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

[Yosharian]

Some of the regular illithid powers seem super strong btw. Psionic backlash in particular.

Most of them are insanely powerful and trivialise the game

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Some of the regular illithid powers seem super strong btw. Psionic backlash in particular.

Most of them are insanely powerful and trivialise the game

Imagine Larian providing a game mechanic that trivializes combat!

 

[Yosharian]

Some of the regular illithid powers seem super strong btw. Psionic backlash in particular.

Most of them are insanely powerful and trivialise the game

Imagine Larian providing a game mechanic that trivializes combat!

If you had to turn into an Illithid in order to use them, it would actually be a difficult choice...

Instead we get zero consequences and all the power

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Instead we get zero consequences and all the power

Completely different from the rest of Baldur's Gate 3!

 

[Haplo]

Some of the regular illithid powers seem super strong btw. Psionic backlash in particular.

Most of them are insanely powerful and trivialise the game

You need to wait till Act 3 for the really strong ones, though. The earlier are a neat addition - they hardly trivialize anything.

And in Act 3 you're either near or at the level cap and 90% of the game content is trivial regardless, so who cares?

Itemization, including much earlier itemization, is a much bigger balance concern.

 

[Barbarian]

I actually don't plan to use astral tadpole, just the basic powers.

 

[Haplo]

In this case, no worries. Psionic Backlash is pretty weak IMO?

Dominance is much better for non-casters, but you won't get it.

Favourable Beginnings and Luck of the Far Realms are always great, though.
Cull the Weak (+ stack tadpoles) is also nice.
Overload is some nice bonus damage, I guess. But often not worth the (Bonus) Action.

 

[Barbarian]

I will probably use level cap mod but house rule so that you can only take a maximum of 12 levels in a class(otherwise I'm sure higher level features will break an already unbalanced game).

Some classes really don't give themselves well to multiclass. Monk for instance, which is the class I will take. I guess take levels in Rogue after getting shadowstrike? Thief for the extra bonus action maybe. Expertise in stealth goes really well for a shadowmonk.

Shadowheart knowledge cleric and Astarion lore Bard. No idea second class for each upon level 12. Maybe arcane trickster for Astarion. Either Minthara or Laezel for 4th spot. There is a lot of gith theme gear with psychic damage.