Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 - tips, tricks & helpful information

[Yosharian]

wait, rogue sneak die apply to spells, regardless of your subclass, even from scrolls?

Apparently yes, now

 

[lukaszek]

another reason of splashing 3 lvls of thief to your thrower, that i realized after doing it - athletics expertise!

 

[Yosharian]

another reason of splashing 3 lvls of thief to your thrower, that i realized after doing it - athletics expertise!

Is this really all that valuable?

 

[Desiderius]

I have finally broken the game.

Disguise Self Gnome/Halfling gets two helpings of Gruel instead of one.

 

[Haplo]

wait, rogue sneak die apply to spells, regardless of your subclass, even from scrolls?

But they always could in 3+ DnD / Pathfinder? For spells that have an attack roll, of course, not the aoe ones.

Only once per round now, as Desiderius pointed out.

 

[Xelocix]

HOW DO I CUM??????????????? WHAT IS THE CUM BUTTON??????????? I NEED 2 CUM IN KARLACH AND CREATE REDDIT BABIES

 

[Yosharian]

wait, rogue sneak die apply to spells, regardless of your subclass, even from scrolls?

But they always could in 3+ DnD / Pathfinder? For spells that have an attack roll, of course, not the aoe ones.

Only once per round now, as Desiderius pointed out.

Ehh not in 5E, the ability specifies a "finesse or ranged weapon attack".

 

[lukaszek]

another reason of splashing 3 lvls of thief to your thrower, that i realized after doing it - athletics expertise!

Is this really all that valuable?

if you want to throw enemy knights, then yes. And throwing enemies is one of my main pleasures.

Also you can jump farther than enemies can fly, although I havent found instance where it would be useful, yet

 

[Yosharian]

another reason of splashing 3 lvls of thief to your thrower, that i realized after doing it - athletics expertise!

Is this really all that valuable?

if you want to throw enemy knights, then yes. And throwing enemies is one of my main pleasures.

Also you can jump farther than enemies can fly, although I havent found instance where it would be useful, yet

Ah I see.

 

[gurugeorge]

Aaargh, fuckin' typical, over the past few days I'd been really enjoying the combination of the Native Camera mod, the WASD movement mod and its associated .ahk R-click mouselook mod. Blissful, easy MMO-like 3rd person mouse steering while exploring, with the option to switch to camera panning at the click of a button.

Patch 2 just broke all native-loading mods Native camera guy is on the case, WASD guy probably will be soon, don't know about the others (I don't use the achievements enabler any more as that's included with BG Script Extensions with a quick .json edit) - the only other mod I have of that kind is the CPU optimizer (which auto-sets game priority to High, which I found to be quite beneficial, having an old CPU as I do), but can live without for a bit.

 

[Yosharian]

Lol guys patch 2 has dropped and there are no balance changes whatsoever hahahahaha

 

[gurugeorge]

Lol guys patch 2 has dropped and there are no balance changes whatsoever hahahahaha

Looks like they've mostly been focusing on fixing storyfag and controller shit in advance of the PS5 release.

 

[gurugeorge]

Well that's service with a smile - WASD and Native camera tweaks have been updated for patch 2!

 

[lukaszek]

you can steal your planar allies weapons. Djinn one got 2d10 poison scimitars. Are there any poison synergies to be had? Asking as its first time i actually noticed decent weapon dealing poison dmg.

Looking at my chest:
There is a cloak which heals you d4 if you poison enemy.
boots that give you chance to poison when dealing poison dmg

But not seeing any mad synergies like with elemental dmg, or thunder

 

[Yosharian]

you can steal your planar allies weapons. Djinn one got 2d10 poison scimitars. Are there any poison synergies to be had? Asking as its first time i actually noticed decent weapon dealing poison dmg.

Looking at my chest:
There is a cloak which heals you d4 if you poison enemy.

But not seeing anything like with elemental dmg, or thunder

Bahaha are you serious? and they persist?

How did you get them to drop the weapon?

 

[S.H.O.D.A.N.]

Djinni have Permanently Armed, so no disarming. Can't target them with Command. Disarming strike doesn't seem to work on the other summons who don't have PA, they get the condition, which is then immediately removed, no weapon drops. They have nothing to pickpocket.

 

[Desiderius]

Lol guys patch 2 has dropped and there are no balance changes whatsoever hahahahaha

Looks like they've mostly been focusing on fixing storyfag and controller shit in advance of the PS5 release.

Owlcat did their balance changes and late mechanics implementation on the down low, so maybe Larian is following their lead.

 

[Desiderius]

you can steal your planar allies weapons. Djinn one got 2d10 poison scimitars. Are there any poison synergies to be had? Asking as its first time i actually noticed decent weapon dealing poison dmg.

Looking at my chest:
There is a cloak which heals you d4 if you poison enemy.
boots that give you chance to poison when dealing poison dmg

But not seeing any mad synergies like with elemental dmg, or thunder

Matriarch drops Poisoners Robe. Nice thing with Poison is sometimes its damage + debuff. Spider companion main attack gives disadvantage on attax. Web attack is also infinite use, and Spider itself of course is immune to webs.

 

[lukaszek]

i need half more lvl to test it myself, stumbled upon it in here
https://baldursgate3.wiki.fextralife.com/Planar+Ally

 

[S.H.O.D.A.N.]

Okay, so it's technically an exploit, I guess. You can access the inventory of the summoned entity if you open the summoner's inventory, then click on the summon portrait. Drag and drop the weapon into the summon's inventory, from there drop on the ground, then pick it up as normal. It works for all summons, but not all summons can drop their weapons - dryad won't give up the 3d6 quarterstaff for example - presumably due to Permanently Armed. Never mind, you can get that too. 3d6 +1 Quarterstaff at lvl 7 if you want it.

Actually, I'm not even sure if it really is an exploit, as it legitimately disarms the summon, so it's not like it dupes the items or something...



Nah, it's a fucking exploit.

 

[Desiderius]

There’s a Ring on a skeleton across the river north then west from Scratch that’s available as soon as you unlock Druid Grove that gives +2 Stealth/Sleight of Hand (and -1 CHR).

 

[notpl]

There’s a Ring on a skeleton across the river north then west from Scratch that’s available as soon as you unlock Druid Grove that gives +2 Stealth/Sleight of Hand (and -1 CHR).

I really hate the fact that they put actually useful things on skeletons and in the innumerable pouches/backpacks 0.01% of the time. I've yet to find anything worthwhile in a burlap sack, but who knows?

 

[Modron]

I've yet to find anything worthwhile in a burlap sack, but who knows?

How would you feel if you didn't open every single sack?

 

[Desiderius]

Had a nice unplanned fight with Karlach’s Pal at lvl 3 when Astarion got caught stealing. Lore Bard Lae’zel (which has some pretty hilarious dialogue options and looks great in the Bard cowboy hat) Cutting Words + MC Beast Master Ensnaring Strike (built in disadvantage on saves) locked him down, then Color Spray and Sleep finished him off.

Shadowheart had all the wrong spells up but Guiding Bolt was enough.

 

[lukaszek]

Nah, it's a fucking exploit.

think of it as... divine intervention