Not sure if this is the best place to ask but you've mentioned Divinity in some of the reactions and I'm aware of it as another Larian game but would you recommend it to people who love Baldurs Gate? I'm not sure what the differences or similarities would be.
Loving your playthrough - and cheering you on when you chose College of Swords, which is probably the most OP subclass in the entire game. I recommend arming yourself with two hand crossbows and two shortswords or scimitars, especially since you took Two Weapon Fighting - take the Sharpshooter feat at level 4 and you'll be pretty lethal!
definitely a good idea to have one person in the party who can cast Longstrider. if you cast it outside of combat, it doesn't cost a spell slot, so you can cast it on your entire party, and it lasts until long rest.
Strength-based Monk with Enchanted Leap can basically fly lmao. Jumping distance grows so much, you can't even fit it onto base camera pov without mods
Yeah, I use sir Fuzzalump for that (and darkvision and mage armor for the party members who need it). Of course the Fuzz is a great potion brewer (when respecced for high wisdom and with the medicine skill), and from 5th level on his alchemist stone is nice, too. So many little buffs in the game, gotta love it.
When you moved Gale to the side to climb that hill, and couldn't attack anyone, keep in mind that you could have used his action to dash. It lets you move your full movement a second time.
It’s amazing how many people don’t realise this. I’ve seen lots of people play through and miss the hint it gives on the nautiloid designed to get to the transponder quicker.
Love when you said Shadowheart you haven't done anything...and then she goes and attacks the ground. I hurt myself laughing. I thought...Shadowheart...you aren't helping the cause.
One piece of advice. Learn to embrace the power of sneak. Start fights on your own terms. Suprise your enemies. Obtain items with a five fingered discount. Receive snarky comments from all who see you. Add red vision cones to the world for a splash of colour.
With Wyll....eldritch blast as much as possible. He can use rapier....but EB is his bread and butter. The shadow armor is nice, but only if not using any armor. When you said swap out Gale....I was like....whaaaaaaaaaat? haha. Not our puppy eyed Gale.
Just a quick tip: shooting up at enemies on high ground decreases the chance to hit, but if your above them its a higher chance to hit Loving the play through so far!
When you were on the cliff with the laser shooting at you [1:19:45] ... you can click the hourglass on the bottom right corner to enter "turn based mode." This makes it so you and the laser will take turns and you won't be so overwhelmed. It's a great way to give you a chance to think. :-)
I recommend sending your food to your camp chest. It automatically pulls it when you long rest, and the weight can add up quickly. The bar above the characters in the inventory menu shows the experience level You can also talk to your party members both in and outside of camp even when they dont have a "!" over their head. They have alot of reactions and diffrent dialogs to new places and situations. Loving your playthrough! 😊
I loved watching so far! And thank you so much for reading out the dialogue option you pick. I like hearing the conversation and that I don't have to watch the screen at all times! 😄
Properly specced, Astarion is one of, if not the most, powerful party member. In late levels, it's not uncommon for Astarion to clear a multimember encounter before anyone else even gets to go. But yeah, not at level 2.
Options galore, that's the BG3 experience in a nutshell! Can't wait for the next part! Also Astarion is arguably the strongest companion. Stealth and critical hits are his strong suits I'd say, he's a rogue after all. But for now it's probably best to keep him away from the goody two shoes types of people in the grove, otherwise he'll just keep on disapproving.😅
33:01 When it comes to choose the Eldritch Invocations usually _Agonising Blast_ and _Repelling Blast_ are the first picks and no-brainers for your warlock build. _Eldritch Blast_ is a cantrip and Wyll can use it over and over again without using any spell slots. It is a ranged blast (18 m), and deals 1D10 damage (+Charisma Bonus if _Agonising Blast_ is chosen). From level 5-9 you can use two blasts at individual targets, level10+ gives you three blasts. (like _Magic Missile_ - another good early game spell for wizards like Gale! Does less damage than eldritch blast but missiles _always_ hit!). Boosting Eldritch Blast with _Agonising Blast_ adds your charisma bonus as a damage modifier and with _Repelling Blast_ your eldritch blast additionally pushes targets several meters back if they fail their saving throws (you can toggle this effect on/off if needed). Very useful if the targets are close to a chasm or a lava pit 😄 btw. _Hellish Rebuke_ is an excellent choice for a warlock spell! 👍 However, don't worry, everything can be fixed if you do not feel happy with past decisions! You always can respec your character and companions later on, if you do not feel comfortable with their class or choices made, when leveling up. Without spoilers, this service will be quite soon available for you and from that point on, the possibility to respec will be easy accessible and costs you only a small fee in gold. There's also a "Magic Mirror" in camp, where you can change your appearance if wished. Race however cannot be changed ingame!
Hi, love to see you playing BG3, but here’s a little tip: I remember you changing one of Joey’s healing spells. What I want to point out is, among the two healing spells you originally possessed, there’s a difference between them. One is “Healing someone you can see.” Another one is “Healing someone you can reach/touch”. The one that you are currently using is the latter one, and the first one is the one you abandoned. Just a suggestion, but I think the first one may come to be more handy later when you try to heal your companion in battle! It’s a remote spell, in this way you don’t need to go all the way to another side of battlefield to heal them. Wish you good luck on this grand adventure
Idk if anyone has said this, but doing more long rests is always a good idea. There are a lot of story beats that happen when going to camp, as well as when you long rest. I can think of two scenes if not more that you probably could get in the next few long rests.
@@greenmanjoe1 Awesome! 😂 Sidenote but I'm also playing a half-drow bard in my current playthrough so I'm enjoying watching how different playthroughs can be even with the same class and race. I'm really enjoying watching this series. :)
@@greenmanjoe1 It's always good to a Partial Long Rest periodically (where you don't spend any supplies) just to get through cutscenes that get backlogged. There's several where if you go too far without resting in Act 1 you just miss the chance to see them. I usually long rest normally, and if I get a cutscene that night I'll immediately do a partial long rest to see if there's another cutscene waiting. There are mods that let you know you've got a cutscene waiting, but go vanilla your first playthrough. :)
Thank you for the great episode!! It’s really comforting watching you play (and i’m so jealous you get to experience this for the first time!) dont worry too much about getting everything right, it’s supposed to be a little confusing in the beginning. Definitely long rest a lot tho, that’s how you move the story forward and get to know your companions *winkwink* keep up the great work and i hope you have fun!!
Your xp bar is above your head when you open your inventory. As for leveling up, sometimes they will level faster than you if your choices give them inspiration. If you level before them you can always kick them out of your party and then put them back in which forces them to level to your level.
Yay another one! I've found that Gale always choses *interesting* times to want to speak about his condition in my playthroughs. Usually when one would realistically not stop for a chat lol, best to talk to people when the exclaimation points appear though! You sometimes miss dialogue if you don't I think.
My advice is: Use what your companions are good at, spells for Gale, close combat for laezel, bows for astarion (sneak attack when using bonus action hide first, hold shift to see enemy sight areas) buffs for shadowheart, etc Ritual spells are VERY handy they use no spell slot and alot of them last until long rest, my favourite being longstrider and enhance leap/ speak with animals get an honourable mention Ungroup and regroup party when needed- hot key for this is G Speak to your companions often even without the ! They have a lot to say Always use your movement and jump to reposition yourself during combat when necessary, I found using jump first then movement works best (unless you need for bonus action for action surge, healing/ other elixirs After every long rest cast longstrider on all party members and any other ‘until long rest’ spells, including mage armour on Gale Use Gale’s arcane recovery for spell slots I LOVE how thoroughly you’re exploring this game ,it is a true joy but with a fairly steep learning curve and never feel bad for save scumming to get your preferred outcome for your first play through, you’d be surprised how much things change during the game due to choices youve made, go with your gut, there’s no wrong answers. You’re a joy to watch, thank you ❤
The music that plays at the fight in front of druid camp gates is called 'Nine Blades', referencing your party of 4 and allied 5 characters fighting together. One of the most epic tracks in the OST. It's in 9/8 rhythm (9 beats to a bar!)
Fantastic episode! You are really starting to get to grips with stuff now.😁 End of the day, there is no wrong way to play this game. A battle won is a battle won - improving on spell & skill usage will come the more you play. I've over 1.5k hours in the game now, and I have watched many "Let's play BG3 for the first time" series - yours by far is the one that best captures for me that first time feeling again. 👍 As long as you are having a great time playing and loving the story and companions then that's all that really matters.
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this to you yet, but the game makes it seem like you're in a hurry. You aren't. Take your time. There's a ton to see and explore. You'll see warning popups that will let you know crossing past that point will advance the story. As long as you don't move past those, you're fine. There are only a couple of timed things in the game and the grove and your tadpole aren't among them. ETA: The portrait problem is a known bug. I've never had it occur myself but there might be a solution on the forums.
3:45 Hes literally the MOST useful one 😂 this made me laugh. Of course theres no way you would know that, and im not judging you, just gave me a giggle
48:49 "Why would you do that?" Oh boy are there so many shenanigans one can do by locking npcs out of places, especially when they wanna escape and can't they just click the door or the exit a million times and end their turn. xD
I hope you manage to keep Rolan alive all the way- not an easy thing to do, odds of getting unlucky there are vexingly big. But he is such a fun character, with such a (potentially) great story arc! That said, out of all characters in Act 1, Auntie Ethel is my favourite, the writers and the voice actor (who also voices Gale's awesome cat) had way too much fun with her! (Oh, and about Meli, the tiefling kid who stole that locket ("alledgedly", of course) has a bit of a tragic backstory, there's another locket somewhere in the Blighted Village, won't say too much about that, but... there's a reason why Meli would have stolen this particular locket, there's a different dialogue path in which he suggests that, and maybe halfway genuinely. Of course, most tiefling kids in the grove have been through misery. I hope that along the way you learn a bit about Doni's story, that one is all too easy to miss, and Doni won't talk about it- or about anything, really)
25:30 You can immediately teleport to camp if you need to access your travellers chest and teleport right back to the trader. Advantage/Disadvantage: you always can see the reason for e.g. Disadvantage center screen underneath the HP bar of your targeted enemy. You had Disadvantage on that Bugbear at 12:28 because you were still poisoned for one round. speaking of Statuseffects: If you want to check for active status effects like poisoned, paralyzed, prone etc. check for little icons right next to your party's character portraits, hover over them and a tooltip provides further info on that effect. And finally: What does this 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d10 etc. exactly mean? BG3 is kinda of a Pen&Paper Table Top Simulation of classic D&D, so all decisions about failure or success, in combat or in dialoque are determined by dice rolls plus any modifiers set by the involved characters. For example, 1d4 means a 4-sided dice will be rolled which can have a 1-4 result. 1d10 is accordingly a ten-sided dice with results of 1-10. So if Lae'zels Greatsword does 1d10+3 slashing damage with a Lacerate attack, it can be worst case 4 damage, best case 13 damage and on average 8-9 damage.
Couple tips: - Use the 'T' key to inspect things more (including and especially tooltips) - Use Tab for inventory management, much more comprehensive view - Your experience bar is in the inventory/character screens (can also be seen for whole party from the group inventory 'Tab' view - Grab a couple pouches/bags/chests and send them to camp. Helpful camp-inventory management tools. Also useful in character bags to hold/separate quest/potions/consumable items. - Expand your action bars: to the immediate right of the bar there is +/-
You should use Dash more. See the icon that looks like a shoe with a wing on it (4th across your bar) use that to cover more distance in a turn. Also, put poison on your weapons if you have it available.
yeah he used jump a lot when he wanted extra movement when he should've dashed for it, he's still learning and needs to take time to read what options he has in case for actions and bonus actions
@@Rej278 agreed, been enjoying watching his playthrough discovering the game. made the same small errors myself back in EA and still do on occasion and even now there's still more to learn. There's so much that can be done in the game it's a lot to take in for his first playthrough but he will pick it up quick.
My genuine only tip here is this. Its something I see a lot of new players not fully experiencing the first time! Which is fine but can be avoided! Camp as often as you can! I see a lot of people new to the game only go to camp to long rest, or when theyre critically ill! Obviously long resting when you visit is ideal, but theres day events too! But you would be very surprised to learn just how many interactions there are that are super easy to miss. Theyre not like...super crucial always, but it really helps build a bond with your companions, and from a gameplay standpoint it is super engaging. Also A+ content fr. But even if you miss some dont worry! the game is full of interactions in general! there will typically be very few times when there is not. While I suggest you also swap out companions to 'get to know' everyone, remember its 100% okay to play favorites! Remember, you garner their approval with them being with you! Im v interested in what romance route youre going to take got my sub because i wanna see this tea
Tips, if you need them: There are two buttons under the character portraits: one with chains and one with a hood. 1. The one with chains allows you to separate the squad so that they don't follow each other. The same effect can be achieved by pulling the portraits to the side. To connect the squad: press this button again or move the portraits closer to each other. 2.The one with the hood allows the entire squad to hide, and while you are hidden you can see the enemy's line of sight. (later in the game the situation should appear). The Hide action is very useful for rogues.
Apologies if anyone else has said this first but if you look on your icon bar there should be a little boot with a wing on it. That’s the Dash action and uses up your action to increase your movement speed for one turn. It’s handy for getting your party members into better positions
Couple more tips for you: Traders reset their wares ( and gold ) after a long rest, so buy up all the health potions you can, and after you long rest, buy more again. Aunty Ethel sells 3 giant hill strength potions each ( long rest ), so be sure to stock pile those, they put your strength up to 21 and last until a long rest ( or death ). But be sure to read all the potions, some override others, so be sure to look. So try if you can to leave aunty ethel til last. If 2 or more of your party needs to take a potion, gather them as close together as possible and throw the health pot in the middle of everyone on the ground, it will heal all if thrown right. ( you can also throw potions at your downed party members to revive them ). You can disengage everyone and control them individually with either G or the icons under the portraits to the left. Control G does them all at once, and Control C crouches everyone at once. AOE spells are pretty much a must in Tactician mode and higher, so make sure to utilise them. You can expand your hot bar, with the Plus and Minus signs to the right of the hot bar. Needed as a lot of the time, you'll have more abilities and spells than room at the default hot bar level. Push C to crouch, then you can see the line of sight of everyone. And from that, you pickpocket and see if theres an area you can lock pick chests where no one can see you. ( when you get more comfortable, you can talk to an npc and/or trader, then before you go to trade, go to select character, choose your pick pocketer, and pick their pocket while another character has them occupied. Just be aware that they will after a few seconds, realise they have been pick pocketed, and accuse anyone near by, so when you have stolen what you want, have that character run away so theres no evidence )
A tip for dealing with traps in the future. You can use stealth to your advantage to sneak by things like the guardian statues by hitting 'C' or the crouch button on your action bar. You can also go into turn based mode at any time by clicking on the hourglass at the end of the action bar next to your rest button. This will let you take a full set of moves and actions before a trap has a chance to activate or patrols move to new positions.
Poor Shadowheart 😂 Let me point out a very useful resource in her arsenal, which can help to avoid missing enemies so often: the _Bless_ spell _Bless_ isn't very flashy, it doesn't directly damage enemies and doesn't directly heal allies, but it's one of the most useful spells in the game, especially in the early stages. _Bless_ make three characters gain a +1d4 bonus to Attack Rolls and Saving Throws, this means that it becomes easier for your companions to hit while it becomes harder for enemies to hit your companions; and it lasts 10 turns, so once cast it will most likely continue to be effective for the entire battle. 👍
you'll get the option to choose more eldritch invocations for warlocks at levels 5, 7, 9, and 12. if you decide to stick with wyll in your party, i highly recommend one of those invocations being agonizing blast, especially if you plan on making EB his main source of damage (particularly since you didn't take pact of the blade so his melee won't be that great). it makes a great deal of difference (although i guess you can always respec him earlier if you so choose).
At camp, you can spend 100 gold to change you or your companions stats (they go back to level 1 so you can change their class or level up decisions as well) using an NPC. I would recommend you change their starting stats, as they are not optimal by default, and all that changing them does is make them more effective (higher chance to hit, more damage, etc). I can provide the stat spreads if you want. You're doing great; keep learning!
little information on healing and how its supposed to work. Combat healing is almost exclusively for emergencies and especially later in the game to pick someone up from being down. Healing word is pretty good for that and if you really need a big chunk of health you wanna use potions
Just a quick thing as you level up more; your action bar actually holds a lot more icons that you can press. You can make it bigger by clicking the little plus button on the far right. Plus, you can slide the red bars in the middle to show or hide any icons for whatever reason
Something important to keep in mind, there are two ways to proc Astarion's Sneak Attack. Advantage, which you keep mentioning, is one of them but thats harder to do most of the time, especially without wasting someone else's action. The much easier option is to have any other friendly within melee range of the target. Just have Lazel or whoever your frontline melee fighter is run up on the biggest target and take a swing. Then on Astarion's turn he can also run in or possibly use a ranged weapon and either can pop sneak attack for a big damage spike.
Your experience bar is at the top of your inventory screen. You leveled up Wyll & La'zael separately from the rest of the party because they had just joined it. --When characters are resting in camp, they don't level up, but if you level up in the world & then ask them to join you later, they will level up at that time, so that the entire party is t the same level while active. --You're missing out on your 'Advantage' Bonus on die rolls - 'Advantage' gives you the best result out of two dice.It's better than Guidance most of the time. --Don't forget to take your short rests after a battle - it restores hit points (& some spells in some classes). --If one of your party has the Longstrider spell, he/she can share it with the entire party (with no loss of spell slots).btw, occasionally a portrait will disappear; it's a game glitch, bu it will return eventually. --I cast my light spell on my staff, so I can see in the dark. I'm enjoying your run. I always find new responses/reactions from companions & npcs when I watch others' streams. It's pretty cool! :D
Adore the t-shirt choice for this video btw Tips: -Long resting is your friend, even though in tactician its 80 camp supplies to fully rest vs 40 on Balanced and below. But theres the 'partial rest' option that can work in a pinch or to get the camp cutscenes without the camp supply cost. -Play to your characters strengths (like persuasion or deception for a bard), i roleplay it as they know what theyre good at and use it fully to their advantage -Pick up everything to sell for gold (im a loot goblin); incense has a great weight to value ratio for instance Have fun, though it already looks like you are! This is so much less chaotic than my first play through; i miss it so much
Super nice episode ! Gale and Wyll are also a lot in my group. (when they have something really important to say, they have an excalamtion mark on them but they may also have something to say about a situation of a place without having a mark) Still asking for tips ? . . . . . You can turn the tutorial you've got on the Nautiloid on again - you don't restart the Nautiloid, the pop-ups windows will appear according to the situation to remind you a suggested way to deal with a situation - you don't have to follow the tips if you find the suggestion doesn't fit the situation, just close the pop-up and do what you want. Below the chain of portrait, they are 2 usefull buttons : Hide everyone and Ungroup (so they don't follow automatically the scout). Ungroup allow you also to place your companion tactically before an attack, otherwise they stay in a little pack of 4 You can switch in Turn Based Mode anytime by clicking the big hourglass button next the button to go to camp : it let you time to think a way to deal with a situation and find the item or the spell you whant to use in your action bar without being spamming by the lethal consequences of a mistep. When you've casted Cloud of Dagger, it was a Concentration spell : it stays as long the caster keeps focus on the spell (or sometime 10 turns and as long the caster focus on the spell). If, at some point, you find the spell useless (because it prevent you to move in that direction or because the combat end and NPC may be hurted by the spell), you can stop focusing (it took me around 800 hour to discover it, because I've asked in a forum "isn't there a button somewhere to...?") The button is below your portrait at the left part of the action bar. Every spells cost a spell slot to be casted but cantrip ...and "ritual" spells when casted out a combat (...No idea why). Ritual spells have a green little star drawed in the description to help you to identify them : Feather fall, Long stridder, some minor summons are rituals spells (but if you use a scroll to cast a ritual spell, the scroll is still destroyed). Some spell have an effect that last all day. You may think "I've casted the spell, I can remove it from my spells of the day and prepare another spell" : no. (I mean, yes, you can, but...) If you remove Mage Armor from your spells of the day after you casted it on you, the spell will be "uncasted" and you will lose the Armor Mage.
Weirdly, I would suggest the opposite. If you KNOW you are definitely going to play through the game more than once, then it can be good to focus purely on 3 characters for the first playthrough, and the other 3 for the 2nd. Then you can have your 3rd playthrough as the completionist run, whereby you combine everything you've learned in the first two, which will both be quite significantly different. And the 3rd run will really shine a light on how much you actually missed out on the first 2 times. My first was Wyll, K******** & Shadowheart, and 2nd being Gale, Lae'Zael & Astarion. For those that know, without spoiling anything, this meant that there were entire regions of the game I ignored on my first playthrough, because of the characters I left out, but it left easily 20-30 hours of completely brand new stuff (not just plot-branching - Brand spanking new) for my 2nd run. And the first run was still upwards of 80-100 hours. And yes, I still discovered a whole lot more variety in the 3rd run. And that's before doing the Dark Urge - lol. One of the few "complaints" that tend to get brought up, is how Act 3 can feel somewhat disjointed and/or overwhelming. I think it's because the game is built with the 3 character focus in mind. There needed to be enough content in the end to make it still feel solid when focusing this way, so if you're trying to do all 6 (+ others), in one playthrough, without prior knowledge, I can understand where those complaints could be somewhat valid. But hey, it's just my opinion, play the game how you wanna play the game. It's a masterpiece either way. You can't really go wrong - well..... you can, but that would be spoiler territory.
in general i've been really loving your series I randomly found your first bg3 video and now when I see there's a new video its an immediate click to watch. this channel is slowly becoming a comfort channel and something I look forward to so thank you for the vibes you bring! (also AH the fact you're a bard and college of swords!! i did that my first run so have fun!! because its really reallllly fun some of the stuff you get from college of swords really comes in clutch... im so excited to see more keep it up!)
Love a good chat with animals, they have the best insight :D. Little tutorial: Jumping is good, it costs 3m of your movement, but depending on STR you can get farther than that, so almost always jump if you want to make the distance. (Rogues with low strength can use bonus action Dash). The bonus action is worth it if your action is in range, your melee characters like that :). Also, you can jump out of and over dangerous surfaces (grease/ice/fire) instead of walking through. Your remaining movement is the blue circle around the end turn button.
The statues and goblins with backs to you should have been a sneak tutorial, but there is almost none: You can hide outside of combat already, with Shift + C even the whole party. Hiding costs an action (Rogues have again a bonus action for it) and also shows you enemy sight lines, but going turn based (Spacebar) allows you to avoid the sight lines. If a sneaking character is in sight, they have to roll Stealth each turn or come out of hiding, brightness can affect stealth rolls. Attacking from stealth gives advantage and might surprise the enemies. Astarion should be best at that, he also has the Rogue sneak attacks that work with advantage. Don't need to do it for every fight, but might be a nice bonus for those spots where you see the enemy first, and you need it to get into containers and doors marked red :)
Another fun episode! I'm enjoying your discovery of this world and hope you are too. Dash, Longstrider, Misty Step, Flight, and Dimension Door will help you move party members quickly to places where they'll have tactical advantage.
You were right to get rid of one of your healing spells but it would have been better to keep the other one Healing Word. It's a bonus action so when someone is downed like Gale was you could use your action to attack and still pick up Gale with the bonus action.
A suggestion for Wyll: If you're going to use Wyll, either focus on EB and respec to get both Repelling and Agonizing Blast, and/or get Pact of the Blade and use the best two handler available for you. For the other members of the party: if you want your bard to keep up martially go College of Swords, but Shadowheart doesn't work martially very well as a cleric and having Trickster as subclass, she should be using mostly spells (and for cantrip, use the sacred flame one)
Battle tip. The button with the boot with a wing on it is dash. Spend an action to double speed. Astarion as a rogue has the same as a bonus action, so he is very mobile in combat.
By the way, if you want to fix that comically menacing portrait bug, you could maybe try to use the mask of the shapeshifter and then shift back, that tends to clear it up for some people. For others levelling up does it, but doesn't seem that worked for you sadly.
@@GD67514 Yeah I’ll try and fix it in Part 5 (which I’m recording right now actually). It does make me laugh so it’s not the end of the world if I can’t.
48:49 "Hopefully that let's us dual wield" You can always dual wield but both weapons need to be Light weapons (this includes scimitars, handaxes, light hammers, daggers, short swords and war picks). The two weapon fighting style just lets you add your ability modifier to the second hit (it is usually only applied to the first). If you wanna dual wield weapons that aren't Light weapon then I suggest taking the Dual Wielder feat. next level. That way you can do any weapons that aren't Two-Handed. Spear in one hand a rapier in the other etc. until then, it's just those few Light weapons.
For longer distances you can use DASH. Jumping is also good and it only costs a bonus action. Rogues like Astarion have dash, disengage (to avoid opportunity attacks) and hide as a bonus action. That's very useful. Take your time, study all your skills. Nice episode. 😃
Gale wasn't dead during the combat with the statue. If you remember, he was Downed. So you can bring him back up with the Help Action or with healing (you can throw Healing Potions as a way to heal your friends). When you bring someone back, they have 1 hit point and no Action on their next round (just a Bonus Action usually used to drink a Healing Potion or get out of harm way). (Saw that you figured this out later). You also have Revive Scrolls in case someone dies.
Hello, Joe. Those dark and blacked-out character portraits aren't supposed to look like that. (It's a bug.) People online have suggested two methods to fix it. (1) Have the character with the bugged portrait use the Mask of the Shapeshifter. Choose any appearance, then change back. (2) Re-spec the character in camp. (You'll have to discover how. It's a spoiler.) We're not sure what causes the bug, but I hope these methods will fix those portraits. Anyway, your playthroughs have been a delight! I hope you're having fun.
Loved this episode! I really enjoy that you get into the rp and take time to consider Joey's choices. And you're already getting the hang of combat and seem to be enjoying it a lot more. Dual wielding swords bard ftw!! A couple non combat tips you might find helpful: when traps are firing at you repeatedly or you're making a risky move (like stealing), you can go into turn based mode by clicking the hourglass on the right end of the hot bar. That should limit damage/ risk of getting caught. Also, when you're roaming around and you miss out on your companions' converasations, you can check the combat log on the right to read the dialogue you missed.
If you have to choose one healing spell, you should pick healing word over cure wounds. Healing words is a bonus action and you can cast at a distance versus touch. It’s great for picking up downed allies. Looking forward to the next video!
You need a specific type of potion/spell to heal paralysis which is why the regular healing didn’t work on the tiefling, Shadowheart gets a spell “Lesser Restoration” at lvl 2 which you can use to cure paralysis
Tip for attacking with weapons: Strength and Dexterity are the primary attributes for your chances to hit and damage. Each weapon has a designated stat, so use Strength weapons with a Strength character, and vice versa.
Loving this playthrough so far! I suggest you have Gale cast lvl 1 mage armor on himself after every long rest. It lasts until the next long rest, and it'll help him die a little less. Also definitely respec him to evocation when you can, it makes it so his AOE spells don't hurt allies.
@greenmanjoe1 It's good that you've gone from DoS2 to BG3 first, trust me. There are currently two cRPG games out there using the Pathfinder (1st edition) ruleset: Kingmaker, and Wrath of the Righteous. Both are good, but WotR is better - they were made by the same studio, Owlcat Games, and the guys were just more experienced making the 2nd one. The PF 1st edition ruleset is derived from an older edition of DnD than the one you're playing. Some things will be familiar to you, but it's best to think of it as a slightly more complex and detailed ruleset than this one. PF2e, the current edition of the rules for tabletop play, doesn't have a cRPG out yet. A kickstarter for one called The Dragon's Demand recently wrapped up, but that'll take a while and I've learned to wait & see with kickstarters. I'm sure BG3 will occupy you for a LONG time though; in case you're not sick of cRPGs after, definitely take a look at PF: Wrath of the Righteous, watch some gameplay vids or reviews etc, see if it's up your alley.
@@greenmanjoe1 Pathfinder games like Wrath of the Righteous are amazing, but they can sometimes be overwhelming even for D&D veterans lol. Definitely best to do a bunch of research before jumping into one of those.
nice video, and yeah thats why in every story, anime, or such, you need a tanker, someone who can boom boom, a healer, and a someone that can do talk and deception, i see you took a role as a talker one so you just need the rest. But this is Baldur's Gate, we're talking, and every companion you have has pros and cons. That's why you need to swap them whenever they are needed, and there's no harm in that. a little tips without spoiling anything.. if you want to stick with their class, then look at their class and focus as they intended to be. as the more story progress the harder the fights. and when I said their classes that means their skills, their passives, and their main attribute. you cant expect gale as a wizard whose main attribute is INT to shoot with arrows which the dmg determined from DEX instead just casting some spells. and yes spells with dmg is important but there are more spells that can help you survive the world, like spell that can teleport you to any position in combat, a spells that not heal but removes debuffs, a spells that open a locked chest, and more
Completely optional and I absolutely understand not wanting to do this, especially on the first playthrough, but there is actually a mod that allows you to adjust the party limit, so you never have to dismiss anyone and can have everyone with you, or as many as you like. Larian recently added the mod manager which you can see in the main menu, and it is SUPER easy to use, you literally just have to look through and download whichever ones you want. I don’t like going too crazy with the mods personally, but I do love the party limit adjusting one because I HATE missing out on dialogue/story. Only thing is it can make certain fights too easy so I try to just use a few party members in combat, keep the others far enough away that they don’t enter combat or dismiss them if I know there’s a fight coming up. Also just a fun little thing, you can change the look of your dice with that little icon in the corner when you roll :) there’s also mods for that and some are super pretty but that’s fr just a bit of fun there’s absolutely no change outside of looks
@@Thisratisrockin This sounds awesome tbh. But part of the beauty of this game is that the more you miss, the more incentive there is to play the game again. It’s definitely something I’d consider for a second playthrough though :)
@@greenmanjoe1 Regarding mods - these will disable achievements so be careful. Unless you get another mod that reenables them if there is one.... I personally resisted mods until I finished my honour mode run as I was paranoid - but since you'll be playing for the next 12 years (good goal btw!) there's no rush lol 🤣
another tip.. you can throw healing potions on others... if you throw them on the ground it creats a little splash that area heals, so you can heal 2-3 party members with 1 potion
Also a little hint: There are spells that heal hp like the ones you've been using, but also spells that heal conditions and status effects. Try looking through your party members spell page on their character sheets. You may need to prepare different spells or come back with different party members to solve an issue the way you want to.
Another tiny thing, you should absolutely talk to every companion after recruiting someone new! And just very often in general. But after recruiting someone they’ll all have something to say, including the person you’ve just recruited
Hey so if you have a moment where you don't want your party to follow you, you can hit G (for group) to ungroup. The same command will group them back up when you want them to follow you again. Thanks for this series, I'm having fun watching (even though you sent my fave Astarion to camp haha)!
When you get to the Goblin camp, make sure to Examine the Leaders before fighting them. One of them will have an icon that tells you to toggle on non-lethal attacks. The game wants you to knock that person out instead of killing them.
If you cant reach an enemy's range, instead of skipping their turn, you can use dash, so that they'll be closer to next time. For Shadowheart, if you want to use a ranged spell cantrip, I'd recommend sacred flame over firebolt, as firebolt is an INT based spell, and she has low INT
heeey! nice to see you again :з for your comfort you can expand an action panel by clicking "+" on the right on it near "your turn" button! also you can move actions and stuff and customize this panel as you want it to look like!! for this you need to click a little lock on the right as well to unlock the panel and move icons. like, if the panel is small, you can't see all your abilities and instead you see a little red arrow that points you to the expansion thing (sorry, english is not my first language so i tried to explain as well as i could xD) btw! when you have a range of phrases and what kind of characteristics to use in dialogues you can point your mouse on a characteristic, like for example, on an [Athletics], and it will show you all bonuses you have for this one! very convenient to know beforehand what your chances are, hehe waiting for another video!!!
Dexterity rolls determine the order of characters in combat, your initiative. Your character relies on DEX and CHA as a bard, so they will more often than not be ahead of the other's turns. Astarion also relies on DEX as a rogue. Ranged attacks use Dexterity as well as finesse weapons, if your dex is higher than your strength.
I recommend one of your next eldritch invocations for Wyll be one of the ones that modify Eldritch Blast. That cantrip is pretty much the Warlock's bread and butter and either pushing them back or doing even more damage is gonna make Wyll incredibly more effective for a longer time in combat. ^v^
1:28:37 Her health is fine but she's paralyzed, you'll have to get a spell or ability that can remove that. I think shadowheart may have a spell in there you can prepare ;3
You mentioned the last battle taking so long, thats because you're on tactician mode. You can always change that if you want, even mid game. I started off on story mode then went to the regular mode once getting used to it and how to use weapons etc. Tactician would suck the fun out of it for me but then again im a newbie to this type of game. Bullet sponge type enemies aren't for me 😂. P s- save scum as much as you want, sometimes you just need to with this game. I don't do it much but I always save just incase. F5 is my bestie
Enjoying your play through:) I've recently completed the game and I loved every frustrating step of it. I'm thinking of another run with different characters. Btw I kept the "gloves of power " for the whole game
Definitely my favourite episode yet! Any support on this video is appreciated as always. Cheers, Joe 💚
Not sure if this is the best place to ask but you've mentioned Divinity in some of the reactions and I'm aware of it as another Larian game but would you recommend it to people who love Baldurs Gate? I'm not sure what the differences or similarities would be.
If you like Baldur’s Gate 3 you will absolutely like Divinity Original Sin 2. I haven’t played the first one but you’ll probably like that as well.
@@greenmanjoe1 awesome thanks. I'll make it my next one ❤️
Loving your playthrough - and cheering you on when you chose College of Swords, which is probably the most OP subclass in the entire game. I recommend arming yourself with two hand crossbows and two shortswords or scimitars, especially since you took Two Weapon Fighting - take the Sharpshooter feat at level 4 and you'll be pretty lethal!
“Wow, it's so cool that my people just automatically jump after me” ... (a moment later) ... “NO! OH NO! NO!!! WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME!?” 😹😹😹
definitely a good idea to have one person in the party who can cast Longstrider. if you cast it outside of combat, it doesn't cost a spell slot, so you can cast it on your entire party, and it lasts until long rest.
Enhanced Leap is great to have too, either in spell or potion. Cast or take it before the fight starts and jumping becomes a lot more useful!
Strength-based Monk with Enchanted Leap can basically fly lmao. Jumping distance grows so much, you can't even fit it onto base camera pov without mods
Yeah, I use sir Fuzzalump for that (and darkvision and mage armor for the party members who need it). Of course the Fuzz is a great potion brewer (when respecced for high wisdom and with the medicine skill), and from 5th level on his alchemist stone is nice, too. So many little buffs in the game, gotta love it.
When you moved Gale to the side to climb that hill, and couldn't attack anyone, keep in mind that you could have used his action to dash. It lets you move your full movement a second time.
It’s amazing how many people don’t realise this. I’ve seen lots of people play through and miss the hint it gives on the nautiloid designed to get to the transponder quicker.
Same thing, I just scream "Dash! Use Das.. ok.. I'm way too intense"
Love when you said Shadowheart you haven't done anything...and then she goes and attacks the ground. I hurt myself laughing. I thought...Shadowheart...you aren't helping the cause.
One piece of advice. Learn to embrace the power of sneak. Start fights on your own terms. Suprise your enemies. Obtain items with a five fingered discount. Receive snarky comments from all who see you. Add red vision cones to the world for a splash of colour.
With Wyll....eldritch blast as much as possible. He can use rapier....but EB is his bread and butter. The shadow armor is nice, but only if not using any armor. When you said swap out Gale....I was like....whaaaaaaaaaat? haha. Not our puppy eyed Gale.
Just a quick tip: shooting up at enemies on high ground decreases the chance to hit, but if your above them its a higher chance to hit
Loving the play through so far!
Shooting up penalty is removed by sharpshooter - one of the best feats in the game
As Obi-wan said, 'It's over Anakin, I have the highground!"
When you were on the cliff with the laser shooting at you [1:19:45] ... you can click the hourglass on the bottom right corner to enter "turn based mode." This makes it so you and the laser will take turns and you won't be so overwhelmed. It's a great way to give you a chance to think. :-)
Longstrider is very good. Lasts until long rest and costs nothing. It is a ritual spell, meaning it does not cost a spell slot outside of combat.
Seconded! I refuse to play without longstrider its sooo good!
I recommend sending your food to your camp chest. It automatically pulls it when you long rest, and the weight can add up quickly.
The bar above the characters in the inventory menu shows the experience level
You can also talk to your party members both in and outside of camp even when they dont have a "!" over their head. They have alot of reactions and diffrent dialogs to new places and situations.
Loving your playthrough! 😊
I loved watching so far! And thank you so much for reading out the dialogue option you pick. I like hearing the conversation and that I don't have to watch the screen at all times! 😄
Properly specced, Astarion is one of, if not the most, powerful party member. In late levels, it's not uncommon for Astarion to clear a multimember encounter before anyone else even gets to go. But yeah, not at level 2.
He also has some of the best one-liners and his story is so....cathartic.
he’s an absolute killer especially with all the gear that can lower your crit roll😭
@@Sara-df5xi I agree. Astarion is really great when higher levels. And he's a darling. 😄
I almost always have Astarion in my party and he dishes out crits like crazy
I made Astarion a multiclass thief-rogue, open hand monk and a sprinkle of fighter to be a pummeling monster.
Options galore, that's the BG3 experience in a nutshell! Can't wait for the next part!
Also Astarion is arguably the strongest companion. Stealth and critical hits are his strong suits I'd say, he's a rogue after all. But for now it's probably best to keep him away from the goody two shoes types of people in the grove, otherwise he'll just keep on disapproving.😅
I loooove using Astarion for my style of play. That plus I think his sass is hilarious. I think he has my favourite story.
@@nunpho For sure.
33:01 When it comes to choose the Eldritch Invocations usually _Agonising Blast_ and _Repelling Blast_ are the first picks and no-brainers for your warlock build. _Eldritch Blast_ is a cantrip and Wyll can use it over and over again without using any spell slots. It is a ranged blast (18 m), and deals 1D10 damage (+Charisma Bonus if _Agonising Blast_ is chosen). From level 5-9 you can use two blasts at individual targets, level10+ gives you three blasts.
(like _Magic Missile_ - another good early game spell for wizards like Gale! Does less damage than eldritch blast but missiles _always_ hit!).
Boosting Eldritch Blast with _Agonising Blast_ adds your charisma bonus as a damage modifier and with _Repelling Blast_ your eldritch blast additionally pushes targets several meters back if they fail their saving throws (you can toggle this effect on/off if needed). Very useful if the targets are close to a chasm or a lava pit 😄
btw. _Hellish Rebuke_ is an excellent choice for a warlock spell! 👍
However, don't worry, everything can be fixed if you do not feel happy with past decisions!
You always can respec your character and companions later on, if you do not feel comfortable with their class or choices made, when leveling up.
Without spoilers, this service will be quite soon available for you and from that point on, the possibility to respec will be easy accessible and costs you only a small fee in gold.
There's also a "Magic Mirror" in camp, where you can change your appearance if wished. Race however cannot be changed ingame!
Hi, love to see you playing BG3, but here’s a little tip: I remember you changing one of Joey’s healing spells. What I want to point out is, among the two healing spells you originally possessed, there’s a difference between them.
One is “Healing someone you can see.” Another one is “Healing someone you can reach/touch”. The one that you are currently using is the latter one, and the first one is the one you abandoned.
Just a suggestion, but I think the first one may come to be more handy later when you try to heal your companion in battle! It’s a remote spell, in this way you don’t need to go all the way to another side of battlefield to heal them.
Wish you good luck on this grand adventure
Idk if anyone has said this, but doing more long rests is always a good idea. There are a lot of story beats that happen when going to camp, as well as when you long rest. I can think of two scenes if not more that you probably could get in the next few long rests.
I got you. Next episode is basically just me long resting the whole time 😭
@@greenmanjoe1 Awesome! 😂
Sidenote but I'm also playing a half-drow bard in my current playthrough so I'm enjoying watching how different playthroughs can be even with the same class and race. I'm really enjoying watching this series. :)
I'm also playing a (Seldaeine) Drow bard. Bards are like the perfect main character class.
@@kalythai cool! This is my first time playing a bard and it's so fun!
@@greenmanjoe1 It's always good to a Partial Long Rest periodically (where you don't spend any supplies) just to get through cutscenes that get backlogged. There's several where if you go too far without resting in Act 1 you just miss the chance to see them. I usually long rest normally, and if I get a cutscene that night I'll immediately do a partial long rest to see if there's another cutscene waiting. There are mods that let you know you've got a cutscene waiting, but go vanilla your first playthrough. :)
Thank you for the great episode!! It’s really comforting watching you play (and i’m so jealous you get to experience this for the first time!) dont worry too much about getting everything right, it’s supposed to be a little confusing in the beginning. Definitely long rest a lot tho, that’s how you move the story forward and get to know your companions *winkwink* keep up the great work and i hope you have fun!!
Your xp bar is above your head when you open your inventory. As for leveling up, sometimes they will level faster than you if your choices give them inspiration. If you level before them you can always kick them out of your party and then put them back in which forces them to level to your level.
28:15 those are not their scars, I think that is how Tifelings' skins are look like
Tieflings are ribbed for your pleasure. (Oh god I just made myself cringe)
Yay another one! I've found that Gale always choses *interesting* times to want to speak about his condition in my playthroughs. Usually when one would realistically not stop for a chat lol, best to talk to people when the exclaimation points appear though! You sometimes miss dialogue if you don't I think.
My advice is:
Use what your companions are good at, spells for Gale, close combat for laezel, bows for astarion (sneak attack when using bonus action hide first, hold shift to see enemy sight areas) buffs for shadowheart, etc
Ritual spells are VERY handy they use no spell slot and alot of them last until long rest, my favourite being longstrider and enhance leap/ speak with animals get an honourable mention
Ungroup and regroup party when needed- hot key for this is G
Speak to your companions often even without the ! They have a lot to say
Always use your movement and jump to reposition yourself during combat when necessary, I found using jump first then movement works best (unless you need for bonus action for action surge, healing/ other elixirs
After every long rest cast longstrider on all party members and any other ‘until long rest’ spells, including mage armour on Gale
Use Gale’s arcane recovery for spell slots
I LOVE how thoroughly you’re exploring this game ,it is a true joy but with a fairly steep learning curve and never feel bad for save scumming to get your preferred outcome for your first play through, you’d be surprised how much things change during the game due to choices youve made, go with your gut, there’s no wrong answers.
You’re a joy to watch, thank you ❤
The music that plays at the fight in front of druid camp gates is called 'Nine Blades', referencing your party of 4 and allied 5 characters fighting together. One of the most epic tracks in the OST. It's in 9/8 rhythm (9 beats to a bar!)
Fantastic episode! You are really starting to get to grips with stuff now.😁 End of the day, there is no wrong way to play this game. A battle won is a battle won - improving on spell & skill usage will come the more you play. I've over 1.5k hours in the game now, and I have watched many "Let's play BG3 for the first time" series - yours by far is the one that best captures for me that first time feeling again. 👍 As long as you are having a great time playing and loving the story and companions then that's all that really matters.
@@kellieriley1302 Thanks for this!
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this to you yet, but the game makes it seem like you're in a hurry. You aren't. Take your time. There's a ton to see and explore. You'll see warning popups that will let you know crossing past that point will advance the story. As long as you don't move past those, you're fine. There are only a couple of timed things in the game and the grove and your tadpole aren't among them.
ETA: The portrait problem is a known bug. I've never had it occur myself but there might be a solution on the forums.
3:45 Hes literally the MOST useful one 😂 this made me laugh. Of course theres no way you would know that, and im not judging you, just gave me a giggle
My only complaint is that I actually need more 😊
48:49 "Why would you do that?"
Oh boy are there so many shenanigans one can do by locking npcs out of places, especially when they wanna escape and can't they just click the door or the exit a million times and end their turn. xD
I hope you manage to keep Rolan alive all the way- not an easy thing to do, odds of getting unlucky there are vexingly big. But he is such a fun character, with such a (potentially) great story arc!
That said, out of all characters in Act 1, Auntie Ethel is my favourite, the writers and the voice actor (who also voices Gale's awesome cat) had way too much fun with her!
(Oh, and about Meli, the tiefling kid who stole that locket ("alledgedly", of course) has a bit of a tragic backstory, there's another locket somewhere in the Blighted Village, won't say too much about that, but... there's a reason why Meli would have stolen this particular locket, there's a different dialogue path in which he suggests that, and maybe halfway genuinely. Of course, most tiefling kids in the grove have been through misery. I hope that along the way you learn a bit about Doni's story, that one is all too easy to miss, and Doni won't talk about it- or about anything, really)
25:30 You can immediately teleport to camp if you need to access your travellers chest and teleport right back to the trader.
Advantage/Disadvantage: you always can see the reason for e.g. Disadvantage center screen underneath the HP bar of your targeted enemy.
You had Disadvantage on that Bugbear at 12:28 because you were still poisoned for one round.
speaking of Statuseffects: If you want to check for active status effects like poisoned, paralyzed, prone etc. check for little icons right next to your party's character portraits, hover over them and a tooltip provides further info on that effect.
And finally: What does this 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d10 etc. exactly mean? BG3 is kinda of a Pen&Paper Table Top Simulation of classic D&D, so all decisions about failure or success, in combat or in dialoque are determined by dice rolls plus any modifiers set by the involved characters.
For example, 1d4 means a 4-sided dice will be rolled which can have a 1-4 result. 1d10 is accordingly a ten-sided dice with results of 1-10. So if Lae'zels Greatsword does 1d10+3 slashing damage with a Lacerate attack, it can be worst case 4 damage, best case 13 damage and on average 8-9 damage.
Couple tips:
- Use the 'T' key to inspect things more (including and especially tooltips)
- Use Tab for inventory management, much more comprehensive view
- Your experience bar is in the inventory/character screens (can also be seen for whole party from the group inventory 'Tab' view
- Grab a couple pouches/bags/chests and send them to camp. Helpful camp-inventory management tools. Also useful in character bags to hold/separate quest/potions/consumable items.
- Expand your action bars: to the immediate right of the bar there is +/-
You should use Dash more. See the icon that looks like a shoe with a wing on it (4th across your bar) use that to cover more distance in a turn. Also, put poison on your weapons if you have it available.
yeah he used jump a lot when he wanted extra movement when he should've dashed for it, he's still learning and needs to take time to read what options he has in case for actions and bonus actions
@@Rej278 agreed, been enjoying watching his playthrough discovering the game. made the same small errors myself back in EA and still do on occasion and even now there's still more to learn.
There's so much that can be done in the game it's a lot to take in for his first playthrough but he will pick it up quick.
GALE IS FLIRTING WITH YOU I’ve been waiting for this!!!! Adorable!!
Don’t be scared!
Also wait why are all their portraits so creepy… 😂
1:07:57 MY FAVE PART when u make ur smug face when being complimented by Gale. Adorbs!
My genuine only tip here is this. Its something I see a lot of new players not fully experiencing the first time! Which is fine but can be avoided!
Camp as often as you can! I see a lot of people new to the game only go to camp to long rest, or when theyre critically ill! Obviously long resting when you visit is ideal, but theres day events too!
But you would be very surprised to learn just how many interactions there are that are super easy to miss. Theyre not like...super crucial always, but it really helps build a bond with your companions, and from a gameplay standpoint it is super engaging. Also A+ content fr.
But even if you miss some dont worry! the game is full of interactions in general! there will typically be very few times when there is not.
While I suggest you also swap out companions to 'get to know' everyone, remember its 100% okay to play favorites! Remember, you garner their approval with them being with you!
Im v interested in what romance route youre going to take
got my sub because i wanna see this tea
Tips, if you need them:
There are two buttons under the character portraits: one with chains and one with a hood.
1. The one with chains allows you to separate the squad so that they don't follow each other. The same effect can be achieved by pulling the portraits to the side. To connect the squad: press this button again or move the portraits closer to each other.
2.The one with the hood allows the entire squad to hide, and while you are hidden you can see the enemy's line of sight. (later in the game the situation should appear). The Hide action is very useful for rogues.
Apologies if anyone else has said this first but if you look on your icon bar there should be a little boot with a wing on it. That’s the Dash action and uses up your action to increase your movement speed for one turn. It’s handy for getting your party members into better positions
What the heck, I've never seen so many critical hits with igmiss from Shadowheart. 😂
Loving the playthrough so far!
Especially since goblins have high dex, making firebolt less accurate than sacred flame. We are so used to seeing Shart missing so much.
Couple more tips for you:
Traders reset their wares ( and gold ) after a long rest, so buy up all the health potions you can, and after you long rest, buy more again. Aunty Ethel sells 3 giant hill strength potions each ( long rest ), so be sure to stock pile those, they put your strength up to 21 and last until a long rest ( or death ). But be sure to read all the potions, some override others, so be sure to look. So try if you can to leave aunty ethel til last.
If 2 or more of your party needs to take a potion, gather them as close together as possible and throw the health pot in the middle of everyone on the ground, it will heal all if thrown right. ( you can also throw potions at your downed party members to revive them ). You can disengage everyone and control them individually with either G or the icons under the portraits to the left. Control G does them all at once, and Control C crouches everyone at once.
AOE spells are pretty much a must in Tactician mode and higher, so make sure to utilise them.
You can expand your hot bar, with the Plus and Minus signs to the right of the hot bar. Needed as a lot of the time, you'll have more abilities and spells than room at the default hot bar level.
Push C to crouch, then you can see the line of sight of everyone. And from that, you pickpocket and see if theres an area you can lock pick chests where no one can see you. ( when you get more comfortable, you can talk to an npc and/or trader, then before you go to trade, go to select character, choose your pick pocketer, and pick their pocket while another character has them occupied. Just be aware that they will after a few seconds, realise they have been pick pocketed, and accuse anyone near by, so when you have stolen what you want, have that character run away so theres no evidence )
A tip for dealing with traps in the future. You can use stealth to your advantage to sneak by things like the guardian statues by hitting 'C' or the crouch button on your action bar. You can also go into turn based mode at any time by clicking on the hourglass at the end of the action bar next to your rest button. This will let you take a full set of moves and actions before a trap has a chance to activate or patrols move to new positions.
“And I still have no idea what I'm doing” - Don't worry, it's obvious 😹😹😹 but even as a skilled D&D player I sucked on the first run.
Same. All part of the journey
Gale started flirting. Don't be scared of him. Trust. He's worth it.
Amen. Halsin will always be my main man, but I think Gale's romance is arguably the best written.
Faaacts! So many people don't understand him as a character and assume the worst of my lovable little nerd.
we need daily uploads at this point lol !! Loving your journey so far!
Poor Shadowheart 😂
Let me point out a very useful resource in her arsenal, which can help to avoid missing enemies so often: the _Bless_ spell
_Bless_ isn't very flashy, it doesn't directly damage enemies and doesn't directly heal allies, but it's one of the most useful spells in the game, especially in the early stages.
_Bless_ make three characters gain a +1d4 bonus to Attack Rolls and Saving Throws, this means that it becomes easier for your companions to hit while it becomes harder for enemies to hit your companions; and it lasts 10 turns, so once cast it will most likely continue to be effective for the entire battle.
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you'll get the option to choose more eldritch invocations for warlocks at levels 5, 7, 9, and 12. if you decide to stick with wyll in your party, i highly recommend one of those invocations being agonizing blast, especially if you plan on making EB his main source of damage (particularly since you didn't take pact of the blade so his melee won't be that great). it makes a great deal of difference (although i guess you can always respec him earlier if you so choose).
At camp, you can spend 100 gold to change you or your companions stats (they go back to level 1 so you can change their class or level up decisions as well) using an NPC. I would recommend you change their starting stats, as they are not optimal by default, and all that changing them does is make them more effective (higher chance to hit, more damage, etc). I can provide the stat spreads if you want.
You're doing great; keep learning!
little information on healing and how its supposed to work. Combat healing is almost exclusively for emergencies and especially later in the game to pick someone up from being down. Healing word is pretty good for that and if you really need a big chunk of health you wanna use potions
basically healing magic cant let you "tank" dmg and can only really prevent you from dying to the next hit
Just a quick thing as you level up more; your action bar actually holds a lot more icons that you can press. You can make it bigger by clicking the little plus button on the far right. Plus, you can slide the red bars in the middle to show or hide any icons for whatever reason
Something important to keep in mind, there are two ways to proc Astarion's Sneak Attack.
Advantage, which you keep mentioning, is one of them but thats harder to do most of the time, especially without wasting someone else's action.
The much easier option is to have any other friendly within melee range of the target. Just have Lazel or whoever your frontline melee fighter is run up on the biggest target and take a swing. Then on Astarion's turn he can also run in or possibly use a ranged weapon and either can pop sneak attack for a big damage spike.
Your experience bar is at the top of your inventory screen. You leveled up Wyll & La'zael separately from the rest of the party because they had just joined it.
--When characters are resting in camp, they don't level up, but if you level up in the world & then ask them to join you later, they will level up at that time, so that the entire party is t the same level while active.
--You're missing out on your 'Advantage' Bonus on die rolls - 'Advantage' gives you the best result out of two dice.It's better than Guidance most of the time.
--Don't forget to take your short rests after a battle - it restores hit points (& some spells in some classes).
--If one of your party has the Longstrider spell, he/she can share it with the entire party (with no loss of spell slots).btw, occasionally a portrait will disappear; it's a game glitch, bu it will return eventually.
--I cast my light spell on my staff, so I can see in the dark.
I'm enjoying your run. I always find new responses/reactions from companions & npcs when I watch others' streams. It's pretty cool! :D
"There are children here you fool!"
Adore the t-shirt choice for this video btw
Tips:
-Long resting is your friend, even though in tactician its 80 camp supplies to fully rest vs 40 on Balanced and below. But theres the 'partial rest' option that can work in a pinch or to get the camp cutscenes without the camp supply cost.
-Play to your characters strengths (like persuasion or deception for a bard), i roleplay it as they know what theyre good at and use it fully to their advantage
-Pick up everything to sell for gold (im a loot goblin); incense has a great weight to value ratio for instance
Have fun, though it already looks like you are! This is so much less chaotic than my first play through; i miss it so much
Super nice episode ! Gale and Wyll are also a lot in my group. (when they have something really important to say, they have an excalamtion mark on them but they may also have something to say about a situation of a place without having a mark)
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You can turn the tutorial you've got on the Nautiloid on again - you don't restart the Nautiloid, the pop-ups windows will appear according to the situation to remind you a suggested way to deal with a situation - you don't have to follow the tips if you find the suggestion doesn't fit the situation, just close the pop-up and do what you want.
Below the chain of portrait, they are 2 usefull buttons : Hide everyone and Ungroup (so they don't follow automatically the scout). Ungroup allow you also to place your companion tactically before an attack, otherwise they stay in a little pack of 4
You can switch in Turn Based Mode anytime by clicking the big hourglass button next the button to go to camp : it let you time to think a way to deal with a situation and find the item or the spell you whant to use in your action bar without being spamming by the lethal consequences of a mistep.
When you've casted Cloud of Dagger, it was a Concentration spell : it stays as long the caster keeps focus on the spell (or sometime 10 turns and as long the caster focus on the spell). If, at some point, you find the spell useless (because it prevent you to move in that direction or because the combat end and NPC may be hurted by the spell), you can stop focusing (it took me around 800 hour to discover it, because I've asked in a forum "isn't there a button somewhere to...?") The button is below your portrait at the left part of the action bar.
Every spells cost a spell slot to be casted but cantrip ...and "ritual" spells when casted out a combat (...No idea why).
Ritual spells have a green little star drawed in the description to help you to identify them : Feather fall, Long stridder, some minor summons are rituals spells (but if you use a scroll to cast a ritual spell, the scroll is still destroyed).
Some spell have an effect that last all day. You may think "I've casted the spell, I can remove it from my spells of the day and prepare another spell" : no. (I mean, yes, you can, but...)
If you remove Mage Armor from your spells of the day after you casted it on you, the spell will be "uncasted" and you will lose the Armor Mage.
Yesss I've been looking forward to your next post!!
31:45 My 3 favorites, nice! But seriously swapping out often is the best way to play this game, unlike Dos2 you can complete everyone's story.
Weirdly, I would suggest the opposite. If you KNOW you are definitely going to play through the game more than once, then it can be good to focus purely on 3 characters for the first playthrough, and the other 3 for the 2nd. Then you can have your 3rd playthrough as the completionist run, whereby you combine everything you've learned in the first two, which will both be quite significantly different. And the 3rd run will really shine a light on how much you actually missed out on the first 2 times. My first was Wyll, K******** & Shadowheart, and 2nd being Gale, Lae'Zael & Astarion.
For those that know, without spoiling anything, this meant that there were entire regions of the game I ignored on my first playthrough, because of the characters I left out, but it left easily 20-30 hours of completely brand new stuff (not just plot-branching - Brand spanking new) for my 2nd run. And the first run was still upwards of 80-100 hours. And yes, I still discovered a whole lot more variety in the 3rd run. And that's before doing the Dark Urge - lol.
One of the few "complaints" that tend to get brought up, is how Act 3 can feel somewhat disjointed and/or overwhelming. I think it's because the game is built with the 3 character focus in mind. There needed to be enough content in the end to make it still feel solid when focusing this way, so if you're trying to do all 6 (+ others), in one playthrough, without prior knowledge, I can understand where those complaints could be somewhat valid.
But hey, it's just my opinion, play the game how you wanna play the game. It's a masterpiece either way. You can't really go wrong - well..... you can, but that would be spoiler territory.
in general i've been really loving your series I randomly found your first bg3 video and now when I see there's a new video its an immediate click to watch. this channel is slowly becoming a comfort channel and something I look forward to so thank you for the vibes you bring! (also AH the fact you're a bard and college of swords!! i did that my first run so have fun!! because its really reallllly fun some of the stuff you get from college of swords really comes in clutch... im so excited to see more keep it up!)
I just wondered what I should watch. Now I know. 😄
Love a good chat with animals, they have the best insight :D.
Little tutorial: Jumping is good, it costs 3m of your movement, but depending on STR you can get farther than that, so almost always jump if you want to make the distance. (Rogues with low strength can use bonus action Dash). The bonus action is worth it if your action is in range, your melee characters like that :). Also, you can jump out of and over dangerous surfaces (grease/ice/fire) instead of walking through. Your remaining movement is the blue circle around the end turn button.
The statues and goblins with backs to you should have been a sneak tutorial, but there is almost none: You can hide outside of combat already, with Shift + C even the whole party. Hiding costs an action (Rogues have again a bonus action for it) and also shows you enemy sight lines, but going turn based (Spacebar) allows you to avoid the sight lines. If a sneaking character is in sight, they have to roll Stealth each turn or come out of hiding, brightness can affect stealth rolls. Attacking from stealth gives advantage and might surprise the enemies. Astarion should be best at that, he also has the Rogue sneak attacks that work with advantage. Don't need to do it for every fight, but might be a nice bonus for those spots where you see the enemy first, and you need it to get into containers and doors marked red :)
Another fun episode! I'm enjoying your discovery of this world and hope you are too. Dash, Longstrider, Misty Step, Flight, and Dimension Door will help you move party members quickly to places where they'll have tactical advantage.
You were right to get rid of one of your healing spells but it would have been better to keep the other one Healing Word. It's a bonus action so when someone is downed like Gale was you could use your action to attack and still pick up Gale with the bonus action.
A suggestion for Wyll: If you're going to use Wyll, either focus on EB and respec to get both Repelling and Agonizing Blast, and/or get Pact of the Blade and use the best two handler available for you.
For the other members of the party: if you want your bard to keep up martially go College of Swords, but Shadowheart doesn't work martially very well as a cleric and having Trickster as subclass, she should be using mostly spells (and for cantrip, use the sacred flame one)
Battle tip. The button with the boot with a wing on it is dash. Spend an action to double speed. Astarion as a rogue has the same as a bonus action, so he is very mobile in combat.
By the way, if you want to fix that comically menacing portrait bug, you could maybe try to use the mask of the shapeshifter and then shift back, that tends to clear it up for some people. For others levelling up does it, but doesn't seem that worked for you sadly.
@@GD67514 Yeah I’ll try and fix it in Part 5 (which I’m recording right now actually). It does make me laugh so it’s not the end of the world if I can’t.
A little tip, you can max. stack 4 inspiration point for reroll. If you have max, others are wasted.
48:49 "Hopefully that let's us dual wield"
You can always dual wield but both weapons need to be Light weapons (this includes scimitars, handaxes, light hammers, daggers, short swords and war picks). The two weapon fighting style just lets you add your ability modifier to the second hit (it is usually only applied to the first). If you wanna dual wield weapons that aren't Light weapon then I suggest taking the Dual Wielder feat. next level. That way you can do any weapons that aren't Two-Handed. Spear in one hand a rapier in the other etc. until then, it's just those few Light weapons.
For longer distances you can use DASH. Jumping is also good and it only costs a bonus action.
Rogues like Astarion have dash, disengage (to avoid opportunity attacks) and hide as a bonus action. That's very useful.
Take your time, study all your skills.
Nice episode. 😃
Gale can wear light armor, but early on his mage armor is better and will last the entire day.
been watching this series of yours. it’s so fun watching you. made me start a new playthrough. 😂😂
So glad your first baldur's video appeared in my youtube recommendations, I'm having so much fun watching your playthrough!
Welcome! I’m gonna be playing this game on the channel for the next 12 years so hopefully you’ll stick around.
Gale wasn't dead during the combat with the statue. If you remember, he was Downed. So you can bring him back up with the Help Action or with healing (you can throw Healing Potions as a way to heal your friends). When you bring someone back, they have 1 hit point and no Action on their next round (just a Bonus Action usually used to drink a Healing Potion or get out of harm way). (Saw that you figured this out later). You also have Revive Scrolls in case someone dies.
Hello, Joe. Those dark and blacked-out character portraits aren't supposed to look like that. (It's a bug.) People online have suggested two methods to fix it. (1) Have the character with the bugged portrait use the Mask of the Shapeshifter. Choose any appearance, then change back. (2) Re-spec the character in camp. (You'll have to discover how. It's a spoiler.) We're not sure what causes the bug, but I hope these methods will fix those portraits. Anyway, your playthroughs have been a delight! I hope you're having fun.
Loved this episode! I really enjoy that you get into the rp and take time to consider Joey's choices. And you're already getting the hang of combat and seem to be enjoying it a lot more. Dual wielding swords bard ftw!!
A couple non combat tips you might find helpful: when traps are firing at you repeatedly or you're making a risky move (like stealing), you can go into turn based mode by clicking the hourglass on the right end of the hot bar. That should limit damage/ risk of getting caught. Also, when you're roaming around and you miss out on your companions' converasations, you can check the combat log on the right to read the dialogue you missed.
If you have to choose one healing spell, you should pick healing word over cure wounds. Healing words is a bonus action and you can cast at a distance versus touch. It’s great for picking up downed allies. Looking forward to the next video!
You need a specific type of potion/spell to heal paralysis which is why the regular healing didn’t work on the tiefling, Shadowheart gets a spell “Lesser Restoration” at lvl 2 which you can use to cure paralysis
1:07:39 had me rolling 😂
Me too, man. Me too.
Is that a Sleep Token shirt I spy?👀 My man’s got good taste in games AND music, I see.
@@ks9759 Sleep Token are goated
Tip for attacking with weapons:
Strength and Dexterity are the primary attributes for your chances to hit and damage.
Each weapon has a designated stat, so use Strength weapons with a Strength character, and vice versa.
Loving this playthrough so far! I suggest you have Gale cast lvl 1 mage armor on himself after every long rest. It lasts until the next long rest, and it'll help him die a little less. Also definitely respec him to evocation when you can, it makes it so his AOE spells don't hurt allies.
Joe: "We're here, we've gotta follow this path-"
Me [thousand-yard stare]: Oh no, he's only gotten started on DnD, he's not ready for Pathfinder
@@TomCrow-l6h Pathfinder is definitely a game I’d like to play on the channel at some point
@greenmanjoe1 It's good that you've gone from DoS2 to BG3 first, trust me.
There are currently two cRPG games out there using the Pathfinder (1st edition) ruleset: Kingmaker, and Wrath of the Righteous. Both are good, but WotR is better - they were made by the same studio, Owlcat Games, and the guys were just more experienced making the 2nd one.
The PF 1st edition ruleset is derived from an older edition of DnD than the one you're playing. Some things will be familiar to you, but it's best to think of it as a slightly more complex and detailed ruleset than this one.
PF2e, the current edition of the rules for tabletop play, doesn't have a cRPG out yet. A kickstarter for one called The Dragon's Demand recently wrapped up, but that'll take a while and I've learned to wait & see with kickstarters.
I'm sure BG3 will occupy you for a LONG time though; in case you're not sick of cRPGs after, definitely take a look at PF: Wrath of the Righteous, watch some gameplay vids or reviews etc, see if it's up your alley.
@@greenmanjoe1 Pathfinder games like Wrath of the Righteous are amazing, but they can sometimes be overwhelming even for D&D veterans lol. Definitely best to do a bunch of research before jumping into one of those.
@@CandleLight129 i tried to explain that to him but youtube keeps messing with my comments somehow
nice video, and yeah thats why in every story, anime, or such, you need a tanker, someone who can boom boom, a healer, and a someone that can do talk and deception, i see you took a role as a talker one so you just need the rest.
But this is Baldur's Gate, we're talking, and every companion you have has pros and cons. That's why you need to swap them whenever they are needed, and there's no harm in that.
a little tips without spoiling anything.. if you want to stick with their class, then look at their class and focus as they intended to be. as the more story progress the harder the fights. and when I said their classes that means their skills, their passives, and their main attribute. you cant expect gale as a wizard whose main attribute is INT to shoot with arrows which the dmg determined from DEX instead just casting some spells. and yes spells with dmg is important but there are more spells that can help you survive the world, like spell that can teleport you to any position in combat, a spells that not heal but removes debuffs, a spells that open a locked chest, and more
Completely optional and I absolutely understand not wanting to do this, especially on the first playthrough, but there is actually a mod that allows you to adjust the party limit, so you never have to dismiss anyone and can have everyone with you, or as many as you like. Larian recently added the mod manager which you can see in the main menu, and it is SUPER easy to use, you literally just have to look through and download whichever ones you want. I don’t like going too crazy with the mods personally, but I do love the party limit adjusting one because I HATE missing out on dialogue/story. Only thing is it can make certain fights too easy so I try to just use a few party members in combat, keep the others far enough away that they don’t enter combat or dismiss them if I know there’s a fight coming up.
Also just a fun little thing, you can change the look of your dice with that little icon in the corner when you roll :) there’s also mods for that and some are super pretty but that’s fr just a bit of fun there’s absolutely no change outside of looks
@@Thisratisrockin This sounds awesome tbh. But part of the beauty of this game is that the more you miss, the more incentive there is to play the game again. It’s definitely something I’d consider for a second playthrough though :)
@@greenmanjoe1 very very true!
@@greenmanjoe1 Regarding mods - these will disable achievements so be careful. Unless you get another mod that reenables them if there is one.... I personally resisted mods until I finished my honour mode run as I was paranoid - but since you'll be playing for the next 12 years (good goal btw!) there's no rush lol 🤣
another tip.. you can throw healing potions on others... if you throw them on the ground it creats a little splash that area heals, so you can heal 2-3 party members with 1 potion
haven't finished the video, but fun fact, Wyll's pact of the book subclass can give Guidance, the spell that makes Shadowheart relevant lol
Also a little hint: There are spells that heal hp like the ones you've been using, but also spells that heal conditions and status effects. Try looking through your party members spell page on their character sheets. You may need to prepare different spells or come back with different party members to solve an issue the way you want to.
I didn't even realise that Auntie Ethel was in the grove and I've played this game too many times! 😂
Learn something new every day
Another tiny thing, you should absolutely talk to every companion after recruiting someone new! And just very often in general. But after recruiting someone they’ll all have something to say, including the person you’ve just recruited
A very big fan of this game and i really love how others enjoy it. I will follow your run 😊 have fun!
Hey so if you have a moment where you don't want your party to follow you, you can hit G (for group) to ungroup. The same command will group them back up when you want them to follow you again. Thanks for this series, I'm having fun watching (even though you sent my fave Astarion to camp haha)!
When you get to the Goblin camp, make sure to Examine the Leaders before fighting them. One of them will have an icon that tells you to toggle on non-lethal attacks. The game wants you to knock that person out instead of killing them.
42:10 that's actually really cool you found out the ox's deal I don't see a lot of people find that ^^
I LOVE WATCHING YOUR JOURNEY!!! Its like playing the first time again
If you cant reach an enemy's range, instead of skipping their turn, you can use dash, so that they'll be closer to next time. For Shadowheart, if you want to use a ranged spell cantrip, I'd recommend sacred flame over firebolt, as firebolt is an INT based spell, and she has low INT
heeey! nice to see you again :з
for your comfort you can expand an action panel by clicking "+" on the right on it near "your turn" button! also you can move actions and stuff and customize this panel as you want it to look like!! for this you need to click a little lock on the right as well to unlock the panel and move icons. like, if the panel is small, you can't see all your abilities and instead you see a little red arrow that points you to the expansion thing (sorry, english is not my first language so i tried to explain as well as i could xD)
btw! when you have a range of phrases and what kind of characteristics to use in dialogues you can point your mouse on a characteristic, like for example, on an [Athletics], and it will show you all bonuses you have for this one! very convenient to know beforehand what your chances are, hehe
waiting for another video!!!
@@chamicherry Yeah I discover the little plus on the action panel next episode :) (and I can’t help but smile when I talk to Gale)
@@greenmanjoe1 nice! i totally understand you xD but i am just Astarion girl
Dexterity rolls determine the order of characters in combat, your initiative. Your character relies on DEX and CHA as a bard, so they will more often than not be ahead of the other's turns. Astarion also relies on DEX as a rogue. Ranged attacks use Dexterity as well as finesse weapons, if your dex is higher than your strength.
I recommend one of your next eldritch invocations for Wyll be one of the ones that modify Eldritch Blast. That cantrip is pretty much the Warlock's bread and butter and either pushing them back or doing even more damage is gonna make Wyll incredibly more effective for a longer time in combat. ^v^
excited to watch someone else play as my favorite class and subclass!
1:28:37 Her health is fine but she's paralyzed, you'll have to get a spell or ability that can remove that. I think shadowheart may have a spell in there you can prepare ;3
I thoroughly enjoy you reading all the books aloud. I always tell myself I'll try to read everything in a new game and eventually give up :/
You mentioned the last battle taking so long, thats because you're on tactician mode. You can always change that if you want, even mid game. I started off on story mode then went to the regular mode once getting used to it and how to use weapons etc. Tactician would suck the fun out of it for me but then again im a newbie to this type of game. Bullet sponge type enemies aren't for me 😂.
P s- save scum as much as you want, sometimes you just need to with this game. I don't do it much but I always save just incase. F5 is my bestie
Enjoying your play through:) I've recently completed the game and I loved every frustrating step of it. I'm thinking of another run with different characters. Btw I kept the "gloves of power " for the whole game