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

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

It's funnier not knowing the context at all too.
I can just imagine the shitstorm from the first decision that caused the giant backpedal of the second one.

Ruleset changes. Especially 4e, which tried to dumb down the entire setting as well as the ruleset. Oops, but everyone hated it.

 

[Jermu]

seems like u can swap your attributes around (for example half-elf 2 charisma for 2 str or whatever) so half-elf / 2-2 dwarf are best choice (or halfling with lucky fuckness)

human is trash

 

[Orud]

Reading through lore of the forgotten realms in preparation for playing this game is funny.
"Hey look here's this giant cataclysmic event that changes the entire universe, and the timeline skips 100 years"
"Oh and then there's a second cataclysmic event that actually retcons 90% of the first one, and the timeline skips 100 years again for good measure."

I've never seen such a blatant fuck-up in a setting just from reading wiki articles before. It's funnier not knowing the context at all too.
I can just imagine the shitstorm from the first decision that caused the giant backpedal of the second one.

You've seen it happen before in other media, where instead of paying homage, the shitheads that inherit an existing IP want to insert and shit over established things with their own "better" version. Only with 4E the people in charge "OK'ed" everything that they suggested (except changing the setting's name).

You're also underselling the back-peddling by the way. This wasn't simply restoring a few characters: gods that were annihilated were farted back into existence, characters that were dead returned *suddenly*, entire geographical landscapes and coastlines were magically restored, etc... .

 

[Yosharian]

Reading through lore of the forgotten realms in preparation for playing this game is funny.
"Hey look here's this giant cataclysmic event that changes the entire universe, and the timeline skips 100 years"
"Oh and then there's a second cataclysmic event that actually retcons 90% of the first one, and the timeline skips 100 years again for good measure."

I've never seen such a blatant fuck-up in a setting just from reading wiki articles before. It's funnier not knowing the context at all too.
I can just imagine the shitstorm from the first decision that caused the giant backpedal of the second one.

*Thanos snap* Reality can be whatever I want it to be when I'm the DM.

Anyway yeah it's complete trash. And I say that as someone who actually likes FR

 

[Yosharian]

seems like u can swap your attributes around (for example half-elf 2 charisma for 2 str or whatever) so half-elf / 2-2 dwarf are best choice (or halfling with lucky fuckness)

human is trash

Could you try explaining that again, but in English?

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Could you try explaining that again, but in English?

He's talking about the points you get for racial attribute bonuses.

 

[Reinhardt]

fuck, i hate treehuggers but if siding with them means eradicating things like

i will endure.

 

[Takamori]

Hmm wondering about an old ass prestige class in 3.5, the shadowbane inquisitor. Can I multiclass rogue/paladin and come out with something decent or I can't bullshit my way from penalty with Milthral Full Plate?

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

fuck, i hate treehuggers but if siding with them means eradicating things like

I will point out that you could always just side with the Gobos and kill them all.

Heck, kill the gobos too. Bathe the entire start map in blood.

 

[Jermu]

seems like u can swap your attributes around (for example half-elf 2 charisma for 2 str or whatever) so half-elf / 2-2 dwarf are best choice (or halfling with lucky fuckness)

human is trash

Could you try explaining that again, but in English?

sure

seems like u can swap your attributes around (for example half-elf 2 charisma for 2 str or whatever) so half-elf / 2-2 dwarf are best choice (or halfling with lucky fuckness)
edit and human is indeed trash since no extra feat + I doubt most of time u need more than 3 different attributes

 

[Yosharian]

 

[Fedora Master]

Larian audience.

 

[Orud]

sure

seems like u can swap your attributes around (for example half-elf 2 charisma for 2 str or whatever) so half-elf / 2-2 dwarf are best choice (or halfling with lucky fuckness)
edit and human is indeed trash since no extra feat + I doubt most of time u need more than 3 different attributes

Keep in mind that humans get +1 in every stat. For most classes your focus is on 2 stats but, especially the classic warrior archetypes (barb, fight, pal, ranger), you can't neglect your other stats. The aforementioned warrior derivatives will benefit from an overall higher combination of str+dex+con+(cha/wiz).

 

[Saravan]

sure

seems like u can swap your attributes around (for example half-elf 2 charisma for 2 str or whatever) so half-elf / 2-2 dwarf are best choice (or halfling with lucky fuckness)
edit and human is indeed trash since no extra feat + I doubt most of time u need more than 3 different attributes

Keep in mind that humans get +1 in every stat. For most classes your focus is on 2 stats but, especially the classic warrior archetypes (barb, fight, pal, ranger), you can't neglect your other stats. The aforementioned warrior derivatives will benefit from an overall higher combination of str+dex+con+(cha/wiz).

Even if that wasn't the case elves and especially tieflings are cringe as MC. Fully respect the ability to play drow if swen has made sure that the game shits on them at every instance.

 

[Orud]

Even if that wasn't the case elves and especially tieflings are cringe as MC. Fully respect the ability to play drow if swen has made sure that the game shits on them at every instance.

Not swen's call. Forgotten realms has gotten all happy diverse tree-friends where everyone can play the most absurd monsterous races. Old, human(like) MC focused Forgotten Realms is gone.

At least they've not yet polluted Greyhawk now that they're trying to breath more life back into it. Although I'm quite sure we're going to see Goliaths and Dragonborn shoved in there too one of these days.

 

[Saravan]

Even if that wasn't the case elves and especially tieflings are cringe as MC. Fully respect the ability to play drow if swen has made sure that the game shits on them at every instance.

Not swen's call. Forgotten realms has gotten all happy diverse tree-friends where everyone can play the most absurd monsterous races. Old, human(like) focused Forgotten Realms is gone.

At least they've not yet polluted Greyhawk now that they're trying to breath more life back into it. Although I'm quite sure we're going to see Goliaths and Dragonborn shoved in there too one of these days.

Well Swen did still call them races and not species. So at least we got that. Right?

 

[Orud]

Well Swen did still call them races and not species. So at least we got that. Right?

That'll probably be one of highlights mentioned for the 'Definitive Edition", when they upgrade from 5E to 5.5E.

 

[Yosharian]

Well Swen did still call them races and not species. So at least we got that. Right?

That'll probably be one of highlights mentioned for the 'Definitive Edition", when they upgrade from 5E to 5.5E.

What.

 

[Orud]

What.

For the next edition of D&D. a refinement of 5th edition referred to as '5.5E' or '5.25E', the old term 'races' is replaced with 'species'.

Yes, I was sighing as I typed this.

 

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

So humans, elves, orcs, etc in DnD aren't already different species?

Serious question, all I ever read about the setting was some Planescape and Ravenloft source books.

 

[Herumor]

Serious question, all I ever read about the setting was some Planescape and Ravenloft source books.

Just stick with that and maybe have a look at the 2E books for Dark Sun and you'll never need anything else ever again.

 

[Larianshill]

Soon.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Imoen romance mod

some say the tadpole wrote that one

It was Sven all time, then as a humble moder....

making esoteric belgian edutainment games by day, making weird fetish mods by night

Making esoteric Belgian edutainment games from government funds to sustain hobby as weird fetish mods creator by night*

And now he's making a fetish game! It's this one!

Turn-based fetish game*

How DARE you have your name when King Crispy is an admin here?

Crispy don't hate own dreams.

Even if that wasn't the case elves and especially tieflings are cringe as MC. Fully respect the ability to play drow if swen has made sure that the game shits on them at every instance.

Not swen's call. Forgotten realms has gotten all happy diverse tree-friends where everyone can play the most absurd monsterous races. Old, human(like) focused Forgotten Realms is gone.

At least they've not yet polluted Greyhawk now that they're trying to breath more life back into it. Although I'm quite sure we're going to see Goliaths and Dragonborn shoved in there too one of these days.

Well Swen did still call them races and not species. So at least we got that. Right?

Overton window. For five years you'll say "At lat some characters aren't trans, I am right?".

 

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

Serious question, all I ever read about the setting was some Planescape and Ravenloft source books.

Just stick with that and maybe have a look at the 2E books for Dark Sun and you'll never need anything else ever again.

Looks like Mad Max meets John Carter, painted by Brom.

Man, the 90s really were the golden age of PnP RPGs.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Serious question, all I ever read about the setting was some Planescape and Ravenloft source books.

Just stick with that and maybe have a look at the 2E books for Dark Sun and you'll never need anything else ever again.

Looks like Mad Max meets John Carter, painted by Brom.

Man, the 90s really were the golden age of PnP RPGs.

More like end of 80s a beginning of 90s. In the second part of the decade TSR was sold and everything became more corporate. 2000s brings us some great things, but less and less with every year, and then 2012 happened and we are in current place.

Same story witch cRPG.