Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

ShakyJake

ShakyJake

<Donor>
8,125
20,451
Borzak said:
Finished act 1 on honor mode. Have a feeling it's about to get much tougher. Party of 3, Tav is a storm sorcerer, Shadowheart a tempest cleric, and Lae'zel a battle masster fighter. Pretty boring party. I may need to throw in a ranged class like a ranger. Too bad I stuck a stake in Astarion.

Accidently killed the Hag and didn't get the hair. Sucked.
Click to expand...
I completed Honor Mode recently. I admit, I had to cheese it for the Elder Brain fight because stupid shit kept happening. You can hard reset your computer if things go badly -- it'll always load from the previous save. Be careful NOT to kill the game via task manager. It will try and save if it detects that.
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user
goishen

goishen

Macho Ma'am
3,664
14,787
I don't see why anyone would put themselves through that. But, I s'pose there are different strokes for different folks.

Playing Astarion as a thunder cleric is major fun. I'm just tossing Spirit Guardians on him, if shit gets too close, Thunderwave it back. Let's see something try and deal with constant damage. This, plus War Caster? fml.

EDIT : Oh yah, Shadowheart got pissed 'cause I freed the Nightsong without her last night, and she left my party. Oh well.
 
Tuco

Tuco

I got Tuco'd!
<Gold Donor>
49,519
88,330
TJT said:
OPness is all about abusing item synergy more than anything else.
Click to expand...
Yeah when I played this game at release without knowing anything about it I constantly found items that made me stop and think, "Hmm... this could be really powerful if I found other items that synergized with it...".

It's a shame this isn't common in the semi-singleplayer RPG sphere where itemization drives gameplay choices. Instead the standard is +1 gooderer with all the gameplay direction coming from abilities.
 
  • 3Like
Reactions: 2 users
ShakyJake

ShakyJake

<Donor>
8,125
20,451
Tuco said:
Yeah when I played this game at release without knowing anything about it I constantly found items that made me stop and think, "Hmm... this could be really powerful if I found other items that synergized with it...".
Click to expand...
Yeah, speaking of that...has anyone seen any builds that take advantage of items that generate "heat"? There are a handful of items throughout the game that have that property yet I've seen no builds that use them (that I'm aware of).
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user
Phazael

Phazael

Confirmed Beta Shitlord, Fat Bastard
<Gold Donor>
15,025
32,785
I would strongly consider an evocation wizard who also knows some buffs to handle the ranged duty. Being able to drop PB AEs with no drawbacks is a big deal in Honor Mode. Stacking spell DC and dropping a key debuff can tip entire fights as well. Its just rough at the low levels as a caster, though thats easily mitigated by leveling up as something tankier then respeccing once you hit L5. But more than anything else, having a Dispeller and Globe of Invul is practically mandatory for several of the late game fights on higher difficulty.
 
Borzak

Borzak

Silver Baron of the Realm
26,574
35,363
Tuco said:
Yeah when I played this game at release without knowing anything about it I constantly found items that made me stop and think, "Hmm... this could be really powerful if I found other items that synergized with it...".

It's a shame this isn't common in the semi-singleplayer RPG sphere where itemization drives gameplay choices. Instead the standard is +1 gooderer with all the gameplay direction coming from abilities.
Click to expand...

I rarely sell much. Keep thinking I could fit out an entire character with all the crap I have, but I never really do. My first play through I did a monk and did not notice but now seems like unarmed attack stuff pops up all the time, maybe it's just I notice it since I have no use for it.

Also seems like at least the first 1.5 acts seems like itemization is heavily weighted to two handed weapons. There are good 1 handers but seems like I have a lot of two handerts, maybe because I only have one character that uses a 2 hander.
 
TJT

TJT

Mr. Poopybutthole
<Gold Donor>
44,102
115,491
ShakyJake said:
Yeah, speaking of that...has anyone seen any builds that take advantage of items that generate "heat"? There are a handful of items throughout the game that have that property yet I've seen no builds that use them (that I'm aware of).
Click to expand...
Because Heat Convergence isn't super strong. It's the only skill that I know of that consumes Heat to do damage. They nerfed a lot of the original synergies. Like all of the Lightning Spark stuff in Act 1. Especially the OG Lifebringer that gave you lol hitpoints when you generated lightning charges and Magic Missile could generate like 6 at a time.

Heat Convergance also required you to use Karlach or someone who has high heat resistance.
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user
Borzak

Borzak

Silver Baron of the Realm
26,574
35,363
Also first time playing a high Charisma character. Normally I'm a kill everything good or bad. It's been interesting. Helaing house a few conversation options and the nurses/assistants all fight each other to the death and then the Dr. kills himself, same with the gold toll collector. It's different.
 
Cybsled

Cybsled

Naxxramas 1.0 Raider
17,420
13,928
Act 2 has a lot of that - can get Kelric to kill himself and skip right to phase 2, till collector you can make die on deception check, and the demon in Shar’s can be convinced to off himself to get out of his infernal contract
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user
ShakyJake

ShakyJake

<Donor>
8,125
20,451
Here's a curious one: I made the deal with Raphael in exchange for the Orphic Hammer. Never set foot in the House of Hope, defeated the Elder Brain and....no Raphael. Everyone lived happily ever after.
 
Burns

Burns

Avatar of War Slayer
7,990
15,254
ShakyJake said:
Here's a curious one: I made the deal with Raphael in exchange for the Orphic Hammer. Never set foot in the House of Hope, defeated the Elder Brain and....no Raphael. Everyone lived happily ever after.
Click to expand...
Raphael on your character's deathbed:
e2a.jpg
 
Borzak

Borzak

Silver Baron of the Realm
26,574
35,363
Kind of stuck in Masons Guild now. I've got the helm of acuity before and pretty sure I got it there. Of course now I"m a caster didn't pass any perception checks even with +2 perception on my shield.

NM IR dumb.
 
Last edited:
goishen

goishen

Macho Ma'am
3,664
14,787
Evernothing said:
I'm stuck on the Ansur fight. He blows himself up before I can do enough damage to kill him.
Click to expand...


That the undead dragon? If so, I think what you're supposed to do is just run away. It should show a circle around him in red that shows his blast radius. For me, I lucked out and had Divine Smite, upcast to level three, twice. I think the third and fourth attack I had it upcast to level two.

Benefits of playing a paladin, I guess.
 
  • 1Truth!
Reactions: 1 user
Borzak

Borzak

Silver Baron of the Realm
26,574
35,363
Lanx said:
should i play as an origin character or custom tav?
Click to expand...

First play through I'd say custom, you will run into all the origin characters and they have a story.

I think if you play an origin character there is a generic character in their place but don't have the character story./quest.
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user
Bald Brah

Bald Brah

Trakanon Raider
1,627
1,938
Lanx said:
should i play as an origin character or custom tav?
Click to expand...

Dark Urge is probably the best overall experience. Lots of unique interactions. Laughed my ass off kicking the squirrel. You won't see shit like that on any other playthrough.
 
goishen

goishen

Macho Ma'am
3,664
14,787
I played as the Dark Urge my first playthrough. Wouldn't recommend it. I would wait until at least the second playthrough. Unless you're only gonna play it once, then.. Yah.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.