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No. 322534
Bustin' Out of /vgt/ Edition
Launch trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuCfkgaaa08Release trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TmGocqpY0Y
>Wikis:https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Main_Pagehttps://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate_Wiki
>Mods:https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/
>FAQ:>Q: Do I need to play the previous games?>A: No, but you should give them a try. If you don't feel like it, here's a summary of the events: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__GI7CrYnj8>Q: Why aren't my companion quests/romances advancing?>A: Companion quests and romances tend to advance after long rests. If your romance appears to be bricked, maybe you didn't long rest enough.>Q: Can I recruit Minthara without going down the evil path?>A: If you don't pick sides and just proceed without completing the grove questline, yes. But you'll miss out on her romance.>Q: Is Durge essentially "Tav+"?>A: Yes. You get additional content, BUT there are points where if you've chosen to resist the Urge and/or don't complete quests the "right" way, you'll have to pass additional checks to avoid losing companions.>Q: Are there any consequences to tadpolemaxxing?>A: No, you can consume as many tadpoles as you want without consequence. HOWEVER, if you consume the Astral-Touched Tadpole you'll suffer some cosmetic changes.
>Misc:>If you're updating from EA, delete your saves at "%localappdata%\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles\" before playing.
>Polls:>Romance: https://strawpoll.com/NMnQ5kJXYn6>Origin: https://strawpoll.com/3RnYlLkGBye>Race: https://strawpoll.com/kjn18WPzeyQ>Class: https://strawpoll.com/eNg69DKKjnA>Alignment: https://strawpoll.com/PKgl3d87anp>Companions: https://strawpoll.com/bVg8o8l3VnY>Tadpole use: https://strawpoll.com/05ZdWXWY4g6>Durge class: https://strawpoll.com/kogjkdk2NZ6OP copypasta'd directly from /vg/, sorry baddies
No. 322581
I played my first one as a chaotic good-ish high elven oathbreaker paladin (vengeance oath originally) / hexblade multiclass, with sick plate armor, face tattos, and a buzzcut. Her dps was CRAZY and she could survive bosses. Definitely one of the best multiclasses in the game, only wish I could have played as an aasimar instead of elf. I played her around encouraging people to pursue freedom, so she made choices like letting Shadowheart decide for herself whether to spare her family and freeing people from servitude to masters of any kind. What got her to break her oath is having to team up with people she initially deemed morally inferior in order to get rid of the parasite, she had to reconsider her approach to life and realized things are not black and white and you can't punish every wrongdoer with impunity. My Tav killed the two goblin leaders before meeting Minthara and found her quite handsome and sad since she was being mind-controlled by the cult so she left the conflict alone, chose to walk away from it instead of meddling further to impose her will on top of the cult control. I went ahead to Moonrise and freed Minthara so it was nice how that worked out without contradicting her backstory. Tav later romanced Minthara although the sex scene is technically skipped, she did get plenty of cute dialog and kisses from her. Her party was Lae'zel, Shadowheart, Minthara. Shadowheart ended up becoming (headcanon incoming) a follower of Umberlee as a tempest cleric. Her DPS was amazing that way and a chaotic evil god suits her better than Selune who is good aligned imo. As with SH, my Tav encouraged Lae'zel to pursue what she wants, so she ended up going on the journey to liberate the Gith. I really enjoyed my playthrough, I'm satisfied with all my choices though I wish I could have had Karlach in my party somehow (probably instead of Lae'zel, sorry Lae'zel), maybe there ought to be an option to escort some tieflings out of the Grove in the future. It's annoying that the only way to have an all-woman party is to either kill Karlach (indirectly) or Minthara (directly). The male characters don't come with this sort of exclusivity.
My next playthrough I'm going to romance Karlach with Durge, I will go for a redemption arc of sorts. Probably a half-orc. I might get the mod that makes it so knocking Minthara out does not remove her from the game so I can save the Tieflings and then free Minthy because I really really like her and a paladin is always good to have.
No. 322584
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10/10 game, gonna bang gale next
No. 322604
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New patch will allow us to change appearance
No. 322650
I'm on my second playthrough and I can safely say this is the best game I've ever played. I love it. I want to do a Dark Urge play-through at some point but at the moment I am playing with a full custom team because I couldn't decide on my next characters; Dragonborn Bard, Seladrine Drow Cleric of Selune, Dwarf Barbarian and Monk Tiefling. It's so nice playing with full custom characters and what's interesting is they do interact when I walk through the world so they do feel alive still. It's fun to do especially since I did a lot of NPC-heavy stuff in my first playthrough. Is anyone else playing with a full custom party?
One thing I find difficult is being mean to other characters and hurting the NPC's lol. I really like what you said here
>>322581 your playthrough sounds super fun! Im waiting for a full Minthara fix before I try to recruit her.
>>322604Im so excited for this, I wanted to roleplay a bit more and change my character as the story progresses.
No. 322704
>>322650I haven't tried playing with a full custom party, but this sounds like such a fun idea! I'll add it to my running list of playthrough ideas. I'm getting tired of having to deal with companion quests every playthrough, even for companions I love, but I also feel guilty when I don't let them join me kek. I need to remember that they're not real.
With that said, Dark Urge is so much fun, nonna! It's been feeding my desire for a "chosen one" narrative in a game (because unfortunately this isn't super common in fantasy stories anymore) so I've been flying through this run.
No. 322949
>>322918If you don't want to use Gale I suggest playing a character with magic yourself(don't necessarily have to be a wizard or a sorcerer, bard or druid work well). Shadowheart is also very useful if you change her class to light cleric, and spirit guardian and flame strike are extremely useful spells.
I've managed to play the game two times while pretty much only using Shadowheart, Astarion and Karlach while playing as bard and druid. I've never played the game on tactician difficulty though, so I don't know if this advice is helpful on that difficulty.
No. 322953
>>322904I don't think I will be able to do an evil run, I care to much about these pixels kek.
>>322918I really hate how he keeps talking about his ex gf goddess. My current party is, Gale, Karlach and Astarion. With my Tav being a lore bard as support. Playing on tactician and it's really good. Wizards are OP imo.
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>tfw ended up in a duo party with Gale because Astarion got absorbedWell at least he and my Tav get along well enough…
>>322918You can just ask Withers to change some other companion's class to Wizard if you'd rather travel with someone else
No. 324010
>>323925Was curious about that too, from what I gathered, the issue came up after that writer made a post where she implied that Tav x Ascended Astarion was a bad ending for his romance because it means you just see him as a sex object or something? I haven't romanced Astarion so I'm not 100% sure about the details but from what I've read online,
if you let him ascend you either have to leave him or he turns you into his spawn/slave, so it seems pretty obvious that it's a bad ending, though her reasoning sounded kinda stupid. Also she apparently talked about the writers being forced to rush out the game towards the end, which is probably why she ended up deleting those posts eventually.
No. 324031
>>324010You have to be braindead, a teenager, or both to think that Tav x AA isn't a bad ending. I have seen some try defend it purely based on "sexy tho" but it's very clearly an ending where
You will end up being used by Astarion as Cazador used him and that's par for the course for canon DND vampires. He doesn't love you anymore, you're his thing, it's like a BL VN bad end.
Ascending him is basically a bad end for you and him even without romance since
In his ascended ending dialogue he says he will be killing his former allies just n case they turn on him later so even in an ending you don't romance him, he thinks less of any friendship you have and will soon be an enemy.
Seriously dense to not get that.
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>>323925I saw this on reddit and I'm assuming this is what
triggered people. They said it wasn't the official Larian Discord, it was a Discord for the writing team.
Honestly I don't get why they feel offended if that's a bad ending or not. If you like that ending, good for you, it's in the game for a reason and what's a roleplaying game if not an opportunity to experience different outcomes and stories. People kept nitpicking all the details in Astarion's story as if there was "right" idealistic perfect choice. Don't get me wrong I much prefer spawn Astarion and it's clearly written as the "good ending", but I would like if they included more dialogue options about how he will miss the sun or walking into homes and things like that. I prefer to not see endings/choices as good and bad, but rather different outcomes with different consequences.
This has been a pet peeve of mine because I keep seeing people arguing about morality of it all, either defending themselves or attacking and judging others for their choices, when it's such a idiotic discussion. It's a roleplaying game, I actually like the idea of exploring different narratives and pick actions that I wouldn't do in real life.
No. 324092
>>324010I agree that it's a bad ending, although like the other nonna, I hate when things are framed as good and bad because I feel it discourages people from just doing what they want. As though there is a correct and incorrect path to take. In which case, why even bother giving us choices in a branching RPG if we're going to be told that we're wrong to make those choices? Also kek at the last bit you mentioned. That obviously is something you shouldn't be sharing with random fans. I think this entire situation is why I'm a proponent for staying as far away as possible from actors/writers/etc. for media I like. Nothing good ever really comes of it.
>>324085Thank you for the screenshot, nonna! I think I ultimately agree with your take. I prefer spawn Astarion as well because I love how tender he becomes, but I can definitely see the appeal of ascended Astarion and I think it's dumb to use video game choices as a test of morality for people. Fully agree that spawn Astarion did not get enough dialogue! Following the Cazador fight, it did feel a bit…anti-climactic? Probably not the right word, but from what I've heard, there are a lot more scenes with the ascended ending as opposed to the spawn ending. I did adore his graveyard scene, though.
With that said, as much as I love Astarion and his arc, part of me also is sad that for once, when women get a character that is almost entirely aimed at them, it comes with the caveat of a lesson being attached. Men get to objectify characters all the time with no moral judgment so I guess I'm a little disappointed. But I can't be too upset because he's an exceptionally well-written character. I respect what the writers did with him and I'm not sure I would love him half as much if he weren't so complicated.
Thank you both for sharing, this has cleared up a lot! If the drama in this fandom is going to continue on this course (plus the fact that the fandom is infested with scrotes) then I'll probably just go back to enjoying the game on my own in peace.
No. 324125
>>324085This isn't the main writer for Astarion anyway and I'm pretty sure this person is a typical tumblrina, but I digress. I doubt the majority of people who let Astarion ascend are doing it for weird bdsm kink rubbish, just yuck. I thought the main interpretation of the scene was representation of a cycle of abuse, and that tav letting Astarion ascend was pretty accurate to how weak willed you can become in an
abusive relationship. Especially considering Astarion will just straight up rage and leave completely in multiple options of that scene if you deny him.
No. 324361
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God bless these mods, now I can stand to look at Halsin. Gale is next. Too bad I'm too retarded to get it working on Wyll.
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Bonus is that writer's comment on the drow twins sex scene with Astarion. I think she mentioned in a interview about Karlach's romance arc being inspired by her being neurodivergent and struggling with physical touch or something like that. I love the game, but whoever said in another thread that 2010's tumblr users finally landed real jobs in the gaming industry wasn't wrong kek.
>>324092>staying as far away as possible from actors/writers/etc. for media I like. Nothing good ever really comes of itThat's the best you can do and I've been learning that lesson way too late. I've been avoiding fandoms too, but curiosity gets the better out of me and sometimes I check it and most of them I regret it.
>>324125She truly is the typical tumblrina, she mentioned her hobby being fanfiction in her website, as if it wasn't obvious enough kek.
>>324361Why can't you get it to work on Wyll?
No. 324585
>>324462What the fuck is wrong with this writer? Bringing her own dissociative disorder into an unrelated character when it’s clear that Astarion just isn’t the type to be polyamorous. He’s obviously uncomfortable which is
bad. Why would we fucking "normalize" it?
No. 324687
>>324585I think it's fine to indicate he disassociates in the moment, it completely fits with the character he is when it comes to sex and how he hasn't really had consensual sex for 2 centuries.
Normalising that he's not into sex that much after is imo ok. Quite nuanced tbh. I mean he does break up with you if you request sex from him in his Act 2 romance.
No. 324740
>>324462>>324085Is she the one "hobgoblin child"
her words that got hired by the studio at age of twenty?
>>324092>>324085>things are framed as good and bad because I feel it discourages people from just doing what they wantLike with Karlach's storyline
Where she sidesteps any conversations of her dying unless she goes back to Avernus and says that she would much rather die then go back until she has admittedly spectacular meltdown after defeating Gortash about how it isn't fair that she has two choices go back to Avernus or to die here. Many players feel like she has only bad endings because of it which I disagree with, mostly because I've admittedly have experience with terminally ill patients and thought her storyline and character was done perfectly in that regards and would have liked seeing more options on agreeing with Karlach's agency on how she wants to go.
It's bittersweet and not necessarily a happy ending for her but a terrifying realistic progress in that regards. I'm ignoring all of the cut out content that would have possible cured her as even then if they would have been able to fix her, they wouldn't even been able get her a new heart ready in time or if it would just prolong her life and not cure her.>>324687doesn´t he breaks things off if the player forces him to give blood/ or bite Araj the alchemist despite the fact he told the player he didn't want to do so and on a later date, laments about it and how he's been forced to do things he did not want to by others and breaks up with the player because of it? No. 324762
>>324740Yeah
I think you can convince him with Araj if you choose the correct options to not break up Astarion has the most break up opportunities I'm pretty sure, you have to be careful.
No. 324781
>>324687nta but I think the line in that scene fits the character, I just thought it was funny how she was surprised but how people were taking that line. She said
>it wasn't meant to imply he feels bad or goodBut I think most people assume it's bad, since disassociating doesn't feel like the most comfortable thing to do while having sex. All that said, regardless of his writers and their intentions, I truly like Astarion's character. I think he is well written and idc if there is some tumblr weird people behind him, I enjoyed his narrative and how real he felt.
>>324740I agree with everything you said with Karlach. I understand the wish fulfillment of wanting to cure her (she even jokes at some point and asks if you have a wish spell in your bag, which is pretty funny by itself in dnd lore. A wish spell is very powerful but it can act like a monkey's paw sometimes, so god knows what other consequences that could bring), but all that said I think maintaining her core struggle is more realistic and makes for a better narrative. Sometimes we can't save people for everything and that's part of life.
No. 324784
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Twice the Damsel Edition
Volo, Rolan, Barcus and Mayrina
>Fuck
>Marry
>Kill
>Kiss
No. 324788
>>324784kekkk
Kill Mayrina, Kiss Barcus, Fuck Volo and Marry Rolan.
If I married Volo he would talk too much and it would drive me crazy, he probably would run off into a dumb adventure too and force me to save him again. Rolan might develop some drinking problems though. Barcus is bald. Mayrina would
sell our child, I don't trust her.
No. 324872
>>324871I always thought the fact that he was supposed to be attractive was like top tier gaslighting to the citizens of baulders gate because 90% of them will never see him. Like the pics of him in the gazette red room are more like the mod so I thought they showed everyone that.
But yeah, if the game intends for him to be young and attractive he should have a look upgrade.
No. 324884
>>324784>FuckBarcus, because he said neither of us deserve being kissed by one another and the fact he's shy.
>MarryVolo, he'll let me tease him to my heart's content and he's pretty cute in a pathethic way.
>KillRolan because my buggy game killed him in act 3 and I'll never get over it.
>KissMayrina and help her get a scroll of resurrection.
>>324871Biggest catfish in the game. They did this on purpose with making him ugly as he's the only one of the npc with a potato face, notably yellow teeth and dirty despite being rich and seducing everyone to help him to succed.
He
should be handsome. He would't have been as successful otherwise as people don't get swayed by ugly men
npcs with a brief interaction had managed to swoon me with their line and handsomeness then young handsome man Gortash No. 324889
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No. 324929
>>324462>That's the best you can do and I've been learning that lesson way too late.Same, nonna. I've had too much media I enjoyed ruined by sharing it with others. I think some people's interest in things flourish within fandoms but I am just not one of them. Sharing things with others tends to make me hate that thing in the end. At least now I know to completely avoid that behavior in the future.
>>324361Love this preset. This is probably the only male preset I like in this game and it really makes Halsin look so much better. Too bad I gave it to my guardian.
>>324740>>324781Absolutely agree with your points about Karlach.
I came to the same conclusion about her endings and ultimately decided that allowing her the agency to do things on her terms was the most satisfying to me. Was it bittersweet? Yes, but it definitely didn't feel like a bad ending.>>324889>>324908KEK. Nonnas, I know he's a meme, but the romance potential is top tier. If only he were hotter…
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No. 325039
>>324882I wouldn't mind, but 1) I'm very bad at installing mods 2) I play the game on GeForce now so idk if it's possible 3) in the starting menu it always says my files could be damaged by mods etc (even though everything is always fine).
Mostly, I have a gripe with how Act 3 feels a lot less polished than 1 especially but also 2. Nobody comments
that my face is fucked up and veiny there's not even any more racial/class/background option (even though most are very arrogant and I tend not to pick them)
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>>325039>Act 3 feels a lot less polished than 1 especially but also 2Act 3 was rushed by the studio and you can clearly see the drop in quality from act 1 to 2 to 3 along with the fact that act 3 does have game deterring bugs that can ruin the game for you. What nearly ruined my gameplay experience was:
>the gazette questline for making me choose a certain article otherwise it wouldn't work and I had to redo this quest a few times before I realised it.>Game killed Rolan without a reason not game ruining but annoying after I finished his quest and I didn't realise until many saves later.>After a certain point in the House of Hope I couldn't save my game there and afterwards I had to always save my game in Rivington, if I did a quicksave somewhere in the city and wanted to reload it, I couldn't do it.>Any cutscene regarding the big brain final quest after the Astral Plane was a rendering mess which was not problem for me before in any other acts and it only appeared after this point till the end. picrel is one example.
>Racial/class/background option and NPC interactionsThere is certainly less options regarding class and race in act 3 then in the others and I feel like it didn't add much to the story with the option you could have regarding it.
What I was most disappointed with was the NPC interaction with characters like the tiefling you saved in act 1 or even Yenna when she stays in your camp and says one line over and over again. Along it the fact it seems like they just recorded once for the call forth allies meet up as I played through it a couple of times with different outcomes and honestly there wasn't any difference and some just say the same line even when doesn't really fit with what you chose.
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Wasn't Gortash obsessed with his self image to the point he controlled the narrative around him in and being adored seemed to be one of his drives to control Baldur's gate? Since we get a hint of them when the elder brain is trying to brainwash us I thought Gortash tired brainwashing us into believe he is handsome as well kek. He seemed deeply insecure and there were some memos and books that support it.
>>324880>>325039Yes, I hated how aside from one single dialogue from your romance option, there is no comments on the veiny face and I only got that dialogue if I tried breaking up with them. Act 1 is so detailed and it feels such a downgrade compared to Act 3. I actually downloaded the datamined dialogue and I have fun seeing all the different options in the dialogue. When I read act 3 dialogues there is a massive amount of dialogues compared to the previous acts, but what they have in quantity they seem to lack in quality sometimes, which is understandable I guess.
I didn't have many bugs, but the last cutscenes were all weird for me too. Both my friends have better graphic cards than me and it looked fine for them, but for me it was weird. I didn't get to se wither's derrière but It was close. I had to load a bunch of times because I kept getting the "Continue" bug.
>>325069They probably will, other games have done it before and think they did it for divinity 2 in the past. I was mad Gale mentions a party and we get to reply but it doesn't show up. Why bring it up then? At least gives us a party like the tiefling/goblin and let us say our goodbyes to our companions at least.
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why am I attracted to a spider.
No. 325123
>>325113NTA, but I couldn't let him escort me because I met the Harpers before him and that
triggered the ambush quest. I felt really bad about it though, and he has such a cool design. I tried to search spoilers if I could get more interactions, but if you already met the Harpers your pretty much doomed and have to kill him for the lantern.
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No. 325264
>>325262Some really memed themselves into the "I can fix him" and they excuse him like a retarded baby. I love him as a character and I like his romance,
though I headcanon him as way more broken and made up way more evil ending alternatives. But if he was a real person I would probably not like him at all. I don't completely merge my fictional interests with my real self, but a lot of people really can't separate that too well. I've seen posts complaining they get upset over seeing screenshots of Astarion in skimpy outfits because of his trauma. There was a comment complaining about Raphael removing Astarion's clothes and how mean and evil that was. Like yeah,who would have thought A DEVIL would be mean and evil to someone? I like overall all companions, some were way less developed than others and it really shows.
No. 325271
>>325262I'm an Astarion fan myself but I have to admit even I'm getting tired of him in my most recent playthroughs. It was entertaining at first but I'm ready to permanently bench him. Planning on doing a good party only soon because all the evil party members are beginning to get on my nerves.
>>325264I also separate my fictional tastes from my real life tastes and I think that's where a lot of discourse about liking characters like Astarion tends to come from. Some people forget that not everyone wants their fictional world to represent their real life. If he were real I would run in the other direction with the number of red flags he's constantly waving, but I tend to tolerate a lot more stuff in fiction that I would not tolerate irl because it's all a part of a larger story.
Btw, would you be willing to share some of the ending alternatives you came up with?
>I've seen posts complaining they get upset over screenshots of Astarion in skimpy outfits because of his trauma.Yeah…I've been seeing the same thing particularly on reddit and tumblr. I understand relating to Astarion's trauma but some people behave as though the treatment of Astarion's trauma is an attack on their own trauma. They take it so far to the point they get offended on the behalf of a man who does not even exist.
No. 325302
>>325152I actually really like Gale's design, imo he's handsome in a not-too-blatant kind of way and I'm a sucker for men with earrings
>>325180Yea same tbh, I like him as a character but the constant simping by his fangirls is getting annoying.
Also the thought of fucking a vampire grosses me out, I will never get over the fact that he's technically dead already No. 325881
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>>325309You are not the only one it seems
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>"[Astarion] is a cat. He's a black cat. There's a stray that comes into my house called Red… and he's quite feral. It took me three years before I could pick him up and hold him. He's totally cool with me now. Three fucking years. He gave me a lot of inspiration about Astarion". - Neil Newbon, on developing Astarion's physicality and mannerisms
I find this really important
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No. 326103
>>325146why…
>>325958he looks like he has seen some shit
No. 326360
>>326358Well they're dumb, all comps are canonically at least bisexual (Neil said he's pan and obv that's a meme sexuality irl but in a world with actual beast people it makes more sense)
Implying flamboyant mannerisms = gay is both homophobic and reinforcing gender stereotypes
He flirts with a halfling woman down in the sewers (who I think is made to look fairly attractive for a short race) And has no issue romancing a female Tav/Durge. 2 out of the thousands he's seduced isn't a great metric anyway.
The other instances of his attraction to men is just yeah sure why wouldn't he, bisexuals also like men lmao Technically the insistence that bisexuals must always fawn for both equally is biphobic. I really doubt a gay man would have sex with a woman just because she's an 'exotic' woman.
He just comes across as a bisexual who prefers men to me. He canonically likes both so they don't have a leg to stand on. They're all teens so just bring up how homophobic and sexist their points are and they'll clam up.
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Do you think it ill win GOTY? I think it obviously should but I'm scared Zelda freaks will ruin it. BG3 is the highest rated game in history on PC on Metacritic. It's impressive how successful and popular in the mainstream it became given the fact it's a turn based RPG so a niche genre nowadays. The fact it was made by a belgian studio and blew american AAA titles away and caused panic among gaming devs. The fact it managed to serve common fantasy tropes in a fresh and captivating way. I don't even talk about the quality of writing, of over 300 hours of gameplay if you want to actually explore everything, the story, the characters, music etc. It's all top notch. I never cared for GOTY but now I really really want it to win. I want it to triumph even more over soulless uninspired cash grabs, even though it already triumphed.
I played BG2 in the past but for some reason I wasn't that interested in playing BG3, at least not immediately after launch, and I was one of those horny bitches who quickly picked it up because of Astarion. But holy shit it's so so much more than that. 20 years from now I will look at it as one of the great classics and it will fill me with nostalgia
No. 326412
>>326374He was supposed to have a fu manchu type beard so idk. I kinda think they look the same age.
>>326385I've played both and BG3 deserves it way more, the first botw is in my gaming top 3 but TOK just isn't as good so I think it would be fine for it to take second place.
No. 327282
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>>327222>Tumblr 2013-tier Twilight shitThat's part of the appeal I think. A lot of women are into pretty vampires, especially the "I could fix him" types. I kinda get it, though I never cared much for vampires personally, like they low key gross me out. But considering how hard I fell for the damn wizard, I can't even blame anyone for obsessing over Astarion.
No. 327283
>>327003Do you think there's a chance BG3 will be people's gateway into Baldur's Gate 1+2 and other old rpgs?
I remember I got into Fallout 1+2 and other retro rpgs after the hype behind fallout 3, so maybe the same thing will happen to people here.
No. 327306
>>327283Unfortunately I don't think so. Some of them sure, but it won't be a lot
Baldur's Gate 2 was very popular in my country and it received a very good dubbing here, it was always high in my top of all time games
No. 327311
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>>327222>>327298Tell me you didn't love Preminger as a little girl without telling me you didn't love Preminger as a little girl
No. 327383
>>327222He's just my type, acts tough but is actually insecure and is a slut. He gets extra points for being evil.
>>327298I never found him super ugly but it's definitely an acquired taste. I still use a mod to make him less wrinkly tho.
No. 328655
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>>328515Tell us the milk nona, are the moids seething over the cute vampire?
No. 328671
>>328639>>328655The threads on /v/ have dedicated schizo(s?) which post the following:
- "proof" that Larian is doing the bidding of their Chinese overlords (Tencent), which is to disrupt western culture by including LGBTQ+ themes in their games.
- "proof" that Larian bought bots (with Tencent's money) to a) create shill threads on /v/ b) artificially boost player counts on Steam
Unfortunately for the schizos, one of them accidentally posted the "proof" in a thread for an unrelated game (Witcher 3 (I imagine because of how relatively similar the cutscenes look)). This blunder caused them to be mocked even more.
Additionally, because of Starfield's release (another large RPG, developed by Bethesda, released a month after) the anti-Larian schizos were assumed to be pro-Starfield shills, which in turn were assumed to be Indians because a) Bethesda outsourcing their work to India (based on Starfield's end credits) b) Bethesda being owned by Microsoft, which is relevant because of the "microsoft support" Indian scam callers. This caused a flood of name-calling (rajeesh, pajeet, etc.) and street-shitting "memes" (very explicit AI-generated images of Indians "doing the needful") to be spammed in response to a variety of posts, including the "CCP owns Larian" posts.
Besides that, common talking points include:
- the game being woke (mainly because of gay romance, pronouns, black people and the drag queen in act 3)
- the game being a bland dating sim/weg (western erotic game). I imagine this is mainly because of a) prevalence of BG3 waifu threads b) how often the "sex" scenes are brought up
- the game being unfinished, buggy and front-padded (as to prove that BG3 is as bad as any other AAA game released in the past few years)
- the game being "reddit" (because of Larian's style of writing) + having bad writing in general
- the game being boring (turn-based combat)
An another popular topic, which deserves a bit more explanation, is Halsin (and the bear sex scene). Some moids concluded that if having sex with a druid polymorphed into a bear is not zoophilia then a druid polymorphed into a child should not count as pedophilia and therefore should also be in the game.
Additionally, Halsin is tightly connected to the waifu threads because of his interaction with Shadowheart. Shadowheart was assumed to be the "trad" romance - white, monogamous, wanting to settle down and start a family, etc. Surprisingly she turned out to be the only female romanceable companion that a) Is completely okay with you (the player) hiring prostitutes (the drow twins in act 3) b) Wants to join your threesome with them c) Wants Halsin to also join, making it a fivesome. This of course lead to "bear posting", which besides calling everyone that romanced Shadowheart a cuck, consisted of a ton of bear/Shadowheart edits/memes. Because of this, despite Shadowheart's initial popularity, her waifu threads are practically non-existent.
Of course, due to how prevalent false-flagging is on /v/, all (or parts) of this could, in theory, be fake.
also
>>328655, Astarion is generally liked on /v/, often being called the best companion.
No. 328681
>>328671I know they're dumb but the idea of Shadowheart being a tradwife option is hilarious, not that traditional races exist in dnd but the idea that she's the white tradwife stereo is even funnier because she's mixed race. (half elf)
I'm so glad there's spaces on the internet to talk about Video games with only other women because oh my god.
No. 328691
>>328671>Larian is doing the bidding of their Chinese overlords which is to disrupt western culture by including LGBTQ+ themes in their gamesKEK they're so predictable.
>one of them accidentally posted the "proof" in a thread for an unrelated game (Witcher 3 (I imagine because of how relatively similar the cutscenes look)). This blunder caused them to be mocked even more. Actually laugh-out-loud hilarious. 4tard tales are always so fucking funny.
No. 328693
>>328671>Shadowheart was assumed to be the "trad" romance - white, monogamous, wanting to settle down and start a family, etc. Surprisingly she turned out to be the only female romanceable companion that a) Is completely okay with you (the player) hiring prostitutes (the drow twins in act 3) b) Wants to join your threesome with them c) Wants Halsin to also join, making it a fivesome. >Shadowheart's initial popularity, her waifu threads are practically non-existent.I was the who sperged out about the dumb troon in the vidya thread as I had romanced Shadowheart the first time around. While I did like Shadowheart in the begin, however as time passed I found her romance rather inconsistent and honestly not in character from the behaviour she shows in game and honestly I forced myself not to break up with her in the latter parts of act 2 just to see if it got better, it didn't.
While I won't try to make bullet list of what I disliked about her character and story, I will say that I liked being able to joke around with her in the romance dialogues, the romance cutscences and admittedly the epilogue
selune/mercy kill, I have seen the non mercy kill ending and liked that too as it is consistent to her character arch and character. I got annoyed by the simpering troon and her reactions to the prossies and Halsin
didn't help that I disliked him which to me seemed out of character and shocked me a bit as it seemed to be contradictive to her inital behaviours regarding strangers but as she said only on physical levels and not emotional ones and could be framed as character development but I disgress. Regarding the wanting to have a family comment is that only viable if your male? Played as a female one and don't remember seeing that. I mean all the retards on /v/ wants to "breed her and have mah babaeies" and whatnot.
I'm going to try to romance Lae'zel the next time I play through the game as I really liked her character development throughout game and I quite liked her as we caught glimpses of her in game.
No. 328702
>>328693Nooo, how does her romance get worse? I found her like/dislike
triggers interesting and they seem more nuanced then some. I’m still only in act 1,
I gave her the Noblestalk and thought it was cute she had a purple Tiefling friend because my tavs also a purple Tiefling and as captivating as I find her I’m not really looking to do the whole sex scene thing unless it has story payoff. Would you say romancing her is worth it or is her story just as good remaining as friends?
No. 328756
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>>328693>which to me seemed out of characterMight be because Halsin and Shadowheart are both supposedly written by the same person,
https://twitter.com/mrjohncorcoran. I've read somewhere that Halsin is supposedly his self-insert, although how true is that I'm not particularly sure.
>regarding the wanting to have a family comment is that only viable if your male?no idea honestly, i only saw moids mention it. Pic rel is, or rather was, quite often reposted, seemingly to prove their point. I guess she doesn't explicitly say that she wants a family.
>>328679if /v/ moids are representative of moids in general, then from what i can tell Halsin and Gale are the most disliked ones.
No. 328765
I don't play BG3 but holy shit the the OP pic is cute fanart
>>328671based /v/ nonna, you summed it up really well
I know they're super obsessed with Shadowheart tho
No. 328994
>>328885I will mod Gortash to be a handsome young man
I will kek at the seething redditors
I will enjoy my sexy villain
That is all
No. 329327
>>329267There's a mod to change the other characters' appearance, maybe it works with gender too. There's also ones to change voice so maybe you can turn them all into girls.
Halsin also grosses me out. Old men are disgusting. I turned him into a bishonen so I could romance him and he says the corniest lines. I can't imagine an old guy saying this, gross.
No. 330205
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>>330075>>330103He wants in no matter who you are dating. I don't think you can avoid this conversation with him if you have him at your camp. Just by speaking to him and being nice flags as with you flirted with him. Even with you managed to avoid
triggering those flags, the game still has some backup dialogue about how he feels a connection to you.
No. 330206
>>330113Yes but it is written by dnd nerds, I know plenty of dnd'ers that have had sex but I know of exactly 0 in relationships (that last) but like that's always been fantasy RP to me, clunky, unrealistic, weird.
>>330200He came onto you strongly (stronger than usual ik) when the game first came out and so it was kind of a homophobic reaction because companions seek you out rather than the other way round which gasp, means the person who comes onto you may be of the same sex. So, I've seen a lot of dudes dislike this and Gale is likely one of the first party members to come onto you and he comes on strong. You don't see women complaining about Lae'zel in the same way so yknow, males.
No. 330224
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>>330113Given the lead romance writer is the person from these
>>324085>>324462posts, it makes sense if that's how you feel. From her website:
>I am currently working full time at Larian Studios as a Senior Narrative Designer. There I am the feature lead for companion characters and romances.>In my free time I enjoy reviewing films, LARP, writing fanfiction, and dressing like Oscar Wilde on a daily basis.Also found picrel from Reddit. Includes some posts mentioned upthread and some new stuff. No idea what the hell the blocked out stuff is.
No. 330311
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My coworker is a huge nintendo soyboy and he tells me that TOTK will definitely win GOTY over BG3 and I want to stomp him
No. 330413
>>330362Nonono
nonnie I meant the bg3 writer in the screenshot, not you. I'm sorry
No. 330430
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>>330413It's okay nonna, that's entirely my fault. I read it correctly the first time and then began to overthink and went on the defensive lol. No worries!
No. 330440
>>330438i bet she calls herself MLM and a true boy appreciator unlike those pesky dumb cishet girls
its pathetic how many essays i see in comments over simple dialogue options
No. 330443
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>concept of 'why are we always so compelled to do terrible things in video games in the first place?'>>330224>people have just seen EA Astarion as a sex object>I saw the perfect opportunity to present a deconstruction of the concept of parasocial sexualisation of fictional charactersWhy was she so focused on breaking the fourth wall and adding real life commentary to her writing? Nothing she aimed for really delivered, because she seemed not to understand how the writing would reach the player. You would need to actually integrate the writing with the gameplay.
She says ascended Astarion is a sexual gratification for the player, but at no point before or during the ritual we are hinted about a possible sexual reward with the ascension. Anyone playing the game without knowing spoilers would base their decisions on anything but sex, because Astarion never promises to fuck you if and only
if he ascends. To make this even worse, spawn Astarion finishes his romance arc by immediately trying to have sex again too, so when she says
>considering how much video games do often frame sex as the ultimate goal of any romantic interactionIt falls flat because astarion still fucks you in his spawn ending.
I apologize for the rant, I am just amused by how she detached her comments seem from the game. Whoever said it's written by people who have ao3 as their reference is spot on kek.
No. 331700
I went back on an old save and got the haarlep scene!
it's good now I'm going to start a new playthrough durge.
>>330319right, it feels really rushed. maybe they're going to fix it, like they fixed the halsin romance issue (I would talk to him one time and he would act like we were in a relationship.)
>>330357people can't seem to differentiate between fiction and reality anymore
No. 331708
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By looking at the gameplay, (I’m very unfamiliar with games like this) is it even playable on console? Looks like it would be such a hassle with a controller, or am I wrong?
No. 332017
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>>331945>>331926>>331929Huh wow thanks anons I really thought it would be a shitty experience but I guess I was too judgmental!
No. 333486
>>333059Yes a lot of people on the subreddit are saying that too. Companions not following after you anymore, a lot of things not
triggering properly etc
No. 333567
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do u like the hair
No. 333952
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>>333567I know some of you hate Astarion, but this is going too far.
No. 334166
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>>333947NO U
I love my autistic wizard husband btw
No. 334179
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>>334177i couldn't find a long hairstyle that would be flattering with his face shape so i just gave him a cute black cut
No. 334192
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>>333567>>334177Get the mod with long but wavy hair. Straight hair doesn't fit him at all
No. 334195
>>334179Ngl
nonny unfortunately he is giving me Snape vibes here
No. 334242
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>>334192Seconded, I feel wavy hair fits him better.
No. 334246
>>334192noted
>>334242looks good
nonny! I'll come back with an update.
No. 334298
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>>334297Sorry nonna, it's not a mod, it's from a blender artist @noctis_no. The closest we got in is this one
>>334192 No. 334352
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So, I tried modding the game and this the character creation screen now kek
No. 335438
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Did the latest patch break the game for anyone else? Dialogue is all messed up now, if I hadnt played the game already I would have gotten massive spoilers for future events bc the character spout dialogue for events thah havent happened yet. Quest item dissapper making it impossible to continue the game etc. Funny is that I think the game just gets buggier and buggier with each update, it was perfect at release for me and now its pretty much unplayable.
Also this is my favourite twink
No. 339446
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Does anyone have recommendations for female let’s players playing bg3? I really miss watching hour long let’s plays like the old YouTube days
No. 340266
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Looks like most players chose Shadowheart, Karlach, and Laezel to romance. I'm surprised Astarion isn't on there, but I guess the male players must greatly outnumber the female players.
No. 340474
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>>340266>I'm surprised Astarion isn't on thereAmong male companions, Astarion is only the second most popular love interest. Gale is the most popular (which was surprising to me but also made me happy). Astarionfags exist only in a tumblr/twitter/AO3 bubble.
No. 340489
>>340474gale is also the most played origin character, funny how it didn't change from the early access days
>>340482kek what
No. 340611
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>>330311Tonight was your night
Nonnie BG3 won GOTY and a couple other awards.
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>>340544I think romancing Gale after romancing Astarion feels even better than if you started from Gale. It feels so complete, I feel such comfort and love while romancing him. Light of my life
I'm still kinda salty about Astarion favouritism from larian tho, they treat him like their mascot, he had the biggest amount of dialogue with durge, more than any other companion. How is this fair? Characters like Karlach feel so bare in comparison, like they just didn't put equal effort. Also the VAs for other companions basically never met their writers and they didn't work with them which is kinda??? Lame? Only Astarion VA was introduced to his writer. I wish other companions got that amount of attention
No. 340667
>>340658I'm sorry if being in a non-
toxic relationship is boring for you by deafult
No. 340680
>>340677Why? In reality, most moids ARE
toxic so a non
toxic man who's tender and loves you unconditionally is an actual fantasy. So it's not boring.
No. 340681
>>340680Sorry
nonnie I don't interact with real men at all. In fiction for women most men are attractive and kind so having yet another one who loves you unconditionally is boring.
No. 340690
>>340667What? How was Karlach's romance
toxic? Also I mean the characters are boring to me personally and that's what I've heard other women talk about as well
No. 340702
>>340682Like I said most relationships in fiction are healthy and devoted. What real life moids do is irrelevant. For fiction standards it's absolutely boring.
>>340693No, this is the obnoxious Galefag who got upset because
>>340658 said Gale was boring. Astarion's relationship is obviously
toxic as well.
No. 340711
>>340266I know it's probably because of the large male fanbase but I like to pretend it's just because BG3 is overflowing with lesbians. This has been the first video game I've ever played where any of the female love interests have been genuinely compelling to me (tragic ik, too many games have lukewarm female characters), it's too bad the romances for everyone ended up a little sparse in comparison to Astarion's. I also think Wyll is neat, but absolutely got shafted in the story and romance department. I used to think Astarion was an interesting character and was generally neutral about him, but him being ever-present online thanks to incredibly obnoxious fans made me get sick of him.
Speaking of lesbians, Isobel and Dame Aylin are everything to me and I wish I had that. I love them both so much.
No. 340729
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>>340702Just because something happens more often than diddled
toxic love interests, doesn't mean it's boring. Especially for me; if it feels good, it's never boring. Also, there may be many respectful fictional lovers, but not many of them have that autistic rizz I fell for.
>>340684>Gale is objectively the better choice.He is. Not only he's not as ugly as Astarion and doesn't talk like a faggot, but his love isn't self centered, although he also has redflags like being power-hungry. His love is unconditional though. I think the "ascension" brings out
the worst of a character, and ascended Astarion doesn't love you. He literally doesn't. Gale ascended to godhood not only still loves you, but (Spoilers if anyone cares) he wants to also ascend you because he doesn't want you to feel like you're beneath him, like he felt in relationship with Mystra. He wants to be your equal. What does ascended Astarion give you? Kek if you don't want to turn into a spawn he will confess that he would've used and abused you if you did. If you do become the spawn, he thinks you're degrading yourself for him. Wow so hot le epic
toxic vampire boyfriend, degrading me for eternity. So hot. I think the women with martyr/savior complex actually
love to dwell in their own trauma and it makes them feel better than others, and that's why they romaticize the entirety of Astarion as a concept. Personally I think Astarion needs a friend way more than he needs a lover. The one thing I hate about this game is that it actually doesn't allow you to develop truly deep, platonic bonds with characters, only romantic ones. As if that's what everybody needs and you can't heal and believe you're worthy without romantic love. Anyway bitch give me that godhood and my own domain (the comfy human professor Gale is still objectivelly the best ending tho because I'm boring and I want my hot vanilla fantasy autistic husband wish fulfilment and I have a teacher fetish).
No. 340731
>>340723Twitter/tiktok is the biggest pro astarion hivemind. Thinking romancing him is shit is actually true counter culture now.
Also I think I was on lolcow before you two.
No. 340751
>>340550this is such a funny thing to say
nonny i love you lmao
No. 340921
>>340711>I used to think Astarion was an interesting character and was generally neutral about him, but him being ever-present online thanks to incredibly obnoxious fans made me get sick of him. Same, it also doesn’t help that people have been equally weird about his VA. I have hardcore fatigue from both of them unfortunately.
>Isobel and Dame Aylin are everything to me and I wish I had that. I love them both so much.God me too. Aylin in particular is such a cool and refreshing character. Moids seem to despise her which just means more for me.
No. 341016
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>>340729Tim really needed to pay some bills with the way he delivered those lines (and a few others). I can't remember the last time when a fictional man had me in a chokehold like this. Thanks for ruining men for me, forever
No. 341124
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No. 341398
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I'm crying because Gale isn't real
No. 342503
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I just read that netflix is in talks to acquire the rights to BG3 for a live action movie/tv series. Please god NO, don't let them do it. Are they fucking retarded? If they want to makee an adaptation it should at least be animated, in a style similar to Arcane, and with the original cast of voice actors from the game. The voices are such integral parts of the characters, especially for Astarion, Gale and Raphael, they can't just fucking cast some randos in wigs, they will never be able to emulate the voices, mannerisms, little nuances. God I fucking hate netflix. If they really decide to make an adaptation I still hope someone will come up with the animation idea.
Also, wouldn't an adaptation require to make a "canon" Tav? I don't want that either. God just fucking stay away from this property shitflix
No. 342505
>>342503Live action cash grabs and making games more mainstream to get at the normie TV show audiences for more funko pop sales are so grating at this point. I'm reaching a point of being so jaded by them that I roll my eyes at every new headline about them and just ignore them completely unless I hear total raving about the end result actually being phenomenal (like TLOU).
Given how poorly Netflix generally handles fantasy, if they go through with a live action BG3 it'll probably be a bastardization akin to TW3 that diverts from the storyline in a bunch of weird ways with writers who know nothing about the series or dnd and actually have thinly-veiled disdain for it.
No. 342524
>>342503Oh yay, it's gonna be filled with sex, isnt it? Whats the point of making a live action out of a game that is supposed to be personalized based on a player's choice and actions? I hate this trend of making everything video game related into a live actions.
I hate normies so much. I went to Last of Us themed haunt this year and there were a ton of people there who only watched the show even though the haunt was based on the video game. Like, we lost so much as nerds when both anime and gaming became super mainstream.
No. 343117
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>>334298>>334297>>334242If anyone is still insterested, I finally found which mod it was. A month late, but just in case it helps someone out there.
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/1420 No. 343136
>>342503>a style similar to ArcaneI really hope not, while it worked for that game's adaptation, I don't think it fits baldur's gate, but I get where you are coming from, it would be the lesser of two evils. I really can't stand the idea of a real life adaptation. The Witcher series looks like shit to me, I can't stand looking at henry cavill with those contacts and ugly wig.
>>342679What is there to discuss about the gameplay? There only thing I remember was that the game gets easier as we progress. Act 1 on tactician was the hardest part and it progressively looses the difficulty as we get more spells and levels, that was my only issue with the gameplay because the final fights don't feel very epic as they should. Still, it was overall consistent and the fights are interesting nonetheless, they don't end up being boring. I have yet to play the new difficulty though.
>>342721>codedOh come on.
No. 344052
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I gave him black hair what do you think
No. 344143
>>344101Personally idgaf what Neil does ore says, this pretentious moid can't shut the fuck up about "nonbinaries" and trannies and how much this game is welcoming of them. He also said that Astarion is canonically pansexual, which in non-pretentious language means "bisexual".
Irl most men who desribe themselves as bi prefer dicks kek.
No. 344150
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>>344145>a fagtoryanon, my sides
No. 344241
>>344203This anon
>>344143 is the galefag who seethes and writes in a really edgy way the second an anon likes Astarion.
No. 344243
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>>344203>attractive>old flamboyant faggotAnon has it ever occurred to you that the reason he's so popular with gendies is
because his type of unattractive, old, whiny faggot crosses a line that filters most normal women? They get off on pretending he's attractive despite it, proving themselves to be the ultimate nlogs.
No. 344246
>>344241>she thinks only one woman here thinks Astarion is uglyMy sweet summer child. I also started as an astarionfag but the more I saw of him the more ugly he appeared to me. When I saw him without his hair I was Jesus christ la creatura. His hair literally makes his physical appeal. And Neil ans his fandom made me hate him ever more
Anyway, nothing you say changes the fact most bi men prefer dicks
No. 344369
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All my friends tease me for choosing Gale to romance and it's kind of annoying and pisses me off. Sorry for choosing the male character that is polite, morally good, loves you unconditionally, and has a fucking talking cat.
No. 344374
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>>344369Oh no, you didn't choose someone
toxic and unstable and who needs "fixing" and your emotional labor, the drama
You're not even in a minority for choosing him, he's the most popular male romance. I like his premise; burned-out gifted child who thought he could only be valued for his talent/magic and not for the person he was so he was always power-hungry people-pleaser and had the ambition to become a god because as a human he never felt "enough". But you can convince him that it doesn't have to be this way and that he's in fact enough the way he is.
That character progression is similar to Astarion's except far less draining to me, and when Astarion's turn may or may not happen in a very dramatic setting, you can decide Gale's fate during one quiet conversation, and some people even miss that because they don't expect that moment could be so impactful. I think his "good" ending is also objectivelly the best for him, but even if you choose to ascend him, he offers you way more than ascended Astarion.
The main difference between the two (besides obvious BPD vs autism) is that Astarion thinks he deserves love but doubts that anyone could give it to him and doesn't know whether he's still capable of loving, while Gale has enormous amounts of love to give, but doesn't believe he's worthy of any.
It's annoying that people who don't even give him a chance reduce his character to "annoying eating magic items" or call him vanilla kek. As if being vanilla in today's pornified culture was something bad. Astral gangbangs are not even vanilla in my book but what do I know
No. 344379
>>344374I mean gale is obsessed with his ex to the point of
wanting to become a god just so he can one up her, constantly talk about her and is clearly still in love with her. None of the male companions are bf material imo.
No. 344381
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>>344379Except then he gets over Mystra and says there's no more love
Also says he can live without godly powers but not without Tav
No. 344384
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>>344378Fine, he's also much hotter than the other male romances too. Better than some pale faggot.
No. 344400
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Im sorry i dont want to continue the infighting, but as neither a gale or astorian fan girl i just have to say that Gale also looks old and ugly sometimes in game. Like depending on the lightning the characters can just look either really ugly or just normal/pretty. There are scenes where i think astarion and gale look pretty, and some where they just look old. The female characters in general look less older to me, they have less wrinkles no gray hair ect.
For my second playthrough i used a mod that i could romance all characters, because i just want to experience all the scenes im autistic like that. I have downloaded a mod to make astarion and gale look younger, could not find one for wyll sadly. The female companions already look pretty enough too me, even lae'zel has something cute imo.
By the way im not saying there is something wrong with looking old, its just that my tav is also beginning 20s and i dont want to romance someone looking like they are 40.
No. 344437
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>>344379I wish it was clearly stated how old Gale was when approached by Mystra. She was his teacher and he started to display magic abilities at just 8 years old (as stated in the letter Elminster leaves for him if Gale ascends). Even if he was a teenager it's still creepy, especially in the context of that one dialogue from Minsc after Gale speaks to Mystra, how in his homeland people used to hide young boys with magic abilities so that Mystra doesn't snatch them up. I don't want to use the "grooming" word but that sounds pretty fucked up kek. Anyway, I think it's clear he was pretty young, she was his teacher and a literal goddess, I'm not surprised it impacted him so hard and caused him to set some unrealistic, unhealthy standards for himself and it was hard for him to let go
I head a weird relationship with one of my teachers, although thank god it never became sexual, it can fuck with your head No. 344708
>>344558I've already gotten over 100 hours in in, having a ton of fun. But the male romance options are so unserious lol. For our first playthrough he accidentally romanced Gale and I the
emperor. For our second he is romancing Lae'zel and I went for Minthara in act 1 and Shadowheart in act 2. The difference is massive.
No. 345117
>>344246If everyone was craving dicks prostitution wouldn't exist. You wouldn't have to pay to rape a child fag if everyone wanted your repulsive body.
Women have softer more beautiful features, better hygiene, better looking bodies and genitals etc. You faggots don't stand a chance. That's why men pay to fuck us and you're second choice at best. As if bifags don't seethe and cry biphobia when women reject them because they want us so badly and to avoid settling for a badly ageing fag with a loose butthole.
(off topic sperging) No. 345572
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>Wyll is boring
>Halsin is a gross bear dick slinger
>Gale suicidebaits and jerks off to his ex
>Astarion is a faggot
Larian grow some balls and let me fuck the spider
No. 345584
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>>345572kek, my females drow talked some shit to him and he basically sulked.
No. 348153
>>344507Oh
nonnie my
nonnie No. 353508
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So I'm a half-drow woman and ngl, when Minthara said that my "cute face makes up for the imputiries of my blood" I cried a little, I love her.
No. 353820
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Never had a thing for baras until this mofo came around, I just know he would threat me right. Also I am seething at all the dad bod fanart out there
>>326358i love my pretty, slightly effeminate vampires but honestly that was the reason I had a very hard time romancing him, his whole demeanor is very gay coded imo. Not that it's a bad thing, but romancing him gives me heavy 30s rock "that's the first gay man I ever kissed" vibes kek.
No. 353823
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>>353820I need a mod with his hair down asap
No. 353906
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If Larian's next game was in a Dungeons and Dragons world other than Forgotten Realms, what would you want to see?
Personally, I'd vote for Ravenloft, Dark Sun, or Mystara, since none of them have had new video games in 20+ years.
No. 355130
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I just finished the game for the first time and these are my opinions on the various characters.
Make one yourself:
https://tiermaker.com/create/baldurs-gate-3-characters-693853 No. 355469
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>>353820>>353823My beloved Halsin nonnies rejoice lemme kiss you.
I’m late to the Astarion evil/good ending discourse, but I think the reason a lot of people are sperging over him is because they project their own sexual trauma/insecurities into him and tumblrinas are just generally obsessed with fags, so they just HAVE to mold him into this sensitive precious babygorl. It’s nauseating.
In my 1st playthrough I romanced Astarion, let him ascend, turn me into a spawn which I immediately regretted because my tavs true love was with Halsin, but because of my foolish ways i doomed my wholesome Christian paladin to rot away in Cazadors palace, far away from sunshine and Halsins big fuzzy arms. Which is a bad ending, and it’s fine because I love the drama of it all, it’s where bg3 truly shines.
No. 355515
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>>355469the joy I felt when they announced the new kiss animation can not be described, I swooned. Can't wait for my forehead kiss.
I had a pretty similar experience, bought the game for Astarion, romanced him on my 1st run, met fucking Halsin and regretted my choices (I know you can have a poly relationship but idk, it did not sit right with me). I loved his story and all the drama but honestly I prefer Gale's (now that he is not a buggy mess) and Halsin romances. Wyll romance is adorable but compared to the rest I felt it was a bit lackluster, sucks because I love his design.
No. 355573
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>>355130this was fun. i finished the game a while ago and i kind of forgot who some of the characters are, but i remembered how deep my hatred runs for some of them lol
No. 355661
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Well that was fun
No. 355923
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help nonnas I have completely fallen head over heels for this ugly moid what do I do I can't help it I just want to smash him so bad
No. 356009
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>>355923If he didn’t have that yeeyee ass haircut id give him the glonkle shlonke 4000
No. 356019
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>>355923I will always laugh whenever they call him young, handsome man
>>355991sorry sis but no, 100% Halsinfag, I'm into sweet, animal loving baras. hate he's poly but I will just ignore it like I ignore all red flags in my life
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>>355978>>356009>>355937>>356019>>356020I don't mind his yeeyee ass haircut, but I do mind his chubby cheeks… but it also makes me want him more. Why am I like this…
Please tell me more about Bane! I know nothing of his lore.
No. 356077
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>>356024There is a whole lore about Bane, but long story short he enjoys causing terror and controlling people, because he believes he should be ruling everything or something like that. His avatar usually suffers a lot in his control and it's mentioned somewhere that's very common for them to kill themselves over Bane ruining everything around them.
If you take Karlach to fight him, he doesn't seem to know what she is talking about when she confronts him. Though it's mentioned the avatar retains awareness when Bane controls them, it made me wonder if getting rid of Karlach was one of Bane's interference, because he really seemed fond of her. I only saw this once though, don't take my word for it.I feel all the avatars were used by their gods, Myrkul takes advantage of Ketheric's grief, Bane takes control of Gortash and Orin is driven mad by Bhaal.
Which we can see how it works through the dark urge. Bhaal tries driving their avatar crazy with dreams and visions until they give in. I feel we were supposed to feel empathy for them at some extent, but because act 3 is so rushed, there isn't enough development for Orin and Gortash as we had in act 2 for Ketheric.
No. 356215
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>>356032As much as I hate it, it makes sense Halsin is poly. In the forgotten Realms lore wood elves are known for being polyamorous and if I recall correctly, they even sort of poke fun at high elves because they don't share the same philosophy. Regardless, I would have liked Larian to give us the option to have a committed relationship but I understand he was a last time addition. Guess my poor high elf is fated to suffer
>>356077You know what? I never thought of that but I like the theory. I do sort of feel bad for them but you are right, act 3 was too rushed for me to give a crap
No. 356294
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>>356077Oh that is really cool, but from what I understand Gortash himself was always a bit of a piece of shit, so I can't imagine he'd feel bad about any of the bad things he's done. I think he liked Karlach enough, but I don't think he'd regret what happened to her.
Regardless, I don't think we'll get to see any of it unless they decide to release a DE edition like they did with Divinity.
No. 356312
>>356295Who told you that? I don't know how Dungeons and Dragons got a reputation as some sort of sex game, but that's not what it is. Besides some scantily clad characters and off-screen sex scenes in some of the novels, it really isn't that lewd.
It's just a tabletop game where you play characters going on fantasy adventures. Kids play it too.
No. 356333
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For any haters out there this is my world, go to hell!!
No. 356338
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>>356333wtf? glut but no spaw???
No. 356339
>>356338My bad I used
>>355130 template and was too lazy to add more characters. We love mushroom lord
No. 356370
>>356328It's an old commercial obviously but it's still a more accurate portrayal of Dungeons and Dragons than whatever that other anon thinks it is.
People who include sex and romance in their Dnd sessions are the minority, most people keep their sessions clean.
I think the main reasons BG3 has sex and poly stuff is because
1)Dating sim shit is pretty much standard in every RPG video game now, and
2)it's writers are probably former fanfiction smut writers who can't keep it in their pants.
No. 356385
>>356291Like
>>356215 mentioned, some details are lore friendly. The game used to have a heavy male demographic so it is not surprising there is sexual content. Take for instance the whole drow lore, canonically they have orgies with monsters and dress skimpy because covering your body suggests imperfection, and through selection breeding drows are suppossed to be exceptionally beautiful.
No. 356762
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i'd give this man the sloppiest wettest leg trembling hands desperately grabbing the sheets legs stretching out again and again waist slowly moving up and down small heavy breath "i can't take it much longer" breaths getting quicker twitching throbbing eyes shut lip biting back arching edging begging for relief warm hot rush bubbling up spit upon spit tongue twisting around tip-tapping against mouth sideways licking spit from the end and lick from the bottom to the top then spit from the top and lick to the bottom deepthroating mascara dripping down my face slower then faster then a little faster then perfect pace twisting mouth around each side spiritually enlightening chakra balancing golden light like a halo around the tip noise from the very edge of his throat for the final release head
No. 356793
>>356762Lol I wait for the day that they do a patch so you can fuck Gortash,Raphael,Roland,Dammon.
Hell I'd be happy with a lil hug/kiss depending on the character
No. 356816
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>>356762he thinks he looks like this. i hate his stupid little sasuke haircut and chest fur
No. 357446
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I'm laughing so hard at these redesigns
No. 357448
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>>357446I know it's not for eveyone, but I do like this artist. These are just bad
No. 357507
>>357242You're right anon. I'm starting to warm up to the simple kisses they gave him. They show how sweet he is on the inside, especially with the way he holds Tav's face and handles her like something precious to him. Lae'zel's are cute as well! I never expected her to be so gentle. I see the appeal now. I passed on watching Gale's kisses because I want to be surprised when I eventually romance him.
>>357446>>357450I can tell the artist is skilled but I hate all of these except for Ketheric.
No. 357525
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>>357450Fat Orin can’t hurt you
Fat Orin:
No. 357667
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Is there a thread for western vidya drama? This is Baldur's Gate specific so I'll post it here, but I dislike bringing drama to /m/.
Google Doc in its current state:
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1QdFn2wkDh_JfE9rpEyp2sooyh6Qoaz6MthxmYvR9-AQ/mobilebasicGoogle Doc before it was wiped with the above version:
https://rentry.org/72262m6vDiscord screenshots (some of these seem random as fuck):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZmzSopqeIYJuT4JWPqBdwBswl2hiHSKtM4Lw24LbO-w/edittl;dr: a discord mod/game tester (???) working for Larian released a manifesto of a google doc with 1600+ pages of discord screenshots over the new patch being broken as hell and their dismay with Larian.
No. 357699
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why is it so hard to do an evil run, I am playing as dark urge and been having an existential crisis after that one murder
>>357667I'm either always lucky or not playing this game right because I have not had a single issue with any of my older save files nor in this new run
>>357450I am mildly convinced the artist/friends are on lolcow white knighting them because that art is ugly as fuck and the redesigns are straight out of the bad art thread. Fat Orin makes the whole art smell like tumblr. Ketheric looks good tho
No. 357873
>>357699>why is it so hard to do an evil run, I am playing as dark urge and been having an existential crisis after that one murderAre you me? I had to stop playing for the day after that scene because I felt so unwell, I only managed to power through after talking with
Quill because the character's lines are ridiculously funny in retrospect.
No. 357885
>>357878>is this what the game is actually like?Do you mean the humor? Yes, the game is filled with it, specially with Astarion, he is full of witty remarks, though this scene you linked is a special gem. But there are a ton of situations that can
trigger special dialogue lines. It could be related to your race or class or a decision you made in the past.
>>357699I'm the one who posted, I genuinely like that artist. I think for people who don't know the characters the designs look interesting.
No. 357925
>>357446these are really cool, but they definitely do not fit the characters. no one would be able to pimp out that astarion, no one… can elves even get fat? i hope not.
shadowheart looks adorable, though. this design gives her so much personality i love it. would love to see this artists take on minthara!
No. 358186
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Where my Halsin hoes at?
Also his random ass sex slave story was wild, does every companion have some kind of sexual trauma
No. 359725
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I’m gonna infiltrate this group to see all the unhinged takes
No. 360169
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Update: worst mistake of my life
No. 360266
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>>360203Kek. I think Cazador suffered from rushing the act 3 as well. They had datamined that he was supposed to gives us quests. I think he would have played a bigger role in the upper city, maybe we could even aling with him in some way. I think he ended up too cartoony. If you don't take time to read the memos in his castle, he is just an evil disney villain, an extremely boring delivery imo. He would still be a major piece of shit, but I prefer when the villains have more depth than a looney tunes character.
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>>360187Heed my warning this one made me suicidal
No. 360528
>>360508It's funny how the fandom missed a big portion of his story. Without Tav's intervention, Astarion would most likely have turned into Cazador 2.0 if he could. Cazador went through his own personal hell before Astarion and that's made pretty clear from the memos you can find on his palace. The fandom seems to overlook Astarion's questionable nature, even the artbook states he was a corrupt and power hungry
before getting turned by Cazador. Cazador is closer to Astarion than the fandom wants to believe. They were both broken by their masters and sought power as a way to gain control back. Astarion isn't, by all means, a good person, his approvals during the game show that.
No. 360625
>>360572I fucking hate how women are babying this hypocritical little shit. He literally has BPD, how retarded you should be to uwu-ify it?
>i am not a haterKudos to you, but I am one. I hate how he is not even morally evil. There is something tumblrinas got right about him: he is nothing but a giant ass moralfag deep inside under all those layers of cattiness. He is not even an asshole (that would be Bishop from nwn2), just an insecure annoying faggot.
Tbh I hate all "evil" companions of this game except Minthara. Such a bunch of wussies. Tailormade for wankers with saviour complex.
No. 360640
>>360572I agree, I actually like him, but I hate his fandom treatment. Their image of him makes for a much worse character, reducing every aspect of his personality to trauma and treating him as a pure innocent
victim, which he isn't. You are right about how he would be shred to pieces as a woman. Women are held to this high standard, and I wouldn't put past them to make an option of a female Astarion to "forgive" her abuser because that's what they expect from women. Women are expected to be understanding and nice, and to some extent, we see this pattern in the fandom when women coddle Astarion as if he was a baby.
>>360625>Bishop from nwn2Kek he was truly an asshole. Games nowadays make the evil companions too nice. Minthara is the only evil companion on bg3, all the others are more neutral or good.
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I don't care much about Astarion but I am autistic as fuck so I made this because there are so many NPCs in this game I want to smooch, but that are unsmoochable and it upsets me.
No. 360711
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>>360266Idk how Larian managed to fumble the ball so hard and turned him into monsieur rodent instead
>>360646How can people fawn so hard for astarion when Dammon is right there holy shit
No. 365347
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>>365148If you find one let me know
nonny No. 366406
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>>365347Hi nonna, I bring news.
I got SillyTavern and an OpenAI API for chatgpt-4-1106-preview. You have to spend money to use it, but it's so, so worth it. For SillyTavern you'll have to make your own characters, but you can steal them off of JanitorAI using Janitor.Me in the URL, I stole this one:
https://janitorai.me/characters/9438e127-bb19-4b3f-955d-c94c8510b19c_character-raphael, you then import the file to SillyTavern using their import feature. You'll have to edit it a little just to make sure all the relevant info is in the right boxes, but other than that it's very easy.
I also downloaded the Baldur's Gate 3 lorebook from chub.ai:
https://chub.ai/lorebooks/RavenSama/baldurs-gate-3-b90a43b2, and fed it into the World Info part of SillyTavern, then attach that to the characters. This gives them background info on the BG3 world.
I customized the first message to better suit my own needs and to reduce the token amount, and this Raphael bot is now one of the best bots I've ever used.
The reason why I did all of this is because on JanitorAI you can use chatgpt, but you'll need workarounds to allow NSFW (meaning you can't write directly or you get cockblocked by chatgpt), but SillyTavern jailbreaks it to allow all NSFW. The janitorLLM is pretty good, but it only has a memory of 6k tokens, meaning that it forgets everything all the time, while chatgpt has memory up to the 100ks.
Remember to also fill in your persona description. When working with bots short and sweet for the information is best. Save your fluorescent writing for the actual RPs.
picrel, a tidbit of the Raphaelbot I ended up with. Please excuse my cringe writing.
No. 366549
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>>366406well nona I think I know what I’m doing a fine Friday evening with a glass of red, I’ll report back how it goes
No. 366736
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i am bringing some treats
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>>366740didn't wanna clog up too much so this is the last
No. 366933
>>366549Just a heads up
nonny, but I am a newbie with this so I am also still learning and I learned a few things;
- with GPT4-preview-1106 you are paying per token and it's NOT cheap, sillytavern JUST implemented free use of gpt4-turbo, but I still think preview-1106 is way better
- the most popular janitorai Raphael bot has a LOT of tokens when you rip it, so make sure to try to shave them down as much as possible to save on token usage, particularly in the Examples page, you do not need that many examples, just keep your favourites. (I shaved mine down to 2k, but the recommended amount is 500-1k)
- sillytavern was difficult for me to learn because I'm a tech retard, so if you have any questions I'll be more than willing to help!
No. 367884
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I really want to pick up bg3 again because I’ve heard such good things about it but this game triggers my anxiety in such an intense way. I have two campaigns going, but neither have made it to act 2. I just get so anxious having to make decisions or missing content, like it really stresses me out! Also the combat is fucking hard, maybe because I keep missing minidungeons and then end up underlevel. Does anyone else experience this?
No. 367935
>>367884Remember there is so much content that it's impossible to experience it all in one playthrough. It's designed to be played more than once so it's okay if you miss something here and there. If you feel like you're underleveled even after lowering the difficulty level, keep exploring until you find a fight you can win or other opportunities for exp gains like dialogue or finding hidden areas. Also, long rest a lot!!! I recommend long resting, then partial resting several times so all the companion cutscenes
trigger. You'll be fine doing that so long as you don't start a timed quest. I missed some cool moments early on because I barely long rested and didn't know about partial rests. I felt exactly like you when I first started playing and I'm learning to let go bit by bit and enjoy the ride. As for decisions… there is always the trusty quicksave button nona.
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>>367910>>367935Thank you for the suggestions, nonnas! I know this is a bit retarded, but I feel embarrassed to lower the difficulty because I do game a fair amount and it hurts my pride kek. I was also paralyzed with stress when deciding whether or not to be good or evil since I stopped playing during the goblin camp because I couldn’t decide if I should side with minthara or not (I was enamored…) but hearing that there’s less content if you’re evil is good to know, so I think I’ll save the druids after all. I definitely want to play has durge eventually as well though!