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

[jackofshadows]

So Im 10% off from level 10 and soon going to baldur's gate
also every shield I have found so far has been +2 AC, 1h+shield does not look too tempting for melee compared to 2h options
act 2 think I had to retry fight only once, act 1 was closer to 10

There's a simple +3 just lying on the ground next to the bugbear vendor at Moon Towers

 

[Shrimp]

Is it just me, or charisma do not affect prices? Or they changed it so vendor is simply checking the highest?

There is a difference, but it depends on who initiates the conversation.

 

[Barbarian]

Well I was wrong. Thankfully Durge is male he/him by default so won't have to restart the game with a new character.

 

[Desiderius]

Is it just me, or charisma do not affect prices? Or they changed it so vendor is simply checking the highest?

There is a difference, but it depends on who initiates the conversation.

Prices? What are those? Show vendors your Ass.

 

[jackofshadows]

As a bard and lacking in damage, I started slinging grenades, reading scrolls, applying oils and chugging potions very early on.
I feel like if you are a party big on damage, you won't learn to use consumables until you hit a wall at some point and check your inventory for a crutch.

Yes, of course use of consumables isn't needed if not necessary but elixirs/oils are a different kind since they work until long rest. Unless one play with lots of casters so then elixirs would be practically equal consumables. So yeah - for short rest oriented party I would specify their use is even if not seems necessary, actually more useful than it seems. There.

 

[jackofshadows]

Prices? What are those? Show vendors your Ass.

Well sure that too, I killed a few vendors already w/o any regrets plus I'm practically milking Volo - stole shit from him countless times but I'm planning on selling all my bajillion of stuff in BG and buy some so feeling this out beforehand so to say.

 

[Barbarian]

The most challenging fight for me so far was the phase spider matriarch, but mostly because I was underleveled(level 3). I was getting overwhelmed by those spider hatchlings and wrecked by poison and web.

Solution was to sneak around before the fight and burn all the eggs with grease bottles + firebolt before actually starting combat.

I wish more fights were hard and caught you underpowered like that. Most fights I was just powerful enough to handle without needing creative preparation or roguery.

 

[Desiderius]

EK and Bottlemaster are nice and all but pretty sure Froggie is made for Champion. Great Weapon + Sentinel + Brace (there’s rare Glaive in Enclave) + Improved Crit seems like the shit.

Then there’s the extra ten ft on her already big jumps (that she can triple) and Jack of all Trades on STR/DEX/CON checks.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Interesting mods being made. This one adds part AI to the game.

https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/705?tab=description

 

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

There's an invis pot, gust scroll, and web boots, all in the immediate vicinity of the location, so I'm assuming Larian wants you to yeet that spider into a pit and not fight it at all.

I still hit it with a sword.

 

[Reever]

Solution was to sneak around before the fight and burn all the eggs with grease bottles + firebolt before actually starting combat.

You can also just sneak behind and yeet her into the Underdark if you only wanted the xp.

 

[Irxy]

There's an invis pot, gust scroll, and web boots, all in the immediate vicinity of the location, so I'm assuming Larian wants you to yeet that spider into a pit and not fight it at all.

I still hit it with a sword.

Pushed it into a pit with a warlock eldritch blast on turn 1, felt awesome, then you realize you loose loot that way.

 

[Cyberarmy]

There are some really good options for raising caster AC around here. +2 AC bracers, +3 from spider robes and +2 from """Tyr's"""" greatsword, coupled with mage armor, made Will really tanky. I'm thinking to respec him for a little bit to pump his DEX for even more AC.

Armor Bracers stack with Mage Armor?

Yes they do stack with the spell. But +3 spider robe has been nerfed and not gives any AC now Back to heavy armor with Willie

 

[Irxy]

So I read that unless you long sleep regularly you miss tons of dialogs & may even block various quests, since most camp events are only possible during certain often short time windows and don't stack. Can anyone confirm this is still the case in the release version? In EA I would have apparently missed dozens of scenes by only long sleeping 5 times during act 1 surface part.

 

[Barbarian]

Should I be consuming those tadpoles? I have been ignoring them so far, even though I have collected a few.

Those powers seem interesting but I have no desire to be consumed by the disgusting worms made by tentacle monsters who raped probed me on that ship(eventually becoming one).

I assume there are eventual dire consequences for filling your brain with alien parasites - unless Swen went total popamole on this.

 

[Desiderius]

Of course Haplo will also make her into Brekek to get all the dice multiplying.

Far as I can tell Enlarge adds 1d4 to damage which Great Weapon should make 3-4? Don’t think it adds reach yet. Also Advantage on STR checks and bigger size category (obv) for Shoves and Throws.

 

[Yosharian]

There are some really good options for raising caster AC around here. +2 AC bracers, +3 from spider robes and +2 from """Tyr's"""" greatsword, coupled with mage armor, made Will really tanky. I'm thinking to respec him for a little bit to pump his DEX for even more AC.

Armor Bracers stack with Mage Armor?

There's a set of bracers that adds AC if you aren't using a shield, that's what he's referring to

 

[SpaceWizardz]

I thought you have to pick a way to advance from Act I to Act II

This is the most poorly made part of the entire game in my opinion. 90% of people are going to think that from the way it's communicated, but it's the exact opposite: the game *fully* expects you to clear both areas.

Very annoying to find this out after brute forcing my way through Shar's temple/Balthasar/Nightsong.

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

How is minor illusion working out? I love illusion magic in PnP, and BG series did the school a solid. I am hoping BG3 follows suit, but these spells are very difficult to translate to PC.

 

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

At level 5, I randomly figured out touching the malfunctioning teleport does not make you explode, and instead releases Gale into the world.

Is the game trying to tell me something?

Anyway, can you get more portent dice than the two you get at subclass selection? They look like an immensely powerful ability to have, but if two is all you get, and they can't be made to replenish on short rest, that kinda power caps them unless you made your party to spam long rests?

 

[Grunker]

At level 5, I randomly figured out touching the malfunctioning teleport does not make you explode, and instead releases Gale into the world.

Is the game trying to tell me something?

Anyway, can you get more portent dice than the two you get at subclass selection? They look like an immensely powerful ability to have, but if two is all you get, and they can't be made to replenish on short rest, that kinda power caps them unless you made your party to spam long rests?

I believe they become short rest on high level

 

[Grunker]

So Im 10% off from level 10 and soon going to baldur's gate
also every shield I have found so far has been +2 AC, 1h+shield does not look too tempting for melee compared to 2h options
act 2 think I had to retry fight only once, act 1 was closer to 10

There's a simple +3 just lying on the ground next to the bugbear vendor at Moon Towers

+2AC is also a lot because of bounded accuracy.

 

[Desiderius]

At level 5, I randomly figured out touching the malfunctioning teleport does not make you explode, and instead releases Gale into the world.

Is the game trying to tell me something?

Anyway, can you get more portent dice than the two you get at subclass selection? They look like an immensely powerful ability to have, but if two is all you get, and they can't be made to replenish on short rest, that kinda power caps them unless you made your party to spam long rests?

I believe they become short rest on high level

https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Divination_School

 

[Desiderius]

So, uh, just figured out that Rituals don't use spell slots outside combat.

Buffing is back on the menu boys.

 

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

Level 6: Expert Divination: You have an extra Portent Die and you regain any spent Portent Dice after a Short Rest.

Talk about a power spike.