Baldur's Gate 3

Duke Whisky

@Testament - Yeah those sounds like the first ones that might be challenging, else Asterion does make exploring a little easy mode when given some specialist gear.

crawfish

Convinced my bioDad to buy the game and this man goes to bed at 9:30 pm only calls me on the weekends and he calls me

on this past Monday

at 9:38 pm

leaves a voicemail saying ‘I have questions about Baldur’s Gate’.

So I call him the next morning:

“I CAN’T JUSTIFY KILLING PALADINS FOR A CHATTY TALL ONE-HORNED DEMON CHICK THAT’S ON FIRE.”

Well that’s fine, Dad, more for me. And also you’re missing out.

He’s having a hard time with figuring out what the ‘right’ answers are for his character and I told him he has to let go of that. It’s not supposed to be obvious, buddy.

He’s enjoying himself. It’s a deep, story-driven, complicated game and I love how wildly varying so many of the playthrough stories appear to be.

somasatori

@crawfish said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

“I CAN’T JUSTIFY KILLING PALADINS FOR A CHATTY TALL ONE-HORNED DEMON CHICK THAT’S ON FIRE.”

Shadowheart and I shared a similar reaction to Karlach

crawfish

@somasatori I DID NOT HAVE HER IN MY PARTY AT THE TIME RRRGHHHH. Astarion talking about how she can break him in half made me laugh so hard.

Aria

Look, there is a reason I call her Mommy Karlach even though it’s not like that.

(ETA: On this playthrough. >.>)

Pavel

@crawfish said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

“I CAN’T JUSTIFY KILLING PALADINS FOR A CHATTY TALL ONE-HORNED DEMON CHICK THAT’S ON FIRE.”

It may be helpful to remind him that Paladins in 5e aren’t good, they’re idealogues.

Testament

@Pavel He hasn’t met Minathara yet, clearly.

SpaceKhomeini

@Testament

In my encounters with her, Min seems to have this problem with chasms. It’s absolutely tragic.

Aria

@SpaceKhomeini said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

@Testament

In my encounters with her, Min seems to have this problem with chasms. It’s absolutely tragic.

As far as I’m concerned, Minthara’s purpose in life is being robbed of her armor.

Duke Whisky

@Aria - Her casualwear is also very fine on Shadowheart.

Aria

Apparently there’s a mod to give Gale magic exploding underpants, and I find this way funnier than I should.

Duke Whisky

Also F10 = hides the UI and getting screenshots during close-up scenes is so good.

sao

@Duke-Whisky first of all, you look great in that hat.

second of all, I just learned right now that cats keying f10 is what turned off the UI when I was mid fights and i restarted the game to get the UI back multiple times for no reason.

Pavel

@Aria said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

Apparently there’s a mod to give Gale magic exploding underpants, and I find this way funnier than I should.

Interestingly enough, Shadowheart’s underwear are recognised as grenades in certain parts of the code…

Aria

@Duke-Whisky said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

Also F10 = hides the UI and getting screenshots during close-up scenes is so good.

Quick Hans is a TOTALLY NORMAL HUMAN doing normal human things, thank you.

Solstice

I just defeated an optional boss with its own theme song, and holy hell. That was a hard fight. And also the song is fantastic.

You know you’re in for a bad time when after the first round of combat, you’re so flabbergasted by the damage output that you stare intently at your scrolls for like 10 minutes.

Duke Whisky

@sao said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

second of all, I just learned right now that cats keying f10 is what turned off the UI when I was mid fights and i restarted the game to get the UI back multiple times for no reason.

Screenshot button! The closest we’ll get to a photo mode.

Cobalt

Going tiefling was the best decision I ever made. Shadowheart is best girl. Le’zen or whatever her name is worst girl. #sorrynotsorry

Pavel

@Cobalt My inner therapist saw Lae’zel and was instantly “There’s something good in there… but I’m not going to use my genitals to get it out.”

somasatori

@Pavel said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

@Cobalt My inner therapist saw Lae’zel and was instantly “There’s something good in there… but I’m not going to use my genitals to get it out.”

Alexa, show me advice that would have been useful in my twenties.