Multiplat BALDUR'S GATE III

[method115]

I haven't used Astarion since Act 1 when I discovered I can pick locks and disarm traps lol (went the street wise Ranger route).

I really want to get more of the companions involved, especially now being close to the city, but I love my party's composition and balance.

Astarion was also really good at lying to people for me. I want to try and build my next character similar to that so that I can leave him at camp next time and take some other characters. In my last playthrough he was to valuable to leave at camp and by end game he wasn't as useful inside battle as my other characters. So for every big battle I would go back to camp drop him off and pick up Wyll.

 

[steeldragon]

Lol, my favorite quest is the circus one. Did you go and talk to to the genie at the spin wheel?? He’ll transport you to the wonderful world of Dino’s for a pretty epic weapon . Only if you have a high perception will catch him cheating the wheel

Spoiler: Spoiler

you can steal something from him what allows you to win the wheel

 

[squirrelynuts]

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you can steal something from him what allows you to win the wheel

Spoiler

the ring, yeah I had Astarion steal it from him

 

[Batjester]

I went all companions except for my Tav’s , they both been custom even my Durge play through. I just thoroughly enjoyed the party banter between different characters. Karlach is still my favorite companion, she’s just hilarious. She’s never left my party .

what composition you running for your party? I always enjoy seeing the many different load outs between people. As in no one plays the same way so those variations always intrigued me. It’s also what I enjoy about character creating in DND , I think one way and you think another way for a class

So act 1 I was manly using Shadowheart, Astarion, and Laezel until I got Wyll who ended up replacing Astarion. Laezel hung around until I found Karlach (best companion by far. She's so funny, and a complete tank). Gale was the only one who I barely used.

Act 2 it was me Shadowheart, Karlach, and Wyll for 99% of it. I was excited to get to use Haslin, but super disappointed when I finally did. Laezel made a brief appearance when I went back and did the mountain pass portion of act 1 (wanted to try some things out and wanted a weapon my coworker told me about).

Act 3 I'm going to switch things up a bit more since so many companions have major storyline arcs here. Only one I see being with me 100% of the time is Shadowheart since she's my "romance", and so fucking versatile. Really want to try Jaheira out some more.


One of the best parts about being a ranger, Ursa Major, or as I like to call him, Fozzy. My dumb ass didn't even start using him until the Tower. His swiping Kethrick's hammer outta his hands in the 1st fight was what let me beat his ass with it in the 2nd fight. Love that bear.

 

[squirrelynuts]

So act 1 I was manly using Shadowheart, Astarion, and Laezel until I got Wyll who ended up replacing Astarion. Laezel hung around until I found Karlach (best companion by far. She's so funny, and a complete tank). Gale was the only one who I barely used.

Act 2 it was me Shadowheart, Karlach, and Wyll for 99% of it. I was excited to get to use Haslin, but super disappointed when I finally did. Laezel made a brief appearance when I went back and did the mountain pass portion of act 1 (wanted to try some things out and wanted a weapon my coworker told me about).

Act 3 I'm going to switch things up a bit more since so many companions have major storyline arcs here. Only one I see being with me 100% of the time is Shadowheart since she's my "romance", and so fucking versatile. Really want to try Jaheira out some more.


One of the best parts about being a ranger, Ursa Major, or as I like to call him, Fozzy. My dumb ass didn't even start using him until the Tower. His swiping Kethrick's hammer outta his hands in the 1st fight was what let me beat his ass with it in the 2nd fight. Love that bear.

When I was playing my Forest Gnome Ranger named Sicurdie all my animal companions would be scaring NPCs in towns and they would run away from me or I’d get attacked by guards, lol. Apparently before one of the patches any animal companion would make everyone afraid to even interact with you.
So I ended up just not using the animals anymore and just focused on becoming a gloomstalker instead on that build.

My first playthrough my party comp was ; Astarion , Karlach, Shart and me.
Romanced Shart

Durge playthrough I went ; half orc warlock eldritch blast for the win. Lol
Shart, Gale, La’zelle switched with Karlach.
Or switch Gale out for Wyll and just blasting people in cloak of daggers lol which Shart would be around then cast SG
I romanced Karlach in this one. Hilarious scenes and banter when she gets jealous of you hooking up with other people before shipping her and Tav yp

 

[Batjester]

When I was playing my Forest Gnome Ranger named Sicurdie all my animal companions would be scaring NPCs in towns and they would run away from me or I’d get attacked by guards, lol. Apparently before one of the patches any animal companion would make everyone afraid to even interact with you.
So I ended up just not using the animals anymore and just focused on becoming a gloomstalker instead on that build.

My first playthrough my party comp was ; Astarion , Karlach, Shart and me.
Romanced Shart

Durge playthrough I went ; half orc warlock eldritch blast for the win. Lol
Shart, Gale, La’zelle switched with Karlach.
Or switch Gale out for Wyll and just blasting people in cloak of daggers lol which Shart would be around then cast SG
I romanced Karlach in this one. Hilarious scenes and banter when she gets jealous of you hooking up with other people before shipping her and Tav yp

Eldrich Blast and Cloak of Daggers have helped me win spook many battles I've been out numbered in. That's one of the reasons I prefer Wyll to Gale. Plus, he's actually pretty decent in melee.

The balance I have with Karlach, Wyll, and Shadowheart is just so damn hard to break up.

Even without heavy armor, Karlach is just a freaking tank. I've set her up as my main two-handed weapon wielder. Currently rocking the kick-ass Halberd of Vengeance. Will switch out to the Moonlight glaive, Sword of Justice, Sussur Greatsword, Exterminator's Axe, or Ketheric's Warhammer depending on the situation. For range she has Titian's String bow.

Shadowheart does everything for me, heals, supports, and can whoop ass in melee. I've got her rocking the Blood of Lathander mace. For range she has the Darkfire Shortbow.

Wyll is crowd control. I was using the Sword of Screams rapier with him for the longest time, but switched to a staff about a quarter of the way through act 2. Currently I've got Cacophony on him, but was using the Incandescent Staff for quite a bit (free Fireball is always a plus). Range he has Bow of the Banshee for when I don't have, or don't want to waste spells.

Currently I'm the secondary melee person, or dedicated range threat depending on the fight. For melee I started mainly dual wield light weapons, then was using the Sussur Greatsword for a while, then went dual wielding various combinations, and currently sword and board with the Blade of Suppressed Soul's and the Sentinel Shield (I usually don't like using a shield, but I'm coming around). Range is my favorite though, especially after I became a duel wielder. Double hand crossbows for the mf'ing win. Ne'er Misser in one hand, Hellfire Hand Crossbow in the other. I have better choices for ranged weapons, but none more fun.

 

[Batjester]

You can cycle through all your characters till someone hits that perception roll. That weapon is top 3 imo . A trident that does lightning damage when thrown and automatically returns to players hand.
I had Astarion roll through and pickpocket the genie to win the “top prize” on the wheel. Genie gets mad and transports you to Dino world where the trident is

That trident is stupid good against swarms, unfortunately the one I really needed it for (those fucking Kolbolds) I didn't have it because it never returned to my hand at the Magic Emporium place (had to go back for it).

 

[squirrelynuts]

That trident is stupid good against swarms, unfortunately the one I really needed it for (those fucking Kolbolds) I didn't have it because it never returned to my hand at the Magic Emporium place (had to go back for it).

I heard there was a bug with the weapon throwing but I figured it got patched out with last update.
That trident is one of my favorite weapons in the game . Karlach with her throw specialization is mint

 

[Batjester]

I heard there was a bug with the weapon throwing but I figured it got patched out with last update.
That trident is one of my favorite weapons in the game . Karlach with her throw specialization is mint

Haven't even tried it on her yet.

I don't even know if it was a bug since I threw it at one of the Arcane Turrets.

 

[squirrelynuts]

Haven't even tried it on her yet.

I don't even know if it was a bug since I threw it at one of the Arcane Turrets.

Oohhhh, that’s interesting, Arcane Turret loot goblin’d your trident. I know there’s a returning pike you get from act 1 that doesn’t always return to hand when thrown because of a bug.

Too bad Susspr blooms don’t work out of UD ,that would have been one solution to at least deactivate the turret and inspect closer to see where the weapon went.

 

[Blayt7hh]

Man....disappointed again...(As a BGI and BGII die hard)

Spoiler

Viconia was so stupid. It was the same problem as Sarevok. It disregards her whole story and ending. Granted, theres different endings , but why even include her? Its stupid, really. It could have just been any drow.

Still GOTY, though

Yeah I gotta agree there. All of the character except for Jaheira felt needlessly shoe horned in for nostalgia points or something. With her and Minsc it’s kind of funny too, because I never really want to use them in my party over the new characters.

 

[Bob Gray]

Yeah I gotta agree there. All of the character except for Jaheira felt needlessly shoe horned in for nostalgia points or something. With her and Minsc it’s kind of funny too, because I never really want to use them in my party over the new characters.

Yeah, its weird. I looked into it and I guess theres an official canon for Viconia and they followed that. But I dunno why they even needed to include her at all then. I ended up just killing her because I thought "Man, fuck this."

Like I said, though, still GOTY and probably GOAT rpg contender.

 

[Blayt7hh]

Yeah, its weird. I looked into it and I guess theres an official canon for Viconia and they followed that. But I dunno why they even needed to include her at all then. I ended up just killing her because I thought "Man, fuck this."

Like I said, though, still GOTY and probably GOAT rpg contender.

Where would that cannon even come from?

 

[Batjester]

Where would that cannon even come from?

Probably from the Steel Watch armory.



Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[Batjester]

Oohhhh, that’s interesting, Arcane Turret loot goblin’d your trident. I know there’s a returning pike you get from act 1 that doesn’t always return to hand when thrown because of a bug.

Too bad Susspr blooms don’t work out of UD ,that would have been one solution to at least deactivate the turret and inspect closer to see where the weapon went.

Considering it happened a few more times yesterday (I was actually paying attention lol) it probably is a bug.

Had a long ass session yesterday (2 actually), had to rescue the chick from jail before she got hung, but I only had one game day to do it since I had rested so much. One missed check before I even got to her cell brought the whole fucking place down on me. Barely survived.

And upon trying to leave the area the game had its 1st crash.

And of course I hadn't saved anywhere.

D'oh

Sucks because I had done some other quests too.

 

[squirrelynuts]

Considering it happened a few more times yesterday (I was actually paying attention lol) it probably is a bug.

Had a long ass session yesterday (2 actually), had to rescue the chick from jail before she got hung, but I only had one game day to do it since I had rested so much. One missed check before I even got to her cell brought the whole fucking place down on me. Barely survived.

And upon trying to leave the area the game had its 1st crash.

And of course I hadn't saved anywhere.

D'oh

Sucks because I had done some other quests too.

I love how you can lose yourself for hours on this game . So many little detours or something that piques your interest so you chase that down.
I hope it’s the bug that going to be patched out soon.

I cast invisibility on her and just walked out of the dungeon . Went past all the guards and took the secret way out cause that how’s I popped into the dungeon and found the quest .

 

[method115]

You can cycle through all your characters till someone hits that perception roll. That weapon is top 3 imo . A trident that does lightning damage when thrown and automatically returns to players hand.
I had Astarion roll through and pickpocket the genie to win the “top prize” on the wheel. Genie gets mad and transports you to Dino world where the trident is

Weird I had a dagger that I thought was bugged because if I threw it, it would stay in my hand and would be equipped to my character at that point. Maybe it was meant to work that way and it wasn't bugged.

 

[squirrelynuts]

Weird I had a dagger that I thought was bugged because if I threw it, it would stay in my hand and would be equipped to my character at that point. Maybe it was meant to work that way and it wasn't bugged.

Do you remember the name of the dagger?? I don’t think I came across a dagger that would return .
The game has so many items and weapons I don’t think you could find them all in a single playthrough

 

[method115]

Do you remember the name of the dagger?? I don’t think I came across a dagger that would return .
The game has so many items and weapons I don’t think you could find them all in a single playthrough

I think it was the bloodthirst dagger but not positive on that.

 

[Batjester]

I love how you can lose yourself for hours on this game . So many little detours or something that piques your interest so you chase that down.
I hope it’s the bug that going to be patched out soon.

I cast invisibility on her and just walked out of the dungeon . Went past all the guards and took the secret way out cause that how’s I popped into the dungeon and found the quest .

Secret way out? I walked through the door, talked to a grumpy clerk, and when I tried to use the tadpoles to find out why she was grumpy I failed the roll.

And shit POPPED OFF. Had to face all the fuckers in the main area, then their asshole buddies outside decided to join the party, and to add to the fun, the idiots who were sleeping woke up pissed off looking for a fight.

IT WAS INTENSE LOL.

I didn't save after it just in case this triggered the whole damn town to attack me.

Maybe I'll be more subtle next time.

And as long as I'm dreaming,, maybe I'll have a date with Margot Robbie this weekend.