Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 Pre-Release Thread [EARLY ACCESS RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Got any good houserules for multiclassing in B/X? It's weird how all demihumans are fighters.

B./X is not really about multiclassing, there's some options so your elves and dwarves arent just sub fighters after they reach their level cap, they got low level cap and supposed to learn a few more martial abilties learned from human races that to compensate for better saving throws and darkvision...Introduced in GAZ5 The Elves Of Alfheim , you can level your elf more as a druid, druidic spells in becmi were specific cleric spells(companion book). In GAZ13 The Shadow Elves, your elf can specialize as wizard(or was it in gaz5 already?) and no longer get martial abilities past the level cap.For dwarf cleric you have to look at GAZ6 The Dwarves Of Rockhome.Those arent houserules but real official material.

I had forgotten to mention the Hollow World Box Set, which includes rules for the Warrior-Elf class, so that all three types of demi-humans can just be fighters.

 

[Elex]

Not true. the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide talks plenty about the Spellplague, and how the Sundering has reversed some but not all the effects of the Spellplague.

and how many NPC you meet in any 5e module that talk about that? how many place show the effect of the spellplague?

 

[Roguey]

the only questions that matter are:

is minsc still alive

why

can i kill him

Already gone over multiple times in the thread but yes, he was turned into a statue, and probably, but that won't be canon/he'll get resurrected like the returning characters in BG2.

 

[Mortmal]

Got any good houserules for multiclassing in B/X? It's weird how all demihumans are fighters.

B./X is not really about multiclassing, there's some options so your elves and dwarves arent just sub fighters after they reach their level cap, they got low level cap and supposed to learn a few more martial abilties learned from human races that to compensate for better saving throws and darkvision...Introduced in GAZ5 The Elves Of Alfheim , you can level your elf more as a druid, druidic spells in becmi were specific cleric spells(companion book). In GAZ13 The Shadow Elves, your elf can specialize as wizard(or was it in gaz5 already?) and no longer get martial abilities past the level cap.For dwarf cleric you have to look at GAZ6 The Dwarves Of Rockhome.Those arent houserules but real official material.

I had forgotten to mention the Hollow World Box Set, which includes rules for the Warrior-Elf class, so that all three types of demi-humans can just be fighters.

Ah yes that a set i am less familiar with,most adventures were in karameikos duchy and surroundings . I think they should reintroduce the basic set and mystara for 6E . Easy to make a few classes archétypes and resurrect the basic set, a simple and faster to play system.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

I hope Minsc isn't in this game.

We are all heroes. You and Boo and I. Hamsters and rangers everywhere rejoice.

Fixed that for you.

 

[Lacrymas]

Tbh, I'd like to see this game have a non-worship-y relationship with BG1 and 2. It's good to have new characters as opposed to wallowing in the old and stagnating.

 

[nikolokolus]

Tbh, I'd like to see this game have a non-worship-y relationship with BG1 and 2. It's good to have new characters as opposed to wallowing in the old and stagnating.

If the Star Wars sequels have taught me anything, it's that it's best to let this hope go. I can't imagine WotC or Sven having enough self-discipline to avoid cramming in as much creatively bankrupt fan service as possible.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

I remember the times when fanservice was nothing more than cute girls doing life introspection while in shower. How fall we have fallen.

 

[Lacrymas]

One of the reasons the sequel trilogy is the way it is is because of the religious devotion episode 7 showed towards the original trilogy. Now the 9th episode doubled down on that due to the very dumb criticism against TLJ and is filled to the brim with fan service nobody liked. So, yeah, sometimes it's better for archeological relics to stay buried.

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

One of the reasons the sequel trilogy is the way it is is because of the religious devotion episode 7 showed towards the original trilogy.

There wasn't fan service in "The Force Awakens" so much as it was a near (deeply inferior) remake of "A New Hope".

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

It had both fanservice and was a copy of a New Hope by a person who didn't understand the movie.

 

[Delterius]

the only questions that matter are:

is minsc still alive

why

can i kill him

Already gone over multiple times in the thread but yes, he was turned into a statue, and probably, but that won't be canon/he'll get resurrected like the returning characters in BG2.

He wasn't turned into a statue. That was the moron writing the adventure module making up headcanon. Minsc's statue in Baldur's Gate is 10 feet tall. I don't recall petrification not only turning you into stone, but also making you larger.

https://www.google.pl/search?q=Mins...h=972#imgrc=2uOX9OJda6rF4M:&spf=1578780893469

Here's a nice height comparison.

the fact that minsc has a statue in baldurs gate makes me want to destroy the city

 

[vortex]

Minsc's statue is a trojan horse

 

[Dramart]

the fact that minsc has a statue in baldurs gate makes me want to destroy the city

 

[Cael]

Tbh, I'd like to see this game have a non-worship-y relationship with BG1 and 2. It's good to have new characters as opposed to wallowing in the old and stagnating.

If the Star Wars sequels have taught me anything, it's that it's best to let this hope go. I can't imagine WotC or Sven having enough self-discipline to avoid cramming in as much creatively bankrupt fan service as possible.

Wait… Disney Star Wars had fan SERVICE? I think we've watched two different trilogies.

Once upon a time, fanservice was Princess Leia in a metal bikini. Nowadays, it is a purple haired stronk wymmyn who almost singlehandedly destroyed the entire Rebellion thanks to her arrogance.

 

[Delterius]

Tbh, I'd like to see this game have a non-worship-y relationship with BG1 and 2. It's good to have new characters as opposed to wallowing in the old and stagnating.

If the Star Wars sequels have taught me anything, it's that it's best to let this hope go. I can't imagine WotC or Sven having enough self-discipline to avoid cramming in as much creatively bankrupt fan service as possible.

Wait… Disney Star Wars had fan SERVICE? I think we've watched two different trilogies.

Fan service in this context is used as in nostalgia bait.

OH LOOK ITS THE MILENNIUM FALCON

also, kylo ren shirtless was a meme

 

[Roguey]

He wasn't turned into a statue. That was the moron writing the adventure module making up headcanon. Minsc's statue in Baldur's Gate is 10 feet tall. I don't recall petrification not only turning you into stone, but also making you larger.

https://www.google.pl/search?q=Mins...h=972#imgrc=2uOX9OJda6rF4M:&spf=1578780893469

Here's a nice height comparison.

Clearly someone cast Enlarge Person on him first.

 

[Ysaye]

He wasn't turned into a statue. That was the moron writing the adventure module making up headcanon. Minsc's statue in Baldur's Gate is 10 feet tall. I don't recall petrification not only turning you into stone, but also making you larger.

https://www.google.pl/search?q=Mins...h=972#imgrc=2uOX9OJda6rF4M:&spf=1578780893469

Here's a nice height comparison.

Clearly someone cast Enlarge Person on him first.

Probably Imoen did it.

 

[Nas92]

Tbh, I'd like to see this game have a non-worship-y relationship with BG1 and 2. It's good to have new characters as opposed to wallowing in the old and stagnating.

If the Star Wars sequels have taught me anything, it's that it's best to let this hope go. I can't imagine WotC or Sven having enough self-discipline to avoid cramming in as much creatively bankrupt fan service as possible.

I'm going to be going in with the expectation that basically the game won't have a single moment without some reference to the first two games, and it will all be cringeworthy and terrible. The actual story and the gameplay will be pretty much only afterthoughts, their most important priority will be unfunny references. This way maybe I will be pleasantly surprised.

 

[Cael]

He wasn't turned into a statue. That was the moron writing the adventure module making up headcanon. Minsc's statue in Baldur's Gate is 10 feet tall. I don't recall petrification not only turning you into stone, but also making you larger.

https://www.google.pl/search?q=Mins...h=972#imgrc=2uOX9OJda6rF4M:&spf=1578780893469

Here's a nice height comparison.

Clearly someone cast Enlarge Person on him first.

Probably Imoen did it.

Not if cuckdog has anything to do with it. It would be Neera if that is the case.

 

[Elex]

He wasn't turned into a statue. That was the moron writing the adventure module making up headcanon. Minsc's statue in Baldur's Gate is 10 feet tall. I don't recall petrification not only turning you into stone, but also making you larger.

https://www.google.pl/search?q=Mins...h=972#imgrc=2uOX9OJda6rF4M:&spf=1578780893469

Here's a nice height comparison.

9 feet with a pedestal.

it's from the 2014 comic not the 2019 adventure.
in the adventure the statue is a real statue (because they replaced the statue after the real minsc was freed)
you also used the link that show the comic.

minsc is just huge next to other people.

 

[Lacrymas]

Minsc gets more and more retarded the more they use him.

 

[Fedora Master]

Minsc gets more and more retarded the more they use him.

He's a throwaway joke character you might play for a one-off pnp session taken way too far because of the memes and name recognition. What are people unfamiliar with the original game most likely to recognize via cultural osmosis alone? Minsc, Jan and the Symbol of Bhaal maybe.

 

[Chippy]

Minsc gets more and more retarded the more they use him.

So Minsc is now a total fucktard.
All anyone needed to know about Minsc - in fact, if he was given a summary that was handed through any IP/product within WOTSC that was going to use him - should be that line from BG2: "Ahh nighttime! Good for sneaking up on evil!".

That's it. It signifies that he's a bit thick, but nuanced and happens to go berserk every once in a while. Although I expect that would require some competent writers.

 

[fantadomat]

Minsc was pretty chad in the BG games,tho i doubt that i will like him in the new one.