Award Winning Writers 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/bVg8o8l3VnYOP pasta: https://rentry.org/bggpasta
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>>532690351why is larian obsessed with cuckolding?
im going to deadname rennald and theres nothing larian can do about it
>>532690716what kind of name is nocturne anyway? it's just as edgy as shadowheart
>>532690642They're not. John made Shadowheart a cheating whore for the shits and giggles
>>532690716>kill xer>write rennald on its grave
>>532690435 (OP)Why did Larian cuck us out of the full Minthara romance? I will never forgive them for it.
>>532690849>>532691174thank god he's not writing a companion in the new game. jesus
>>532692000he's probably its lead writer he's been acting hush hush on bluesky
>>532692210there's literally zero proof of that. i checked his linkedin and he's still at the same position
>Spike Growth to deal with Hag clones
>take deal to free Mayrina and get Hair
>forget to deactivate Spike Growth
>she fucking dies as soon as I free her
woops
>>532692000isn't new game set for 2028
i am starting to worry i'll be fucking dead before some of these things come out
>>532693674dumb bitch didnt have enough brains to know not to walk on hazardous terrain
shouldve just stood still
>>532694556unless you got phase 3 cancer, you'll probably be able to play its demo at the very least, they're hiring everything that moves to speed up its development
>>532695278they're combing AO3 for F/f fics to find writers
>>532696182I've seen what the average larian writer cooks up, there are Ao3 writers that understand bg3 characters better than their own writers
https://youtube.com/shorts/WikbZ9xU7jc
>>532694847omg i can see her feet
missionary with this thing
>>532699143theo deserved a better character
>>532701224how many dhampir babies
gross what is that smell its like roadkill, just disg -
>>532700817oh, nevermind
>>532701547ugliest nigga in the party after wyll even minsc is cuter
>Selune's Spear of Night
>'One of the goddess Selรปne's titles, Moonmaiden, has often been debated among the ecclesiastical. Common symbology certainly rejects the assumption of virginity. More to the point, 'maiden' itself carries some dusty connotations. How about Lunar Lady? Keeps the alliteration, too' - Margaery Henderplum
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>>532703284>Common symbology certainly rejects the assumption of virginityroasties hate this
>>532702331a cute dhampir army
>>532703284mothers cant be virgins
>>532703976>who was the virgin mary
>>532703976shar and selune made several other gods and life itself together. common sense says they can create life without sexual intercourse but you probably think shar and selune were having magical lesbian sex
I love my lawful good human wife.
>>532704359how are two of the primordial gods not the most powerful beings in dnd? is it because they split?
>>532705218asmodeus and ao are probably stronger then again I don't shit about dnd lore soooo
What happens of Origin Wyll kills his dad in the Gortash fight? Can you just tell Mizora to fuck off when she offers to bring him back?
>>532705218they never split, they're literally the same goddess
>Astarion
>Wildheart Barbarian: Tiger Heart
>Tiger and Wolverine aspects
>BOOOAL's benediction for advantage on bleeding targets
What else can be added to make a vampire build all about blood?
>Two sorcerers on the team
>Double twinned Sanctuary
>whole party is immune
i am genius?
being fucked mercilessly by ascended astarion in clown makeup while he spits in my mouth and calls me a stupid whore
>>532706672i cast create water and then chain lightning
Is the non-horny Wyll with Karlach thing still possible? I read that if you recruit Wyll, kill him, store his body until ACT 2 and then revive him, the game treats him as if he's normal. But this was posted back when the normal workaround worked so I don't know if it's patched. Anyone know off the top of their head? Th-thanks.
>>532707191Nobody here uses Wyll
>being fucked mercilessly by ascended astarion in clown makeup while he spits in my mouth and calls me a stupid whore
>>532707371I did in one of my latest playthroughs and he was buggy as shit
>>532706672>he didn't read the fine print>>532706596there are bombs to inflict bleed but they're rare iirc
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/17611
>>532707371I'm not planning on using him but I still want him in Camp without horns.
>>532708560are you going to do the rare lae'zel ending that only 7 people got
dirty hot sweaty seggs with Isobel
lul the wiki is full of shit about the lae'zel good endings.
it says she'll be like I CANT LOVE A GHAIK :(((( and leaves your ass, which is bullshit. never happened. it let me have the choice of a) riding off with her into the sunset to wreck vlaakith, and b) staying with her and shitting on cultists in faerun. stupidass lying faggot wiki
>>532709818larian changed that in a patch
>>532710009ahh. makes sense ty
>>532710009That's fucking retarded, destroys character personality if you can just overcome every facet of who they are with a persuasion check.
>>532708834This is terrible satire
>Divination Wizard with Silvery Barbs
I am the arbiter of luck. I DECIDE WHAT YOU ROLL.
>>532704862She murdered a child.
>>532708829reasonable choice.
>>532713896yeah something about her smudged makeup. also have a thing for Araj
>>532714448>runny makeup kinkMy man.
>>532714912What did you do to piss her off?
iโm eating intestines rn and itโs soooo yummy
by myself tho because my friends wouldnโt understand
shadowBABY bg3 best no.1 best girl
shewonshewonshewonshewonshewon
>>532722016>eating intestines
>>5327049468, I am going to fuck couple and minthy.
>>532722849>picky eaters in the goty 2023's general
>>5327049462 if karlach fucks off to table 1. otherwise 8 because baezel is sitting with retards and that's unfortunate
man no one told me spiritual weapon was so shit
>had like 3m movement
>>532723426Iโm only comfortable around lesbians aaahh post
Why are transcels so obsessed with toad and manthara
Wonder how long this new buzzword will last. Exciting things on the horizon.
>>532727795Donโt look up โcute frogโ in the archive
>>532706798Damn I should have put some clown makeup on him for this screenshot
>>532704946the table behind 1. why would i share my personal space with anyone?
Extra encounters are definitely spooking me.
>giant gaggle of spiders (ew)
>Lv5 Earth Elemental sith lord glaring at my party of younglings
>>532710891Astarion: Shadowheart. Such a grim name for such a beautiful flower.
Shadowheart: I heard you mumbling that line to yourself earlier - it needs more work.
Lae'zel: Fortunate for his tongue he didn't say it to me.
>>532729665Yeah it's been really great so far. I've played the game so many times I memorized every encounter, but with this mod I actually had some surprises where I entered combat with half hp and low resources because it was new. Like the elder hook horror surprised me, and so did the skeleton dragon.
It has made me want to search the internet for the other mod by the same name and see if that one has been updated. That one was fun too, and a bit harder which is what I'm also looking for.
>Laeโzel slept with literal monsters
Thatโs in the past.
>Laeโzel is the only companion that sleeps around without player intervention
But we werenโt dating. So itโs ok. Laeโzel is her own woman.
>Laeโzel applauds her sterile womb because it enables her to have no-strings-attached sex as much as possible
Laeโzel is a warrior poet.
>Laeโzelโs writer, a fat poly bald man with painted toenails, ships Laeโzel with Shadowheart and wrote a one-sided crush into the game.
Lalalalala I canโt hear you
>Laeโzel is missing a nose and has a withered body tougher than beef jerky
Laeโzel is beautiful.
>Youโre permanently virgin and extremely autistic
cute frog
>What is your favorite ending?
I abandon my future to fight my girlfriendโs battles with Orpheus still alive. I sacrifice my soul to make this possible. I will take Orpheusโ orders without question until I am destroyed in battle or executed for refusing an order. I sacrifice my soul to save another man, and then swear to obey that manโs commands without question. Thankfully my gf and I are both sterile so thereโs no chance a baby could get in the way of my total submission.
>>532726625>have to make up your own word in retaliation because youre seething that harddamn being called toadcel really is fucking you up huh lmao
>>532731910Saving this pasta so I can repost it when you know who starts getting unruly
>Astarion is the only companion who dumps a squid
He doesn't love you.
>>532728154Bro literally spent years of his life lurking a general on /vg/ spamming โcute frogโ
>>532732081fyi toadcel is also a transcel
>>532732687That "bro" is me. All 1300 instances of it.
>>532731910>one-sided crushSure about that?
>>532733275Laeโzel canonically has a crush on Shadowheart
>>532732864Iโm sure your parents are so proud bro
>>532733378Sure, but I don't think it's quite so one-sided. They both have that love-hate thing going on.
>>532733918Donโt worry, Iโm sure Baldurโs Gate 4: The Veilguard will validate all of your gayest fantasies
Multiclassing is extremely gay
>>532734649Not only do I multiclass, I respec into more classes.
Once my level 10 character (8 blade singer 2 paladin) hit level 11 I respecced her into 6 sword bard 3 blade singer 2 paladin.
>>532736039This is just silly
>>532734304No, trans people exterminate gay people.
Hows Hexblade, hows Arcane Archer, Hows Swashbuckler, Is Drunken Master worth it?
>>532737872>Hows HexbladeGood
>>532737872first three are strong and the last is a meme class.
>>532738275Swashbuckler or Tief?
>>532738437swashbuckler if you want to be more of a melee fighter type rogue.
>>532733918If you play as either origin, you're correct.
But outside that, Lae'zel seems to start respecting Shart after Act 1 at least, whereas Shart remains rather indifferent to Lae'zel.
>>532737439>transSoooo. Traash was nonbinary.
Is the goodberry spell worth a multiclass?
help someone mentioned rhapsody (dagger used to kill cazzy) has a stake in the middle that's how it was able to kill him why did I never notice this
>>532752934in any circumstance you could use them, provisions or healing, it is probably not worth the spell slot you'd use in my opinion
you'd need 10-20 level 1 spell slots to get 40-80 supply, in battle it is a bad/average lowest tier health potion and uses your bonus action, and outside of combat it might edgy out using a different healing spell barely but you can short rest at that point or use potions
Do we have official thread approved mod list to inhance gameplay?
Me and Shadowheart are having a baby girl, we are gonna name her Esther
is there a mod to scale all encounters to level 12 and then make you level 12
the early game monotony is aids
>>532733275Kevin & John never miss
>>532754667you only need really shadowheart
Do 'come back with 1hp after dropping to 0' things stack
>>532754667https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/15387
just downloaded the poly mod so I get to romance karl & shart at the same time
>>532752934Halsin has enough goodberries for everyone.
>>532754667Anyone that actually played the game left. The tardgulars donโt know anything about game mechanics let alone mods
whats yall opinion for Shart rejection of Shar, is it better she do it during Nightsong or when she has to go get her parents
>>532767893>NightsongThis if you romance her. It's better to kill her parents. If you don't, kill Nightsong. This bitch needs to go and Shart looks better with black hair.
>>532767893act 2 lesbians are obnoxious, but its not worth killing everyone at the inn
>>532768483Least sociopathic misogynist.
>>532767893I think it's better on Nightsong because the game has been building up to this moment with both Nightsong and Shart.
It's also a real highpoint of the game in my mind, whereas the game up until this point lacked just that.
The whole parent thing feels simply off on the Shar path because it relies on the crux that Shar restores her memories to sell why she's saving her parents or why it is so damn evil that she kills them regardless.
If she kills them, it feels cringe because of the dialogue and Shart's VA cannot for the love of god sell an evil character - seriously, listen to Sharshart lines in the epilogue, you have to constantly remind yourself that she's technically an evil high priestess of one the most evil deities in the setting.
If she spares them, it kinda feels out of character at this point because Shart has done fucked up shit in the name of Shar and suddenly backs out because she finds herself unable to kill her parents for Shar.
Shart simply tilts that heavily towards the good path and i think it shows here.
>>532768483>Shart looks better with black hair.This is wrong.
>>532769613Those "women" are written by faggots.
>>532774448How embarrassing
>>532715237attacked a locked chest at camp i think lol
>>532769613>>532774448You live in a low income apartment and you will never have children
>>532752934It's not worth it because Larian couldn't cope with how good goodberries were in tabletop. A single berry is supposed to provide a day's worth of nourishment, which would completely invalidate the camp supply system.
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/13451
>>532779160I wish I had some
>>532779062unironically broken
>Bro literally spent years of his life lurking a general on /vg/ spamming โcute frogโ
>>532780313It's actually nerfed compared to the tabletop version. This was the intended function of the spell, so if you have an issue with it blame WotC.
>>532780687>lurking >spamming that's not how it works
samefagging is not lurking by definition
Shart, Gale or Wyll Origin?
>>532782541gale gets the most unique things
>>532782530yes i was mocking that retard, look at the pic everyone is mad while i say "cute frog"
>>532779062Using this on Shart every time shes hurt
>>532782681your mental illness is not to be applauded
posting cute frog is less mentally ill than pretending not to know what "once or twice or more than that" when it comes to dreaming about sex with halsin
>>532784093no its not you are both fucking deranged
one is a mere observance of reality and opinion (she cute)
the other is a denial of reality (no room for misinterpretation)
observing reality and patterns is normal
denial of reality is pure mental illness
>>532784236something something alice in wonderland something all mad here
I forgor to fix her heart
Opsie
You were right camp casting is cheating, i won't even camp cast Longstrider now, i'll get the Longstrider feat on someone
>Shar, also known as the Mistress of the Night, is the goddess of darkness, night
>Shar grants her clerics the power to cast light spells such as Sacred Flame, Guiding Bolt, Daylight
>>532786707its a feature of the game
Just don't go all-in on camp casting. I used to have a whole routine, Longstrider, Heroes' Feast, Lv6 Aid, Death Ward and Freedom of Movement and Bardic Inspiration and Mantle of Inspiration on all my party members. Now I just do Longstrider and maybe Bardic Inspiration if I am going to be facing a boss with legendary resistance. Much more comfortable.
Camp casting isn't cheating, because it's in the game. But it's very obviously cheesing, and denying that is such obvious cope that it's funny to everyone who sees it.
i always think its funny when lae'zel casts jump its like she's teaching a white man how to jump
For me?
It's older male halfling rogue out for one last job.
>>532791104Lae'zel is white
>>532790994he said cheating not cheesing no one is denying that it makes the game easier
>>532791328Hey, this is my current party. Even the halfling rogue. Except that mines is a female with a horrible burn across her face so she wears face paint to cover it up.
>>532791328gale as an archer?
>Weโre still in contact. In fact, he even joked recently about "cosplaying Astarion and fucking you"
That got me thinking...
>>532791713The line is incredibly thin in this game. Larian takes a very lackadaisical approach to balance (see: Warlock 5 extra attack stacking in non-HM difficulties)
There's cheesing, like casting Greater Invis to auto-attack people to death as a rogue.
And there's "cheesing", like having a completely unrelated party member exist solely to buff you through esoteric game mechanics.
>>532792419what happens to the various party members who do nothing but exist in your camp
they probably "take part" in combat off screen but giving them a more concrete role in the story isnt a bad thing IF it isnt taken to the extreme
if you just want longstrider without having an in party caster for example
the minute you add in buffs like warding bond or aid i think youve taken it too far
>>532792140He's a Wu Jen Mystic, a 5e class that didn't make it to release. They get a ton of hyper-specific trees for spells, and one buffs archery. Never run it before so thought it might be interesting.
It's one of those classes that I could see being absolutely fucking busted in tabletop, but is fine in BG
I was going to run him as a wizard but I already have a wizard in my multiplayer game so
>>532784093>https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/search/text/once%20or%20twice%20or%20more%20than%20that/username/mintharafagIt's been 3 fucking YEARS move on holy FUCK
>>532794103AHHHHHHHHHHHH NO YOU CAN'T JUST REMEMBER THINGS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>532792892toadcel is pretty amusing, /bgg/ is like a zoo and he is the only exhibition
duo honor mode playthrough with the 'lach
>>532794851Jenny's BEGGING for it
>>532792280Who? Voices in your head?
>>532794442Heโs such a fucking tard
Anyone who's played Divination, can you get a prophecy you cannot fulfill? Like getting a prophecy to do radiant damage without personally having any way to deal radiant damage.
>>532795185You can't get a prophecy that Wizard can't fulfill, but you can get a prophecy that YOUR wizard can't fulfill
If you have no lightning spells, you can get a lightning prophecy
>>532795404>If you have no lightning spells, you can get a lightning prophecyDo wizards even have a source of radiant damage before Sunbeam? So if I got a radiant prophecy, I'd have to get a secondhand radiant buff to complete it?
Why are people saying Eldricth Knight is finally viable with Shadow Blade
>>532795869>Do wizards even have a source of radiant damage before Sunbeam?No
>So if I got a radiant prophecy, I'd have to get a secondhand radiant buff to complete it?Yes
>>532796141>SuddenlyThey aren't, EK has been strong since release and everyone has known it
But Shadow Blade + Booming Blade classes are busted. EK gets 3 attacks at level 7, four at level 11.
>>532796141I guess this is how they balance being able to replace rolls for enemies and allies alike.
>>532796380>EK gets 3 attacks at level 7, four at level 11.How?
>>532796574Whoops, was for
>>532796380. But while I'm replying to this, is Booming Blade Shadow Blade really that good when it can only be casted at level 2? You'd need the Resonance Stone to really feel like you're doing damage.
>>532796849The War Magic passive EK has at 7 means that if you use Booming Blade you can get a normal attack as a bonus action. Fighter naturally gets 3 attacks at 11.
Waifus, Husbandos
Love & Harmony!!
>>532796849https://bg3.wiki/wiki/War_Magic
>cast Booming Blade>Attack>BA attack>>532797020Base Shadow Blade does 2d8+mod psychic damage, which is more damage than a greatsword AND a less commonly resisted damage type
>>532797038Weird to be this autistic about modding character appearance but then have such glaring armor mismatches
>>532797234The resists really feel relevant when you're attacking inanimate objects, or constructs (which Act 3 is full of). So I feel like you'd still need a regular weapon on hand for those encounters.
>>532797624>So I feel like you'd still need a regular weapon on hand for those encountersWhich you can do just fine, because you can unequip and reequip Shadow Blade without recasting
Shadow Blade isn't what has buffed EK. It's just a bonus.
>>532797038Why did you mod your laezed into michael jackson
Question, I got stuck in at cazadorโs liar while fighting him so I decided to hold off until Iโm a higher level. So will anything change storywise or can I always come back when Iโm higher level without anything changing story wise?
>>532797358Fucking finally, a decent armor discussion: why would you say that? I'm genuinely interested.
>>532798061But her nose was like that from the very start.
>>532799050Druids gloves don't match. Not saying you need to use the matched tree back set, but the bronze doesn't really go with anything else. Could work if you recolored the rest to something that used green and bronze/brass for an OG DRUIDS look.
Lae'zel looks alright with the custom mixed armor, which is your only option if you want to keep the Gith aesthetic without being half naked. I'd have gone with one of the halfhelm type things they have but it's obviously a facerevealfag so whatever. And then Minthara has the Justiciar gloves which don't match the ornate armor at all, and there are multiple other armored glove models which actually do match that set with the same filigree style.
>>532798586Where did you get stuck?
If it was anywhere before the Cazador fight, youโre fine.
If it was Cazador and you didnโt have Astarion, youre fine.
If it was Cazador and you had Astarion, brother Astarion is fucking cooked and Cazador is 10x harder.
Cazador is basically completely removed from the main quest
>>532799703First of all, thanks for your insights; I really appreciate them and I love discussions like this.
I'll start by saying that some of this armor comes from mods, and sometimes their official set is a composite of other things.
That being sad, yes, I could use transmog more effectively to have more aesthetic unity, though I usually like having a few individual pieces of gear that don't quite fit. For the Druid armor, I mostly used sage green, but I also changed others throughout the game: something to keep an eye on, thanks.
Previously, Lae'zel wore less opaque armor, which I stole from the Gith Creche in Act 2. When I get to BG, I like to deck out characters in the more aesthetically "heroic" armor. Small note: I decided to dye her armor gold like Orpheus's Comet rather than Mother Gith's Silver after her decision to join the rebellion.
You're completely right about Minthara, no notes.
Anon, thanks for sharing a level of autism RP that I appreciate and respect.
Whats the "ultimate MC" build for honour mode?
Something able to speak the way out of most stuff and pick locks and all the non combat stuff
bard+thief?
>>532800895>less opaquesorry, brain fart: mean "less covering"
>>532801014Literally itโs just pure Arcane Trickster, or AT with a single level in Fighter for the fighting style + armor
17 Dex, 16 Cha, Headband of Int
Proficiency + expertise in persuasion + Friends means you never fail social checks
does life imitate art or does art imitate life
>>532800717So is it worth it just to skip out on the extra story details if I donโt have Astarion in my party? Because he was lol. Also who do you recommend to be in my party? Iโm a sorcerer and Gale got kidnapped by Orin.
>>532770740>it kinda feels out of character at this pointI wouldn't necessarily call it out of character, because there isn't necessarily a huge divergence of character at that point - and even if there were, "evil" people can still care about their parents. It wouldn't be implausible for Shadowheart to prioritize her parents over her faith, regardless of the path that led her there. I assume that's why there are a Nightsong points system and a parents points system, janky implementation aside. You're obviously correct that the intended climactic moment is meant to happen with the Nightsong, and it's the one players who didn't bench Shadowheart for all of Act 1 will naturally experience.
>>532802684Boy Act 3 is not going great for you, huh
Basically the only thing youโd get for going to fight him at this point is a very strong dagger. The only story points have to do with the Gur, who you could also get to help you in the final fight.
I donโt think itโs worth the fight, personally, unless you go in hyper prepared.
I also just had a wipe on Cazador in my multiplayer game and saw Astarion get obliterated and got all his gear sent back to me by the game lol
>When Sharran Shadowheart kills her parents, it is revealed that Shar's curse has plagiarized the souls of the Hallowleaf couple.
>Gith fangs dont protude externally like orcs'
>Dear Mintharafag, there is no language barrier
>>532767893It is way, way, WAY too easy to get Shadowheart to turn against Shar at the Nightsong.
Like, itโs genuinely pants on head stupid for her to do so at that point.
>The goddess of loss and trickery says she has a trial for you. She speaks DIRECTLY to you.>You go to the trial. Itโs the murder of a person who mildly implies she knows something about your past, something your evil goddess knows.20-40 approval is not enough to justify Shadowheart entirely rejecting her goddess. Itโs borderline impossible to not have 40 approval with her by that point.
Itโd be so much more satisfying if it was actually remotely difficult to get close to Shadowheart. But it isnโt, because every anon wants their โmuh pale goth waifuโ
I finished the game twice already
Its time for mods
Which mods are good to add some extra life to the game?
>>532804237extra encounters
>>532804237Extra encounters
>>532802875does that mean the sharters are women too? so they wnbaw too right
>>532803610>But it isnโt, because every anon wants their โmuh pale goth waifuโNot everyone will romance Shadowheart, so how easily she can be swayed from her darker path is not exclusive to romance, and your conclusion is both wrong and shallow. She also doesn't "entirely reject" Shar in the moment, so you're either misremembering things, or deliberately misrepresenting the facts to cry about the character (again). She has a moment of hesitation. It's completely in line with her characterization up until that point, where she will recite Sharran rhetoric like a good student, but feel conflicted about truly evil actions, like killing the tieflings.
>not everyoneLiterally 50% of players romanced Shadowheart, those are insane numbers
Sorry to tell you, but Shartfags constantly being up her romance dialogue to justify how easily she turns on Shar
>she doesnโt fully turn on SharExcept she does. She knows how Shar works, do what she says or be excommunicated. She chooses not to do what she says. She says that Shar has abandoned her. She knows what sheโs doing, man.
>>532804857> but feel conflicted about truly evil actions, like killing the tieflingsYeah, I guess I imagined her meeting Malus and going โwow so true what a great Sharran :)โ or her excitedly wanting to do all the trials to become a dark Justiciar or her constant hyping up of Shar or her being perfectly fine with slaughtering the Tieflings other than getting drunk at the after party
Wyll is currently in a barrel in my camp chest.
>why
An experiment to see if moving to Act 2 without getting fucked by Mizora will have Wyll retain his non-horny appearance despite existing in the same camp as Karlach.
wyll swims with the fishes every time
>>532806368Theres a mod for non-horny Wyll
>>532804237Discordant Instruments if it still works
5e spells/Mystra spells
remove party size limit
lvl 20 mod
stronger bosses and enemies
I don't really like the extra encounters mod
>killing the tieflings
>truly evil
they had it coming
>>532803204Iโm just gonna try to do it without Astarion in my party. The first time when i played the game I was able to beat him WITH Astarion in my party. IDK how but I did it lol. Iโm gonna try to level up more and come back at a later time. Iโm having the same problem with shadowheartโs plotline and that one fight underground
>>532806576Yeah and there's a SE command to revert his appearance, which I used in my last run. This time however I want to see if it's possible without modifications. Not to mention my party this time is going to be made of characters that arrive late, aka Halsin Jaheira and Minsc. The people in my current party are just placeholders until I get to that point.
>>532806729they're cute cynamon rolls
>>532805750>She knows what sheโs doing, man.Wrong again. Her immediate reaction upon throwing away the spear is shock at what she has just done. Shar abandons her after the fact - Shadowheart doesn't flip the bird at her goddess and tell her she's done with her. It's an important nuance.
>Yeah, I guess [...]Like I said, there's a difference between reciting rhetoric and actually committing an act of pure evil, like murdering a defenseless person, with unknown consequences for their soul. You treat Shadowheart as exemplary Dark Justiciar material when everything suggests she's not. She's just a confused kid who's been indoctrinated by an evil cult, but still feels bad when strangers who should mean nothing to her are massacred senselessly. None of this is complicated or advanced character analysis - careful not to stoop to the swine's level of stupidity.
>>532804237>Having Tav+only 3 other companions greatly limits the "social experience" of having a party. Having a larger party, hearing them banter back and forth with each other, is very immersive
>>532807316>shock at what she has just doneShock at what she CHOSE TO DO
Not shock at something she did without knowing the consequences of
If I held a gun to you, and you chose to stab me, would you not express even the barest amount of shock when you stabbed me?
You are simply incorrect. Throwing away the spear is flipping the bird at her goddess.
>>532807316nta but all of this sounds like shit you developed after seeing her route through to completion
while playing the game itself in an evil playthrough nothing would hint to her rejecting her indoctrination aside from a slight reaction to slaying the tieflings
its different if youre playing redeem durge and so you get to see the wound flares when you try to be nice but if youre evil and embracing shar then aylin says ooo wolves and suddenly shadowheart abandons her entire identity up to that point not only that but the criteria for her decision is simply shit and poor game design
>mfw there is a way to kill Mizora without mods and bugs
>>532807807There's a difference between acting on impulse - because you're overwhelmed emotionally or under duress, for example - and cold, calculated decision-making. This discussion is going nowhere until you learn English and the nuance between an action you might immediately regret or be shocked at, and the same action that you calmly execute because you wanted it all along.
>>532807709I still believe this to this day, yes. they all deserve to go on a grand adventure, and the're no need to min/max each and every character, and no one says they all have to partecipate in combat.
Imagine not bringing the whole gang to the circus.
>>532808295>killing an unkillable NPC>not a bug
>>532808361>unkillable NPC>capable of being killedRiddle me this, Batman
>>532808416Mizora is not immortal, you just ned to kill Wyll everytime before resting. She asppears in the camp before act 2 and then you kill her witl lot of barrels
>>532808416withers is meant to be unkillable through conventional means but you can still permanently end him via atrophy
god i FUCKING hate talking to autists they always start jumping in their seat if you arent being literal
>>532808329>There's a difference betweenNot cosmologically.
You still made those decisions, you fucking moralistic retard. Keep absolving yourself of your decisions and never self-examining.
A handful of posts in this thread so far, and they've all been about it, itself, its slop, its cheating. Not an attention whore, though. Cheating is roleplaying.
>>532808416Mizora was never unkillable.
>>532808593>posts on /bgg/>โI hate talking to autistsโCome on now
>>532808675????????
What is this a reply to? Who are you talking about? WHAT are you talking about?
>mfw there are people that never killed Mizora in 2025
LMAO
>>532807903>If you're roleplaying a particularly dense character, you might not notice the cracks in the evil persona of someoneThat's deep. You totally need to see the entirety of Shadowheart's character arc on a good playthrough to realize she's a conflicted person and not as evil as she'd like to pretend. Not a single player noticed this during EA.
>>532808915Personally I don't go killing random NPCs. I didn't even discover that the Oathbreaker can disappear permanently until my most recent playthrough when he got angry that I fed Astarion on a hireling's blood and initiated combat.
>>532734304/thread. I don't care if the faggot writer wants MUH GAY LAEZEL to be a thing after the game was released either
the story would be better if the emperor didn't exist and orpheus was the dream visitor
>>532763294speak for yourself storymode player
>>532809168>early accessnot the final product so not relevant
>no real argument to anything i saidoh youre just stirring shit
man just say so i wasted time replying to you
>>532808907https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/search/text/waifus%20husbandos%20love%20harmony/filter/text/
Does this help answer your question, pumpkin? Or would you like to know more about how cheating enhances roleplaying, is in fact roleplaying itself?
>>532780687tbf she is very cute tho
>>532809276>fed Astarion on a hireling's bloodRoleplaying with Withers
>>532809452How is this relevant to the video game Baldur's Gate 3
>>532809452Sorry I don't speak schizo, I still don't understand. All I see is people talking about Sharranheart, and Mizora. A little before that some talk about recommended mods. Is that what you're taking issue with? You don't like mods?
>>532809452>cheatingthere's no such thing as cheating in a single player game, you're not ruining the experience to other people enjoying it
the same can't be said about your little obsessive ass, whining for more than a year about a toad's hairstyle
>>532809646Baldur's Gate 3 is roleplaying game so the meaning of roleplaying is definitely relevant, and you should definitely give it some thought before you cheat.
>Roleplaying is not something as demanding as going on stage and playing an actor, it should be more natural, even if in such a large game, FOMO is around the corner.Yeah.
>>532809791Sadly no. You can't fuck the only top of the camp
>>532810040>how can I make this about me?t. some toadcel loser, formerly a namefag
>>532808295>wanting to kill mommy mizora, ever
>>532809317unironic trvthnvke
>>532810231Everything in Act 3 is cheaper when you kill Mizora, also free pass because Wyll is not a devil.
Still somewhat new to bg3 but I wanna tackle honor mode eventually how is this team comp looking?
Tav 5swa 7hexblade
Shadowheart 12 life cleric
Karlach barb/ek? Idk the distro for optimal throwing
Last one thinking abjur Gale for defensive/battlefield control
Would thie be well rounded enough to get through the challenges without resorting to cheese like barrel stacking etc?
>>532810510Could not romance him in BG2
Could not romance him in the game where a fucking mindflayer and a bear try to fuck you
I am cheating using mods. How, you say? Well, I'm glad you asked. I am using Mystra's Spells as a Divination Wizard with a small dip in Sorcerer so that I can farm 2nd level slots to use SILLLVERRYY BBBBBBBARBBBS.
>>532811028Who gives a fuck, dude
Combat is shit, vanilla or mods
>>532811028>using modsstop, thats illegal!
>>532811028I hate mods because they fucked up the game.
I killed Raphael with instant killing in Act 1 and the game crashes after Elminster
>there's no such thing as cheating in a single player gameYou did not beat Sekiro. Or Baldur's Gate 3. You are a pathetic attention whore that feels the need to not only bypass difficulty or challenge the moment it presents itself, but also go on an anonymous website to brag about it.
>>532811028Silvery Barbs is cheating, yeah.
>>532811324My fucking sides. The game crashes if you kill Voss and the red dragon too.
>>532810995>bearI kill him. he sucks ass
>>532811434I'm simply playing the 5e wizard experience. My goodberries also count as 20 camp supplies each to further increase 5e immersion levels.
>>532808295How is that possible? If you kill Mizora, does she appear before you fight Ketheric?
>>532811801No. It's not a bug, if you kill her she will be send to Avernus and she can't come back.
>>532811434Look, we've been over this a lot of times and I'm not enabling your routinely weekend crashout.
But you're right about one thing: I didn't beat Sekiro because I never played that shit.
>>532811501>>532811324Well you still have control over your own actions, dont be like the Whiner. The fact you can do somethign doesn't necesarrily eman you have to do it, lots of mods add off the wall bullshit that are just memes basically.
imagine having nothing better to do in life than to cry about some fags single player experience that doesnt affect you in any way
>>532812067Hijacking every mod question (
>>532804237) with slop and the same, tired bragging about cheating is insufferable behavior and should be frowned upon. No one actually gives a shit that you personally play on Explorer difficulty, or abuse 20 god mod cheats. Keep it to yourself - it's your "personal" experience, after all.
Question
I finished the game freeing Orpheus to let lae kill the evil qween and the emperor bitch attacked me at the end, does he betray you if you go with him or he just did it because mad?
I would never trust a mindflayer, but still
>>532804237Extra encounters
I only use mods to mod the hyper-sexualized stuff away
Medieval times had no thongs
>>532812886He sticks with you if you side with them, there is some variation, though.
If you didn't become a squid, he's disappointed that you didn't become one.
If you became a squid, he offers you to join his secret organization.
There's also an Emperor ending where you let him take control of the brain and you effectively become his Right hand
>>532813206worst post of the thread
so far
>>532812567im not him i just wanted to point and laugh at what i thought was autistic behavior
You leave me no choice but to join the Netherbrain.
>>532813446Is he actually the OG from statues? How does an epic level guy get done in by a couple of squids
>>532812567>god mod*god mode
Spell-checking matters.
>>532813789>I'm not *itI know. You didn't post slop or make a mod discussion about your personal cheating preference. It was an impersonal "you."
>>532810950Sure. Honor Mode is more about being (overly) prepared than team comp anyway. EK has better alpha-round damage (Action Surge, no need to Rage), while Berserker has better sustained damage. The difference is negligible, though I would still recommend keeping Karlach as a Barbarian for flavor.
This people are pathetic.
I beat HM in the original patch with just Monk, Sorcerer, Sorcerer and Ranger utility guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWGXPeCb-pU
>>532814382He wasn't good enough for a solo honor mode run
>>532814382>Is he actually the OG from statues?Yeah
>How does an epic level guy get done in by a couple of squidsHonestly, this whole thing is an utter clusterfuck narrative wise because what sort of treasures Balduran wanted to grab from Moonrise is unknown (after all, Moonrise was inhabited by the Thorms at this point).
And it also has timeline issues because it shows the Tower pre corrupted, meaning it was over 100 years ago and Mind Flayers have a lifespan of like 80-100 years, whereas Balduran disappeared far over 100 years ago.
How Balduran was overpowered by a bunch of squids is probably the smallest issue, given that Squids can be a bit of a pain, especially multiple ones.
the squids stunned him and so he couldnt act to defend himself
>break into his house
>steal from him
>then murder him when he objects
Oh, let me guess, it's supposed to be okay just because he happens to be a bad guy?
Tsk.
>>532809317definitely, emperor brings nothing to game and the story turns to shit the second you meet him
>>532813206there are literally robots that shoot missiles in act 3
>>532824007>it's okay because he's lawful evil?yes
anyone have autistic things that bother them about the approval/disapproval thing
for me it is promising to drink the poison if i start turning into a mindflayer, and astarion disapproves.
has astarion, the person who lies pathologically, unable to conceptualize that another person might lie to get what they want? does astarion lack theory of mind? is astarion low IQ?
>Battle Master has a manoeuvre which is just a slightly boosted regular attack but it gives an ally bonus movement
I wanted my Fighter to be an Eld. Knight because I haven't tried it before but it seems I'm doomed to be paired with Battle Masters until the day I die.
>>532824712astarion isnt a mind reader and larian cant code for every single eventuality or the game would be HUGE
A house...?
A house of....Hope. The new resident.
Whoa...mind blown
>>532824007I liked him and he's the hottest character of the game
But I'm not gambling my soul to any demon contract
>>532825071Thatโs like the worst maneuver they have anon
>>532825339YEA BUT WHY EVEN LET HIM HAVE AN OPINION AT ALL ABOUT IT IF THERE ISN'T A REASON TO ESTABLISH WHY SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING
here is how this should go
>actually do thing >wow i can't believe you did thing -10 respect points bozonot
>i may or may not do thing if i feel like it some indeterminate amount of time later>OMG I CANT BELIEVE U RIGHT NOW PLAYER
>>532824712Astarion canonically is low IQ, yes.
If you become a mindflayer, you remark that his brain has fewer folds than most.
>>532825071Just
Just run Longstrider, anon
>>532826082>If you become a mindflayer, you remark that his brain has fewer folds than most.LOL
>>532814434>Sure. Honor Mode is more about being (overly) prepared than team comp anyway.How so?
My shadowheart did literally nothing over the entire game outside bitching and raging about my wife
I feel like the only comps worth a shit are fighter/ranger
>when you get to play Baldur's Gate 3
>>532826168>How so?Some players routinely beat Honor with a single character, which means it's also doable even if you add three meme builds to the equation.
>>532826718>Some players routinely beat Honor with a single characteris that actually fun to do or does that require mega autism like giant potion farming, raphael act 1 exploit, dipping in and out of combat with stealth and is only 'technically possible' due to all those?
i would try it just for fun but not if i have to metagame the class i play out of the equation completely
Don't care how many mods it take, I will make a Raging Monk work.
>>532825919>>532826082I have Longstrider but as a halfling I have a movement deficit. I'm playing tabletop rogue which means I benefit from having a lot of movement boosts. I will also be taking the Mobile feat for maximum immersion.