Thread 537975348

A /bgg/ thread for Godey

>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: >>537729384

Missionary with Astarion

They gave me a dialog option to set explosives to clear the rubble

So I set it down and talk to the sergent again she says go light it up so I attack it and now everyone's hostile???

>>537978564
Wait for the npcs to run away from the rocks before you light it up

>>537978637
Theyre not moving, how do i make them move

>>537979039
If you place the explosives they should run off.
I know they do turn hostile if Nere or one of them runs into the fire

>>537979263
i figured it out but im very mad at about what happened next.......ill reload again tomorrow

not a single character in this game has huge tits and its a travesty

I would have rather had Alfira as a companion than Halsin or Wyll.
Desu

Shadowheart has an innie. It's hairy, but not overly so, kind of like a garnish on a dessert. Coconut pie with rum sauce, but with a clitoris. And half elf sighs and coos

>>537984259
auntie ethel

>>537987279
Is she gonna summon demons?

Hehehehe, shadowhearts hairy pussy.

>companions can just leave if they don't like what I'm doing
where's the option to not allow them to? where's my option to force them using tadpole? where's the option to just murder them?
bitch, I'm a literal bhaalspawn edgelord twisted fucking psychopath you aren't going anywhere, we're done when I say we're done

Can anyone make a version of this meme with default durge face?

>>537984259
Thisobald's tits are massive

>>537986937
no
>>537989879
no

>>537989513
same power that keeps you safe prevents you from mind raping your friends

>ran out of rerolls due to an unlucky 1 in a trivial check
>2 mins later help Mol win the lanceboard game
>Gale is Inspired
>Wyll is Inspired
>Tav is Inspired
This was... inspirational? I bet there's at least one event that allows you to get 4 in a row.

>>537989513
>where's the option to just murder them?
CTRL+left click on them? Repeat and rinse until they're dead? Just an idea.

>>537985758
Based

>>537987492
Holy shit she even has a magatama

>Watched a couple Evelyn vids
>Urge to play again rising
That latest Proxy vid with the Telekinesis + enlarged earth ele was also a good little piece of info.

>>537994372
buy an ad

>>537996401
It's got me thinking of potential builds.
An all-wizard group with earth elementals, and use vendor exploits to buy a few hundred telekinesis scrolls. Each ele will deal around 200 damage when thrown. Don't aim directly on the target, aim next to them.

>>537997789
sounds like shit we did on wizardry 8. 6 bishops and a dream lol

>bitch be dying her hair all black and wearing more eyeliner than emo convent
>daaaaaaamn she so fine the hottest woman alive I want to breed her so bad

Wyll

>>537999892
You gotta love fun shit like that.
I remember they put out a new DnD book to tell people they can't use the logic of the 6sec turn hand off items to each other to get infinite momentum on an item and one shot everything. But the "clever use of game mechanics" chads will rise again.

>>537975348 (OP)
My fucking sides. You can pull the chair out from under Raphael during at the lanceboard table. Maybe it was just the element of surprise but it made me laugh so hard.

The game obviously doesn't know how to handle the situation: first he snaps into a standing pose then immediately back to his default idle sitting - now on the carpet beneath the table. Then after a second or two he snaps back into standing except this time for good. Mol just gets up and walks away right at the beginning like "fuck it, I'm out!".

Needless to say it breaks the scene (Raphael can't be talked to anymore and Mol only says her idle line about "conning some gold of that cleric") but at least you can get some cheap amusement out of it.

>>537997789
So not only do you think the novelty of the trick won't wear off after a few times, but you also have to exploit the game to get a few hundred scrolls first? Why not just install a cheat that allows you to be super cool awesome with the press of a button? That's what you're aiming for, with extra steps.

>>538001972
>Lieutenant Ralph, what are you doing here?
>I'm here to try out my sea legs.
>But you ain't got no legs, Lieutenant Ralph.

>>538002181
It's funner to do it the roundabout way.

Evil Minsc >>>>>>>>> Good Minsc

Twitter found out about the fanfics where Astarion cuck Wyll...

>>537975348 (OP)
Ehehe
boned

Subhuman.

sex was never the joke btw
it's being beaten by bare bones

Is there any situation where being considered a Construct is useful? I don't remember having Bernard's Halberd.

Shadowheart's reaction to being given the orchid in act two is so out of character it's stupid. I cringed.

>>538012682
>concentration
what's the point

There is a huge plothole in this game.
You and the companions don't become mindflayers because Orpheus, OK.

But why aren't everyone from Act 3 mindflayers?

>>538012793
she feels like a different character every arc she kept being rewritten and rewritten until she barely feels like an evil cleric, maybe that's why they went with the brainwashing twist idk, her story is pretty weak i m o

>Heh, the joke wasn't about Astarion being raped, you misunderstood
Plausible deniability is no longer plausible when there is a pattern of the slopswine being hypocritical (1), being unable to admit fault, even for something as inconsequential as a semantic mistake (2), constantly repeating the aforementioned "joke" and bragging about it being "/bgg/ culture" (3), and spewing stupid headcanon, such as the companions having abusive parental figures revealing something about their writers (4).

(1) https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/thread/485847206/#485847883
Rambling about how BG3 is a game that makes people feel "seen," only to later joke about sexual abuse that might be sensitive for people is hypocritical.
(2) https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/thread/484983246/#485059081
(3) https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/thread/536542557/#536623396
(4) https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/thread/535069485/#535135868

The common denominator is an utter lack of care for who these characters are or what they might mean to some. So no, I don't think that "joke" was "accidentally" offensive. I think that when a pattern repeats itself over years, it indicates true colors - especially on an anonymous website, where there shouldn't be any need to posture as either a saint or a piece of shit. When the pig repeats a pattern for two years, it's no longer a gimmick or a persona - it's simply what it is. In this case, subhuman.

>>538015034
>barely feels
she never felt like evil cleric
she felt like a good cleric with trust issues due to tragic past
even frog which is pretty dumbass edgy feels evil, shadoslut doesnt

>>538014795
Finish the game before you come here and try to point out plot holes. And pay attention.

>>538016418
>she never felt like evil cleric
I know but she was suppposed to feel like one

>>538016091
Not reading all that

>>538018096
Imagine reading a shitty pasta

>>538017236
not gonna post Asty in dis thread
he is too precious

Are Astarion and Minthara the only evil companions? I remember during EA they said it would be about half and half

>>538019392
The frog too and you don't have to convince the cleric to do some genocide among the tieflings.

I'm going to make my tav a pacifist. Life cleric who only heals/buffs and then hides in sanctuary.

>>538017236
they missed mark with evil characters, especially with how much astarion and orryn steal the show, not even talking about drudge
frog isnt even evil, shes propogandized edgy retard which due to game being game allows to cockblock her hard, if they wanted to make her evil she should have overruled pc and did something trully horrific
its like minthara which never murdered grove, all talk, no action.

>>538019392
A loyal jackboot of Vlaakith is Evil, and a devout Sharran cleric is Evil. But both of these characters feature a neutral alignment path, and many people would even argue the game pushes you towards their neutral path.

Shart was also changed from EA to be less evil and less snarky.

So these days yeah Asty and Minth are the only two carrying the evil torch. Just like there are only like 3 non-elves in the party. It's just the way the cookie crumbles.

Thoughts on elves?

>>538020169
Something's fucky with that elf..

>>538020169
Looks like a classic skyrim altmer to me

>>538019392
The world's not black and white, it's shades of all kinds. Minthara might be labeled "evil," yet what is her crime? Being mind-controlled by the Cult of the Absolute? Being a drow? Gale is on the surface a decent man who means well - as long as it's convenient for him - and could even be described as moral. Yet, he is more than willing to toy with forces greater than him, or to risk the lives of thousands in the pursuit of his ambition. Do you still care what alignment reads on his character sheet?

>>538021039
time to worship talos nord scumbag

>>538021039
I'm a simple Norf. I see Altmer, I kill.

>>538021493
Considering one wants to set loose an army of goblins to slaughter a group of innocents and the other doesn't want to do that, yeah.

Lawfulgoodbros...

shart looks better in dark hair

>>538021696
Just get that robe and/or rapier then you can ignore him.

>>538021696
>deals with the devil
>lawfulgood

>>538021685
Being mind-controlled absolves Minthara of moral responsibility. She did nothing wrong.

why do the chosen have to shout the name of their infinity stones as if they were some fucking power rangers?

>>538022056
humiliation ritual for the undead half-elf.

>>538021696
I never understood why people hate Wyll. I'm a racist and I think he's fine, I usually bring him along

>>538021685
they are not innocents tho, they are evil devil refugees terorizing peaceful druids

>>538022313
that's unironically because chuds have no media literacy

>>538022056
for the same reason raphael has his disney villian theme song

>>538022313
he's boring and doesn't do any job in the party that some other companion can't do better

>>538022536
desu devil being a diva feels more in character than calling out the name of your stando

Mol started to count to 10 after a peaceful banter and now I can't get that ring from her.

>>538022771
Sounds like she needs murder correction.

wtf is a stando

I wish I could murder all of those annoying thiefling brats

>>538022574
Unless you respec someone he's the only one who can be a party face besides Minthara if you aren't playing a CHA class

>>538023278
>I must initiate all dialogues with CHAds because I can't play my roles

>>538023527
As long trader prices are tied to CHA alone I will not apologize.

Hate is a strong word. Very few people hate the non-character - they just don't care about him.

>>538023907
Many people hate him and call him a waste of an origin slot he's trash just like halsin

>>538023747
Nothing can beat the five-finger discount. Another day, another win for DEX autists.

>>538021493
you know you're a little special when the "slightly autistic" resident namefag is able to answer a question clearly

an yet another verbose, self-referential post
big sigheroni

why does orin send you a lewd painting of herself?

Nothing in that post was self-referential - unless you assume I wrote Orianna and her lines. Ah, but the pig struggles with definitions. Where is the Astarion rape joke, subhuman? This thread was made in your honor, after all.

In a recent interview, Samanta Beart, Karlach's VA, talks about how she considers Karlach a person who knows can intimidates others and how she wants to put them at ease with a joke or a kind word, and how she discussed this with Ray Stevenson, the actor who plays Titus Pullo in Rome as they're both "gentle giants".

I love how this game interacts with other media not only for inspiration but also for talent, each person involved can be seen to have put in their own effort beyond what was required to refine their craftsmanship and it shows in the result.

>>538027815
>>538028779
I ship it

>HISS!
>[Intimidation] HISS!
>I see. Yes, perhaps you're right.

>>538029982
I always save Last Light just for Him

always run all female companion party
they're always nakey

>>538030804
Based

What is the replay value in this game given the main story is so underwhelming and there seem to be almost no mutually-exclusive quests or paths? The different endings all hinge on decisions made in the last 5% of the game so it's not like there's a narrative benefit to a new run. Is it just about banging all the companions? They all throw themselves at you in the Act 1 camp party anyway so that seems like a straightforward savescum situation rather than a new game.

Is it just honour mode and a solo run?

In a recent interview, Neil Newbon, Astarion's VA, talks about how he considers Astarion a person who is similar to him in many ways, and how "there's a lot of stuff that came very close to home" in his portrayal of the character. "Survivors find a way to survive," Newbon says, both of the journey Astarion experiences and of navigating trauma in the real world.

I love how this game draws so much from the passionate voice actors, allowing them to deliver not only convincing performances but ones that resonate with people and stay with them. It can make people feel "seen." Anyway, do you guys think Godey boned Astarion? The joke is not about sexual abuse, by the way.

i dont care about what the voice actors think about their characters they mean NOTHING

>>538032306
Im starting to think Astarion raped you

ok now you're just trying too hard to stimulate a reaction so as not to spend the weekend alone

>>538032248
>what is the replay value in this game
Tav and Durge have different stories
New classes=new dialogue choices, new solutions=new things you havent seen before
different party companions=new and refreshing combat
make new choices=save barcus/yeet him into the sky, etc
and yes, bang new companions, experience different romances

ngl, your post reads as a samefag baity style of post that will have a namefag (you) a few hours from now

>>538023278
Only Tav can be the party face, since 90% of the time it reverts to the PC regardless of who you initiate the dialogue with or whether it makes sense.

>>538033173
>Tav and Durge have different stories
Don't you mean Tav has no story whereas Durge has the obviously intended MC story? Hardly a reason to play a Tav if you've already done a Durge playthrough.

I hear bard has some fun options but can't bring myself to face the Act 3 slog again.

more and more people are realizing Karlach is the right choice.

>>538033908
I like karlach because she's nice to me

Has anyone tried the Act 1 & 3 night mode mod?
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/13084

>futa karlach on shadowheart
is there a more kino romance?

How to fix buying from traders
Have the trader have a set number you need to meet or beat. Your current party's total CHA amount will determine if you beat that value. 4x smooth talking bards? You're going to finesse that merchant easily. 4x unpleasant stone-faced fighters? Yeah, you should expect to pay more.

Someone give me a link to larians HR, im applying to be the next great ideas guy.

>>538032306
Neil also did mocap for Flaming Fist Marcus, what's his connection to Godey?

>>538033843
Tav is a normal dude who gets involved in the main event, while Durge is actively involved in the main plot so
so yeah, they're still different experiences

>>538033908
It's always been a great choice, it's just that the minority has a lot more free time to fool the 20 people in these threads into thinking that a frog and a drow rebound girl are more popular

>>538034145
yea futa karlach on tav

>>538020169
cute frelf

>>538034079
looks like kino

any news on Patch 9?

>>538034904
Pax will no longer have a BG3 stand, larian has stopped marketing the game. Get ready for them to start teasing their next project next year

>>538032248
Baldur's Gate 3 is a roleplaying game. A game in which, presumably, roleplaying is a goal in and of itself, not something that stands in your way of reaching the end credits, or achieving your goal of 100%-ing the game before you shelf it forever. Only a complete moron like the swine would treat an RPG like a theme park and think it's excellent "roleplaying" to remove the party size limit in order to enhance the "social experience." It gets lonely with only three dolls, you see.

>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

>>538033006
You never react to the swine when it repeats the rape joke, but you're quick to act like I'm to blame for calling out its crass hypocrisy. Interesting, don't you think? Why is a subhuman that casually jokes about sexual abuse still pretending it cares a lot about the voice actors or the game?

>>538035173
>shelf
*shelve
Proofreading matters.

>>538034069
me irl

I almost forgor

Waifus, Husbandos
Love & Harmony

>>538035037
I don't like scifishit...

>>538035840
well I don't like dnd and got over 500 hours in bg3 you'll be fine

Astarion's gentle nature after seeing the city's colors again after 200 years

>>538036049
based based based

>>538035173
>only a complete moron like the swine would treat an RPG like a theme park and think it's excellent "roleplaying" to remove the party size limit in order to enhance the "social experience." It gets lonely with only three dolls, you see.
>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
I don't understand. You're arguing for or against removing party limit?

>>538036428
<3

>fag starts seeing colours
>frog starts seeing the colours between the red of blood and the black of death
wait a second ARE THE WRITER HACKFRAUDS

>>538037223
Maybe they're all colorblind and thats a big deal for them

steal gales underwear

how different are things playing as an origin character?

>>538037441
maybe the real shadowcurse was just monochromatic vision

>>538036753
Is reading comprehension becoming a scarce commodity these days or something? Roleplaying is NOT about having ten dolls in your party so you can hear a banter fire every 30 seconds. Roleplaying is NOT about simulating the "social experience" - whatever the fuck that means - of traveling with your besties and going on super cool adventures. Roleplaying is NOT about sampling every single option like a fat pig at a buffet because you have zero self-control. Roleplaying is about making a series of CHOICES and accepting their CONSEQUENCES. Do you understand?

damn Shadowheart's snatch is really hairy

>>538037793
just some flavor here and there

Perhaps, in another unvierse, they could have been friends, traveling the Sword Coast together, sharing stories, adventures..maybe even stealing kisses from each others' lips...

the whole origin thing reminds me of Romancing SaGa

>>538037835
role playing is literally about playing a role you autistic fuck and party chemistry is one of the most important things about an rpg
rpgs in their very core are social games
you'd have known that if you actually played a role instead of playing a game
or played tabletop you friendless moron

If I wanted to coom what mods are for me

>>538037606
They are cold

>>538038387
imagine an apple
what do you see?

finally got to Baldur's Gate. I'm playing pretty vanilla I think, my character's main concern is getting rid of the parasite, and I avoided using the illithid powers. I've done every side quest I can, I just failed rescuing that kid killed by the harpies because I was too late. Rescued tieflings and deep gnomes. Knocked out Minthara and recruited her. Got the Selune blessing and kept Isobel from being taken, convinced Shadowheart to not kill Aylin, she dyed her hair and we're gonna rescue her parents. Shadowheart's my "bosom companion". Tbh I'm kinda burned out by how long its been taking.

BDC claims another e*f

>>538037835
roleplaying is literally make believe, not whatever pretentious shit you want to enforce on everyone.

>>538034232
>total CHA
You're violating a fundamental principle of D&D. Individual character builds should be able to be orthogonal to each other

are there are foods that get unique outcomes after long rest? been stuffing everyone with pizzas

>>538028289
Daddy Sarevok wants a great grandchild.

>>538038778
>BDC
Big druid cock?

>>538039673
If you long rest with only booze, everyone wakes up with a hangover and you get an achievement

>>538039673
I think you get an achievement for resting everybody only on alcohol

why does myrkul and his followers seem like such cucks compared to the other dead three

>>538039917
>why are act 2 enemies less powerful than act 3 enemies

>>538039816
*checks pic*
That's a duergar.

>>538039917
wdym

>>538038241
Roleplaying is, by definition, intertwined with respecting the narrative. How can you properly roleplay in a world whose rules you don't respect or even openly ridicule? In the context of BG3, respecting the narrative means that you don't teleport from one place to another with your ten-strong party, that you don't cheat by removing the level cap, or by auto-succeeding every skill check, thus rendering the basic foundations (skills) of your character meaningless. You don't actually want a roleplaying game - you want a theme park where you can find and recruit companions in the wild like they're pokemon. Choices and consequences is the very backbone of RPGs. By including every single companion in your circus troupe, you've eliminated the most basic choice of all. You've become an attention-whoring pig.

>>538039131
I don't have to enforce anything. Most people already accept the default party size of four. But of course, you can't be an attention whore if you do things like everyone else.

>>538039917
I'd say Myrkul is done well because of the Avatar that some mistake for Myrkul himself.
Ketheric is also the Chosen that has decent enough content.
There's also Balthazar that is displayed as someone who's not a complete idiot.

Past that, there's however very little and you could even easily miss the actual other Myrkulites because they are in the same place as Absolute cultists.
I think the general issue is that once you know you are dealing with the Dead Three, Myrkul is already out of the picture, even though they strictly speaking aren't that terribly represented.

>>538033286
So stupid how you can't make the party members talk to each other in camp

>>538039917
the other two have more unique titles and goals while Myrkul still larps as lord of the dead

>>538033286
Just keep your character away from the scene.

>>538040058
retard

>>538041526
You are, yes

>>538042218
says the ultra retard who didnt even understand the post he replied to
retard

>>538039686
>I can't knock up Orin and make her my concubine once I rule the Elder Brain
The game was shit.

>>538042274
nicefrog

>>538042919
this

One race. The Rothé race.

>>538037835
>Roleplaying is about having half your party and characters the plot is based around be absent from the story for no reason
Ok

>>537969265
Thanks, man.

They should make a dlc, there is alot of stuff missing

What's the spell save DC on command grovel & hold person?

>>538046226
>does he know

>>538039917
Gortash looks like a pale indian weeaboo, like a knock off mid boss from a modern final fantasy

>>538046447
That depends on who's casting it. The formula is 8 + Proficiency Bonus + Spellcasting Ability Modifier. You can check the value in the Spellbook. Hover over the value to get a detailed breakdown.

>>538044138
No, that would be immersion.

Immersion-wise, does it make sense for your party of 7 to waltz into Moonrise like you own the place when you're supposedly on a recon mission?
Immersion-wise, does it make sense for your party of 10 to crash Gortash's coronation?
Immersion-wise, does it make sense for Orin to kidnap Yenna because your circus troupe of 11 is inseparable and that's the only target she has left?
Immersion-wise, does it make sense for your small army of 14 to say farewells to each other before Lae'zel has had enough and decides to hop on her dragon?

I'm merely copypasting what I've typed before because this is a recurring justification from cheaters like the swine. The narrative does NOT assume that your party includes every single companion (pokemon) you can find and recruit. That is merely video game convenience - Larian not wanting to impose a hard choice on the players on who to recruit and who is mutually exclusive with whom. Otherwise, you could further balloon your party with the hirelings from Withers as it would make no sense that they be "absent from the story for no reason." Your blatant disregard of the narrative is not my problem. Play the game however you want, but make no excuses about what kind of "player" you really are.

>>538046447
If you're using a scroll it uses your newest casting class's main stat. The base DC iirc is 10 + your spellcasting modifier. Gear can add to your spell save DC.

>>538046881
How many of his screenshots have you saved

will he ever shut up?

>>538046881
>Listen Wyll, we're going face Ketheric and save your father, but you can't come with us because I only have space for 3 people in the midst of this giant battle and I'd rather have Gale for his spellcasting

>>538034904
Honor+ ruleset that automatically fails all dialogue options, Mol romance added, midget races reworked to be playable for non-masochists.

>>538047526
literally the first mod that larian recommends in their modding guide was the mod that lets you bring more companions to your party that guy's an attention seeking retard & probably morbidly obese

he plays with controller because his fingers are too fat

>>538042919
this but redemption sex with Orin after the revelation about Sarevok and Bhaal break her

>>538046880
>>538046901
Thanks. I've never really understood how saves against spells worked, I'd usually just hover over a target and decide to cast or not cast based on the percentage it says.

>>538033908
Mizora > Karlach >>>>>>>>> anyone else

What are the mods you consider to be almost necessary?

>>538042919
imagine the playful stabbings at the family table with your cute incestuous daughters plunging knives into your heart while their mother tries to strangle them :3

>>538048870
really shadowheart

>>538048870
DragonBall Warrior

Isobel fucking died and now Karlach is upset that Dammon died.

ISOBEL WHY DID YOU CAST TURN UNDEAD WHEN I PUT SANCTUARY ON YOU?

>>538033908
shan't be me
minthara's ugly in both face and soul and karlach is fake
lae'zel's personality appeals to me and shart is pretty and good beneath the sharshit

>>538039403
Baldur's Gate 3 is hampered by Dungeons and Dragons.

a mod that replaces gale character model with mystra character model...

>>538049194
Serious question: what difficulty mods are necessary to make a solo or duo run with that mod + level 20 even remotely challenging?
Because I know that class is absolutely fucking broken, and no difficulty mod can whitstand a party of 4 using it, you have to actively hold back, which I guess is in line with DBZ actually.

>>538047526
1. The player character wouldn't know the non-character's father is still alive. Are you metagaming?
2. The non-character would accept being replaced by a more competent spellcaster. The non-character can't even decide the value of his father's life in Act 3. The non-character is a glorified hireling.
3. I've never said that the narrative assumes a rigid party size of four. But it does assume a relatively small party. Temporary allies are completely acceptable - in fact, the screenshot above is a good example of that. Having Minthara or Jaheira or Aylin join you doesn't really break immersion - having a ten-strong party does. Why doesn't your party in BG2 gather all the available companions? It makes no sense to leave valuable allies behind! Clearly, the narrative assumes that you have a small army of twenty trusted companions by the time you face Irenicus.

>>538049228
You shouldn't sanctuary Isobel, just heal her with Hellrider's pride equipped.

>>538049643
>1. The player character wouldn't know the non-character's father is still alive. Are you metagaming?
Your party literally talks about it.
>2. The non-character would accept being replaced by a more competent spellcaster
Why? What reason is there to not bring both?
>3. I've never said that the narrative assumes a rigid party size of four.
But the game does for no more reason than balance and mechanics, something the party mod changes with the added benefit of improving the story and dare I say, the role playing.
>. Having Minthara or Jaheira or Aylin join you doesn't really break immersion - having a ten-strong party does
Okay, picture the first fight with ketheric thorm
>We beat him, but he's jumped down into that hole with the tentacle. Jaheira, will you join us?
>Yes!
>Okay, Karlach you stay here
>why?
>well, you know, 5 people is a bit much
This is immersive to you

>>538049631
>wipe the floor with apostle of myrkul
>"heh, not bad, you made me use 2% of my power"
>orin tries flexing and transforms into slayer
>"you're going to love this, trust me"
sometimes a man just wants to have fun playing games you know

>>538049228o
Camping Shart with Spirit Guardians near Isobel alone saves you a lot of headache, especially if she's equipped with the usual (Luminous Armour, Blood of Lathander etc.) gear. Barricading (or Arcane Locking) doors is also helpful.
Dammon dying is new to me. Isn't he too far from the main action to get involved? Or maybe you just didn't have the numbers (Yonas' patrol died, Tieflings weren't saved, Florrick is gone already etc.) and he got aggro'd because of it.

>>538049228
>>538049801
Sanctuary is extremely useful if Isobel gets Paralyzed and so she can't break it at least for a round. Otherwise Warding Bond is practically all you need.

>>538050168
You don't know whether the non-character's father is still alive at that point. Narratively, your party is small. That's just how the story plays out, and every single interaction starts to break down if you actually have ten allies accompanying you everywhere you go. It becomes especially egregious when Orin needs to kidnap someone and Yenna is the only target left. The number of companions you choose to recruit along the way is your own concern, but that is, once again, video game convenience. Temporary allies do not break the immersion established by that baseline, as I've already explained - they are literally part of the narrative. It's bizarre that you can recognize the arbitrary nature of a party size of four, but illogically conclude that having fourteen people in your gang is more "immersive."

>>538051960
>Netherbrain tries mind control
>"but there's one thing a saiyan always keeps"
>"HIS PRIIIIIIIIIDE"
>rolls an automatic 99, dominates the brain, game ends right then and there
Mod author should implement that.

>>538048870
1. better goodberry
that's it. I do like ancient megapack and hireling ladies a lot tho

Act 3 is pretty gay so far. It feels like I've stepped into The Witcher 1

will Orpheus kill me if I free him

>>538055775
nah

oh I see, the Emperor is the one who turns on you. Ok, fuck him. I can't stand illithids.

>>538056332
should have listened to the frog

shes always right

>>538056401
I don't have her with me. I've just been doing everything to avoid using illithid options and mainly choice options about getting rid of the parasite. I actually attacked the Emperor the first time. Hate these davy jones looking fuckers.

YOU LEAVE ME NO OPTION BUT TO JOIN THE NETHERBRAIN

>>538056518
and she cute

>>538052881
>>538052881
>hireling ladies
OMG thank you i wanted this so much

>illithid turns on you
WHAAAAAAAT no way

>>538055590
>>538056518
stylishfrog

>>538057602
haters dont know about my bro omeluum

what if Lae'zel had a normal nose

>>538057734
shed still have ugly skin ugly skin colour and a voice that puts a crack smoker to shame

>>538057593
if you cast create water on her would it clean her up

What if Minthara were evil?

>>538057734
It would be extremely disturbing

>>538057734
>what if the alien looked more human

Technically, the Emperor only turns on you if you turn on him first. If you simply follow his plan from start to finish, the brain is destroyed and you are freed of the tadpole and he simply floats away. Zero betrayal, and you get the ending you desired. You have to break the plan and betray him first if you want him to betray you.

So it would be misleading to say "oh yeah of course the illithid betrays you". Because he actually doesn't unless you start it.

>>538057593
np! I really like the characters they let you pick with that. mizora blowing everything up with wild magic bullshit, kagha as a big angry bitch punching everyone, and araj as the most badass-looking paladin were all really cool. there's another hireling swap mod called 'hirelings unleashed' I haven't tried that lets you play as flind the gnoll and some other people. might be fun too

>>538057941
this is nice t.b.h.

your theory is invalidated by the reveal of the second stelmane cutscene
youre right in that there is no betrayal but that is because betrayal requires trust and the illithid is incapable of trust

>>538057734
Hshar'lak! Guards, a betrayer!

>>538058270
That he doesn't turn on you when you follow his plan to the letter is hardly a mark of honour. It's simply that you've been a most obedient little instrument, and he's had no cause to discard you. The absence of betrayal under perfect compliance is not proof of trustworthiness.

>>538058270
I thought it was weird how he joins the brain when Orpheus is onboard to kill the brain. He didn't want him freed because the Githyanki would hunt all Illithids.

The Emperor was separated from the netherbrain but he was still an illithid supremacist. I couldn't stand how he kept pressuring me to embrace this shit I never signed up for.

Why did so few people get the busker achievement? It sounds really easy to do

>>538034237
Canon tav is a barbarian elven stacie sweatie

>>538059894
>I'm missing it too
I'm not going to sit around for roughly 10-20 minutes to collect scraps off the ground.

Trans rights
Gay rights
Love is love
Refugees welcome
Tiefling lives matter

>>538060361
no
no
no
no
say no to thieflings

>>538060481
I dedicate this song to you, chud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFE6qQ3ySXE

Minthara with tousled hair.

>>538060361
this but unironically

>>538057969
You're a big frog.

>>538060654
not minthara

>>538048870
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/5285

how long is act 3, I think I've had enough of this

>>538060654
Stop changing how characters look.

>>538059894
Tedium. Had I know how tedious honour mode would be, I wouldn't have bashed my head against that one either. Then again, what else do I have to do with my time?

>>538060819
Depends what you still need, with regards to equipment and levels. It can drag though.

Why is minthara wearing light armor when we meet her she is a paladin? Drow also wear heavy and medium armor.

>>538060819
Just kill Orin and Gortash and go straight to the end and complain that there's not enough content like everyone else.

Gale? Oooh you mean my alert+ hold person bot.

>>538058951
He doesn't betray you unless you betray him first. This is a simple fact, and is a far cry from the rhetoric people were saying, which is acting like he betrays you as part of the plot or that it was inevitable. Omitting such an important detail like the player has to start the betrayal sequence in order for it to happen at all misrepresents the game. That's all. Whether or not he is trustworthy in the general sense is a different topic. And obviously he is not.

And for the record, he is lenient about several things. You can waltz into the creche showing off the artifact and handing it to everyone who asks, you can deny tadpole slurping every single time he asks, you can affirm your desire for total ghaik extermination at several points in the game including to him, and you can call him a squid freak in every conversation and he just puts up with it because you need each other. He could have turned you into a squid by removing his protection at any second, and then tumbled the artifact into the next adventurer's hands at any point. So he's more patient/flexible than people give him credit for.

>>538059109
Him joining the brain instead of just peacing out completely and going to Neverwinter or something was pretty stupid, but his logic is that survival even as a slave is preferable to being killed by the resurging githyanki if your plan succeeds.

Which is funny, because earlier he says taking this chance at freedom is worth it even if failure means death because life as a slave is no life at all. So it seems he talks big and gives good speeches but is actually quite afraid of dying when it comes down to it.
Especially in this case where he can just hide in another region...

>>538059894
It's something that nobody would do unless they looked at the achievement. That achievement being among the most rare despite being easy just proves that most people are not achievement hunters and don't even check what they are.

>>538061224
Vanity, the spidersilk armor hugs her waist and butt when she runs.

>>538061224
>Drow also wear heavy and medium armor.
They don't? Stealth and moving silently are everything in the Underdark.

Since the Dead Three conspiracy had necromancers at their disposal, why didn't they simply kill the elder brain and resurrect it as undead to ensure loyalty? When the drow accidentally summoned Orcus into the Underdark he wandered into an illithid colony and took it over that way.

Karlach's "AAAAAHHHHH I'M ANGERY" shit in act 1 is very tiresome

>>538061473
>he
>him
A human being is a "he" or a "she," and sometimes even a "they." The squid is an "it."

The Emperor was a chump, the real mover was Raphael.

>>538063371
Zariel was the real winner in a" good" playthrough, she got Mizora back from the pod and got rid of a potential usurper in Avernus when the player kills Raphael.

it's pretty well established that the emperor is a small dick in the overall story

The amount of faggots is unreal in act 3. God, imagine defending this slop.

>>538062560
Shut up

man the game really does run off a cliff in act 3, wtf

I'm not reading any essay from someone who thinks that manthara is an oath of the crown paladin

>>538049643
used that Aerie avatar for my steam account. lmao

Oak father preserve us all.

am I right to think that Orin is the most dangerous of the three chosen? Apart from that Raphael seemed to be the only one with proper main villain energy

>>538064043
you can be playing the shining paragon, and still end up as someone's unwitting cat's‑paw in the Blood War

>>538066606
Hard to compete with Thorne's immortality. But yea shes tough.

>>538066285
I love how doting she gets when you keep the egg in her inventory

>>537988394
Initially tight and petite, the entrance a narrow, pink slit barely parting for one finger, framed by soft, black pubic hair (a modest bush, untamed but not wild - curls matted slightly from travel sweat). Outer lips firm and pale, inner lips dainty and rosy, clit small and hooded like a hidden pearl. Inside feels warm, ridged, and vice-like - smooth walls hugging intruders with insistent pressure, G-spot a subtle swell. Smell starts mildly musky-tangy (sweat and metallic notes), but over a dozen cums, it evolves: grool builds from clear slickness to thick, creamy white accumulations - stringy strands pooling at the entrance, dripping down to her arse, scent turning sharper, more fermented like overripe fruit mixed with salty arousal, intensifying the hairy twat's pungency. After hours, hair is soaked, clumped with girlcum, making everything sloppier and smellier.

>>538066879
Here I thought Bane's would be the big dick, but he's totally threatened by her.

aren't all the chicks bushy except Karlach? Karlach's body had a bunch of modifications so it makes sense I guess

>>538067062
yea its incredible

why didn't Shadowheart get a new portrait after dying her hair

>>538060819
>w...w-wah! >.<

>>538062323
pretty much. she's such a sweet character outside that (and being ugly as fuck)

>>538068848
?

>>537988394
Nature's blessing.

>>538068326
They forgor. It bothers me

>>538049643
Young Jaheira is looking HOT.

>>538012793
it was funny, it reminded me of Heather from SH3

>>538065604
like every faggoty game, mods fix this. install "no alphabets" and enjoy

>>538068326
They bothered to write dialogue for scenarios that no person sees unless they go out of their way for it, but couldn't be arsed to update her portrait.

>>538066606
>>538066879
WHO
WOULD
WIN?

le chosen™ of bhaal, or picrel?

how do I deck out Shadowheart in full Selunite garb? She's still all religious and praying all the time

Random fun fact: during development, the legendary weapon that dropped from Balduran would instead drop from the fat demon in act2. It was absolutely broken as fuck in act 2

>>538070791
The sword from Ansur, you mean?
I used the(now fixed, it seems) exploit to get Helldusk in act 1, and it really doesn't feel as broken as you'd think it would. Also, the Silver Sword, it's pretty strong through act 1, but feels relatively normal in act 2.

>>538070681
The only reasonable Selunite robe available comes ironically from murdering Isobel, other are just white items.
https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Moon_Devotion_Robe

Past that, there isn't Selune related gear available except the Selune spear.
Honestly, slap some Harlequin Black and White on some item and it can pass off as Selunite Cleric gear.

>>538069425
Go play your shitty map painting simulators, chuds, this is a woke lgbtqia+ game

Missionary with Astarion

>>538068326
its a bug from larian using a texture override to change her hair color. her base hair color is still truly black so when character portraits are rendered at level up it just fails to load that override.

Shadowheart is a sex positive, trans ally

>>538073285
So are we!

>>538073285
Exactly right

>>538073285
>sex positive
correct
>tr*ns
wrong

>>538073285
So is karlach btw.

Shadowheart is hated for being the cutest, most cuddly companion.

>>538075284
>cutest, most cuddly companion.
Is karlach, she is always warm for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-qbukT6RBc
based gale

>>538075475
The warmth of a weirdo who gives it to everyone means nothing. The warmth of Shadowheart means the world. Laying next to her in the hay bed, the rooster crowing to start our day, just looking into her eyes and telling her you love her. Karlach has nothing to offer that's even on that level. You don't think Shadowheart can finger an asshole? You know she can. And unlike Karlach, one is left with a certain desire to return the favor.

based'zel

>>538075475
shadowheart is warm and moist

I never played the prior BG games and don't know much D&D/AFR lore besides what's in BG3. I just read that adamantine armor turns to dust once removed from the underdark. Did Larian fuck up this detail?

damn, all 12 members of /bgg/ are out getting laid on a friday night and im sitting here researching drow armor

>>538079070
dont make this more awkward than it already is

why isn't there any acknowledgment from Raphael if you're already a fiend warlock? Your patron could be anyone, even Mephisto or Asmodeus. Then I wonder why even bother being a warlock with an infernal patron when you can be a cleric of Asmodeus, the big dick of the nine hells himself

>>538077891
don't get too autistic about consistency in FR lore, it's really just wallpaper for case by case stories. They have a literal dungeon master god, Ao, that retcons shit on the fly who brings back dead gods just because.

>>538079421
nothing stops you from being his warlock and his cleric at the same time. Though I don't think he's a cleric option in BG3

I better get a karlach gf soon. Hell id settle for one of the other 3.

Karlach has a chinky face

>>538080467
Just go to an anime convention or anywhere troons are likely to congregate, should be plenty of Karl-ACK and Shadowhairy types to choose from. Just make sure you don't live too long after you're done willy hunting.

I haven't played since patch 6 went live. This shit is completely broken. I cant even create a new character it's so broken.
Is running on the patch 6 beta the only viable option here?

>>538080721
Yes

>>538080976
Problem on your end, works fine for me. Try uninstalling your astarion dickboy mods.

>>538079297
What is Astarion looking at?

Upper City was marketed as explorable (“giving you a chance to explore the … opulent estates of the Upper City”), but the released game has no explorable Upper City; Larian later said the Upper City was always meant to be a cinematic epilogue only. This was obviously a lie. Larian lies.

“17,000 endings” was promoted pre-launch, but later clarified by Larian as permutations rather than thousands of distinct endings, which many players viewed as misleading marketing. Because it is. Larian lied again. A pattern emerges.

>>538082164
they probably cut it because even what was delivered runs like dirt, then they tried to quietly rewrite history. Should have just been honest.

Minthara “missing content” was attributed by Larian to bugs blocking her dialogue and reactivity; multiple patches said they fixed or added lines, yet players continued to report sparse content and broken triggers long after. Larian has long since given up any pretense of her content being bugged - it simply doesn't exist. Larian lied about Minthara's status as a companion, and then lied about the nature of the problem, then lied about a solution. And the people who deny this lie to themselves.

Larian said split-screen on Xbox Series S was “a must” and the Xbox version wouldn’t release without it, then shipped Xbox in 2023 without Series S split-screen and only added it in Patch 8 in 2025. I guess when you work at Larian, lying to make a sale is business as usual. Whatever the player wants, just lie and say you have it. Maybe the crunch labor will fix it eventually. Maybe not.

Yes we know Swen Larian is a liar

>>538083015
Looks like my aunt, she owes me sex.

yes, saar we know you lying is am swen

Epilogues were described post-launch as “trimmed” for pacing and not “cut content,” but that reframing followed earlier messaging that led players to expect broader late-game coverage; Larian then changed stories and added the supposedly cut content. Yet even here they lied again.

Marketing emphasized that evil playthroughs were fully viable role-playing, but multiple critiques concluded the pure-evil route was comparatively underdeveloped by Act 3, with Minthara’s path cited as evidence. In fact, Larian has lied about this from the very beginning, insisting that their unlikeable and forgettable cast of companions represented only the evil ones, and that many more companions would arrive later. Of course now we know the truth - there are no other companions, and many of the ones we did get are unfinished to this day. They lied to suppress criticism of their product's quality.

>>538083015
what phenotype is this

>>538083464
Greekoid

LOL you can persuade the spiders to fuck over that duerger if you're Lolthsworn.

>>538083015
>the goddess of magic is a random white lady

>>538083015
would in a heartbeat

>>538084105
as opposed to a random something else

even he knows

>>538083015
Fine, I'll say it; I don't think she's that pretty. In fact, I think he's kinda ugly. I would obviously have sex with her, it would be silly to say no to anything as everything is an upgrade from my left hand, but her? A goddess? THE goddess of magic? Mizora is better. A lowly middle management cambion is better than a goddess.

When does shadowheart's hair turn white? I don't know if I missed something

>>538084840
Act 3 if she rejects Shar

>>538084840
Did you spare Dame Aylin? If so wait a long rest or two, she'll dip her head in white wax like those dudes from DaS3

>>538072536
Map painting simulators are compromised too

it doesn't matter in the long run but is the dream guardian meant to be a drow chick?

>>538083015
If I was Gale, I would never pull out

>>538083015
>>538085191
I think that's just an avatar. Mystra had several of them, even possessed a woman to give birth to a special chosen and really pissed off her husband

>>538085152
Yes anything else is non-canon and you should feel bad about changing her to anything else.

>>538085152
No, everyone just makes a drow because blue pussy drives men mad

kino

>>538085521
Can I still be a lesbian with Shadowheart without all the other fag shit? What happens to Nocturnal?

>>538085521
Finally, a mod to get rid of all the FBI & CIA agents.

>>538085521
Gays don't scare me mr chud.

>>538085521
I just want to get rid of the trannies. Seriously, why are most of them kids? And the one adult one makes me want to throw up.

>>538085825
>chud
shits played out. No one's validating the delusion anymore.

>>538082298
If you actually expected 17,000 endings to mean full, separate endings and not possible combinations of character /faction endings you're retarded.

>>538085998
I really don't care chud. I don't seethe in rage over 10 gay gnomes.

Imagine living in a world where there is undeniably an afterlife and ending up as a coin waiting to get lost in between infernal couch cushions.

>>538086020
And if you actually said 17,000 endings and only had three variations on one, you're a belgish liar who scams Gamers as hard as the brownest jeet. It isn't hard to avoid lying, but liars just can't do it.

Who was wyll designed to appeal to?

>>538086020
no he's just autistic

>>538085869
Kids are easier to manipulate and indoctrinate. The older generation might call you out or fight back so you have to keep them in line through tax and crime.

is cooked dwarf meat really delicious?

>>538085663
I think it only affects NPCs and not the companions. Nocturne is a dude in this mod.

me refusing to touch tadpoles first playthrough vs immediately gulping them down in second playthrough

What if the other thieves had gotten to Withers before you?

Where does it say that nocturne is a troon, anyway? All I ever saw was a diary page complaining about people using his or her dead name, but clearly changing names isn't unusual among Sharrans, see Shadowheart.

>>538090449
They would be the chosen ones instead

>>538090510
skull shape doesn't lie

>>538090963
then it would be doomed because they didn't have the prism

>>538090449
he would have just kept sleeping

>>538091481
Doesn't nocturne have a female skeleton? Is it really just the diary page, then? I thought there was more.

>>538092093
IIRC there is but you have to give the nobestalk to shadowheart in act 1

autism fucks me with all the choices in this game for class. i just want to throw fireballs. what's a good build for that?

>>538093779
Pure wizard

>>538093779
evocation wizard

>>538093779
>just throw fireballs
But that's so boring.

>>538095364
>taking two turns to make your magic do something

>>538093779
all the retards will say wizard but the real answer is sorcerer because you can generate infinite spell slots for infinite fireballs

>>538093779
People are saying wizard and that's definitely true, but I had a blast (heh) playing a red dragon bloodline Sorcerer. Tons and tons of fireballs thrown and was usually my answer to most situations.

>>538071427
Had to google it since it's been a couple years, yeah it's the giantslayer's sword. Still the same stats as it had from when i playtested and it's damage is nuts. Idk how you can find it weak

Damnable roach...

thank you AMP for the froge cape + water necklace
1/2

>>538097590
oh bob saget. forgot pic

>>538097680
happyfrog

does a hireling from withers replace a party member slot

>>538089408
you really don't need squid powers besides a couple
i usually feed them to my uggo melee like 'lach or toad

>>538098946
yes

>>538100167
are they a fully fleshed out character with voice acting, reactions/comments to your actions and stuff, like the party members?

>>538100293
no

>>538100467
okay then why the pag would i use a hireling over a character who can banter and react to my dialog choices

>>538101172
They fulfill a few roles
>being a replacement for someone who left/died (rare)
>being a camp bitch to cast day-long spells like Heroes' Feast (common)

>>538100293
they're just dudes without stories

Fact or cap? I feel like the game was a success because of the cinematics & the amount of dialogue choices, how important was the bear sex to the game's marketing?

>>538101346
oh im not familiar with the 2nd thing

>>538101538
It's one of the best ways to get a really strong weapon in the late game
>have a hireling hit cleric level 10
>have them use the once-per-campaign 'Divine Intervention: Arm Thy Servant'
>receive Devotee's Mace

>>538101968
oh i dont have that
but i do have some amulets that give you a heal spell per long rest

>>538101518
Memetic ingame moments can unironically make for better marketing than anything the publisher can buy.
I remember when Yakuza 0 came out, they put out a survey and one of the questions asked 'how did you find the game?' and one of the answers was 'the meme with the chicken in the bowling alley'.
So I bet if Larian had put out a survey asking that same question with one of the answers being 'I saw the bear sex meme' quite a few people would've chosen that.

I think Ancient Mega Pack is lagging my game + all the Mystic class gear disappeared from vendors, so fuck that.

no one cares about your shit mod

>>538104196
Nah, fuck being the bigger man. What the actual shit is your problem, you insignificant waste of oxygen?

>>538104196
this is why no one fucks with you irl

>>538104275
did i stutter

He says
>moradin's cracked clay
but I looked around after the fight and I didn't see any broken vases or any broken pottery at all. Did Larian forget to add it to the environment?

The closest he will come to experiencing heartbreak/romantic disappointment/romantic anger is his experience with Shadowheart. Who am I talking about?

>>538077891
AD&D (2E) was the last edition in which the rule you refer to was in effect. It was less about adamantine itself and more about restricting players' access to drow equipment. BG2 was made right on the cusp of 3E (2000), and featured a lengthy Underdark segment with a lot of powerful drow items you couldn't keep once you reached the surface, which probably contributed to that perception. But it has effectively not been true for 25 years.

>>538101968
It's too bad radiant damage is a trap in act 3. Both shadow and devil shits having penalties for you using it on them feels so wrong.

>>538106261
Thisobald from act 2, he started eating his feelings when he realized that cute sharrans won't give him the time of the day