Wretched Display 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: >>538451132
had no idea you can actually change the hireling's looks with the magic mirror
>>538617859do they get experience to be level with you or do they start at 0?
I'll be honest the wizard's skills are kind of ass
>>538618509Level just like regular party members.>>538617859I always just do their customizations when I get them from Withers.Varanna Sunblossom becomes Winnie, Madala Deadeye becomes Soogsx.
lol why can't I interact with stuff with telekinesis instead of the hand
An ugly first post.>>538617490A pretty second post.
>>538617340>"LIA and CAL could be here" he thought, "I've never been in this region before. LIA and CAL could be anywhere." The cool wind felt good against his bare face. "I LOVE LIA AND CAL" he thought. The Weeping Dawn reverberated the entire land, making it pulsate even as the 9G worth of Arabellan Dry circulated through his powerful thick veins and washed away his (merited) fear of losing LIA and CAL to the dark. "With a torch, you can go anywhere you want" he said to himself, out loud.
there's an imposter among us
Mizora should have been a party member instead of wyll
>>538622006Nah, there should have been an evil path with evil exclusive companion characters including Mizora.
>>538622735Players would complain until Mizora was added to the good playthrough, as happened with Minthara.
You know what I haven't seen yet? A Swen build. Too bad none of the Paladin subclasses really feel suitable for him. Plate is Heavy Armor so the only alternative is Fighter but the options might be even worse there. Probably Battle Master is the only one that could be in the conversation if you squint hard enough.
>>538623406The biggest reason they'd have to do this though is because they put fuck all content into evil playthroughs because all the early access faggots were playing heckin good playthroughs
>>538623406>>538624435If there's anything I hate about Larian is that they bend over to the masses way too easily. This is not being pro-customer just lacking a spine in general. They should have just stuck to the half of the companions is evil, half is good concept and call it a day. Hecking good playthroughs will always outnumber evil ones for various reasons, one of them is that it's rarely supported in the first place. Where could you expect a such thing if not in an RPG that cost like a quarter billion?
Missionary with Astarion
>>538625438a better posischun
>>538625374It's more just a problem with management, early access should be for fixing bugs and smoothing out the performance for the game. It shouldn't have any effect on the plot because the number of people playing early access doesn't represent the demographics of everyone else who will be playing it on release, it was such a fucking stupid decision.
>>538626865EA is a plague to developers like Larian as they interpret feedback during that phase as "making the game better". And we know the head honcho's stance on the question, right? In reality they're just letting a vocal minority who's already in their pockets hijacking the game, resulting a product that comes with the said EA players flavoring for the rest of the world. BG3 would have benefited a lot from only seeing the light of day as a retail release. Especially that all that money could've bought them the best Q&A team the industry has to offer.
can mizora get pregnant?
>>538630749Yes but if she has a baby with a mortal it will be a tiefling.
>just put together a set for a char>dyed everything to the very same color>15 mins later find a new glove that's tailor-made for her>her current glove is a mismatch for the only other char who can use itkarmic dye: on
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wzhKcQRLHPY
why does kagha have the same scar as shadowheart
What class is right for me?
i originally slept with astarion in act 1 but then lazael came on to me and i said yea in act 2will astarion be angry at me?
>>538633139>dex 8if you are roleplaying yourself your int should be 8 too
>>538633776Why do you have to be mean, anon? Is this how you get dopamine?
>>538625374>They should have just stuck to the half of the companions is evil, half is good conceptOf the six non-Dark Urge origins, three are good-aligned - Gale, Karlach, and the non-character - and three are evil-aligned (though I prefer the term "morally gray") - Astarion, Lae'zel, and Shadowheart. Gale technically leans more toward neutral, but if you count him as good-aligned for simplicity's sake, the cast is evenly split so far. The good-aligned later gain Jaheira in Act 2, since no one is really using the sex pest instead of her, and Minsc is only recruitable when the game is almost over, so he doesn't really count. The "morally gray" gain Minthara, in Act 2 as well. These eight companions are the ones used by the overwhelming majority.
>>538633139Problem is that even the most Multiple Ability Dependent (MAD) classes feature DEX as one of their component. Literally each and every one of them. That's how important DEX is in 5e. Rolling with it is a brave decisions and the negative effects of a low DEX can be mitigated to a degree but not without further investments.The other issue is that no class uses WIS and INT together, not even as a primary/secondary formation. Sure, having both means you'll be a wonderful skill mule as they govern 10 skills together and almost all of them are used for checks in the regular but that's not really what you want from the protagonist. So that's why it's hard to recommend any class for that ability distribution. There's not a single one that's mechanically coherent and have a synergy with CON/INT/WIS at the same time. But if you're a bit more flexible and switch that INT to DEX you have Monk. Or if you turn that INT and WIS to STR and DEX a Barbarian. Or a Fighter, even if it's possible to dump STR for them with specific builds. Do you want to stick to your original plan no matter what?
THRUSTING LOCATED HNNNGGGGG
Why don't magic initiate feats use your own character's spellcasting stat? They use the stat of the initiates class instead. Frustrating.
>>538633139Congratulations, you've unlocked the hidden Life Cleric/Wizard support bot. You can heal and buff allies through Disciple of Life and Preserve Life, and also use your Reaction to Ward them and reduce incoming damage. You can cast buffs like Shield of Faith on the Fighter, and Mage Armor on the Rogue. You can alternatively concentrate on Spirit Guardians and throw Fireballs. Your DEX score is a meme that needs Alert as a band-aid, but you could technically make it work.
>>538635982Don't touch meh
>>538635495holy shit..........this should be a default animation for him
Play Divinity Original Sin 2
Waifus, HusbandosLove & Harmony~>>538621007What do you mean?
>Having Tav+only 3 other companions greatly limits the "social experience" of having a party. Having a larger party, hearing them banter back and forth with each other, is very immersive
>>538636886Thats all you
What's his endgame?
>>538637706being a polite cute piggy<3
>>538637706Shit up a dying general with its slop.
/bgg/ is not "dying", but after 3 years it's only natural to see it slowing down.At least we're not being assimilated by /crpgg/ lol>>538624203Oath of the Crown, Sacred Protector of the Role Play, Defender of Turn BASED, Belgian order of the Ludokino: rise, Ser Knight Swen Vincke........even if technically according to the cartoon trailers, Swen is a Ranger Swarmkeeper, lol.
pookieposting will save this general
>>538637706Shart's lips cleaning his asshole
Staffs are too big in this game.
>>I guess I've been wrong then, I saw a video about Neil talking about some "similarities" about him and Astarion, and I can kinda still see the resemblance.
>i should spend all my time complaining about some guy no one cares about and quoting a bunch of old posts on a /vg/ general
Big ritual 'Sigh'>>538641086Some of them are very, VERY long, like the one in Ramazith's tower. Others are just nice, so yeah that's weird.
>>538640530hes so beautiful
>>538641468>oldThe face blindness post was from three weeks ago, meaning the pig spent at least two years thinking Astarion's face was somehow sculpted after his voice actor. But you're right, no one gives a shit about the attention whore anymore. Let's talk about the namefag's analogies.
Well they all share a similar bone structure
>>538641468Here's a recent example, from a couple of days ago.>To be fair..the only positive representation of a family in this game is Jaheira's, and even they have problems.>The other example is with Rolan and his adoptive siblings.I guess Arabella's parents being worried to death when she's held captive doesn't count. I guess Selûne weeping for her divine daughter when she is murdered doesn't count, because that's just a background event you can't screenshot. I guess Shadowheart's parents enduring decades of torture, and Shadowheart's willingness to endure a lifetime of chronic pain if it means she can have her parents back, both don't count as "positive representation." How quick the pig is to dismiss familial love as long as it suits its low-INT narrative that the writers hate their parents and want to portray familial bonds as awful and abusive. Beyond the grammatical mistakes and porcine "lexical choices," this is what the swine really is. A genuinely stupid fuck.
>>538642275>i should spend all my time complaining about some guy no one cares about and quoting posts that are three weeks old at best on a board where three week old posts aren't even stored on the website anymore
>>538642496Neil is ugly, Astarion is hot. Stop being faceblind.
>>538642885Now you're complaining about complaining. Can I make a passing comment about how swords look in this game without the attention whore chiming in with more slop?
>>538641086Actually, the plural of staff is "staves."
>>538633139it’s a dumb wizard/cleric double casting stats are worthless and you will sacrifice spell slots for little in returnthe primary advantage of this build is actually dialogue/advantage on wis/int rolls. in combat it’s a boring concentration/utility bot. literally unplayable without alert cleric/11 wizard is good. drop wis for dex and you have an actual build
>>538643190please get an actual hobby
>>538633558low bodyfat frog
>>538642846Is this some...actual game discussion?I never really thought about Arabella's parents, you're right: they're loving and caring and it's very sad to find her Dad in Act 2, truly an heartbreaking moment.Shar, well..she's a goddess, I can't really relate to these kind of 'feelings', and considering Aylin's presonality I can't picture Shar as a complete calm and quiet divinity even if that's her whole personality, but that's just me: some Gods have more screen time and I think of Shar as a little "Lunatic", eheh.And we've have already talked about Shadowheart's parents!Anyway we can summarize it in the general concept of "tyranny versus freedom", but from the very beginning of the game, starting with the "Build your own GUARDIAN" moment, there are constant conflicts between "parental" figures (be they religious, military, political, etc.) and their lesser counterparts.
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>>538645142I don't the dream guardian is meant to be a guardian in the sense of a potential figure. The fact that they're always in plate armor, are intended to be considered attractive to a degree, and present themself as a peer (describing themself as an adventurer who got tadpoled and desire freedom just like you) rather than a superior or an authority suggests that they meant guardian as in "someone who guards something" (i.e. (You)).
>I guess I've been wrong then, I just missed some of the most prominent and in-your-face examples of familial love>I guess I've been wrong then, I just hallucinated that Mystra only starts to show interest in Gale after he got the orb>I guess I've been wrong then, I just headcanon that the writers wrote abusive parental figures because they hate mommy and daddy>I guess I've been wrong then, I just think Astarion is just dissociating in the brothel for no reason whatsoeverThere is no game discussion between human beings and pigs. There is a species barrier.
Why does Mol disappear in photomode? Just wanted a pic of her next to 'Lach.
>>538645964My point is that the game features many figures who appear authoritative and worthy of respect, only to later reveal themselves to be deceptive and not entirely transparent in their intentions to the point of becoming manipulative and harmful to the people they are supposed to "lead", but yes I agree: the Guardian/Emperor is definitely not a "parental" figure.
>>538645964>I don't [think] the dream guardian is meant to be a guardian in the sense of a potential figure. But... it's in the name? The entity is named "guardian," so it must be like some kind of parental figure? At least, that's what my dictionary tells me. Dear Mintharafag, there is no language barrier.
>>538646403is it possible they delete the kids to stop pedophiles from posing with them?
>>538646543Is Trump your dad or something? The government isn't a parental figure.
>>538646403more like correctingmode
Schizo chat
>chatfuck off zoomer
>>538646403All the Tieflings kids do that. I had the same issue then I realized they're technically 'kids' and clown world is in full effect already. Somebody with a more advanced save than mine should check if that's the same for every kid in the game. Baldur's Gate should have multiple of them, shouldn't it?
>>538647474Schizo chat
is bow a dum dum str weapon ?what i mean by that... is the weapon more manly than a crossbow?like sissies use crossbows and big boys use bows
>pop back Astarion in early act two after benching him for a while>he will have to be in the party due to his quest anyway>mfw he's level 3 while the rest of my party is 7necromancy of thay is a hard read, okay?
>>538646853>orange dude out of nowhereAuthoritarian form of governments often represents themselves as parental figures, yes.In the specific case, I was talking about Gortash and Karlach: a powerful figure that's supposed to have a mutual relationship with his bodyguard, only to be forgotten and thrown in the trash when a prospect of political growth and power lies ahead. If you see similarities with current governments, it's because it's a story as old as time itself...>>538646697The word 'guardian' is not etymologically related to the concept of "adjacent parental figure" in my language, so once again your bitter sentiment is misplaced. :( Talk about the game!
>>538648958It's all dex, likely because aiming is seen as a dex quality, even if in reality bows are more like a quality weapon than either/or.
>>538649248Huh? Everyone levels up around the same time.
>>538646853The creature can barely string together a coherent sentence. Don't expect too much of it.>"parental" figures (be they religious, military, political, etc.)So you see, in the pig's mind, Gortash was like a "political" daddy to Karlach. And Mystra was like a "religious" mommy to Gale, making her relationship with him guilty of both transgression and incest. Anyway, this is all on the writers' mommy and daddy issues. That's the extent of the pig's intellect.
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>>538648958crossbows have advantages over bows in close quarters
DAWNMASTER SNEED
>>538646853>>538651148Low IQ posts
Why are all the femal romance options trans coded? There should be atleast one straight coded romance option.
>>538653150wyll is right there
Now this was podracing!>sneaking through the area next to Reithwin Tollhouse>click to a point far away as sneaking is slow and there's nobody around>camera jumps on the bridge and I get to check how /fa/ Adept Merim is>suddenly cutscene with Mizora on the bridge starts with only Tav being around>do the chit-chat while Merim and Malik watch the whole exchange from afar>once the dialogue is over Tav is back below the bridge with the others (?)>reloading a quicksave mid-conversation puts the others there too>reloading once again just shows the party below the bridge w/ a Talk icon above Tav>try to recreate the scene by various ways>trigger point is obviously on the bridge itself>whenever we reach that area below the bridge it says "Tav started a conversation">while just crouching there with no way to break him out of it>reload the hard save I made after making a deal with Mizora>Merim and Malik acts like as if they didn't saw anythingMake sure to do the [HISTORY] check if you haven't already. It's embarrassing but funny.
Best team for a group that doesn't use any unique gear whatsoever?
>>538656429Ranger,fighter, wizard,rogue
>>538656621Why wizard and not sorcerer?
>>538657395They are more versatile
>>5386564294 divination wizards since divination gets no gear at all
Why does this game funnel you so much towards Great Weapon fighting, and greatswords in particular? Why isn't the drop from Ansur a Maul instead?Why are literally more than half of the feats useless?
>>538658394
>>538658394frog game obviously
>>538658473I'm a CRPG normie and even I prefer their DOS combat. That said, some of these things seem inexcusable, just do 1 pass through the weapon list or 1 pass through Feats and you'd be asking your balancing and itemization team to throw in some variety on that shit.
>>538658394The nordic mind can't comprehend the concept of using a one handed weapon. Swen saw feats like Dual Wielder and Defensive Duellist and thought to himself >wtf is the point of this?
>>538659068The Nordic mind has cum dried on his lips
>>538659068To be fair, the HP bloat post 2e AD&D has seen to it that everyone doing a martial will go for the biggest weapon possible if only to cut back on shaving down the enemies a few HP at a time.
>>538656429This has highlighted an issue I have with the gear in BG3. There is plenty of generic chest pieces (your various +1 padded armors, +2 splint armor, etc) but nothing for gloves or feet. Nothing that increases AC or movement speed. Some generic headwear grants things like DEX saving throws +1 or CON saving throws +1, but that's it.Why does this game treat gear this way?
>>538658394GWF only adds 1.33... (repeating, of course) average damage when using a greatsword. The way it's coded in BG3 means you could realistically bump that number to 2 or 2.5 damage, which is alright, but doesn't make it a clearly superior option compared to the alternatives. Dueling's +2 damage allows sword-and-board to remain competitive while still benefiting from a shield, and Defense's +1 AC is generically good.
>getting gwm on a non-barbarianLmfao
>>538658642100%. she's in the opening cutscene and is the main character
>>538659605Hold up. There are multiple shoes that increase AC and movement speed. Boots of Speed, Evasive Shoes, Swiresy Boots, all come to mind. Bonespike Boots do AC, movement speed, saves, and a weapon action all at once. Linebreaker boots and Helldusk boots even have effects that directly lead to damage.Here's a list and where to find them.https://bg3.wiki/wiki/FootwearThere are also gloves that increase AC, and offer various weapon actions or triggered effects.dnd5e has its limitations, but Larian did put in some custom items they made up.
>>538660305This poster is me. I play the game and I remember the items.
>>538659992What about the extra attack it gives you? What about all the Legendary quality greatswords the game gives you? I feel compelled to use them
>>538660568You should kill yourself before you go on another autismo rant
>>538660305I'm talking about generic gear vs unique gear. I'm saying outside of unique gloves, theres no reason to equip gloves at all.
>>538660601...You're talking about GWM, which is a completely different thing. Anyway, that aside should still be useful for people debating which defense style to pick.
>>538660686Correction: There is exactly one pair of generic gloves that offer any advantage, the metallic gloves
>>538660686If "generic" gloves added AC, they wouldn't be generic anymore. They would be considered powerfully enchanted.
>>538660820Yeah I thought that's what those numbers were referring to, I take that Feat so much that I even forget how much it benefits you exactly.That Feat is extremely relevant in this debate though, you have to consider the game as whole. Same applies to Cloud Giant Elixirs, they shape the game so much it's insane.
>>538660686>I'm saying outside of unique gloves, theres no reason to equip gloves at all.Fashion?
I cringe a little whenever someone calls Wyll a prince charming, there's nothing charming or dreamy about him
>>538660686light helmets tend to give dex saves, medium helmets tend to give con saves, and medium gloves tend to give str saves. These are small little buffs but they help.There's a glut of magical items in the game that do accomplish what you said you desire. I wasn't really hurting for items to put in every slot, except maybe the cape slot. If you have magical items that do accomplish everything, then it doesn't really matter that non-magical items don't do very much, since they are just a stop-gap to use while you find better stuff. They're supposed to be pretty basic so you experience the player-progression of finding better magical gear. I think it's one of the fun parts of the game, gear progression is super important. So there has to be "starting gear".
I feel like Thisobald should have had something unique to say about minthara considering the fact that she was an important cleric among the absolute cultists
>>538662369Can you draw more
Just wrapped act 2 and moon druid trivializes a lot of honor mode, I'm surprised so few people talk about it, its easily the smoothest run in this game I've ever had.>pack of enemies, or enemy/boss without a teleport?>drop spike growth on top of them and watch them get mutilated after you shapeshift if you went tb+elixir, everythings dead, guaranteed pretty much>forms are actually ridiculously strong, especially the elemental forms, do more damage than a bis fighter, people showing videos of them one/two hitting orin while shifted>unbelievably difficult to kill>summons in spell slots you probably don't even use, why not?
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>>538663060lame!
>>538661060GWM is mathematically very strong, but if we're going to be fair, the game doesn't "funnel" you toward it or two-handed weapons. If anything, it's the opposite. Sword-and-board remains competitive - if not superior - for classes like Paladin and Rogue because Savage Attacker is so buffed in BG3. Dual-wielding is competitive simply due to the sheer number of weapon options - plus you can't beat the aesthetic. And GWM's +10 flat damage isn't doubled on critical hits, so the more you rely on critical hits, the less valuable +10 flat damage becomes.
lae'zel seems like the kind of gal that would know the difference between a Panzer 4 Aus F2 and a Panzer 4 Aus G
>>538662884It was slept on for a while, but people are pretty aware of how stupidly strong it is in nearly every way at this point. Its one of the easiest ways to solo honor mode.
>>538663303I wonder which game would be goofier, one written by larian and its combat designed by fromsoft or one written by fromsoft and its combat designed by larian
>>538662884>I'm surprised so few people talk about it,Because it's lame. Tavern Brawler is already a silly feat in itself, and it becomes absurd when it starts applying to Wild Shape attacks, to say nothing of spells like Spike Growth. In the most generous interpretation that this is intended and not a borderline exploit, you're still playing a class that requires no itemization, thought, or strategy. Honor Mode is meant to be a challenge. If you find yourself pressing a button to win, what's the point?
>>538662369literally me
lol
>>538662130you do the general service when you correct retards like him
>>538663313cute and only slightly autistik
>>538664192why do you even care so much about other people's single player runs?
>>538666145are you retarded like the namefag? the first anon was complaining that generic footwear, helmets and gloves don't ever add AC or a decent buff like movement speed, only a pitiful +1 save to a stat at most. it's like you guys misunderstand purposely to argue and shitpost. he's right btw. some light weight footwear probably should increase movement speed. helmets should increase AC
Does the monks WIS ac bonus stack on top of druids wild shape? Being a super high AC dinosaur sounds fun.
>that generic footwear, helmets and gloves don't ever add AC or a decent buff like movement speedthen they wouldn't be generic now would they
>>538667779>WIS ac bonus stack on top of druids wild shapeI only played Spore Druid so no Wild Shape, but it seems that, no>While wild shaped, you take on the base AC of the form. This does not stack with other effects that change base AC.
>>538667632I don't particularly care what you do in the privacy of your own game. I'm just answering the question that was implicitly asked. Why don't we talk about 400 DPR OH Monks or Moon Druids? Because they are unimaginative and lame. There are many ways to break the game, and none of them are worth boasting about.
today I will be a contrarian and disagree every single post for attention
What determines if a party member comments on an eventI've had Karlache pipe up in moments I thought for sure would have a Shart comment and now I'm worried about party slot/position
>>538667870not if all defenseless sandals increased movement by 1m or if all heavy metal gloves gave 1 AC, retard
Shadowheart`s feet
>>538668241Afaik, it's completely random.Took me a few reloads to get picrel line because Lae'zel always commented on it.
>>538642496neil is hot but astarion is hotter
>>538667678I didn't misunderstand, and your pointless hostility is unwarranted. In fact I directly addressed your question by explaining why generic gear doesn't do very much. Generic non-magical gear is not very impressive by design, because gear progression is an important part of cprg's, as it is in mmorpg's and arpg's as well. The magical gear you complete a quest or explore a dangerous area to acquire has to be meaningfully more fun and/or mechanically superior to what you start with. The medium armor gloves you find laying in a cart in the grove only give a small +1 to str saves because it is generic non-magical gear that the player finds for free, and that is by design because the gloves you get as a reward for helping the teiflings do something powerful and you want that meaningful gear progression. If the free gloves you found on the ground already did something cool and special or already gave you meaningful stat increases like AC, then your quest reward or exploration reward isn't meaningful.The game does contain gloves, boots, and hats that do powerful things including but not limited to increasing movespeed and increasing AC, but those effects are attached to quest and exploration rewards.Gear progression is a pillar of game design and I am happy to discuss it and answer questions but you having a catty high school passive aggressive attitude about it makes absolutely no sense. >>538666145There is no need to be rude.
>>538668241Most events are random, but sometimes one companion will have priority in specific scenes.
swen...
Sigh...time to play the game, I guess.
>>538669280it wasn't my question to begin with. the anon complained about generic gear then you went HOLD UP there are magical items here's where to find them. you misunderstood. btw yes, a heavy ass metal helmet should increase AC at least by one. its unrealistic that a helmet isn't contributing to your defense at all. helmets don't have to be unique or magical to protect your head
>>538668241>>538668576That's my experience as well. Though I'm not sure about the completely part. It should be that way but I often felt a preferred option exists. Obviously anecdotal but I had Karlach commenting on the pile of dead gnomes in the Grymforge after the duergar left first. It took me 23 reloads to get that interaction again. Yes, I counted it. The vast majority of them was Shadowheart mocking that you mourn them sprinkled with a couple of Gale one-liners. If I had to put money on it I'd say it's indeed fully random, but it often feels otherwise.
>>538670263The last party slot gets shafted often since they trail towards the back and aren't always in range when dialogue begins, making them unavailable to comment
>>538669794The Evasive Shoes increase your AC by 1. They are found on one vendor in the game, one that can die in act 1 and thus potentially never show up if you don't do a certain save the tieflings questline, and cost about 2000 gold depending on your character's stats.So if an item is hidden behind completing a quest, and costs a noble's ransom in gold, and all it does is increase your AC by 1, why do you think generic gear that you find for free on the ground in the grove at level 2 should do the same thing? You are mistaken as to what generic gear "should do".I'm happy to copy and paste the paragraph about gear progression to answer that question. Again.>well if the generic gear gives +1 ac, then the magical expensive shoes should give +2That steps on the identity of shields, and people who have shields and the shoes would have +4 ac at a point in the game where things are balanced around certain AC values. This question would bring us to the topic of "bounded accuracy" and the average values of what players and adversary npc's are expected to hit and how difficult it is to hit them. Contrary to what some people like to say, there are actually lots of mathematical considerations to make when designing encounters and designing gear progression in dnd, and there are certain expectations for each level, or in this game, you would say roughly each act. In other words, the encounter designers expect a certain AC for the players to have in the creche, and that is different from what they expect you to have at the city sewers. Everyone throwing around +1's on generic cgear and that inflating magical gear to have +2's and +3's to compensate for the fact that generics give +1 now throws all of that off. The entire system would have to shift to accommodate the inflation.In summary, it's actually proper game design to have unimpressive starting gear that upgrades as you are rewarded for completing quests and exploring, and there's actually a lot of math in why.
Is it cringe/cheating to start the game as one class/stats that is strong in the early levels then respec into another class who is strong in higher levels later after you levelup?
>>538670689>>538670263>>538668576>>538668241well there's this modhttps://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/5447it changes and adds new dialogues so I guess for the mod to exists there's a list somehwere in the game of %chance when choosing what characters says what
>>538670909generic sandals for example could give +1m movement speed but -1 AC. generic heavy metal boots could give +1 AC but -1m movement speed and only characters with heavy amour prof can use them. its not hard to balance generic gear but still make them realistic
>>538671304Looks like that mod enables avatar overworld lines for uncontrolled companions. Doesn't change how regular dialogue works.
>>538664192oh look it's the video game police again, telling us how gay they are and that we should care what shit opinions they have on our gameplay lol
>>538670689See, this is a good point! In the said scene the right-back spot relative to the player is often empty, and the one who speaks always appear on the opposite side. So this could've been a factor, though I always reloaded a hard save where everybody was right near the pile.>>538671304This just re-qualifies the said lines from player-only to generic ones but the mod looks useful regardless, so thanks for sharing! I'll probably add it to my next playthrough.
>>538671304is this available in the larian official mod manageri started this game and decided to just be lazy and use their in-game manager
Female fans (henceforth referred to as "sisters") of Astarion, the vampire spawn of Baldur's Gate 3, often share ritualistic posts on 4chan such as "Missionary with Astarion" or "Making dhampir babies with Astarion." Sisters also often share pictures of Astarion shirtless, clad in some fetishistic leather that leaves his chest bare, or fully naked - to the point where normal clothing would signal that the poster is likely a tourist. The overtly sexual nature of these posts is not accidental. Although some sisters prefer a more tender approach, such as giving him affectionate nicknames ("Pookie" or "precious baby") or fantasizing about cuddling with him and stroking his hair, the undercurrent of sexualization is never far away. Likewise, the apparent sisters' preference for the confident and dominant Ascendant Astarion over his meeker spawn counterpart is not surprising. Ascendant Astarion plays to the sexist stereotype of masculinity - the macho idea of how a real man should be and how close a leash he should keep on his woman. A man should not show vulnerability. A man should be sexually dominant. Astarion becomes, through the daily repetition of such posts, and in the Welchian sense, a sex object. Reduced to a perfectly sculpted body, devoid of imperfection and eternally young. Critics have long praised Astarion for his nuanced and layered characterization, but all of that is flushed down the drain once he ascends. Vampire portrayal in fiction has a long history of intertwining forbidden danger and eroticism, but that alone cannot explain the heights of "Astarion posting" that eclipse the sexualization of popular female characters in the game, indeed of other sexy vampire characters that came before. Call it the ASS (Astarion Sexualization Syndrome), if you will. Astarion unfortunately epitomizes the sexual commodification of characters who were meant to be more than sex objects, from the thousands of smut works on Archive of Our Own to the dark corners of 4chan.
cute
this is boring, I'm going to play Elden Ring
>female desire perplexes them
Not sure how y'all can still be up to your usual sillyposting given what's happened.
>>538676730why did the owls win the superb owl
>>538617340Is there really no way to enable Resolution Scaling for BG3 somehow? The Options menu have no such thing but maybe an unofficial alternative?
>>538676040Objects can't desire anyone on their own without a man's approval. They're considered damaged goods in that case lolThanking god for pookie every day
can't believe shes stuck in bg3 like a discarded toy
>>538677301
>>538676730that act 3 character kept defending gortash and wanted the upper city to support the nine hells it's not that big of a deal especially since he wanted the level cap to be increased for every single squishy yet another reason act 3 sometimes like a bg3 parody its tone is all over the place
>>538675396Honestly I think it's pretty weird how a lot of the most vocal AA critics seem to have more of an issue with how it affects Astarion (e.g. "he becomes another Cazador", "he's abusive towards his romance partner", etc.) rather than the fact that the act of ascending is absurdly evil. I wonder if those sorts of people would be ok with the insanely evil ritual if his personality didn't change as a result.
Hehehehe karlach smells.
RPing is hard for me
>Enchantment School is one of the Subclasses of Wizard. These Wizards specialize in controlling and befuddling others.>doesn't get Command
>>538680305>rather than the fact that the act of ascending is absurdly evil.You're correct, of course, but that warrants its own separate post. One that is perhaps less playful and less echoing of Welch's words.
>tfw im too stupid for multi classingi've played 300 hours and several runs but i've never multi classes because idk what combination is good or not
>>538682938see this lovely thing that is very old and widely-used called "trial and error"
>Casting a high-level concentration spell, then immediately overwriting it with BlessI'm still doing it bros.
>>538682938Multiclassing is easy in BG3. There are no ability score requirements. You have a level cap of 12, so you can often split it 6/6. Almost every class gets a relevant feature then - martials get Extra Attack at level 5, Paladins get their Aura of Protection at level 6, Clerics get their second Channel Divinity charge and their subclass feature at level 6, etc. The more difficult question is whether you're achieving something meaningfully stronger than a humble Fighter 12, with their 3 attacks per round and 4 feats. If you just want to roleplay a character concept, then that doesn't matter.
>>538682938Just like many other aspects of the game multi-classing is all about synergy. Well, that and potentially having a bigger bag of tools. Why do people get 3 levels of Rogue to their Monk? Because one of the main attractions of Monk is the extra Unarmed Attack with a Bonus Action. The 3 level of Rogue needs you to unlock the Thief subclass. Why? Because Thief grants you an additional Bonus Action, or in this context another Unarmed Attack each round. This was as bare-bones as it gets on purpose but hopefully you get the idea. In reality that Rogue dip also adds a couple of useful things (Expertise, Sneak Attacks, Cunning Actions) that comes handy to a Monk as well, so overall it's a well-worth investment due to the high level of synergy that empowers the build better than just another 3 levels of Monk.
>>538683301Based. Taunting the opponent, letting them know you COULD fuck their whole shit up but choose to support your friends instead.
>>538675396I'm all of these btw
multiclassing sorcerer and wizard, which stat determines the effectiveness of the spell, INT or CHA?
>>538686336yes
>>538686336For class spells, then it is the Spellmodifier of the class, ie wizard levels up chromatic orb on level 1, it uses INT, sorcerer levelup chromatic orb on level 1, it uses CHARHowever, Larian did not enough budget to properly implement multiclassing in the game, so its broken; for everything else that is not a class spell, IE scrolls and equipment spells, then it uses the spellmodifier of the LAST class you took. Even some class spells suffer from this: If you take Chain Lightning as a sorcerer, but your last class was Wizard, then Chain Lightning will use INT for its chain, which makes it much worse. Therefore, as a spellcaster multiclass, you should pick your best spellcasting class last, or else it will use the shitty modifier for a lot of casts
>>538676730lmao
Today, Baldur's Gate is a slightly better place to live. Long live the blade of frontiers.
>>538671156cheating? nocringe? a little unless you have a neat rp explanation for it
>y-yes good mmmm goodberry good
>>538691102
>>538688617cute (both of them)
>>538684648>>538684387>>538682994i'll experiment thank you!
Need a name for my tiefling wizard. She's got one of the black faces, but she's red to keep the flavor right.
i will never ever romance the emperor it's GROSS
>>538695241I did I wanted to see tentacle sex
>>538695948why are you ghaik
>>538669280>>538670909Anyone else having a chuckle @ the expense of this imbecile
>>538696676no one reads his posts
I'm watching old videos about 90s era CRPGs (BG1 and 2) again instead of just playing them. RTWP filters me hard.
>>538697001Real!!!
he's never done anything wrong in his life
>>538694185np gl!
>>538697001true and real
astarion's sweaty balls
Who are they?Where did they come from?What are they doing?Why don't we ever meet them?
>>538700067He did. Every time I see his smile, I feel my heart break into a million pieces only to be put back together. I think I have a heart disease. He is like a dangerous, contagious plague.
i don't even know why i even bring THE WIZARD along
>>538703098Is that your pog collection?
>>538700067>l*wyerObjectively an irredeemably evil person btw.
>>538703334
>>538703363With that battlefield, you gotta cast confusion just to breathe.
>>538703398W*ll wouldn't be there if it were
I don't know what to talk about anymore
>>538703769this general is cooked unless larian announces something this winter
People who romance astarion are lawyer fuckers and I don't respect them.
The Blade.
>>538703363Chain Lightning
>>538703334>>538703468cute
what made him go to law school
>>538703769shadowheart dreams about having sex with halsin?
>>538705245So he could have power
>>538705245Jewish ancestry
>>538705245He's evil
>>538705440my hubby would never
>>538705730When Tav keeps sucking.......
>>538705730the nose knows
>>538705730when tav stakes the wrong hole
I don't think things are going to go back to normal. I don't see how they can. I can't sleep, I just have this anxious pit in my stomach now. Whatever happens, I want everyone to know I love Shadowheart and her hairy elf vagina. I always have. Make no peace with evil.
>>538705252
>mention shart>so-called "Minthara"fag shows upcurious
Thisobald Thorm is a unique intelligent Undead, the master brewer of the The Waning Moon. He is possibly the son of Ketheric Thorm Ketheric Thorm.
>>538714152the cutest frog
Wyll should have been a woman that looks like Beyonce
ARE YOU PART OF MY HOUSEHOLD STAFF RAPHAEL? ARE YOU ONE HELL OF A BUTLER?
>>538716510this but unironically
>>538716510Sorry we need to have a equal amount of male and female companions for some reason
>>538696676The ones that suggest that a regular non-magical helmet should increase AC by 1 (the equivalent of the Defense fighting style), or that a regular non-magical pair of shoes should increase movement speed by 1 meter (almost the equivalent of the racial bonus of wood elves) are in the wrong. It displays a profound misunderstanding of what bonuses non-magical equipment should provide, and of the AC inflation Mintharafag speaks of. 5E is far from a perfect system, but those putting forth these suggestions know nothing of game design or balance.
>>538717649Practically all AC is derived from body armor. If Larian slightly lowered body armor AC to allow for AC from other equipment pieces, the issue would be resolved completely.
>>538717649>player NOT wearing a helmet has exact same armor class as someone wearing a helmet>this is good game design and mintharafag is right..........
>>538718850>cloak that adds 1AC..............>helmet that adds 1ACIT'S BREAKING THE HECKING GAME
>>538718135>Practically all AC is derived from body armor.Yes, by design. This is how it works in tabletop as well and is not a Larian quirk. There are already baselines of expected AC for light armor, medium armor, and heavy armor users. Splitting 1 AC off the chest piece onto the helmet changes nothing in practice, except for that awkward phase where one of your characters lacks a nondescript, non-magical helmet and is now less effective for no apparent reason. AC already abstracts that, so there's no need to change anything. Similarly, boots should not provide movement speed bonuses (unless they're magical), as that devalues the movement speed bonus/penalty of different races.>>538718850Bounded Accuracy, the term that Mintharafag mentioned, is an actual core design principle of 5E. It intentionally limits the scaling of bonuses (to attack rolls, saving throws, AC, etc.) that players and monsters get. This ensures that even low-level enemies can remain threatening to high-level PCs in sufficient numbers, which is in line with the "realism" you value so much. The system is not designed to handle further granularity, and in fact actively seeks to avoid it. Don't like it? Go play Pathfinder with its monsters having inflated AC in the 40s or 50s - see if you like it more. You'll find quickly enough that bloat does not often lead to a better, more meaningful system.
>>538633139The uninstall wizard.
Just killed the sahagins in act 3. Fisherman npc thanked me and then proceeded to walk into my spore cloud and die instantly and now a guard is trying to arrest me for murder.
>>538721235Well? Did you commit an act of murder or not?
>>538709976>I don't think things are going to go back to normal. I don't see how they can.I'm also deeply saddened by the recent loss of Haru Urara. Although she never won in her 113-race career, she never gave up. She was more than just a thoroughbred horse - she was a symbol of hope and perseverance. Her name fittingly means "Lovely Spring." May she rest in peace.
>You leave me no choice but to join the NetherbrainI didn't say that though...
I'm going to be honest with you bros I just can't bring myself to like Karlach. I like her design, but every time she opens her mouth I roll my eyes at whatever retarded shit she spews. She also feels like some self insert. Tragic backstory and someone who fought in a war against her will yet she still has a super positive outlook on life, every companion automatically loves her even Laezel and Minthara, has an "incurable" problem even though there's about a hundred things in this setting that can easily fix her.
Since there'll one day be BG4, what's the canon ending they're going with?Tav was killed by Dark Urge in a comic so the protagonist will either be one of the origin companions or Durge, and they will not go with Bhaal/Domination endings because the Sword Coast should be intact, but is it going to be a regular good party ending or will Dark Urge commit sudoku or piss himself and try to murder the party?
>>538728630they don't have to do a direct sequel
>>538728707It's more likely than a prequel or a sidequel since Forgotten Realms has an advancing timeline.One big question is whether Orpheus gets out since a githyanki civil war has lore implications. I assume they won't overthrow Vlaakith since there was an official adventure dedicated to it in 3,5e and it wasn't canonized for 4e and 5e.
>>538705730>>538705440>Astarion Ancunín (born Bert Bergenstein) is an Origin Character and recruitable Companion (...)
>>538728630I hope they do the same thing they did to the original BG characters. Just to see the hypocrisy.
>>538731061So Sharranheart or ascended Astarion appear as minor bosses?
>>538731149And with Wyll as a forgettable late game party member.
>>538728630It's going to be the regular, vanilla good ending, with the Bhaalspawn living for some time afterwards and then dying off-screen.Maybe they also remove Durge from the equation by them being the one that became a squid and thus any traces of Durge are effectively erased anyway because all that remains is a squid.>>538728916If i had to guess, they simply go with the vague>yeah the civil war is going on but no side is actually winningunless the Gith play some role in the plot, which is doubtful.
>>538731305Provoke the Blade (of Avernus)...
>>538731378Squid durge can still be driven mad by Bhaal
>>538732582Yeah but requires Durge to embrace Bhaal, which i think is unlikely as a choice of canon events because it makes little sense for durge to>embrace Bhaal>become a squid>destroy the brainthe player can naturally choose to act wildly out of character but why a sequence of events that make little to no sense.At best you could argue that they retcon that Durge would've fallen back under Bhaal's influence either way after the tadpole is gone but that also essentially nukes the Withers interference after Durge rejects Bhaal.Or they go with the version where Durge was a limpy loser that lost the battle to Orin and was then doomed to madness, would be at least hilarious.
>>538733229Speaking of Orin, perhaps they reveal that she too was impregnated by Sarevok and the baby is a grown up Bhaalspawn in the next game.
>>538717649Not to be rude but you’re kinda retarded. It’s +1 to movement speed(on a common item)>But that’s almost the equivalent of a racial bonus.And it requires you sacrifice the entire boot slot for +1 to movement. It’s situational at best. It isn’t remotely game-breaking or “unfair” to certain races(the races aren’t created equal btw)>It displays a profound misunderstanding of what bonuses non-magical equipment should provide, and of the AC inflation Mintharafag speaks of.This means nothing
Playing as a pacifist life cleric was actually really fun. Not particularly challenging but I liked the restriction of a whole character who could never attack. Kinda regret finishing the run.
>>538733618My gut tells me whoever is touching the Baldur's Gate IP next will want to do their own thing as much as possible. I can't imagine there's going to be many connecting threads between unique BG3 characters and BG4. But maybe I'm wrong and whoever's making the next one will throw a little money at some of the voice actors. They'll have to decide what endings are canon though.
>>538649248not how the leveling works.
>Tymora is the bright faced goddess of fortune, who favors those who gamble - and set out on adventure - with the utmost skill and daring.I hate this because it implies there's any gambling in the game.>uh but dice rolls>proceeds to build their character and equip them to minimize negative outcomes as much as possible
>>538728630>Tav was killed by Dark Urge in a comicDo you mean blood in baldur's gate? If so, you're a fucking retard if you think the custom origin is actually the "detective who canonically died 10 years ago" origin just because their names happen to be the same because it's based on the project name for the game (also, you're not expected o assume that custom origin characters are canonically always named Tav because that's also retarded)
>>538728292Yup, she's awful. Peak millennial writing.
>>538733738>It’s +1 to movement speed(on a common item)+1 meter is significant when humanoids start with a baseline of 9 meters per turn. This +1 becomes +2 when dashing and +4 when dashing and hasted, which, amusingly enough, starts to strain realism once again. You're saying that a common pickpocket, wearing these "common" shoes should be able to dash for 20 meters per turn and easily evade the city watch.>And it requires you sacrifice the entire boot slot for +1 to movement. Great opportunity cost. By "sacrificing" the boots slot, my level 1 Ranger with Longstrider can now endlessly and effortlessly kite more than half of the bestiary. That doesn't sound too balanced to me. Sounds like it should be a magical item.>the races aren’t created equal btw...which is exactly why the gap between a halfling and a human, or between a human and a wood elf, shouldn't be so conveniently bridged by a "common" non-magical item. It cheapens the few remaining racial differences that still exist before everything is homogenized, and the only remaining differences are cosmetic.>This means nothingIt means you're playing a system that is already fine-tuned with a low granularity which is by design. Is that system the holy grail that can never be improved upon? No. Pathfinder players will disagree, and so will Path of Exile players. But this is 5E, and you don't get to upend the balance because you want to tweak "common" non-magical items.
>>538651034>>538736104Every time a companions joins to the party their XP gets adjusted to Tav's, who (outside of exceptional cases) should have the most anyway of the roster. On the mechanical side this means an addition to the fresh companion's XP value, however, the game obviously don't level them up for you. So it's indeed possible to run around with underlevelled companions by never clicking on the "LEVEL UP!" in their character sheet. >>538649248 didn't say "dude, my Astarion is permanently and irreversibly 4 levels behind the rest" but "dude, I can't believe he's been sitting on the bench for 4 levels already!". >>538735294Sounds like it's time to collect niché ideas that don't warrant a playthrough on their own but together it might be worth your time! I've always wanted to do a commoner who dual-wields a pair of Salamis and rocks Camp Clothing even outside in the wilderness. (You can retain the effects of your equipped armor pieces.)
>>538728630Durge is a customizable character so there's a high chance BG4 ignores them completely.
>>538728292>Tragic backstory and someone who fought in a war against her will yet she still has a super positive outlook on lifeIt's called coping. Not every war veteran has to battle suicidal ideation, and not every depressed person has to be a gloomy, withdrawn figure. Some of the most cheerful people you'll ever meet are a mess on the inside. It's utterly bizarre to have realistic and nuanced characterization for once, and have people dismiss it as self-insertion.>has an "incurable" problem even though there's about a hundred things in this setting that can easily fix her.Short of Wish or True Resurrection or an unlikely Divine Intervention... not really. We're talking about an infernal engine that replaces her heart, and you're acting like it's a minor inconvenience that your average cleric could fix with a prayer to their god. Why doesn't Astarion simply lift his vampiric curse?
>>538668228>>538740570
>>538740570>zariel can rip karlach's heart out and put an engine in there but its impossible to harvest a heart and do a regular organ transplant with the aid of a clericseriously? we can do heart transplants even in real life
>>538741638Elminster won't help Karlach for the same reason he won't help you fight the Netherbrain and no deity likes her enough to do a divine intervention. The only way to rip the engine out in story without becoming a squid or dying is to dominate the elder brain as origin Karlach.
>>538741981where did I write anything about divine intervention or elminster? it should be possible with a donor heart. larian was dead set on a bittersweet ending but they had to ignore perfectly reasonable options to do it
>>538741497A lot of people like Karlach. She's the second most romanced character. If you dislike her, you are, by definition, more likely to be the contrarian.>>538741638It's not "impossible." It just requires powerful magic beyond the means of your party of level 12s. To further complicate matters, it's unclear whether True Resurrection would even help her here. The infernal engine might be considered a true part of her body, not an injury.
>>538742302>. larian was dead set on a bittersweet endingthey weren't lol, they added an ending where karlach didn't have to die a few months after the game's release because people kept complaining about her story, karl is the victim of cut content
>>538742302Heart transplant surgery is more rare than Wish and divine intervention in fantasy settings.She got that engine installed in Hell with the collaboration of an archdevil and chosen of Bane, so a random healer is not taking it out.
I like how Gortash can easily butcher Karlach and turn her into a fully functioning Steel watcher (this happens if you hand her over to Gortash), but your party can't get the Gondians to upgrade Karlach's engine. Kek Larian
>>538742525Do you have any actual concrete proof of this cut ending? Is there something in the files that actually suggests that this item would be used to fix Karlach? A simple look in the dialogue files can reveal cut things like Orin kidnapping your romance or Minsc having a planned romance but I've never seen any actual proof in the files that this was supposed to happen despite how much people insist it was.
>>538742648a random infernal mechanic probably put that in, not the archdevil or gortash himself
>>538743060Don't entertain the fool. Let it spam more non-character shitposts and cry about D&D. Ignore it.
>>538743060>Is there something in the files that actually suggests that this item would be used to fix Karlach?the regular iron is used to slow down the engine guess what the enriched one would do
>>538728292She certainly wasn't among the first characters that struck me, to be honest, and being even more honest, I wouldn't have brought her along until I used the No Party Limits mod because Lae'zel already covered the melee/martial role, so she often stayed at camp "eating dirt."But I have to admit, bringing her along changed my opinion of her very quickly: there's much more to her than her ADHD zoomer dances, which I now find cute. She's one of the few party members who seems genuinely interested in the well-being of the others, and besides Minthara, Wyll, and Durge, she's the only one with a "personal grudge" against one of the Chosen Dead Three.I romanced her in one of my Durge runs and I was on the edge when my guy almost murdered her in her sleep in Act 2.Karlach is based in my book.
>every post I don't like must be made by the same person
>>538743230
>>538743419tbf this general is like 6 people at this point. it's more likely than you think
>Karlach is based in my book.At least that's one companion you didn't make a rape joke about, subhuman.
>>538743537the whiner just conflated me and like two other people together just now
>>538743320I don't care about your pattern recognition. Is there or is there not actual data in the game files that shows that these items were connected to fixing Karlach's engine? I can say that a Minsc romance was planned because there is a proof of it in the dialogue files. If you don't have any proof of your claim beyond conjecture then why should I believe you?
>>538743736the second moonrise tower, wyll's college and mephisto's domain were finished areas that weren't added to the final build as stated by swen vincke, the same thing could have easily happened to karlach's good ending, shit the only origin that is tied to the upper city happens to be the only companion with only bad endings & the only one that got an extra ending due to fan complaint come on now
will bg3 be remembered in 10 years
>>538744060didn't realize there was supposed to be a second tower, though that makes sense considering the number of times moonrise is referred to as moonrise towers>>538744204Yes, especially if BG4 is being released in the next decade. It'll be hard not to draw comparisons.
>>538744204yes there aren't that many AAA CRPGs full of cinematics
>>538743091The deal was with Zariel so she put her magic in but her forgemaster did the actual forging, the guy who taught Dammon and made the helldusk set. Still a situation very very few people on the Sword Coast could fix.
>>538743736>HadSexWithRufus
>>538744204When WRPGs still manage to fuck up and just be Skyrim/FO4-likes, BG3 will be remembered.
>>538744060So you have less proof of this companion's entire ending than proof that anyone can easily find that Minsc was planned to have a romance? I'm not going to believe that all the scenes about Karlach coming to terms with her fate were just a coincidence and she'd actually have a perfectly happy ending because you handed someone some more infernal iron because you said "trust me bro"Also, what fucking connection does Karlach have to the upper city? She actively states that she's from the outer city and she's barely been to the upper city, how the fuck does she have more connection to it than Wyll who grew up there?
>>538744936>I'm not going to believe that all the scenes about Karlach coming to terms with her fatethat's her bad ending>Also, what fucking connection does Karlach have to the upper city? gortash, his HQ is stated to be there to this day
>>538744920God, how does Bestheda get away with outputting so much first-person mediocrity?
>>538745220great exploration, mods & side quests, their main stories have always been shit
>>538744936>>538745128From what I read in interviews, Karlach was mostly written in near the end of development. All of her voice lines were recorded in six months IIRC. The idea of fixing her heart may have floated around but nothing was ever written. Honestly, her storyline feels a bit rushed and barebones. At least they gave her a proper ending in the epilogue.
>>538744204Of course! BG3 is already one of those fan beloved titles, already a cult classic few years after its release.Took the industry by storm, and reignited the love for RGPs with a solid formula. Memorable characters, awesome soundtrack and lots of replay possibilites.And the modding community created many mods so the experience is always fresh and different.>>538745534>>538745220For the past 20 years, every Bethesda release has been received like this:>"OK cool Todd, now let us fix that for you"
>>538745575she got revoiced & rewritten in 2021/2020 if I recall correctly, she didn't even have a burning heart in the early access, I think that wyll was the one revoiced in 6 months
>>538745837>>"OK cool Todd, now let us fix that for you"No bigger proof of that than two different editions of Skyrim topping Nexus in mod downloads. Or Starfield being 12th.
>>538714152nice froge
>>538745128>that's her bad endingWhy would she be in her bad ending in acts one and two, where the idea of her dying gets set up? Why would her biggest emotional scene, which presents her as someone who finally realizes she's inevitably dying, be part of a bad ending while her good ending would have nothing bad happen to her? Why would her bad ending just be "she dies lol" instead of losing herself to power like every other origin character?>>538745575I'm not a huge fan of Karlach because she feels a bit like the writers REALLY wanted to make sure that you felt bad for her super tragic fate but I am interested in video game cut content so seeing people make shit up and insist it's cut content annoys me.
>>538744204By boomers? Sure, if they haven't died of a heart attack by then.By zoomers and attention whores like the pig? No.There is a disconnect between a generation that grew up on few but unifying cultural phenomena, and can value a work that they recognize as ultimately rare, and one that only co-opts these cultural phenomena that existed before their generation to sound cooler than their peers. One musical artist, one movie, or one video game in a niche genre could easily define a generation back then. But in the era of Spotify, Netflix, Steam, and viral content, BG3 is just another good game from that one year that the zoomers will forget or have already forgotten. Everything is ephemeral to the zoomer - BG3 can only be the "Lord of the Rings movies of video games" for a short period... "for now." The zoomer lacks even the knowledge of BG1 and BG2 to compare BG3 to.
>>538745976Samantha Beart definitely said she voiced everything in 6 months. She said she started working on BG3 in December 2022 and finished in June 2023. She also said the character underwent some rewrites even during that small period
Karlach best girl. Shame will never get the Avernus dlc
>>538746373I'm older than you buddy.
>>538746342>Why would her bad ending just be "she dies lol" instead of losing herself to power like every other origin character?one of gale's bad endings has him kill himself trying to control the orb, astarion has an ending where cazador is still alive and he has to hide in the sewers, the game is full of those>which presents her as someone who finally realizes she's inevitably dying,because she's about to die if you dont fix her heart
Larian's next game will be the 2001 : A Space Odyssey of video games
Larian's next game will be Mass Effect larian edition
>>I love how this game interacts with other media not only for inspiration but also for talent, each person involved can be seen to have put in their own effort beyond what was required to refine their craftsmanship and it shows in the result. >Did you fellas think Godey boned Astarion?
>>538746650>one of gale's bad endings has him kill himself trying to control the orb, astarion has an ending where cazador is still alive and he has to hide in the sewers, the game is full of thoseDo any of those include the biggest emotional moments of the character in the way that Karlach's post-Gortash scene does? Are any of those actively set up well before they're locked in?>because she's about to die if you dont fix her heartThen why is the scene presented like it's completely inevitable and not like everything will be completely fine if you hand Zanner Toobin some special infernal iron?
>>538746373it must suck being this bitter all the time
>>538747102That's like asking an engineer to perform a heart transplant surgery. The organic parts in steel watchers that gondians do work with are undead corpses.
>>538747023Let me ask you this: you've already admitted that you're only here for pic-related reasons.Now, after months, years of this routine, I ask you: do you really think this Highlander-style "test of strength" where only one of us is left here will lead to anything? And if I disappeared tomorrow, will that moment of realization where you think, "Hehe, I finally deleted my nemesis from a general thread on /vg/ on 4chan" be worth it?As I said months ago, if you keep doing this to yourself, you're the only one who suffers.I hope one day you realize that you're hurting yourself.
>>538747815>>538747023I ship it
>>538740514How delischious
...Baldur's Gate 3? Try talking about the game, pig fuck. How much is your opinion worth if you had to wait until your cheating run to realize Karlach is "based"? That's a rhetorical question.
>>538742801kek I need to do this now
>>538743494>t. wyll
>>538746909kinda
>>538748407>a WEG d6 Star Wars cRPGIf they could actually resurrect WEG and get that licence, I would be the first in line to back the project up. Awesome game.
>>538747882pigschizo really is obsessed with him t b h. we need an enemies to lovers arc
>>538747732People definitely tend to overlook how the steel watch foundry actually works when talking about how they could totally fix Karlach. I'm pretty sure that the steel watcher conversation in >>538742525 that directly states that fixing her engine is impossible and she should go to the foundry to be dismantled (i.e. killed).
>>538748407when they gonna announce this? its been almost two years already
>>538746373take your meds
hehe boned
>>538749450 swen first wanted to make a smaller scale project but then decided to turn it into a bg3 sized one, they're aiming for a 2029/2030 release last time I checked but you never know with larian
Godey is coming
I hope Godey bones you, but you would be into it
pigschizo eating slopfag's macaroni in a foursome with the drow twins
>>538750135they are the same person
>>538749965i thought swen said he wanted a shorter dev cycle than bg3's? 2030 would put that project at 6 years
>>538748274
>>538750556>i thought swen said he wanted a shorter dev cycle than bg3's? yup but larian literally always falls for feature creep and can't stop themselves from trying to make their games as big as possible>2030 would put that project at 6 yearskeep in mind that they're working on two AAA games at the same time for the first time ever
>>538754518Finally, a good Astarion post.
>>538750135This sure is a sentence typed by someone mentally well.
>>538750135
>>538755967angyfrog
>>538756282Only the most well adjusted members of society post in this general
>>538750645based
Karlach definitely got raped a ton in hell
NPCs that should have been fully playable companions>Mizora>Barcus>Alfira>Scratch>the owlbear cubwe got fucking Shovel instead
>>538761582Zevlor
>>538761582Nere
>>538761582Halsin
>>538761582NotWyll
>>538761582whats wrong with shovel
>>538755967>When istik say something so tsk'va that you hit them with the ghaik stare.>>538750645Well done!>>538761582>NPCs that should have been fully playable companionsSpoiler for newfriends who might stumble into this thread.
>>538746524Maybe her cambion ex could be a companion. she tells Karlach where to find Zariel's forge if she survives to the epilogue.
>>538762886man they were teasing a DLC so hard
>>538762886>companionNah she'd be a enemy I bet
3 levels of rogue (thief) on a life cleric for an extra bonus action healing word isn't a great idea, right?
>>538763108Mizora already filled the bitchy cambion role.
>>5387631892 levels off a cleric can be a good idea3 levels, noit doesn't really matter because respec
astarion has the best art
>>538763189healing should be low priority. damage output is more important
>>538763281We can't kill Mizora though
>>538763189You're already healing everyone with Mass Healing Word.
>>538763525We could kill her in a potential Avernus expansion although I'd rather bang her.
>>538762397Nothing, it's a shame it's the only real one we gotohand friggin Us
>>538763992Us-chan is the cutest brain and best friend tho!
>>538763736Swen said no!
honestly an astral plane DLC would make more sense than avernus, it would be a perfect segue into their new space gameplus it would mean more frogs
Space wyll
Did Larian just accidentally spoil like half of Act 2 for me?First time in Moonrise. Jaheira said I have to find out why Ketheric is invincible. I haven't even entered the Throne Room yet!
>>538765013From now on, I don't want you to inspect entities anymore, alright? Forget what you saw here.
>>538764864everyone gonna get a space wyll
>>538765013It does but that assumes that people on their first playthrough>open the door to throne room>don't cross the line to trigger the cutscene>inspect Ketheric>read the tooltipWhich is just not likely to happen.Ketheric disappears even after the cutscene and it you have to disregard literally everyone telling you to not visit Ketheric on the rooftop to meet him again.
>a-a-AVOCADO DIABOLY
Could you launch the game for me and see if your 4 niggas are the same 4 niggas that I got. I'm wondering if they're randomized
>>538768491they are not
>>538768553Aw too bad, would've been a fun little detail. Or make them like proxies for characters from other games
>>538768184>ECCE DOMINUS
>>538768491Human, dragonborn.... dwarf.. and gnome?
do people still play this game?I can't imagine more than 2 playthroughs at most.>evil is just missed content>most "reactivity" is meaningless mad-lib>Act 1 is great but nosedives after>no build autism to carry multiple play-throughsis it just like a baby saying "again again" wanting to hear the same book over and over, or something?A timeless classic, BG3 is not.
>>538770298
>>538764483this would've been so cool
I hate living in a mecha where the discourse around the anime is more important than the anime itself. BG3 gave me hundreds of hours of fun, kawaii, utsu, everything I could ask from a game, and more. It will always have a special place in my kokoro, like many other great games I've played. BG3 was lightning in a bottle, they've been working on it for many years, and it's the work of rabu of many ningen. It's the Neon Genesis Evangelion of video games... for now.
>>538770470And? Post the CoD numbers if you want. Totally irrelevant.Look at how dead this general's become, even.Nobody will be playing this game in even 5 years, let alone further out than that. They shot their shit on >>>MUH GRAFFIXXX and mocap and full voice, and what do you know, it's all fluff that has nothing to do with being a timeless classic, even if it brought in the drooling hordes.
Something I don't like about dark urge is that they have a backstory. It isn't merely bhaal's influence awakening in you. You've already been established as bhaals chosen by the time the game takes place.
Larian really wasted all this time effort and money on origin characters, they also wasted time effort and money on a wyll origin
>>538773425play tav if you don't like it
>>538765341>>538768000I did nothing illegal, Officers. I'm merely the victim of an imperfect system! This is everything I knew about the subject in question until now. I'll just keep going and eventually write a letter to Larian that I'm willing to sign a settlement in exchange for a lifetime supply of St. Bernardus. Wish me luck!
>>538773714Some people like Wyll's origin because you can play as Mizora's puppy
>>538768875My guess as well. You can also see their gear. Pixel hunt due to the extreme zoom but nobody on 4K has done it yet, so it is what it is.>>538770298#8 officially being the last patch marked an end of an era. For new players who waited for the development to conclude to jump on ship, and for many old ones to return for a last ride because of the long-awaited features like the new Subclasses or Photo Mode.
>>538770298someone post the lich pic of what is represented and what is actually in game in wotr
wyll deserved it
should i not have made a human?
>>538784653Depends what you're going for but they have shield proficiency which can be super useful on spellcasters like wizards. Also there's something to be said for not having a single drop of disgusting fey blood running through your veins.
Aylin appeals to straight men
>>538785363Yes but only those with damaged relationships with their mothers.
>>538785781desu I think it's enough to throw the Gloves of Thievery on your highest dex character for most things and rely on knock for the DC30 doors. Particularly difficult chests just get the booming blade treatment
>>538785781>rolls a 1
>>538786471gayest thing ive ever seen
>>538786146bad idea just go get pookie !
>>538784883Somehow I could never give shields to my wizards. It just feel spiritually wrong. Same with rocking any kind of armor instead of a robe. >>538782258This is one of those facial expressions that you must have seen a thousand times if you ever had a cat.
>>538789179Look, I get it, a dude in pajamas hiding behind a shield seems incongruent but eventually a motherfucker is going to get tired of whispering sweet nothings to Mystra hoping she keeps saving his ass and is going to pick up a nice hearty piece of metal
>>538784653The world will never acknowledge you. History will remember another as the savior of Baldur's Gate. Bards will sing a different tale. Are you prepared for that?
>>538790159frog game: CONFIRMED
i've been playing bg3 so much i had a dream in which i was carefully dragging smokepowder barrels to an enemy in a corn field and i was making sure i didn't fuck up my action to explode them
>>538790914this but lae'zel
>>538790914i had a dream i helped donald trump rob a bank and then we both walked to my homeit was uncomfortable
>>538790159I honestly really did want to make a drow and just kind.......forgot when I finally got the game a few weeks ago and made a human
>>538792425You won't do this because it would feel weird but you can walk right up to that magic mirror and change much of your character for free whenever you want. No one will even comment about how you used to be an ugly human woman and now you're an ugly drow woman.
>>538792548You can race change? I thought the mirror was just for "surface" level cosmetic changes like hair and make up and shit
>>538792780I wouldn't know, I could never bring myself to use it for more than a trip to the hairdresser.
>>538792548>>538792780You can't change your race. That's one of the few attributes set in stone after character creation. >>538792425The default Dream Guardian is a Drow though. And a proper one, not Larian's fanfic! So at least you have this going for you, assuming you didn't change it back then.
I like to close my eyes and click randomize on the dream guardian and click proceed without seeing what they look like.Makes for a fun reveal when you finally see them.
>>538794797yeah i kept the guardian as a drow
>>538795228wait I meant I didnt*
>>538795228thats not a drow
>>538795228thats like shart at home
>>538795228
>>538794876Diagnosis: Autism
>>538796118You have no idea.
>>53879025290% of the interactions are >wow. You’re ugly.and>What the fuck are you? Anyway,
>>538797078no need to describe your everyday interaction in public WAHEY
>>538797078>Mattis asking if you are a swamp elf hehe
>>538785326>>538785214>>538786173>>538786471>>538790914m*llennial fanslop ruined bg3 fanart desu
>>538797782Im sure some zoomers drew some of those
>>538790252I love frog game!
What's the math on GWM two handing a weapon vs. dual wielding while having two weapon fighting? Assume both have an extra bonus action.
What's the best class/subclass for nerfing & debuffing enemies?
>>538786173hot
is it true that Helm made Withers help the party?
>>538798895Yes. I asked Helm myself and he confirmed it.
>>538798701Bard.
I still think this is rad as shit.https://youtu.be/DhL8iKN3rVA
>>538798205TRVE
what causes someone to be attracted to Lae'zel?
>>538790159I looked at the files. There are 273 dialogue files with the REALLY_GITHYANKI tag somewhere in it, which does line up with the graph, but there are 9,465 dialogue files in total. Man, the reactivity in this game is so low.
>>538801572some people like it when their partners is utterly committed to them
earth myrmidon is bugged right? no way the listed dice are correct, shit hits unbelievably fucking hard with tb and giant elixir.
You DID save him, right?
>>538802381Its not bugged, but the listed dice for its attack are way, way off. Its technically working as intended, just listed wrong.Pretty cure with a crit build it can 2 hit most of the bosses in a3.
>>538801572Fear of abandonment
how many times have you romanced your waifu/husbandoI'm on run 7
>>538806298I stopped romancing characters because I realised that I liked the side characters much more than the main characters
>>538806298Based sis. I've only done like 4 with Astarion. Do you use the same character for each run?
>>538802969always! I love my best friend, Us-chan
>>538799092Thanks
>>538798895Its not confirmed either way, but its heavily implied someone currently above Withers/Jergal stepped in and told him to start cleaning up his mess.He is partially responsible for all this, since he gave a portion of his power to the dead three, elevating them to godhood. Its likely ao or helm saw how much they were directly meddling in mortal shit and spanked jergal.
>>538807091i make diff ones each time altho my first dark urge was a copy of my first tav but with red eyes and tatttoos
Is Stars Druid a better healer than Life Cleric?
>>538795228I made Laeh'ze
>>538806298Maybe five or six. I'm still kind of a newb(ofc it is Bae'zel or Minty)
>>538801913Take into account almost every NPC interaction has enough dialogue lines that'd be enough for multiple ones in other RPGs. Not because BG3 is so verbose but due to the number of variables that might be involved. This is mostly apparent if you make use of your 4-men party and actually talk to NPCs with them. Yes, class and racial tags appear quite often but you also have things like Speak with Animals for basically every single such creature in game. Most of them get a dialogue tree that can only be accessed if you have that condition, then there's an alternative one for those who's not messing with SwA. This often involves Animal Handling checks as an attempt to replicate (some of the) SwA actions, which leads to other dialogue branches.All I'm saying is context is important here, BG3 is pretty atypical in terms of dialogue. Even stats like >>538790159 can be misleading as Githyanki tags tend to be very concentrated in my experience. Obviously places like the Créche is filled to the brim with them, then you have some of Lae'zel's content and the certain story bits revolving around the Astral Prism. So while the numbers are what they are, it's not like Githyanki were so incredibly heavily favored by the devs in general throughout the game. The bulk of that huge difference between #1 and #2 is story elements that you're going to see anyway, except playing a Githyanki yourself could add another dimension to it through race-exclusive dialogues.
>>538801913Going through my copy of the dialogue files, approximately 5893 of those were PBs, ADs, PADs, VBs, avatar or orphaned origin moments, or behaviors, nearly all of which would not have any reason to expect reactivity from
>>538791053>>538790914You don't need to START in a BG3 dream to get a BG3 dream. If you are awake enough to remember the dream, you are awake enough to turn it into a lucid dream in nearly every case. Pay careful attention to your surroundings. Is anything off? How did you get there? This way you can get way more dreams you actually want because literally any dream can be turned into a dream you want. You don't need to wait for the right dream to appear. Nightmares are the easiest to turn because you are usually super aware in themOnce you notice it's a dream, you can quite literally do anything because remember it's literally all in your mind, you are your mind and therefore you are God. Eg:1) You are in some other dream (doesn't matter what) and realise it's a dream.2) Use a portal. This can be anything, a doorway, a staircase, a literal portal, a mirror if you want to look cool, reflective water, etc. Doorways are the easiest for newbies3) Visualise who you want to meet and where they are. (you can also include WHEN)4) Step through and you will be where you want to be as long as you subconsciously expect itPractical example: 1) I'm in an airport2) I climb through a stone archway & visualise Raphael and the House of Hope on the other side 3) a pissed off Raphael quite literally materialises into existence in his own home that I've just appeared in.4) a new plot beginsYou can also force everyone in a dream to change and the setting to change, but I find that it's cleaner just to start over.
>For every Soul Coin, you've got to hear a tragic story of a soul.>(...)>Last one is the most tragic of all.>*turns towards (You) and stares silently*What did Larian mean by this?
>>538819762They are Judging you giving karl soul coins for approval points.
>>538815835Please leave my general.
>>538819762(You) should feel guilty
>>538815835
>>538819914>giving karl soul coins for approval points>Turns out... little trapped fellas!
>cleric of trickery>can't even pull a distraction while she takes the artifact from her podshe truly is the most incompetent in the party
shiiieeeeet
Oh Swen Vincke the man that you are.
what is this opposite day?
>>538823496>"a potion of legendary power that forever increases the strength of the one who consumes it">Item Price: 10 Gold
>Rolan has 4 named spells exclusive to him>they're all variations of some common onesI wonder if it's possible to add them to the player by a mod. His Mage Armor only grants +2AC instead of DEX modifier but it stacks with Armor and if my assumption is correct with Unarmoured Defence too. Not that he has either but the fix +2AC is indeed better than his zero DEX modifier.
>Rolan hits 3 HP before I can reach him and turn based mode doesn't pause his timeThis character causes me so much fucking anxiety
>>538830182I keep all my teefs alive, because I view them as my personal property pets, and he is the one that tries to die the hardest it seems.
>>538830182Not-so-pro tip I wish somebody told me: thrown Healing Potions function in AoE. Just lob one at his feet to avoid further damage on impact and you're good. Even better with extra healing gear.Personally I just ran into him w/o receiving the quest in the first place. I was out there fiddling with the Photo Mode and there he was. I immediately knew what's coming. Because Rolan will Rolan.>>538830631I read that some Tieflings were occasionally hard to keep alive a few patches prior. Dammon running out of the darkness as something hostile aggroed him and whatnot. I'm glad it's all gone now.
It is not acceptable for Larian to cause distress to individuals with trypophobia without sufficient warning.
>>538834987shaddap
>>538834987Silly anon, posting your Reddit thread topic here by accident.
Baldur's Gate IV will have fishing
DOS3 will be full of flashbacks like Shadowheart's whenever you eat a limb
>>538830182I felt sorry for Arka after letting Sazza walk and kept all tieflings alive in the grove raid, but then after they left the grove I found her corpse in the wilderness, guess not everyone can be saved
bg4 is going to be worse than bg3 and it's going to prove that bg3's success was due to larian, not wotc or dnd. In particular, Borislav Slavov and the sound design crew.It's going to be the first major game made by wotc's in-house game development studio, which is staffed by various industry veterans who have good games to their names, but from over a decade ago and now they are just going through the motions so the game will lack soul. Basically bioware.It will have "epic fantasy music", but nothing compared to Borislav's work. It will have romances, but nothing as well written as Astarion or Minthara. It will be a sanitized corporate ensemble with wotc's political agenda seal of approval because they will be directly overseeing it unlike Larian which is a freelance contractor. It's still going to be a "good game" because it's still going to be a turn based epic fantasy game with a high budget and lots of effort, but it's going to have less soul.
>>538836668> It will have romances, but nothing as well written as Astarion or Minthara.Minthara is dogshit LMAO
>>538836379>but then after they left the grove I found her corpse in the wilderness, guess not everyone can be saved
how to respec shart into pic related? heavy armor and sword + magic
Shadowbaby
>>538837296War Domain
>>538837296Archons don't use magic. The closest equivalent in dnd would be a high level fighter and rogue multiclass, dex fighter, two weapon fighting finesse weapons, and lots of elixirs throughout the game. Bloodthirst elixir especially.
>>538837296She looks like she stabbed St. Celestine.
Caustic ring is perfect since they actually use those.Armor of agility is perfect since a strong armor that does not impede movement is what they use.belm extra attack is perfect.fighter weapon feats, two weapon fighting.Rogue multiclass for thief triple bonus actions.drow race.dual wield Cruel Sting and Belm.Always coat weapons in paralysis poison or extra damage poison, and always have an elixir active, giant strength or bloodthirst usually.actually works pretty well
>>538839438This but use a mod that makes coatings last until long rest. Fuck that 10 turn nonsense.
>>538837467>>538837591okay thanks I think you're right>>538838732many such cases, being immortal = being a punching bag
https://youtu.be/pSuqqKG1hqw?si=a0hfMPr8zF9a9Y8R
>>538836379>>538837169>Kanon is scripted to die during the cutscene>Arka turns up a corpse after the Tieflings left the Grove>Memnos will be a victim of the Absolute ambush in Act 2
why didn't they just stay in Elturel?
>>538836668>bg3's success was due to larian, not wotc or dnd.This isn't quite accurate. BG3's success was due to a combination of Larian's experience and D&D's appeal. Not a single sane person would give credit to WotC for that one. Remove one part of the equation, however, and you lose a significant part of the audience. I doubt Larian's next title will be as popular, regardless of quality, for the same reason no one is really excited for BG4.
>>538843505Tieflings got blamed for Elturel being dragged into Avernus, although the guy behind it was actually some human dude who died, went to Hell and was promoted straight from a lemure to amnizu by Zariel in exchange.
>>538843505Kagha...
>>538843726>I doubt Larian's next title will be as popularit will be more popular especially if they release it on consoles day 1, larian has way too much momentum now, their game will be hyped up as the FOTM AAA game, I'm expecting Elden Ring-tier sales no cap
>>538843808just tell people you didn't do it
nat 20 staking astarion
>>538845223astarion pov
Wyll X Astarion
>>538845517
Wyll x Karlach
I love my wife Minthy. I always give her the best armor, the best weapons, the best shield, the best rings/gloves/etc, I always give her the strength elixir, and I always make sure she lands the last hit on Orin so she can savor her death. I love taking care of her and pampering her and the fact that this game has a pair of rings that bond you and your waifu is just one more drop of kino in the ocean. The fact that you actually get a happy ending with the evil drow is something NWN and BG2 both chickened out of (Nathyra isn't even evil, and Viconia dies in her romance ending).luv Larian.luv bg3but most of all,luv Minthy.Simple as.
>>538852679...at least the AI got the eye color right this time.
>>538823394disapprovingfrog
>>538843252>>538837169>>538836379When you arrive in Rivington and find some familiar faces, and others like Alfira in Elfsong, or the tiefling kids selling newspapers, Bex and Danis... honestly, it's a small moment that doesn't have any major repercussions in terms of rewards or anything else, but it makes me genuinely smile with happiness when it happens.They are a group of people, hardly adventurers, who escaped their city after it was swallowed up by the Underworld, crossed the Shadow Cursed Lands, and finally arrived in a city that, despite some patriars who don't want them, will guarantee them a safe place for a while at least.Peak ludonarrative kino, Act 3 truly is my favorite act in this game.
>>538852679You still DREAM about Shadowbaby though
>Astarion specifically also talks about how he feels alive again, how the colors of the city bring back ancient memories: we don't know his specific actions, but we can intuit from these dialogues a more "gentle" nature.
>>538853626aren't you supposed to dislike AI why aren't you crying about the sloppa ruining the baenre tattoo? go ahead
>>538848271
>>538853879Anon, I appreciate the sentiment, but there's no way to communicate with them anymore. The most we can do is dangle things in front of them that we know will distract them, so we can get some actual discussion without them spouting off unwanted opinions. See for example how they are careful to have a moral superiority regarding "boned" jokes (lol boned) but do not comment on the horrible "white Wyll" mod.Also, my AI models work better lol>>538819762>What did Larian mean by this?It means Infernal Fury goes BRRRRRRLook, I'm really sorry for their souls and some of their stories are just awful and dreary, but at this point there's literally nothing we can do about them anymore, better let our Fiery Friend use them.
I've criticized Mintharafag's use of AI slop before. https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/thread/500316453/#500351975However, I also recognize that no one is perfect, not even the namefag (myself). And so I forgive them (myself). What I won't forgive is some subhuman spamming modslop of the companions and making rape jokes.
>>538854932"I-I've been a f...f-faggot before! >.<"
Guess the accusation of hypocrisy fell flat. Don't forget to compliment the pigslop. It's almost all we have left.
>>538819762>passing one of Lann's "How Tough Are You?" check raises his Attitude>from zero (0) to one-fucking-hundred (100)What the hell? This is huge. Suddenly the +3 Initiative shield looks affordable. Thanks to this and the unique lines I'm going to talk to him with every single member of my retinue and prove one-by-one how tough they are!
>>538852679I can't believe you are not only autistic, fat, but also Indian.
I’ve been alternating staring at the character creation screen and playing the nautiloid section for the last 3 days.I’m simply incapable of choosing a class and race. Is there a cure for my ailment?
>>538863896a dice roll
>>538843818cute frog but what she doing
>>538843905>, I'm expecting Elden Ring-tier sales no capi mean isn't bg3 already doing those numbers
why hasbro doesnt pick up the game and make a dlc itself?
>>538864821larian is more hush hush than the corporation that owns fromsoftware when it comes to sales & profits, bg3 sold 15 million copies as far as I know, ER sold 30 millions and the switch 2 port has yet to release + ER got a huge expansion and a multiplayer stand alone, I feel like larian can do just as well and can market their RPG as THE AAA WRPG of the year if they play their cards right and dont release it alongside the likes of witcher 4 or tes6
>>538864627I’ve tried it already and I end up second guessing myself (or the dice) and back to character creation I go
>>538863896>visit random.org>switch to BG char creation>order is left from right, top to bottom>count how many options you have for a segment you have to decice>set the max range of the RNG accordingly, then roll and move to the next oneNot my screenshot but if used as an example: range is 1-11, Elf is 1 while Half-Orc is 11. Roll, select whatever you got, click on Subrace and roll again etc.
>>538865162larian owns the engine
>>538866194Just make a "premium module"
>>538865162hasbro doesn't have the talent
>b*ar mentioned uh oh
>>538866790Tav is so lucky
>>538866656tfw no
Do you think the "close up" dialog scenes is what elevated BG3 into the level of mainstream gayming success that previous CRPGs couldnt get to?
>>538867814no its the fact that its voiced
>>538866007I tried that once, but it gave me one of the short races and I just cannot bring myself to play as a shortstack. They're just so gross. Little nasty toads with big heads and stubby limbs and they stand there eyes at knee level, hands on their hips like they have anything to be proud of. Creepy little twisted cherubs gnawing and gnashing their way into other people's business. Literally built for kicking off a cliff.
>>538867938I don’t know how people have the patience to let the voiced parts play. I just read it all and skip asap
>>538867814it's fully voiced like AAA RPGs & has all the dialogue options & quest paths you would find in an ISO CRPG literally the best of both worlds
>>538867983Has a halfling stolen your gf or something?
>>538868293No but look at them. It's like science bred a creature specifically to be fed to hungry lions.
>>538867983You are right to fear the midge.Fury of the Small on goblins proves they are out to get you.
>>538868445You don't like this?
>>538869259why are they all midgets? isn't Shadow Druidism a creed?
>>538867983>tpThen just roll the whole thing again! You can be a little more creative with Abilities (roll 6 and assign it in a way that benefits your class) but otherwise it's the same procedure. It might take a few round but you'll eventually find something that clicks! Besides - and I can't emphasize this enough - sometimes you just gotta say "fuck it!" and jump. You wasted what, 3 days already?
>>538869259I understand someone would look at the one in the back and think>oh man, perfect height for blowjobsbut you GOTTA understand, they're nasty fey mutants and they WILL chew your dick off. The fey blood in them makes them crazy and their physical form should be warning you of this. Do not let your lust blind reasoning.
bg3 needed a dwarf & half orc companion
>>538869460Yes, that's why they try to recruit Kagha.You can save her though, and should.
>>538869472That’s not me. I’m the one who wasted 3 days, but I’m not a midget hater.But yeah, I think I’ll just make a human female after my gf and choose a random class and change it later if I feel like it
>Playing with all settings on low except textures>Doesn't look that bad>CPU isn't on fireMy beloved BG3, I can be with you once again...
>>538866656Oh, to rest my aching head on a sniper's frog bum after clearing Moonrise Towers..
>>538870391Welcome back home, anon.
Wyll.
>>538866656If only we shared a common tongue.
>>538867938YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE WAS VOICED, MANE? THIS BANGER-ASS GAME WHERE YOU FUCK A DEMON, HAVE A DEMON BABY, IT TRIES TO KILL YOU, AND YOU BECOME A GOD
>>538867814Probably, but there's also a lot of voice acted games that just suck, look at Veilguard.Game are good because they have good gameplay, it's always been the case.Making them more "cinematic" probably helps in their success and sales numbers.When you mix the two just right, you get industry changing success stories.Expedition 33, Silksong, Nightreign: some of these games don't really "change their original formula" and still have huge success, because the gameplay was solid from the very beginning, but not all of them have dialogue scenes.
I'M STIIIIIIIL IN A DREEEAM FROGKISSER
>Game are good because they have good gameplay>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.Notice the hypocrisy.
>>538875351SOMETIME YOU WILL POST SOMETHING GAYYYYAND SOMETIMES YOU WILL POST A CUTTTE FROGGGG
>>538875748will you be posting this garbage next christmas too?
>>538871945I'm in my beloved Shart's arms againMight be time to do that full real playthrough.
>538875748Of course! When you push the game beyond its initial limitations and this not only makes it still playable but actually, becomes different and equally fun, it is even more valid consideration!
>>538876654>>538875896
>Game are good because they have good gameplay>by the way, check out my cheating because the vanilla gameplay is so boringInsipid and attention-seeking.
Speaking of mods, I wish someone would use the map builder to make a massive roguelike dungeon mod.
>>538875351Crèche Y'llek, with me! To the death!
>>538877237BG3 nightreigns with unique origins, final bosses & special abilities would go crazy
>>538876847>>520822245
Oak Father preserve us all.
>>538877571>no Shadow Blademissed opportunity
Shouldn't there be way more mindflayers in faerun? One nautiloid could just scoop up shit tons of people all day long and when everyone hunkers down, just fly over to waterdeep or something and then to baldur's gate and then somewhere else. The githyanki are the only people who have dragons, right? Otherwise, you have to rely on a ballista, I guess?
What’s the most efficient way to use a moon druid? Just be bear 24/7, tank shit and slap fools?
>>538879423Cast concentration spell before wildshaping, take tavern brawler too, wildshape into bear/owlbear/myrmidons. On one hand, it's boring. On the other hand, you have that center core of guaranteed violence. You can play around with your other party members making meme builds and know the myrmidon guy is always going to clap cheeks.
>>538879423bear or panther, then owlbear, then air myrmidon.
>>538875753It's ordeal, the trial to survivefor the day we see new LOOOOOOOVE
>>538836668Minthara micro doses you with poison without your knowledge or consent. She's for Tavs with an abusive mommy fetish, not to mention she has no content. Lae'zel and Karlach are the only two females without insanely stupid shit in their romances. Even 'lach is debatable considering she pegs you in her last romance scene.
Is the lvl 20 with higher level spells/abilities fun?
>>538880639Minthara wants to be turned into a spawn by ascended astarion she's a grade A retard just like the namefag
>>538881085This was already answered a few posts above. Trust the attention whore. Then again, the swine also considers bypassing dice-rolling in a dice-rolling game "fun." It considers having a party size of ten "immersive." Ask yourself whether you're closer to a human player or that thing.>Game are good because they have good gameplayThought-provoking.
Human. Male. Fighter.Ah, to be home…
>>538879309The squids are a declining, dying empire. They don't actually want to risk what few nautiloids they have left. The circumstances of the story are an exception.
>>538880639>Minthara micro doses you with poison without your knowledge or consent.That's so romantic. What doesn't kill you...
>>538881987Lore-wise, how does it even make sense that Rob, the dude with a sword can face and win against mythical and magical creatures?
Minsc's theme https://youtu.be/yYSlksdbm94?si=fw7fmtVEtJMEFuYT
>>538879309they used the gith to build the nautiloids and when the gith broke free they lost the ability to build nautiloids
>>538883257Consider that Robb the 3' Gnome male fighter, can do it just as well with quarter of the muscle mass.
If my fps can't reach my monitors refresh is there any reason to use vsync?
>>538852679based
>>538883257Of all the unrealistic things D&D handwaves for the sake of the rule of cool, a Fighter taking down fantastic beasts by swinging a blade of steel ranks pretty low.
>>538887109Not really. Low FPS with V-Sync could increase input lag and stuttering while not having any positive effect. At least not that I know of. Look up BG3 optimization guides and performance tweaks instead!
>>538879842I STEAL THE EGG, NOT FOR ESTHER, BUT FOR YOUUUUU(FROGKISSER)IN "FAY RUN", THERE IS NOOOOOOO ONEEEE ELSEEEEEEEEEE
>>538889997WHAT A FEAR IN MY HEART,BUT YOU'RE SO JHE'STIIIIIIIIIIIL
If Githyanki are born adults then Laezel is like 36 or even 40 maturity wise.
>>538891569They aren't born adults, the creche has kiddies. The society of brilliance accelerates aging artificially if you give them the egg.
>>538890724outstanding!
Thinking about making a spore druid or a swarmkeeper ranger, helf, welf, drow or tiefling for race?
>>538894460...not pictured: Astarion's "gentle" nature.
>>538895993GachiGate3
post cute pictures of Shadowheart
Playing as a dark urge swashbuckler and have bitten off gales hand. I don't need two rogues in the party, so what should I make Astarion into and still have it be fitting? A necromancer after reading the book in the blighted village, or a fiend warlock after meeting Raphael?
>>538897224Astarion gets more content if you let him read the book so necromancer
>>538897096...and Astarion.
>>538897096
orin shouldve looked like this
>>538897409barely anything
>>538901370cute frog
>>538891569>If Githyanki are born adultsthey aren't>>538894431
thoughts on irl bg3 cosplays?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI_KEUEgNFU
>>538903773always too fat
>>538903773That karlach owes me sex.
>>538897096will shart tav yuri get anyone mad
>>538903951only bears makes them mad
>>538897096>538897096
>radiating orb builds
>>538898715She looks like my wife
The picture-to-post ratio in this (slow) thread has been unusual. It wouldn't be so bad if we only tried to post beauty.>>538897096
>>538911731look at the clipping on the neck. look at it and never stop looking at it.
>>538912094Stop nitpicking every single little detail.
>>538912094lmao
>>538912374>post beauty>posts model gore>someone points it out>Stop nitpicking."No!"
>>538911731>post beautyalright, here's my wife
Why the fuck are gale and halsin so aggressively main character sexual?Like goddamn it feels like halsin stretches out his hairy asshole for you barely a second after you meet him
>>538911731
>>538913886>neck tattoo
>>538913886>what if korea/china made bg3
>>538914276In my experience the only character that wasnt like that was Karlach. she is pure
>>538914650Yeah but Laezel initially is just like hey let's fuck just because Gale and halsin are practically gushing emotions and pre cum at you the moment they meet you
Would've been nice if the beginning of the game didn't railroad you into "caring" about the grove and the tieflingsLet me wander my ass over to the goblins first.>but the gobbos are dangerous, new players might get their shit pushed inNot interested in hearing that.
I keep having wet dreams about karlach
>>538914541it works well for a psycho femoid that you have to fix with the power of love
I thought Seldarine were supposed to be "good" drow?
>>538915792Isn't he technically straight if the main char is female?
>>538916821preferential for your own race is normal
>>538915792>canonically the only one who is confirmed NOTgay
>>538916821They're not even a real race. It's just lazy pandering to annoying moralfags.
>>538914650karlach is bugged. you can only start her romance at the party because of it
>>538914650every companion is a slut for tav
>>538918031It's a bit much desu
Guess I'll ask here. What's a good NSFW BG3 Modlist. I've seen one on nexus that got me interested, but I feel I can do better asking here.I checked /aco/ and loverslab and no luck.
>>538918031my white human male monk of ilmater donut steel companion is not a slut
>>538918236there's https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/ReallyLazyIcarus/mods?gameId=3474&sortBy=endorsements but i haven't used them yet, they look cool though
why is shadowheart such a racist?
>>538916821>Race specific interaction is pretty much identical to the regular interaction that everyone has [2]The illusion of choice
>>538919695Why are you playing as Wyll
Doggy style with Gale.
>>538920194because i'm romancing shart
>>538920270why
>>538921285cause its funny?
>>538920270Shadowheart would never touch a black man
Cute frogs IN MY AREA?!?!?!
>>538919509I saw those going through the first list I mentioned.https://www.nexusmods.com/games/baldursgate3/collections/f3iqtshere it is for context. It all sounds intresting. But I see the amount of mods and I'm worried it's one of those "they just grabbed everything and didn't even consider making sure it would all work/run"
Well she does touch a brown man
>>538889997>I STEAL THE EGG, NOT FOR ESTHER, BUT FOR YOUUUUUthat's real good
>>538922129and to make the whole thing even funnier i'm bringing halsin along
>>538922319>800 modsdude just go through that and pick a few you like, you're so gonna get conflicts or problems with so many
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihmanfDJDIc>you will never have this much fun playing bg3i feel like im playing the game wrong, how can she have so much fun
>>538922798I could. I hoping, being 4chan, someone might know some like perfect modlist in some obscure forum or shit like that.
>>538923201observer effect
>>538924145*I was hoping
>>538922365What shape and size are bear penises
>>538681135>they slept in the nasty ruinsJesus fucking crust, how are so many people this stupid.
ok about to start my big 100% playthrough as good durgeassassin rogue fits the canon/ lore the best right?and any real essential mods that add qol/ convenience?
>halsins massive biceps and swarthy frame>Strength 11Lmao
>>538925775Loot aura because I can't be assed looting everything. Adjustable party limit to let you take every companion at once and this also makes camp casting way easier because you can just respec companions to be camp casters and cast on the goSit this one out to let you only use 4 companions in battle.
>>538927497>Adjustable party limit to let you take every companion at onceIn a fight, r-right?
>>538927598R-right?
Can a human get a githyanki pregnant?
>>538928070Yes, but it takes about 60 attempts in the span of 30 days
>>538925775>assassin rogue fits the canon/ lore the best right?You don't have to feel constrained to that extent. I would only avoid classes like Cleric and Druid because they are irreconcilable with the Dark Urge's backstory. The Dark Urge was raised in Baldur's Gate, not a druidic circle, and they obviously were not worshipping any random deity by the time the story starts. Every other class is more or less justifiable.
>>538925775sorcerer
>>538928847i disagree i remember my original playthrough i felt a lot of dialog focused around stab blood kill stuff as durge, and didnt feel right as a spell caster>>538927497ya thx i saw that loot aura mod probably gonna get that , i remember how tedious it was having to find and click every lootable thingill try those other 2 mods for camp casting, im not playing tactician difficulty or anything just normal , so not tryharding . just looking for real essential god tier qol mods
>>538927497Cheats, cheats, and more cheats
>>538930694You're allowed to cheat, anonymous. No one can stop you.
Lae'zel is love.Lae'zel is life.Lae'zel a miracle of the universe.Lae'zel might've done some things wrong, but she's still a beautiful person inside and out.
>>538922257
>>538930694auto picking up things isnt cheating
>>538932637of course it is. Makes the game easier by not having to loot anymore. You gain a bunch of free items that you wouldn't get otherwise because you wouldn't bother, thats why you downloaded the cheat
so much for that, was gonna start my playthrough now its trouble shooting my card/ 3rd monitor that just stopped working fml
>LV 12 adventures >able to beat an elder brain
thank god that was it, newest nvidia drivers fucked up tv being detectedtime to play some BG3 :D
>>538922129she literally flirts with wyll many times sorry chud
>>538916954he finds halsin hot & is willing to have an orgy with a man, all the companions are bi
So how is Oath of the Crown paladin?My first character was a Devotion Paladin Tav, and its been so long I want to try paladin again as Durge this time.Crown is more like a tank I think I read somewhere?
>>538937081He isn't, he spills his spaghetti and runs out of the room when you start the orgy.
>>538883257Through the power of hard work and determination, Rob has transcended most mortal limits through his act of swinging his sword so much that he can perform the fabled 4 attacks in a single turn that leaves wizards baffled, clerics amazed and barbarians seething in envy.
my favorite part of being durge is meeting alfira at the camp
>>538940229the narrator said that he enjoyed himself at the end
>>538922576thank you, istik o7
I can't play baldur's gate 3 because sword and shield fighter sucks in it
>>538943104literally every single fighter build is viable
>>538943104It doesn't, duelling is statistically a good fighting style.
>Shadowheart: Rules are perhaps not always meant to be broken, but they are always intended to be bent. That kiss we shared wasn’t my first, you know. Far from it.>Shadowheart: Lady Shar’s initiates… we weren’t supposed to have relationships. Or flings. Not even stray trysts. And yet… we found a way.
why does the game think i'm romancing gale? i never flirted with him and turned down his magic lesson
4 hours later im still setting up mods, some busted ones preventing me from launching new game
>>538945318>what do you mean my girlfriend had sex with people other than me???? AAAAH I'M GOING INSANE I'LL KILL YOUR PARENTS SHADOWHEART YOU WHORE
>>538948079
>>538945318The slut nun… a tale as old as time.I wonder how many sisters were slutting it up in convents back in the Middle Ages. Imagine the smell.
I still think that act 2 was the best act
jesus i forgot how much they try to force you to be a black guy with an afro lol yeah right bro
Papa vincke I'm willing pro order your next rpg if you promise to not give your two favorite companions 20 times more content than the rest of the companions combined
>>538948716>>538948716>>538948716
