You can get very creative in BG3 fights. When I found out, that you can surround the gith patrol with oil barrels via mage hand and then just explode them, that was my favorite strategy with them. That fight is hard, I can do it the 'normal' way, but it takes a lot of effort and resources.
I'm currently playing a gith wizard. It's really smooth, being able to cast all the good spells and have medium armor and sword weapon proficiency. Really neat. Do you have some class/race combos, you like? The gith was a surprise for me. Other than that, I love my halfling ranger and my tiefling warlock (she was my first character). I do have a high elf rogue, but haven't played her that long. I killed and robbed Astarion with her though, she might be on the chaotic side.
You can get very creative in BG3 fights. When I found out, that you can surround the gith patrol with oil barrels via mage hand and then just explode them, that was my favorite strategy with them. That fight is hard, I can do it the 'normal' way, but it takes a lot of effort and resources.
I'm currently playing a gith wizard. It's really smooth, being able to cast all the good spells and have medium armor and sword weapon proficiency. Really neat. Do you have some class/race combos, you like? The gith was a surprise for me. Other than that, I love my halfling ranger and my tiefling warlock (she was my first character). I do have a high elf rogue, but haven't played her that long. I killed and robbed Astarion with her though, she might be on the chaotic side.
Not really familiar with the ins and outs of 5e, just bits and pieces from watching a ton of Critical Role. Doesn't armor anymore incur either a chance for arcane spells to fail, or outright stop spellcasting if you're wearing armor?
You can get very creative in BG3 fights. When I found out, that you can surround the gith patrol with oil barrels via mage hand and then just explode them, that was my favorite strategy with them. That fight is hard, I can do it the 'normal' way, but it takes a lot of effort and resources.
I'm currently playing a gith wizard. It's really smooth, being able to cast all the good spells and have medium armor and sword weapon proficiency. Really neat. Do you have some class/race combos, you like? The gith was a surprise for me. Other than that, I love my halfling ranger and my tiefling warlock (she was my first character). I do have a high elf rogue, but haven't played her that long. I killed and robbed Astarion with her though, she might be on the chaotic side.
Not really familiar with the ins and outs of 5e, just bits and pieces from watching a ton of Critical Role. Doesn't armor anymore incur either a chance for arcane spells to fail, or outright stop spellcasting if you're wearing armor?
Not in 5e, you just need to be proficient in the armor type, but spells that increase AC don't work if you wear armor. And Mage Armor last until you rest/die or dispelled, so you should be able to have it up over your entire adventuring day (it still take one spell slot thought). Mage Armor = Chain Shirt (medium armor) with no dexterity bonus cap (unlike Chain Shirt, cap at +2).
It's just trading for one spell slot/day and whatever the other races have as racial bonus.
Yes, I was surprised, that my mage could wear armor and cast spell. In our pen & paper round we played 3rd edition, there, it was not possible (and of course in BG 1 & 2)
You can get very creative in BG3 fights. When I found out, that you can surround the gith patrol with oil barrels via mage hand and then just explode them, that was my favorite strategy with them. That fight is hard, I can do it the 'normal' way, but it takes a lot of effort and resources.
I'm currently playing a gith wizard. It's really smooth, being able to cast all the good spells and have medium armor and sword weapon proficiency. Really neat. Do you have some class/race combos, you like? The gith was a surprise for me. Other than that, I love my halfling ranger and my tiefling warlock (she was my first character). I do have a high elf rogue, but haven't played her that long. I killed and robbed Astarion with her though, she might be on the chaotic side.
I went with an elf wizard. Elves are great overall, and I like that they can see in the dark and that enemies can't put them to sleep. For wizards I can't wait for the level cap to increase to get some more spells and also for when they add the noncombat spells to dialogue.
I actually made a drow rogue. I never played a drow ever in any game, but I though 'why not' and rolled one. It's nice to see the reactions of the npcs, who always seem to expect me to go nuclear, despite my girl being really nice(she is a Seldarine Drow, not Lolth sworn). I have several open playthroughs right now and switch between the characters. My favorites are still my tiefling warlock and my halfling ranger.
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Crossing fingers that some of the in-camp cutscenes that stopped triggering after the last hotfix, are fixed. Very excited to see what the new patch includes..."chonky" could mean new classes?
Nah, they are probably adding dwarven and elven meat to the eatable meat. It shouldn't be reserved to the goblins, you know.
I'll have you know dwarf is already on the menu. Since you can eat the one they're roasting in the goblin camp. Tested it with a dwarf. Got 11 healing points. So that's something. But everyone knows the halflings have the juiciest bits.
Last Edit: Feb 11, 2021 21:19:24 GMT by Curious Crow
Nah, they are probably adding dwarven and elven meat to the eatable meat. It shouldn't be reserved to the goblins, you know.
I'll have you know dwarf is already on the menu. Since you can eat the one they're roasting in the goblin camp. Tested it with a dwarf. Got 11 healing points. So that's something. But everyone knows the halflings have the juiciest bits.
According to the goblin chef that serves you the Dwarven meat, humans are the juiciest bits.
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"We are all stories in the end. Just make it a good one." ― Doctor Who
According to the goblin chef that serves you the Dwarven meat, humans are the juiciest bits.
Psh goblins. Savages. He's just never had the pleasure of dining on a plump lightfoot halfling, aged on the finest Firewine, fine meat and generous portions of cheese.
Last Edit: Feb 12, 2021 18:00:44 GMT by Curious Crow
I've to wonder if there's any point in playing when patches rendered on-going PTs incompatible.
The EA has finite content and you can finish playing your PTs with the old branch if you want to do that...and after that you restart a new PT with the patch applied.
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Lol at the speed run challenge. You can finish the current EA in about 5-10 minutes with zero combat while abusing the tadpole. You need to know where to go, but that's valid for any speed run challenge attempts.
I really wonder what is in the patch thought, but being larger than they precedent ones isn't that hard.