Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

TJT said:

Drow Handcrossbow Sword Bard hmmmmmmm!?

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I actually did some research on how they implemented it, and apparently in BG3 you don't even need crossbow expert, you can just inherently reload hand crossbows even if you are dual wielding ( and the game has hand crossbows in it, which always helps ), so you don't need variant human, and can go drow if you want.

So looks like that kind of cheese is a go ;p

You don't even need to be embarrassed while trying to argue with the DM that crossbow expert is a legitimate rule even if the mechanics of it are about as plausible as reloading while dual wielding uzis.

Ya they can't add things you find objectionable to the game and not refund it cuz alt tabbed out and racked up 2 hours

That's gonna do it for preorders in clown world for me, I'd trusted Larian ;/

Nirgon said:

Ya they can't add things you find objectionable to the game and not refund it cuz alt tabbed out and racked up 2 hours

That's gonna do it for preorders in clown world for me, I'd trusted Larian ;/

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I mean. More your fault than theirs. You knew the game was incomplete when you bought early access.

Harshaw said:

I mean. More your fault than theirs. You knew the game was incomplete when you bought early access.

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Yeah my fault that a pronouns field, a very very small UI element, was added 2 years later by a company who never did it before

Guess no one in their estimation might find that objectionable (yeah right, very sneaky)

Why 2 years other than to make sure it passes the woke check then slip it in after

Nirgon said:

Yeah my fault that a pronouns field, a very very small UI element, was added 2 years later by a company who never did it before

Guess no one in their estimation might find that objectionable (yeah right, very sneaky)

Why 2 years other than to make sure it passes the woke check then slip it in after

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TJT said:

What is the point of Karmic dice exactly?

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Think of it a the DM fudging dice rolls for you. It is to stop you from like failing 5 rolls in a row.

Tuco said:

And fudging the dice for enemies. Think of all the kobolds with dumpster tier attack rolling against your fighter with ankheg armor and protection rings. With karmic dice they'll start getting through after a few bad rolls.

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If I've made a great build and added solid items to it, I don't really want every combat against a random kobold or goblin to be life or death at that point, unless you were perhaps RP'ing some follower of the god of luck or something. Seems a bit silly otherwise.

Harshaw said:

Think of it a the DM fudging dice rolls for you. It is to stop you from like failing 5 rolls in a row.

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So it’s a form of a pity system to prevent constant streaks of bad dice rolls but it also benefits monsters too?

I'm thinking maybe that I'll roll a Dwarf Paladin....maybe Oathbreaker eventually. It is weird to me that you can roll a Drow Paladin.

Yea, it doesn't sound great, but maybe it could have changed over the course of development into more bloodlines like, which might have worked. I also look at the game Dark and Darker and see it mechanically working like that, but with a full RPG story and side quests.

Question: Will this game be a true successor to the Baldur’s Gate series, or is this DOS:3 set in the Forgotten Realms? I enjoyed the Baldur’s Gate and Icewind Dale series while growing up, and I think Owlcat nailed the feel of those games with their Pathfinder series. While DOS and DOS:2 are respectable games, they never had the same draw for me. I know they are using a DND ruleset, but does the gameplay feel like a BG style game?

Witless said:

Question: Will this game be a true successor to the Baldur’s Gate series, or is this DOS:3 set in the Forgotten Realms? I enjoyed the Baldur’s Gate and Icewind Dale series while growing up, and I think Owlcat nailed the feel of those games with their Pathfinder series. While DOS and DOS:2 are respectable games, they never had the same draw for me. I know they are using a DND ruleset, but does the gameplay feel like a BG style game?

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Considering characters from BG show up this is at least in universe, but no one really knows what the feel will be yet.