The Withered Chapel | Baldur's Gate 3 | (Blind) Let's Play - Part 03
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- Опубліковано 15 гру 2023
- ✪ Episode 03 of Baldur's Gate 3 Let's Play on Tactician as a Dark Urge Seldarine Drow (Blind). In this episode Aristair and crew head further into the Chapel to see what secrets we can find. After which we stumble into another friend for the cause.
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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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Another tip. When you finish ceetain fights some of your companions will express at that moment that it's time to rest or they need to rest, this indicates they have something very important to say at camp or it will begin a cutscene with them once it's night time or when you go to sleep. Pay attention to these details because that's how their their own storylines go on but also the main story
I really need to make sure I rest more often I really don't want to miss any of the convos we can have with our crew if I don't camp enough and push forward that would be a shame.
@@Bowskii don't worry rest often, in my first playthrough I didn't rest enough and missing some night cutscenes. I was afraid that if I rest too often I might fail some missions because you know we're infected by the tadpoles and I thought we have a timer due to this lol. In reality, I can only count 3 missions (side missions not main) that you can fail if you take rest in camp after you receive the mission.
Even if you don't have the full camp resource, partial rest will still activate those scenes.
I found myself yelling at the screen, "Let the darn Rogue unlock and disarm things. THAT'S ASTARION'S JOB!" And, then of course I felt stupid as reality kicked in realizing he cannot hear me. Funny that... going hoarse over a prerecorded video. LOL
don't mind me nothing but a shmuck moment I need to use the companions for certain things and figured this to be true its like any RPG the rogue picks locks ect. But I totally let it go over my head there. Lmao
relax hes new we were all like that well i was :(
@@Bowskii But, you did open most of them even without the Rogue. I think that made it funnier to watch. All around enjoyable to watch. And, seeing someone else's perception of each encounter and how they might do it differently than me is fun, too.
@@NkenKenY We all were once. I just had to share my... (how does Redd word it?...) dumbass moment yelling suggestions at the TV. hahaha LOL I had to share the crazy for all to laugh at. 🤣
Thats so me 😂
I´m so delighted that YOU play this game! you have a whole world to explore in front of you! I´know you do...😃
thank you I'm so happy to be bringing this game to the channel. We have so much more time in game and so much things to do and explore. I'm going to nerd out I just know it.
this play through is SO fun to watch i love the enthusiasm and excitement
thank you I'm glad your getting joy from this playthrough I'm loving this game so much so far cant wait to see more as we go.
talk to your companions at camp! especially when you end the day and it’s nighttime. they have lots to say most of the time.
short rests can be used out in the world to heal companions if you’re in a rough spot, but won’t completely heal everyone nor restore all their abilities. long rests use camp supply packs or food, so make sure you’re picking up both in the world for your long rests, which are an absolute must! not just for healing and restoring, but long rests can often trigger new cutscenes with companions or other unique happenings.
oh most def I'm gonna talk their ears off next EP i wanna see what's going on I cant wait to talk to them. I will def use more short rests and I will use as much long rests as I can because I don't wanna miss stuff plus the camp seems really awesome lets be honest.
I think I like Gale the most so far, just like his humor. How dare they steal his first edition book 😂 it is also fun to tease Laezel tho 😅 I was worried for a sec when she said you had to dismiss one person, I thought it was permanent. This is interesting so far!!
Well there is ways to have companions leave forever but that instance is just to say the party member limit is 4.
Gale is one of my favorite companions.
lol the nerve to steal that mans first edition book!! Gale is pretty great so far, well heck all the companions are so well done I just don't wanna put any of them out of the squad.
A Drow barbarian in a court jester's outfit... I'm not sure I've ever seen a more wonderfully incongruous player character in a Lets' Play. :D
Lol rare is his middle name id imagine at this point with his clothes and his personality. Gentle giant dark urge that wears court jester outfits. Lol 😂 I love it.
Astarion is so awesome. I swear it feels like he is never going to leave my party. he has been the consistent MVP in so many of my fights. his skillset it just so insanely useful as far as lockpicking and disabling traps and such as well. also, like you said, his voice acting and personality is just hilarious. I love having him around. I feel similarly about liking Lae'zel too. She is so earnest and her bluntness makes me laugh. also her emphatic hand gestures. she is so funny even though she doesn't mean to be - perhaps because she doesn't mean to be.
it sure the heck does feel like an mvp he hits hard and can get us into nearly everything we want to get into. Such a great companions so far as well. I like Lae'zel a lot she is rough but that's a good thing I like her strong willed personality. I feel like she's going to have a great story arc.
1:18:49 The shapeshifting mask and these four items are taken from Larian's previous big CRPG, Divinity Original Sin 2. The hat, lute, cape, needle and shapeshifting mask each represent a companion from that game. Just a fun fact if you were wondering what's up with that.
so cool they added that. I'm always iffy about pre purchase stuff or biggest mode bought stuff since everyone cant get it but hell the game gave it to us lets use it.
yes all those portraits you find are pictures of previous companions too, like the portrait of Fane you have in your inventory that you found in the ruins, that is companion from that game as well, my fave companion :)
The addiction has set in lads.
Edit: FYI barbs and paladins are fine to multiclass, not optimal but you can still smite if you set divine smite as a reaction instead of using the spell while raging. You will never be able to rage in heavy armor though, medium is the highest you can go.
the addiction is most def setting in!! lol And it gonna be so cool to be a Barb/Pally i cant wait to see our Holy Boy Raging out lmao
Yes! Guys we finally here! Looking forward to see your journey in Baldur's gate. It will be fun not only because of the game , but because of Bowskii!!!! Let's gooo!!!! I'm so hyped!
thank you! I'm just happy to be here finally in a game like BG3 I feel like its been way to long for the channel to not have a game like it on it. Thanks for the support
You have no idea how many choices and paths there are in this game! this is a fact that alot of gamers dont understand when playing BG3 for the first time.
oh I could only imagine. This game seriously feels so huge on so many levels. We could probably get 10 plus playthroughs of it and still see new stuff.
@@Bowskii I was watching your playthrough and i just noticed! what would happen if you leave the artifact on the ground! 😲Knowing Larian im sure they accounted for that!
@@chika4275 It will hop back into your pocket. I tried desperately to return it to shadowheart. I then thought it was a bug before I got the dialogue and realized it was supposed to happen.
@@Bowskii way way more than 10, because there are massive parts of the game that get closed off once you've made a certain choices and the amount of smaller but still often significant parts that get closed off just by merely choosing, as an example, one seemingly generic dialogue option other another and not prying into a NPC or a companion at the right time are just ridiculous. Not to mention all the classes, races, sometimes even backgrounds give you unique options and dialogue very often. And there's always ways to finish quests even without much dialogue and the NPCs more often than not will react to you doing this.
I've always played games as a completionist but when I see all the snippets of stuff that I've missed or how vastly different things have played out or how much I've still got to do even after ~180 hours to just finish the game once - I often get overwhelmed. Like I just recently discovered that the majority of NPCs have 2 lines of dialogue instead of just usual 1 like in most games. You just click on them again and you get another uniquely animated and voiced line just because they could. Like in ACT3 you get rooms with +10-20 people all having at least 2 lines of dialogue, even completely insignificant NPCs, all the guards, all the enemies, all the goblins, all the mice and pigeons and more, it's crazy.
one more thing to Add is The concetration spells , u can only concetrate in one each time. Some concetration spells give either a passive buff or an active skill listed on the far right of your skillbar.
yeah so its kind of like a passive but if we concentrate on another it will over ride the last perhaps.
@@Bowskii yes you can only concentrate on one thing at a time. The newest effect overrides the other.
@@nickrubin7312 That's such a huge tip to give / to know
I was 700 hour of game old when I learn that (don't know if I missed the info in tutot or what) and it changed quite a lot of think for the 300 next hour I've run the game !
Great content! You have done a great job picking up on some of the more complicated aspects of the game.
That being said, I have a few pieces of advice, apologies if you have already gotten these:
1) You can fast-travel to camp at almost any time via the map screen, just click camp in the upper right corner - This doesn't lock you in to a rest and you can return to the exact spot you left by clicking "Leave Camp" on the camp map screen. - Very useful for picking up items when you meet a vendor.
2) Immediately send ALL camp supplies to camp as soon as you get them - you need all you can get and camp is the only place you use them.
3) I keep ALL books/letters that seem relevant to any quests (your backpack method is great) - but most are not. IF NOT - after reading them, I ADD THEM TO MY WARES, then send them to camp. They are worth keeping to sell, especially early on, but marking them for wares tells me a) I've already read them and b) they aren't necessary to keep.
4) Adding something to wares means you are marking it to be sold ONLY not used. Helpful when you meet a vendor but be careful not to mark items you want to keep/use.
thank you glad you are enjoying the LP and that's actually really good to go to camp and not be forced to use a long rest or something in case i need to do something and not use up long rest. I'm feeling like I'm gonna be just stuck with so much books by the time this is done I def need to sell of a lot of the stuff we got on us lol hoarding vases and cutting boards and cups lol
It's been so much fun to rediscover BG3 through your eyes, and to finally see someone enjoying the game thouroughly.
I'll watch a few more episodes and see what else you have on your channel !
Have lots of fun !
thank you I'm really glad you are getting that first time feel through my eyes. I hope you enjoy the rest of the LP and whatever else the channel has you may be interesting in seeing.
57:27 you can rest at any point not in combat that the game allows by clicking on the campfire icon on the right if the hotbar. You can take short n long rest n also go to camp.
I need to put that to use more often I would have saved so much potions if I did that.. lol noob mistakes for sure.
@@Bowskiidon't forget to rest when you are out of resources also. If you have a few sets of camp supplies you don't have to be too worried about using them.
THANK YOU FOR THESE DAILY UPLOADS MAN
no problem my friend hope you enjoy! This game is addictive lol.
Inspirations are basically sort of like little in-game achievements for doing things that connect with the 'background' of your character or your companions. You get 25 bonus XP for them, and then yes, one free reroll you can use, and can accumulate up to 4 rerolls. Once you use a reroll to fix a failure, it's lost, but you can generally accumulate more inspirations faster than you need rerolls unless your dice luck is VERY bad.
Other commenters have touched on attacks of opportunity- there's a number of things that trigger, or can trigger, reactions. Personally, I like to go to the reactions tab (one of the tiny square icons hovering over the right end of the hotbar area) and set ALL reactions to 'ask' before happening, because as you go further in the game, you may encounter situations where you want to save reactions and NOT let Gale or whoever automatically smack someone running away... because using that reaction to hit something or shield might mean further into the turn a counterspell or other more important one can't trigger.
Also if you set all his reactions to ask, you can notice more when Astarion has the option to do his sneak attack damage and it's easier to let him do it even if you forget to use the specific sneak attack button.
PS: I love seeing another player who appreciates Lae'zel! A lot of people I've seen on YT seem to find her too abrasive and unfriendly, and I wasn't sure if it was just my knowing more about Githyanki that made me more forgiving, but her story arc is one of my top 3 companion stories and she's one of my top 3 companion romances too.
yeah i wanna set most if not all to ask for reactions I noticed that we killed some one twice on reactions but it was so quick it was almost hard to catch. It will make the combat feel more involved even more then it already does.
So inspiration goes away and doesn't come back after a long rest? Hopefully i can get as much as possible I remember the tutorial said something about only holding 4 I think or I read it wrong.
@@Bowskii you can have up to 4 inspirations at a time and they never go away unless you use them to reroll, which takes away one every time you use one yk. But with how you’re playing the game, you will earn them back just as quickly as you use them! (You get them like the comment above said by performing acts that fit yours characters’ personalities and backgrounds)
You pick up blood splatters from participating in combat and dirt/grime from walking around the map. You clean off after a Long Rest, or can manually clean up by walking through water deep enough to give you the wet overlay, casting Create Water over your characters, or (after one of the latest patches) manually using soap or sponges.
love the details in this game at first I was thinking we got all bloody because we are this crazy dark urge lol
Good Luck on your journey. You Glorious roleplayer you.
thank you my friend!! I'm gonna enjoy it for sure. We are all glorious RPs for sure playing a game like this.
you being a barbarian : you can also often just forcefully destroy doors and chests and walls by attacking them with a melee weapon or spells. hit left ctrl to attack stuff. you need to do a certain amount of damage though to overcome resistances, it needs to be the right type of damage too, e.g. bludgeoning or slashing, always carry a bludgeoning weapon too, mace, hammer… it is also better against undead. it is very important anyway later on against strong enemies to always examine them for weaknesses, resistances and special abilities to defeat them. before and also during a fight, because conditions can change.
lol I love it when games import a bash chest or door open I was seeing it in EP2 when the enemies were trying to bash open the door. I love being a Barb so far I cant wait to just pick someone up and throw them at another enemy lmao
Quick tip: don’t use reckless attack in situations such as when both you and your target were blinded. You had both disadvantage and advantage already from each of you being blinded and they canceled each other out and you can’t like get double-advantage or anything. It would’ve been 55% to hit either way but now they can drop the fog and everyone still have advantage on you.
Reckless attack is great when you don’t have advantage already ;3
damn that's crazy in depth this game gets in combat. I love reckless attack I wont lie I don't know if we can use it per turn but i feel like it said we could.
@@Bowskiiyou can use it every turn. The downside is enemies get advantage on you for thier turn.
Damn. That trap room is usually a party wipe for most people I watch. Even I unintentionally triggered the traps on my first attempt. Great job dude.
42:02 BG3 has a mechanic called Attacks of Opportunity. Basically, if an enemy in melee range tries to move away or move past a character, they will automatically trigger an auto-attack called an Attack of Opportunity. This was what happened here with Gale. The enemy skelly tried to run past Gale which triggered the counterattack and Gale swung his staff. This mechanic also applies to enemies which is where the Disengage action comes into play. Disengage lets you move away from an enemy without triggering the Attack of Opportunity. However, this costs an action.
42:13 That's not a sneak attack. To sneak attack, you need to actually use the Sneak Attack action on the right side box. Pretty much what you're doing here 44:06. Also, Hiding mid-combat uses an Action point, which prevents you from attacking on the same turn. Just something worth noting. Which is where the blue coloured Hide button comes in. This allows Astarian to Hide using a Bonus Action instead, allowing him to perform his sneak attack on the same turn.
hell that inspiration really carried us in that trap I failed first but the inspiration helped us get it on the second try. And lol the hiding part of the game has me scratching my head atm but I know I will fully get it in time its def a bit tricky so far. I won't lie I'm not that great in combat yet but holy moly its so much fun I'm loving it.
Regarding sneak attack, the game will actually automatically apply sneak attack damage if possible (as long as the reaction is set to on and not 'ask', which is how it's set up by default).
I love the barbarian dialog options. They're always so fun. Love how many options to just brute force your way through there are.
Barb dialogue is so good I agree lol we did so much brute force stuff so far.
Paladin smites work while raging so it is an option for big damage but you can only use up to medium armor
smite and rage!! it seems so iconic for some reason I don't know why. but I'm stoked to try pally and barb
One tip about multiclassing. Most classes get a big power spike at level 5. If you want to multiclass do it after level 5. Especially for martial classes that get extra attack at level 5.
yeah I been thinking I'm staying barb for a good while somewhere between our 6 to 8th level maybe that would probably give me a lot of time to perfect the barb as best I can but I don't know what the level camp may be so just winging it for a few levels and see what happens.
@Bowskii the level cap is 12. You can multiclass as you want but there are some break points at which you get abilites and such.
@Bowskii Multiclassing is really cheap so feel free to experiment.
As everyone said, you should use short and long rest more often. A lot of spells used spell's slots, So you need to rest to refresh. Can't wait for part 4!
Also, you can send items that you won't use to wares to sell them later, or send them to camp if you wanna use them later or keep/collect. You can do this via right click. Also you can use Shift or Ctrl +leftclicks items to highlights or select multiple items so you won't have to do all that on each item.
cant wait to share the next part and I def do need to rest more I really feel like i screwed myself using all those potion and not just short resting..
awesome episodes nice to see you discovering how things work and good fight there in the crypt!
Glad you enjoyed it. I'm having a blast so far. It's but such a fun game the combat is so darn engaging and enjoyable.
Seeing you have so much fun fills me with joy. You seem like a such nice and sincere person. And the fact that you are not streaming and there is no chat that constantly explaining every mechanic to you is a plus too. It's entertaining to watch how you're trying to understand everything and although the game already told you most of those things i can understand that it's so overwhelming in the beginning and you just can't understand and remember everything
thank you!! I'm glad you are enjoying the LP. I'm having such a great time with this game every time I record it I never want to put it down because of how much fun I'm having. Its def a overwhelming game its like I get most of it but sometimes I just forget.. like going back to camp often lol
Great content, love your attitude and curiosity and your overall joy at playing games. Got yourself a new sub. Now i've to binge watch all your videos 😄
thank you for the kind words I'm glad you are enjoying this LP thus far. I'm having such a great time just doing anything this game has to offer. Its all so enjoying to discover. Thank you very much for the sub and support.
Awesome stuff. Looking forward to what’s next!
thank you! Hope you enjoy I'm def looking forward to more as well.
so hyped for bg3 LP! Don't worry about the multi-class so much right now. Think of it this way, by controlling all the characters in your party, you're actually playing and trying out 4 different classes at the same time! Also you can just completely choose a different class if you want when you respec both for yourself and any companion, so I'd suggest just stick with the classes you wanna explore first, until lvl 5 maybe? Get a feeling for them, then go ham with trying out different things. Gonna be a great LP, looking forward for the uploads.
you and me both my friend I'm beyond excited to be playing this game atm. It so good so far and I wont lie I'm a bit addicted to it lol. I'm gonna def stay on barb for a good while but I have some interesting plans I think for the next class its gonna be weird but fun lol.
Glad to have you here for the journey through BG3!
Another quick tip -- you can send items to camp. I wouldn't send anything you might need in the field, but things like books you've already read or camp supplies are fair game. It'll help keep encumbrance down and in the case of camp supplies -- which can get very heavy -- it'll automatically pull them from your camp storage when you need them, so no reason to keep them on you.
that's actually a great idea for the book I been just piling them in the extra backpacks to sell later.
@@Bowskii Yeah, I learned to send food and cheap armors to camp directly.
If you're out of melee range of an enemy, you can still use a ranged attack using a bow or something akin to it (Helpful for Barbarians who can't reach their target while in rage, even if you miss it still helps you keep your rage.). If Gale is out of spells, he has a special ability to recall a spell slot.
Rage also gives resistance to physical damage and Advantage on Strength checks and Saving Throws.
You can send items to camp. (Good if your encumbered)
You can organize the items in your inventory buy going into your inventory and selecting the sort tab.
You can also, chose how you want your armor to show up when you're out in the world.
Anyways, Lae'Zel is my favorite companion, I chose to romance her and so far it's been a blast!
hell yeah i put a nice cross bow on Ari I'm looking forward to putting that bad boy to use. Rage is so bad ass it so makes up for us not having any armor on the resistances alone are so powerful its basically everything we need.
My inventory is a absolute mess I need to find a merchant asap and sell them this trash I collected.
I'm liking Lae'zel atm as well she is rough but I really like that in companions she probably has a really good soft side when you get to know her. Looking forward to her story arc.
@@Bowskii I think Barbarians are good at throwing weapons. So javilins or some axes can be used instead of a crossbow. But I'm not sure on there range. Anywho, have fun!
I'm gonna throw more imps for sure lmao
so hyped for this LP! first 3 episodes were awesome! I am playing the game myself and am in act 3.. but seeing durge playthrough with good roleplay will be fun! 👍
thank you!! Glad you enjoyed the first 3. This game is so good so far on so many levels everything we have done has been enjoying and some how RPing this dark urge is gonna keep me on my toes I bet with how crazy it seems lol
Hi Bowskii, another great episode! Just a heads up for a possible bug you could encounter in the future, I had some trouble talking to NPCs a couple days ago. It would not let me left click to talk on anyone except my companions. A restart could work, but I found it also worked to right click on the NPC and then manually click “speak”. Just a consideration incase you see it in the future and remember this!
that's interesting I will keep that in mind if we get in a situation and cant interact with someone.
you can long rest (=goto camp) nearly anywhere (except red danger zones where fasttravel is forbidden), also your camp will look like the surroundings from where you came/initiated the process, so very different very often. it is not a certain place and not on the map.
it is on the right bottom side : goto camp, short rest, long rest
yeah I was really confused on how to get to camp I'm glad I found it because I would have kept on going looking and waiting for the game to que me to go to camp this way.
This is awesome. I've been having a hard time finding a good let's play.
enjoy the LP my friend thanks for checking it out!!
@@Bowskii I am for sure. Keep up the great job brother!.
Lmao I was thinking that you should let your rouge pick the locks and disarm, but you rolled fantastically everytime until that last trap! lol Astarion in the background watching you outperform him at his own job.
lmao take a seat Astarion and watch a barbarian rogue master.
Just found your LP this weekend and it's been really entertaining to watch someone new to the game playing it blind. I am on my 7 or 8th playthrough right now, and I am STILL finding things I missed in previous campaigns or a new outcome to a situation (I'm not addicted, I can stop anytime. really).
If you are loving the OST, the next time you long rest, jump on the rocks behind Astarion's tent. A "secret" song will start to play. Enjoy and looking forward to more content.
Edit: Just to clarify, it only works at the riverside camp ( starting area )
glad you found the channel and are enjoying the LP thus far. This game is so addicting wont lie I'm already hooked after 3 eps lolol. Just a really great game from the start. I will keep an ear out for a song I record EP 4 at camp already but I will look for it on one of my next camp stays.
The stealth decoy went away because you immediately ran through their field of vision. You can check where they can see with left shift ;3
Damn I need to figure out what that button is or just the name of the ability. I did keybinds and I may have un binded that button because left shift brings up my whole companion inventory screen.
@@Bowskii ah true I think by default tab does party inventory so I’d check that, they may have switched ^^
@@OhThatRobin I'll check in the settings lol I put tab as my highlight all 😂 I'm ass backwards
@Bowskii best way to do stealth with Astarion is to press shift (or tab in your case) to check out which area is NOT in enemy sight, than walk Astarion normally to that area that is NOT red, and after you position him there THAN you press his cunning bonus action to hide, and than you can sneak attack from stealth :) if you hide first than move him like that you can break the stealth and it's a waste.. its really cool if you can walk him behind enemy back, than stealth so that he gains advantage, than sneak attack with dagger. he backstabs and does critical hits most of the time! he's a killer :)
lol that damn tab button ok so that's what I have it on. That's a huge help it should make it so much more smoother for me when I'm in sneak mode in combat.
I like how you tried to bleed a skeleton Haha Great video!
lmao gonna get dust come out instead of blood. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Taking a break from playing the game by watching u play it 😆 this game is so addicting 💀😆
hahah enjoy it my friend then get back out there and save the world in BG3. This game is so addicting I agree.
Still can't tear myself away from this series... 😂
I'll keep watching for now, until some really "dark urge specific" stuff happens. Really glad I found your channel though and it's so fun to see you play and enjoy the game! :)
hahah thank you I'm glad you are enjoying it thus far and I think you are good until about EP 12 that the first real big dark urge stuff I believe.
@@Bowskii that's great to know :)
Another great episode! I love how thorough you are. You've already discovered stuff, I missed in multiple runs. And getting that burning blade in the first episode was pure genius. I don't think I've ever seen anyone doing that on their very first run. (Not without having looked things up from other players that is.)
Keep going and always keep in mind: This game tends to say "yes" to everything you can come up with. So give it a shot, no matter how crazy or out there the idea may seem. 😜
For quick & easy Shortcuts:
ctrl+C to switch your whole team in and out of hiding
G to group and ungroup your party
1-4 to switch between your party members
Space for "take all" (makes looting a lot more comfortable) or to end turn when in combat
thank you and that's so cool you got to see something new from this LP even after you have already played the game your self. The fact that this game basically says yes to everything I can imagine doing in the moment is so awesome. They don't seem to be holding back in no parts of it at all at the moment.
@@Bowskiithere's a guy out there playing it like a hitman game.
The voice acting is so incredible! It just teleports me right at the heart of the game 🍻
it truly is they put so much heart and soul into this game on all fronts
If it's not been mentioned before, holding down the left ALT button highlights objects that can be picked up or interacted with. Oh, and Astarion is your boy for disarming traps and lockpicking because of his high dexterity and class skills.
Enjoying the playthrough so far! I'm on my second Dark Urge run at the moment
nice! second playthrough of the dark urge that's awesome it must be a great story it feels like we can go both ways with it bad or good. I really like that.
about classes. wait till you get 4 level, at 4 level each class gets its first powerspike.
if you go into your 2nd class NOW you are just slowing down your first powerspike.
p.s
new to your channel, randomly found you on a recommended vid.
i love your work. legit enthusiasm and love for games.
subscribed, imma stick around. keep having fun dude.
thank you glad you are enjoying the LP I appreciate the sub. Cant wait to get more levels yo see what we can build.
Do you mean lv. 5? That's when the first major power spike happens: melee characters like Barbarians, Fighters get 2nd attack per round and Spell Caster get Haste, Counterspell, Fireball etc. Multiclassing before 5 will delay that power spike.
I know the comments are gonna be flooded with advice and tips, so I’m just gonna say it’s so fun watching you figure out the mechanics and intricacies of the game! The character writing in this is flawless, so much so that Bioware better step up their game for Dreadwolf!
Haha this game is on another level holy moly and seriously I won't lie how cool would it be if we could actively switch between turnbase and action in every game. Because this is my first ever turn based game and I'm addicted to it. So much so that I wanna play them all.
Dragon Age definitely needs to step it up for sure.
You probably already found out, but barbarians can wear light and medium armor fine. You just need to check if the medium armor will get you better AC than your unarmoured defence, which is 10 + Dexterity + Constitution modifiers.
If your DEX modifier is +2, and your CON is +2, then your AC will be 10 + 2 + 2 = 14 when unarmoured.
If you get a new medium armor, you only add your dex modifier, not CON. So if the armor you use is 14, that leaves you with 16 AC (An enemy has to roll 16 or more to hit you).
I hope that's not too much math haha.
Yeah def i do a bit of exploring with Armor and I think when all said and done I will be in armor more then just clothes. That's if we find some good ones lol
Your answer to withers... You are too pure for durge..LOL Your playthrough will be an interesting one to say the least.
Lmao 🤣😂 Im a big softy won't lie. This story will be really interesting I'm glad I did it though it's gonna take me outside my box I bet.
@@Bowskii That was my reasoning too for playing durge tbh, but it wasn't for my very first play through. Good Luck and for the love of the gods please Camp more, you have missed quite a bit already by not doing so. Then again, it's all the more reason for another play though when you are finished with this one 🤪
You need to go to the casino with those rolls
lol you ain't lying! That roll luck on them trap were serious.
That one button that you pressed that didn't seem to do anything is used to turn the traps off after you trigger them. So basically instead of disarming everything you can just trigger the trap by opening the sarcophagus then press the button.
That's great because I was going a bit crazy trying to figure out what it may have been lol 🤣
I didn't know you could find Withers in that tomb, he just appeared in my camp the first time I went there!
ohh wow that would be wild to just see him at camp lmao
Withers my man.. he looks great for his age! 🤣He's really interesting npc you learn more of later. I am seriously impressed with you combat dude you're crazy.. you went into that crypt fight with no spell slots or heal/buff spells left, on tactician, and made it. lol that fight destroyed me on normal I had to redo it 3 times those silencing/blinding spells they cast on you are tricky! I have to say tho you had really amazing luck so far with your rolls you got a real lucky hand! oh and that amulet of speak with dead you got is really useful put it on yourself or some companion and go back retrack your steps and speak with a lot of dead corpses, you can speak with most dead. speaking with all dead you run across can be really useful in finding out important secrets so do it as often as you can :) and yey you found Leazel and the camp. It was interesting how those Tieflings reacted to you being a drow and got aggressive that never happened to my high elf. also those dark urge dialogues are are getting are intense and so interesting to hear. really enjoying slight differences in your game :)
lmao im just going out there any winging it. I keep forgetting this is a true D&D game and i need to rest for spells to come back. I pretty much used cantrips and basic attacks but damn its so much fun lol. That big Crit by Shadowheart was so bad ass!!
Heck yes that amulet was bad ass I nerded out about it next EP lol. This game has some crazy things in it but its all so well done they literally lets us do anything we want. And dark urge is just wild so far I'm really loving how its playing out so far.
Also Withers is so interesting I need to know more about this Corpse lmao.
Since I am watching YOUR gameplay, I am for the first time considering to play this game by myself ;-)
that's so awesome. Def play the game again its amazing I have a feeling I'm going to play this game many times after this.
Don't waste your time checking all the vases - in 95% cases there's nothing in them. 😅 Ones that could have some loot are usually big ones, like human sized.
lmao those damn vases we are gonna have a hoard of them at this point. I need to find a merchant a sell them this trash I been picking up lol
Make sure you use Astarion to pick locks and disarm traps.
Lol yeah went over my head in this EP. Astarion is going to be our Thieving master.
Just wanted to mention a couple things since you’ve been talking about multi classing. I find it harder in BG3 then in D&D, since you’re only getting to level 12, and it can really hurt to miss those higher level features.
I personally find barbs not to be my favorite for MC. You can’t cast while raging, and you don’t want to cut to much HP off since barbs need to be pretty tanky. Rogue is a good one to look into if you’re wanting to do a barb MC.
Drow are great for charisma classes due to their bonuses.
Sorcerer and warlock are great with paladin, beefing up a paladins spells and giving more for smiting. Paladins, bards, druids, clerics, and rangers have access to healing magic as well, so having them in your party is super helpful.
Warlocks choose their subclass at level 1, so they can be a good dip for some interesting and unique spells at low levels.
My irl fave combo is 3 gloomstalker ranger/fighter. Gloomstalker only needs 3 levels and is fantastic with martial classes, and thematically perfect for drow. Eldritch Knight fighter/warlock or sorcerer is also a great way to have both the melee and casting.
Rogue is also a great one to get a level or two since there are some great abilities early on. Expertise at level 1 lets you double your proficiency for 2 skills, which is massive. Good if you’re doing a dex based fighter.
Also, this isn’t a MC pairing, but clerics. Everybody sleeps on them, but seriously, they are killer. There’s such a difference in subclasses, and they’re so stupidly useful. Like you could have a party of only clerics and still have every niche covered.
The D&D wiki is a great resource available online for looking into classes, spells, feats, etc. D&D had so many options, and can be overwhelming. As someone that we all know enjoys combat and tactics, there are tons of optimizations that I’m sure you’d have fun with.
Don’t forget to switch characters! Rogues for traps, sleight of hand, locks, wizards have lots of utility spells that are handy for the environment, wisdom classes are typically good with survival, nature, while martial and charisma classes are typically the party face, handling persuasion, intimidation, deception, and skills that involve strength. And casters typically are good at arcana, history, etc. Though half the fun is failure, lol.
And everyone saves all the time. Every check every time. A nat 1 can always come at the worst time.
I wont lie I'm a warrior at heart in games. I have so much love for the big heavy weapon wielders with heavy armor and such. Or sword and shields. Though barb is a bit of a twist but I'm loving it so far. I will probably spec the other barbs in the party to something else that I'm not using but all in all I love being the tanky MC in games. But this is coming from a person that played about 10 years of WoW as a main tank for a guild that did high tier raiding.
I'm completely in love with the combat in this game atm its so engaging and strategic. We have a lot to look forward to with any fight we come across lol
Barbarians can wear medium armor with no penalty. Feel free to indulge the armor fetish. :)
lol I know I just want to wear the heavy stuff! A big raging Barb that wears big plate armor that would be sick.
@@BowskiiIf you want to rage you can't wear heavy armor.
@@barcster2003 I know I know I just wish we could be so freaking cool 😀
@@Bowskii yeah barbarian is one of those weird classes that has an armor restriction.
Long rest like you're a newbie. Honestly, in my second run, I long rested after recruiting each companion, so even when no damage was done, just to test it, and there's been a cut scene every time
i def do need to rest more I'm glad I found the little tab so I can now finally do it all the time.
You said there arent codexes. Effectively the books are the codexes. Read them before you destroy them for sure lore and hints to be had.
That room with all the traps are meant to be an ultimate death trap.
The ink is meant for wizards to copy spells.
yeah def there seems to be a huge amount of books in this game I need to sell some of them off after we read them.
The button that did nothing will turn off the traps if you trigger them
Lol with the amount of traps in there it would have been a massive explosion id imagine 😆
For anyone who is thinking about getting bg3, it has 17,000 different endings
About 9 fully fleshed ones, but yeah, more than 17k variations
lmao ezpz lets get them all would only take about 10 years to do probably.
I have not reach the latest video yet, but I suppose you know Astarion are really good at disabling the traps and picking the locks, cm I right?
I figured as much in this video I just forgot to use him sadly.
you can wear medium armor with a barbarian, there are many good medium armors out there too
lol hell yes reading that in game made me happy so we could get some pretty sick leather armor I imagine.
How is withers going to wake up and just have a long conversation like his breath isn't funky from all those years in the sarcophagus. Bruh, back up a little and breath the other way. lol
lol you know its dead bath and beyond smells
ill put my tips in but ill try not to help too much as i want to see you discover and figure things out yourself. for things like traps and lockpicking if you swapped to astarian then he would have higher bonuses and my final tip, in terms of traps you dont need to disarm everything, only the trigger for example, disarming the vents is only useful if you have already triggered the trap
yeah this game is so in depth I need to take it all into consideration I literally was thinking it when we first got him but when I got in the moment I totally forgot and just used Ari lol
Lae'zel is so fucking funny lmao!
I really like when a lot so far won't lie.
Yeah I didn't want to dismiss anyone either - it's why I eventually got the Party Limit Begone mod
I wanna try that next time I play or the time after I bet it's fun.
Withers is the respec NPC. You can see him at camp now. Also next level up is when alot of your characters are going to have access to a subclass.
Because shadowheart is a cleric and they choose at level 1 you have to respec her if you want to choose anything but trickery cleric.
pretty interesting that he is just chilling at camp cant wait to talk to him.
lae'zel or shadowheart are just morrgians from dragon age origins :T
she was one of my favs from that game
@@Bowskii i didnt like her as a paladin main i dont like evil characters :T
I always get drawn in by such characters. I don't know why. It's probably that whole "ice queen" persona.
Wait, did they patch Withers' old gangly walk??? I bet it was because people were making fun of his walk lol.
lmao now I wish they would have kept that in
Books are valuable. Read 'em. Sell 'em.
hell yeah imma read them all and sell them bad boys right off. Picking up all the vases cutting boards and cups lol and selling them off to we are gonna get rich.
Was that an Undertale easter in the mirror?
lol I'm not sure I never played that yet but I def want to one of these years.
btw, you can let your companions do the interactions and talks, too. So use their abilities to go through skill checks, you're not good at.
most def i should have used Astarion to open that door this way.
@@Bowskii Astarion is brilliant for traps, lock picking, and persuasion. Gale is gold when it comes to arcane checks or history.
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@@Bowskii for what it’s worth, as you mentioned at the end, there are some amazingly beautiful sets to consider as you progress through the game - you may be tempted to make some apparel adjustments!
People dont like githyanki in general. Its not a secret. You are speaking to Lazel, you can tell how the others behave.
yeah they all seem to be a big uneasy around them to say the least.
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