Do not be sad. You are learning the game in the purest way possible. Through trial and error. Trial by fire. Sure it is your own fire but that is half the fun. lol
If you ever need to suddenly stop your character from touching something or going somewhere when you've already clicked on it, you can right-click, and it will instantly stop your action. Not sure if anyone has mentioned that to you
9:51: "Lesson learnt". Well actually the lesson should be like this: Und your parties character pictures on the left are two important tiny buttons, both incredible usefully in this situation with the firebolt traps. One button let's you toggle between group movement and individual movement. With this option you can scout ahead with one character and leave the others behind for the moment. The second button toggles sneaking for the whole group. In this mode you see red areas on the ground around enemies. Entering the red area your characters have to succed in a dice roll for sneaking. If they fail they will be noticed. When you suspect enemies near these red areas help you locate them and tell you when they will notice you. You can surprise enemies this way (for example with a ranged attack) which gives you a free attack while the enemy is surprised, which makes fights much more easy. (However if you surprise the enemy it is possible only your attack characters enters combat while the others stay hidden and outside the combat. in this case you have to select them and move them close or attack as well to enter the combat and getting this free attack as well.) In this tunnel with the firebolt traps you will notice those traps have a red area as well. So it is possible to sneak past them and even disarm them. Both individual movement mode and sneak mode are meant to be use often! Also: Rest often! You might miss story conversations if you don't rest often enough. You also fully heal and get your spell slots back. There are people who longrest after every big battle. The spider area is pretty hard. I allways safe it for later and go in after a long rest.
I honestly don't remember why I tried to sneak past the statues, but I got pretty disappointed by the fact that you just needed that to make them useless XD Still, it's a big hurdle for someone that just started and doesn't try everything they can do.
@@TheDahaka1 Indeed, I agree it is a high learning curve in this part of the game. That's why I try to explain how she can use these mechanics. It's a great game and it would be sad if she can't enjoy it fully because of missing mechanics.
@@JustATourist Honestly, if she has fun and still wants to go on, I'd love to see her playthrough with minimal backseating. She's usually quite stubborn, so she'll get back to the stuff that stumped her before 😋
@@TheDahaka1 I don't really care what you'd love to. I consider it cruel to be able to help and not help. It's up to her. She can take it or ignore it. Gosh, I hate this cancel culture. I just had good intentions.
@@JustATourist Ooof, you really went all out with the misunderstanding. How can you read "I'd love to see this" and somehow understand "you're wrong and your opinions are wrong"? I said NOTHING of the like. If you want to backseat every single thing, go ahead. She reads most comments and I suggested a lot of things anyway, so I would have never told you to make suggestions. I just like noobs to find their way, and I prefer small suggestions much more than people just telling her EVERYTHING she should do in their opinion. AND YOU DIDN'T DO IT! You gave a small suggestion that I'm perfectly fine with. The only thing I said is that I would love if suggestions stayed at the level of the one YOU gave, instead of going overboard like other people and flood her with tons of information. You got serious cancel culture trauma if you misunderstood my point, and most importantly my demeanor, that much. Chill out
Before you try to sneak, hold down Shift. It will show you a red area - this is opponents field of view. Move your character out of this zone, and then try to sneak.
In a combat, look up at the characters order queue, at the top of the screen. If some of your characters are next to each other, you can switch between them and choose who will act first. Also, in this case, it is possible to cancel "End of turn" on them, if you did it by mistake or want to do something else with them.
You got off to a bit of a rough start, but you did pretty good on the owlbear (except for thunderwaving Astairion and hexing the owlbear's charisma for some reason?). Never change Femke, you are an amazing person with zero filters and I love it 😁
😂😂 Astarion has a tough time this episode. I used Hex CHAR bc for some reason I assumed it had to do with *my* stats, which does not make sense at ALL, bc in that case I’d always do the same Hex. 😭 My brain sometimes, I swear…
When you cast spells, make sure you know exactly what they are doing. Some of them area effect, that will be shown with a highlighted red area before the caster (burning hands, thunderwave). Everyone in this red area will be effected. Other area effect spells will be shown as a white circle around a caster or around your mouse. They will effect everbody who inside this white circle (Ice knife, Arms of Hadar).
I'd like to suggest something: It might prove very helpful to you to spend some time off screen on taking a good look at the inventory of all of your characters and whatever you sent to camp taking a look at what each spell that he can do, does; what conditions need to be mad to use any item, or spell, or skill., and so on. Just a few minutes ago you were very excited to get somebody who can cast speak to animals - then you meet the dog - and talking to it is not the first thing that comes to your mind. The dog is next to the corpse of its previous owner (friend), you've got the pendant that makes it possible to talk to corpses.... See where I'm going with this? Ooh! By the way: taking part in adventures and defeating beasts is not making mistakes in the game. You make some rash decisions and you don't sometimes weigh your options thoroughly enough but you don't need to beat yourself over this.
Thank you for your kind words. 🥹 You make a good point! And you are absolutely right in everything you’re saying here. I totally agree, and will work on teaching myself to take some time to take in things off-recording. Thanks as always for your helpful advice!
23:25 "Where can I read that again? That would have been useful." Right there, on your screen. 😜 A Wild Magic surge is nothing but a temporary status / temporary condition. *ALL* temporary statuses (positive and negative ones) are shown on screen at all times, next to the characters's portraits. In this case, it was the little blue "drop" symbol next to your protagonist's face. If you hover your mouse over those symbols, they tell you what's going on with your character. At the same time, you can see that there's a little symbol next to Wyll's face. It tells you that Wyll has "Speak with Animals" active. That would have been useful for the owlbears. It's useful to know, in case you miss something (which, let's face it, *WILL* happen a lot). You need to know if your archer is temporary blinded or your wizard is temporary silenced. You need to know if your whole party is currently burning, poisoned or turned to stone. Etc. PS: Holy crap, you attacked Astarion in two consecutive battles! 🤣
Duhhh ofcourse! It’s a common feature of MMORPGs actually, I’m just really not used to it yet in BG. 🤡 Gotta remember to check each character’s current status and consider all of their skills, including “hide”, “jump”, etc. during gameplay. Thanks for telling me! I hadn’t figured it out yet myself. 😂 Edit: Astarion’s gotta prove his loyalty to me through thick and thin apparently. 😂
39:20 well for future refrence, i think its best to have the person with Speaking with Animals, talk to the animal, just so you know what there saying. As the character with that active can talk to them. 39:38 well there goes all your luck for the day. 53:03 I'm gonna give you the best beginners advice that you can hear for awhile, avoid this area like the plague until your level 3-4 and have some decent gear, just saying. this area is a pain in the ass otherwise.
Great pieces of advice! I’ll definitely continue the game trying more to have each character’s skillset in mind. It’s a type of gameplay I’m not used to, and it seems to be a little hard for me to get used to. Doesn’t feel like it takes away any of the fun for me tho! 🤗
Until you recruit the warrior companions, you'll need to stay back and attack from a longer distance. You are learning, it takes time to master the game.
I really appreciate your patience with me. 🙇♀️ I’m making it a goal not to look up anything while I’m playing for the purest “blind” experience of a D&D and BG noob. Some people don’t like it, others do. I’m happy you do like it!
@@fififemke Let me just say that I agree with this philosophy for most games, it's usually fun to find out the hard way. I think BG3 is different and not like most games. The rule-base for D&D is vast, I mean Hasbro/WotC have made billions off selling their thick rule books over the years. I've finished BG3 many times and I look shit up all the time even now....but you play you, as long as it makes you happy, all it's good!
@@fififemke Being wary of Spoilers is good, but learning about the game mechanic is a different thing. There are good spoiler free guides on here that will prevent unnecessary frustration for you. 🙂
About Hex: For a non magic using creature like an Owlbear that mainly has melee attacks, Hexing STR is the way to go. If it was a ranged threat like an archer then Hexing DEX would be better, and for a magic user it depends on what kind, as they all use a different attributes to cast with ( Wizards use INT, Sorcerers use CHAR, etc). For a Warlock, you cast Hex as a bonus action before your Eldrich Blast to add the Hex dmg to each ray ( you get more rays as you level up, like magic missle). Hex is maintaned with concentration, so as long as you retain concentration on it, you can move it to new targets and re-cast without using resourses. Have fun, BG3 is the best!
Yeah so I, for some reason, assumed Hex was based on *my* stats. 🤡 This ofcourse makes no sense, as in that case I’d always use Hex in the same way as my stats generally stay balanced similarly as how we started (right?). After your, and others’ feedback, I realize I assumed all wrong, no surprises there. 😂 Thank you as always for your tips!
@@SwiftJustice method doesn't matter, result does; if SB had made the blood boil so that it would all have somehow evaporated - the boar would still be exsanguinated, no? Had all its blood removed, no matter how, yes?
I think I need to make BG3 my next game purchase, the location is now clarified as The Sword Coast, on the way to Baldur's Gate city (BG1 began in Candlekeep, BG2 started under Athkatla, the capital of Amn. You are an enthusiastic newbie, the best kind. "Why can't the goblins be nicer?" "If it smells of wee I've marked it" That's why. Sorry to keep suggesting it but "Honor Among Thieves" has a tiefling party member who is also a Wild Shape. She can Polymorph at will and frequently becomes an Owlbear. Pets to your doggo! .
Don’t you dare say sorry for being enthusiastic about a topic. 😤 I think you, as a big fan of D&D, will thoroughly enjoy this game and all of its references! It’s incredibly immersive, and I can imagine that everytime you replay the game you keep discovering new things! Definitely worth the money (already).
When you're in a big battle your sorcerer can use 'Quickened Spell' (one of the pink droplet shaped icons on the right) to cast a second spell as a bonus action. This takes one sorcery point to use. Also, you can use the 'Illithid Wisdom' roll to fool the goblins into thinking that you are one of their leaders (True Souls). The difficulty is always 2.
These tips are *amazing*. I didn’t realize it was an extra move during 1 turn, that’s amazing! The Illithid Wisdom tip is great as well and will definitely come in handy! Thanks as always. 🤗
As the mobs get harder, stacking buffs creates opportunities for enhanced damage. In the Owlbear fight, you cast grease which was a good thought for most enemies, and then you cast Chromatic Orb but selected Thunder(?) damage. Here was an opportunity to stack damage you missed, since Grease is flammable, using fire dmg here would have caused more dmg and possibly set the Owlbear on fire for multiple turns. Unfortunately against an Owlbear grease is not usually so effective, as they have that huge flying jump to take them easily out of it's area of effect, but if you pay attention to the initiative order at the top of the screen, you can predict whether you can Grease and use some fire before the Owlbears turn. Good luck!
Yes! Ofcourse! The grease is flammable! I seriously underestimated this game and the amount of possible tactics. I need to start thinking outside of the “basic” box for sure. I said it already, but thanks again!
Good job defeating the owlbear! It’s generally considered one of (if not the) hardest fights in act 1. Don’t be too hard on yourself, you’re doing great!
When you are reading a tooltip with a highlighted word (like Prone), you can press T button. It will pin the tooltip window and you will be able to hover over the highlighted word with you mouse and see it's discription. Also, some tooltip windows are not big enough for the full description. You can press Alt, to expand it, to see all the information it has.
Try to keep squishy magic users out of melee range as much as possible. Their stats are high in INT, CHAR, or WIS depending on what type of caster. For melee you need high DEX for Armor Class, high CON for more HP, and high STR for damage (weapons with the Finesse label use DEX for dmg instead). Dedicated casters are basically ranged blasters or battlefield control masters with some exceptions like Paladin or Eldritch Knight Warlock, etc. Use the Disengage common feature to get these squishy classes out of melee without invoking attacks of opportunity or use a melee attack like Burning Hands or Thunderwave if needed when you have to stay, but beware AOE damage to allies. The spell details tell you if it's for melee usage, which means there will be no penalties using it with an enemy next to you. You're learning, learning is fun!
You're doing fine. Just make sure to read things carefully, and don't try to rush through things tp prevent mistakes - the game isn’t really designed to be quick. I would reccomend having a melee fighter like Lae'zel and/or a healer. Also, you can always summon Wyll's Imp before a battle and it'll follow. I've only played a few hours so it's funny watching you make the same mistakes I am. I just restarted in a harder difficulty and I love the combat ao much.
46:50 The ability where you have the most bonus is not always the easiest check to pass (even if it usually is). Depending on the situation, a choice without as much bonuses could have a much lower Difficulty Class, making it the easier check. This doesn't mean go at random, just consider the reality of each situation and which choice could have a lower difficulty before making the choice, and not just going with your highest skill 😉
Excellent point! I find that sometimes BG3 tries to subtly tell you that one choice is going to be a hard one, but it's not always the case. The dice rule though, and sometimes even with seemingly impossible odds you do succeed! If all else fails there's always save scumming, if not in Honor mode.
I’m happy you’re telling me this, bc as you’ve noticed, I tend to choose whatever my stats tell me I have the best chances at. In the future I’ll definitely follow logic more than what the stats are telling me! Thanks again!
* dotes so hard on a dog * *approaches the corpse over which it's whimpering * "What about your owner, what does he have on him? Ew, he was poor, WTF?" 😂
22:53 well that is one way to Scar an owlbear cub, RIP. but to be fair you could just read the room to conclude that you should just leave her alone. 31:01 well at least your not a total monster.
I did read the room, I’m just stubborn and want to try everything. 😂 Same as in episode 1, where we first spawn, the thing in the middle of the room looks “fragile”. I need to touch it. 👹
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Do not be sad. You are learning the game in the purest way possible. Through trial and error. Trial by fire. Sure it is your own fire but that is half the fun. lol
😂😂😂 Looking back on it I realized how much fun I had, however when I was in the moment I wanted to die. 😂
If you ever need to suddenly stop your character from touching something or going somewhere when you've already clicked on it, you can right-click, and it will instantly stop your action. Not sure if anyone has mentioned that to you
No one has mentioned this- that’s actually a great tip! Thank you!
9:51: "Lesson learnt". Well actually the lesson should be like this: Und your parties character pictures on the left are two important tiny buttons, both incredible usefully in this situation with the firebolt traps. One button let's you toggle between group movement and individual movement. With this option you can scout ahead with one character and leave the others behind for the moment. The second button toggles sneaking for the whole group. In this mode you see red areas on the ground around enemies. Entering the red area your characters have to succed in a dice roll for sneaking. If they fail they will be noticed. When you suspect enemies near these red areas help you locate them and tell you when they will notice you. You can surprise enemies this way (for example with a ranged attack) which gives you a free attack while the enemy is surprised, which makes fights much more easy. (However if you surprise the enemy it is possible only your attack characters enters combat while the others stay hidden and outside the combat. in this case you have to select them and move them close or attack as well to enter the combat and getting this free attack as well.) In this tunnel with the firebolt traps you will notice those traps have a red area as well. So it is possible to sneak past them and even disarm them.
Both individual movement mode and sneak mode are meant to be use often!
Also: Rest often! You might miss story conversations if you don't rest often enough. You also fully heal and get your spell slots back. There are people who longrest after every big battle.
The spider area is pretty hard. I allways safe it for later and go in after a long rest.
I honestly don't remember why I tried to sneak past the statues, but I got pretty disappointed by the fact that you just needed that to make them useless XD
Still, it's a big hurdle for someone that just started and doesn't try everything they can do.
@@TheDahaka1 Indeed, I agree it is a high learning curve in this part of the game. That's why I try to explain how she can use these mechanics. It's a great game and it would be sad if she can't enjoy it fully because of missing mechanics.
@@JustATourist Honestly, if she has fun and still wants to go on, I'd love to see her playthrough with minimal backseating. She's usually quite stubborn, so she'll get back to the stuff that stumped her before 😋
@@TheDahaka1 I don't really care what you'd love to. I consider it cruel to be able to help and not help. It's up to her. She can take it or ignore it. Gosh, I hate this cancel culture. I just had good intentions.
@@JustATourist Ooof, you really went all out with the misunderstanding. How can you read "I'd love to see this" and somehow understand "you're wrong and your opinions are wrong"? I said NOTHING of the like. If you want to backseat every single thing, go ahead. She reads most comments and I suggested a lot of things anyway, so I would have never told you to make suggestions. I just like noobs to find their way, and I prefer small suggestions much more than people just telling her EVERYTHING she should do in their opinion.
AND YOU DIDN'T DO IT! You gave a small suggestion that I'm perfectly fine with.
The only thing I said is that I would love if suggestions stayed at the level of the one YOU gave, instead of going overboard like other people and flood her with tons of information.
You got serious cancel culture trauma if you misunderstood my point, and most importantly my demeanor, that much. Chill out
Before you try to sneak, hold down Shift. It will show you a red area - this is opponents field of view. Move your character out of this zone, and then try to sneak.
In a combat, look up at the characters order queue, at the top of the screen. If some of your characters are next to each other, you can switch between them and choose who will act first.
Also, in this case, it is possible to cancel "End of turn" on them, if you did it by mistake or want to do something else with them.
OH! So the order of the character in the top *does* matter! I never even noticed- this is incredibly useful information, thank you so much!
Underground passage - sneak past figure to switch it off at the glowing rune. Fighting it won't work, maybe with hundreds of hit points...
You got off to a bit of a rough start, but you did pretty good on the owlbear (except for thunderwaving Astairion and hexing the owlbear's charisma for some reason?). Never change Femke, you are an amazing person with zero filters and I love it 😁
😂😂 Astarion has a tough time this episode. I used Hex CHAR bc for some reason I assumed it had to do with *my* stats, which does not make sense at ALL, bc in that case I’d always do the same Hex. 😭 My brain sometimes, I swear…
@@fififemke I like your brain, it's an endless source of entertainment 🤣
Entertainment for the people, torture for me. 😂 I have no clue how I managed to live till 28. 😂
When you cast spells, make sure you know exactly what they are doing.
Some of them area effect, that will be shown with a highlighted red area before the caster (burning hands, thunderwave). Everyone in this red area will be effected.
Other area effect spells will be shown as a white circle around a caster or around your mouse. They will effect everbody who inside this white circle (Ice knife, Arms of Hadar).
I'd like to suggest something:
It might prove very helpful to you to spend some time off screen on taking a good look at the inventory of all of your characters and whatever you sent to camp taking a look at what each spell that he can do, does; what conditions need to be mad to use any item, or spell, or skill., and so on. Just a few minutes ago you were very excited to get somebody who can cast speak to animals - then you meet the dog - and talking to it is not the first thing that comes to your mind. The dog is next to the corpse of its previous owner (friend), you've got the pendant that makes it possible to talk to corpses.... See where I'm going with this?
Ooh! By the way: taking part in adventures and defeating beasts is not making mistakes in the game. You make some rash decisions and you don't sometimes weigh your options thoroughly enough but you don't need to beat yourself over this.
Thank you for your kind words. 🥹 You make a good point! And you are absolutely right in everything you’re saying here. I totally agree, and will work on teaching myself to take some time to take in things off-recording. Thanks as always for your helpful advice!
23:25
"Where can I read that again? That would have been useful."
Right there, on your screen. 😜
A Wild Magic surge is nothing but a temporary status / temporary condition.
*ALL* temporary statuses (positive and negative ones) are shown on screen at all times, next to the characters's portraits.
In this case, it was the little blue "drop" symbol next to your protagonist's face.
If you hover your mouse over those symbols, they tell you what's going on with your character.
At the same time, you can see that there's a little symbol next to Wyll's face.
It tells you that Wyll has "Speak with Animals" active.
That would have been useful for the owlbears.
It's useful to know, in case you miss something (which, let's face it, *WILL* happen a lot).
You need to know if your archer is temporary blinded or your wizard is temporary silenced.
You need to know if your whole party is currently burning, poisoned or turned to stone.
Etc.
PS: Holy crap, you attacked Astarion in two consecutive battles! 🤣
Honestly, Astarion deserves it XD
Duhhh ofcourse! It’s a common feature of MMORPGs actually, I’m just really not used to it yet in BG. 🤡 Gotta remember to check each character’s current status and consider all of their skills, including “hide”, “jump”, etc. during gameplay. Thanks for telling me! I hadn’t figured it out yet myself. 😂
Edit: Astarion’s gotta prove his loyalty to me through thick and thin apparently. 😂
39:20 well for future refrence, i think its best to have the person with Speaking with Animals, talk to the animal, just so you know what there saying. As the character with that active can talk to them.
39:38 well there goes all your luck for the day.
53:03 I'm gonna give you the best beginners advice that you can hear for awhile, avoid this area like the plague until your level 3-4 and have some decent gear, just saying. this area is a pain in the ass otherwise.
Great pieces of advice! I’ll definitely continue the game trying more to have each character’s skillset in mind. It’s a type of gameplay I’m not used to, and it seems to be a little hard for me to get used to. Doesn’t feel like it takes away any of the fun for me tho! 🤗
Until you recruit the warrior companions, you'll need to stay back and attack from a longer distance. You are learning, it takes time to master the game.
I really appreciate your patience with me. 🙇♀️ I’m making it a goal not to look up anything while I’m playing for the purest “blind” experience of a D&D and BG noob. Some people don’t like it, others do. I’m happy you do like it!
@@fififemke Let me just say that I agree with this philosophy for most games, it's usually fun to find out the hard way. I think BG3 is different and not like most games. The rule-base for D&D is vast, I mean Hasbro/WotC have made billions off selling their thick rule books over the years. I've finished BG3 many times and I look shit up all the time even now....but you play you, as long as it makes you happy, all it's good!
@@fififemke Being wary of Spoilers is good, but learning about the game mechanic is a different thing.
There are good spoiler free guides on here that will prevent unnecessary frustration for you. 🙂
About Hex: For a non magic using creature like an Owlbear that mainly has melee attacks, Hexing STR is the way to go. If it was a ranged threat like an archer then Hexing DEX would be better, and for a magic user it depends on what kind, as they all use a different attributes to cast with ( Wizards use INT, Sorcerers use CHAR, etc). For a Warlock, you cast Hex as a bonus action before your Eldrich Blast to add the Hex dmg to each ray ( you get more rays as you level up, like magic missle). Hex is maintaned with concentration, so as long as you retain concentration on it, you can move it to new targets and re-cast without using resourses. Have fun, BG3 is the best!
Yeah so I, for some reason, assumed Hex was based on *my* stats. 🤡 This ofcourse makes no sense, as in that case I’d always use Hex in the same way as my stats generally stay balanced similarly as how we started (right?). After your, and others’ feedback, I realize I assumed all wrong, no surprises there. 😂 Thank you as always for your tips!
Exsanguinated - deprived of blood
Deprived is weird. More like drained
@@SwiftJustice method doesn't matter, result does; if SB had made the blood boil so that it would all have somehow evaporated - the boar would still be exsanguinated, no? Had all its blood removed, no matter how, yes?
I enjoy your narration, you are always entertaining.
Thank you kindly! 🤗
I think I need to make BG3 my next game purchase, the location is now clarified as The Sword Coast, on the way to Baldur's Gate city (BG1 began in Candlekeep, BG2 started under Athkatla, the capital of Amn. You are an enthusiastic newbie, the best kind. "Why can't the goblins be nicer?" "If it smells of wee I've marked it" That's why.
Sorry to keep suggesting it but "Honor Among Thieves" has a tiefling party member who is also a Wild Shape. She can Polymorph at will and frequently becomes an Owlbear. Pets to your doggo!
.
Don’t you dare say sorry for being enthusiastic about a topic. 😤 I think you, as a big fan of D&D, will thoroughly enjoy this game and all of its references! It’s incredibly immersive, and I can imagine that everytime you replay the game you keep discovering new things! Definitely worth the money (already).
When you're in a big battle your sorcerer can use 'Quickened Spell' (one of the pink droplet shaped icons on the right) to cast a second spell as a bonus action. This takes one sorcery point to use.
Also, you can use the 'Illithid Wisdom' roll to fool the goblins into thinking that you are one of their leaders (True Souls). The difficulty is always 2.
It is 2, isn't it?
You can do it once per long rest (with each of your characters).
@@yuryliv You are correct, it is 2. I will edit my post.
These tips are *amazing*. I didn’t realize it was an extra move during 1 turn, that’s amazing! The Illithid Wisdom tip is great as well and will definitely come in handy! Thanks as always. 🤗
As the mobs get harder, stacking buffs creates opportunities for enhanced damage. In the Owlbear fight, you cast grease which was a good thought for most enemies, and then you cast Chromatic Orb but selected Thunder(?) damage. Here was an opportunity to stack damage you missed, since Grease is flammable, using fire dmg here would have caused more dmg and possibly set the Owlbear on fire for multiple turns. Unfortunately against an Owlbear grease is not usually so effective, as they have that huge flying jump to take them easily out of it's area of effect, but if you pay attention to the initiative order at the top of the screen, you can predict whether you can Grease and use some fire before the Owlbears turn. Good luck!
Yes! Ofcourse! The grease is flammable! I seriously underestimated this game and the amount of possible tactics. I need to start thinking outside of the “basic” box for sure. I said it already, but thanks again!
Good job defeating the owlbear! It’s generally considered one of (if not the) hardest fights in act 1. Don’t be too hard on yourself, you’re doing great!
🥹 Thank you for your kind words
The adventuring urge to have neither a tank nor a healer in your party XD
I may have put the game on “medium” difficulty, however the I choices I make makes it a hardcore gameplay. 😂 Gotta count for something!
46:48 Illithid checks are usual much easier than the other options, and have no negative consequences if you don't consume other tadpoles.
Ohh that’s a great time, I’ll definitely remember that!
When you are reading a tooltip with a highlighted word (like Prone), you can press T button. It will pin the tooltip window and you will be able to hover over the highlighted word with you mouse and see it's discription.
Also, some tooltip windows are not big enough for the full description. You can press Alt, to expand it, to see all the information it has.
I need to remember this- very useful tip! Thank you kindly, also for your other tips. 🤗
Try to keep squishy magic users out of melee range as much as possible. Their stats are high in INT, CHAR, or WIS depending on what type of caster. For melee you need high DEX for Armor Class, high CON for more HP, and high STR for damage (weapons with the Finesse label use DEX for dmg instead). Dedicated casters are basically ranged blasters or battlefield control masters with some exceptions like Paladin or Eldritch Knight Warlock, etc. Use the Disengage common feature to get these squishy classes out of melee without invoking attacks of opportunity or use a melee attack like Burning Hands or Thunderwave if needed when you have to stay, but beware AOE damage to allies. The spell details tell you if it's for melee usage, which means there will be no penalties using it with an enemy next to you. You're learning, learning is fun!
Ahhh those tips for preventing the attacks of opportunity are priceless! Absolutely amazing, thanks!
Rogue, sneak past guardian statue alone. Look for a glowing rune to touch.
You're doing fine. Just make sure to read things carefully, and don't try to rush through things tp prevent mistakes - the game isn’t really designed to be quick.
I would reccomend having a melee fighter like Lae'zel and/or a healer. Also, you can always summon Wyll's Imp before a battle and it'll follow.
I've only played a few hours so it's funny watching you make the same mistakes I am. I just restarted in a harder difficulty and I love the combat ao much.
46:50 The ability where you have the most bonus is not always the easiest check to pass (even if it usually is).
Depending on the situation, a choice without as much bonuses could have a much lower Difficulty Class, making it the easier check. This doesn't mean go at random, just consider the reality of each situation and which choice could have a lower difficulty before making the choice, and not just going with your highest skill 😉
Excellent point! I find that sometimes BG3 tries to subtly tell you that one choice is going to be a hard one, but it's not always the case. The dice rule though, and sometimes even with seemingly impossible odds you do succeed! If all else fails there's always save scumming, if not in Honor mode.
I’m happy you’re telling me this, bc as you’ve noticed, I tend to choose whatever my stats tell me I have the best chances at. In the future I’ll definitely follow logic more than what the stats are telling me! Thanks again!
* dotes so hard on a dog * *approaches the corpse over which it's whimpering * "What about your owner, what does he have on him? Ew, he was poor, WTF?" 😂
LOL animals >>>>>>> humans 😂
Nothing truer has ever been spoken.
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22:53 well that is one way to Scar an owlbear cub, RIP. but to be fair you could just read the room to conclude that you should just leave her alone.
31:01 well at least your not a total monster.
It is actually hard, for the first time, to understand how to manage the owlbear situation. Even a little wrong move leads to a fight.
@@yuryliv i mean not really, if you did the correct skill check, i got it right first time.
also she could of left the battle at any time.
I did read the room, I’m just stubborn and want to try everything. 😂 Same as in episode 1, where we first spawn, the thing in the middle of the room looks “fragile”. I need to touch it. 👹
@@fififemke well if you want to try everything (you can), you gonna have to reload saved and such.
wyll 🤢
Oh Lord, sounds like we’re may get beef with him. 😂
yep
Indeed