Thread 718410842

Why is Minthara so mean?

>>718410842 (OP)
Is the game really full of quippy Reddit humor like this
Puke

shes a feminist

>>718412252
But....menzoberranzan really DOES kill every third born male as a sacrifice to lloth. This was established way before the game.

>>718412252
Yes and it gets way worse

paladin btw

>>718410842 (OP)
>she

>>718412510
paladin of drow

>>718412510
The mental gymnastics BG3fags go to try and justify this are truly astounding

>>718412510
Paladin means nothing after they've removed the alignment system.

>>718412625
no, paladin of vengeance
the kit which the player can also pick and lose it the instant he commits an evil deed

>>718412252
>quippy Reddit humor
explain "reddit" without using single buzzword

>>718410842 (OP)
From what I have seen - didn't play the game - that drow bitch seems to be the only companion with a personality

>>718412810
You don't need alignment because the oahts in this game have pretty clear cut descriptions, and if you read the oath of vengeance's then it's pretty clear that she doesn't fit

>>718412885
Frog also is quite unique but the rest is just uninteresting.

>>718412885
Being evil is not inherently unboring

>>718412815
>paladin of vengeance
That doesn't make any sense. Is that even allowed in D&D? Feels heavily conflicted.

>>718412252
Character banter is an integral part of baldurs gate as a franchise

>>718412252
>Calling established D&D lore 'reddit humor'.
Sounds like Reddit would be more to your liking newfriend, how about you go back there.

>>718412252
>You're so useless, you should have been killed at birth
>Reddit humor

>>718413003
Ah yeah, the gyth seems fun too, true

>>718412879
Imagine if we had an incredibly diverse cast of characters from all walks of life in a multi-planar universe, representing an eclectic bunch of species and agendas and creeds.
Now imagine if ALSO they all shared a far-left USA-centric political ideology and they all spoke like they were from southern California specifically.
Well now, we're peak Reddit!

>>718412885
wyll had a personality that was neutered to not offend people with a black guy who isnt the moral centre of the group
jaheira is basically a total poser and extremely dull
hamster retard is masquerading a funny character from another game without actually being said character
halsin is written to appeal to gay furry teens
gale is a creepy rapist
frog lady is annoying because she keep speaking outside the VA's natural voice range and the personality trait of being confrontative is pretty suicidal in the best of times
shart is great
kalrach is a bit one note but fine
xander is fine I guess, a bit prissy

>>718410842 (OP)
She's evil. BG3 has clear cut evil characters and evil races.

>>718412885
Nah, they do have personalities (save for the nigga). For better or worse, since a lot of them are just over the top ADD retards who love the sound of their voice. The drow is one of the better companions.

>>718413271
5e is pozzed

>>718413576
>imagine if ALSO they all shared a far-left USA-centric political ideology and they all spoke like they were from southern California specifically
Not sure what shizo brainfog imaginings you're talking about since that doesn't apply to BG3 at all.

>>718412510
>Paladins have to be nice!
Nope.

>>718413271
It's a shitty fucking name because 5e can't even name things well.
It's supposed to be all about righteous retribution and delivering the just deserts.

>>718412252
Sound's more like 4chan humor to me.

>>718413791
Variant Paladins have been a thing since 3e at least.

>>718413576
>they all shared a far-left USA-centric political ideology and they all spoke like they were from southern California specifically.
So not BG3

>>718413831
Braindead retard, this isn't about being nice, it's about being evil, she's fucking evil, paladins are not evil
And if they really wanted her to make her an evil paladin then just make her an oathbreaker and call it a day
If you, as a vengeance paladin, do the things Minthara does or wants you to do, you end up breaking your oath

>>718410842 (OP)
>we kill all the males
>first two males are crushed to death in a terrible elevator accident
Now what? Fucking idiots.

>>718410842 (OP)
>member of a race of 90% pure evil creatures is mean to you
>NOOOO WHY IS THIS ALLOWED ;_;
Why is nu/v/ so full of eternally triggered sissies?

>>718413915
thank you for this priceless piece of information but 5e is still pozzed

>>718413271
In 5e, it was intended as the "edgy Paladin" subclass where the ends justify the means. Basically like an inquisitor/witch hunter from Warhammer. Still generally Lawful Good (or Lawful Neutral at worst).

>>718413597
Minsc was never good.

Larianfags be like
>yeah bro it makes sense for the evil drow to be a paladin it's just a matter of perspective!

>>718413597
>gale is a creepy rapist
wut? if anything he was groomed by mystra.

>>718414194
magic trick

>>718414145
Paladin is just a gish class these days.

>>718413979
Nothing. It's a heavily matriarchal society, might as well produce more daughters. Surely this was not a city-sized elevator?

>>718413979
Rez spell.

>>718413597
You forgot the best character

>>718413791
>>718413865
>>718413979
Thanks.

>>718413979
Then you get more breeding stock elsewhere. Drow society is counted through its females, not its males. A drow man can't inheriet property, for example.

Whats the player gale X minthara intimate scene like?

>>718414434
no wonder it's inherently evil

>>718412252
You're trying way too hard to "fit in", newfriend. Don't be so obvious.

>>718414434
so they are tunnel jews?

>>718412879
>explain "reddit" without using single buzzword
stating the obvious and constant rhetorical questioning as if expecting an audience to be listening
breaking the 4th wall
laughing at their own jokes (that are unfunny)
three stooges style gag humor overused
everything is ironic/insincere/joking
self deprecating "humor" or just outright trauma dumping
heavy us of millenial phrases and slang: heckin, problematic, puppers, yuppers, chonkers, no just no, summer child, yikes, toxic, adulting, enabling, privilege, etc..

>>718414469
i think shadowheart x minthara is better and realistic

>>718414335
xandir is a faggy elf from drawn together

>>718413597
>shart
had her personality redone to appease people who are deathly afraid of having companions dislike them at the start
she acts like a 16 year old while being in her late 40s

>>718413317
actually reflexive contrarianism fits right in here

I've hated Drow for decades. I hated them in BG2 and made sure to kill Minthara and throw her body into the hole. A society where evil is the *default*, where EVERYBODY is evil would not last longer than a generation regardless of how much magic they had. Stupid dumb underground nigger scum

>>718414838
#notalldrow

>>718414790
>literally named shadowheart
>cleric of shar
>actually is pretty nice to everyone

>>718414790
she's half-elf that got constantly memory-erased, no wonder she never matured

Here's something that's been bothering me - surely, at some point, somebody at Larian must have figured out that the common shorthand for their dear character would be synonymous with an accidental expulsion of fecal matter. Why on earth did they still keep the name?

>>718415047
she "reverts" to being a selunite if you go down her good path, but if she was only a selunite until she was around 9 years old and was a sharran since then, what is left of her personality to revert to once you break the sharran shit?

>>718414624
>laughing at their own jokes (that are unfunny)
>everything is ironic/insincere/joking
>self deprecating "humor" or just outright trauma dumping
>heavy us of millenial phrases and slang: heckin, problematic, puppers, yuppers, chonkers, no just no, summer child, yikes, toxic, adulting, enabling, privilege, etc..
So 4chan is reddit but BG3 is not?

>>718415000
yes, she's a good person that got mindfucked into being cleric of shar, took you only 2 years to realize that since game came out

>>718415169
They did not have the benefit of hindsight like you do

>>718415315
>she's a good person
she literally willingly kills her own parents if you don't say anything
but it's probably a good thing for such a smug faggot

>>718414838
drow are just like tribal traditional human society, but with females in power

>>718415480
>parents tortured for 40 years by Shar
>make a choice of sacrificing themselves just so Shar will never again hold any power over Shadowheart
>WOW, HOW COULD SHE, SHE MURDERED THEM IN COLD BLOOD!!!

>>718410842 (OP)
Why does the "woman" look like a 40 year old man and the man look like a male model?

>>718415701
>kill your parents or suffer le hand pain
you're really telling on yourself

>>718410842 (OP)
She's the only sane one in a team full of degenerates and retards.

>>718415173
Both are.

>>718415824
Stop watching Japanese girl cartoons

>>718415170
she reverts to being selunite, that doesn't mean she reverts to 9 year old state, she's still shadowheart too, she just didn't mature in those 40 years as sharan because of how she was trained and constantly brought to mirror of loss

>>718416021
where did she have room to secretly be this hecking nice person if she was constantly being sent on sharran duties as a cleric and mind-wiped?

>>718413945
>it's about being evil, she's fucking evil, paladins are not evil
In 5E alignments and morals are subjective so if a drow paladin thinks he is doing good then he is doing good and is not an oathbreaker :))))

>>718412885
Nah they have personality. It’s often a personality you hate. But you can literally kill or sacrifice people you hate in the game so I’m not sure why people act like it’s some woke nightmare. Be evil then. Be a murder hobo or worship death.

This is like the people who complain that games are gay because they deliberately follow the 200 buttonpresses required to unlock some gay romance. If you’re that dedicated to be gay and woke maybe the problem wasn’t in the game but in your head.

>>718412252
I've tried 3 times to complete it. Bought because I figured with the overwhelming consensus it had to at least worth playing through once.

>>718416149
You can't kill children.

>>718414838
>A society where evil is the *default*, where EVERYBODY is evil would not last longer than a generation regardless of how much magic they had
IIRC the hacky explanation was that Llolth is basically micromanaging them via blessing shuffling to make sure the cesspit doesn't burst, as would be inevitable otherwise.

>>718413576
Yeah I remember, right after this scene Minthara starts talking about the negro plight and how much she loves James baldwin

>>718416253
That and her kids too, there's like what, 7 gods trying to make sure they stay evil but also survive?

>>718416214
I literally flicked my eyes to kill one and cheered on the sacrifice of another at an altar

>>718412252
since this post seems to have triggered a few posters, I would like to elaborate on anon's point. The edgy lore isn't the quippy reddit humor, the part where the homosexual male goes, 'oh geez, you're about to say something awful, aren't you?' is.

>>718413979
Men can fuck many women. Women take a long time to shit out one child. By the numbers a handful of men plus lots of women can repopulate losses extremely fast.

>>718415173
>everything is ironic/insincere/joking
>heavy us of millenial phrases and slang: heckin, problematic, puppers, yuppers, chonkers, no just no, summer child, yikes, toxic, adulting, enabling, privilege, etc..>>718416092
>where did she have room to secretly be this hecking nice person
Case in point

>>718416341
>I literally flicked my eyes to kill one
You didn't kill a single non-goblin child.

So how much content did the game get since release and is act3 still laggy

>/v/ is still bearbroken about this game
lmao

>>718416401
>arabella

>>718412252
>Talking about established 20+ year canon.
>Throwing a joke about killing oneself.
>Reddit

It's very easy to tell you know nothing about the setting nor played any of the old games.

>>718416494
You didn't kill her.

>>718412810
Paladins never meant anything in the first place because there's literally no theological, technical, magical or philosophical difference betwee them and a cleric, except they're allowed to use bladed weapons, but even then some deities allow their clerics/priests to do that too, so...

>>718416092
the fuck are you talking about? Shadowheart is naturally a good person, which is why, most likely, she was sent to mirror of loss often

>>718416487
Yeah, look at all this discussion about the gameplay part of the game

>>718414838
>A society where evil is the *default*, where EVERYBODY is evil would not last longer than a generation
Jews?

>>718413945
Some Paladins can be explicitly Evil in 5e without being oathbreakers

BG 3 is my favorite singeplayer game of all time, without any doubt

>>718416373
don't discard males, a rookie mistake
one man can impregnate multiple women is a retarded idea and leads to nothing but a loss of genetic variation

>>718416620
that she is "naturally" a good person despite mind wipes and apparently being good enough as a sharran to be a cleric makes no sense is what i'm saying

>>718416741
but in bg3 they can't, what's your point

Imagine being such a poof that you play anything but a big burly human male

>>718416149
You know their complaint is that it's an option at all, and they only went through those 200 button presses to prove that the game should not have the right to exist

>>718416813
Drow culture and deities do not care for your human moralities.

>>718416776
You don't have to be good to be a cleric, idiot, you can be a cleric of Gruumsh if you want and kill and race all non-orcs

>>718412252
Retard.

>>718416834
I don't self insert so I might also play a dwarf

>>718416591
Paladins are Arthurian knights

>>718416591
Paladins are obviously more martially oriented than the vast majority of clerics. It's not a hard concept to understand. Even clerics who worship things like war gods are going to be more inclined towards divine spellcasting than paladins due to differences in training.

>>718416116
Drow know that they aren't doing good.

>>718412252
This isn't even a joke, its an insult

>>718416834
>Aarakocra
>Goliath
>Genasi
huh
What gaem?

>>718417000
I do self-insert so I might also play as a dwarf

>>718416776
Shar wanted her to be cleric of Shar, which is why she was indoctrinated into being one, including placing a curse that makes her feel pain if she thinks about Selune or doing good

I hate shadow heart for one simple reason.
Like a coward she took a blade to Lae'zel's neck when she as trying to sleep and told her she was going to kill her and that she would lie in the morning to everyone about lae'zel turning. I get they were fighting over the artifact. I know she looks pretty but the fact that she attacked llae'zel when she was unarmed ontop of lying to everyone else comes off as slimy.
No amount of pretty privilege can excuse that in my eyes. But if you like her that's fine.

>>718416981
>he thinks i meant "good" morally in the context of that sentence
self-report

>>718416895
but in bg3 you can literally play as a drow paladin and you still break your oath for being evil

>>718416741
Then give her an oath that's all about being evil, instead of the justice one you yourself can use in-game and lose the instant you kill an innocent

>>718417189
the fact that she does that was expected - she's both a woman and a sharran - but the fact that the game assumes she's in the right for doing so and everyone just excuses her for it is what bothers me

>>718410842 (OP)
Minty is for being paralized by Gale's spell and being spanked by him
Their hate sex energy is immense

>>718417189
She's a Sharran agent, of course she's slimy.

>>718417189
>nooooooo why didn't she fight her in honorabru combat!!!

>>718417189
I'm a rogue so I'm perfectly fine with that, only losers fight fair.

>>718417356
lae'zel is a frog that actively tries to kill you all by giving away prism to other frogs, Shadowheart made a right choice

>>718417468
Shadowheart is a sharran who's trying to give the prism away to sharrans, they can both die

>>718410842 (OP)
How is it useless? There must be some use for it. I guess it depends on how long you have to rear it. 80 years until it's an adult? I suppose elves have to think about that kind of thing.

Do elves learn slower I feel like at age 50 that's probably preteen years you can teach it swordplay and it can do military work for you. Feels like it's a safer bet then some slave who can betray you any moment.

Husbando

>>718416834
why nobody likes aasimar?

>>718417189
thats one of the few times she is still in character as a sharran

Is there an option to kill Asterion when you beat the game?

>>718417690
>he's just genuinely happy to see you and perfectly ok with sharing the spoils
What a bro

>>718417132
not really a game, it's dnd beyond

>>718412252
>"words words words about third child lore. You have the aura of a third child about you."
completely reddit. everybody here is retarded

>>718417571
Drow men are basically just breeding slaves, you don't need more than a couple around.

>>718418159
I wonder if they kidnap human men walking around in the underdark for more to breed

>>718413576
>Now imagine if ALSO they all shared a far-left USA-centric political ideology and they all spoke like they were from southern California specifically.
Thankfully, I'm not American, so I have no idea what the fuck that means.

>>718417882
There's like 3 options to kill him in chapter 1 (when you meet, stake him after he feeds on you, sacrifice him to Boaal), I don't know why you'd wait.

But if you don't do the ascension and don't pass the persuasion check he'll attack you in chapter 3.

>>718410842 (OP)
I hate mingethara. Is it possible to avoid recruiting her ?

>>718418260
Don't worry, neither does he

>>718418389
yeah you can literally fucking kill her act 1

>>718416362
>Backhanded lines are reddit humor.

>>718418389
if you defeat her in a fight and knock her out she appears in act 2 and you can save her to recruit her to the party

>>718418389
Yeah you just kill her when you meet?

>>718418456
Lmao. Sold.

>>718413576
>they all shared a far-left USA-centric political ideology and they all spoke like they were from southern California specifically
that would be a weird game I guess

>>718418389
You can kill anyone you dislike in this game.

>>718418528
I wish. You can't kill Mol with your own hands and she deserves it the most.

>>718418259
At best they are kidnapped and experience death by extremely violent snu-snu, drow are too racist to want half-drow around. Though there is also some older drow lore where they have Viltrumite style genetics, and when having sex with human men the babies still come out as 99.999999% drow.

>>718413597
I think Minsc was actually funny, sue me. I know diehard BG3 grogs will say the voice actor is not the same and affiliated with Critical R*le to boot, but he did a good job

>>718418649
she deserves correction

>>718417690
unironically the most hideous creature in the game. Why is he so fucking ugly?

>>718418840
because he's evil

>>718418882
kinda cartoon logic but maybe theres line somewhere about the gods distorting their chosen or some excuse like that

>>718418805
Meant to say BG grogs

>>718418934
He worships a god of Tyranny, he's objectively evil.

I miss the BG3 release era, how long until we get the next BG3?

>>718419390
check out alan wake 2 and battlefield 6

>>718410842 (OP)
Bigger question. Can they romance each other?

>>718417690
It's unironically funny as fuck how he is completely fine co-ruling with you and genuinely considers teaming up with you as an ally.
Unironically the most rational and calculated of the villains.

>>718419551
>teams up with not one but TWO crazy Bhaalites
>rational and calculated

>>718419489
only when you play as Gale, that takes me back to before the release of the game when they said anyone you didnt romance would hook up with the rest of the party members and /v/ was crying NTR, but in the end they didnt had the balls to do it

>>718417730
People who like edge or want to be demon play Tieflings.
People on the other edge find Aasimar sacrilegious.

>>718413279
>garbage quippy reddit humor is an integral part of the franchise
oh i guess that excuses it then!

>>718419668
>>rational and calculated
He literally made a precaution and forbid Orin from ever harming him.

>>718412252
This nigga really posting like a third son, NGMI

>>718413271
"A Plethora of Paladins" had versions of paladins for every alignment and came out in the official D&D magazine in like the 80's

>>718413597
>Hating on Jaheira the GMILF
The biggest crime of BG3 is that you can't blast ropes into her dusty uterus over and over

>>718412252
This is from the Drizzt novels, I remember they were going to kill him but his brother "died" before he could be sacrificed.

>>718419669
I just thought that sounds like a flirting power move a drow would make. Look how naturally she steered the discussion into breeding aka sex. Harsh training from mistress Minthara to be fit as a future breeding slave...

>>718420318
no it's assuming that the bhaalspawn didn't dump her annoying ass in bg2

>Misgender someone as a modern day Paladin
>Instantly fall and lose all my Paladin abilities
FUCK

>>718416721
They require a host possessing altruistic capability to exist.

>>718414838
What if they had an army of slaves and an oppressed underclass? Modern western society has been trudging along happily for the last 200 or 300 years.

>>718418649
Skill issue

>>718417057
paladins aren't supposed to be clerics who wear heavy armor and use swords
clerics can wear heavy armor and use swords
thanks WoW

>>718413317
Cute kitty

>>718414838
its based off of the mafia (or at least a normie's view of the mafia), but with a whole religion to strictly organize and perpetuate things (and brush off the occasional chaos).

>>718417730
Nobody likes moralfags

>>718413597
>shart is great

>>718421868
shart asks you to clean Shar taint off by nutting in her

>jump every hoop to recruit cartoonishly evil enemy character
>"wow why is she so mean? :'("

>>718421976
Halsin's used goods?

>>718410842 (OP)
>so lonely that I long for someone to care about me enough that they acknowledge me just to insult me deeply
Part of me just wants to make her happy...

>>718422040
>cartoonishly evil
She is just a Lolth Drow, they're all like that.

>>718422697
I'd say she's remarkably chill and agreeable for a Menzobenzo Drow

>>718422204
Shit like this is the reason why BG3 makes it hard for me to actually roleplay in this game. I modeled my character off of me in real life. No woman would even look twice in Halsin's direction if I was around, it's just unrealistic

>>718423197
a car crash is pretty captivating

>>718423197
You turn women off of men do thoroughly huh

>>718422204
reminder that he's literally her writer's self-insert

>>718423197
Based self-confident anon

>>718418159
They keep them around for a lot of stuff and have big harems that they also use as fight fodder.

A second son to a house would not be killed by the way and would instead take a post as like captain of the house guard or something like that

>>718422379
gtfo fujo

>>718410842 (OP)
>beat the whole game with just Gale and I being wizard bros
Feels good.

Honestly in this case 4chan was right
It has one of the most obnoxious writing ever had holy shit and I quit just before act 2
>t. summer tourist child

>>718418661
>At best they are kidnapped and experience death by extremely violent snu-snu,

>>718423831
He was without a doubt the worst videogame character ever made at launch. Just unbelievabley bizarely so bad I have to wonder what they were thinking.
Bipolar fag who alternated between creepy rapist and depressive suicidal. Only to come out of the blue to be a complete asshole for no reason in the final seen.
Ive heard he's the man now through patches but as a 1.05 player I cant even begin to imagine how.

>>718414547
Those are the durregar.

>>718424272
NTA, is this incel too young and jaded to appreciate a good Futurama joke? WTF is happening to the youth.

>>718424307
What's up with men and making an issue out of women making faces?

>>718410842 (OP)
Why is Gale such a pathetic emasculated faggot?

>>718424307
I only played the game much later, he always seemed line a bro, guess a little bland for most people who prefer the more flamboyant companions.

>>718424654
he is kind of a weird character.

>i'm so sexy and smart i fucked a goddess!

in game:

>i-if i show you a magic t-trick would you blow me

>>718424654
He's a wizard.

Why are you OP, shilling for this Tencent game, continuing to waste time and money on a 2 year old CRPG no one but chinese bots actually played?

>tfw missed out on Minthara cause I didn't realize how non-lethal worked until it was way too late

My only regret about my playthrough.

>>718410842 (OP)
>play barbarian as im straight
>get out of tutorial
>kill a gay vampire
>meet a wizard
>wander round with him, a frog and a gothy girl
>doing bitch errands whilst also being told I have a brain parasire that is going to kill me if I don't quickly find a cure
>turns out im fine
>wizars reveals he is a walking nuke
>every time I set up a new camp along my adventure there is a nigger and gay elf corpse following me even when I hurl them into bottomless pits
>chapter 2
>big bads are in some tower apparently
>get to.tower
>scout ascertains that its going to be a long bloody fight all the way to the top floor
>hatch a plan instead
>entire party runs back to the underground deep inside the deepest ruin
>wizard teleports to the top ofthe tower via the outside ledges
>cutscene trigger
>skip
>combat initiated, activate nuke
>uhh ackshually you died thats a game over and the aliens win

Turned the gsme off there satisfied with my ending.

>>718424557
?

>>718424746
Bland was not the problem, bland was what was needed. Imagine a man implying you have sex with him or he kills himself. It was so weird buddy.

>>718410842 (OP)
I thought drow had, like, litters or something, and then they all killed each other in family politics, bringing the population down to other species' levels? And that's why all the drow you'd meet are scary high-level bastards, because they're all the survivors of that deranged society.

>>718417730
>god loves me so I'm just born better than you :3
unironically can't imagine anything less righteous

>>718425383
there's 3 acts in this game, you used the nuke preemptively

>>718424842
Surprise: BRICs likes trash
They will make AI posts all day about it.

>>718426970
ok character ruined by sir madam Aylin

>>718425383
It's OK, I kept thinking our actions mattered. I didnt go to the tower as I didnt want to use my squid powers. Went everywhere else, released the angel who killed everyone, completely missed it, the characters, and everything it entailed.
Shadowheart also became an atheist with black hair, which Ive never heard anyone else talk about.
Yours was much more based, Valhalla Anon.

>>718426010
They have twins and the twins fight and it gives the mothers super orgasims becuase the whole things stupid and nobody has more plot Armour than Lolth. Not joking.

>>718427905
It's fucking infuriating how she becomes a total doormat when aylin walks in.
You've got an interesting character going on between some of the most relevant characters in act 2. With potential for act 3's Shar's hideout.
BUT NO.
>Hurr durr this is my lesbian girlfriend DON'T TALK TO ME MY LESBIAN GIRLFRIEND IS GOING TO MUNCH MY CARPET
Never before did I see such a clear moment a character was completely dropped and became devoid of all personality and character.

I killed Loroakan, then killed Dyke Alyin immediately afterwards following the fight. The first time I killed her she got up, but the second time she stayed dead. Isn't that supposed to be impossible?

>>718413576
>shared a far-left USA-centric political ideology
What part of far-left USA-centric political ideology endorses killing your third son?

>>718429025
How do you even get frog to say that?

>>718410842 (OP)
imagine worshipping LOLth

>>718412252
Trying too hard to fit in newfriend

>>718413576
>and they all spoke like they were from southern California specifically.
I'm from Southern California. We don't talk like that. Those people are all midwestern/southern transplants and pretty much always have been. Most of us actual SoCal-born white people are rednecks.

>>718425750
There are trannies JUST like that. As well as failing twinks.

>>718413271
Paladins don't have to be LG anymore. Hell, they couldn't be, since no one does alignments anymore. You just pick an oath and stick to it. Go against your oath and lose your powers.
Honestly it's kinda gay. The idea itself isn't bad but I wish it wasn't attached to paladins.

>>718429720
By using this line.
>I've always wanted a hot githyanki girlfriend.

>>718416591
>Paladins never meant anything in the first place because there's literally no theological, technical, magical or philosophical difference between them and a cleric, except they're allowed to use bladed weapons, but even then some deities allow their clerics/priests to do that too, so...
paladins had giga autism that granted them many powers in exchange for requiring them to follow a strict set of rules. It was like being trusted with one of god's guns whereas a cleric had a gun that god gave a once over and said 'sure, go for it'.

>>718410842 (OP)
I just reinstalled the game.

Do people get mods these days from in-game using the mod browser, or do most of you still go to nexusmods?

>>718424557
Thats the “god I wish that were me” face. You actually outed yourself.

>>718428343
It's weird because I actually like Aylin but her girlfriend just ceases to be a person immediately

>>718430243
These really are the fakest threads on the board. They run for around 8 hours and then suddenly die despite dozens of "posters"

>>718412252
>Ugh Puke!!
Reddit.

>>718436684
Yeah, life changing in that he gave away his company to the CCP and lives a total lie for the rest of his miserable, embarrassing, cosplaying-at-work existence.

>>718436754
Say that again without crying.

>>718430243
You have to be either a jeet, poor or a contrarian to hate on BG3
Its the best RPG made since the Witcher and the best to play with friends/partner

>Has to pretend to be in a fantasy setting because he's so bad at developing one
>Needs jeets to help him
sad

>>718435181
プレズanswer

>>718412625
The fact that Minthara is a Paladin at all is just the most retarded thing about the entire game. I think it's right up there with the twist that the Emperor is actually Balduran. Maybe somehow even worse. Minthara makes no sense as a Paladin. Period. Not before the rule change, and not after. At best, she is an Oathbreaker. But even that's stretching it.

>>718412252
You never played BG1 and 2, did you?

>>718436896
>had to dig out the one single jeet outsource localization team from BG3's credits to force a point
>meanwhile turdfield was practically made in India

>>718413597
>Karlach is the only "fine" one out of this entire list
>no idea who the fuck xander is supposed to be
You opinion was discarded the second you nitpicked Lae'zel and said Shadowheart was great

>>718435181
basedmods and rpghq

>>718414838
Seldarine Drow is one of the better lore changes ever implemented precisely due to this reason. Prove me wrong.

>bugposters get exposed
>It's a jeet doing it!
You're all one big happy family in BRICs. Try to get along >>718436896

>>718436992
>entire
anon just exposed bg3 is part indian devs. sorry.
can't cherrypick your boogeyman saarfield, either. they both used the same studio to the same extent. but saarfield claims to be AAA. swen lied about bg3 being a small indie team

>>718412252
How the fuck is that quippy reddit humor?
>we murder our male children because they're domestically useless.
>I think you're even more worthless than that

>>718437148
>anon
nigga we both know it's you, don't lie.

>>718415909
She's still pozzed, only slightly less so. She basically praises the fuck out of all the YAAAS QUEEN SLAAY characters while badmouthing all of the males (except Wyll, because he's black).
>Gale? He's shit. He should kill himself right away.
>Shadowheart? Her heart's in the right place, she's just misguided for following Shar, poor baby
>Astarion? He's a slave to his desires!
>Minsc - SO DUMB, he'll be easy to manipulate!
>Karlach--YOU GO GIRL, HALF AS LONG, TWICE AS BRIGHT, HEAR ME ROAAAR
>Jaheira? She's capable, a strong leader. But the Harpers are shit. Damn shame about that connection. We'd get along fine otherwise! tee hee

who is this (You)?

>>718430243
>>718436089
>>718436862
I will not fall to bait such as this. Knights, we have a shitposter in our midst!

there's no one to rally. no one actually plays this game. these threads are made by a /tg/ schizo and enabled by a tencent ad company

Still waiting for Larian to fix ears clipping through hoods and broken cloth physics for Helldusk Armor and Cloth of the Tyrant. Haven't been able to play as an Elven/Githyanki spell caster since the game launched.

>>718412252
Yeah it's unplayable garbage if you talk to any of the companions.

>>718426970
How much for snu-snu with her in that cosplay?

>>718435181
I wonder if there is a first-person-view mod, and also a real-time-action-combat one too.

The only reason i stopped playing the damn thing is because i hate the slow-ass turn-based combat.

>>718438006
just stick to bethesda slop

>>718412252
>”your parents should have killed you” is reddit

>>718413576
>Now imagine if ALSO they all shared a far-left USA-centric political ideology and they all spoke like they were from southern California specifically.
modern /v/ in one sentence lol.

>>718438457
Yeah? Who the fuck came up with this party banter? it's like they did a wiki search and dropped it in the game

>>718410842 (OP)
I haven't played since launch, did they end up finishing her route?

>>718410842 (OP)
She's not wrong though. Gale was one of the 2 most annoying companions in BG3.

>>718413597
>shart is great
Her only redeeming traits are having a vagina and being a cleric
>xander
His voice actor is fantastic, but the actual character is just a massive cunt with that's only there to capture the fujo market
>karlach
>frog
The only two actually tolerable companions.
>gale
faggot with an annoying personality
>halsin
faggot with no personality
>minsc
>jaheira
basically just there to remind people that it's actually a sequel

>>718435819
I didnt know that and Ive been here since 2008, thank you for correcting me. Filename should have given it away.

>>718412670
I just switched her to Eldritch Knight

Lae'zel gets to be Oath of the Crown

>>718413576
> Imagine if we had an incredibly diverse cast of characters from all walks of life in a multi-planar universe, representing an eclectic bunch of species and agendas and creeds.
> Now imagine if ALSO they all shared a far-left USA-centric political ideology and they all spoke like they were from southern California specifically.
Uh, based?

>>718412252
This isnt Reddit. Ironically there are moments where you have a quippy Reddit option and someone tends to call you a faggot for saying it

>>718412252
>All these replies missing what anon is very obviously referring to.

>>718410842 (OP)
This line would be better without the explanation. It should have just been "you have the aura of a third child about you" with the actual meaning of the insult being learned elsewhere in the world

Is Minthara worth it story wise? I've read her story just stops at some point or she barely has one, is that true? I haven't played the game since release year. I want to do a good run, but also leave it open ended instead of specifically doing the trick to get her in your party while being good. Most fun I ever had was still my first playthrough while I was trying to be good but ended up fucking the druids anyway by accident.

>>718412252
>Puke
You have no room to talk, faggot.

>>718412252
This isn't reddit quippy humour. Minthara is a fucking bitch and this was an appropriate response because all her questions are loaded.
No fucking redditcore game would ever have a main character tell another that they're a failed abortion which is essentially what she's saying. This isn't banter, Minthara is evil and would kill Gale in other circumstances.

>>718441261
Her story was unfinished in the launch version but they patched it.

>>718441261
She doesn't really have a personal quest, if that's what you are asking about

I played too much of BG3. Wish the game didn't even have the wilderness area. Let me just run around in the city.

What's the point of this game if you can just infinitely revive anyone?

>>718442840
You control the buttons you press. Want to play as permadeath? Go for it.

>>718443281
If Super Mario had a button that just autocompletes a level, would you say the same thing?

>>718443353
some of them almost do when you lose a stage enough

>>718439351
Xander? You mean Astarion?

>>718442840
There’s a mode that deletes your save if you get party wiped that only around 2% of players have beaten.
Which admittedly I don’t know how the percentage is so low when the game is piss easy

>>718442840
In Honor mode you can get fucked depending on the situation.

>hey can you still a idol for us
>haha sure kid
>starts a race war
didn’t think they’d have such a knee jerk reaction holy shit

>>718444828
>hey wanna see a magic trick
>sure
>rapes you
faerun is full of strange people

>>718436948
qrd on paladins and why some people are bad paladins
is zevlor a good paladin?

>>718410842 (OP)
this seems like an incredibly stupid way of life
what would be the point in even having children after you have two sons then? you're constantly rolling a 50/50 on it being a man that you'll end up killing so theres literally no reason to put in the time and effort for 9 months only for that progress to be undone
it makes 0 sense, at the very least you can just say "oh we banish the third son" because then you can reason a race living and expanding more due to that

>>718410842 (OP)
I get that being an evil cunt isn’t optimal but do I really need to be punished by losing out on all the good items in a playthrough?

>>718444931
Was Gale really that bad? I only bought the game a few months ago he seemed nice

>>718444931
To be fair I almost fell for Gales rape trap too. Guys so desperate for attention I just assumed he want someone to think he was cool for once, the other wizard at the party was cool enough to actually do some magic tricks atleast

>>718445327
It was a common noob trap people kept accidentally falling into, he sucks at sounding flirty too so him just saying that didn’t clue in for most until he was taking his pants off

>>718445327
Gale's flirting is really awkward and non-obvious that he's coming on to you, and when he does it the game only gives you 3 options
>enthusiastic yes
>coy yes
>GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE IF YOU EVER SPEAK TO ME AGAIN I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU FAGGOT
there's no option to politely decline so people just click the option that looks like a "let me think about it" that ends the conversation, but it's actually still a yes and locks you into romancing him

>>718445538
>>718445327
yeah it was basically just that you either called him a nigger or let him try to slip his cock into you

>>718444931
>offers to do a magic trick at a party
>doesn’t do any magic at all
fucking gay wizard

>>718410842 (OP)
>thinly veiled chinese racism
can whites make *one* work without immense bigotry?

>>718443353
They added that as a feature

>>718445509
>>718445538
>>718445613
But they fixed that right? I don't speak to him often

>>718412252
It really is just a marvel quip friendship and relationship simulator for faggot redditors

Is act 3 being bad a /v/ meme ?

>Make a DnD game with no dwarf lad to be your best friend and knock back a few pints with after slaughtering elves.

Why even make a dnd game then...

>>718445838
There’s nothing to really “fix” per say you just need to tune into his autism and turn him down gently way before the party, failing at that don’t even talk to him at the party, he’s a desperate weirdo that’ll cling to anything you say positively to him so keep it neutral till after you’re in a relationship or shut him down emotionally, keep in he’s one of the companions with a hidden meter, his specifically will determine if he attempts to kill himself later on so don’t grind his self confidence into the ground too hard

>>718446007
It’s not that bad but suffers from extreme content cuts, what’s there is fine but you can tell it used to be much more

Why is /v/ incapable of discussing the gameplay? Nobody talks about builds, composition, fun roleplay setups. It's just SEX SEX SEX PUSSY PUSSY ASS AHHHH KEK AHHHHH BEAR KEK AHHH SAVE ME IT'S A NIGGER

You people are mentally retarded.

>>718446183
reddit

>>718447142
>he thinks 5e DnD is worth discussing
lol
lmao

>>718412252
He’s right behind me isn’t he

>>718446281
Thanks for the concise and reasonable explanation. This sounds believable and I will adjust my expectations accordingly.

>>718412252
the drow have been like this since before the concept of the internet as you know it was imagined, retard. the game is full of le ebic reddit humor, but this is probably one of the few things that isn't tainted by cheeto fingered funko fuckers.

>>718447142
The percentage of people that play video games on /v/ is less than 3%, Magic Missile builds are probably the most brain dead but they’re the closest you’d get to gunning a man down in the street for pulling a knife on you.
Throw builds are the funnest imo, especially when a good amount of enemies in the first act are easily throwable gnomes, dwarfs and goblins

>>718447142
For me personally the reason I rarely discuss deeper gameplay mechanics is because I don't want to spend 15 minutes crafting a well thought out analysis of something just for the high chance that the wrong person sees it and I get hit with "faggot" or something. Its a bit defeating. So generally it is much easier to hornypost and such.

Is it true Lloth can just manifest into any female drow at any time and completely wreck shit

What are some retard proof multiclass dips? I only know of Fighter 2.

>>718447142
what’s your build

>>718448510
Sword Bard Paladin, 2 Paladin then everything into Sword Bard and you just bonk everything with 30 smites

>paladins being righteous warriors powered by the Gods is offensive to Atheists
>now paladins are powered by Oaths taken which somehow activates inner magic
>paladins still have the problem of shitty writing making them inconsistent fags
I swear by Torm most paladins in D&D should be properly considered fallen blackguards considering how Lawful/Good is stupid and oaths are broken easily..

>>718447142
The gameplay is good and all with how much of it feels almost treading into imsim territory with you building crate towers, manipulating heights and using everything you can in ways you didn't think were possible. My go-to childhood RPG was Arcanum and just giving you a pile of tools and telling you "alright, do what you want, i don't care" is still fun to this day. Even Arcanum's devs can't do Arcanum-tier writing nowadays so I don't have high hopes but Larian could do Arcanum's gameplay well.
The reason why no one discusses the gameplay is because no one has actually played the game. I've been told about Gale trying to rape you and shit via a magic trick so I come to the camp and he's like "lemme show you" and I'm a wizard too so alright having a pair of wizards fucking each other respectfully on the regular is fine and he just fucks around with the magic matter like it's a magician showing a magic trick of sorts and tells you what you see and you can just tell him that you see him as a cunt, I was fine with him, so I picked a romantic walk instead. Then the frog said "I want to have fuck with you" so I'm fucking the frog now. I'm disappointed.

>>718448817
>taking modern D&D seriously
Anon.
It’s been subverted for awhile now, even before the political brain rot became prevalent.
Wizards Of The Coast is ran by the most money hungry self destructive retards it could make Xbox upper management blush

>>718437287
>She basically praises the fuck out of all the YAAAS QUEEN SLAAY characters while badmouthing all of the males

She's a fucking drow who worships lolth. Of course she's a misandrist.

>>718449004
>you can just tell him that you see him as a cunt
but i dont want to do that, i just dont want him to shove his cock in me

>>718412879
You

>>718410842 (OP)
Rings kind of hollow when Gale canonically fucked a god while Minthara's biggest accomplishment was leading a bunch of level two goblins on a failed mission to kill a bunch of refugees.

>>718446183
>no Dwarf, Gnome, HalfOrc, Halfling or Dragonborn followers
why? I was annoyed The Dark Urge didn’t get to be a follower (or even a NPC for that matter) with how good his VA is but did we need multiple Elves on the roster? 4/10 companions are a flavour of elf, 5/10 if you add the Drow.
Would anything be lost if Halsin was a Dwarf

>>718449379
Minthara is a shallow bitch and Gale is such a pussy he just lets everyone walk over him

>>718448343
Yeah, but the overgod does not like it when true gods directly intervene on Faerun anymore. The Dead Three are basically demigods at this point after losing so much power that they slip under that rule. Mystra gets a pass to make fuck with things though.

>>718412367
Loth drow are basically turbo feminist, yes.
Hence why they murder each other for absolutely no reason.
Heck, even the fetus kill each other inside the bitch and those bitches get pleasure from feeling their offspring killing themselves inside of them.

>>718448817
>paladins being righteous warriors powered by the Gods
What's the difference to a cleric?

>schizo autist still talking to himself about d&d races all day
>>>/bgg/
>>>/tg/

>>718450073
why did you wait 8 hours and the thread being almost dead to bump it.
You Scrungus

>>718412252
>all those redditors getting overly defensive
He was talking about the male character replying with
>You're about to say something awful, aren't you?
The writers of this game have no respect for the IP and they wrote it like it's a romcom mixed with a capeshit hollywood trashfire movie, because that's all they know, that's all they've read.

Inserting this type of child killing lore detail as a means of dabbing on a character is the reddit tier writing, there's no need for this type of joke in a game that takes itself seriously, alas this game does not, and you have people mocking it for not doing so.

>>718449536
>no Dwarf

Nice organic pg10 bump. Definitely not a shill thread.

>>718447142
I'm playing 7 Swashbuckler 5 Champion atm and it's pretty good. I find it hard to discuss gameplay because it frustrates the hell out of me, I don't think DnD makes for good gameplay. DOS2 I think is leagues better than BG3 but it doesn't have the same level of production value. I got to act 3 once as Astarian and was shocked that they didn't give you any exclusive replies like in DOS2, no reason to not play a tav.

>>718419668
He's not a Bhaalite, he's a Baneite. You can make deals with despots and tyrants and if you don't get in their way they will honour them.

>>718415880
>>718415701
>>718415480
Her choice depends on how you interact with her and play the game.

>>718415000
She's actually pretty bitchy in a good way if you skip saving her. You just get a shitload of approval for letting her out of the cage that means you'll never see any of those dialog responses.
I use a mod that makes companions all hate the player more at the start of the game, and it is way better early on for it.

>>718446007
I did enjoy Act 3 personally, but I think that's more because of how much I hate Act 2.

>>718453302
Yes, we're shilling a 2 years old game for three-fiddy per post. We are also bots from China ordered to promote the QWERTYUIOP+ ideology in a single player game nobody bought and which had to be botted to appear like a success and this is somehow profitable for Tencent. Hasbro sends it's regards, long live Israel!

>>718410842 (OP)
why do people let Minthara live. She is an evil lolthite Drow and deserves death

>>718455175
if you killed every degen companion then you would have no companions left but wyll

>>718410842 (OP)
This game could have been so much better if acts 2 and 3 were as fleshed out as the first one.

>>718455412
Act3 should have been broken on upper/lower city because game starts lagging and breaking with how much content is there per sq meter

>>718455320
Yeah, but from a in-character perspective, why would i even want to spare her in the first place. Every other companion joins your party naturally. With her you need to go out of her way to knock her unconscious, because.... why?

>>718412252
wait til you hear the bard lines

>>718455514
you don't need to if you just let her raid the grove

>>718455412
They also need to be swapped around since Californians don't understand how writing with increasing stakes works. Shadowcursed Lands is a classic final act area with a cool villain they waste before their shitty Act 3 tumblr adventures.

>>718455742
iirc based on the cut content the city was supposed to come much earlier

>>718446007
I like how you hit level 12 pretty early and then just do cool quests for amazing items in act 3. Not many D&D CRPGs allow you for prolonged powergaming and experimentation, most end the moment you hit the level cap.
I wish the city was bigger, but I understand why they cut some things, the game is already enormous. Act 2 is the weakest, but still 7/10 at worst.

I am forever cursed to play a neutral good softie and fall in love with evil women

>>718455845
It needs to come earlier so you can introduce characters, factions, and locations that the main conflict threatens, provide narrative space for the "finding allies" arch to play out with a reasonable time gap for preparations to be made, pay off Act 1 choices earlier to reduce the "who the fuck are you, again?" effect, properly contrast Act 1's tone instead of simply providing the same tone again but darker, introduce villains (their machinations, and your role in them) more than 2 minutes before resolving them, provide suitably epic framing for a final showdown, have an actually cool villain with buildup and aura (sorry, Gortash and Orin are not final-act-worthy), conclude the "save kitten from a tree" questing before the final act, and many more reasons.

That could've been done while actually reducing the current scope, btw, before anyone says anything about muh budget. It would simply require competent writers.

>>718447142
because it's mogged by fucking solasta in that department lol

>>718455514
>With her you need to go out of her way to knock her unconscious, because.... why?
To get Ki Points back since I'm playing with Drunken Master Uncorked.

>>718413597
Shadowheart is boring and not hot either

I played a CRPG called "The Age of Decadence" a while ago. It wasn't really my kind of CRPG but the writing was very good.

>>718448817
>now paladins are powered by Oaths taken which somehow activates inner magic
On my table, the sheer autism of the Oath-bound passively draws divine forces to them which can only be achieved by a true Oath (big autism).

what are some god tier gooner-lite mods I can install for my 2nd playthrough? haven't touched it since launch patch

>>718423197
Alright retard, post your character.

>>718412252
its the faggots that made divine divinity lol, their writing was always rancid dogshit.

>>718412879
In OP's image that would be: bringing up extreme version of feminism out of nowhere that's only purpose is to make you more comfortable with characters

>>718424557
I think you should go back to xitter and cut yourself

Woke slop garbage.

>>718412252
dunno I don't play queer games

Did they add mod support to console versions ? Vaguely recall hearing something about that ages ago.

>>718458419
> out of nowhere

>>718456658
Shadowheart is miracle of the universe

>>718456747
The basket of clothes

>>718412252
You're a dumbfuck.

>>718412510
> Paladin Gnome and Romancing Shadowheart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrFbrCGgjTM

Are the Drow the indians of Baldur's Gate?

>>718410842 (OP)
I saved her
>>718416487
I killed her
>>718418807
I killed her
>>718426970
I killed her

>>718458419
>extreme version of feminism out of nowhere
Misandry is the base of drow society you fucking retarded

>>718460587
*you're

>>718424557
posts like this reminding me 2025 4chan is just greenreddit, dear god

>>718460587
Wasn't the strongest drow a man and even their goddess seethes about this fact?

>>718410842 (OP)
Baldurs Gate 3 is shit.

>>718412252
the post that filtered millions

>>718436992
Swen Vincke looks like a cannibal.

>>718436992
I can see half of males gonna replaced to Californian toxichair thots

>>718447142
Sadly modern /v/ play only actionslops due to at least half is mexcian & br

>>718456219
How? that's kinda interesting

>>718447142
at least /vrpg/slavs shat on gameplay aspects enough while /v/rown zoomers like "le bear woke sex writing obnoxious le le le" and all of them are right

>>718461671
> at least /vrpg/slavs shat on gameplay aspects enough
Funny because gameplay of BG3 is infinitely more interesting than owlbore auto-battler simulators

>>718461769
>owlwoke out of nowhere
Man this is why I love owlcatshitposting

>>718461557
bg3 just plays like a crappy homebrew with most of the spells being dumbed down
and shit on the items like lighting charges belongs in mobas

>>718432840
Hellknight > Paladin

>>718461821
>out of nowhere
You mentioned “Slavs” and dragonirian loves owlcat games

>>718458419
>feminism
Bruh it's a matriarchal fantasy society of backstabbing spider-worshipping slaver elves, it's got about as much relation to real-world feminism as Sauron has to Hitler

>>718461821
kek, this, at least half of owlcatfags ain't fan, they just love to seeing bg3roasties seething and that's one of the hellish amusement in world

>>718450598
>He was talking about the male character replying
The fact that many people confidently explained what was "reddit" about this interaction in completely divergent and mutually incompatible ways demonstrates precisely just how much of a meaningless buzzword it is.

Also lol @
>take dungeons and dragons seriously pls!
I remember telling someone in the first game I was going to stuff an object up his arse the size of Elminster *and* his hat

>>718461508
>"b...but... it's jeet!!!!!!!! jeets did all of this!!!!!!!!!!"

>>718461026
who? drizzt?

>>718460791
> PLEAAAAAAASE DON'T SUCK MY COCK NOOOOO

>>718462045
so that's why racial slurs to mexicans get deleted by lightspeed heh

>>718412252
Yes. It's full of awful millennial writing where everything has to try (and fail!) to be quirky and more clever than it should be.

>>718462151
>buzzword
>buzzword
>word salat

>>718441208
She wants it to be clear to Gale

>>718462183
Fruit salat

>>718412879
>tell me why 2+2 = 4 without using a single number

>>718461861
Hell Knights are Paladins in 5e - Oath of Conquest with LE alignment

>>718462283
If you can’t explain something without buzzwords it means you don’t know what it means

>>718410842 (OP)
What would people in Menzobertanzan think when Minthy comes home with a new man she worships?

>>718412510
So what do paladins actually do in the DnD universe because when you play as one in bg and you see someone arguing it's always like
>[PALADIN] You both are wrong, my opinions are facts.
No one asked you shit, fuck off. Paladins come off as self-righteous assholes.

This thread is solid bot posting. Definitely chinese made.

>>718412879
>>718462368

"Reddit humor" is humor that aims to accomplish these tasks:
1. Not offend anyone for whom it's currently bad form to offend
2. Virtuesignal some kind of political belief (usually one that the audience shares with the author)
3. Try to look cool, trendy, and strong despite the first two points (which is impossible)

There you go. No buzzwords in the explanation.
inb4 you run away with no reply

>>718463304
Okay, so the only thing that sets reddit humour apart from 4chan humour is that 4chan humour deliberately sets out to offend? And whatever doesn't offend is then reddit by default?

Btw "virtue signal" is definitely a buzzword

>>718463304
So in other words, Reddit humor has nothing to do with bg3

>>718463489
>Btw "virtue signal" is definitely a buzzword
Explain what a buzzword is.
If you can't explain it you don't know what it is, remember.

>>718463304
No. Reddit humor is quirky and tries but fails to be clever. It's the kind of shit you see in marvel movies, in the image in OP, and when autistic retards try to step into the social sphere.

>>718464242
Nothing you said contradicts the post you replied to

>>718464271
Nothing I said was included in the post either.

>>718464397
It was. Point 3.

>>718463489
the purpose of humor is to offend. one might argue good humor just *barely* offends, but whatever. if it isn't offensive, it isn't humor, it's just making references and then laughing as a form of affirming your shared culture. even literal poop and fart jokes are better than """humor""" that tries to be inoffensive.

>>718464421
>cool, trendy and strong
Is not the same thing as quirky and trying to be clever. If you think being quirky is cool or trendy, you yourself are Reddit.

>>718464457
Semantics.

>>718464170
It's a word people like to invoke without really knowing what it means just because it's popular. Basically, it's a "vibe".
You could have said they were trying to signal a political belief. So why "virtue signal" when that doesn't even really make sense in context? Because you're not thinking for yourself but parroting popular phrases to fit in.

She is supposed to be a evil cleric they changed her to a paladin because shart was already a cleric and they wanted gameplay variety

>>718464437
Well then, as inoffensive humour offends your humoristic sensibilities, it must be good

>>718464478
But I do know what it means, I was using it as an abbreviation.

You just proved you don't care about the content and reasoning of a post, all you care about is that it shares your same views.
If it doesn't, you nitpick small bullshit like "you could have said the whole sentence but instead you abbreviated it, so now your entire point is invalid by my own arbitrary logic".

Basically you just admitted to your own dishonesty

>>718464242
> is quirky and tries but fails to be clever.
Define quirky
Explain how it “tries and fails” to be clever

>>718464584
Define define
Define explain
Define how
Define it
Define to
Define be
Define clever

Dumb reddit-nigger

>>718437078
>Comparing a traditional RPG to an action game

>>718464563
>But I do know what it means, I was using it as an abbreviation.
If you knew what it meant you wouldn't have used it there, where it is wrong.
>You just proved you don't care about the content and reasoning of a post, all you care about is that it shares your same views.
No? You just showed that you are very eager to dismiss me on that assumption, though, probably because you yourself are inclined to agree with things that align with your views, i.e. reddit bad.
>If it doesn't, you nitpick small bullshit
Like the fact that you chose to use a longer buzzword where a regular term would have not only sufficed but been more appropriate, showing that you are unaware of how much buzzwords have taken over your lexicon and and a belligerent, hypocritical twat

>>718447142
Because there's really fuck all to discuss. The game's easy as shit and 5e is really boring and straightforward mechanically.

>>718464494
>mtg card

>>718464703
it's funny because you're sperging out about buzzwords using buzzword as a buzzword

>>718464703
It literally is virtuesignalling in this case though, and it's a common word.
Very funny how you argue this little part of the post and not the whole point, like how I've managed to describe reddit humor without buzzwords.

Even if you consider "virtuesignalling" a buzzword, it can be easily taken away and subsituted with what you said, proving once again that there exists a buzzword-free description of what reddit humor is.

Yet you don't care. You never cared about what reddit humor is.
You disliked on an emotional level the people here from the get-go. The request to "describe reddit humor without buzzwords" was merely an attempt at ridicule. And once overcome, you discard it and go for another one.

You are a dishonest emotion-driven creature. There is no rationality within you. You hate something, and immediately discard anything it says, even if it makes sense and is true.

>>718464749
You didn’t beat it in honor mode

if bg3 is that bad then name one (1) videogame which implemented d&d better
of course you can't
seethe
cope
dilate
.

>>718464618
Your post is extremely quirky, it also tries but fails to be clever. You are Reddit and should go there

>>718464940
solasta

>>718412879
Inoffensive and safe, as if every word you use will be scrutinized (because it will)
Short form humor that is so thoughtly irony poisoned that it comes off as insincere and cynical (because it is)
Heavy emphasis on emasculation and infantalization of men and empowerment of women
Hamfisted references to dated pop politics, attempts to be allegorical without actually understanding either side of the allegory

>>718464763
they made her black???

>>718465037
How come there’s twenty different definitions of Reddit humor and single one of them applies to BG3?

>>718464618
>Define
To give meaning to a word or phrase
>Explain
Provide more context so that we can understand with greater clarity
>It
Neutral pronoun used generally to describe non anthropomorphic entities.
>to
preposition typically used to show intention or direction towards a subject
>be
verb used to describe one's state.
>clever
adjective used to describe something being of high skill or thought.

>>718465032
is this joke?

>>718437287
>pozzed
you are not a human being worthy of consideration, die alone

>>718465121
she was always black, you chud

>>718464847
Virtue signalling has a specific meaning and simply "adhering to a particular belief" is not it. And you severly overestimate how common this word is in its actual sense and not in its "SJWs say things to be politically correct" sense, especially outside of your social circles. You even go on to explain what you mean - "*usually* one that the audience shares with the author". So what, the virtue signalling is only "usually" virtue signalling? You contradict yourself because you're a sloppy thinker.

>Even if you consider "virtuesignalling" a buzzword, it can be easily taken away and subsituted with what you said, proving once again that there exists a buzzword-free description of what reddit humor is.
Yes, you easily could have described what you did without buzzwords. Point is you didn't.
>Yet you don't care.
I also addressed the substance of your post but you don't care, actually.
>You disliked on an emotional level the people here from the get-go.
Projection. You dislike me because I am holding you to a standard of intellectual rigour and you associate all disagreement with political opposition.
>The request to "describe reddit humor without buzzwords" was merely an attempt at ridicule.
Perhaps. It wasn't mine, though. I'm merely responding to your reply and pointing out that you failed to give a proper description (and that's with or without buzzwords, really)

>>718464763
She was a cleric in early access I just couldn't find a screenshot of it

>>718465195
"Reddit humor" is humor that aims to accomplish these tasks:
1. Not offend anyone for whom it's currently bad form to offend
2. Trying to signal some kind of political belief (usually one that the audience shares with the author)
3. Try to look cool, trendy, and strong despite the first two points (which is impossible)

There, no buzzwords to describe reddit humor.
Now what.

>>718465169
feel welcome to refute

>>718465245
Great description, what it has to do with BG3 again?

>>718465032
I liked Solasta but it’s really just inferior to BG3 in all aspects

>>718464897
No, because permadeath in a 100+ hour talky game not designed for it from the ground up is utterly retarded, on top of pretty much requiring you to have the will to play the game a second time. I just played through with Honor Mode rules once and that's it. But feel free to inform me how 5e builds are now made fascinating to discuss because you're dead if you TPK like in the just as dull tabletop.

>>718410842 (OP)
i killed that woman by breaking the bridge

>>718465361
not the dnd implementation for sure

>>718440186
Can you name a few examples? I don't care to argue, I'm just curious

>>718464940
of course, Witcher 3

>>718465245
Now I still think it's a shit definition.
1. Most writers would attempt to avoid unnecessary offence
2. Writers have political views and if they come out in their writing it is not necessarily a cynical attempt at pandering.
3. This one is just entirely too subjective.

And again, the only difference with "4chan humour" is then that 4chan humour must offend minorities at all times for no other reason than to offend

>>718465385
> because permadeath in a 100+ hour talky game not designed for it from the ground up is utterly retarded
Why worry about permadeath is easy game? You shouldn’t ever die

>>718465456
Witcher 3 didn't even implement its own mechanics properly

>>718465585
so as bg3

>>718412252
I'm not really a fan of the "You're about to say something awful" line. But the rest is fine.

>>718465527
Point one states
>Not offend anyone >>>for whom it's currently bad form to offend<<<
Meaning groups who CAN be offended are free targets. This is why reddit humor always shits on young white men. ALL the time in fact.

>Writers have political views and if they come out in their writing it is not necessarily a cynical attempt at pandering.
Not when it's the entire fucking script. Then it's straight up propaganda.

>This one is just entirely too subjective.
The whole "punch nazis" shit and all their other BADA$$ cringe, you just choose to ignore? Yeah there is some subjectivity going on here...

Solasta let you play around in the Z-axis, which was very neat and how they managed to have proper Flight mechanics & aiming in to airspace. Nice mechanical stuff.
Once you slapped the UnFinished Business mod in there you could dig in and feast on some good fanmade campaigns that Mod authors created. BG3 might've "accidentally" leaked a more powerful version of the modkit than Hasbro wanted Larian to make available, but has anyone done anything extensive with it?

>>718465543
you can die out of battle if you fail some checks

>>718465310
BG3 humor is literally all reddit humor.

>bro you have the aura of the third child fr fr
no cap ahh dialogue

>>718465614
kek

>>718465714
OP pic failed all your definitions. I’m sure you know other jokes that fit Reddit humor definition you presented, yes?

>>718465543
Because you still can die if you eat a string of shitty rolls, especially Act 1? Because something can bug out and send you plumetting into the void? Because you often don't know what you'll really be facing or the consequences of your potentially lethal dialogue choices and the game is not designed to hint at them? Come the fuck on. You can die in goddamn Ass Creed if you jump in the wrong place or the controls go haywire in one of the zillion tailing sequences. It does not mean the games aren't easy.

>>718465786
>1. doesn't offend any POC
>2. shits on men by stating young men would literally be killed, even though they absolutely have uses (xhe also literally says the white guy has a "third son" aura, AKA someone who should be killed)
>3. Is presented as BADA$$

Literally checks all boxes lmao.

>>718465682
Where does Minthara say "punch nazis"

Also I don't think that's intended to be humorous and, don't quote me on this, I think that's why it's actually banned on reddit

>>718465361
Solasta has better verticality implementation and also has ready attack and dodge/defend action which BG3 don't have for some god foresaken reason. My Ideal 5E game would be Solasta's combat mixed in with BG3's immersive elements and homebrewed stuff like shoving/knocking prone being a bonus action and the ability to throw anything including certain enemies types if you have the strength for it and improved weaponry.

>>718465930
>Where does Minthara say "punch nazis"
Wow, what an absolutely vile strawman. I was arguing the definition. The poster said that the third point was subjective, and I countered that, no: the "empowerement" is a big part of reddit humor and cited some examples. I wasn't talking about this one instance (though it does meet point 3 still)

>>718465885
>1. doesn't offend any POC
It's directly insulting a bisexual character
>shits on men by stating young men would literally be killed
Established lore, has nothing to do with your political brainworms
>Is presented as BADA$$
This is your projection. She's being a huge bitch.

>>718421767
>>718426334
But paladins are also righteous moralfags and they're just as popular as other classes.

>>718466031
There's a whole lot of benefit of the doubt going on here on your part. A fuckload, in fact.
And if you can arbitrarily wave things off then I can do it too: this shit is pozzed and I don't want it in my games

>>718466090
> There's a whole lot of benefit of the doubt going on here on your part.
What? Drow lore is established long before BG3 came out, are you retarded or something?

>>718466028
>Wow, what an absolutely vile strawman.
No, Anon. You are changing the goalposts. Baldur's Gate 3 - particularly the above exchange - is being presented as a perfect exemplar of "reddit humour", and you are bringing shit into your definition that is not present here.
And I explained how your answer is shit also in general. But beyond that it really doesn't apply to the conversation.

>>718466090
>There's a whole lot of benefit of the doubt going on here on your part. A fuckload, in fact.
No, there's a whole lot of assumption of bad faith going on here on your part.
>And if you can arbitrarily wave things off then I can do it too: this shit is pozzed and I don't want it in my games
As if you weren't doing that already? That's precisely the point: you're just arbitrarily dismissing things as "reddit" because you got triggered as fuck

>>718414675
Drow futas are the weakness of every female in my party.

>>718458510
After doing some research it seems they did, and there is a possibility of some extra playable races. I will buy this game.

>>718465361
I feel like BG3 was a curse for Solasta. Because way too many people either hate for being like BG3 or hate it for not being like BG3.

Are there any must-have mods these days? Haven't played in a while.

>Drow were conceptualised in the 70s-80s as a combination of dommy mommies and man-hating raging feminist stereotypes for an audience of male nerds
>Modern chuds think they are celebrating YASS KWEEN tumblr feminism
Can't make this shit up

>>718467074
Is it controversial to say I think the drow are ugly

>>718467074
>chuds
*leftists

>>718466773
Check the steam reviews before and after August 2023

>>718467074
Chuds are mentally ill, nothing new.
>>718467142
Yeah sure Himmler auf dowakin

>>718412510
Antipaladins/blackguards have existed for over 20 years

>>718466190
They could have chosen different parts of the lore. Oh but those would be "problematic"...

>>718464940
>if he's so bad then name one (1) dude who can eat shit better
>of course you can't

>>718467074
Doesn't mean drowsy that are made by today's writers are the same as back then tho

>>718467328
They didn't "choose", it's all part of the lore. Or do you mean they could have chosen a different angle for Minthara to insult Gale with? Maybe they could've just written different characters? Maybe they could've used a different setting? Maybe they could've just not made a game?

>>718467308
wow i bet you feel really smart right now but she isn't one

>>718462041
>in completely divergent and mutually incompatible ways demonstrates precisely just how much of a meaningless buzzword it is
It just means all of it is bad, and different people find different shit to complain about.
>Also lol @
@ this game and IP, it seems, if what you said here is true:
>I remember telling someone in the first game I was going to stuff an object up his arse the size of Elminster *and* his hat
It just means it was a shit game which was babby's first crpg which means nostalgia instead of actual quality. If the first BG games were similar to this one, there's a reason there won't be anymore games with this IP.
Who the fuck wants to play capeshit humor game instead of playing a game in which you can immerse yourself because it's not written by chucklefucks who think this shit writing is peak entertainment? Even harry potter took itself more seriously than the writers did with this game, that's why it was a success. The wink'n'nod tier writing with r*ddit humor desperately needs to be brought behind a shed and be put out of its misery.
>You've got elderly siblings, ye fokin' wizerd?, asked the feminist troll woman
>HUE HUE HUE, U'RE GONNA SAY SUMTIN' NAUGHTY AREN'T YA?? HUE HUE HUE? replied the bearded r*ddit man.
>WE KILL CHILDREN WHEN WE DON'T NEED EM AND YOU'VE GOT ABORTED FETUS ENERGY EHEHE!!
Somebody on the writing team thought this was peak humor.

>>718467739
This poster has the Aura of a fourth son.

>>718467739
> If the first BG games were similar to this one, there's a reason there won't be anymore games with this IP
Larian picked IP that had no new games for 20 years, a CRPG a genre that was considered dead, and made game of a decade that sold at least 15 million copies.
This level of mental retardation some people have that they think BG3 was unsuccessful and killed Baldrus gate IP

Instead of doing what I did last time and trying to experience literally every single bit of content in the game on a single playthrough and still being in act 1 after 40 hours I'm gonna start a new file and just do whatever crosses my path.

>>718467739
What /v/ does to a body

>>718467523
Also yes

>Americans go to sleep
>thread talks about the gameplay and lore
>Americans wake up
>hours of nonsense arguments
could be a bit of Canadians too considering they’re just barely above India in quality

>>718468303
It really is just the americans

>>718467923
Imagine being a Drow woman and giving birth to nothing but sons, probably after 4th you’d commit suicide

>>718468303
canadians are indians

>>718410842 (OP)

I fucked up my save file by rubbing Minthara’s drow feet too much at night in the camp. Now I’m locked into the “House Baenre Foot Slave” ending where you’re stuck in Menzoberranzan worshipping Minthara’s lavender drow feet 24/7. Is there a mod to fix this?

>>718450598
no he is full of shit like you with your arbitrary "reddit" shit.
"look a line with a bit of irony!!! reddit reddit reddit reddit "
This is how you illiterate "people" react whenever something is not written in the 2 or 3 styles you personally approved.

>>718470775
Fix what? It sounds like you got the best ending.

>>718412252
third son coded post

>>718415507
So...merchants?

>>718410842 (OP)
>Why is Minthara so mean?
she's not being mean she is explaining her culture

it's like explaining circumcision to someone civilised

>>718410842 (OP)
purely socioeconimic issues

>>718467412
>food analogy