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FYI, Shadowheart has a cantrip spell (i.e. free to cast), called Guidance. It gives you a +1d4 (i.e 1 to 4) on you ability check rolls. When you have the roll dice screen, at the bottom, there is an "Add Bonus" button, and you can have Shadowheart use this to help you roll higher. It's free, you can use it all the time. No downsides to it.
The reason that firebolt didn’t do anything to the big door even though it’s vulnerable to fire is because it has the medium toughness trait which makes it not take damage unless it’s 22 damage or more. Thankfully your barbarian strength broke through that easily 🎉
Good to see you back on bg3! The combat starts to make more sense the more you play. I always find a strong start to any conflict starts with trying to get the higher ground. Like the hill at the entrance to the grove. Higher ground gives advantage status to all range attacks and spells accuracy and effectiveness. And you can tend to miss more attacks when your the lower ground too. Holding back at higher ground is also a great technique if your being attacked by a larger, overwhelming enemy horde. They have to waste turns getting to you and you can keep firing at will at them till they are in melee range to finish them off.
I'm deep into this game now, gets proper hard, really need to synergise armour, weapons, spells, cantrips etc. The choices you can make are staggering in how it effects the encounters you have, next level amount of choice and repercussion.
I feel so overwhelmed by it all atm but it’s a lot of fun to figure out! I know I’m gonna mess up some decisions along the way but I guess that’s all part of it
@@LUCYJROBYN I personally love playing through it and messing up (or savescuming if it's something important to me) but then replaying a best and worst playthrough.
@@LUCYJROBYN I fumbled my way through a playthrough knowing full well I was not maximizing the builds of my characters and I was fine to get through it all. Doing as much as you can find to do in the game is the easy way to be sure you're gaining the XP and leveling up so that you can afford to not be an expert in this style of game.
Not sure if anybody has told you yet, but with Gale be sure to cast mage armor on him to raise his HP since he doesn’t wear armor. It’s already on your prepared spells. Also, whenever you encounter a space with a lot of traps, you can toggle into turn-base mode so you can move each character one at a time or just one to disarm them. That way your party doesn’t accidentally trip a trap by all running as a group. Loving your play through so far! 😊
Oh my goodness, I've never seen someone react to a trap by *running the length of the room*... and then running back again! How you managed that without dying is a feat in itself :D Really glad you're not going the save-scumming route - you never know what success can be wrought from failure ;)
35:43 as you figured out with doors with Health bars, you can destroy them but i would inspect those doors, just in case attacking them doesnt work, cuz some of the doors are resistant to certain damage types., but yeah destroying doors does save you time from finding the damn key though.
@@LUCYJROBYNInvestigating is cool, but I’m always finding the keys after Astarion’s already lock- picked the chests/doors anyway. Smashing things seems true to barbarian nature…could be your trademark 😂
Yeah, Lae'zel is abrasive in the beginning, but Shadowheart is snarky/snipey, Gale is full of himself, and ffs, Astarion full on attacks you when he meets your Tav. They all go through quite a bit of character development over time as they get to know the party members & Tav.
Apologies don't mean to be a bother but are you gonna upload your playthrough of the So Mi ending to phantom liberty? Woulda loved to see your reaction to that massive airport shootout and the music that gets your blood pumping. I swear 'contra la luna' was cyber psychosis in musical form.
1:27:03 good thing your not a paladin, or else you would be breaking your oak by attacking the Tieflings here, but yeah this is why you save-scum (by saving and reloading the save incase things didnt go your way) saving and reloading alot when you fail the Dice roll thing, isnt really a bad thing, just helps you get the outcome you want, i do reccomened doing it if you feel like its needed.
That was fun! Good choices for Gale’s spells, but I also recommend replacing Witch bolt with Chromatic Orb for the area-of-effect possibilities. If you poke around in chamber where Withers was hanging out you may have found an amulet that cast Speak with dead spell, adds a creepy but cool dimension to the game. In another room cool book Gale would be interested in opening. Looking forward to next stream! 👍😊
@@LUCYJROBYN The background of your character and the others determines what "inspires" them. Inspiration is what allows rerolls on skill checks. Gale is a Sage, so any events with books, learning, etc have a chance to inspire him. Astarion is a Charlatan, so is inspired when to deceive people.
I would usually agree with you! However the other character I have is part of a multiplayer campaign - it was a one off thing which lasted about 4 hours and was a drinking game, where we drank every time a character said ‘Baldurs Gate’. So, as you can imagine I was quite drunk and hardly remember a thing😂
Can you please read the rules before playing? Barbarian with amor is stupid...are you trolling?? why didn't you pick a fighter if you want to wear armor? you tried amors judging just the aestetics, ignoring AC that is the most imporant thing. do you know basic rules of D&D???
Stop with this kind of bs please. Yea Barbarians do better without armor but people play differently, especially those new to D&D. If it bugs you, make a helpful suggestion instead of being an ass. Rather than gatekeeping, say something like "Barbarians are like Conan, they tend to do better when not wearing armor." "Astarion is a rogue, they deal massive damage when hiding and using sneak attacks from the shadows." Otherwise let her learn.
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My Baldur's Gate 3 play through will be live streamed to UA-cam once a week, usually on Sundays unless I am away. Join our Discord or switch notifications on to know when we're going live💙
FYI, Shadowheart has a cantrip spell (i.e. free to cast), called Guidance. It gives you a +1d4 (i.e 1 to 4) on you ability check rolls. When you have the roll dice screen, at the bottom, there is an "Add Bonus" button, and you can have Shadowheart use this to help you roll higher. It's free, you can use it all the time. No downsides to it.
well downside is that u must have Shart all the time with u :) if where egzist players who hate Shart
I don't remember where, but somewhere early in act 1 I had a guidance necklace that took the place of her very important spell@@MrEvilside
The reason that firebolt didn’t do anything to the big door even though it’s vulnerable to fire is because it has the medium toughness trait which makes it not take damage unless it’s 22 damage or more. Thankfully your barbarian strength broke through that easily 🎉
Thank you for pointing that out! I think I missed the toughness part and just looked at the weaknesses or something? I will learn soon enough haha.
Good to see you back on bg3! The combat starts to make more sense the more you play. I always find a strong start to any conflict starts with trying to get the higher ground. Like the hill at the entrance to the grove.
Higher ground gives advantage status to all range attacks and spells accuracy and effectiveness. And you can tend to miss more attacks when your the lower ground too.
Holding back at higher ground is also a great technique if your being attacked by a larger, overwhelming enemy horde. They have to waste turns getting to you and you can keep firing at will at them till they are in melee range to finish them off.
if you dont want to kill someone but you have to fight them, toggle the Non-Lethal attacks down in the Passives tab below your skill bar.
Correct! That’s what I ended up doing in the fight😊
I'm deep into this game now, gets proper hard, really need to synergise armour, weapons, spells, cantrips etc. The choices you can make are staggering in how it effects the encounters you have, next level amount of choice and repercussion.
I feel so overwhelmed by it all atm but it’s a lot of fun to figure out! I know I’m gonna mess up some decisions along the way but I guess that’s all part of it
@@LUCYJROBYN I personally love playing through it and messing up (or savescuming if it's something important to me) but then replaying a best and worst playthrough.
@@LUCYJROBYN I fumbled my way through a playthrough knowing full well I was not maximizing the builds of my characters and I was fine to get through it all. Doing as much as you can find to do in the game is the easy way to be sure you're gaining the XP and leveling up so that you can afford to not be an expert in this style of game.
I love that gale calls the tadpole "the wee one". Hes adorkable
SO cute I'm obsessed
I keep "Create water" spell on one of my party members at all times to wash away the blood, so yeah you can take a shower. 😂
I love that spell. It comes so often in handy in the story. And if you cast it in a group then throw an electric spell in there its the chefs kiss.
You can find soap and sponges later for cleaning. Or I just head to a river or the sea to wash off.
Not sure if anybody has told you yet, but with Gale be sure to cast mage armor on him to raise his HP since he doesn’t wear armor. It’s already on your prepared spells. Also, whenever you encounter a space with a lot of traps, you can toggle into turn-base mode so you can move each character one at a time or just one to disarm them. That way your party doesn’t accidentally trip a trap by all running as a group. Loving your play through so far! 😊
Thank you! I'm taking a screen shot of this one haha thank you for the good advice!
Yay! You're back!!
Woooo!
I am having fun catching up on your story. I hope you keep going!
Glad to hear that! And I absolutely will, loving it!
Oh my goodness, I've never seen someone react to a trap by *running the length of the room*... and then running back again! How you managed that without dying is a feat in itself :D
Really glad you're not going the save-scumming route - you never know what success can be wrought from failure ;)
I winced so hard. I can't believe no one died! haha
Don't trust Gale, but we need to trust each other 😂😂
35:43 as you figured out with doors with Health bars, you can destroy them but i would inspect those doors, just in case attacking them doesnt work, cuz some of the doors are resistant to certain damage types., but yeah destroying doors does save you time from finding the damn key though.
Yeah I gotta learn to be less Barbarian and do a bit more investigating before Smash!😂
@@LUCYJROBYNInvestigating is cool, but I’m always finding the keys after Astarion’s already lock- picked the chests/doors anyway. Smashing things seems true to barbarian nature…could be your trademark 😂
damn they did add new lines for each of the companions cuz there some lines i never heard them say before
Yeah there was a lot in patch 5 apparently!
@@LUCYJROBYN well i did hear they added more to the ending, which is pretty cool,
Yeah, Lae'zel is abrasive in the beginning, but Shadowheart is snarky/snipey, Gale is full of himself, and ffs, Astarion full on attacks you when he meets your Tav. They all go through quite a bit of character development over time as they get to know the party members & Tav.
Very well written characters! Love it
There's only one romanceable male companion that I would not marry given the chance. And you haven't met him yet.
Ooo I'm intrigued
Ohhh 🐻
Love how you‘re still using a Cyberpunk themed starting screen
Always!
You have a bunch of bows. Time to share some with the party so they all have distamce attacks.
Bravo on your 2nd try in the hole fight!
Apologies don't mean to be a bother but are you gonna upload your playthrough of the So Mi ending to phantom liberty? Woulda loved to see your reaction to that massive airport shootout and the music that gets your blood pumping. I swear 'contra la luna' was cyber psychosis in musical form.
Hey! Not a bother at all, I plan on finishing the edit tomorrow and posting on Friday, this one is taking me a while🙏🏻
1:27:03 good thing your not a paladin, or else you would be breaking your oak by attacking the Tieflings here, but yeah this is why you save-scum (by saving and reloading the save incase things didnt go your way)
saving and reloading alot when you fail the Dice roll thing, isnt really a bad thing, just helps you get the outcome you want, i do reccomened doing it if you feel like its needed.
That was fun! Good choices for Gale’s spells, but I also recommend replacing Witch bolt with Chromatic Orb for the area-of-effect possibilities.
If you poke around in chamber where Withers was hanging out you may have found an amulet that cast Speak with dead spell, adds a creepy but cool dimension to the game. In another room cool book Gale would be interested in opening.
Looking forward to next stream! 👍😊
Thank you!🙏🏼 I think I may have got the amulet but I’ll go back to find the book, cheers
@@LUCYJROBYN The background of your character and the others determines what "inspires" them. Inspiration is what allows rerolls on skill checks. Gale is a Sage, so any events with books, learning, etc have a chance to inspire him. Astarion is a Charlatan, so is inspired when to deceive people.
if you are further on in the story with another character, it isn't really a blind playthrough anymore
I would usually agree with you! However the other character I have is part of a multiplayer campaign - it was a one off thing which lasted about 4 hours and was a drinking game, where we drank every time a character said ‘Baldurs Gate’. So, as you can imagine I was quite drunk and hardly remember a thing😂
So is this fun for a noob or a tad overwhelming?
Both!
I love choice based games but the gameplay here puts me off so bad
It’s a big learning curve for sure, been a lot of fun though
You can play it on an easier mode and switch it up once you get used to everything. That's what I'll do
Can you please read the rules before playing? Barbarian with amor is stupid...are you trolling?? why didn't you pick a fighter if you want to wear armor? you tried amors judging just the aestetics, ignoring AC that is the most imporant thing. do you know basic rules of D&D???
🤣🤣 it’s not that deep, I’m having fun🙏🏼
Jesus feckin Christ
Stop with this kind of bs please. Yea Barbarians do better without armor but people play differently, especially those new to D&D. If it bugs you, make a helpful suggestion instead of being an ass. Rather than gatekeeping, say something like "Barbarians are like Conan, they tend to do better when not wearing armor." "Astarion is a rogue, they deal massive damage when hiding and using sneak attacks from the shadows." Otherwise let her learn.
Little rude guy. Not everyone plays games by researching everything. Some people like to actually learn by doing.