D&D General BG3 Massive Spoiler Thread

[FitzTheRuke]

Just having 4 slots in brutal. Taking both the Fighter and Barbarian seems sweet but I’d have to not have Astarion in the party. Even if I did regulate lock picking/ trap springing duties to Karlach or Sorcerer due to the higher dex.

Hhmmm

A fifth character would be really nice. I'm having a hard time deciding on a party because I don't want to miss out on the story growth of any of them.

 

[Vael]

There are 3 main things I'd like:

1. Someway to switch out my companions without having to go through everyone's dialogue one by one.
2. Access to their inventories when not in my active party
3. A party of 5 or 6 so I can have more interactivity.

Like, I feel sad for the late game companions, there's not a lot of story time to play with them. Also, trying to figure out what to do with Jaheira, 'cause I've got daddy Halsin and I'd like to not make them so similar. Might respec her to Monk, just to see how the class works. It just feels weird to do that.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Just having 4 slots in brutal. Taking both the Fighter and Barbarian seems sweet but I’d have to not have Astarion in the party. Even if I did regulate lock picking/ trap springing duties to Karlach or Sorcerer due to the higher dex.

Hhmmm

Shadowheart has proficiency in Sleight of Hand due to having the Urchin background.

 

[DarkCrisis]

Shadowheart has proficiency in Sleight of Hand due to having the Urchin background.

She’d need Dex and currently she has heavy armor and a shield and simply cannot be killed.

 

[Thunder Brother]

It's a testament to the writing that one of my biggest gripes with the game is that I can't have every companion in my party at the same time. Poor Halsin having to compete with Jaheira.

Then again, fights at levels 10-12 already get ridiculous enough with 4 party members. Six would be insane.

 

[Ondath]

Just having 4 slots in brutal. Taking both the Fighter and Barbarian seems sweet but I’d have to not have Astarion in the party. Even if I did regulate lock picking/ trap springing duties to Karlach or Sorcerer due to the higher dex.

Hhmmm

Especially coming from the earlier BG games with 6-person parties, 4 feels really low. I'm doing my first run with no mods, but I'll definitely install a mod to increase the party size to 6 in all future playthroughs.

 

[MarkB]

Just having 4 slots in brutal. Taking both the Fighter and Barbarian seems sweet but I’d have to not have Astarion in the party. Even if I did regulate lock picking/ trap springing duties to Karlach or Sorcerer due to the higher dex.

Hhmmm

I'm currently playing as Lae'zel, respecced as a Dex fighter, and I keep her Astral Knowledge tuned to Dex skills to have her as my primary trapfinder/lockpicker.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Especially coming from the earlier BG games with 6-person parties, 4 feels really low. I'm doing my first run with no mods, but I'll definitely install a mod to increase the party size to 6 in all future playthroughs.

Once you get to level 5, the brutality drops massively. I think they overtuned the fights for levels 3 and 4, but once Gale got fireball and my dwarf paladin got his second attack, I've been acing most fights with little issue, outside the periodic big battle (where fireball still helps out massively) and puzzle fights like the golem in the foundry.

(My party is PC dwarf pally, Shadowheart, Asterion, and Gale)

 

[Ondath]

Once you get to level 5, the brutality drops massively. I think they overtuned the fights for levels 3 and 4, but once Gale got fireball and my dwarf paladin got his second attack, I've been acing most fights with little issue, outside the periodic big battle (where fireball still helps out massively) and puzzle fights like the golem in the foundry.

(My party is PC dwarf pally, Shadowheart, Asterion, and Gale)

I think it's just 5E's inherent early-level swinginess. Up to level 4, a bad crit can kill you in one shot. From level 5 onwards, the game (both BG3 and 5E in general) has to really try to kill you, otherwise you'll bounce back up one way or another.

 

[Sacrosanct]

My toughest opponent by far is the Lower city. Absolutely killing my frame rate...