D&D 5E New Baldur's Gate 3 Video

[vecna00]

I havent played it since maybe patch 4, still havent run around yet with the Paladin, but it didnt seem very faithful back when I put in some testing.

I prefer this meme for how I feel about it.

So it is very much a D&D game through and through!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Ummm…BG3 also isn’t actual D&D.

True that, and I've nothing against "create your party" CRPGs. Despite it's flaws I think Solasta is great, and Icewind Dale. I'm just pointing out that they are no more "authentically D&D" than CRPGs where you create one player character.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

It’s a good game that follows the systems pretty faithfully, like BG1 and 2 did.

I assume this comment is sarcasm.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Update - Darth Reaver has fallen to the dark side by killing the tieflings who have captured the gith. Comes with a cut scene and all, a bit better than BG1, when Edwin accidently fireballed a bunch of civilians.

Oathbreaker abilities (to level 3):

Spoiler

Level 1:
Spiteful Suffering (1d4+CHA necrotic damage for 3 rounds + advantage when attacking the target)
Level 3:
Dreadful Aspect
Control Undead

All use a "Channel Oath Charge" AKA Channel Divinity

Plus bonus spells: Hellish Rebuke and Inflict Wounds

Aside from the extra level 1 ability, the same as the DMG.

Also looks like you can undo Oathbreaker if you want.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I read that. He put a puppy in a tub then forgot about it for a while. Once reminded he got the dog and there were no ill effects. He was trying out some dog discipline advice he had heard. I read the articles and everything that followed.

Jesus christ mate. That's animal abuse, plain and simple. You ever touched a metal bucket that's out in 100f heat? You can't just torture animals because someone told you it was okay, he's an adult not a small child (and it clearly wasn't any kind of professional who told him, if anyone did, it seems more likely he just made it up).

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Also looks like you can undo Oathbreaker if you want.

I suspect playing a non-Oathbreaker Paladin until the Enhanced Edition will mean keeping 2000gp in your pocket at all times for this. Talk about pay to play! (Or a lot of quicksave/quickload I guess lol).

Right now, you get broken oaths really easily for absolute nonsense due to how lazily flagged the game is - loads of hostile NPCs are flagged as innocents, including the goblin who is actively torturing a gnome (!!!) - and Ancients Paladins seem to be held, bizarrely, to Devotion Paladin standards. It's particularly enraging when you get attacked, defend yourself, and then get "oathbreaker". It's also inconsistent, because it seems like it's maybe killing-blow-based, like if you last-hit a goblin that's mis-flagged (as some are), you get it, but if another party member does the last hit, you don't, even though the outcome is the same.

It really sounds like Oathbreaker will be the only sane choice at this point. Given how Larian haven't acknowledged this issue, and their history with bugs in DOS1/2, I would guess this will stay with us for a very, very long time lol. I was intending to play a Paladin first run but I suspect not unless Larian acknowledge this and promise to fix it.

Kudos on locating the exact first moment in the game where you can be an Oathbreaker lol. Those poor Tieflings are seeing a lot of angry people with hammers right now!

Control Undead is a spell that lets you summon an undead rather than, er, controlling undead I note, in BG3.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Jesus christ mate. That's animal abuse, plain and simple. You ever touched a metal bucket that's out in 100f heat? You can't just torture animals because someone told you it was okay, he's an adult not a small child (and it clearly wasn't any kind of professional who told him, if anyone did, it seems more likely he just made it up).

It was not a bucket. I read the article.

Anyway I don't want to talk about this off topic thing anymore. Lets agree to drop it for now.

I assume this comment is sarcasm.

Nope. I am entirely serious. BG 1 and 2 also had some breaks from 2e D&D.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I suspect playing a non-Oathbreaker Paladin until the Enhanced Edition will mean keeping 2000gp in your pocket at all times for this. Talk about pay to play! (Or a lot of quicksave/quickload I guess lol).

Right now, you get broken oaths really easily for absolute nonsense due to how lazily flagged the game is - loads of hostile NPCs are flagged as innocents, including the goblin who is actively torturing a gnome (!!!) - and Ancients Paladins seem to be held, bizarrely, to Devotion Paladin standards. It's particularly enraging when you get attacked, defend yourself, and then get "oathbreaker". It's also inconsistent, because it seems like it's maybe killing-blow-based, like if you last-hit a goblin that's mis-flagged (as some are), you get it, but if another party member does the last hit, you don't, even though the outcome is the same.

It really sounds like Oathbreaker will be the only sane choice at this point. Given how Larian haven't acknowledged this issue, and their history with bugs in DOS1/2, I would guess this will stay with us for a very, very long time lol. I was intending to play a Paladin first run but I suspect not unless Larian acknowledge this and promise to fix it.

Kudos on locating the exact first moment in the game where you can be an Oathbreaker lol. Those poor Tieflings are seeing a lot of angry people with hammers right now!

Control Undead is a spell that lets you summon an undead rather than, er, controlling undead I note, in BG3.

The tenets are on your starting Armor. Here is Devotion for example.

Honesty. Don’t lie or cheat. Let your word be your promise.

Courage. Never fear to act, though caution is wise.

Compassion. Aid others, protect the weak, and punish those who threaten them. Show mercy to your foes, but temper it with wisdom.

Honor. Treat others with fairness, and let your honorable deeds be an example to them. Do as much good as possible while causing the least amount of harm.

Duty. Be responsible for your actions and their consequences, protect those entrusted to your care, and obey those who have just authority over you.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

The tenets are on your starting Armor. Here is Devotion for example.

Doesn't really matter if the game doesn't actually follow them oathbreak-wise, does it? I note almost no-one has spotted that, on the subreddit. People are still mystified as to what the tenets are, so I've been telling them.

God knows what they'll do when Vengeance Paladins arrive.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I have yet to have any trouble with my Oath.