Breaking And Entering! | Baldur's Gate 3 | (Blind) Let's Play - Part 02
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- Опубліковано 14 гру 2023
- ✪ Episode 02 of Baldur's Gate 3 Let's Play on Tactician as a Dark Urge Seldarine Drow (Blind). In this episode Aristair meets some of the crew and after which they head to a Chapel to see what kind of trouble we can start.
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✪ GAME SUMMARY
Baldur's Gate 3 is a 2023 role-playing video game developed and published by Larian Studios. The game is the third main installment in the Baldur's Gate series, based on the tabletop role-playing system of Dungeons & Dragons. Baldur's Gate 3 has single-player and cooperative multiplayer elements. Players can create one or more characters and form a party along with a number of pre-generated characters to explore the game's story.
Unlike previous games in the Baldur's Gate series, Baldur's Gate 3 has turn-based combat, similar to Larian's earlier games Divinity: Original Sin and Divinity: Original Sin II; all combat is based on the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition rules
Baldur's Gate 3 takes place in the fictional world of the Forgotten Realms during the year of 1492 DR, over 120 years after the events of the previous game, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, and months after the events of the playable Dungeons & Dragons 5e module, Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus.
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In case you didn’t know, The VA for Astarion won the award for best performance at the game awards.
I did hear the game won a lot of award but its so cool to see the actors in the game did so well and won a award as well.
every voice so far has been so good wont lie
@@nickrubin7312 agreed. The narrator voice is amazing, Dammon’s voice and cannot forget Karlach. She kicks arse.
@@neurolancer81Have you heard the Narrator outtakes? Some of them are hilarious. She has such a chaotic energy it's amazing.
Make sure you Long Rest often! There's a lot of character dialogue and events that take place in the Camp. You'll miss them if you just use potions/Shadowheart to heal :)
most def. I will get some good camp time in for sure. Im gonna head back there soon and see what our camp is all about.
@@Bowskii They are right you need to do it as you've probably already missed two scenes (most do as they only occur if you long rest before reaching the druid camp). Some encounters are somewhat weighted so if you have a potential scene with Gale and another with Astarion you will only get the one with higher weighting and need to long rest twice to get both. Also keep a close eye on your companions there's a lot of moments in the game when you'll do something and get a ! over their head for specific dialogue about that action. A lot of these will just disappear if you just carry on and you'll miss them permanently.
Y'know, I'm really liking this almost 2 hours per episode format. Just saying, wink wink
I feel like this game has so much going on and with my playstyle we are def gonna need pretty long EPs each time so we can get some progress.
@@Bowskii I can make an educated guess already since I have done some runs and seen many others, you will need about 154 hours to finish!! :) let’s see how close to that we will be.
Without spoiling anything: Playing a “good” dark urge and resisting leads to the best narrative experience this game has to offer (in my opinion).
I feel like its gonna be such an interesting story. It feels so crazy but crazy can always make things so interesting.
@@Bowskii It won't be easy, though. *evil laugh*
Honestly I’m doing the same thing and it’s been good so far into act 3. I’ve already played the campaign a couple times balanced and going to play tactician next.
I did this and wholeheartily agree. There's no "right way" to play this game, but if you were pressed to choose what is the "canon" route it would be a resisting Dark Urge hands down.
I'm currently doing the same - very near the end of Act 3 (I think), and it's been a wild ride.
I'll probably do another Dark Urge run at some point in which I fully embrace it, just to see how different that will be.
Resting is very useful, specially on tactician difficulty, don't be afraid to use it. It's the best way to recover some hp and other resources. You can only long rest at your camp, which is also where you can talk more to your companions and move their stories forward.
yeah def it seems like its the best thing to do to get our spells back and such I will def eventually head back to camp i need to check it all out and get a feel for it for sure.
@@Bowskii And if you check every crate, barrel etc then you'll have a TON of camp supplies, so you won't have to worry about that
I love that you're going for such an intense character by playing as the Dark Urge, even though you're so wholesome :) This has been such a great watch so far- hope you enjoy the rest of the playthrough!
thank you I'm glad you liked the EP its been a great time playing so far. And this dark urge just sounds so wild and it has been so far but its gonna make a great story I feel.
39:40 Astarion is a rogue, at level 2 he gets to have dash, hide and disengage as bonus actions, on top of the regular action ones he already had. Everyone else have them as regular actions only, that is the difference. Since you can use one movement, one action and one bonus action every turn it means he gets extra options. Having these as bonus actions means he can for example dash (normal action), attack an enemy, than dash again (from bonus action). or he can use the bonus action to hide at the end of a turn and be safe from attacks.. or he can move, hide (bonus action), than stealth attack (action). the point is he can do various combos with those bonus actions that other classes can't :)
ahhh ok that's really helpful thanks. Wont lie I was thinking it was just a buffed version of the regular one but since he has 2 now that's going to be very helpful in fights for sure.
He has only one action, hence he can't use dash as an action and attack at the same time, he can only use bonus action dash.
@Bowskii it means he can do hide, dash or disengage and do something else with an action.
So if you wanted to disengage and then hide in a spot enemies aren't looking you could.
@@Bowskii To try and make it a bit clearer. Characters start with 1 action, 1 bonus action and 1 reaction each round. All your abilities are classed as one of these three and will use up the corresponding choice. For example Astarion can now hide as a bonus action leaving him an action and reaction then sneak attack as his action leaving him a reaction he can use to opportunity attack a retreating enemy. As various classes go up levels then unlock more interaction with these options e.g. a 2nd level fighter gets action surge allowing them to perform a second action in combat so they can attack twice to use up those two actions.
Another thing that's not made clear is in combat those symbols above your action bar are showing you what you've used. The blue circle is action, the orange triangle is bonus action, the blue squares are spells (level indicated by number of squares e.g. 1 square level 1, 2 squares lvl 2. Cantrips are the outline square.). When you have a number it means you have multiple of it. When you have used it for that round it will gray out. If you click on them it will also display all the abilities you have that fall in that categroy. Reactions are found on the far right by themselves and will usually trigger automatically, possibly with giving you a choice to use them or not.
Wizard is the only class that can permanently learn scroll spells for money, when you press K you see that golden book symbol on the right, there you can learn the spell from the scroll but it consumes the scroll, important to know if you find strong scrolls.
ahh ok makes me wonder if it will be a one time use learn or if it will be for good. I will check it out because I def picked up a bit of scrolls.
@@Bowskii if anyone else uses a scroll in combat, and everyone can use them, it's just one time use and it's gone. but if a wizard like Gale learns the scrolls he destroys it but he knows that spell forever than and has it as his disposal. its great way to learn wizards more spells without having to level up.. :)
1:26:47 Okay so this is a pretty cool detail you might not have realized. Notice how all the enemies are conveniently facing a specific door away from you? That's not by random chance.
They are reacting to the rock you shot at 1:11:17. That hole you created leads to that room they are facing. They heard the sound of the rock dropping into the room and are planning to investigate it. If you jumped into that hole, they would have opened the door and trigger combat.
Also, food doesn't restore your health. Not directly at least. Its for the camping mechanics. You'll get it once you do a long rest for the first time.
Side Note: most characters can equip some kind of ranged weapon like a bow or crossbow. However with Barbarians, you may consider throwing as a decent alternative. You can throw bombs, handaxes and spears. Or even potions to heal allies. But thanks to your impressive strength, you can even pick up and throw barrels, crates or even small enemies like Dwarves and Goblins. Use small enemies as deadly projectiles. Shove is also a very powerful weapon. If an enemy is standing near a cliff or ledge, you can shove them off to deal big damage and possibly knock them prone, stunning them. If you throw/shove an enemy into an environmental hazard like a bottomless pit or lava, it is an instakill but you do lose loot.
You can also move some of the small environmental objects like said barrels and crates. Sometimes, the game hides secret trapdoors or entrances behind a large pile of crates. Or you can use them to cheese certain situations. A ledge too high up to reach? Stack some nearby crates on top of each other and climb up.
oh wow that's really kick ass actually its such a small detail but so cool they would put something so small in the game it makes a lot of sense though. I feel like we are going to have so much different paths we can take to just get in anywhere in this game. So much things we can interact with to get our objective complete
Shadowheart’s charms claimed yet another victim xD
Also, fyi:
- Shift + C puts all of your grouped party members into hiding.
- Drag and drop portraits to disconnect and ungroup them.
- Turning your back towards enemies doesn't affect their chance to hit.
- When you rolled a nat 1 (critical miss) vs an intellect devourer, the game asked you if you want to do a reckless attack, and you declined. Reckless attack gives you an Advantage. Advantage means you roll 2 dice, instead of 1, and pick the better result. Which means doing reckless attack would’ve saved you from critically missing.
yeah Shadowheart is pretty awesome. I wont lie I think every companions charms have claimed me lol they are all so cool so far.
My problem with Shift C was I keybinded shift to bring up the inventory for the whole squad so it seems to have messed with it but I have group sneak keybinded to 8 so it will help next time I try it again. Reckless attack is pretty bad ass I will def get use to it for sure.
@Bowskii I start every playthrough with a specific romance in mind, and then halfway through act 1 I'm torn between them all. Larian literally raised the bar on companions and romance in games.
hahaha I'm the same way when it comes to any romance in games i like to take each character as far as I can then choose which I may like the most. Though this game has a lot of good characters so far it gonna be tough I'm sure.
Shadowheart and her Guidance are the true MVP's 😀
You can say that again lol she's been the true MVP so far.
Hence why I romanced her in my first playthrough 😉
How multiclassing works: When you gain a level you can choose to add another class. Say for example, if you naturally level up as a barb, then you would he a lvl 2 barb. But if you wanted to muticlass, then you would be a lvl 1 barb and a lvl 1 Paladin (example). Whenever you level up after this, you can only level up one class out of these. So let's say you choose to level up barb, at level 3, then you will be a level 2 barb/level 1 paladin. And so on.. This is a feature to create really powerful builds, a great example is sorlock. A sorcerer warlock multiclass. Warlocks are half casters which means they can't cast many leveled spells per day. But when you multiclass them into sorcerer, which is also a Charisma based class just as warlock, suddenly you cast a shit ton of spells but also get the perks of being a warlock. The only downside to this is that because you can only level up one class at a time, you miss out of some really powerful high level class features. Say you play a barb/paladin, who by the end of the game is lvl 6 barb/lvl 6 paladin, then your character doesn't get access to some of the more powerful features from level 7-12.
Hopefully that was helpful. Thanks for the long episode! Really appreciate it! Take you time with the game. Have fun!
That's really interesting and understanding so basically we don't want to multiclass until we get enough in the first one first? So if I want lets say 6-7 in barb and then the rest in pally then I should wait till level 6 to then get my other class?
And no problem I love the long EP I feel like we will be having a lot of them with how this game is structured.
@Bowskii Yeah that's right, you'll want to get to level 5 first for most classes, since level 5 is a major power bump, barbs get an additional attack each turn, for instance, so multiclassing too early is going to make you significantly weaker if you're missing out on those abilities, like your lvl5 enemies hitting twice while you hit once...
@@BowskiiYeah that is, generally, ideal for a first playthrough. Ofcourse you can go at it however you want. I'm pretty sure there are many build videos on yt that tell you exactly how to level up step by step to make the optimal character. But imo, it's a much better experience to just learn as you play. You can respec anytime once you meet a certain character, for a decent price. So you have options to play around with multiclassing.
@@inarticulatevoid oh I'm gonna stay away from UA-cam lol 🤣 I'm just gonna explore it my self and go with the flow. It may not be optimal but it sure will be fun.
that makes a lot of sense I cant wait to see more levels I bet this gameplay of this game is so good when we have so much things we can do.
Man, I enjoy your playstyle! Can't wait for more BG3 parts from you.
thank you I appreciate that I'm glad you are enjoying the LP thus far. We got so much more to do and I'm stoked for it.
I am so happy you are playing BG3! Choosing Dark Urge as a first playthrough is very brave! I hope Ari resists the urge as it makes for a more interesting story (in my opinion embracing the urges is just too evil :D) Also as others said, don't forget to long rest often, because otherwise you might miss a lot of companion interactions or quests... Enjoy the playthrough!
thank you I'm loving the dark urge stuff so far. Its so chaotic but i feel like its going to be a very good story. And def I will head back to camp very soon I wanna see what's going on there.
I am loving watching this guy's authentic first time reactions to BG3. Having started playing early access 3 years ago now, and watching other content creators playing over the years I cannot recall seeing someone new to the game playing it. It is so refreshing seeing the enjoyment as Bowskii confronts something or tries to figure out what to most of us is second nature. Continue to have a blast playing BG3 my friend.
thank you I appreciate the support on the series. I'm loving everything this game has to offer already. I'm glad to have finally got a chance to play a game like this on the channel I feel like its been long over due. But BG3 really hit the ground running with this game.
adding to the chorus, my suggestion is to short rest after every fight and long rest after every third fight. i just finished the game a week ago. Enjoy the ride!
its a great game so far I'm really enjoying it a lot.
While lighting up things with dancing lights is useful, do not underestimate the power of making a space darker if your party members have darkvision and/or you have a rogue along. You can turn OFF torches and the like by clicking on them as well as turn them on, to create good shadow to lurkity lurk in and let your rogue make sneak attacks etc out of.
good thing we are Drow we can see so far in the dark from what the racial said.
I followed you since W3. so i´m delighted to meet you here again!
Play it like you feel, it will be good!
thank you my friend its great to have you along for another journey. And I def will I'm just gonna wing it and play it the best way I can and have fun.
@@BowskiiYes v, my fr4iend, this is so, we ate ahlf round away, butwe can catch it, that is beautyful and I like it...
Let me explain some mecanics if you don't mind:
Action, Short-action and reaction:
Everything you do in combat requires one of these 3 and you can only do one of each every turn.
Spellcasting:
There are levels to spells casting a spell uses a slot of the corresponding level unless its a cantrip or a ritual then you can cast it as often as you like
Sneak attack:
Can be triggered once per round if you have advantage on the attack or an ally stands next to the target.
Your gameplay is excellent and very enjoyable to watch hope you get all the sauces you desire and more
thank you my friend I'm glad you are enjoying it all so far. Its def gonna be tough to learn but I'm ready for it. It will take some muscle memory with the combat but goodness its so much fun. I will need to start short and long resting more so we can use our spells more often.
oh I wanted to tell you this in advance but I forgot Gale will level up so early.. you could've chosen a different subclass (specialization) for Gale if you wanted to... many players don't realize this because the game has this very weird mechanic of selecting subclass for companions automatically during level up and it doesn't mark it clearly in level up menu that you can change it. Different subclass options were available step above the red "Spells" options you clicked on at 54:01, you just can't tell because it looked like it already had chekmark on it wasn't red... And the subclasses that game automatically chooses is just some template recommend, but not always best for companions or canon. So keep an eye on that as you level people up, a lot of other companions will be getting subclass options at levels 3 onward so make sure you check them out and chose what you really like and what feels better for them, not what game randomly selects :) on don't worry about Gale you will have options to respec later and try out different builds and this is a great subclass anyway :)
As for dual class.. can't advise you there haven't tried that myself, but I heard it's not as fucntional as the old DnD was and that pure classes are much stronger than multiclass in this game becase you reach stronger and better skills/spells :)
damn that really unfortunate that I missed that I was thinking we could only interact with the red ones but glad to know this before we get another level up going on. Hopefully on the next level up for Gale I'm able to click on it and change it or just look at what else we can give him.
@@BowskiiI know it's so easy to miss so stupid how they did that honestly.. but no worries you will be able to respec and try out many different options and have fun with it :)
rough I missed it but I appreciate the tip as I would have never known at all
dude! just like I said last episode, it's unbelievable how much I learn from you. I had been completely missing out on using Shadowheart's guidance to get an additional d4 on ability checks! that is freaking huge! also I had no idea Gale's longstrider could just be cast on everyone until long rest without using up any spell slots that is way too damn good. AND I didn't know that if you hide before engaging combat you can have only part of the party fight while the rest remains hidden. my mind is getting blown with all the tactical possibilities here. this game is like a dream for me. I love games with incredible depth and RP options and many paths to success. I feel like this is surpassing anything I have ever hoped for in a fantasy game. I had a feeling you were going to like Shadowheart - I really like her too 😏. After I watch an episode I get so excited to hop back into the game and try out what you showed me. it's just awesome.
That's so awesome! Yeah this game has a serious learning curve for sure. But damn it we will master it I swear it lmao. So far I'm loving this game a lot it exceeded any expectations I had for it. And I have a feeling its only going to get better as we go forward. Happy to have you here for it. Hope you enjoyed your own playthrough as well.
I really like Shadowheart so far. And her Guidance its just so good!
Its a running "gag" for Larian, the real game always starts on a Beach :D
lol that's crazy but funny I def need to play more Larian games.
Yay! Episode two let's goooo
enjoy EP 2 I had a blast recording it.
@@Bowskii It's honestly so nice to see you enjoy Astarion right from the get go, for me he is one of the stand-out characters in an already stellar game, with a stellar cast. His actor, Neil Newbon, won awards for this role, I was so happy about that. And a little fun fact, he's also Kamski and Gavin Reed from Detroit Become Human. I sometimes catch his streams on twitch. All the actors in this game are just... phenomenal. The Narrator, too, definitely makes BG3 stand out. I wish more RPGs had narrators now. 😄
he makes me happy just listening to how he talk I can really see why a lot of people have said his VO did such a great job. And the narrator is amazing to listen to none stop I wont lie. Its so immersive.
This was really enjoyable to watch! Astarion is my favorite character, he is always in my party and Ive finished the game 5 times haha!
thank you!! and he's so awesome from the little time we have him in the party I really love the voice.
I would recommend to look in every nook of the map. You can scroll up its size in map menu to see where you can go. There is a little part of the beach near Astarion starting point you missed :) Alchemy ingridients and camp supplies are in their own containers at the top of your inv. As for the portraits you can find through the game, some are related to Divinity Original Sin 2 (great game, strongly recommed to play it too). Looking forward for the next episodes, I know they will be great!
oh most def I'm going to look every where on the map in the area before we end up leaving this place. I wanna make sure we do some exploring before we go off and do a main story quest.
Another great episode! Love that you’re already thinking the companions are alive, I think this game does a great job at giving them all interesting morals and character progression based on how you play. I will say not to get discouraged when you get “disagrees”, it usually balances out in your favor over time unless you’re just pissing off people for shits and giggles lol.
I think it’s been mentioned, but if you want to make sure you’re not missing any of the long rest cutscenes, you can “partial rest” by long resting without using camp supplies. You’ll get a cutscene without using any resources.
You stomped that mind flayer out! In my first run it forced me to makeout with it until it drained my characters life and one shot killed the rest of my party !
I really like them all a lot so far they do feel lively its so good. And I'm a huge fan of the agree and disagree stuff in game its always makes it feel more personal.
Yeah lol that mind flayer was wild it said lean in for a kiss that's so crazy. Failing these check would be so hilarious at times.
- When on mouse over an item, press "t" to freeze the info screen. Then you can move with your mouse to see what the abilities do.
- You can smash some objects with weapons. Effectiveness depends on weapon and obkect type (you can check out each item/enemy with right click)
- you can equip ranged weapons, good for attacking when out of melee reach
- Jumping can help to cover more distance in combat
- at low level, each char has 1 action and 1 bonus action per turn (basic dash uses action f.e., when you use it you have no action to do a basic attack anymore)
hopefully it makes it bigger because damn its pretty small down there I kept seeing the T but forgetting to press it to see.
Enjoying your playthrough!! Seeing you get immersed is so satisfying 😂👍🏽
Thank you! This game is so good. I'm already so hooked on it and Im only around 7 EPs in lol 🤣. Glad it's enjoyable to watch it's been a pleasure to play it.
You got such great D&D instincts and cool reactions. It has been fun to watch. I'll keep following!
Thank you! I played way back in the 90s but I don't think it counts lol 🤣. But it's Def a learning experience so far and I'm all for it and loving it.
In Thai game through the 2 acts you can get 12 levels. So if you multiclass and add a class, you will be losing the higher levels in the single class. So you can get 12 levels in Barbarian or be a 10 Barb/ 2 fighter or 8 Barbarian/ 4 warlock or any combo. You can even do the abserd thing of 1 level in each class.
that interesting I'm going to really need to feel things out before I make decisions for sure but atm I'm loving just having a Barb.
Gale is my favorite companion..I have 657 hours in ..I love them all for different reason but Gale is my all time favorite.
1000 hours is just right around the corner. That's awesome I can imagine I'm gonna be playing this game a lot and many times as well. I like Gale a lot as well he's really interesting
you know im 300 hours into BG3 and i still didnt know you could hide completed quests :D keep up the good work, i havent stopped since i found the channel
lol its a tricky game for sure I really like that feature though its really good.
Ayyyyy I’m so happy part two didn’t take long to get here
hope you enjoy the EP! We have so much more to come cant wait to keep sharing the experience.
You can talk to companions at any time. After a fight, encountering a new environment, or main story event, they will usually have unique dialogues specific to what is going on around them. The amount of detail in this game is other-worldly.
I'm gonna pester them all LP lol. Love the amount of detail in this game.
Well, not after any fight. Its mostly after events related to each characters story, then everyone probably has something to say about it. But yes, the detail is cray.
Loot everything! Everything is worth money. Also, Read everything! Some books will give you quests or knowledge for quests.
I'm looting everything that's not nailed down lol. And def i need to read more i been wanting to do it at the end of the EPs just keep forgetting but I don't wanna get to backed up on the books.
Love Your Play style, please keep up the long episodes. A tip nobody mentioned until now is, that you can use the keybinding "T" to make the info bubbles sticky and then hover over the marked words that will open another info bubble for that specific topic. And sometimes in narrow passages, u can switch your camera with the letter "O" on/off into combat mode to have another perspective. Also, F1 to F4 selects your party members faster. Have fun
thank you my friend I appreciate it! Glad you are enjoying the LP thus far.
Everyone seems to have explained multiclassing well for you so I won't chime in on that, but i *will* say: If you care about a little bit of optimisation, respec Shadowheart into a Life domain cleric. Her subclass, unique as it is, kind of sucks unfortunately if you intend to have her as your main healer.
Your commentary is wonderful! Bless the algorithm gods for bringing me here :)
I really appreciate that you are here for the journey through BG3 love when YT is kind and we get to meet new people in the community. I will def do some respec for the characters I wanna see all the good stuff they got and I know I will probably change some that sounds better.
A nice thing is you can send items from one player to another in mid combat, and no matter how far apart they are. So if all your healing potions are on one person, you can still move them to another person to have them heal in the fight
love the freedom we have in this even with little combat things.
Another enthralling episode, you're doing really well (and the dice are with you!). 👍
...120 hours in and I never even saw the "Multiclassing" button. 😅 Oh well, probably won't mess with that in my first run anyway.
Avoided resting as much as possible in the beginning, assuming I should only do it when absolutely necessary. This came back to bite me surprisingly much. Good of people to point this one out here in the comments.
Never had the issue with textures or models flickering or loading in late, wonder if the problem is something like a slow HDD/SSD or low (V)RAM. Regardless, not so big of a deal as long as nothing is crashing! 😁
#TeamGale💜
glad you enjoyed the EP I been having an absolute blast playing this game completely nerding out in combat. The rolls our def going our way but for some reason our combat rolls are lots of missing.
And I'm not sure about the slow loading of the texture I never had that problem in a newer game I seen it for old stuff. I got pretty 32gb ram and 3070 and a SSD and HDD drives with a AMD cpu so I'm not to sure what it may be.
tip
You can throw items, like potions, with the action "Throw" (right click in the item in the inventory) and then you can throw a potion to the ground to a bunch of allies and, if they are in range of the throw, the potion breaks and affects everyone within
healing bombs!!! for every one lol
Your gameplay is so captivating!!
thank you very much!! Glad you are enjoying it. The gameplay is so much fun and engaging.
Wow! You figured out longstrider impressively fast. Indeed the combination of ritual spell (no spell slot cost outside of combat) + lasts a whole day makes it incredibly good but it's not immediately obvious and the UI can be overwhelming at the start of the game. Btw, I believe you can even have it prepared on a companion who's at camp (not actively in your party) and just apply it every morning, before you venture forth. That way, you don't need to dedicate a spell slot to it, if you want to completely min/max :)
Such a cool thing the whole buff is until long rest and lmao 🤣 next EP I was exploring with what you exactly brought up. This game has so much little things that I need to take into consideration. So much things we can do so much strategy put into it all.
Some spells cost spell slots, you only have a certain amount until either short or long rest depending on your class. Cantrips can be used as much as you like though.
lol I just wanna use them all I really need to get use the the I cant us all the spells in all the fights like other games I need to really think when I use them in this game.
Alchemy supplies, camp supplies, and keys go into their own bags automatically within your inventory (which you may discover further into the video than I am) the game automatically gives you an alchemy pouch, a keychain, and a camp supply bag on your character and all companions in the main backpack. If later you want to sell off excess camp supplies or alchemy ones, you'll need to take them out of the specialty pouches to do so easily/well.
If you mark items in you inventory as wares by clicking 'add to wares' on them, you can auto-sell them with a single button click at a trader if you are in trade mode rather than barter mode.
oh wow good tips the auto sell feature sounds so darn convenient I did see the Alch and Camp supply bag I cant remember which EP I been a bit addicted a recorded a good deal but even so have multiple bags inside of our inventory def helps. Hell I'm gonna store books in one lol there seems to be so many books.
@@Bowskii Reading the books in the game is a GREAT way to get a feel for the world and its history, as well as sometimes just be bloody well amused by a bit of nonsense.
@@Bowskii One thing I will add there is a "player chest" in your camp (its yellow and off by itself a bit) store anything non-orange bordered in there to save on weight. For example camp supplies get very heavy as you build them up but since you only use them in camp you can keep them in the chest it'll generate a warning but you can use them from there just fine. Orange bordered items in your inventory are quest items generally speaking so it pays to hang onto them as they can only be used from your inventory as far as I know. My camp chest has about a dozen different ones in it (collected each distinct container with pick up e.g. opulent chest, shiny chest, cartiligious chest) so its easy for me to find as I know all weapons are in the crate, all books in the trunk, all jewelry in the opulent chest and so on.
If you have backpacks/pouches in your inventory you can put items inside them. So some people out all their special arrows or scrolls or potions in different bags to reduce clutter
oh most def. I been doing that with the books and gems so far its a huge help as I'm getting all types of clustered.
When you get to know the mechanics you can easily destroy everyone in that fight in the crypt in like 2-3 turns without taking any damage 😅
You really should look at every available action to your character, for example you missed an extra rage action for your barb (blue icon on the right), or when you made a simple ranged attack with Astarion instead of sneak one while he was sneaking. Each fight plays out like an intricate puzzle and it really helps to pay attention to every little thing and there's oh so many options to do everything, it could be overwhelming, but that's the beauty of this game. For example did you know that as a strength based barb you can use enemies as a throwable weapon too? 😁 Really looking forward to a next episode!
oh yeah its def a bit overwhelming so far for sure but I believe in time I will get that muscle memory and it will all be so much smoother. I'm having a blast with it atm but I'm really looking forward to getting into some big fights and use some better strats.
Loving the Barb I think in EP 1 I threw a imp but it hit the ground in front of me lmao
What's good about this game is that i'm on my third playthrough and you are using the companions (specially gale) in a different way than i and still works great
Even if all you did was give gale a different wizard subclass he could play massively differently.
@@barcster2003 different classes each time and different spell/uses, not that much of a support gale tho
@AllCatsAreBlack you can make him support if you want. Divination Wizard is Great for support because of portent. Enchantment wizard could be really supportive because of split enchantment.
lol my combat style is just absurd probably I'm just doing random things that are some how working lmao but I love it. This game has such great combat and the replay value of it all is probably so good.
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Every time you level up you choose if you wanna continue with a class or level another.
If you multiclass it give you the choice of leveling what you have or pick another
ahh that makes sense.
58:00 Dudes pulling the pro strats early. You're gonna be a monster in the future
Haha 😂 thank you my friend I'm just winging it. It's definitely a learning curve but it's so much darn fun.
So I had to cut the episode short before but finally finished it. it's awesome seeing companions come together again and get to know eachother :) my only problem is you can't have all of the at the party once you have more of them lol. hilarious moment between Ari and Gale and slapping the hand. he really is - 1 in intelligence hahaha 🤣🤣🤣
nice fights and yeah that crypt fight is a bit harder if you do it straight away, and you went it with spells/skills half empty and still you pulled through which is kind of impressive! don't be afraid to go to camp often and long rest after every fight, it's smth you need to do often in this game plus you get lot of dialogue at camp when you long rest that waits for you so it's good to go often to check it out... that way you will always refill spell slots and skill slots and have everything at disposal for next fight :) the good thing about "going to camp" is you don't have to travel there. you go to camp straight from the position where you are right now through menu.. and when you leave camp you return right here so you wont lose any progress :)
lol I had this exact problem in the next EP I just didn't wanna lose any of the companions I want them all in the squad. And lmao Ari is def taking that - int to the next level he went in for a high five on Gale lolol this game is so great.
I def need to head to camp this short and long rest stuff is interesting it makes me wonder if we can use camp all the time and not miss out on this and halt progress. Like go to camp after every few fights to always have spells at the ready but also not miss out on the world moving forward.
@@Bowskii yes you can and that is exactly what you do with camp :) you miss out if you don't go back to camp often ;)
@@mayaamis ahhh so you miss at camp but not in the world. I was thinking it would be both honestly.
@@Bowskii There are a couple quests where long resting does progress them but they are very few and far between (I can only think of 3 specifically and 2 of them are in act 3). They all make it pretty clear that they are time sensitive.
Also, quick tips which are not explained properly:
You can hold Shift to see the shadows and the enemy cone of vision. Great before you go stealth in Combat.
Shadowhearth is a weird unit, she should be stealthy but the skillset does not look like it.
She is an off tank who should support only.
Concentration spells are important, you can only use one at the time. If you get damaged, constution saving throw happens, they can hit you out of it.
Others you will figure them out, I am sure.
hmm I need to see what I switched shift to because it looks like it brings up the companion inventory menu now. But I did bind group stealth finally to something easy to press I have tab as highlight all maybe that will show the spots. Shadowheart has some interesting abilities Clerics are so cool in games I love that priest type healer but would be interesting to see her a stealthy Cleric. She had that one ability called trickster I believe.
Shadowheart: Gale seems... interesting.
Immidiately hard-cuts to Gale giving them the Luigi stare
Lmao 🤣😂
You used a lot of guidance, which is why shadowheart couldn’t heal that much during the battle
Makes sense I'm forever spamming that guidance lol 🤣
Short n long rest can be done outside of combat in most areas if you click the camp fire icon to the right of the hotbar
I will def be saving potions for sure lol I feel like I used to much for no reason I should have rested.
Use short and long rests! There’s only
Like 2 quests in the entire game where a long rest matters, so use rests if you need them. (Short rest on menu and long rest is menu plus the campfire) as you’ve wasted so many health potions. Those should only be used during battle and not really outside of it, unless you have a TON and it doesn’t matter. Plus, long rests help you learn about your party and get their scenes.
Also, people like gale, shadowheart and astaruon have advantage on their attacks when they are on higher ground than enemies.
Lastly, use the environment to your advantage like barrels, bridges, things hanging above enemies etc.
So glad you’re enjoying the game. I’m certainly enjoying the vids!
I def will for sure its funny because I didn't use the camp because I didn't realize it will on the action bar at the bottom I find it next EP but still I will do a lot of going to camp now that I finally found out how. Glad you are enjoying this LP its been a pleasure to play it.
Oh and F5 save often! Lol
lol yeah I been spamming it. I always spam it so much in games wont lie.
The fight in the ruins can sometimes be real tough. I played Honour mode and hit the non explodey barrel by accident. I had to start over.
I just had a huge scare in the crypt on Honour mode. Failed a check so had to fight the tomb theives outside, got careless and fell through. Had 2 groups aggroed but it worked out. Man, Honour mode is no joke!
@@lespaul5734 Sometimes one bad role and it’s back to the beginning for you.
yeah the chapel was pretty tough for sure. I love that about this game it really makes us think before we do stuff and that so damn enjoying.
I need to catch up, so i can watch the full reaction later on. But will save it for the holidays 🤣 I am still as confuse, and i played Divinity >Original sins, and >Dragon commander (my first of the studio) with some bizarre but fun romance options, and man playing as a dragon,...)
no worries my friend it will def be here for a long time we will be doing this LP for the next year I'm sure lol. The game is so darn good so far and we just started.
I can still watch with the pace u are going 4 more Let's Play, after that ill avoid spoilers, hahaha@@Bowskii
I didn’t even know you could pick up and use pouches and stuff I think I’m just dumb that would’ve saved me a lot of trouble 😂
Lol it comes in handy for us hoarders that's for sure.
love it - plz make a short or long rest.... bevore continuing the play...
I def will for sure pretty shortly i wanna check out the camp.
Only Multiclass when you know beforehand what you will get or loose out...for every class there are certain level points you want the get as quick as possible because those certain levels increase the power of the current class massive...so the right timing for multiclassing is always crucial.
And my understanding is you are not familiar (yet) what every level provides but which is needed to know in order to build a good working multiclass character.
My tip for a Barbarian is to reach at first Level 5 and take what lv 5 for a Barbarian provides = an extra attack which you will need from level 5 on...and then at Lv 6 you can think about if you might multiclass your Barbarian character or not....And not every class fits for multiclassing with a Barbarian because the stats have to fit as well for the both classes or more classes...for instance Barbarian + Fighter is a save fit because both work with the same stats...and honestly I wouldn´t take more classes than just one 3 or 4 level dip into fighter to multiclass a Barbarian if you want to play your character "Barbarian-like"= raging with a big 2 handed weapon = in total 8-9 Barbarian + 3-4 Fighter = 5 Barbarian then 3-4 Fighter then back to Barbarian
By the way right beside your head on the right frame of the screen you can open the log where you can see your dice rolls during combat or during the entire game for everything you do...and when you mouse over an opponent with a right mouse click you can look at the stats and proficiencies and ammunties and weaknesses the opponent has before you trigger a combat...in order to choose for combat the right weapon (= different sorts of weapons have different damage types), the right spells which hurts the opponent the most.
In order to switch between weapons instantly you have to put those weapons in the very right section named "custom" located on the very bottom of the screen beneath the main action bar.
And according to Wizards - the shield spell is a passive ability and a must have because he doesn´t wear armour..
And when an allie is down you can throw a healing potion at his body that will heal him as well, you don´t have to go to him and perform a helping hand action which gives him only 1 healthpoint anyway..
yeah I'm going to def multiclass at some point but I'm going to stay on barb for a good while I want to make sure I'm getting the best of the class for gameplay and RP since it goes with the character I chose. But I will make sure I'm ready before I pull the trigger on a second class
@@Bowskii In general mellee classes like Barbarian, or Fighter or Paladin, those are classes where it is way more beneficial to take a dip into those classes from an former chosen other class rather then multiclass out of those melee classes.
Either for getting rage and higher armour class when not wearing armour from the Barb for your former chosen class which are then usually one of the spellcaster classes or for the monk ...
Or for getting heavy armour proficiency and weapon proficiencies from the Fighter, or for getting smite attacks from the Paladin..usually in order to build a sort of "Melee fighting spell caster"
Many also dip 3 levels into Rouge subclass Thief just for getting the extra bonus action which only the Thief provides..for all classes a multiclass choice
A good multiclass choice in general is to combine Spellcasters...like Warlock + Sorcerer both have Charisma as mainstat + a Paladin dip who also has Charisma as mainstat giving additionally armour proficiency + mellee fighting abilities + the powerful smite attack ...there are various combinations out of those 3
Also Cleric + 1 Level into Wizard is very powerful for instance because that opens the possibility to cast all Wizards spells which you then can learn from scroll + all Cleric spells ...but doing a respec in order to have both Int + Wis high is then needed as well, those 2 combined with the right Cleric subclass is probably the most powerful pure spellcaster...Shadowheart is often respected that way also because her default subclass is the weakest Cleric subclass in order to get rid of it..
The problem with Shadowheart is she isnt spec'd properly for magical combat, she's support or direct attacker. She's kinda vicious with a polearm. There are a few spears she does well with. But many of her spells are INT based and she's like 10.
Shadowheart in combat has been interesting so far. The Cleric seems like a pretty tough class to grasp. I def will in time and I really love what they have to offer. I wanna see what her sub classes are hell as well as all the others.
Small tip, at 29:10 you could've used your bonus action hilt attack on the 1 hp, and used your main attack on the other enemy
Ik you're still learning the mechanics, but hopefully someone else or you see this and get a useful strategy from it.
Yeah def a leaning process. I really didn't wanna hit that 1hp enemy but a bonus hilt hit would have been a good idea then no opportunity attack and we go hit the other.
My guy was wearing a Cowboy hat and pink underwear in a chapel. 😂
Lmao 😂🤣 Im here to pray. And got mugged on the way. Gotta make due with our business outfit.
Spoiling us with this episode length!
enjoy my friend the game is so hard to put down.
Theres good reasons not to multiclass. You can but theres other higher level abilites you wont get if you do.
yeah I'm def still unsure what I fully wanna do. All I know is we are gonna be a beast barb at some point I can feel it. The game is gonna give us cool stuff id imagine.
@@Bowskii there's a subclass just for beast barbarian. You don't have to multiclass to do that.
It's called wildheart and you can get it at level 3.
1:17:58 If you surprise an enemy, they lose their first turn.
lol that mofo was bamboozled he lost his turn so cool
Astariooooooooon!! I love that sassy idiot. Neil the voice actor is amazing in this. and who am I kidding I love all companions here like you said they are so alive. early days but enjoy.. all I will say is go to camp and sleep often, and explore environment thoroughly.. there are things to find of the beaten path.. like for example you can jump on rocks or climb up rocks and down rocks off the sides of path.. there is area where you first met Astorian you can explore more thoroughly to see what I mean :)
and btw I am impressed how many times Shadowehear actually HIT with firebolt and that she hit at all LOL. there is a joke in the fandom at this point about how bad she is with it. it's a throwaway cantrip for her... because it's intelligence based spell and Shadowheart is wisdom based character, she usually misses with it 90% of the time 🤣 better stick to her other cleric cantrips like Sacred Flame. The only reason her and Astarion have that spell is because they are elves and so regardless of their class they have some affinity for magic and can do at least some spells. it's a lore thing :) doesn't mean they will always be good with it :) also smth you asked, no Guidance doesn't matter in combat, Guidance matters outside combat in dialogues but also good to have it on you just when walking around and exploring, it helps with noticing secrets and treasures and hidden passages and not stepping into traps etc, having Guidance on you at all times is amazing.... in combat Bless is what matters, it effects your attacks and saves :) also look into things like what gives you advantages. for example being on higher elevation always gives you advantage. enemies being in light while you are in shadow gives you advantage, surprising an enemy with first attack gives you advantage.. etc... there's a lot lol. Astarion btw is strongest in Sleight of Hand so he should be your go to guy for stealing, lock picking doors and chests and disarming traps it's his thing I just give him all the tools and lockpicks and have him do it all he rarely misses :) I can already tell you will rock at this game! :)
also if you don't want to go to camp you can always just short rest on the spot. you can do two short rests to heal up and restore some skills at least, better than wasting potions early on they're expensive :)
He is so freaking cool I love his voice actor he did such a great job it got brought up he was a voice in Detroit Become Human and we just beat that recently but seriously he did a great job with his delivery. I will def check around more in the next EPs to come I wanna see if we fully missed anything before we head off to do any main mission type of quests.
Its def a learning process with these abilities but I believe in time I will just pack it all in. Def can be overwhelming but its made the combat so much fun! Guidance is absolutely bad ass we need to keep up on that lol having Shadowheart around a lot is probably going to be a great thing and the heals!!
I had a feeling he would be able to pick those locks for me just like any rogue in games really but I'm happy that's a thing in this game I will just need to switch to the companions more for things.
yeah lol I need to use that tool I actually found the button finally in next EP but before Ep3 I was chugging potions lmao
Yes, you can respec your class. You can even respec companions. (Their personal storyline won't change to acknowledge this though).
Respecing is unlocked fairly early. Just keep doing what you're doing and you'll unlock it soon.
It does cost gold to do so but its relatively cheap once you're about halfway in the game. (A little pricey at the point you unlock it though)
The only downside is that the game doesn't have some kind of practice arena so the best you can do is reload a save, respec again, then fight on the same upcoming battle for the sake of testing.
For multi-classing, you really have to sit down and examine all your options. As the game mentions, multi-classing basically sacrifices some late game class features for the potential to combo with the unique features given by other classes. Some classes however, just simply don't work. Barbarian for example, can't cast spells while raging. So don't multi-class into any class that relies on spellcasting to function properly.
Of course, if you wanna explore all these options yourself, I'll just leave it at that.
nice! well its good that we can actually respec our stuff and no biggy i will play around with stuff and if I need to try things out and reload so I don't mess stuff up its fine just to showcase the classes. Multiclass seem interesting I'm still unsure how I want to play it out. Not casting spells on a barb will def limit stuff for sure.
@@Bowskii As a general rule don't even think about multiclassing before level 6 or so) Take your time and stick to one class.
oh I'm gonna take my time for sure. It seems like its to much to take in to MC at the moment plus I really wanna check out our Barb more before jumping ship or getting more added on via class.
RP in games make it so good. This game seriously takes it to the next level.
His character looks like Luke Cage 😂
Just googled that person as I dunno who it is I live under a rock lol. I guess they are both buff they have that in common at least.
@Bowskii yeah, I was referring to the movie version. They both have smooth foreheads
oh and btw smth weird going on with hiding. this menu 1:25:44 with everyone's inventory side by side is not brought up by shift, this should be activated by "tab" by dafault, shift shouldn't turn it on :/ that is strange. so make sure you didn't rebind some things and changed the actions...
I think I keybinded it to shift and I used shift but I figured it out now I blindly do keybinds when I first start a game that may work but sometimes I mess it up but I have group hide in a good spot now which is gonna help a lot.
great also make sure you have regular "shift" action in good spot too.. because left shift usually shows you which area is enemy's vision and which is not and it's really important and useful thing that you will use a lot 😁
I like watching how someone with no experience plays the game, i think the tutorials are not good enough in this game. The devs should improve it.
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying the LP thus far and the tutorial definitely feel minimalist so far they don't really go over a lot of things we are having to stumble and fumble onto it all 😂
Why don't you have more subs???
Haha I appreciate that my friend. And honestly this is the first new game I've ever done on the channel. The older games were fun to do but the growth was steady and small. But honestly I just love doing this and I'm glad to meet new people let's hope the community grows
You will get a f**k ton more subs from playing this game and it is well deserved. Best CRPG in years combined with your great narrative! You are going to loose days, not hours playing this!!!!!!! @@Bowskii
You totally missed that gale had an option for a subclass when he leveled
The game really needs to do better in making that clear to players.
yeah that's really unfortunate to miss things like that I went back in the video and see what you mean I didn't click on the ones on the left the one that said Evocation I think it was. I will need to respec him I think now to see what all he has.
@Bowskii there's a respec npc and yeah you can use it on companions. you made defualt evocation It's not bad. Just wanted to let you know there are other options of subclass.
Evocation is the wizard subclass that's all about elemental spell damage.
ahh ok I will def respec him to at least see what he has because I think I probably would have changed him to something else.
@Bowskii yeah there can be significant gameplay differences.
For example evocation can use aoe elemental damage spells around allies because of sculpt spells normally you would damage allies caught in AOE but evocation can ignore that.
@@Bowskii Save first in case you decide you want to stay with evocation, subclasses happen at different levels for different classes so be careful. Most are at level three, sorcerer's are at level 1 and so on.
Nahhhhhh! I just bought myself this for Christmas, so I can't watch it yet. Get on with Red Dead please...lol
lol no worries my friend RDR2 will def get its due. Hope you enjoy this game when you play it because so far its really good.
When you play as the Dark Urge its best to embrace it! The story gets more interesting when embrace the urge!
I'm gonna resist the heck outta it lol but I can see my next playthrough will be evil. I always tend to be good my first time I play games and the second time I go full force evil lol
You play a lot of the games I love, and yet, it is only now, after several years of actively searching for good lets plays, that I've found your channel. I like to think I'm pretty good at using search engines, but UA-cam is just weird. Ah well, better late than never I suppose!
Awesome Lets Play, so far, and I'm looking forward to watching your other series, as well. Thank you! :)
thank you!! I'm glad you got a chance to find the channel and glad you are enjoying it. We def have a lot of great games done on the channel and so much more to finish. Hope you enjoy them all.
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