Thread 529298454

Semen demon edition

>News:
Patch 8: https://baldursgate3.game/news/the-final-patch-new-subclasses-photo-mode-and-cross-play_138
Patch 7: https://baldursgate3.game/news/patch-7-now-live_121
Patch 6: https://baldursgate3.game/news/patch-6-now-live_108
Patch 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/bVg8o8l3VnY

OP pasta: https://rentry.org/bggpasta

Previous thread: >>528713241

>>529296741
non canon

Let this be the last thread

thread theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kvlyVjjsis

>>529298454 (OP)
sexo sloppa sazza was based
>>529298780
nigga sybau

should i respec Karlach from Berserk to another subclass? I feel like it dropped off hard after getting Extra Attack

>>529299334
daddy halsin is so cute

>>529298692
Damn, Astarion looks weird in this pic.

last thread was 6 hours shy of 5 hours long.

/bgg/ will not survive july

say it with me
ABANDONWARE

>>529299186
I doubt a weak lil' level 1 gobbo would have worked as a fully fledged companion able to fight psionic squids and shit, but fuck she should have been a camp follower at the very least.

>>529299954
>last thread was 6 hours shy of 5 hours long.

>>529299436
As long as you dont pick wild magic barb she should be fine.

Looking up melee class mods is pure pain.
>so my class mod is blood themed and they dual wield longswords and they generate stacks so they can do finishers and the weapons are coated in fire and they start with a hood so they look cool and they

>>529283349
isn't that the joke? Shart is looking at the camera sourly because she can't swim

>>529266801
What’s weird is that in DOS2, the game BG3 is a reskin of, stealing works normally and organically with respect to small delays in realization and being able to steal red stuff when in a different room from the owner(s). So they intentionally ruined it.

>>529298780
If this is the last thread, let it be known that i love Shadowheart.

>>529298780
If this is the last thread, let it be known that i hate minthara.

https://www.twitch.tv/neilnewbon

neil doing cazador

why do people early access shit

Is there a mod that gives paladins some other element of smite?
I find it odd that my bladesinger/paladin is hitting enemies with a shadow blade that explodes with radiance.

>>529302267
You cant have a character hate a race of people like that these days

>>529303080
uh who is shadowheart who hate gith

>>529303129
Ok, you cant have a character that hate a race of people that look like jews.
Gith have no nose so they get a pass.

Missionary with Astarion

>>529303260
nah its just yet another example of shart being the writer's pet, she's allowed to do what other characters can't

>>529298454 (OP)
>patreon
>charging money for AI images

>>529303260
Astarion hates gnomes

>>529303340
Shart's distate for Gith is mainly based on the fact that she sees any Gith as someone that threaten her mission by wanting to take back the artifact, so she's essentially using that as an excuse to shit on Lae'zel at every opportunity.
She also saw all her companions get killed by Gith.

And they also fucked with her mind before the mission, so it wouldn't surprise me if they also dipped in some Gith racism because why the fuck not.
>she's allowed to do what other characters can't
Astarion not liking gnomes is pretty established

>>529275068
My camera accidentally angled up in camp and I briefly saw a huge void of black, no sky. I don't know if this game has a skybox...

I'm coming into this game from a /tg/ background, and I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around it. The DnD style mechanics make sense, but I'm dying all over the place in the early game and it's demotivating. My instincts that the game will be balanced around my party is basically incorrect, and it's very easy to walk into unwinnable situations while undergoing exploration. There is no human GM giving me direction on how to progress more evenly, or suggesting tasks that are more my speed. Challenges just exist in the world and some of them are brutally more than I'm ready for.

Does anyone have advice for how to approach playing this game so that I have a better time at it?

>>529306680
Are you playing on tactician or something?

>>529304034
Bleak fucking future

>>529306680
It's very easy on a first playthrough to run into encounters that are too difficult for your level, simply due to bad luck. Just go somewhere else until you're stronger. You can basically hit level 4 with nothing but non-combat XP, at which point you should be better prepared for most of Act 1.

Is mono hexblade really that bad like people say?

Struggling to ever think why would I play a Tome/Chain Pact warlock over a Blade, even without being a Hexblade.
>>529306680
Take advantage of heights, gravity is the strongest element in BG3.

>>529302309
The only good class mod is that one that adds "Gobbomancy" that lets you summon goblin minions.

>>529308862
Tome gets haste I guess?
Call lighting is also good for conserving their limited spell slots.
Chain is hot garbage though.

>>529306680
lower the difficulty

>>529308826
Look at it this way, the best physical attacker is the TB Monk. After that it's a hasted Fighter in difficulty modes lower than Honor. After that it's Fighter (Honor) tied with any extra attacking multiclass in difficulty modes under Honor, with Paladin mixes leading for smite damage. Right after that would be where pure Hexblade, Paladin, and Swords Bard (purely melee, no CC) would be, as they all have different usable smites.

>3800 votes
>21 wyll
cobsonbros?

>>529308826
No its not bad. Shadow blade is stupidly good.
They also get booming blade natively.
Resonance stone makes it almost unfun strong.

>>529308826
No, they get upcasted SB, they're good. I hit for around 80 per hit in act 3, and attack with it thrice (2 attacks and Belm). The specters and the armor of Hexes are pretty worthless features, but hitting this kind of damage while also having Eldritch Blast for ranged and for psychic immune enemies, on top of usable CC and AoE and also a couple of summons (Elemental and Mummy) makes for a really strong character.

>>529298780
rip

>>529298780
Soon we will infect /crpgg/ with our degeneracy!

>>529313781
Laezel would never shove someone off of a cliff.
She much prefers to feel her blade slip into flesh.

>>529296016
thats incorrect my character is a male he just has long hair which is common among male elves

>>529306680
Everything in Act 1 is doable with a lv 4 party so if you are getting wrecked, I'd just take it slow, talk to every NPC, loot everything, and get to lv 5 before doing fights so that you have an advantage.

Buy more health potions too. Early game, you have bonus actions but can't do much except drink potions so it's a good excuse to heal yourself every turn.

>>529316256
I dunno, I have seen some mannish face mods for the strong type females.

>>529302565
based
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtGXo9PrTVo

>extra encounters and minibosses
literal dogshit mod which adds some dude weed lmao hippy couchdads donut steel oc garbage

>>529325708
frog

>>529324524
what

>save minthy
>tell her to gtfo
>she dies to the shadow curse
kek

i feel like a jew rigging this shit so hard

you said that i was going to lose my honor run on the gith patrol or Grym and i`ve now beaten them both, whats your next prediction

>>529316384
>I dunno
tard

I'm so annoyed. First honor mode run, third attempt. Finally taking on the goblin camp. I go to free Halsin, but during the conversation decide I want to back out of the conversation and pull the lever to start the fight. So I choose the do-nothing dialogue option. This agros Halsin, and after killing all the goblins and worgs, who were allied to me for some reason and wouldn't agro at all, I knock Halsin out non-lethal. But the game still considers him dead. So very, very annoyed.

Missionary with Astarion

>>529331729
in my attempt Halsin fled the castle before i had a chance to talk to him. he immediately left after i defeated the three leaders, i didn`t even long rest

>>529332596
I'm gonna miss out on that side quest to cleanse the shadow curse and fix that oliver kid or whatever now. Just so fucking annoyed because there was no option to say "okay that's nice brb"

>>529332886
>"okay that's nice brb"
Wasnt he getting hit by rocks at that time?
Maybe not the best time to walk away.

>minthara becomes a mindbroken slave
>shadowheart becomes a mindbroken slave
who copy pasted this slop story?

I have the child murdering mod. I also have Gale to be Orin's target.
My question is, should I kill Yenna? I'm tired of her appearing but I am worried something will break if I do kill her.

>>529331729
I finished an honor run and it didn’t pop or give me the dice. I will die mad.

>>529330772
>didn't beat them underleveled
you didnt beat them

>shadows are weak to light
>but are resistant to fire which is a source of light

>>529336494
retard

>>529336494
magic rules
fire magic =/= light magic

if you play as shart can you give yourself up to viconia and lose the game there?

no but you can give yourself to halsin and win

halsins corpse is in front of the grove though

not in shadowheart's playthrough

>>529336317
i was undeleveled, Grym was at level 10 and i was only level 6

>lesbian
>loses to hentai tentacle
really makes you think

>>529339897
Can I kill her to get the slayer form while still allowing Shart to become a dark justiciar?

>>529335035
No one else tried to kill her? A-anyone with experience in this kind of thing to tell me if this is a bad idea or not?

>>529338337
Shitposting aside, she'd probably ignore the grove conflict and get btfo in the mountain pass

>>529326276
I think he's schizophrenic.

>>529326276
He's talking about a mod being bad. Kind of weird to bring up unprompted but I've done that kind of thing myself before.

>>529341812
It's even weirder because the mod does exactly what it say: add extra encounters and minibosses. You don't like the encounters? Just skip them or don't even install the mod.

>>529333881
Orin, Minthara, Shart, Asty, and Lazy all share a similar story in the game. They're all mindbroken slaves to an abuser figure who either get help to escape or get ruined further/die.

Wyll has a similar story too, though he's less of a mindbroken slave but it's still an abuser story that he either gets help escaping or he's worse off.

The entire game is abusive authority figures mistreating the protagonists, and you either escape or get ruined by it. If you're playing as Durge, it even applies to you as well.

Meanwhile Jaheira and Minsc are spectators at the circus.

>>529341959
I can only assume he was trying to get people to talk about it. I haven't tried it as yet so I don't really have anything to say on the matter.

>>529342106
Sounded more like he had some personal grudge against the creator. Which I don't really care about or care to learn anything of, all I know is the mod is inoffensive and adds more encounters.

Tell me there's a way to get rid of Gale's poison aura

>>529341110
its either isobel or your love interest aylin is for shart only

>>529341592
i would imagine she would not recruit any allies and run off to the mountains, without the ability to read tirsu she would be ambushed and killed by the gith

>>529342829
Wait what? What does killing Isobel have to do with Shart killing Aylin?

>>529342591
While we're on the subject of the mod, I wanted to ask if it's purely combat encounters or do "encounters" include roleplay/non-combat content? It doesn't really say on the mod page.

>>529343153
I'm at the end of Act 2 and they've all been instant-aggro combat. Which kind of makes sense, text-only dialogue or God forbid AI slop would have been jarring.

>>529343153
Just battle content.
The additional enemies mod adds in extra generics that sometimes cause two regular encounters to chain together, for example the hook horrors mostly all aggro together with the wizard.
>>529342591
I think the guy is referring to the duelist fight, when is dumb and gay.

>>529343625
There are actually two of those. I wasn't sure if I was missing some trick with the second one just mirroring damage, but I was about to long rest anyway so I didn't really give a shit.

What's /bgg/'s beef with Halsin? Is it because he’s a hot man and most people on that sub are straight men? Is it because he’s a poly socialist? Is it because he’s a chill, emotionally mature guy who politely asks if you’re down to fuck and then backs off the moment you say no? What is their problem?

There are companions I don’t personally vibe with either, but I’ve never felt the need to make rant posts about how they should’ve never been included or how they should be replaced with random, less-hot NPCs. (Like, really? People said Kagha should’ve replaced him? If it’s the redemption angle they want, we already have like three of those with the female companions, done better and with more interesting personalities.)

>>529343918
they got mindbroken by spammers on /v/

>>529342829
Ooooh I was misreading the wiki then. Is there a specific point where I kill isobel? I certainly don't want to kill her at the start of Act 2.

>Long resting infrequently to save supplies
>Long rest so infrequently I miss Astarian attacking me at night, he just tells me he's a vampire in conversation
>Mouse over long rest button
>2200 camp supplies

I should long rest more often, shouldn't I?

>>529345034
You are not forced to talk to her as far as I remember, could save it right before you do the nightsinger part.

>>529345214
Yeah, I cant recall the last time I had camp supply shortages.

>>529343918
Shadowbaby likes him more than their ugly Tav

>conveniently forgetting about meeting voss or raphael
hmmmmmmmm

>>529345214
It helps out if you're chugging strength potions

>>529345787
Yes like him and his Karen haircuts

Every time I pick great weapon master or sharpshooter at level 4 I regret it.

>>529347331
Are you blessing? Did you pick the associated fighting style beforehand? Not doing either of these will make you hate those feats early on.

>>529347719
Only one of the fighting styles even gives hit rate
Also,
>implying every party comp drags a blesser around

>>529347331
learn to toggle that shit off man, especially with GWM. its definitely less punishing on sharpshooter cause you're most likely using dual crossbows

will there be a bg4 by larian

Gf was getting turned on by me playing durge because "normally you're so sweet and loving, seeing you be aggressive and merciless is kinda hot." Should I be concerned bros

>>529349248
no

>>529349304
>Should I be concerned bros
Only if you are not into spanking and choking during sex.

>>529349304
>he doesn't know

>>529349518
how do you know

>>529349832
the bald guy said so

>wake up in the middle of the night
>turn to spoon with Shaddy
>she's not there
probably out for a late night swim

>>529350235
haha i also laugh at the same cuck joke for two years straight

>>529351116
based

joke?

>Light cantrip: Until long rest duration
>cast it on armor
>20 turns remaining
?

>>529351116
based

The mod for the Elementalist class is pretty fun.
The subclasses dont really feel like they come from the same class though.

this weekend i
1. got hit on by gangsters
2. threw up
3. showed my bg3 character to a gay guy in a club

>>529353252
sounds like a fun adventure I doubt the gay guy would care unless you play as a half orc though

>>529351690
>As of Hotfix #25, this spell grants the full Until Long Rest condition duration only when cast on a character. Objects like scenery or gear items lit up while on the ground receive 20 turn condition duration instead.

Shadowheart stinks

Oh shadowheart what does he have that I don't???

Jennifer English said Shadowheart wants to fuck Lae'zel and Karlach more than anyone else in the party. Stop slandering a lesbian queen

>>529352971
I love him

>>529353850
yeah he did not care but he asked

This general is not your personal diary.

>>529354490
What does Shadowheart smell like?

Dear diary, I walked in on 529355760 sucking dicks again. He looked up at me and said GLARK GLARK GLARK SHAODWHEART AND HALSIN GLARK GLARK, same as last time.

>>529356451
sounds like my last tuesday

>>529356374
your pussy

how do I unlock this scene?

>>529357292
visit the brothel in the upper city

>>529356374
The earthy scent of Halsin's balls all around her face
Goodberry with a hint of almost chlorine, on her breath
Wet bear fur around her hips and legs

>shart too drunk to bone at goblin camp party
>tell her we missed our chance to connect
>she hasnt visited me since we longrested at rosymorn

is it over for me

>>529357961
try long resting in the regular act 1 map

>>529359676
I hope its a bath

>>529359815
if only shadowheart was real

>>529343918
It's because he's a dumpy gay goblin's self-insert writer's pet with nothing but positive qualities but is actually a gay rapist who should never be allowed near children.
Remember, ALWAYS throw rocks at funny-looking bears in cages.

>>529360720
theres a shadowheart in every cheap motel

>>529361452
okay.

why does the wiki claim that ramazith's tower & the szarr palace are in the upper city when they're in the lower city?

rate my drowfu

>>529362269
the game is a scam

>>529362269
>they're in the lower city?
they're not, you can access them from the lower city but the buildings are in the upper city.

>>529362269
There is an ENTRANCE to the Szarr Palace in the Lower City, but the actual palace is beyond the wall separating Lower and Upper.

Ramazith's Tower is also in Upper City. The magic shop you visit isn't a gigantic tower, silly.

maybe they'll finish it in two or three more years

>>529362501
Cute, this is your guardian right? What's your tav look like?

Glut is such an ungrateful fuck.

>>529360720
>sounds like abuse
I was always afraid to pick this dialogue option, because I was convinced this is going to carpet bomb my approval with her, but no, it's mandatory to instill a crisis of faith in her. In general this whole "Nightsong points" shit is a minefield that's almost impossible to figure out without a guide.

>>529365854
You could just drop the spear if you want to skip story stuff.

>>529365854
>it's mandatory
no it isnt retard

is there anything funny that happens if i just ignore wargaz and activate the self-destruct mechanism in rosymorn without speaking to vlaakith and going inside the artifact

>>529362501
Drow have red eyes, that's just a night elf.

I'm having frame drops

>>529369513
Drow have eyes that from silver to purple to baby blue. IIRC Liriel Baenre had golden eyes. They are just usually portrayed with red eyes because evil.

>>529369652
Stop dropping things then.

Does Mol deserve life?

>>529369513
Only loth sworn do. She is Eilistraee drow.

>>529371524
There is no such thing as Lolth-sworn drow. They are just drow. This Lolth-sworn vs Seldarine is something that Larian pulled out of their asses.
Danifae Yauntyrr had silver eyes, and she was literally Lolth's Chosen.

second honour mode playthrough complete.
and this time without force crashing the game when I would get an outcome I didn't like

>encounter an obvious siren ambush
>sneak around a bit
>the sirens don't seem to actually be present on the map as physical entities
>walk a little bit further
>harpies spawn and get a jump on me
>one even spawns in a spot I JUST walked on
I don't enjoy Larian encounter design. Also, every fucking bandit and goblin seem to be carrying around a flask, or grenade or some sort which creates a hazardous "surface" on impact. Or an arrow with a fucking grenade strapped to it. They're going overboard with the "surfaces". I'd like to be able to have a combat encounter sometimes, which can be resolved with good ol' attack dice rolls. I get it, it's "clever" to use your environments in combat, and like shove enemies into pitfalls etc. But it feels really unnatural when enemies are just carrying the "environments" in their pockets, and can just pull them out any time.

>>529375810
>harpy spawns
You failed stealth. If you were stealthed and got close, you'd roll for a Perception check to see the harpies in their starting positions. This goes for most ambush fights in general.

>surfaces
You might've had a case during beta but the current state is the Wizards Approved(TM) toned-down version of elemental surfaces, the way Wizards deems acceptable for a D&D game.

>>529376358
>you'd roll for a Perception check to see the harpies in their starting positions
No, you don't get it. They're not stealthed on their starting positions. They only spawn in combat. They're not physically present on the map. Except maybe the one on the very top. And to get to that one unnoticed, I would've had to walk across her cone of vision in broad daylight. Which is... not impossible with an invisibility spell/potion, I guess. But that would be a luxury at this point in the game. If it's even available yet.
>the Wizards Approved(TM) toned-down version of elemental surfaces
Oh, yeah, I don't doubt that. I tried DOS2 before, but couldn't get into it. And it was much worse back then. I still think it's a bit too much. A group of bandits would rush me with their clubs and axes in hand, not throw grenades into the room I'm in, like it's WW2.

>>529376712
There is no honour in war, only winning.

>>529349304
anon did astarionsisters teach you nothing about the dark triad

>>529365854
The game isn't really out there to trick or punish you for picking the "wrong" dialogue option - there are very few, obvious ways to tank approval through dialogue. Regardless, approval is largely inconsequential beyond certain (low) thresholds, aside from earning you softer greetings. Roleplay is what matters. It isn't unexpected to gently push against Shadowheart's beliefs at some point, unless your character is just a doormat or a fool who completely agrees with Sharran rhetoric.

I still think that "Shadowheart" is a really stupid name. And the game acknowledges that by saying that Shart was bullied by other Shar kids for picking this idiotic name. Nice one, Swen.

>>529377342
It's a cool fantasy name. Not any worse than (Sylvanas) Windrunner, (Tyrande) Whisperwind, or (Maiev) Shadowsong.

>>529354231
why though

>>529377606
Yeah, but it sounds like some 14-year-old's idea of a cool, edgy name. Which again, makes sense for Jen trying to pose as an egelord, even though she's fundementally the most kindhearted girl in the Realms.
I wish she actually got back to her real name in Act 3, but I get that would be a pain in the ass to implement, with every line in the game having to be re-recorded to acknowledge this change.

Talking about Shadow Blade, why no one ever mentions Sorcadin? Just like Bladesinger and Hexblade they get to upcast Shadow Blade to max power, are they really that outclassed by Bladesinger and Hexblade? I think they should be pretty solid.

>>529378460
It is solid.
downsides of it are assuming you want paladin's extra attack it'll be by level 12 before you can fully upcast a shadowblade and you'll have less spell slots than a 2 paladin/10 bladesinger with the upsides being the paladin auras you can get at level 6 paladin.

I think you can get the hound summon at level 6 shadow sorcerer which could be fun with the build.

>>529377342
in my localization they translated 'Shadow' as Umbra and heart as 'soul'. Still weird but it sound more of a name.

>>529382670
The most retarded translation of "Shadowheart" is hands down the Polish one. Not only is it a mouthful, it's not even a name.

Okay, I've successfully added the miniboss for the new Drunken Cloth acquisition, and all his abilities are working. Now I just need to test the fight a million times to fine-tune the difficulty.

>hoard psychic resistance elixirs for the final fight
>don't need a single one

>speak to zrell with minthy
>nothing happens
???

>>529389405
What business would the loyal True Soul Minthara have with Z'rell? They're both on the same page.

>>529377606
There's nothing cool about shadowheart, garrosh hellscream is a 10/10 fantasy name know the difference

For a long time I was furious after I discovered her true feelings for him
Shaking, couldn't look her in the eye, wouldn't enter dialogue with her
But more and more, I find myself... wanting it. Those feelings of betrayal turning into a passion.
Yes... I want her to be with him, with "H". I want to know that she leaves my tent for his.
I... want to thank him for it even

>>529394028
not funny

>>529382670
>my localization
lmao so its true

>>529394443
not funny

>>529391420
>same page
Z'rell's a smug dick in general. Makes you want to punch her in the face for existing. She'd be extra smarmy with Minthara.

>>529394028
>>529394443
cute and canon

>>529394028
>>529394443
funny

>>529400704
halsin should have been an origin character

the people here have unironically made me enjoy the game less

>>529400947
No the Shart's cuck writer did that.

>>529377342
>And the game acknowledges that by saying that Shart was bullied by other Shar kids for picking this idiotic name.
I think the other Sharrans bullied her for not being "worthy" of the name, as she's a shitty Sharran and the name implies she's actually a competent Sharran.
Other Sharrans have also odd names
>Owltalon
>Bluenail
The other companions however bully her for the name, even (You) can bully her for it when you meet on the Nautiloid.

>>529400704
Y-yes sir, if you please, I have bathed h-her... Shaddy... and she's ready for you
if there's anything you two need I will be there ready to *swallows hard* help however I can, sir-- I mean, Daddy

uh oh looks like Tav's getting some goodberry pie tonight

>>529401173
She is very bulliable. I usually kill her after the lae'zel confrontation. I don't tolerate assassins in my camp.

>>529400704
How can anons compete

>>529400853
based

I really don't understand halsins appeal. Probably because I am neither a cuck or gay but he seems to be just a very shallow goody two shoes characters with no quirks or interesting qualities. The most interesting thing that happens to him is that he gets to fuck off for act 3.

>>529402893
He doesn't have any appeal, he was astroturfed by a relatively small number of gay gooner redditors, and is now spammed here by the same class of person.

>>529402893
>Probably because I am neither a cuck or gay
god forbid women have a strong & handsome daddy to pamper them

>>529402893
t. shadowheartfag

>>529403402
Most women are into astarion. Probably because he ticks more fetish boxes and he is actually one of the very few decently written companions.

>>529403628
Those aren't women.

>>529403517
Sorry, I don't romance hags unless they have strong mommy energy. I would sooner romance Minthara than shart.

>>529403786
I know who's behind this post

>>529403786
>I would sooner romance Minthara
yeah retard we know, go lose another argument to AI

>>529403628
Most "women'' are into astarion

>>529401173
RIP to Umbral Spleen and Dark Liver.

>>529402736
Your list is trash and you should feel bad. I what world tempest cleric and storm sorcerer aren't S+ and death cleric and moon druid is? The listing seem random or based on personal preference rather than mechanical strength.

>>529403894
el judios are at it again.

>>529401173
It's pretty hypocritical to give her shit for her name if you call yourself The Dark Urge. You are both named like you are bdsm whores.

>>529405924
only NPCs don't give their durge an actual name

>>529400853
>days without projecting your shit onto the frog: 0

>>529406120
That's his real canonical name though. Whatever other name you give durge is just what you tell people to call you since you are really embarrassed for people to know how your daddy named you.

>>529400853
Nobody can resist goodberries

>>529402893
The heart wants what the heart wants. Shaddy is hard-coded as Halsin's soul mate.

>>529406561
>That's his real canonical name though.
no it's not, not a single character calls you dark urge yet they talk about your dark urges 24/7, what's canon is whatever the player picks as a name, tav isn't the default character's canon name, don't be a drone

>>529407010
You haven't played as the dark urge or you are a retard. When you start the game and you try to remember you name the narrator goes "The Dark Urge".

>>529406749
that's Astarion though

imagine naming your kid "the dark urge" lmao

Oak Father preserve us all.

if lae'zel was born from an egg who gave her her name

>>529407890
Her Vash probably.

>>529407689
Bhaal is an edgy motherfucker. Like who gets to choose his portfolio and picks "murder".

>>529408170
he didn't get to pick actually. bane picked tyranny, myrkul picked death, and poor bhaal took whatever was left

>>529408328
only halsin has seen them on shart

>>529408518
it was probably the streamer mode censor thingy because they opted for skin colored underwear

>>529408510
He seems pretty satisfied with his portfolio though.

>>529409148
legitimately funny. didn't expect this. It seems in line with larians humor as well.

thinking about Shadowheart`s feet

>>529412885
her letting me suck her toes while the archdruid Halsin mounts her vigorously

I still don't get the goodberry meme

>>529408170
He was a assassin, he picked what he knew best.

Who would be the natural leader of the group without you the custom character? I say Gale. Laezel is too crazy and blood-crazed, everyone would leave her.

Missionary with Astarion

>>529406749
Seriously? That's obviously Lae'zel. I mean look at this shit. Could the devs be any more fucking biased?

>>529415652
Gale or Wyll.
Wyll's sole problem is the Mizora thing, but no one wants to boot him off the party because it.
Whereas with Gale, some companions do take offense with the fact that he has a bomb in his chest.

>>529415098
It came from a copypasta about Halsin changing Shaddy's scent when he unloads in her. From there it became Halsin's cum being basically goodberry, and him making a "goodberry pie" in Shaddy like the whole creampie thing. Then they would get Tav to eat it, sometimes by him just eager to and sometimes using mind control spells.

>>529415098
Mfmmmmm

it odd the general had no copypastas for at least a week and now they're suddenly being spammed again

>>529415652
the group would have no leader

>>529418018
>let's task the guy with a nuke inside his tummy to lead us what could possibly go wrong :))))

>>529415652
Gale would talk a lot and make "suggestions" and sometimes run off by himself but he's no leader. Wyll's most definitely the next likely candidate.

they took Isobel. Cringe imp literally used flight to bypass 6+ people and hit her

i`m casting Invisibility on everyone and bailing out of here

>>529422694
You have a cleric in your party no? Clerics are the guys that cast sanctuary and turn undead and other funny stuff like that.

>>529423237
yeah im retarded, i was actually thinking about just healing her but i cleared all mobs in the upper floor quickly, i didn`t think the imp in the floors bellow would be capable of such a maneuver

>>529400947
I wouldn't call the stubborn wastes of oxygen that still schizopost after two years "people." In general, you shouldn't let others affect your perception of a work. That's something normalfags do.

To be honest its quite a skill issue from Isobel to simply stay out there in the open when literal demons can swoop in and take her at any moment

So I accidentally agro'd halsin, knocked him out, game treated him as if he died, continued the game as normal. Two long rests later, Halsin is in my camp, hostile, knocked out at 1 HP. Tried healing him, didn't wake him up. What do I do with this?

>>529424743
Kill him and hide the body?

>>529424803
I have considered attempting to kill him and res him, but I'm not sure that's wise yet.

>>529424904
Res him at Withers will probably work

>>529425010
He's not actually been in my party yet, still act 1.

>>529424365
>literal demons
They are undead and an aberration.

WHY is my rogue bad at spotting traps but great at disarming them?! Is a mechanic bad at identifying broken parts on a engine?

>>529425072
no just black phenotype

At least i casted Sanctuary on Jaheira on my way out i hope she makes it out alive

Am I a pussy if I don't fight the goblins outside the prison on my way back after saving the bear-dude?

>>529426519
she didn`t make. I will never forgive myself for this fiasco

>>529426829
You basically have to kill all of them unless you wanted to take their side and attack the grove. Most people here double dip and kill everything.

>>529425072
oi blud that birds a proper nobunigga innit m8

>dreams of halsin
>then fucks him
isn't it interesting sharters always project the whoreness of their waifu onto others

no, I honestly find it more interesting that for years a 40 year old half elf has obsessed you to the point of forcing you to literally change your digital identity

>there's no way there's more than one guy calling me a retard, it HAS to be changing identity
lol

Karlach will never have sex again....

>>529429725
what are you talking about karlach is destroying my prostate as we speak

>>529429258
Its okay when women dream about other women.

>>529429725
i made sure to romance karlach in my halfling playthrough so she can hit that bussy as much as she likes

>>529425824
Different skills.
They can be, yes.

>>529425824
diagnosis is a different skill set to replacing parts

>>529425824
>why is this cook so good at making a steak, but he can't rear a cow??

can someone please explain the whole "hyena ear" thing

>the default is for shart to not kill nightsong
gay

shar is voiced by a tranny isn't "she"

>>529435879
Yes the nightsong is gay.

>>529435879
default is kill but the bar to spare her so low it might as well be.

>>529435879
She kills the Nightsong by default. Granted, the requirements for her not going forward with it are easily met if you haven't neglected her, but that's not her default.

Don't cause another "debate" with him

Scorcher of Souls on Hard was tough, I didn't rest after Hepzamirah/Baphomet just to see if I could manage it.
The lich power "Deadly Magic" is really powerful but there's a couple of issues I need to keep in mind:
1) if it's on and I cast something like Siphon Time, then the "no magic casting" affects everyone, companions and enemies alike.
2) it's only three rounds and it stays on so it's REALLY easy to just lose it all pointlessly.
3) I always forget to use it since it needs a bit of care to use and I have so many other things. But man is it powerful.
Scorcher of Souls starts at like 70 AC and his first round he sunbursts you, most likely blinding everyone. Second round is this Fire Storm/Sirocco combo that is absolutely devastating. I flew through Hepzamirah and her crew, basically everything here in Colyphyr mines, but this action by him takes out 3-4 people pretty much without recourse. Woljif has Seamantle, Daeran has a Ring of Evasion and pretty high Dex but my KC, Cam, and Nenio are essentially guaranteed to go down.
Not sure how I'd do it without Deadly Magic honestly. I suppose go rest up and pile on some fire immunity/resistance, communal stoneskin and hope for the best, even at the least getting to the downed KC with a raise dead/resurrect in time. Likely too far negative to come back with a single breath of life/inspiring recovery.
Whew, I'd say that's been the toughest fight so far in the game. AND now we get to level before heading back to the Nexus, fuck yeah.

Side note: I really fucking hate the way Dispelling works in this game. It's amazing to me that protections and stripping protections/debuffs is somehow 10x better in oldBG from 25 years ago. Is this an Owlcat thing or a PF thing?

>>529435879
that's a good thing, shar shart is obnoxious and terribly written just like every single shar-related thing in this game

>>529428458
lae'zel is a canonical monster fucker. there are no maidens in this game. the retarded minthara dror ragzlin posts have no basis though. she comes across like a dyke if anything

>>529437982
>I know I would

>>529437982
>he took his name off again

>>529438323
that makes it sound like devil seduction is some strange cultural obligation. she doesn't try to lay with wyll in game though. as far as i know shart is the only companion she outright propositions for sex

what is the point of rogue when its so easy to pick any lock and disarm any trap in existence in this game

>>529441313
There are a lot of dc 30 locks, but its easier to have a camp follower use knock on those. Pickpocketing is pretty important though.

>>529441476
I've not really done any pickpocketing in the game. How important is it?

>>529443005
You can easily acquire everything in the game

>>529443005
Stole everything from this bitch >>529425072 and Esther.

>one handed
>7-14 damage
>two handed
>7-16 damage
the hell? Is +1 damage on average worth it over carrying a child for +2 AC?

>>529443092
How come the person you pickpocketed sometimes looks around the area for the thief? Do you just always run away after stealing to be safe?

>>529443360
>carrying a child

>>529443627
I teleport back to camp for 2 minutes

>>529441476
I am not a black person so ive never stole anything from any character and never will. Its just not in character much how i will never kill an innocent character just to get their EXP even if there are no consequences

>>529443627
>>529443783
You can hide too just keep some distance.

>>529443901
>Oath of Autism

>>529443901
I crack open every skull and drink the precious EXP stored inside.

>>529443901
Stealing from slave owning Duergar isn't wrong. They probably fuck those cute little Gnome asses like the one on Thulla.

>>529443360
GWM's flat 10 damage bonus only applies to weapons wielded with both hands. It is typically more valuable than the +2 AC a shield provides.

>>529445104
but i picked Savage Attacker instead

>>529445379
Savage Attacker is superior to GWM for classes like Paladin and Rogue who can throw a lot of dice. But outside of these cases, two-handed builds are superior to one-handed ones, damage-wise, because of GWM. And that's before accounting for GWM's BA attack on a kill or crit, which further widens the gap. One-handers remain competitive in BG3 because of good options like Duelist's Prerogative or Belm, but you only get these when the game is already almost over.

>>529444214
Can you blame them?

why didn't the harpers just keep using fire to keep the dark away once isobel's shield fell? a single regular torch works outside the shield.

>>529447963
There are two locations where the dark is too evil and strong for torches, the town, and the basement under Last Light (and the building outside it's connected to). So one could assume as soon as the bubble collapsed the village was overtaken with the intense shadow from the basement.
Pretty shitty place to set up their bubble, honestly.

schizo karlach saying we need to meet Damnon even though we already met him and saw him get turned into a zombie together with the rest at the inn

Why doesn't Isobel, a seasoned Cleric, cast Sanctuary on herself to stay out of harm's way? Is she stupid?

>>529448790
>Is she stupid?
Yes

>>529377342
Fun fact: Swendlers kid got bullied at school because his dad released a faggot simulator with implied pedophilia.

>>529446558
I don't know all that much about BG3, but I'm well versed in D&D 5e, Savage Attacker's rerolls only apply to the weapon dice themselves, not to added dice like smite and sneak attack. Is this different in BG3?

>>529449760
https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Savage_Attacker

>>529448298
>Selune (a God) cannot protect you from the dark
>random girlboss Pixie can
Bravo

>>529450115
Sneak attacks but not smites? Lame.

>gnome durge
kino

>>529452807
NAT TWENTY OH MY GOD NAT TWENTY WOOOOOOO

>>529453940
yaaaaay

>>529454662

>5
>You will never know what it's like to have a 10 year D&D group that you literally molded and groomed over the years
>Verification not needed

>>529455072
?

>>529339386
thats not underleveled lmao
if youre level 5 youre already on level
if anything you were overleveled

>>529455331
Pea's kind of a shitty name innit?

I dropped the gnome WMD on ketheric and he only took 10 damage

>>529458271
So "Fifty wizards high on the weave" amounts to 10 damage........

>>529457259
the fuck are you on about

>>529458271
turns out heckin science cannot defeat the divinity

>>529435879
The default choice without player intervention is to kill Nightsong. There's a hidden "nightsong points" system, and if you don't collect nightsong points, she kills NIghtsong: >>527979260

The feet slot for gear has as much competition as the special Olympics.
>frontline melee gets Boots of Persistence
>Nere's goes on whoever, and stays the whole game
>the other party members get fucked

>>529460537
uhh based on le wiki p sure I had only 1 from the gaunlent and she chose to spare nightsong when I picked the let sharty decide option twice

I only ever protected the Tiefling kids out of expected morality, but I genuinely hate those fuckers. Not even doing any commentary.

>>529459176
Your name is pea. If that isn't pathetic, what is? I say this with no malice or stakes. I don't know you and I don't care. But seriously, "Pea" Small green bean seed? That's you? Serious?

>>529465372
For those that don't know, the D&D 5e prequel to Balduur's Gate 3 is Descent into Avernus, a Fifth Edition campaign. The tieflings in the druid grove are HUMANS who were corrupted by Hell. They are not natural tieflings, but victims of their circumstance. The tieflings in the grove are no different from wyll if you spare Karlach.

>No verification needed
Naturally

>>529465848
I'm not sure what relevance that is supposed to have.

>>529465906
It is relevant, Sir Garithos, in that despite their pointy ears, they are not elves.

>>529465848
the moral thing for them to do is to kill themselves

>>529466254
The noble thing would have been to stay in Avernus and dedicate themselves to purging the Hells, like Hellboy or something.

>>529466337
another valid point but instead they turn to crime

>>529448790
I was going to post just that

i hope i can cure these poor villagers of the shadow curse somehow. Maybe Shadowheart`ts Remove Curse works

>according to the wiki Elixir of Heroism stacks with the statue
I am ready to never fail a saving throw ever again (barring a 1).

>>529466254
>>529466337
The Eltureleans were just simple NPCs who got caught up in galactic level bullshit. It is the players, the PCs who foiled the goals of Zariel and the Avernus generals. In the grand scheme of things Elturel was ultimately irrelevant in the Blood War, a conflict between the barest string of order and chaos in the least ordered or chaotic place in the planescape. Endless death and war for literally no purpose, in the first level of Hell. Can there be no more appropriate punishment than to experience such a thing? Apparently Avernus is associated with wrath, but given Karlach's story I'd have assumed it was the plane of lust. Whatever.

Verification not needed.

>>529468927
Unacceptable.

>>529468908
It wasn't the villagers fault that they ate the grain, either.

Shadowheart's feet

>>529469173
Bro I was there when WC3 was in beta. I as -in- the beta. I never faulted Arthas. Dude got dealt a bad hand. The eltureleans also got dealt a bad hand, but the player character party saved their asses. I was there when literally fuckin' Baphomet was strolling through Elturel and had a hearty convo with my level 3 party in an Elturelean Inn. Those Tieflings deserve more than BG3 gives 'em, trust me. That being said, my canon table has killed Baphomet like four times. Dude's kind of a pussy.

companions didn`t seem particularly bothered about the destruction of the Inn by the shadows, nobody even mentioned it

>>529471689
They're literally ride or die. They have to worry about their own arcs and the tadpoles in their heads over just another mass casualty.

>>529471689
the game stops pretending that companions care about your evil decisions around act 2

>Minthara is into your heritage if you play as the Dark Urge
She is quite literally made for you.

I'm in the final fight in Act 3 and did they change the Call Your Allies option to being a bonus action or is that one of the many mods I have installed doing that? I didn't download any one that specifically does that

>>529476627
Still an Action last I checked.

>>529450352
It does work with Smites, it works with literally all damage rolls, even Elemental riders from gloves/amulets etc.
>>529446558
Add to the list Shadow Blade users too, 4d8 damage with advantage equals to an expected average damage boost of 5.2 with SA (10.4 with Resonance Stone)

>>529425072
Asterion assures me she has shitty blood for some reason, but I liked her smooth voice

>>529425072
sex with araj

>>529427890
I have killed them all inside the jail. Outside though, it's nearly impossible... just too much

>>529484004
I love clowns!

really thought that one had gone away, I should have known things never improve

do your job mintharatranny

>>529487106
is he the janny or just "attacks" posts he doesn't like

>>529486998
>>529484931
damnable roach

>>529487586
a little of both

>>529484787
It's actually pretty easy. You have a lot of easily accessible high ground and choke points. Plus most of the goblins are like lvl 1 or 2. If you get on high ground and focus on the warlock and the rangers the other will be easy pickings.

I wish we had a cute gnome companion.

>>529438323
yet minthara ends her relationship with you if you fuck mizora.

>You can only have 3 companions at the time in your party
>You can respec anytime for what amounts to pocket change
>You can also recruit hirelings at any point for pocket change
Why would you keep adding retards to your camp if you only need 3 and those can fill any role needed? Didn't DOSII just locked you out from the companions you didn't travel with after Act 1? It just makes more sense to just leave them be or plainly kill them than have them tag along in their starting gear until the end. It's not like they give free blowjobs or anything.

>>529490046
Larian was going to do the same in BG3 but people expressed they really didn't like losing companions like you did in DOS2 so they had to change shit to keep them. A lot of dialogues, bugs, romance glitches, Minthara sharing the same tent as Halsin, etc. come from the fact that Larian never planned to let you keep them all.

>trigger a fight in my camp for fun
>jaheira casts grasping vine
>gale hastes it(???)
>the vine now has movement speed and starts sliding around

>>529490168
Getting player feedback is really the worst thing you can do. Diluting your vision to please retards for a little while and displease everyone forever.

>>529490045
why are you so insecure? she's clearly not a dyke if she's attracted to wyll & astarion no one brought up cuckshit for once

>>529490608
low iq post

>>529490608
>displease everyone forever
You're not everyone.
DOS2 and its relatively smaller success is what Larian sticking to their vision looks like.
BG3's commercial success and mass appeal is the result of them listening to player feedback.

If you don't like it, you can make a "the real BG3" mod and get everybody to play it.

Whats with the non-namefag Minthara defending

>Tav's stomach gurgles
too much ... *hurrrk* too much goodberry pie
please Shaddy... Hals-- I mean, sir... no more...

>>529490804
>DOS2 and its relatively smaller success is what Larian sticking to their vision looks like.
BG3's commercial success and mass appeal is the result of them listening to player feedback.
No, its the result of having an 80 year old massively popular ip in a 50 year old massively popular setting and the name recognition of probably the most acclaimed crpg in history. Plus really high production values. It's easy to see for anyone with a basic understanding of game design that DOSII, although in reality an experimental game, is far better designed and more coherent than BG3.

>>529490804
>DOS2 and its relatively smaller success is what Larian sticking to their vision looks like.
larian also listened to a shitton of fan feedback during dos2's early access, they have literally always listened to the fans that's the entire point of their definitive editions lol

>>529491390
tav would say that

>>529491978
>that's the entire point of their definitive editions
BG3 definitive edition when?

>>529492226
you got new subclasses, photo mode & new epilogues that's a definitive edition+++

>>529492472
No, that's just patch 8. And I would have preferred to get bug fixes and dialogue corrections instead. Having character stuck walking in the air because you clicked jump on the wrong pixel stopped being funny after 100th time it happend.

>>529490608
To be fair, if it wasn't for the player feedback, BG3 would've been just a DivOS 2 reskin, with elemental surface spam, retarded second-person player dialogue and lolsorandom writing. First EA iteration of BG3 is a very different game from what we have gotten.

>>529493439
Pretty sure that was mostly due to WotC feedback rather than player feedback. I mean we still got plenty of elemental surfaces, retarded player dialogue(fully voiced!) and instead of lolsorandom writing we got gay gnomes and oh so brave trans tieflings. I wouldn't call that an improvement.

>>529494119
She was built for gentle rape

Remember then high elevation was granting you advantage?
I member. It made Astarion so insanely broken.

>>529494849
....
It still does.

>>529496485
...
no

All right, got the journal working as well.
All that's left to do now is fine-tune the miniboss' mechanics to make sure the fight isn't too easy.

>>529476627
if you become a mindflayer you can use bonus and normal actions interchangeably irc.

Pissi Cuckitini

>>529502665
>

Are achievements disabled if you continue playing in custom mode after you die in honour mode?

>>529504784
Only thing that disables achievements is mods IIRC.

You can't get the Honour Mode achievement either but you can get everything else in Custom/Easy mode.

Oh I guess if you want to nitpick, you probably can't get any of the other difficulty achievements (e.g. Tactician) in Customs either. But that one's obvious.

Should I look up a build guide at all if i have no idea what stats do or should i really just go in blind

>>529482413
Her blood, the blood of the entire House Oblodra, is "tainted" after they experimented and interbred with illithids, gaining psionics power in their lineage. "During the Times of Troubles, when magic was unpredictable, House Oblodra briefly became the most powerful house in Menzoberranzan." The house was eventually defeated by House Baenre, and I would have honestly expected more interactions with Minthara, even though she doesn't have any unique lines of dialogue in Moonrise Tower for some reason.

>>529502665
Maybe Shadowheart were the friends we've made along the way.

>>529518846
...holy fuck, that's some deep lore dive dating back to AD&D days. Given that WotC's official policy is "nothing prior to 5e lore matters", kudos for Larian for putting that shit in.

>Would you drink blood that has been tainted by ghaik genes?
>Dear Mintharafag, there is no language barrier

>>529513409
You get infinite respecs and outside of Honour Mode, you get infinite saves and retries, so you don't really lose out in dicking around.

>>529520854
>Given that WotC's official policy is "nothing prior to 5e lore matters"
The game literally makes multiple references to the events of the Bhaalspawn Crisis (BG1-2), the Times of Troubles before that, and even foundational lore, such as the Netherese empire (and how Karsus's Folly ended it), and how Gith disappeared and Vlaakith came to be. It's hardly some fan fiction detached from the established lore, no matter what the haters claim.

>>529513409
Every class except Rogue can get pretty busted later even just as a mono-class

The reason why Minthara has a man-looking face, the voice of a grandma (despite being a Drow) and the game doesn't allow you to out-dom her, was because they didn't want shart to have competition in the goth-gf category.

welp the gith anticipated me doublecrossing vlaakith and jumped me as soon as we got out of the planeshift thingy

is the whole base now aggro to me and I have to fight my way out?

>>529535003
yeah. none of them are stronger than the inquisitor though and you don't have to kill everyone to leave, just as long as you're out of the red zone.

>>529535003
yeah, kill them all

>>529535003
>welp the gith anticipated me doublecrossing vlaakith
Nah they just doubled crossed you as well.

>>529535003
Hope you like fighting about 50 overtuned fighters and wizards.

>>529536128
I do. I always cleanse the alien filth from the most holy monastery of the Dawnlord using his blood as an instrument of righteous vengeance. Haven't played as a cleric of lathander yet though. I should. It would be dope AF.

Are wild sorcerers only good for the memes?

>>529540434
pretty much. The thing they WOULD be good for is influencing rolls if it weren't for the fact that there are so many other ways to do that. The fact that deaconic bloodline for example gets permanent mage armor already blows WM out of the water

>>529540434
yes

>>529540708
>deaconic bloodline
Sounds cool. Could be a sorcerer that casts divine spells like a Favoured Soul.

I massively prefer this version of the Nightsong compared to Ailyn. Still a dyke though.

Itemization is shit

>>529542704
What does this even mean

>>529541442
Kek. It is a shame they added shadow sorcery as the final sorc subclass instead of the actually kino ones like aberrant mind or divine Soul

>>529543115
Few meaningful items and small amount of fluff to inflate the number of items in the game.

>>529543287
how do you get this dialogue

>>529543717
Right? Aberrant Mind would be so proper for this campaign.

Who the frog is "Ailyn"?

>>529544467
You have to at least finished Act 2 to post here.

>>529535003
>welp the gith anticipated me doublecrossing vlaakith and jumped me
SOMEBODY failed the Insight check from after you leave the Astral Prism.

>is the whole base now aggro to me
Yes.
>and I have to fight my way out?
Yes. Free loot! And exp!

>>529542704
Itemization is actually pretty good but not for the reasons that you would think. A lot of items used in combination allow for a variety of insane or whacky synergies, a lot of them are probably not intended.

>>529545524
>a lot of them are probably not intended.
Nah. weird synergies are Larians bread and butter. BTW did you know that you can create healing fire in BG3 like in DOS? It's probably not really useful but its there.

>>529544071
become a mindflayer and ignore Karlach

>>529546257
How does that work? I don't remember seeing anything that let you get >100% fire resistance to start getting healed. DOS2 had plenty of that shit but BG3 (and I'm guessing D&D 5e) just seemed to stop everything at 50% resistance.

shadow sorcerer could be cool tho
you start with the equivalent of devilsight and can see through darkness
give it direct damage spells that use shadow effects for spell slots 1-3 like a damaging mist and soul rip. your darkness spell radius is larger and slows any enemy caught instead it
then at level 6 add a passive that causes your shadow magic to deal double damage to any heavily obscured target/in darkness and another that adds a withering debuff effect to any enemy that has received damage from your shadow magic
then add a level 6 spell that darkens the entire battlefield for 2 turns and another level 6 spell that lets you shatter the soul and instantly kill any enemy with 30% hp or less remaining. if the spell kills, it does not consume a spell slot but it cannot be twincasted

>>529547298
I didn't mean getting healed by fire but creating healing fire by e.g. throwing a heal potion on a fire surface or blowing one up with a fire spell.

>>529548013
That's a thing? Wow. Does the healing potion convert the whole fire surface? Is it a heal over time while it's burning? How long does it last? Does it disappear on the first person touching it like a smashed healing potion?

>>529548368
Haven't really tested it much. I found out about it by mistaking a heal potion for alchemist fire and blowing it up with a firebolt. It created a surface equal to what the potion would create of healing fire that healed one creature for the same amount as the potion. I suspect that if the surface is created from another source then the healing effect could spread wider and last longer.

>>529542332
feet

>>529542332
Secret third option, where the Nightsong is still an aasimar of Selune but almost broken into worship of Shar. So killing her might be an attractive option to put her out of her misery. But then coming with you begins to heal her, because she's so traumatized that she can't remember any of the kindness from when she served Selune and loved Isobel.

>>529542332
>nightsong was an artificial being made to create darkness
>isobel was a ghost
>halsin iced isobel
>you could become a dark justiciar by making out with nightsong
I genuinely wonder how different the game would have been covid & the war in russia didn't slow the game's development, we basically lost an entire year of dev time

>>529550119
>So killing her might be an attractive option
>implying that killing the obnoxious bulldyke with anger management issues isn't an attractive option
>Implying that the only reason you keep her alive isn't because she is worth 5k gold.
Is she still a dyke? Then no. Plus Dame Ailyn shouldn't be an Aasimar. Aasimars are distant relatives of a deity not direct descendants. She is a Deva.

>>529549180
I don't see any mentions of healing fire in the wiki. Just clouds of healing potions like https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Potion_of_Healing_(cloud) where they say it's stops Burning. I'd test in-game if I was at my desktop right now but I can't.

>>529550725
How the fuck did the ukie war affect the development of danish game?

lae lae a cute

>>529551141
>assign different parts of a project to group members
>one of them goes AWOL in the middle
>fucks up the schedule and everybody scrambles to redistribute work
Come on Anon, unless you were homeschooled, this should be obvious.

>>529550905
>implying that killing the obnoxious bulldyke with anger management issues isn't an attractive option
LOL
>Implying that the only reason you keep her alive isn't because she is worth 5k gold.
Rather her than that uggo bitch Lorroakan, ew. If five grand is attractive to you in act 3, you're too stupid to live.

>>529551141
the Saint Petersburg studio was one of the biggest larian studios in the world, larian employees there had to be relocated alongside their families because of the war in ukraine, swen wants larian to be working 24 7, when a studio is closing for the day, the next one starts its shift in the morning +, the whole system goes to shit without the russian studio, I think it's the 3rd or 4th biggest one

>>529551405
>If five grand is attractive to you in act 3,
It's something for my trouble of putting up with her forcing herself and her bitch in my camp.

>>529550725
Imagine how different the game would be if Swen wasnt a notorious conman.

>>529551141
They outsource everything to sweatshop studios. A lot of those were in Russia and the Ukraine, they moved into Poland and SEA now for their next EA scam.

I hate Shadowheart history because this bitch always win in the end.

>>529551773
feet

>>529551773
Viconia is the real villain of BG3. Shadowheart is cursed even after her death because of Viconia

>>529551773
Well she is a god

I didn't know letting Shadowheart parents alive is the worst ending for Shadowheart.

should have been a gnome desu

>>529552853
Imagine this on Halsin....

>>529551138
Guess you are correct. It seems I mistook the blue mist for fire. I am sad now.

>>529552853
I'm fine with her being a half elf, they should have added more diverse companions instead of halsin, minsc & minthara, jaheira can stay

>>529553146
>They lay eggs why boobs
>They are not breastfeeding, why boobs
Boobs are weird like that in real life too. We just accept them for the gift they are.

>>529553146
oh wyll can fuck off too guy's an NPC among NPCs

>>529553146
Halsin was key to defeating the shartfag spam, only newfags hate the goodberries he sprinkled on this general.

>>529553436
>let's see who is the red prince in bg3
>See wyll
mfw

>>529553457
sybau lil bro

baiting and ambushing enemies is the best, if you ain't doing it every fight youre doing it wrong

>remove Minsc and Minthara
They are literally the only unpredictable companions with personality. Fuck off.

>>529554256
This. Remove Halsin and Wyll and put Minsc in Act 1

>>529554256
>minthara
>reddit hamster guy
>personality

mmmm good yes, goodberry good mmmm

>>529554572
Minsc and Minthara are the most unpredictable characters of this game. The others are very predictable.

>>529553127
>I am sad now.
Same. The whiners bitching about elemental surfaces don't know how much variety you were allowed to have in DOS2. BG3 seems so lame and uninteresting in comparison.

I want to play the megaslutty drow bard, so far I:
Romanced Shadowheart and got waterfall scene
Fucked Lae'zel
Ended fling with Lae'zel, got sucked by Astarion
Started romance with Gale
hugged Karlach
ditched Shadowheart to further romance with Gale
Plan to kick him out for Minthara and Halsin
Plan to cheat on them with Mizora

Only Jaheira seems to be out of my grasp, otherwise everybody gets tasted and touched by my bard.

>>529554860
not funny

>>529553146
>halsin
Orc.
>minsc
Shut up.
>Minthara
No. She is sexiest as a drow.
Granted, perhaps a tragic character would be found in a tiefling who is rescued in act 2 and crashes over her assault of the refugees.
>Jaheira can stay
She has to if we're to have Minsc.

Minsc is a good character he doesn't need jaheria.

>>529557545
I need Jaheria.
I need that big GILF energy.

orc halsin would go crazy

>tfw no college of shadows bard that is haunted by Cyric bf
Why even live

>mintharafags
>minscfags

>>529552937
>you will never be a gnome climbing Mt. Halsin together with gnome shart

Shadowlach

Can someone explain why Cazador wants Astarion back? Why can’t he just create a new spawn and carve the runes on their back instead?

>>529557696
>huge
>loves being a bear
>fought in the war
>joined on the spot to investigate the Selune temple and immediately fought back
>Emerald Grove tenant demands inclusivity
He's orc-coded. There's no reason to have made him an elf.

>>529558791
Everyone with the carvings is now tied to the infernal contract. If Astarion dies Cazador can't complete it.

>>529558791
>Why can’t he just create a new spawn and carve the runes on their back instead?
shhh stop asking questions

>>529559251
>asks for a specific number of souls
>but he's a devil so if you decide to replace a soul he won't fulfill the contract
>he wants EVERY soul signed to him
That makes sense.

He's done and released. I'm now officially out of modding ideas I'd be willing to implement.

the more you think about it the less it makes sense
>how would the infernal allow for a substitution from astarion to caz
>how was astarion immune to the ritual despite having the runes
>how did astarion know the new runes on caz would take precedent over his existing ones

You'd have to get the fire department to pull me out of Sazza

>>529560000
Based quints of truth. With the topless goblina's mod, she's one spicy tamale running around with her perky dumpy gobbo wobbos.

It's crazy that he started immediately on acquiring the souls, and he didn't spare a single one of them. Locked up for a hundred years, starving forever.

>>529559981
>the one performing the ritual is who receives the boon entitled within the contract
Did you even spend a second thinking about this? How did you not, you had to type all that and just not have a single thought??

>>529560371
so why didn't caz just capture another schmuck off the streets to replace ass

>>529560580
Scroll up.

>>529560979
>Scroll up.
>the more you think about it the less it makes sense
why did caz think sitting in his dank basement waiting for ass to come home was a better course of action than to capture another guy

its not like he had qualms about capturing randoms

>>529561124
He can't just replace Astarion. He also sent the Gur guy after him.

>>529561335
>He can't just replace Astarion
so how did astarion replace him with caz

>>529561124
>the more you think about it the less it makes sense
Stopped reading there, enjoy.
*closes thread*

>>529561369
Oh the markings you mean. Huh I never thought about it.

either the infernal contract accepts no substitutions which means ass can't ascend anyways
or
infernal contract accepts substitutions and caz is a retard for not capturing another guy off the streets
HACK FRAUD Vincke CONFIRMED

their next game will be legendary & bring peace to the middle east

>>529562448
Maybe Cazador forgot what Astarion's markings were. He's a retard!

>>529551773
what
selune and shar are destined for an endless struggle
it's literally yin yang

>>529555268
Complexity does not equal depth. This is crucial in game design. DOS2 having 4 or 40 different "elemental surfaces" doesn't mean it's the deeper game - especially as players eventually figure out the optimal combinations and discard the rest. BG3 allows for low complexity but high depth. What you think of as "uninteresting" is just your inability to accept the game's depth, even as it spoonfeeds you the "optimal" solutions - vulnerability to [damage type], for example.

>>529564087
While I agree that DOSII isn't a really deep game the breadth of choices does promote creative thinking that can be fun for a certain subset of players. The same is also applied for BG3 of course. It's not a deep game by the same argument you apply to DOSII. Optimal strategies are very easy to figure out and abuse leaving all other options to disuse. E.g it doesn't matter if you have 4 spells or 40 since you are always going to use that 4 spells.

>>529564087
neither game is deep to be honest, both are very cheesable & a breeze if you build remotely correctly

>>529564059
also she looses nonstop if shadowheart goes selunite

I like when a man is more feminine than his girlfriend. I ship Astarion x Minthara

>>529415652
Astarion <3
He has 200 years of being persuasive and convincing people to do what he says. He's also very clever and handsome!

>>529561335
Nothing and nobody can replace Astarion. He's the best video games character of all times.

>>529572456
trve

impregnated by astarion

>>529569479
>He has 200 years of being persuasive and convincing people to do what he says
he literally sold his bussy
>He's also very clever
canonically a smooth brained retard
>and handsome!
he looks like a crackhead

>>529575536
dhampir babies <3

bruh withers basically called me maidenless

>>529575536
Only women can get impregnated

what a nice coincidence that Shadowheart is also a high half-elf just like me, its almost as if we were bound to be together by destiny

>lovecraftian horror vampires but they eat brains
>and they are controlled by a giant brain
the dumbest smoothbrain fantasy enemy in all of history

>>529580536
>tfw there is a dumb thalmor in /bgg/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRB9LoYjImo

>98 sneak attack
>miss
kys

>>529559682
But Asstarion replaced himself with Cazador

>>529559682
see>>529562448

How did the brain leave the cave under moonrise? How did Gortash and Orin move it beneath Baldurs Gate and do so without anybody noticing?

>>529298692
>Dr. Pavel, I'm CIA

Why are the Druids conducting the ritual when you arrive at the Grove? You only arrive at the exact same time when the druids find out that Halsin may be dead. Its nothing confirmed though. Halsin opposed the ritual yet tensions are already high when you arrive and everybody acts like Halsin has been dead for days. Did Kagha just take over right after Halsin left? What if he came back? Why did everybody just do what she told them to when Halsin was gone for a few days at most? What if Halsin came back after the ritual was a success? Supposedly he is still at charge and Kagha would just conduct day to day business in his absence so what authority does she have to order the ritual? How can the shadow druids hide as rats? Wouldnt the emerald grove druids immediately notice that those are not real rats?
Game makes no sense from the beginning.

>>529597091
>Why are the Druids conducting the ritual when you arrive at the Grove
to get rid of the thiefling squatters

>Whiters: the dead three want to turn everybody into mindflayers to destroy all the souls and deprive the Gods of them.
>Gortash: We want to infect key people to mind control them and then rule from the shadows.
So which one is it? Because Gortash never says the plan was to turn everybody into mindflayers. In fact he seems unhappy about the prospect when he brings it up in the throne room. Why is Withers just talking out of his ass?

>>529597209
But Halsin welcomed them and he is in charge. Before Aradin escaped all they knew is that Halsin was gone for a few days and would be back soon. So again what authority does Kagha have to order this ritual, which mind you is considered evil and forbidden.

What is Jaheira doing in the shadowlands? Why doesnt she just leave and warn everybody that an evil undead monster is raising an evil army to wage war on Baldurs Gate? Why doesnt she go back to ask for help? Or her daughter says she sent her a message when you meet her at the house, so why didnt she send a SOS to some commanding harper who could help her? What is she trying to achieve in these death lands? What was her plan? What if Tav didnt just come out of the shadows by chance?

>>529597590
authority is only as strong as the ability to project it. once he's gone = no more authority

>>529597915
I am sure there is a consensus even among hippy druids that just because the first druid leaves for a few days doesnt mean you can totally oppose his orders.
Everybody seems to respect him too so its not like he was hated. What if they locked him out of the grove? Makes no sense at all.

>>529598281
>I am sure there is a consensus even among hippy druids that just because the first druid leaves for a few days doesnt mean you can totally oppose his orders
and yet they were halfway completing the ritual. so your consensus is wrong

>>529598353
No its just shitty writing.

>Jaheira gets ambushed one time outside the city itself by shapeshifters
>she immediately abandons the harpers and seeks out the help of the mafia with no reason to assume nine fingers hasnt been replaced by a shapeshifter already
I am sure a centuries old independent spy network has some kind of contingency in place in case the organisation is compromised. Especially since Sarevok used changelings only like two decades or so earlier.

>>529598435
nah you're just imparting your worldview of authority being absolute onto the world

>>529598756
Then why did nobody oppose Kagha when its just might makes right? Obviously because Halsin appointed her his substitute, so she derives her power over the grove from Halsin even in his absence.

because she's in command and she's there

Reminder that there a few generic druids that join in on the side of the shadow druids if you dont convince Khaga to stand down.

>>529598997
Halsin put her in charge, if his absence completely negates his authority then in extension Kagha would lose her authority too.

The druids were afraid of the goblins, it wasn't the tieflings. When halsin was gone, Kagha used their fear of the goblins to get half the grove to support her in doing the ritual, to protect themsleves from the goblins. But through our investigation we learn that it was a shadow druid plot, and they were just using that fear to dupe them into conducting the ritual, and Kagha was their useful idiot.

It wasn't that they wanted to disobey Halsin, it was more that Halsin left with Aradin to go to the goblin fort, and then did not come back with them, and the mercs had stories of losing half their squad to goblins. So some of them assumed the worst. It was unclear whether he would ever be coming back, and Kagha took advantage of the uncertainty.

They could have supported the tieflings and then happily sent them on their way after giving them lodging and food, which was Halsin's plan, but the goblins searching the area changed that plan and made everyone fearful and willing to go against his wishes.

>>529598932
Rath does openly oppose her, but she's just as powerful as him if not more powerful, and she had her fair share of supporters. He knows it would have been an outright bloodbath resulting in close to zero living druids, so he opposes her and seems willing to die for it during the shadow druid confrontation scene, but most of the druids are not willing to fight and kill and die over it, they just let the ritual happen even if it's not what they would have voted for.

no you retard her authority stems from her ability to swing a scimitar at whoever questions her

>>529599329
can you weigh in on this>>529562448 and clear things up for the class

>>529599261
I don't think they're random, there are a decent number of druids that are pretty hostile towards you and/or the Tieflings spread out all over if you talk to them.

Quick question, does killing Gortash's parents break the deal? I want to slurp up their tadpoles.

>Halsin might be maybe dead because Aradin ran away without checking on him
>so we have to join the evil druids because its hopeless
>we have to lock up our Grove even though we believe the Goblins are only after the Tieflings anyway
>even doe Halsin is a perfectly capable caster and can turn into a bear or a rat or a bird and just come back at any point

>>529599556
By random I mean not that story relevant.

>>529599479
My personal impression was that the ritual doesn't actually care who has the ritual scarring, Cazador had a self-imposed desire for the final piece to be Astarion, his spawn. He's a control freak and the fact that Astarion slipped through his grasp bothered him, so he devoted resources to recapturing Astarion and having his perfect vision of his ritual restored, rather than settling for a substitute. It fits with her prior behavior and characterization, and explains why he postponed the ritual instead of just getting a new 7000th victim.

>>529599798
so if he was less of a retard he could have ascended THEN went after ass?

>arrive at moonrise
>Orc dyke immediately gives you the most important task on the list to find Ketherics deputy
Why didnt they send somebody else? Why Tav in particular?

>>529599852
That is my impression, yes. Control freak, perfectionist, whatever term you want to use. But a personality complication encouraged him to take an inefficient route which ended up biting him later on when Tav and his impenetrable plot armor showed up.

>>529599852
He was a vampire lord capable of completing the ritual to become the Vampire Ascendant, he probably thought a mere spawn (or maybe even anyone else period) could never be his equal. Is it retardation if you are just that powerful?

>find Balthazar
>he is just standing there in his cuck room getting assaulted by Shars undead army
>if you dont save his ass he dies
What was his plan? Why was he just standing there? Ketheric is planning a war, I am sure Balthazar didnt have all the time in the world to just dick around in the gauntlet forever. What if Tav never arrived? Was he just going to be there indefinitely?

>leave moonrise towers before the Tieflings implicitly trying to get there asap to stop the absolute
>Tieflings arrive there before you
>some of them are in the city, others cant get in for some reason
>Dammon already has a forge set up
How did they get there so quickly? Why did Dammon and Alfira get inside the city but the others didnt?