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I have serious restart-itis with this game. After two months I still have not finished my first playthrough as a single-classed warlock. I am in Act 3. I started three other plays: one as a sorlock, one as a githyanki ranger/rogue and one as a dark urge swords bard. Each one has provided a...

What simple builds (two classed or single classed characters) have you found to be optimized? Some that I have found to be good are: Light Cleric (single classed, best with radiant orb gear) (respec Shadowheart) Battlemaster Fighter (single classed) (Lae'zel) Draconic Sorcerer 1/Warlock 11...

In my first playthrough I let Shadowheart make her own choice. She spared Nightsong and threw the spear over the cliff. My PC made mostly good-aligned choices during the run. I was not in a romantic relationship with Shadowheart. My belief is that if left up to her own choice, Shadowheart is...

I especially like the details of the relationships between the gods. For instance, one might superficially think the biggest enemy of Shar would be Lathander. But her biggest enemy is Selune; Shar and the moonmaiden contest over the same "territory." Another fun detail is Beshaba's eternal...

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That is what happened to me as well. Isobel got bum rushed by the winged horrors and died. I was not prepared for that fight. I save scummed and tried again. The second time Gale cast resilient sphere around Marcus. Lae'zel, Shadowheart (spirit guardians) and I ripped the winged horrors to...

D&D 2E, 3.5E and 5E, TORG Eternity, Savage Worlds Adventure Edition, Vampire the Requiem, Shadowrun 4E, Earthdawn, Numenera, Basic Role Playing, Mutants & Masterminds, Talisman Adventures.

I have only played as Tav so far. The romance options in BG3 have given me several ideas for playthroughs. My Tav has noticed the ongoing hostility between Lae'zel and Shadowheart. I'd like to do a playthough as one of them and romance the other -- the "enemies to lovers" trope. I'd probably...

I strongly prefer full spellcasters (and warlocks) so I would hard pass. Something would have to be done to make spellcasting more permissible. The restriction that only spells of 4th level or higher spawn monsters I could probably live with. Or, as previously mentioned, the Dark Sun style...

I think the impact will be more cultural than mechanical. I could see BG3 inspiring player characters, NPCs, cosplay and such. DMs may draw inspiration for plots. Maybe there could even be a novelization.

My D&D comfort zone is PG-13. There is considerable violence and adult situations but none of it graphically detailed. Occasional games have gotten into R territory which makes me feel a bit weird. It's contradictory because every one of my World of Darkness games have been clearly Rated R...

In 5E I have played Tier 3 about six or seven times. All of them fell into the first approach described. Not every DM handled high-level play well but more often than not I enjoyed the game. Characters at this stage are superhuman but not gods. There were still opponents below the deity level...

I was the CoDzilla in 3.X several times. As someone with moderate powergaming tendencies, it felt like a crack high. Deep down, I knew it wasn't good for the game. I should have scrawled on my character sheet "STOP ME BEFORE I PLAY MORE I CANNOT CONTROL MYSELF."

Was it this one?

Intellect devourers (CR 2) and banshees (CR 4) are much deadlier than their low CR suggests. However, I think many 5E players know that.

Annoying. The DM brought out an encounter which targeted my weaknesses. Other PCs did pretty well. I was reduced to 20% of my HP and struggled to contribute.

The Grishaverse (Shadow & Bone).

Most of the time we use point buy. The only roll for attributes method we use is where everyone rolls a set of 6 attributes and the group chooses which set everyone will use (sometimes the DM has veto power). So everyone is working with the same set of numbers. I have been in the situation...

The 5E core books were very good but the first few supplements (Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, etc.) were rather lacking. Starting with Curse of Strahd and Volo's Guide to Monsters in 2016 I noticed a definite improvement in quality. For the next four years I bought and enjoyed many of the 5E...