>>536803680>fucks up english sentence so bad natives speakers (t. me) can't understand it>"akshully it is YOU that is pajeet, saar! :^) wew close one"
>>536800850literally swen's favorite race
What’s your favorite fight in the game?For me, it’s either self same, myrkul, or larroakan
>>536804454This isn't even considering the effects on the cucked who fall for a sharran.
>>536804631I think the Mummy Lair in Act 3 is very neat, the Kobols in Rosymorn are very funny, and Myrkul fight feels like a end game boss despite being only Act 2.Despite this, nothing scares me more than those Intellect Devourers on the beach in Honor Mode
>>536804454>>536804796Huh. Momentary happiness so you can appreciate the loss that comes after. Okay, I see your point.
>>536804631Raphael's, Gortash's, the 2nd Ketheric fight, Voss, the gith fight in act 2 & Ethel's first fight
>>536804898neat kobold
>>536804898I like the kobolds because you can use those barrels as pokeballs if you hold onto them
How do you guys commit to one character idea instead of constantly trying out different ones?
>>536805757You can use it to loot the undead dragon without a fight.
>>536805921How? Being in combat when you check his corpse prevents dialogue from starting?
>>536806150Yes
>>536806324That's pretty neat, actually.If you end the combat after looting him, will checking the body trigger the fight as normal?
Speaking of ansur, why does he always attack the party? I feel like you should be able to say “yeah squiduran sucks we hate him too” and have him at least let you leave or something
>>536805757>>536805648Kobolds are fun and kinda cute, I regret not having one of them as a companion
Is there a single god you can cleric for in this game that isn't lame as fuck?
>>536806614to him you are the emperors thrall he would never trust you
>>536806614Undead dragons are kinda stoopid
>>536806782I have 24 charisma and persuasion/deception expertise tho
>>536806614to him you are all just a bunch of thralls
>>536806508afaik yes
>>536806805You would be too if you didnt have a brain
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>>536804631Raphael
>>536807102Harvey Weinstein of Waterdeep
You became a thrall the moment you connected the transponder
Is Talos the only lore friendly god for Tempest? Wouldn't Lathander also be a patron for this domain considering Lightnings are a form of light?
>>536807580Lathander is really more about Sunlight and the Sun..so maybe more Fire related
>>536807102is it true that gale also has a custom ass
>>536807580Its a very specific domainI dont get why Larian included so few gods when none of them have any impact on the game. It's like one or two unique responses, if your Cleric lines even get a unique response, which most of them don't.
Path of Menzoberranzan's dragonborn companion got revealed
>>536808003
>>536807580Tiamat, Blue and white dragons are right thereSylvanus also. Its a stretch, but he's the god of nature, not the god of plants.
>>536808186
>>536800046>The image usually doesn't have contextThe context is well-known to anyone who's been regularly browsing this general. And if you think I'm just harping on a one-off occurrence, the cheating swine defended the use of Party Limit Begone again in the previous thread (see >>536571782). Being dishonest or an attention whore isn't something the pig switches on or off - it simply is its nature. It needs a party of 10 for "immersion.">It's a mod, I have two active bonuses that give a total of +45. >I installed mods to get to Lv20, have more spells than 5e and this also applies to enemies. The battles are enjoyable and fun, and the AI responds well.
>>536808698Stop doxxing me chud
The Raphael fight feels impossible to lose since they give you a level 10 life cleric as a followerYou can long rest in the middle of the fight, Raphael actually has really poor stats and can be easily abused, it’s too ez
>>536795967
>>536808698>>536808891we talk and look like this
my favorite part of the game was when me and Shadowheart lost our virginities to each other
>>536803035It's a means to an end. Part of the recruitment process for gaining new Sharrans is to ruin someone's life so they experience "loss" and despair, and then your recruitment agent "coincidentally" meets them and gives them the sales pitch about this religion that will make you forget about your loss. When we find Shart's training montage area, most of those things were a part of that overall goal. A lot of Sharrans are secret agents and spies and such, and they use those skills to blackmail and homewreck through seduction and generally be rascals making things worse for everyone.If you were to form an attachment to another Sharran, that would probably be exploited and ended, as a lesson on loss. Casual encounters and meaningless sex would be what you could do as a Sharran. For example, the gnome that says he kissed Shart, they probably did not date long term, as that would be an attachment, which goes against Sharran teachings. It was just practice for their seduction skills, or just a casual fling.
>>536807580It's usually dark in the big storms and that's what Talos is about. Umberlee has Tempest too, Lathander is pretty far removed from it.
>>536808919yeah hope makes the fight a joke she gets a unique banish that lets her straight up get rid of any demon that isn't raphael even yurgir and she keep banishing demons after running out of spell slots by using her divine intervention
But Astarionfags can post about missionary one trillion times a day. The chicanery.
>>536808698So, he drinks the beer that gets digested and then going to the barrel on his back and spill it to drink it again?what a champ
>>536809816Because auto-brewery syndrome isn't enough.
Is there any reason to use any divine intervention aside from opulent revival?
>>536810215I literally only use it for the mace
>>536809803"Missionary with Astarion" isn't even a shitpost. It happens to be a romance event.
>you can just get the best bow in the game 3 hours into act 1Nice game design
>>536810529But you only get the neer misser in act 2
>>536763159
>>536810257You can use hirelings to get multiple maces tho
>>536808698>shadowBABY
>>536810658
>>536810529Gontr Mael is only gained in act 3
>>536811104Only used it to get celestial haste.
Wyll is literally the Cyclops of the party right? >supposed to be the leader>some martial combat proeminence that is completely overshadowed by their power>power consists of spamming force blasts>nobody cares about either
how high can you get Eldritch Blast in a finished build?i calculated 7 + 7 + 2 + 1-8 + 1-10 = 18 -34 damage from Potent Robe + Agonizing Blast + Caustic Band + Powermight Gloves + Base damage
That’s the worst EB kit I’ve ever seen
>>536811826caustic band only works on weapon attacksring with 2 radiant damage does work on spell attacks tho
thoughts on this storm build?9 Storm Sorcerer 2 Tempest Cleric 1 WizardWould use the headband
>>536812786thats my build
>>536813086
>>536813086gor'zel is actually an improvement
>>536813086gor'thara is less male looking than minthara
>>536813086gortheart looks like your average non passer
Thread theme>https://youtu.be/RXdABv5O4qc?si=mk_0j-f_2vpd3thy
>>536809803Janny's in a mood today, I was warned for ironic shitposting as wellSave this post for when I get banned for off topic/complaining about 4chan
>>536813086Minthara actually passes now, truly an improvement
>>536813274Based, will respec and do this one tooYou should consider dual wielding staves too
>>536814510Clerics of Umberlee are probably a time in the sack
>>536814510minthara is so ugly
>>536814510Minthara is so lovely
Which goddess would be the most likely to reward me (and only me) for my service with sex?
>>536815107I mean, gale supposedly banged mystra
>>536815359(and only me)
>>536815107female gale
Oh no. Orin Kidnapped Halsin, whatever shall I do!
>>536815773Now this is a time loop I can get behind
>>536815107Myrkul, because you're a dead lay.
I feel like the sheer mary sue supidity of Gale's plotline isn't brought up enough
>>536815842Shadowheart...
>>536815842this but yenna
Well, how do I get unlimited goodberries?
MY FUCKING SIDES
>>536815773Are all those female mods still up?
>>536817893kekMinthara is also very dumb, no matter you try to prove otherwise.
>>53681369298% chance to be named Lilith
>kill the deva from teh cehst curse>loot it with other character within a fog cloud>YOUR THIEVERY HAS BEEN NOTICE>Oath brokenI swear this game sometime...
>>536817893Team low IQ. Shadowheart is missing.
>Necromancy wizard cant cast speak with dead
>>536818737>Minsc>low IQ>almost never misses>Shadowheart>low IQ>misses all timeWhy?
>>536817893kekreminded me of companions helping your dumb ass to solve gale's pouch puzzle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NZZnNoQIaU
Summoner play styles are awful to control.
Shadowheart is high IQ. She will birth many beautiful and smart white children
>>536819264trve
>>536819264Her INT stats say otherwise.
Shart is in her 40s
>>536819264don't you mean BEAR children
>>536819725She is half-elf, so she is 18~25 at best
>>536818737>minthara has 8 inti didn't know kekand the third one would be astarion actually
Isnt every companion dumb as bricks because int is a worthless stat
>>536820148INT isn't gonna help you swing a sword
>>536820369Bladesingersisters??
>>536819725Given she has high elf blood that means she is a ~15 year old teenager in human years
>>536819928Half-elf equivalent of that is exactly about 40-45.
>>536819008>3:41I came
>>536820509who?
>>536819264Shadowheart will be culturally enriched by my BBC, cracker
>>536821586Shadowheart would never date a black man sorry
>>536815359>supposedlyMystra as always been a freaky slut goddess. Reminder when elminsters parents died she decided to become his new mentor and mother figure, turned him into a woman then fucked him at 15.
>>536819264Bear children, you get it haha
>>536814112In my next playthrough i will replace the fire hat with the Weave hat and the Spellcasting ring, with mirror of loss it will be 27 DC which should saturate everything without the need for Scorching Ray fire acuity
Seriously why did they give you the titan string bow so early?
>>536822401Hideous
>>536822678Because Longbows arent that great in general. And youd rather melee with character that has sizeable strength. Dont get me wrong its a strong item, but so is spellsparkler+ missile neck and phalar aluve.
>>536822678It's literally only good on ranger since the only stat that actually matters for them is dex
>>536822678cause lae'zel needs a bow
>>536822678titan string is a nothingburger on its ownstr elixirs is what's really broken
Hexblade is cooler when you use a mod sword that gains abilities as you level up.
I prefer eating haste on karlach over lae'zel. I need her to throw more shit.
I need him so bad
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/17360GOODBYE BT2 NOODLE ARMS
Out of all the hyper-nude models that exist, how come there aren't any loli mods out for BG3? Especially because Skyrim and Sims had some.>pedo pedo pedo pedoFuck off back to your puritanical bullshit.
i really want to use robe instead of armor on my sorcerer but they look so gay, what to do?
Do I fuck the space frog, the 3rd degree burn girl, or the elf girl with a perfect pink pussy?
>>536827604space frog if you want h*ndholding 3rd degree if you want butthurtthe elf if you wear to BEAR the pain
I can't stop laughing, It's all truth.
>>536828615The writters must hate Halsin a lot.
>>536828615Why do people capitalize Tav like that it's kind of annoying
>even in the cutscene after killing ketheric, aylin is just fucked off somewhere on a different platform and flies over to kick his corpse a dozen times after you do all the workHoly shit lmao. Literal most worthless NPC in history.
Missionary with astarion?
>>536828615Karlach just dies if you dont recruit her
>>536773062I wish I wasn't such a fucking cowardlook at the little head shakethat is the most fun anybody had animating a Baldurs Gate cutscene
>>536823782how would (you) implement that?
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/9820Finally, a good mod.
>>536830516>Karlach just dies if you dont recruit herKarlach disappears, she don't die.
why couldn't you just be satisfied with meShaddy...why did it have to be this way
Can someone explain to me why do many women date Astarion meanwhile in real life he would just be the gay friend of the beauty salon?
>>536832589He has a chiseled jawline, is ripped and has a deep voiceEven if he's flamboyant women would make lines to jump on his dickReminds me of Prince a bit
>>536832589Women want to be with Astarion the moment he tries to use you as food without your consentAll women want to be raped, used and controlled. The fact that it spirals into him being an obnoxious alpha dom seals the deal.
>>536832773When does manthara say that?
>>536826962Stick to Skyrim and the Sims, then. You can take the subhuman swine that jokes about rape with you.
>>536822076>Reminder when elminsters parents died she decided to become his new mentor and mother figure, turned him into a woman then fucked him at 15What the fuck even happens in the forgotten realms?>>536822678They probably didn't do the math on how fixed strength modifiers life the giant club and elixirs would infinitely out scale all the other bows
which way, anon?
>>536832589Still jealous women prefer him
>>536761586that one looks great. the justiciar armors look good on her too. i can't help but keep her default armor on the whole game, though.
Proofreading matters.>>536834065>They probably didn't do the mathWhat math is there to be done? Titanstring is the best for raw damage output, that much is obvious. Whether the player values that extra damage over utility or accuracy is up to them. There's always an opportunity cost, if only in having to use an Elixir of Strength instead of an Elixir of Bloodlust. Titanstring has good synergy with Volley (but that implies being a Hunter 11) and Arrows of Many Targets (but that implies the tedium of having to stock up on them). However, that's AoE damage that isn't necessarily as relevant in practice as it is on paper. It's a reasonably powerful weapon you can acquire early on, but it isn't particularly game-breaking.
>>536832589>(You)
i can't fucking stop playing tav bard
>>536833813Ywnbaw
>>536826962Cute-and-funnyheart when?real answer, modding tools aren't good enough for unique skeletons yet and the kids in game are half assed with their animations and also look butt ugly
>>536836351>it isn't game breakingYou clearly dont know what you are talking about. You can beat the entire game in less than 5 hours in honor mode as a solo assassin/gloomstalker with the titanstring. Arrow types make up for the lack of utility that comes from other bows.
>>536839190>You can beat the entire game in less than 5 hoursWhile keeping your honor?
>bards aren't using their instruments to cast magic anymoreWonder which of my mods are causing it
>I just saved before spending 5000 gold on a statue of naked shadowheart in case I regretted it>I don'tI should check if I can buy another.
i spent 2 hours modding every male companion into a girl today
How do I spice up Fire Draconic Sorcerer so that I'm not just spamming Scorching Ray?
>>536842087twnbaw
>99% Hold monster on Sarevok>SavedFuck you too game...
>>536850530Ah I see now. His legendary resistance hits AFTER your DC calculations. Thus leading to him having like 30% chance to cuck you even with maxed out spell dc.
>>536850530it says 99, not 100.
>>536842087lame
I'm gonna respec Shart into a Gloomstalker Ranger...
>meme stalker Just play hunter
>>536853913Gloomstalker fits Shart more, at least until I turn her into Seluneheart...
>>536832589The most vocal part of one games playerbase does not represent the majority of the population.Especially important to bear in mind that social media and the internet in general wildly distorts our perception of how popular certain takes are.
Gale gives off so much incel energy when you say you don't want to do a magic trick with him.
what does a wizard turn into if he's a virgin at 30?
>>536856693A chosen of mystra
>>536856917>Mystra turns 30 year old virgin wizards into Chosen>who she the fucksHot...
>>536852387It happened twice. and by third he got immunity from haste fuck dying on his own.His legendary resist gives him +10 on immobilize saving throws 3 times. So when I did 25 or so DC spell he got 10+ what was supposed to be 99% making it significantly less.
Shadowbaby
>>536830516Karlach canonically survives without recruiting her
>>536857508She didn't fuck Cyric when they were mortals though.
>>536861837Karlach real level must be 10 when you find her.
>>536862495Cyric is a GIGA INCEL, no one would ever fuck him.
Daddy Halsin X Ascended Astarion
>>536861837proof?
>>536828615Man, Halsin as a character is so shit. He is literally only fanservice. I still like him though.
>>536853478you should respec her into a Storm Sorcerer/Tempest cleric
>>536832589what is crazy is how women have 3 romanceable white men but there is only 1 white girl romance
>>536832589I wonder which place in the ranking Minsc and Jaheira would be if they were romanceable.
>>536865647Jaheira was 10x hotter than Shadowheart. Would rejuvenate her
>>536865647minsc would be more popular than halsin & wyll he's funny, jacked and got a cute pet
>>536865647Imagine: Romanceable Dame Aylin
best Magic Initiate?also : this is an oversight, right? makes no sense
>>536781537An even dumber, nonner-character than she is.
>>536856498even if his whining for my magic items didn''t give me the ick, this is what put me off of him permanently
>>536853478Death cleric shart has been fun, might respec her to light once I fix her>>536863205Nta but pls explain, I don't know shit about the forgotten realms lore>>536866098This is true, women and homos alike love a charming meathead with a cute pet
>>536786291The sea hag that got cut
I have the stupid, can someone explain to me why tempest cleric/storm sorc multiclass works so well? I'm playing my second tempest cleric playthrough and am considering multiclassing.
>>536868328she better not have been called Mary
>>536786291you have no idea how many story lines got cut or rewritten
do lightningfags seriously, genuinely, REALLY????????
Mayrina is dumb
>>536866793All Magic Initiate feats are virtually useless. It's almost always better to just pick one level of the class instead. In this case, Cleric 1 would give you 3 cantrips, plus something useful like Warding Flare (Light) or heavy armor proficiency (Life/Tempest/War). Yes, the AC bonus is a bug, and it's another reason not to pick that feat.
>https://youtu.be/5PYwIaK27eE?si=6vik11Q6ANeZIbbG&t=3333Reminder that Kahga was right in the EA and that Zevlor was supposed to work for the absolute
Was Kagha sex cut from the game too?
>>536870048no but wyll's was
>>536868537Storm Sorcerer gives you the juice. Tempest Cleric gives you the means to amp it up with Destructive Wrath.
>>536869756
I still want to know why they included two entire subclasses dedicated to one element
>smiting with a booming blade triggers 2 acuity stacks with battlemage's power and 2 stacks from helmet of arcane acuity>sitting at +6 DC in the first round with a bladesinger, with a full second hasted action and bonus action to spare
>>536870614me on the left
>>536870130Thanks. Maybe I'll give it a try.
>>536870787Not only is he the only character without his own outfit (lmao), he's wearing one of if not the best looking armor you can get at the beginning of the game that lots of people would be wearing.Pathetic
>>536868257>NTA but explainCyric was the worst of the worst among mortals, and him becoming a god didn't help.
>>536870614Shart would be a dirty devil blood kisser!
Whats the flavor of mauls and maces doing damage when they miss supposed to be?
Well anons...you ARE strong and virile right?Strong and virile enough for an Ogress?
>>536872324if she washes herself yea
>>536872382Nah, you gotta face that Ogre stink and vileness FULLY, otherwise you are weak AND not virile.
>>536872459yeah nahhave fun with that
>>536872523>t.puny and weak and not virile
>>536872584sure broi guess
>>536872523this guy has a tiny peepee
>Goblins have a british accentwhat did Larian mean by this
>>536873068its dnd, everything has a british or scottish accent
>intending on doing full second playthrough>first playthrough was full evil Durge, this time I am doing Karlach>on tactician for everythingMan... some of these fights are a lot harder now.Like those goblins in that ruined village, spamming acid arrows.Or that one goblin captain having a fucking smokepowder bomb...those fucking Gnolls were the worst though with their triple attack archers
https://youtu.be/4USGtCFc-lo?si=2fBfbMr7eUBkAASU
>Bombarded with spell DC gear in act 3>Dont want to use galeGuess what Astarion, now that the vaults are done and Bhaalist armor has been stolen... GUESS WHOS A LORE BARD NOW?Damn this run ive been discovering things I never knew about like Genie in the sorcerous vault. Its criminal how some really interesting areas simply have no noteworthy loot in base game.
>>536780659I align with this answer but I save the grove every time because I secretly want tiefling pussy.
>>536873236Except Ketheric Thorm.
Do you get an actual cutscene in Sharess Caress if you have magical darkvision or is it still just lazy as fuck?
>>536878636animating shadowheart getting gangbanged would have legitimately made some people kill themselves
>>536877245He changed gods, changed oath, changed accents: what a Chad.Do other Thorm family members have non english (UK) accent? It's a weird family.
>Huh. The image usually doesn't have context so I had just assumed they were summons.
I need swen to quit shilling his friends' games on twitter and either release a surprise patch 9 with the promised extra modding tools or announce his next ludokino
>>536882350Why the fuck did Gods keep accepting him lol?Like he betrayed everyone he worshipped besides Myrkul, and that's probably because he didn't have enough time to betray him.
>>536882350>Ketheric abandoned Shar after he died in her service and realized that Myrkul actually gives his followers something>If Viconia dies and you speak to her she still believes Shar must reward her for her service, despite the Unclaimed tale being readable everywhereDevotees of Shar are kinda sad cases when you think about it.
>>536882943I suppose going from Selune to Shar is easier than the other way around: and after all, Shart's story shows how jealous the Lady of Darkness is of her Stacy sister and how much she enjoys stealing her followers. I mean, she's really that petty.Then Isobel's death played a major role in Ketheric's conversion to Myrkul, with Balthazar obviously having a hand in it.Myrkul describes himself as "the beginning in the end," so I find it sensible that he welcomes without discrimination: eventually, everyone will end up returning to bones and ashes.>I am the smile of the worm-cleansed skull. I am the regrets of those who remain, and the restlessness of those who are gone. I am the haunt of mausoleums, the god of graves and age, of dust and dusk. I am Myrkul, Lord of Bones, and you have slain my Chosen. But it is no matter, for I am Death. And I am not the end—I am a beginning.DAMN it's a badass monologue.>>536883424Yeah...They are desperate people who find fulfillment in literally coping, I can see why they would worship her.
>>536883869>lord of BONEs
>>536883424Why doesn't Shadowheart stop being a Sharran the moment you give her that book and make her read it? Is she stupid? She should have read the Forgotten Realms wiki and realized what kind of goddess Shar is.
What mods do people use in order to make larger parties less of a shit stomp?
Boy, imagine being Viconia and the god you choose to follow instead of Lolth was Shar. I didn't play the old games, but surely someone must've told her it wasn't an improvement.
>>536877245Nta but tbf to Simmons I never even thought about that untill literally just now
say what you want about astarion but he's by far the best written companion
>>536884578Pathfinding wise, having larger groups is a mess; some dungeons need individual jumping, characters are blocked in tight spaces like in Act 3 sewer leves, and generally the game areas are designed for smaller groups:that being saidI make a couple of small groups, move them around and can really exploit sneak attacks and such.Also some dialogues scene may be a little bugged but IIRC there was a mod for that.
>>536884578You asked what mods people use, but a cheating pig answered. Remember to thank it for its "help."
>>536883424>>536884545>That book is just Selune propaganda.>It's literally no...>SHUT UP SELUNITE LIBERAL HORSE SHIT!
>>536886085
>>536885661No.
>>536886872Yes
>playing Karlach origin>it's actually kind of good>also bringing Wyll along tooWtf bros?
>Trying to weane myself from using Shadowblade since basically used it entire game with Bladesinger and Arcane trickster alike>Bhaalist armor + Duelists prerogative>Still feel like doing FAR less damage than shadowblade+res stoneWhat gives? Is it just the raw numbers on shadowblade are too good? It does miss way more often than a +3 weapon.
>>536885661How much do you agree with the swine's analysis of him?>Astarion is a character who for centuries suffered the negative influence of a bully master, who constantly abused him, and who perverted his nature. When Astarion distances himself from Cazador's clutches, he demonstrates and understands that, while remaining faithful to his narcissistic and opportunistic nature, it is also possible not to be completely society's waste, maintaining his human aspect of him.It reads like unintelligible pigshit to me, but maybe others interpret that differently.
does this guy ever stop?
>>536883424vulnerable people being abused and then getting stuck because of the sunk cost is pretty sad
>>536883424Its absolutely hilarious to think some Sharrites actually believe the deity called "Lady of Loss" is going to give them anything in return for their faith. And if she on rare occasion does, she takes away two things in turn.Sharr being petty and spiteful to the extreme is somewhat relatable tho.
>>536884682Shar worship was kind of an afterthought there, the old games didn't really show how she behaves.
>>536888246I thought this was the hour to hijack any topic we wanted in order to go on a tangent. Seems to work well for a regular here. Did someone mention mods? I have a few immersive cheats I can recommend. Did someone mention bones? I have a joke about that if you'd like to hear it. Did someone mention drow? I could tell you about mine.
>>536884682I mean cruelty of Shar and Lolth are very different spectrums. Viconia (until throne of Bhaal if you choose to influence her) is still very much evil, very self serving kind. Also worshiping Lolth was never a choice so theres also that. Especially in Bg2 Viconia is quite hard person to understand since she says one thing and means the other. Sharr resonates heavily with outcasts in general.
Does booming blade work with a monk? That would be some Kenshiro shit.
>>536892402Does it work with DEX based weapons?
>>536892402Booming Blade gets boring after like 2 fights
>>536892402>Strike with your weapon-Nope, doesnt work. Monks are busted enough as is.
what mods do i need to make a tav like this?
uh ohslopmelty
>Surprise attack Bhaalist in the severs>Oath brokenSure game...sure...
>>536892832OP here>unique tav kazstra version (kavt)>tav hair salon>bangs from either hijimare hair or myky hair cant remember which>astrl lifelike skintone>astrl hair color>some makeup pack i cant recall since it was loose files and not a .pak and not in my mod manager>sindae's texture pack and petite pack
>>536892832>>536896897Forgot>violet's head boutique (and im playing a half elf)
>>536889210The only prize for shar worship is the "fell for it again" ribbon>>536892769Knocking down fools with reverberation would beg to differ
>>536895283If you're so eager to kill, perhaps you should start worshiping the Lord of Murder yourself.
>>536897250My oath is perfectly in line to massacre these terrorist death cultists. This one makes zero sense. The game has them tagged as friendly or guards before they shout out to you and attack instantly.
>>536896897>>536897067thank you nonny
I just wanted to say that I love my wife.
>>536898632Prime rape meat
Unique tav mod makes body 4 tieflings have a perpetual erect tail
>>536898632Hey I recognize that face mod
>>536761346Act 2 is the Mass Effect 2 of BG3.Looking at it in a vacuum it’s probably the best one but it just feels so disconnected from parts 1 and 3
>>536898478>ambushDeep inside you're just a spineless rogue, like my durge. :^)
>>536901715I feel like its the act that takes itself the most seriously and doesn't shove bad plot twists everywhere like act 3(the brain being behind everything, the brain instantly killing gortash, emperor joining the brain, emperor being balduran, viconia & sarevok) it's also the peak of several companions' stories imo such as shadowheart, minthara(lol) & laezel, my biggest gripe with act 2 is that we couldn't see the second moonrise tower and that way too much plot lines tied to ketheric were cut, still my favorite act by a mile
I’m playing for the first time and I just got to Felgyor’s Fireworks.What the fuck am I expected to do here?How do I tell this cunt, “Fuck off im going upstairs, try and stop me”?Like I’m fine going murder hobo but I at least expected some non-combat way to get in. Which makes me feel like I’m missing something obvious.
>time wasting question
>>536898632You know the drill, Aragorn.
>>536902641Alternatively you can fly to the roof of the necromancer's house and blow up the attic for an easier fight.
>>536902641it's one of the least finished area in the game you have to fight your way through
>>536817610i imagine it has to do with equipment that gives a free level 1 spell slotequip cast goodberry unequip repeat FOREVER
>>536902641>reasoning with banites
Minsc is racist
>>536904917basedslaughter the entire monastery and kill the savage monkeys masquerading as a genuine race
>>536905052
>>536872324I'd rather be with the bugbear
>>536905976shadowheart please
I just had my gloomstalker hit 2 nat 1s when he had advantage on both shotsThat's a 1/160000 chance
>>536907750Might as well play the lottery at that rate
That's cut content
>>536908129With that luck, if I bought lotto tickets I'd probably get hit by lightning in the parking lot
>Minthara approvesLMAO
>>536908203Neither of those lines fit Minthara or Minsc.
nothing better than a beautiful breasted man
>>536908549Does Minthara have reactions in creche? Amazing.
>>536908549
>>536908650That's because they're generic lines that can be fired by either the avatar or a party member.https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Common_Location_Remarks#Crèche_Y’llekThat anon replaced the avatar and a party member with skinwalkers, and now pretends these lines are evidence of "cut content."
>>536910602>its real>>536908203youre disgusting, kill yourself
>>536910602But this is really cut content, there are voice lines too.
I've been considering fucking around with custom difficulty, but looking at the options, the only thing I really would end up playing is honor mode with reloading, which I would probably only feel comfortable using in case of bugs. Honor mode is actually very well balanced IMO.What do those of you who play custom typically use and why?
>>536910976I am not lying, Matthew Mercer and Emma Gregory have voice lines in creche, check by yourself.
I have a bridge to sell to you, istik.
>Enter the zhent vs guild fight>Hold person almost entire enemy sideThis shit feels orgasmic when its you doing it.
>>536911494Custom with Honour ruleset. I already got the dice/achievement and hiding passive rolls is only available under custom ruleset.
>>536908697Cover them up, slut
>>536912349That's one I was considering. I might also max out the camp supply cost per long rest, 80 is still basically free.What I would love is being able to affect stuff like how many hirelings you can have at a time, reducing the number of short rests per long rest, increasing the cost of withers' services, applying flat increases to skill checks, that sort of shit
>>536911494Basically honour ruleset+tactician but with normal long rest supplies and multiple save. Currently cranked up enemy scaling up to eleven with combat extender and having great time. Act1 had some real bullshit moments tho.
Does swen still think about wyll & his fans when he's not having sex with hookers or lying to his audience?
Ngl I think concentration is a really shitty mechanic, idk how tabletop does it, but at least in the game, but there are way too fucking many of spells requiring it, and a lot of them doing so is retarded
Game's a solid 4/10 with most points deducted for no Githzerai option, get the fuck out of here. They should've hired Chris Avellone this wouldn't happen on his watch.
>>536914274boomer take
What's the best way to make act 1 combat less dreary without trivializing it or breaking the scaling later on?
>>536914226Nah that's basically how it is on table(obv discretion of GM), something attacks you while you're concentrating, you're rolling and fail takes you out of it.
>>536911549It's not even that you're "lying" - it's that you are either ignorant or being purposely misleading. It is industry standard to have the voice actors record lines in batches, in greater quantity than is needed. This is obviously to avoid having to call them back every time you realize you forgot to ask Emma Gregory, or the very busy Matthew "How do you want to do this?" Mercer to voice one generic voicebark in one Act 1 area. The trimming happens after the narrative team has decided where these characters will fit. There are probably dozens of hours of unused voice lines which fit your loose definition of "cut content."
>>536914381In all seriousness I get it, Gith in general not really a popular DnD race even with surge in interest with 5e, no point in stuffing more aliens in the story, and to have no civil option for any Githyanki interaction would be a bit one sided. But then again they made up goodie goodie Drow so idk man
>>536914274chris please leave
>>536914556>picshit nigga we really needed an orc in the party, maybe a dwarf or two, critical role is corny as shit but if they got something right it's that a dnd party should be diverse
>>536914465My gripe with concentration isn't even the saving throws, it's that you effectively have one hidden 'slot' per character, you can't in any way buff that aspect.It makes it so that many spells are completely orthogonal to each other.If I were to have been involved in making this mechanic, I'd have some kind of 'concentration bandwidth' stat, (term is awful but whatever), that can be affected by builds. You'd always be able to hold one concentration, but you'd be able to hold multiple provided their 'cost' in terms of concentration was under that amount.This would allow multiple concentrations, but it would also provide balancing so that someone isn't able to stack Haste+Cloudkill+Globe of Invulnerability without seriously investing in that ability.It's just really clear to me that the mechanic was a late edition to the TT, because it's awful.
>>536915385>This would allow multiple concentrations, but it would also provide balancinghow is that balanced?
>>536914226I think the only questionable ones are those that requries recasting or last until long rest>Witch bolt>call Lightning>Protection from Good and Evil>Protection from EnergyIf it's an ongoing effect like Hold Person or some AoE, i absolutely get it for the sake of balancing strong effects but there it feels like they're taking up an action to cast them is enough of a price.Bless also feels wasted past the early game because then you are brimming with powerful spells.
>>536915575>how is that balanced?Because you could have stronger spells require a higher bandwidth, which would make certain combinations harder to achieve.Something like hex or hunter's mark would have lower costs, whereas something like dominate person would be more. It would allow for current gameplay but give people something to build their character around.If your bandwidth is 9, you can't concentrate on two 5 bandwidth spells at the same time.>>536915995The way I'd do the recast ones is have two variants, one for a single use of the attack, then the recastable one which requires concentration.>blessLol, that one is egregious, especially because you get gloves in Act 1 that turn any healing spell into a non concentration version
>>536913130>ears clipping>no nameyikes
>>536914556>>536911549I'm pretty sure there's a dude voiced by Wyll's VA in act 3
Bless being concentration is so bullshit and it makes it worthless
I hope that we'll get to collect portraits of the 7 bg3 origins in larian's next game that was a cute treasure hunt
We were robbed
>>536918564cute frog
>>536918564disgusting male drow
>>536918564Shadowheart laughing in the back lol
>>536917981Just get war casting
https://youtu.be/FM5TGewM-0M?si=Dfc3wbUsA1UdFG92
>>536916279but that would incentivize concentration stacking
>>536916279>If your bandwidth is 9, you can't concentrate on two 5 bandwidth spells at the same time.What you're doing is introducing granularity (i.e., unnecessary complexity) in a system that is designed to be accessible yet flexible. Sure, it might not seem "balanced" that spells like Haste or Witch Bolt both compete for the same Concentration slot, but that's not the point. The point is to keep it simple instead of having to worry about five ninths of a Concentration unit and what to do with the rest.Once you start going down that route, you'll eventually want to start breaking down how much an Action or a Reaction should allow too. Is throwing a potion really worth losing your Fighter's triple attack? Do we need weapon attack speed because it's unrealistic that it would take the same time to swing a greatsword or thrust a dagger?
If Shadowheart was in high school do you think she would hang out with the nerds or the cool kids
>>536919923>OH POOKIE YOU'RE SO SEXY>OH POOKIE PLZ MARRY ME
>>536919631https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Resources
>>536919905She would be the introverted kid who has no friends and eats lunch alone. She'd be tired of being what her overbearing mother wants her to be. She'd feel so faithless, lost under the surface. She wouldn't know what she's expecting of her, put under the pressure of walking in her shoes.
You just reminded me that Witch Bolt uses concentration which would ruin the combo i was theorizing I am heartbroken
>>536918564I guess they have 0 dialogue?
https://youtu.be/4LlpsVaBJQ0?si=7UbujJvh5Rd_Uioh
>>536921031I'ts pretty clear that Shart suffers a lot her "goth cringe" presona and is naturally more inclined to being a extrovert cutie and cheerful gal.
i use three fifths of my action to drink a potion
concentration bandwidth is one of the stupidest things i've read in this general
>>536922448>"Yeah hello, I'm calling for my Arcane Wifi, how much is it for a bandwith upgrade?"
>>536922448You could hold two Twinned Hastes at once after taking Adderall
>>536920040seethe
>>536922691>your ADHD Sorcerer has innate disadvantage on concentration saving throwssounds pretty fun actually
>>536919905Cool kids, by the virtue of being attractive, although more as an orbiter / hangaround.She's socially awkward but that doesn't mean she will stick with nerds with whom she shares little interest.Also, every companion likes her or wants to fuck her, the odds of someone like that being a loner in high school are rather low.
>>536923159what they took from you
One third of my Action to Divine Smite. And another. And another. Three quarters of my Bonus Action to Shield Bash. The last quarter to take cover for +2 AC. Three fifths of my Concentration pool to maintain Shield of Faith. The rest on Guidance. Winking at Lae'zel for my full Reaction. And that's the end of my turn.
>>536923159karblack
>>536923875>>536923875
>>536924064cute frog
Daddy halsin is so wise
>>536924217not the rat...
>>536923875>winking at the freaki use my full action to hit you with 10 level 4 divine smites
>>536924217does he miss eating rats?
oh and 6 of those 10 smites were critsi atomize you for daring to like the fr*g
best character to sacrifice to haarlep?
>>536925161laezel but only if you let her diedownside is you have to actually see the sex scene but you can just skip that
>>536925389Wyll
We love Wyll.
>>536925560me when I lie
>>536925560Not true nobody romanced him
What would the funniest dark urge build be?Halfling life cleric?
>>536925753gnome bard
>>536924918I look like this IRL btw
>>536926316Morbius?
>>536926364It's Durgin' time
>>536924217beautiful elf
>>536784250cant trust goblin teeth near your dick no matter how huge her tits are in proportion to her body size
>>536924217not the boo
>>536924918>Bhaal JrFuck it's genius, why didn't I think of that?
>>536925389why not karlach?
>>536933831
>>536933831>canon, NO!when you install the really shart mod
there are more people that changed minthara's ugly face than people who romanced her
>mfw they provoked the Blade
Shadowheart is the type of girl to manage a very successful professional career while also being a wonderful mother to her many children
>set up my mage hand to throw void bulbs so i can CC enemies even more effectively or throw potions of speed on me>already low difficulty goes to complete shit stomp mode
i'm think i'm afraid of swag-gog-gins
>>536934193lmaoo
The boss fights in act 3 that don't have an intro cutscene should get an intro cuutscene.
>OnlyAncunin
>dumb qis there a video or post out there explaining the lore of who all these people are in the bg city cemetery/graveyard? (at least the ones without an npc standing on them)i only knew about the sh friend, the kobold thief, and now just learned about karlach's parents (never really used her ever so i didnt know)
>>536935425this is why they made mage hand a short rest cantrip
I finally finished my first playthrough. Thank you for the tips /bgg/. Also im new to DND but I know that the dead 3 have big role but can anyone explain what withers meant when he was talking to the mural on the wall? Was it a "hahah fuck you" thing or was it something greater?
Results of my first campaign (honor mode)Brain: destroyedUrge: CleansedShadowheart: Married me, rejected sharKarlach: Turned into a mindflayerWyll: Free from the Pact, with his dad aliveLaezel: Eaten aliveAstarion: Alive, stayed a vampire spawn to save thousands of livesGale: Became a godMinthara: Alive, rescued her from MoonriseJaheira: Died at the innMinsc: never met himDid i do well?
lol
>>536939089since withers IS jergal its a callback to the dead tree and their previous interactions
>Shadowheart: Married me
Telekinesis is such a funny but generally useless spell, i wish it was a cantrip or something.
How much Orthon dick has karlach taken?
>>536939475Thanks!
>>536939161no
>>536940708why
>>536940778you're supposed to marry wyll
>>536939161>Lae'zel: Eaten alivegood lad
>me when I see karlach
>>536939161>Laezel: Eaten aliveshe makes the best owlbear feed
>>536938676Yeah the longer i play with it the more broken it seems>all manners of bombs are now useful instead of rotting in your inventory>it can pick weapons and amulets and use their special powers>it can drink most elixirs, with giant strength one it can now pick and throw mid sized enemies, then shove another on a bonus action, basically giving you a pocket barbarian>can trigger sneak attack conditionI can only assume that the arcane trickster version can do some major bullshittery thanks to being invisible.Like wtf, this is one of the most powerful cantrips if you're willing to abuse it.
>missing out on the universall agreed best romanceSAD!
>only sharty's backstory has a cutscenemain character
>>536943678Yeah she has the most content I think
>>536943678don't origins sort of have backstory cutscenes astarion has the nightmares with cazador
>>536943678She is the Liara of bg3. Designated waifu and writer's favorite princess that gets more than anyone else.Plenty of games have done that same thing, and even the term is coined by an even more egregious example. Things don't have to be measured and perfectly balanced though. Shart's writer just had more free time or whatever reason. The stool interactions were a voluntary free time project by one of the coders who just liked her and wanted to do something extra. >>536945135Most of them do, but Shart's is unique in that it always plays even if you're not Shart.Wyll should have a cutscene about the tiamat cultists, Karl should have a cutscene about running through avernus, Lazy should have a cutscene about killing her cousins, Minthy should have a cutscene about Orin killing her soldiers, etc. But money and development time are not infinite, so it is what it is.
I ship wyll and astarion because they both definitely get freaky.
>>536942968oops wrong pic
>>536946983said nobody
>>536942968she is the second most unpopular female companion
>the best romanceIs muscle mommylach. She can get rough with you and you can get rough with her, she likes to get freaky and will definitely take all of your cummies.
>>536947292yes plebs like the plebian optionpatricians enjoy the patrician and best romance plus if you subtract the really shart modders she's not that popular anymore
>>536947319you guys are butthurt lol
>attempting to recruit minthy>get the first torturer down to 25% health>one casts confusion, gets all 4 of us but not minthara>second one casts confusion again just to taunt us>entire team spends their next turn destroying mintharataskkill /f /im bg3_dx11.exe
I like all the companions they're my friends :)
>>536949791No they are not most of them barley tolerate eachother. There is not a single companion all the rest of them like.
>>536948079contrarianism is a mental illness
>>536948079
>>536950386agreed the really sharter modder really needs to stop advertising here
>>536934858Consider posting even a minor but beautiful NPC, like Kaldani, over the non-character. You've done it before.
>>536950242Karlach likes everyone and vice versa
>>536950242not true, minthara and lae'zel get along very well
>>536950584you are the only one who posts it here
Jesus christ the House of Grief fight without being able to convince half of the fucking assholes spamming darkness is miserable.
>>536950764i don't mod my games desu
Does Toadcel have a life
>>536951391takes one to know one doesn't it
in case you haven't looked at it today
>karlaches VA is Brazilian They should have given her a bigger ass and had her talk in a sexy Latina accent.
Realistically speaking which male companion is the luckiest?
>>536942162>it can pick weapons and amulets and use their special powerswha
>>536952767oh shaddy...
>>536952767Astarion because he gets drussy.
>>536952767Why did they make Mystra ugly???
>>536951534aieee modders save me
>>536952767Minsc by a large margin
>>536950501cute frog
>>536952767Big H ofc
>>536952767The minsc girl i forgot her name>>mizora>the drow>shadowheart>mystra
>>536952767I'd let Nine fingers and Araj torture me
>>536942162>He uses itemsyou didn't beat the gameyou could have sold thoseor used them later
>>536952939beautiful breasted man...
>>536952975nine fingers is ugly as hell
>>536951391Does the embarrassing tard that posts shit like this 24/7: >>536948079>>536950501have a life?Yes. I’m sure toadcel is educated, happy, and very successful
>>536952767abusiverape cause minsc is retardedabusivepure loveabusive groomed and groomer
Turn 1:>me 1st action: Create Water on your group, getting you vulnerable to Lightning damage>Shadowheart 1st action: Twinned Witch Bolt upcasted to level 6 with channel divinity and Luck of The Far Realms crit for 288 damage on 2 enemies, gains 1 action from bloodlust elixir>Shadowheart 2nd action: Quickspell Witch Bolt upcasted to level 5 with Rhapsody crit, up to 240 damage>Shadowheart 3rd action: Twinned Haste>Shadowheart 4th action: Chain Lightning (arcane battery) with Channel divinity for 160 damage on 4 enemies >me 2nd action: Twinned Chain lightning with channel divinity for 336 damage on 4 enemies, gains 1 action from bloodlust elixir>me 3rd action: Twinned Witch Bolt upcasted to level 6 with channel divinity and Luck of The Far Realms crit for 288 damage on 2 enemies>me 4th action: Quickspell Chain Lightning (arcane battery), up to 160 on 4 targets Your response?
>>536953551AGNI
>>536953654Wait it's ARDE??no wonder it sounded so wrong
HNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG
Holy heck I didn't know you could do this
>>536953551>Your response?I am Ansur. I am immune to lightning damage.
do i really need to get scrypt extender and appearance edit just to change a companion's hairstyle
>>536953936why do you need to slop?
>>536954016i decided to stop caring what anyone, even larian might think and play in my singleplayer playground with my digital dolls the way i want to
>>536951534Sure, we could be discussing whether he's capable of redemption, whether his ascension severs his humanity, whether he is deserving of sympathy at his worst, or any part of his characterization. But it's much more interesting to debate whether he prefers cock. Have you seen how he dresses? Or how tight that ass looks in those pants?
>>536952767They made Astele look good in bg3 but she's actually kind of a dick in her other appearances. If I only knew her from the game I'd like her a lot. Living forever in Elesyium banging a god is pretty good by itself, but Gale is probably going to do more than that. He'll probably be pretty active in doing stuff with her and mentoring wizards and active stuff like that, and he'll have the opportunity and the power to do it. So he's pretty happy.Araj is hot but Astarion doesn't like her. So I would say Gale in first place, then if Minsc rubs off on her and she's not so much of a dick then Astele is second best.
>>536954141Astarion has too much cock trauma he's straight now
Thoughts?
>>536954141You seem to think about Astarion sucking dick a lot. Do you want to admit something.
Rape roleplay with Karlach!!!!
>>536955059I don't think about Astarion at all.
If Karlach uses reckless attack during sex will that give my sperm advantage when they attack her eggs?
>>536955208Only if it does crush your pelvis.
>>536955156You should reread your post. Do you his ruffle top or do you like how big his ass is.
>>536955336Both. He “doesn’t care” about “the non-character” for the same reason
>astarion >big assMogged by wyll and gale btw.
>>536955385is she the best/most animated character?
>>536955282its fine she'll miss
>>536955479They have the same body model doe
>>536953520Why do you insist Minsc is retarded if he canonically had sex with a devil and he was 100% ok with this in this game????
>>536955567body moddles slightly differ based on race. Astarion has a elf ass.
>>536955693Source?
>>536955493I like her refusal to do "the claw" with her fingers, despite her claws, and how she just holds them out straight all the time while she constantly talks with them.
Hehehehe ass.
that large fleshy ass of yours looks like a mistake
Who wins the oiled up twerk off? Shadowheart or karlach.
Part of what makes Laezel likeable is that the responses to her dialogue aren't usually>THE OBVIOUS SIMP OPTION TO RAISE APPROVAL >THE HUGE ASSHOLE OPTION TO LOWER APPROVAL >Disagreeing with them in any way at all (this will lower approval>This one doesn't matterYou can actually interact with her. I love that you can actually pick the "upturned bat snout" option and she won't shrivel into a ball and start hating you like a petulant child.
>>536956378strong girl ass is something else man
Astarion listens to Taylor swift and Benson Boone btw.
i dont even know what benson boone is
Karlach is my favorite girl because she is the most obtainable.
>>536957435He has better taste than that. He would listen to glam rock or Lady Gaga.
>>536957561easy to obtain but insane, including getting herself arrested when she sperged out during the coronation
>>536957826>but
I like karlach because I could definitely convince her to have sex with me by giving her enough attention and peer pressuring her a bit.
Where do I find women similar to karlach (mentally) irl?
>pronounced it right this timeC H A R A C T E R G R O W T H
>>536958329Reddit
>>536958451I said irl not online
>>536958557Reddit meetup
I've never had a chance to coop this game.Do you guys ever do coop sessions?
>>536955336>ruffle topIt does look good on the girls, I must admit. (I tried looking for a relevant screenshot but couldn't find one. Have a Bex instead.) Still, I would avoid stealing it because it probably reeks of his undeath.>how big his ass isRegardless of the size, it is as unappealing to me as a piece of meat left to dry in the sun. I've never understood the overt sexualization of Astarion's body, when for me, attractiveness mainly comes from the face. But to you, he's just a Calvin Klein underwear ad. I don't get it. And it makes me question why we're still here.
dumb bitch
why are girls so cute when they pout?
>>536960146Sign of aggressive submission, it signals to your brain its hate fucking time
Originally intended to get some Don Frye energy but didn't quite make it.
>>536961458The one on the left owes me sex
>>536964923who the fuck is glenn?
>>536965084Some jeet brained manlet mod that calls himself Areola or whatever it is.
Bg3 idea, item randomizer; everytime you start a new game it randomizes all the items enemies have and the ones you can find turing the game into a rogue like.
Bg3 mod idea, give Karlach big bouncy titties.
bg3 mod idea, make a loverslab but for bg3.
>>536968317https://mod.io/g/baldursgate3/m/ancient-mega-pack-rel#descriptionhttps://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/14430?tab=description
>>536794265>>536804834nicefrog
Wyll should have been a woman, we don't need a 50/50 gender split among companions.
four g*th hippies playing nature cleric, druid, and ranger in the showers at ram ranch
BG3, but instead of an illithid power system, it's a vampire power system, and Astarion just doesn't exist.
>>536761256This looks so ugly, goddamn. Why did they give her fat cheeks and a big nose?
>>536978753ir*sh phenotype
>the teethling was clear
I wanna play as a redcap
>>536959646
Karlach and mizora dommy mommy double teaming me.
>>536954141>whether he's capable of redemption What redemption? He's perfect as he is.>whether his ascension severs his humanityIt doesn't. He has become an arrogant asshole. Tho, to be fair, he always was one to some degree.>whether he is deserving of sympathy at his worstHe could come to me anytime. I would hold him close, kiss him, and tell him "You did nothing wrong".>whether he prefers cockI don't think he has a preference. But if he gets bored, I can peg him.>Have you seen how he dresses? So stylish and handsome. I appreciate that he cares about his appearance.>Or how tight that ass looks in those pants?His ass is beautiful.
Women made me hate Astarion. They can't admit he is an asshole, they can't accept who he really is.
>>536980916>>536980982Thanks for providing visual references.>>536982845Thanks for settling the debate once and for all.>>536984482Thanks for the unprompted misogyny.
How is there not a single cute and funny mod? Not even a "removed from nexus but find it on this secret site" one nor a paywalled one.
>>536984482Yup. Just proves chad face, voice, and height are all tha matters. Astarion saying "its not you, it's me. i have standards" makes them wet, but you know if someone said that to them irl and they didn't look as good as Astarion they'd go full screeching Karen (but rightfully so since that is mean as fuck).>>536987270ywnbaw
>dont romance anyone because the dialogue is funnier when the characters kind of dislike you a bitThe romance dialogue feels too serious and sometimes cringey as hell.
>>536987538Have sex
Playthrough idea: starting stats 10 across the board. Not allowed to use any magical/unique equipment. RP is you're just a normal person, not a hero in waiting.
why are bugbears called "bugbear"
>>536987538I feel like Astarion trying to bite the player character in their sleep demonstrates an unacceptable breach of trust that is compounded by the fact he never properly apologizes for it. From my perspective, his overall self-serving attitude and distaste for helping others without expecting a reward is a little concerning. In my humble opinion, his lack of qualms about sacrificing thousands of his fellow spawn so he can ascend raises a few alarms. But you're right, these are not worth mentioning when his most egregious offense is really a snarky rejection line.
Mystra spells mod should just be added to the base game desu
>>536991061Probably the best mod of the game.
what do they eat?
>>536989834Girls dont think that deeply
>>536993346goodberries
>mod that adds other elements to draconic bloodline>meaning forceResisting urge to Eldritch Blast stack...
>>536989834Well, to be fair, Astarion was probably running on a high from having just killed Cazador and wanted that power to stop someone from being able to bully or control him like Cazador did ever again.You can talk him out of it pretty easily, and he realizes his error.The biting thing was probably him being fucking hungry, but yeah, it was a big breach of trust.He's been a spawn under the thumb of a massive asshole for 200+ years, so him being self-serving after gaining some freedom is understandable.
Bros.... why does act 3 burn me out so quickly.... the lack of long rest chats, the shit quests that don't mean shit, how do I get over it...
>>536997735>Shadowheart breaks free of the cloister and is a generally good person>Karlach escapes the hells and is a generally good personI think Astarion's just an asshole, at best "he was under Cazador's thumb for 200 years" is an explanation, not an excuse, and him being killed is perfectly justifiable
Swen Vincke, prince of the stars, release patch 9 before hopping on your next game
>>536998108Neither of them have been vampire spawn being abused the same amount Astarion has for 200+ years.He was attacked by a Gur before he even became a vampire, then '''saved''' by Cazador, and has suffered over 2 centuries of abuse and torture.Don't forget he had Astarion buried for over a YEAR.Imagine a year of no food, of being trapped in a box underground, unable to even kill yourself.Not to mention, if the Gur attack hadn't happened, and Cazador hadn't 'saved' him, he'd still be alive anyways, as a still young elf.He's also cut off from the Elven reincarnation cycle and afterlife forever now.
>>536998530Does any of this justify him being an asshole to people completely unrelated to Cazador centuries after the fact?
>>536998706Would YOU be a good person after centuries of torment and torture?He's obviously been broken.
>>536998864I repeat, does that mean it's justified?If he's irreparable and perpetuates harm on people completely unrelated to his abuser, then the natural reaction would be to slaughter him.
>>536998706You can feel sympathy for someone without outright justifying their actions. Sympathy isn't the same as condoning.
>>536999207>>536999207>>536999207
>>536998962It's not justified, but it's understandable, and like I said, you can easily talk him into being a better person.When confronted with getting the power Cazador wanted, you can mention how he'll end up like Cazador and Astarion decides not to go through with it.The last thing he wants it to become Cazador 2.0, and it's his suggestion initially to spare the other spawn, since he knows what they've been through.
