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Game News Baldur's Gate 3 Community Update #30: Photo Mode, Cross-Play, and 12 Subclasses Coming Next Year

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Tags: Baldur's Gate 3; Larian Studios

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1086940/view/4461474037375172735

Like an aged mentor in an inspiring 1980s film montage, we’re filled with pride seeing all the mods you've been crafting and using since the release of our official mod tools in September. In just under three months, you've uploaded more than 3,000 mods, downloaded over 70 million, and created a spell to turn your enemies into cheese.

For those of you looking for an introduction to using mods, head over to Larian: Channel From Hell where Aoife will break things down and shine a spotlight on a few choice recommendations. While we’ll be wrapping up our feature-heavy updates for Baldur’s Gate 3 soon, this is not yet the end for our mod tools. With the continued support of mod authors in the community testing out new features, we have big updates still to come - including adding even more functionality to let you tell your own stories.

But before we bid Faerûn adieu in search of stranger shores, we have one more major patch waiting around the corner. Arriving next year, this update will introduce some of the most eagerly awaited features to BG3: cross-play, and photo mode, along with 12 new subclasses.

Let’s take a look at what you can expect to see in Patch 8!

Subclasses
Patch 8 will introduce a new way to play your favourite class, adding one new subclass for each of the existing Bard, Barbarian, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Fighter, Monk, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer, Warlock and Wizard classes in the game.

Expect new abilities, animations, VFX, summons and cantrips, and unique voiced dialogue lines for the Oathbreaker Knight with written reactivity for Oathbreakers, along with a touch of homebrewing on certain actions to enhance your role-playing experience.

Bard - College of Glamour
As a College of Glamour Bard, you’ll find you have the power to heal friends and command enemies in equal measure. Cast Mantle of Inspiration to bestow your allies with 5 temporary hit points. And should an enemy attack while it is cast, they’ll find themselves Charmed. Play your hand correctly and you’ll be able to use this to your advantage with Mantle of Majesty. Target Charmed enemies and you can command them to flee, move closer, freeze, drop to the ground, or drop their weapon.

Barbarian - Path of Giants
Opt for the Path of Giants, and your newfound giant strength will make it easier for you to yeet friend and foe alike. Forget chugging potions to pump those muscles, these Barbarians benefit from the Giant’s Rage passive that grants both strength and size - allowing you to deal additional damage with Throw attacks. Pockets weighing you down? Not for you and your increased carry capacity!

Cleric - Death Domain
As a cleric of death, you’ll find a few dark new tricks up your sleeves - from spells that specialise in necrotic damage to three new necromancy cantrips. This includes Toll The Dead, a cantrip that causes 1~8 damage when your cleric rings the bell of impending doom - a number that scales if your target has already been damaged. We’ve also added the homebrewed ability to explode nearby corpses, damaging enemies.

Druid - Circle of Stars
These Druids look to the stars for answers, accessing powers beyond those offered through the classic wildshapes. Taking on one of three Starry Forms for their power - the constellations of the Archer, Chalice, and Dragon. Each one favours a different play style and strategy - the Archer dealing radiant damage with astral arrows, the life-giving Chalice restoring hitpoints to you and others nearby, and the wise Dragon, allowing you to deal damage with an added bonus to constitution rolls. The Starry Forms offer not just a celestial aesthetic, but practical, powerful options to enhance your role as a healer, fighter, or strategist.

Paladin - Oath of the Crown
You’ve been sworn to uphold the principles of law. Stay true to your oath and you'll be rewarded with the power to aid your allies and disrupt your foes. Guide your companions in battle with Righteous Clarity, taunt enemies with strategic interrupts, and keep your party standing strong with Divine Allegiance, absorbing their damage while restoring their health.

Fighter - Arcane Archer
Mastering the dual arts of magic and marksmanship, the Arcane Archer subclass offers unique skills on top of new shooting animations. Banish foes to the Feywild, removing them from the battlefield for a turn, or unleash Psychic damage that forces enemies to make a Wisdom saving throw or be blinded until the start of their next turn.​
 

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Oh yeah the almighty hexblade is there, i wonder if they leave a single level dip just as retardedly powerful though, since their description says nothing about Hex Warrior.
 

Abu Antar

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Enjoy the Revolution! Another revolution around the sun that is. Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Wrath I'm very into cock and ball torture I helped put crap in Monomyth
I should probably finish this one up.

Drunken master is something that always jokingly suggest.
 

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I don't hate this game, but it fails to capture my interest enough that I stick with it. I have a character in the third chapter and I still haven't tried to really push through.

But will I check out the Arcane Archer and the giant throwing barbarian? Hell yeah.
 

Larianshill

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How do you do a Swarmkeeper ranger and don't do the most obvious swarm - crows?
 

Roguey

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Not going to buy/play this until it's finished.

Most important question: have they removed the ursine pornography from the game yet?
Just go into the options and uncheck "show genitals" and "show cinematic nudity" been there from the start to make it streaming-friendly.
 

POOPERSCOOPER

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Having true cross play is pretty cool. Subclasses too if they don't mess up balance too much. Not like I played much of the game though lol.
 
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Most important question: have they removed the ursine pornography from the game yet?
No, and they added fish pornography. Swen...must be stopped.



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it's a mod.
 

Ashen_Shugar

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can we create fully customised companions yet?
This is partly why I can't get into it. Too many gay characters. Would like my own party, no lude inter party come ons, no bestiality and then the game for me would at least be halfway decent. Could even put up with the DOS skin then.

No, and they added fish pornography. Swen...must be stopped.

Larian sure are some fucked up left wing degenerates.
Totally mixed up their priorities on this game.
Remember the day when censors were complaining about a pair of titties on the box cover or a brothel in TOEE but fast forward 20 years later and they're perfectly happy to give this degeneracy the green light (but titties are still a no no :cry:)
Hard to believe consumers lapped this shit up in droves.

:killit:
 
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I don't hate this game, but it fails to capture my interest enough that I stick with it. I have a character in the third chapter and I still haven't tried to really push through.

But will I check out the Arcane Archer and the giant throwing barbarian? Hell yeah.
Same, I'm far enough into Act 3 that I have Minsc in the party, but I haven't touched the game in many months. This game could really use a toolset, although may suffer the same way NWN2 did with it's toolset being less user friendly than 1's... still produced some good modules.
BG3's environmental utilization could produce great user made games though...
DoS1 had a toolset but it never took off, D&D (((5e)))'s popularity could give it some fuel though.
 

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