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Phlegmish posted:Not sure what this friend thing is but I'm not about to start dabbling in it in my video games It's about six young adults. The guy named Ross is a little too annoying.
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Nuebot posted:It does though? I guess it depends on the cutscene. Because I was using the balduran sword during the end of the game and my giant orc shimmying up the tentacle at the end was hilarious. Also a comparatively tiny Raphael angrily glaring up at her was fun. Huh. Maybe it depends on exactly which effects are applied? I had Lae'zel using colossus elixirs for most of my last run and she always looked normal size in cutscenes.
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unattended spaghetti posted:Anyhow, anything especially important I should get before wrapping? Not concerned about going back to act one, but I'm sick of this gloom so will be booking it toward the end of the act once I finish with this. If you haven’t already, go to Moonrise, take advantage of the vendors there, and kill everyone so you can both complete the “free the hostages” quests and have an easy fight at the end before you take out Ketheric. I quite like act 2, but that’s the main thing I’d make sure I’d done before moving on. Otherwise the raid is a pain in the rear end.
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1. How does Inspiration work exactly? I got the maximum 4 points early on (by indulging The Urge, baby) but I've never actually seen it go down unless doing consecutive rerolls. Does it fully reset to 4 after every long rest and Inspiration is just for exp now? Does it come out of storage and refills are limited? 2. (Don't answer if this is a real spoiler) The Dark Urge doesn't remember anything before the nautiloid, but there's still class and background dialogue options based on memories. Is this one of those player discretion moments where you're just not supposed to pick anything that is contradictory if you care about that, or are you gradually remembering your past?
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Jan 12, 2024 22:09
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Geekboy posted:If you haven’t already, go to Moonrise, take advantage of the vendors there, and kill everyone so you can both complete the “free the hostages” quests and have an easy fight at the end before you take out Ketheric. Did that. Cool and thank you. I like act ii as well but my girlfriend and I are going through this at a slow pace so having only the one vibe for a month straight kinda gets to us.
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mycot posted:1. How does Inspiration work exactly? I got the maximum 4 points early on (by indulging The Urge, baby) but I've never actually seen it go down unless doing consecutive rerolls. Does it fully reset to 4 after every long rest and Inspiration is just for exp now? Does it come out of storage and refills are limited? You only regain inspiration when somebody in your party gets one of those Inspiration pop ups. If you're at 4, feel free to use them so inspiration gains aren't wasted. It's player discretion, basically. You can interpret it in different ways, especially after you learn more about what Durge's deal is. Nothing you get the option to pick in dialog is explicitly breaking anything in the story so go with what feels right to you.
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Jan 12, 2024 22:13
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Are there any accessibility difficulty sliders in the console versions of BG3? I have a friend who this game would be an incredible match for, but he’ll drop something if it’s too demanding difficulty wise. I played on easy myself and still had some trouble towards the end, but I feel like my friend would need even more padding.
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Thundarr posted:Huh. Maybe it depends on exactly which effects are applied? I had Lae'zel using colossus elixirs for most of my last run and she always looked normal size in cutscenes. Possibly, I might try messing with that to see in my next game.
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unattended spaghetti posted:Did that. Cool and thank you. I like act ii as well but my girlfriend and I are going through this at a slow pace so having only the one vibe for a month straight kinda gets to us. That makes a lot of sense. It’s a cool area that gives you a Big drat Hero quest to complete, but it’s dreary af (on purpose). I totally understand it getting to be a slog in that situation.
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:I have heard Friends being the downfall of so many honor mode runs. I think they should’ve made it have a penalty in balanced, a lot of people are straight up having their honour mode runs potentially wrecked by not realizing the consequences are making everyone aggro after 60 seconds This is what I think of everytime you guys talk about this lol  space uncle posted:I felt stupid as poo poo when I tried to leap across the Hag’s room, only for Karlach to bump her head on something and take falling damage. drat you jump path - why didn’t you warn me this wasn’t going to work? One time my Tav was flying up to a high up ledge, but then Karlach decided to jump to the same spot at the same time. The game decided my flying TAV had no where to go, and dropped her into the chasm. I was like what the hell Karlach.
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exquisite tea posted:The Orthon fight in Gauntlet of Shar is actually quite scary if you get surprised and his army of approx. 50 Merregons get a free turn on you. this is why you play high charisma characters
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Entropic posted:Apparently other people have run into the same bug as me but it's really annoying: Shadowheart doesn't recognize that we picked up the Spear of Night in the Gauntlet of Shar Libary and she refuses to enter the final area without it even though she has it equipped. I tried dropping it and picking it up, giving it to another character and back to her, and even putting it back on the altar where I got it and having Shart pick it up but no matter what I do nothing seems to let her recognize that we actually have the quest item. Has anyone run into this and found a solution? It seems like I can't progress if I don't want to lose Shadowheart because of this bug. Zirak posted:So that reddit thread a few pages back seemed to conclude that a lot of these issues were caused by mods. Do you have any installed? If so it might be worth removing them if that's feasible just to see if it works afterwards. I believe the No Party Limit mod was one of the most common culprits. Entropic posted:I didn’t THINK I had mods enabled because I’m used to Bethesda games where mods only apply if you launch the game from the mod manager, but apparently try BG3mod manager I got from nexus and messed around with briefly did actually put mods in my game permanently because I just did a new start and the extra hairstyle pack I downloaded was there. So yeah, I disabled the like 3 minor mods I had forgot I had enabled, loaded the save, dropped the spear and picked it up again for good measure, and I was able to enter the Shadowfell without Shart complaining.
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Jose posted:this is why you play high charisma characters Dont forget to buff up wisdom to pass a background insight check during his song.
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Playing a high charisma Barbarian so I can roar more formally and convincingly
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buglord posted:Are there any accessibility difficulty sliders in the console versions of BG3? I have a friend who this game would be an incredible match for, but he’ll drop something if it’s too demanding difficulty wise. I played on easy myself and still had some trouble towards the end, but I feel like my friend would need even more padding. is he amenable to using a build from the internet? just give him a throw barbarian or paladin or monk build or something that doesnt have a lot of decision making for his MC, you can probably most fights on easy with a really good build
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buglord posted:Are there any accessibility difficulty sliders in the console versions of BG3? I have a friend who this game would be an incredible match for, but he’ll drop something if it’s too demanding difficulty wise. I played on easy myself and still had some trouble towards the end, but I feel like my friend would need even more padding. Custom Difficulty should allow you to, in theory, make the game easier than even Explorer difficulty, and it should be available on consoles. If he does custom difficulty he can also adjust (most) of the sliders as he goes if he finds they're too easy/hard.
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Monathin posted:Custom Difficulty should allow you to, in theory, make the game easier than even Explorer difficulty, and it should be available on consoles. If he does custom difficulty he can also adjust (most) of the sliders as he goes if he finds they're too easy/hard. there's also a million mods out there that can give you as many crazy bonuses as you want, so getting stuck shouldn't be an issue
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There is a mode called custom that lets you independently change a lot of particulars about how the game works. Can't remember all the different options but there are a bunch. Just double confirming that the quest item thing is probably mod related because I just did the same section of the game with no issues on PS5. I’m generally anti savescum, but girlfriend tried to convince Shadowheart not to kill Night Song, which backfired predictably. We killed her turn one. But neither of us wanted that outcome, and gf is romancing her, so we rolled that one back lol. It’s so cool this game lets you do something like that. We knew she could be deterred, since we got her the plant from the Underdark, and have been gently prodding her away from the Shar thing the whole game. I’m really excited for the second playthrough. Now to take down Moonrise.
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I’ve had zero issues on PS5
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Entropic posted:So yeah, I disabled the like 3 minor mods I had forgot I had enabled, loaded the save, dropped the spear and picked it up again for good measure, and I was able to enter the Shadowfell without Shart complaining. I have a lot of mods and my save loaded and progressed quests without issue, so it might be worth noting which ones you disabled, if that thread (or this one?) is trying to diagnose
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Who voiced He Who Was?
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AgentHaiTo posted:This is what I think of everytime you guys talk about this lol Apologies if this ends up making GBS threads up the thread but Ross - Gale Chandler - Astarion Joey - Karlach Rachel - Shadowheart Monica - Wyll Pheobe - Lae'zel
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Tae posted:Always turn on turn-based after a fight ends and manually turn off concentration Yeah there's a delay of like ten seconds between exiting turn-based mode (automatically) before you can turn it back on. One of my relatively few complaints about the game
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jaete posted:Yeah there's a delay of like ten seconds between exiting turn-based mode (automatically) before you can turn it back on. One of my relatively few complaints about the game Another thing you can do is ungroup everyone during turn-based. It doesn't affect anything during combat, but afterwards, they just stand still so they won't charge directly into your Cloud of Daggers or whatever AOE thing you have up.
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Dragonwagon posted:Apologies if this ends up making GBS threads up the thread but I feel like Phoebe would be Karlach, cause she is always happy go lucky no matter what bad things happen. Although she'd be more of a bard.
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jaete posted:Who voiced He Who Was? My dude here sounds very Finnish (50 s in), can't find name in credits though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsDz-MTdNeE&t=50s
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Someone may have posted this before but today on tactician I brought along a druid and kept them on the cliff with the other party members below. Went into turn based mode, cast enlarge on the druid, and then wild shape into an owlbear. Then go to next character and open the lava and have Grym come out. When it cycles back to the druid do a fat boi body slam and kill him instantly. You have to land next to him and hit with AOE instead of directly on top of him.
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Just finished Act 2, what's a good party makeup when you're a Warlock? Obviously I'm blasting and making Hadars Hunger in bottlenecks, Karlach tanking and smashing and is so straightforwardly good I can't see myself dropping her. I've mostly had Astarion dealing damage, and maybe I've not figured out the stealth but he mostly deals decent damage with two swords and pistol crossbows. I've mostly had Shadow heart healing and some stuff like spirit weapon and sigils, and I just did the end of the act with Jaheira who didn't amaze. Perhaps I should respec someone? At least Astarion can pick all the locks.
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Warlocks like other people who can catch a power nap with them - aka Short Rest. Good classes for that are Monks (Ki recharges on short rest), Battle Master Fighters (Superiority Die recharge on Short Rest), and Bards (Bardic Inspiration recharges on Short Rest... after Level 5. They also give you one more Short Rest per day w/Song of Rest.)
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What’s the best way to use Javiera (without multi classing), even leveled up to 9 she feels pretty underwhelming other than the wild shape to owl bear
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Monathin posted:Warlocks like other people who can catch a power nap with them - aka Short Rest. Good classes for that are Monks (Ki recharges on short rest), Battle Master Fighters (Superiority Die recharge on Short Rest), and Bards (Bardic Inspiration recharges on Short Rest... after Level 5. They also give you one more Short Rest per day w/Song of Rest.) Ah okay, might be time to talk to Withers about hirelings, or multiclassing the rest of the team. And when I do my own bard playthrough it may be time to abide the company of Wyll and Lae'zel. BizarroAzrael fucked around with this message at 02:39 on Jan 13, 2024 |
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lunar detritus posted:What’s the best way to use Javiera (without multi classing), even leveled up to 9 she feels pretty underwhelming other than the wild shape to owl bear I like taking Circle of the Land and just using her as a caster mostly. Good bonus spells: Level 3: I like arctic (Hold Person/Spike Growth). Hold person owns. Level 5: Arctic again. Sleet Storm/Haste are excellent spells. Level 7: Would probably go Desert here because I love Wall of Fire. Level 9: Swamp for sure. Love cloud kill/insect plague. During combats it would be relatively straight forward. Use those nasty concentration spells to either buff your party with haste or debilitate opponents with stuff like cloud kill and hold person or wall of fire. Mostly avoid wild shape but transform if Jaheira is threatened and needs the extra hp. Make sure to take Warcaster so she can maintain concentration on her spells. e: The other circle spells can be good too these are just my personal favorites.
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Bit of a bitch move that they don't let you take both eye replacements at once! Especially since the one that's not the see invisibility one isn't very good 
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The Shame Boy posted:Bit of a bitch move that they don't let you take both eye replacements at once! Especially since the one that's not the see invisibility one isn't very good What's the other one?
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George Sex - REAL posted:What's the other one? The ones I know are Volo trying to get your tadpole out and replacing your right eye with an artefact that lets you see hidden stuff, and Auntie Ethel will offer to sort the tadpole out in return for loving with one of your eyes (your choice of side), although I think that's a debuff.
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The eye from auntie is good for a face character, and then you can put Volo's on anybody else except for Wyll.
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lunar detritus posted:What’s the best way to use Javiera (without multi classing), even leveled up to 9 she feels pretty underwhelming other than the wild shape to owl bear Druids are powerful casters with a lot of control spells to shape the battlefield or buff others, but they can be tricky to use. It is especially a problem with Jaheira because you get her at the end of Act 2 and do not have much experience with her spell list. It's especially a problem because a lot of her cool stuff is concentration and she will get targeted by enemies until you gear her up to have her AC match other party members. When I did a run where I needed a tank I rebuilt her as an oath of the ancients paladin, specialized her in dex with the yuanti armor and the two weapon fighting bracers, and she was pretty intuitive there. A ranger would be mechanically similar. She's canonically a fighter/druid and there can be a spore druid build which is a melee power house. Morrow fucked around with this message at 03:57 on Jan 13, 2024 |
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BizarroAzrael posted:The ones I know are Volo trying to get your tadpole out and replacing your right eye with an artefact that lets you see hidden stuff, and Auntie Ethel will offer to sort the tadpole out in return for loving with one of your eyes (your choice of side), although I think that's a debuff. But you get +1 intimidation and a one-time-only consumable that gives you advantage on all stat saving throws
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It makes sense that Balthazar is immune to an oathbreaker's Control Undead ability. Disappointing, but understandable. At least the Justiciar Crusader wasn't immune.
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Monathin posted:Warlocks like other people who can catch a power nap with them - aka Short Rest. Good classes for that are Monks (Ki recharges on short rest), Battle Master Fighters (Superiority Die recharge on Short Rest), and Bards (Bardic Inspiration recharges on Short Rest... after Level 5. They also give you one more Short Rest per day w/Song of Rest.) I just did a run with Warlock main, Monk Karlach, Fighter Laezel, and Bard Astarion for max short rest efficiency and it was kind of hilarious.
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