Baldur’s Gate III
4-Aug-23 4:06am
#1 Bleed_DukeBlue
Anyone else playing this? It’s still early, but I’m already pretty sure this will not only be my game of the year but also one of my favorite games of all time. Larian impressed me a lot with Divinity: Original Sin, but this is just a masterpiece so far. Also, it has cross save, so you can play on PC and then move up to five saves over to PS5 via the cloud when that version comes out (although you have to buy both versions to do that).
#1 Bleed_DukeBlue
Anyone else playing this? It’s still early, but I’m already pretty sure this will not only be my game of the year but also one of my favorite games of all time. Larian impressed me a lot with Divinity: Original Sin, but this is just a masterpiece so far. Also, it has cross save, so you can play on PC and then move up to five saves over to PS5 via the cloud when that version comes out (although you have to buy both versions to do that).
20-Nov-23 9:07am
#161 sinnie
The character creator isn't even that vast though. Fallout 4/Skyrim had more detailed ones. Doesn't take much time at all to make a nice character. I might be a weirdo who blasts through it though, lol. It is a bit annoying that I can choose my genitals but not my boob size.
#161 sinnie
The character creator isn't even that vast though. Fallout 4/Skyrim had more detailed ones. Doesn't take much time at all to make a nice character. I might be a weirdo who blasts through it though, lol. It is a bit annoying that I can choose my genitals but not my boob size.
20-Nov-23 10:10am
#163 Feeb
This one is a little more apropos to the actual game. Being that you receive bonuses and a large proportion of the fanbase roleplays in game. It is not overly complex after you understand it though. Unless you min / max and if you do you’re probably toast in game.
#163 Feeb
This one is a little more apropos to the actual game. Being that you receive bonuses and a large proportion of the fanbase roleplays in game. It is not overly complex after you understand it though. Unless you min / max and if you do you’re probably toast in game.
20-Nov-23 10:52am
#164 Archer
I don't think you two understand how to make a dnd character then. It isn't about the looks of the character at all. If you are just playing on story mode then yeah, you can just skip right through all that and just do what ever and it wont matter. But otherwise there is a lot to consider and a lot of choices you can make, which can lead to taking a lot of time to decide on things for how you are going to be playing the game.
Although in this game later on you are able to re-spec in game, which I was unware of at first. Which is not something you are normally able to do in a dnd game. Which is why I spent so much time in the creator the first time around. All other dnd games once the character is created, that its, no changing it. Which means in those other games if you make a warlock and don't like it, tough crap, start over.
#164 Archer
I don't think you two understand how to make a dnd character then. It isn't about the looks of the character at all. If you are just playing on story mode then yeah, you can just skip right through all that and just do what ever and it wont matter. But otherwise there is a lot to consider and a lot of choices you can make, which can lead to taking a lot of time to decide on things for how you are going to be playing the game.
Although in this game later on you are able to re-spec in game, which I was unware of at first. Which is not something you are normally able to do in a dnd game. Which is why I spent so much time in the creator the first time around. All other dnd games once the character is created, that its, no changing it. Which means in those other games if you make a warlock and don't like it, tough crap, start over.
20-Nov-23 12:32pm
#166 Feeb
My half orc is named Bill with a pink Afro and a green goatee. He is sexy AF with no shirt on. No relation to @bill.
I’ll post pics tonight if I can. Get your knickers ready.
#166 Feeb
My half orc is named Bill with a pink Afro and a green goatee. He is sexy AF with no shirt on. No relation to @bill.
I’ll post pics tonight if I can. Get your knickers ready.
20-Nov-23 2:29pm
#167 Shane12m
Feeb wrote:
My half orc is named Bill with a pink Afro and a green goatee. He is sexy AF with no shirt on. No relation to @bill. I’ll post pics tonight if I can. Get your knickers ready.
Please don’t , but also please do…
#167 Shane12m
Feeb wrote:
My half orc is named Bill with a pink Afro and a green goatee. He is sexy AF with no shirt on. No relation to @bill. I’ll post pics tonight if I can. Get your knickers ready.
Please don’t , but also please do…
20-Nov-23 6:57pm
#168 Heavyd814life
Archer wrote:
I don't think you two understand how to make a dnd character then. It isn't about the looks of the character at all. If you are just playing on story mode then yeah, you can just skip right through all that and just do what ever and it wont matter. But otherwise there is a lot to consider and a lot of choices you can make, which can lead to taking a lot of time to decide on things for how you are going to be playing the game. Although in this game later on you are able to re-spec in game, which I was unware of at first. Which is not something you are normally able to do in a dnd game. Which is why I spent so much time in the creator the first time around. All other dnd games once the character is created, that its, no changing it. Which means in those other games if you make a warlock and don't like it, tough crap, start over.
Warlock still sucks, but I've tweaked things a bit and I don't hate it as much as I did before. It's actually a lot of fun. It's super limited, but it's pretty OP with the Fiend patron once you get to level 5 - at least on normal difficulty. Eldritch Blast + Fireball/Scorching Ray + Hunger of Hadar are all you really need. If anyone makes it out of darkness, I just repel blast their asses back in lol. Add haste to the mix and it's just unfair. I want to go with a pure spellcaster so I'll multiclass with either Wizard or Sorcerer moving forward to see what that's like. Probably Sorcerer for Quickened Spell. I honestly don't remember the last time I had this much fun just experimenting in a game!
#168 Heavyd814life
Archer wrote:
I don't think you two understand how to make a dnd character then. It isn't about the looks of the character at all. If you are just playing on story mode then yeah, you can just skip right through all that and just do what ever and it wont matter. But otherwise there is a lot to consider and a lot of choices you can make, which can lead to taking a lot of time to decide on things for how you are going to be playing the game. Although in this game later on you are able to re-spec in game, which I was unware of at first. Which is not something you are normally able to do in a dnd game. Which is why I spent so much time in the creator the first time around. All other dnd games once the character is created, that its, no changing it. Which means in those other games if you make a warlock and don't like it, tough crap, start over.
Warlock still sucks, but I've tweaked things a bit and I don't hate it as much as I did before. It's actually a lot of fun. It's super limited, but it's pretty OP with the Fiend patron once you get to level 5 - at least on normal difficulty. Eldritch Blast + Fireball/Scorching Ray + Hunger of Hadar are all you really need. If anyone makes it out of darkness, I just repel blast their asses back in lol. Add haste to the mix and it's just unfair. I want to go with a pure spellcaster so I'll multiclass with either Wizard or Sorcerer moving forward to see what that's like. Probably Sorcerer for Quickened Spell. I honestly don't remember the last time I had this much fun just experimenting in a game!
20-Nov-23 7:21pm
#169 Archer
Heavyd814life wrote:
Warlock still sucks, but I've tweaked things a bit and I don't hate it as much as I did before. It's actually a lot of fun. It's super limited, but it's pretty OP with the Fiend patron once you get to level 5 - at least on normal difficulty. Eldritch Blast + Fireball/Scorching Ray + Hunger of Hadar are all you really need. If anyone makes it out of darkness, I just repel blast their asses back in lol. Add haste to the mix and it's just unfair. I want to go with a pure spellcaster so I'll multiclass with either Wizard or Sorcerer moving forward to see what that's like. Probably Sorcerer for Quickened Spell. I honestly don't remember the last time I had this much fun just experimenting in a game!
Also might be worth considering dipping one level into wizard for the ability to lean a spell permanently from a scroll. You can't use a level 4 spell if you don't have a level 4 slot though. But you can pick and choose what you want more. And get access to spells you might not otherwise get without having to find or buy more of the scrolls.
#169 Archer
Heavyd814life wrote:
Warlock still sucks, but I've tweaked things a bit and I don't hate it as much as I did before. It's actually a lot of fun. It's super limited, but it's pretty OP with the Fiend patron once you get to level 5 - at least on normal difficulty. Eldritch Blast + Fireball/Scorching Ray + Hunger of Hadar are all you really need. If anyone makes it out of darkness, I just repel blast their asses back in lol. Add haste to the mix and it's just unfair. I want to go with a pure spellcaster so I'll multiclass with either Wizard or Sorcerer moving forward to see what that's like. Probably Sorcerer for Quickened Spell. I honestly don't remember the last time I had this much fun just experimenting in a game!
Also might be worth considering dipping one level into wizard for the ability to lean a spell permanently from a scroll. You can't use a level 4 spell if you don't have a level 4 slot though. But you can pick and choose what you want more. And get access to spells you might not otherwise get without having to find or buy more of the scrolls.
20-Nov-23 7:43pm
#170 Feeb
Get that eldritch blast to repelling and agonizing and level 5 hunger of hadar then blast them into it. It’s insane how you can control the field with that. EB is probably the single best spell in the game all around when it’s repel / agonizing.
#170 Feeb
Get that eldritch blast to repelling and agonizing and level 5 hunger of hadar then blast them into it. It’s insane how you can control the field with that. EB is probably the single best spell in the game all around when it’s repel / agonizing.
21-Nov-23 2:03am
#171 Feeb
Orin is my hardest fight so far. Stayed up way too late getting it done. Nasty mechanics on that one.
#171 Feeb
Orin is my hardest fight so far. Stayed up way too late getting it done. Nasty mechanics on that one.
21-Nov-23 9:42am
#172 Heavyd814life
Archer wrote:
Heavyd814life wrote:> > Warlock still sucks, but I've tweaked things a bit and I don't hate it as much as> I did before. It's actually a lot of fun. It's super limited, but it's pretty OP> with the Fiend patron once you get to level 5 - at least on normal difficulty. Eldritch> Blast + Fireball/Scorching Ray + Hunger of Hadar are all you really need. If anyone> makes it out of darkness, I just repel blast their asses back in lol. Add haste to> the mix and it's just unfair. I want to go with a pure spellcaster so I'll multiclass> with either Wizard or Sorcerer moving forward to see what that's like. Probably Sorcerer> for Quickened Spell. I honestly don't remember the last time I had this much fun> just experimenting in a game!> > Also might be worth considering dipping one level into wizard for the ability to lean a spell permanently from a scroll. You can't use a level 4 spell if you don't have a level 4 slot though. But you can pick and choose what you want more. And get access to spells you might not otherwise get without having to find or buy more of the scrolls.
Umm…that’s a really good idea! I feel like I’ll get a lot of variety from Sorcerer but I’ll definitely keep this in mind. I was also wondering if it was maybe worth dipping two levels into Fighter for Action Surge and Second Wind? Or maybe two levels into Bard for the extra short rest? So many options!
#172 Heavyd814life
Archer wrote:
Heavyd814life wrote:> > Warlock still sucks, but I've tweaked things a bit and I don't hate it as much as> I did before. It's actually a lot of fun. It's super limited, but it's pretty OP> with the Fiend patron once you get to level 5 - at least on normal difficulty. Eldritch> Blast + Fireball/Scorching Ray + Hunger of Hadar are all you really need. If anyone> makes it out of darkness, I just repel blast their asses back in lol. Add haste to> the mix and it's just unfair. I want to go with a pure spellcaster so I'll multiclass> with either Wizard or Sorcerer moving forward to see what that's like. Probably Sorcerer> for Quickened Spell. I honestly don't remember the last time I had this much fun> just experimenting in a game!> > Also might be worth considering dipping one level into wizard for the ability to lean a spell permanently from a scroll. You can't use a level 4 spell if you don't have a level 4 slot though. But you can pick and choose what you want more. And get access to spells you might not otherwise get without having to find or buy more of the scrolls.
Umm…that’s a really good idea! I feel like I’ll get a lot of variety from Sorcerer but I’ll definitely keep this in mind. I was also wondering if it was maybe worth dipping two levels into Fighter for Action Surge and Second Wind? Or maybe two levels into Bard for the extra short rest? So many options!
21-Nov-23 10:02am
#173 Feeb
Definitely feels better to pair lock with another ranged class. Surprisingly strong I’ve found is red draconic sorceror paired with pact swords lock. You can use any weapon, have max stats because it uses your cast attribute- and sorcerer has quickened spells, distant spell, twinned spell. Both use charisma. This is the best combo I’ve found so far as I’ve been struggling to get Gale to feel right.
Casting a large aoe such as HoH and then blasting everything back into the HoH with eldritch blast, using the best large weapons in game and being able to manipulate spells to use with action points or bonus points (quickened).
For me this combo edges out the warlock with 3 thief dip / sharpshooter- that one never feels like the ranged crossbow is worth wasting a move on. Using that legendary mace from under the cathedral with a lock has a ton of utility as well. Group rez often saves you.
#173 Feeb
Definitely feels better to pair lock with another ranged class. Surprisingly strong I’ve found is red draconic sorceror paired with pact swords lock. You can use any weapon, have max stats because it uses your cast attribute- and sorcerer has quickened spells, distant spell, twinned spell. Both use charisma. This is the best combo I’ve found so far as I’ve been struggling to get Gale to feel right.
Casting a large aoe such as HoH and then blasting everything back into the HoH with eldritch blast, using the best large weapons in game and being able to manipulate spells to use with action points or bonus points (quickened).
For me this combo edges out the warlock with 3 thief dip / sharpshooter- that one never feels like the ranged crossbow is worth wasting a move on. Using that legendary mace from under the cathedral with a lock has a ton of utility as well. Group rez often saves you.
21-Nov-23 11:24am
#174 Archer
Heavyd814life wrote:
Archer wrote:> Heavyd814life wrote: |>> |>> Warlock still sucks, but I've tweaked things a bit and I don't hate it as much> as |>> I did before. It's actually a lot of fun. It's super limited, but it's pretty> OP |>> with the Fiend patron once you get to level 5 - at least on normal difficulty.> Eldritch |>> Blast + Fireball/Scorching Ray + Hunger of Hadar are all you really need. If anyone |>> makes it out of darkness, I just repel blast their asses back in lol. Add haste> to |>> the mix and it's just unfair. I want to go with a pure spellcaster so I'll multiclass |>> with either Wizard or Sorcerer moving forward to see what that's like. Probably> Sorcerer |>> for Quickened Spell. I honestly don't remember the last time I had this much fun |>> just experimenting in a game! |>> |>> > > Also might be worth considering dipping one level into wizard for the ability to> lean a spell permanently from a scroll. You can't use a level 4 spell if you don't> have a level 4 slot though. But you can pick and choose what you want more. And get> access to spells you might not otherwise get without having to find or buy more of> the scrolls. Umm…that’s a really good idea! I feel like I’ll get a lot of variety from Sorcerer but I’ll definitely keep this in mind. I was also wondering if it was maybe worth dipping two levels into Fighter for Action Surge and Second Wind? Or maybe two levels into Bard for the extra short rest? So many options!
You only want to dip into fighter if you are also doing a lot of melee with the warlock setup. Action surge would be a waste for pure or mostly caster. As you can just use Haste from the sorc levels. And twined haste to haste yourself and another ally all for the cost of one spell slot. Which is better because its not just you getting the extra actions then. But, if you are also going to be putting yourself into melee and taking damage, then a couple levels in fighter would not be bad. And you would then also have a backup extra action. But for a pure caster its not worth it. You should put those levels into something else to strengthen your spells and support ability. Mainly sorc to get twinned spells and haste.
#174 Archer
Heavyd814life wrote:
Archer wrote:> Heavyd814life wrote: |>> |>> Warlock still sucks, but I've tweaked things a bit and I don't hate it as much> as |>> I did before. It's actually a lot of fun. It's super limited, but it's pretty> OP |>> with the Fiend patron once you get to level 5 - at least on normal difficulty.> Eldritch |>> Blast + Fireball/Scorching Ray + Hunger of Hadar are all you really need. If anyone |>> makes it out of darkness, I just repel blast their asses back in lol. Add haste> to |>> the mix and it's just unfair. I want to go with a pure spellcaster so I'll multiclass |>> with either Wizard or Sorcerer moving forward to see what that's like. Probably> Sorcerer |>> for Quickened Spell. I honestly don't remember the last time I had this much fun |>> just experimenting in a game! |>> |>> > > Also might be worth considering dipping one level into wizard for the ability to> lean a spell permanently from a scroll. You can't use a level 4 spell if you don't> have a level 4 slot though. But you can pick and choose what you want more. And get> access to spells you might not otherwise get without having to find or buy more of> the scrolls. Umm…that’s a really good idea! I feel like I’ll get a lot of variety from Sorcerer but I’ll definitely keep this in mind. I was also wondering if it was maybe worth dipping two levels into Fighter for Action Surge and Second Wind? Or maybe two levels into Bard for the extra short rest? So many options!
You only want to dip into fighter if you are also doing a lot of melee with the warlock setup. Action surge would be a waste for pure or mostly caster. As you can just use Haste from the sorc levels. And twined haste to haste yourself and another ally all for the cost of one spell slot. Which is better because its not just you getting the extra actions then. But, if you are also going to be putting yourself into melee and taking damage, then a couple levels in fighter would not be bad. And you would then also have a backup extra action. But for a pure caster its not worth it. You should put those levels into something else to strengthen your spells and support ability. Mainly sorc to get twinned spells and haste.
21-Nov-23 11:26am
#175 Archer
Feeb wrote:
Definitely feels better to pair lock with another ranged class. Surprisingly strong I’ve found is red draconic sorceror paired with pact swords lock. You can use any weapon, have max stats because it uses your cast attribute- and sorcerer has quickened spells, distant spell, twinned spell. Both use charisma. This is the best combo I’ve found so far as I’ve been struggling to get Gale to feel right.
As far as I am aware, none of the melee is converted from your spell stats expect for monk using its wisdom with a certain piece of gear. It all uses str or dex. Does the draconic sorc have something for melee using casting stat?
Wait, I miss read that. You didn't mean max melee stat for any weapon. You just meant max casting stat since they use the same.
#175 Archer
Feeb wrote:
Definitely feels better to pair lock with another ranged class. Surprisingly strong I’ve found is red draconic sorceror paired with pact swords lock. You can use any weapon, have max stats because it uses your cast attribute- and sorcerer has quickened spells, distant spell, twinned spell. Both use charisma. This is the best combo I’ve found so far as I’ve been struggling to get Gale to feel right.
As far as I am aware, none of the melee is converted from your spell stats expect for monk using its wisdom with a certain piece of gear. It all uses str or dex. Does the draconic sorc have something for melee using casting stat?
Wait, I miss read that. You didn't mean max melee stat for any weapon. You just meant max casting stat since they use the same.
21-Nov-23 11:37am
#176 Feeb
Archer wrote:
Feeb wrote:> Definitely feels better to pair lock with another ranged class. Surprisingly strong> I’ve found is red draconic sorceror paired with pact swords lock. You can use any> weapon, have max stats because it uses your cast attribute- and sorcerer has quickened> spells, distant spell, twinned spell. Both use charisma. This is the best combo I’ve> found so far as I’ve been struggling to get Gale to feel right. > As far as I am aware, none of the melee is converted from your spell stats expect for monk using its wisdom with a certain piece of gear. It all uses str or dex. Does the draconic sorc have something for melee using casting stat? Wait, I miss read that. You didn't mean max melee stat for any weapon. You just meant max casting stat since they use the same.
It causes your magic weapon to be charisma based. As in 20 charisma instead of strength or Dex. also you can be proficient in any weapon. I usually just max attributes instead of using the perks with casters. Outside of movement none of them are great imo. War caster is ok but very situational
I’m probably going to swords bard on easy mode my next playthrough just to melt stuff and see more story and grab the last 2-3 achieves.
#176 Feeb
Archer wrote:
Feeb wrote:> Definitely feels better to pair lock with another ranged class. Surprisingly strong> I’ve found is red draconic sorceror paired with pact swords lock. You can use any> weapon, have max stats because it uses your cast attribute- and sorcerer has quickened> spells, distant spell, twinned spell. Both use charisma. This is the best combo I’ve> found so far as I’ve been struggling to get Gale to feel right. > As far as I am aware, none of the melee is converted from your spell stats expect for monk using its wisdom with a certain piece of gear. It all uses str or dex. Does the draconic sorc have something for melee using casting stat? Wait, I miss read that. You didn't mean max melee stat for any weapon. You just meant max casting stat since they use the same.
It causes your magic weapon to be charisma based. As in 20 charisma instead of strength or Dex. also you can be proficient in any weapon. I usually just max attributes instead of using the perks with casters. Outside of movement none of them are great imo. War caster is ok but very situational
I’m probably going to swords bard on easy mode my next playthrough just to melt stuff and see more story and grab the last 2-3 achieves.
21-Nov-23 11:43am
#177 Archer
Feeb wrote:
It causes your magic weapon to be charisma based. As in 20 charisma instead of strength or Dex. also you can be proficient in any weapon. I usually just max attributes instead of using the perks with casters. Outside of movement none of them are great imo. War caster is ok but very situational
Ah, I completely missed pact blade in all of that. Holy crap. Its been a long morning, lol.
#177 Archer
Feeb wrote:
It causes your magic weapon to be charisma based. As in 20 charisma instead of strength or Dex. also you can be proficient in any weapon. I usually just max attributes instead of using the perks with casters. Outside of movement none of them are great imo. War caster is ok but very situational
Ah, I completely missed pact blade in all of that. Holy crap. Its been a long morning, lol.
21-Nov-23 11:50am
#178 Feeb
It’s a nice pact. Instant greatsword. Although I always feel like something is going wrong if I’m considering melee with my casters. Can’t get my brain to accept using a turn for it.
#178 Feeb
It’s a nice pact. Instant greatsword. Although I always feel like something is going wrong if I’m considering melee with my casters. Can’t get my brain to accept using a turn for it.
21-Nov-23 11:55am
#179 Archer
Yeah, I have the same problem. Because you don't want your caster taking damage. Especially if they are concentrating on something, like haste.
#179 Archer
Yeah, I have the same problem. Because you don't want your caster taking damage. Especially if they are concentrating on something, like haste.
22-Nov-23 2:33am
#181 Feeb
Archer wrote:
Having three rangers in your party is ridiculous. But insanely fun.
I just finished tactician and I had 2 ranger thieves dual wielding one hand crossbows and SS. They do ridiculous damage and are easy to protect. Load one up with all the tadpoles and the last hit is really nasty.
I honestly hated the end sequence. From the point of no return onward the game really stopped being fun. It felt very fair until this point - then welcome to hell. I’m ready to take this down a notch and playthrough it with a monk I think.
#181 Feeb
Archer wrote:
Having three rangers in your party is ridiculous. But insanely fun.
I just finished tactician and I had 2 ranger thieves dual wielding one hand crossbows and SS. They do ridiculous damage and are easy to protect. Load one up with all the tadpoles and the last hit is really nasty.
I honestly hated the end sequence. From the point of no return onward the game really stopped being fun. It felt very fair until this point - then welcome to hell. I’m ready to take this down a notch and playthrough it with a monk I think.
Baldur’s Gate III