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Ive heard nothing but good things about the game. Would I like it if Im not a fan of turn based combat? Im not too impartial to dice roll combat since I got used to it in Morrowind.

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CRON posted...

Ive heard nothing but good things about the game. Would I like it if Im not a fan of turn based combat? Im not too impartial to dice roll combat since I got used to it in Morrowind.

Do you like tactical combat? It's like XCom but fantasy and a little bit deeper with all the spells and abilities.

Here's a pic I posted in the reactions topic from a screencap.
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Turning on Quality DLSS stopped my PC from making scary noises and reduced my load times without a perceptible reduction of visual quality. Feel a lot more comfortable playing now

I might have to get into this series sometime soon. Starting with the first game.

ShaneMcComez posted...

I might have to get into this series sometime soon. Starting with the first game.

they're completely different games and set hundreds of years apart so you might as well start with this one

I've seen so many people talking about respeccing Shadowheart that I finally did it. I realized I've literally never used any of the trickery domain abilites and I've made the game way harder than it should have been.

although this does feel like a more fitting time to change her to life domain so I guess I RP'd by accident

PoopPotato posted...

It's like XCom

So 95% Chance to hit means you will miss half the time?

Major spoilers ahead to answer the last post:

Whiters, who is revealed to be Jergal, the original God of Death, says that Mind Flayers have no souls. Omeluum and the Emperor are mind flayers who have retained memories of their former hosts, for the Emperor he recalls the memories of Baldurian but the emperor is not Balduran but a mind flayer who retains his memories.

I don't know if we've already talked about a special Act 1 chest Chest of the Mundane that acts sort of like a Bag of Holding, counting anything put inside it as a <1 weight item but I think it's really less hassle to dump all your 'maybe keep's in the Traveller's Chest at camp

Also if you feel like you're heavier than you should be, it might be arrows. They're up to 0.4 weight per arrow

UnfairRepresent posted...

So 95% Chance to hit means you will miss half the time?

You're obsessed man

I'm a little proud of myself for figuring this out.

So at one point late in the game you get a temporary companion who is a high level Cleric.

High level Clerics can cast Divine Intervention one time.

DI can summon a legendary item.

I'm never seeing this chick again.

So pop that, have her throw her weapon, and:

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Free legendary.

It doesn't actually have the Fire, those are gloves, but I think the Radiant is built in.

Wait WTF Shadowheart can get heavy armor proficiency

dude how does Cleric have so many subclasses

How necessary is it to have Astarion in the party? He feels just super necessary as the obligatory sleight of hand guy.

Compsognathus posted...

How necessary is it to have Astarion in the party? He feels just super necessary as the obligatory sleight of hand guy.

he seems pretty damn useful to me. i've been without him lately after i got an OP fighter companion but i do miss him for unlocking doors and disarming traps. i've had to do them w/ my Tav character who is not specialized in that sorta thing so i end up failing the skill checks more often.

that said i don't mind save scumming till i succeed haha.

Doe posted...

Wait WTF Shadowheart can get heavy armor proficiency

dude how does Cleric have so many subclasses

Welcome to DnD. Clerics have been ridiculously OP since like the 90's. Their iteration in BG3 is pretty tame compared to BG 1 and 2.

Compsognathus posted...

How necessary is it to have Astarion in the party? He feels just super necessary as the obligatory sleight of hand guy.

I've gotten by without him for large parts of act 1 where I was do-gooding and didn't want him disapproving, you basically use up more kits is all. But he's a great combatant as Thief too

Compsognathus posted...

How necessary is it to have Astarion in the party? He feels just super necessary as the obligatory sleight of hand guy.

Haven't touched Astarion as I run Thief on myself already. But there's no vital content locked behind lockpick/stealth checks, and most locked chests/doors have keys that you can loot from guards corpses, or a lever somewhere that triggers the lock.

There's also the Knock spell. Or, after you get strong enough, just bashing them open. (Which I now typically do with Karlach just to conserve my Thieves Tools lol)

IronWolf87 posted...

Welcome to DnD. Clerics have been ridiculously OP since like the 90's. Their iteration in BG3 is pretty tame compared to BG 1 and 2.

i think the trickery domain isn't that good in BG3. the duplicate can be targeted and destroyed easily, and i think can't move. it never stays alive long enough because it gets targeted by everyone and downed quickly, since it has to be pretty close to the enemies. i respec'd shadowheart into tempest since i found a bunch of electricity equipment and so far she's been pretty good

Kim_Seong-a posted...

There's also the Knock spell. Or, after you get strong enough, just bashing them open. (Which I now typically do with Karlach just to conserve my Thieves Tools lol)

does bashing them open destroy or damage the items inside?

KnightofShikari posted...

i think the trickery domain isn't that good in BG3. the duplicate can be targeted and destroyed easily, and i think can't move. it never stays alive long enough because it gets targeted by everyone and downed quickly, since it has to be pretty close to the enemies. i respec'd shadowheart into tempest since i found a bunch of electricity equipment and so far she's been pretty good

Yeah apparently trickery is great in table top but didn't translate super well into BG3. That said, clerics still have war, tempest, and light domains which are all great. And even their less powerful domains can still use spirit guardians.

DrizztLink posted...

I'm a little proud of myself for figuring this out.

So at one point late in the game you get a temporary companion who is a high level Cleric.

High level Clerics can cast Divine Intervention one time.

DI can summon a legendary item.

I'm never seeing this chick again.

So pop that, have her throw her weapon, and:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/5/3/AABUaRAAExmp.jpg
Free legendary.

It doesn't actually have the Fire, those are gloves, but I think the Radiant is built in.

I'm pretty sure you can also do this with the cleric hireling

KnightofShikari posted...

does bashing them open destroy or damage the items inside?

I don't think so?

I've yet to find any indication that they do, at least. The items just fall out on the floor.

Compsognathus posted...

How necessary is it to have Astarion in the party? He feels just super necessary as the obligatory sleight of hand guy.

I personally can't stand Astarion, so I keep him away. My first playthrough I was a Ranger/Rogue, so I took care of all the lockpicking myself. This second playthrough I'm a Sorcerer, though, so I just gave Shadowheart a level of Rogue so she can do the lockpicking. She's held up fine so far, most of the way through Act 1.

Man people seem to either really like or hate Astarion, very polarizing character. I for one love him.

Akagami_Shanks posted...

Electric Boogaloo

Should've went with "Gate Harder."

Astarion seems like a very interesting character but a terrible person. Act 1 spoilers. My vengenance paladin staked the bastard after he tried to bite me in my sleep. Dude was walking on thin ice after his infamous intro and when said he will get what he wants after I didn't give him a tadpole.

Compsognathus posted...

How necessary is it to have Astarion in the party? He feels just super necessary as the obligatory sleight of hand guy.

I'm playing an Arcane Trickster, so haven't needed him ever.

lolife67 posted...

Should've went with "Gate Harder."

This is the third topic so "Baldur's Gate With a Vengeance" would've been apt >_>

Just carry around all the locked chests until you find a cliff then throw them off.

I still haven't used a tadpole. I reloaded when I saw the screen of sticking them on your brain for the unlocks and it's kinda weird to do it when we're also running around trying every snake oil said to get it out

Random merchants will have crazy gear in this game, such as the aptly named Gloves of Dexterity

Compsognathus posted...

How necessary is it to have Astarion in the party? He feels just super necessary as the obligatory sleight of hand guy.

my MC is a barb and I haven't used him at all. I do have +1 sleight of hand gloves and do a bit of save scumming though. I went charlatan in EA instead of soldier and that gives a bonus too

I just got the achievement for leaving act 2 now so I guess there's at least 2-3 hours of content after the major boss fight.

KanWan posted...

I was doing a no tadpole run, but it became apparent to my MC that basically the parasite is a means to an end against the gods who keep turning the lives of my companions in negative ways. My MC being chaotic good in that sense is braving a hypothetical sacrifice while Astarion is my right-hand compadre whod sell his soul to the deepest dark for the party who he has grown to love.

Laezel was a hard sell for RPing tadpole use for me lol eventually I think we just came to terms with video game logic while I cook up something better >_>

.at this point me and my party just ignore any conversation trees regarding getting rid of the tadpoles since we know well have to burn out together eventually

yeah I figured out after a while that the tadpoles weren't getting removed any time soon so I just started eating all the specimens on my MC. I didn't want to subject shadowheart or karlach or gale to it since I figured they had enough on their minds. although most of the powers aren't very useful for a melee character since my regular attacks do more damage and the other abilities are very situational. the charm on hit is nice but only works about 5-10% of the time

although at the real end of act 2 the asshole mind flayer kept trying to put the parasite in my eye and I had to reload like 5 times.

It's not that the powers aren't helpful for melee, it's that you take every power you can get to maximize Cull the Weak.

Any advice on the Yuriger fight?

Spoilers on the consequences of tadpole use

There isn't any. The game doesn't even acknowledge you never even unlocking the tadpole skill tree UI, and the dialogue you'll get treats you as if you're using the powers even if you're not. I can confirm this firsthand since I've done a run where I used a tadpole every time I could, and a run were I never used it once and never unlocked the UI. The only reason not to use the tadpole powers is if you're deeply committed to your head cannon RP, otherwise you just miss out on extra gameplay.

is it wrong if Orin turns me on?

IronWolf87 posted...

Spoilers on the consequences of tadpole use

There isn't any. The game doesn't even acknowledge you never even unlocking the tadpole skill tree UI, and the dialogue you'll get treats you as if you're using the powers even if you're not. I can confirm this firsthand since I've done a run where I used a tadpole every time I could, and a run were I never used it once and never unlocked the UI. The only reason not to use the tadpole powers is if you're deeply committed to your head cannon RP, otherwise you just miss out on extra gameplay.

Oh my God. Are the powers OP? I haven't been taking any of them due to my negative opinion on performance enhancers and I thought the game would have some consequences

The powers are a mixed bag, some are quite good, others are more situational. There is an interesting choice to be made if you want to load one char with all the tadpole powers to make use of the cull the weak power (If you bring an enemy to an HP value that is lower than the amount of powers you've unlocked, they instantly die), or if you want to spread them around your party members.

Some of the late powers you unlock in the end game are pretty powerful. In particular the perma fly is very good.

IronWolf87 posted...

Spoilers on the consequences of tadpole use

There isn't any. The game doesn't even acknowledge you never even unlocking the tadpole skill tree UI, and the dialogue you'll get treats you as if you're using the powers even if you're not. I can confirm this firsthand since I've done a run where I used a tadpole every time I could, and a run were I never used it once and never unlocked the UI. The only reason not to use the tadpole powers is if you're deeply committed to your head cannon RP, otherwise you just miss out on extra gameplay.

One potential addendum that I've heard but can't corroborate:

If you take a certain number of parasites you won't be able to turn down partial ceromorohosis and/or it makes the Wisdom save to resist it harder. Not sure why you would if you took that many in the first place but there it is.

Just got to Shar's temple and met Balthazar but I think I'm gonna leave and do some more of the Act 2 stuff before continuing this part. I want to save the Tieflings cuz my character is a Tiefling