Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 Early Access Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Fedora Master]

Forgotten Realms is basically Ed Greenwood's "Magical Realm",if you think about it.

The current Forgotten Realms material is highly sanitized from Ed's original vision. In FR as created by Ed:

Bi-sexuality is normal (and yes, this means the men as well as the women)
Transgenderism is encouraged by several deities so that priests can experience life as the other sex
"Revels" (some of which involve sex) are normal
"Festhalls" (many of which employ prostitutes as staff) are relatively common and visiting them is the normal way to spend evening.
Prostitution is a core industry of Forgotten Realms; "sex workers" are all over and there are about 40 different names for different kinds of prostitutes.
Incest is a normal way for noble families to "indulge feelings of mutual affection" (poor people don't as they can't afford the contraception)
Pretty much all of the immortal NPCs in the Realms have come to believe that accepted sexual norms such as temperance are bullshit, so they flout them. Constantly.
All of this is confirmed by Ed Greenwood himself, from Ed's responses to fan queries on the Candlekeep forum. So Saith Ed here, here, and here. It's also all completely, 100% canon thanks to Ed's ludicrously favorable contract.

 

[underground nymph]

Dunou what you guys are seething about exactly. More sex — better. Makes everybody happy and relaxed, able to concentrate on important things instead of fapping to a web thots. Ed’s FR is an ideal society. Making sex a big deal is at the root of all evil.

 

[kangaxx]

When does this game come out? I played a few hours what seems like 2 years ago. Still on the first map I assume?

 

[perfectslumbers]

When does this game come out? I played a few hours what seems like 2 years ago. Still on the first map I assume?

Some time in 2023

 

[NecroLord]

Dunou what you guys are seething about exactly. More sex — better. Makes everybody happy and relaxed, able to concentrate on important things instead of fapping to a web thots. Ed’s FR is an ideal society. Making sex a big deal is at the root of all evil.

It's about pushing obviously degenerate and depraved practices on youngsters.
Of course SEX is a good thing,it's a biological need after all,but too much of a Good thing is Bad. And there is a lot of "Bad" stuff to be had here.
It's not fuckin' alright to constantly push tranny orcs and kobolds,Power Word: Hormone Blockers and Summon Tranny spells on kids...

 

[FriendlyMerchant]

male human warrior

Is there anything else worth playing other than a Gnome Illusionist?

 

[mediocrepoet]

male human warrior

Is there anything else worth playing other than a Gnome Illusionist?

Gnome Fighter/Illusionist or Gnome Illusionist/Thief.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

male human warrior

Is there anything else worth playing other than a Gnome Illusionist?

Barbarian

 

[mediocrepoet]

male human warrior

Is there anything else worth playing other than a Gnome Illusionist?

Barbarian

Gnome Barbarian.

 

[BruceVC]

Dunou what you guys are seething about exactly. More sex — better. Makes everybody happy and relaxed, able to concentrate on important things instead of fapping to a web thots. Ed’s FR is an ideal society. Making sex a big deal is at the root of all evil.

It's about pushing obviously degenerate and depraved practices on youngsters.
Of course SEX is a good thing,it's a biological need after all,but too much of a Good thing is Bad. And there is a lot of "Bad" stuff to be had here.
It's not fuckin' alright to constantly push tranny orcs and kobolds,Power Word: Hormone Blockers and Summon Tranny spells on kids...

Maybe we should ban anyone under 16 from using a cellphone\smartphone ? Do you know how bad internet porn access has become for young people. Its a huge social problem in SA and young people use their smartphones to access it

They become completely out of touch with the difference between porn, which is a fantasy, and healthy, consensual sexual activity . I dont think games are the problem if you worried about young people becoming corrupted and depraved

Here is a good read that discusses this problem

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/...at-know-about-adolescent-pornography-exposure

 

[NecroLord]

male human warrior

Is there anything else worth playing other than a Gnome Illusionist?

Barbarian

Gnome Barbarian.

Gnome Paladin.

BruceVC Yeah,pretty good article.

 

[Desiderius]

pretty sure they just don't want people to play a white cis male, your apologetic reasoning sounds far-fetched

Yeah man, all those white cis males making the game don't want all those white cis males playing the game to make white cis male characters.

Yes, this is why so few ads on football games have white males ("cis" is a slur), but all the blacks/women act like the ideal the white males who watch have of themselves in their head.

They want to pander to the audience without making it too obvious, so that character/characters gets blackwashed/femalewashed while the (other) white guy is the idiot/villain.

 

[FriendlyMerchant]

male human warrior

Is there anything else worth playing other than a Gnome Illusionist?

Barbarian

Gnome Barbarian.

Gnome Paladin.

BruceVC Yeah,pretty good article.

Why would I play as a Paladin when I could be a fighter/illusionist?

 

[NecroLord]

I know. Why would a gnome want to be an honorable and virtuous Paladin?

 

[FriendlyMerchant]

I know. Why would a gnome want to be an honorable and virtuous Paladin?

Why would I want to be a member of the Paladin's guild when I can simply buy out the leadership of the Paladin's guild?

 

[Cryomancer]

I know. Why would a gnome want to be an honorable and virtuous Paladin?

Why be a paladin when the gnomes can control the paladin guild master via illusion blackmail or enchantment magic and send the paladins into dangerous adventures to enrich them?

 

[underground nymph]

Because master paladin will wisdom check your gnomish shenanigans and fetch a death squad to capture the masterminds responsible for the attempt. A tortures will be used to gather the needed information, threats will be eliminated, finances expropriated, lessons noted. For the good of course.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I know. Why would a gnome want to be an honorable and virtuous Paladin?

Why would I want to be a member of the Paladin's guild when I can simply buy out the leadership of the Paladin's guild?

If you could buy them out, they weren't Paladins at all and you've been cheated of your shekels.

 

[FriendlyMerchant]

I know. Why would a gnome want to be an honorable and virtuous Paladin?

Why would I want to be a member of the Paladin's guild when I can simply buy out the leadership of the Paladin's guild?

If you could buy them out, they weren't Paladins at all and you've been cheated of your shekels.

Every man has his price. Especially Paladins.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

pretty sure they just don't want people to play a white cis male, your apologetic reasoning sounds far-fetched

Yeah man, all those white cis males making the game don't want all those white cis males playing the game to make white cis male characters.

Yes, this is why so few ads on football games have white males ("cis" is a slur), but all the blacks/women act like the ideal the white males who watch have of themselves in their head.

They want to pander to the audience without making it too obvious, so that character/characters gets blackwashed/femalewashed while the (other) white guy is the idiot/villain.

football ads having idiot whites is entirely on point for the people who watch it

 

[Maxwell's Demon]

Has no one even asked why someone would waste time coming up with super special characters when they can only play Act 1? It makes more sense for people to use a throwaway generic character when there's still only a demo to play.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Has no one even asked why someone would waste time coming up with super special characters when they can only play Act 1? It makes more sense for people to use a throwaway generic character when there's still only a demo to play.

So you can see what sort of reactivity there is, to see if it's worthwhile playing a freak outside of cosmetics and stat adjustments. It's not like chargen in these things requires much thought or for you to come up with a backstory and personality. Race, class, set stats in a reasonable order which is fairly obvious in 5E, call it a day.

 

[Infinitron]

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5. What are you looking forward to the most when Baldur's Gate 3 launches?
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[Swen]

Please share your adventures guys.

 

[Longes]