D&D 5E Baldur's Gate 3 AMA

Paul Farquhar · Mar 13, 2020

Derren said:
That doesn't sound right. How should there be more emphasis on custom PCs when, thanks of origin stories, you lose story and quests when not playing a pre-build character?

You loose some, you gain others (based on race, class and background choices).

Derren · Mar 13, 2020

Paul Farquhar said:
You loose some, you gain others (based on race, class and background choices).

Background choices (basically the tags you had in Divinity) will never replace a custom build, fully voiced questline.

Paul Farquhar · Mar 13, 2020

Derren said:
Background choices (basically the tags you had in Divinity) will never replace a custom build, fully voiced questline.

They aim to have class related quests. They plan on having more classes than pregens. Ergo there will be some quests that no pregen can do. The same could well be true fore races and backgrounds. They haven't said anything to suggest they will use DoS2 tags instead of backgrounds, and mechanically it's easy to convert one system to the other - instead of choosing two tags you choose one background, the background has a bigger impact.

As for "fully voiced" the answer is in the AMA - there will be a several full voice sets just for custom characters.

gyor · Mar 13, 2020

I'll add for custome characters there is the unique element that the game appears to assume you are either Baldurian, Underdark native, or whatever catogory Githyanki fall into depending on your race, which I don't think for the most part is true with Companions.

Myzzrym · Mar 13, 2020

Gradine said:
* Short Rests happen automatically between combat encounters. No word on healing/Hit Dice, but they confirmed that, for example, Warlocks get their spell slots back after every battle (all 2 of them).

For healing with Hit Dice Swen confirmed that it's in.

> How are you planning to compensate for removing most reactions and short rests?
Reactions are not removed, they are available as actions, passives, or toggles. Short rest is not removed completely, you can still use the Hit Dice heal from the end of the short rest.

MonkeezOnFire · Mar 13, 2020

Gradine said:
*No item randomization. Treasure will be deliberately placed. Mix of DMG and original magic items.

Did they indicate if weapons and armour are going to be modeled like they are in 5e or or if they are going to follow a model similar to DOS2 or Diablo where you are always on the lookout for weapons and armour with slightly better values? The latter always felt weird and arbitrary to me.

Demetrios1453 · Mar 13, 2020

Paul Farquhar said:
Returning characters? Most of the characters from the original games are dead apart from Minsc and Boo.

Xan?

Lots of elves and dwarves could still be around. Heck, even some of the half-elves and gnomes.

Paul Farquhar · Mar 13, 2020

Demetrios1453 said:
Lots of elves and dwarves could still be around. Heck, even some of the half-elves and gnomes.

Yes, but most of the major characters where killed off.

ad_hoc · Mar 13, 2020

Gradine said:
Amusingly, you stand relatively alone in this regard. The idea that BG3 would have Original Sin style itemization was one of the biggest concerns I was seeing with regard to Larian working the project. There were quite a few sighs of relief over this tidbit.

Why do you think that is?

Even though it isn't my preferred playstyle I think I understand why people like it when the DM picks treasure to place in D&D.

For a videogame to have the same and specific treasure though seems like a missed opportunity to have varied challenges.

Paul Farquhar · Mar 13, 2020

ad_hoc said:
Why do you think that is?

Even though it isn't my preferred playstyle I think I understand why people like it when the DM picks treasure to place in D&D.

For a videogame to have the same and specific treasure though seems like a missed opportunity to have varied challenges.

That's okay when it's a kill-the-monster-take-the-loot Diablo style video game. But this game is long. It will have lots of varied challenges along the way. It's not expected to be played dozens of times - most people play this kind of game only once.