Baldur's Gate 3
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That’s hysterically funny. It’s going to change a few things, definitely.
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I’m just going to continue on. It’s not worth going back 40 or so hours for just one origin character.
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It’s just an excuse to play later. There’s enough content, you’ll have plenty.
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That happened to me in Dragon Age. I didn't stop in the bar in the initial town and found out later that's where you recruit Leliana. But after you leave the town gets burned down...whoospies, oh well.
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I’ve taken to stopping by her body regularly to regale her with all the tales she’s missing out on by dying.
I may also just start storing stuff on her dead body. She should be somewhat useful, for crying out loud.
I may also just start storing stuff on her dead body. She should be somewhat useful, for crying out loud.
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I'm nearing the end of my initial playthrough, I think.
My next playthrough will be the Dark Urge character. I've heard they have one of the best stories in the game, so I'm looking forward to it.
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I have to question the wisdom of so many enemies going into battle with a whole pork loin on them.
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My other favorite is when I watch a necromancer summon a skeleton and then immediately gives them 34 dollars which I loot off their body later.
"Welcome to the land of the living, here's your allowance"
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It was summoned, not created. That was his skidleton's lunch money for the week.
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(Nerd mode, responding to the joke as if it were serious)
From the source material, they're created, not summoned, and they're created from an existing body. Presumably, whoever killed all of those people buried them every couple of feet across the entire world didn't do a very good job of looting them.
From the source material, they're created, not summoned, and they're created from an existing body. Presumably, whoever killed all of those people buried them every couple of feet across the entire world didn't do a very good job of looting them.
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When I die, will someone here please make sure I’m buried with 23 dollars and half a side of beef? Just in case necromancers are real.
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Keeping with the rules, that would mean that every four skeletons would also supply everything needed for a zombie cow.
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Have you tried Speak With Dead on her body yet?hepcat wrote:I’ve taken to stopping by her body regularly to regale her with all the tales she’s missing out on by dying.
I may also just start storing stuff on her dead body. She should be somewhat useful, for crying out loud.
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Yeah, it told me she had nothing to say. Speak with the Dead hasn’t proven terrible useful in general for me.
But if I had been able to speak with her, I would have just called her a loser for dying.
But if I had been able to speak with her, I would have just called her a loser for dying.
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Well, I've just started my tactician run playthrough for the achievement and am ready to get wrecked.
On my first run, I went as a (good/resist) dark urge half-elf sword Bard (with a 2 level pally dip for the smites). My companions were Astarion (respecced to wizard), Shadowheart, and Lae'zel.
So, for this run, I want to use the other origin companions: Wyll, Gale, and Karlach. My goal is to resist respeccing anything other than their stats. With that crew I'm short a thiefy-cleric type so I'm going to run with a thiefy-cleric: Elven Selunite (for the Shadowheart LOLs) dex-based war cleric with the urchin background for stealth & sleight of hand (and Elves get perception automatically which is handy for trap detection). I won't have expertise, but Gale can always cast knock on a lock if it's too tough.
No idea what to expect with the upped difficulty, but honestly I found base difficulty fairly easy for most fights so let's see what happens.
On my first run, I went as a (good/resist) dark urge half-elf sword Bard (with a 2 level pally dip for the smites). My companions were Astarion (respecced to wizard), Shadowheart, and Lae'zel.
So, for this run, I want to use the other origin companions: Wyll, Gale, and Karlach. My goal is to resist respeccing anything other than their stats. With that crew I'm short a thiefy-cleric type so I'm going to run with a thiefy-cleric: Elven Selunite (for the Shadowheart LOLs) dex-based war cleric with the urchin background for stealth & sleight of hand (and Elves get perception automatically which is handy for trap detection). I won't have expertise, but Gale can always cast knock on a lock if it's too tough.
No idea what to expect with the upped difficulty, but honestly I found base difficulty fairly easy for most fights so let's see what happens.
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OK, so I bounced off this sometime during ACT I. I got tired of the drama. all the party membrs have some sort of hatred for each other, mny of the folks out in the wild are somehow involved with your party emmbers and hating on them. the last bit for me was during a cut scene related to Wyll when a PERSON shows up, and a THING happens. and I am like, I would not play at a table with these people, with this DM, I am not enjoying all this soap opera.
OK, so I think, based on spoilers, that shadowheart is required for the game? Is she? are there any other required companions? If I were to get Shadowheart, then somehow fetch withers with just her. I could grap a couple of mercenaries and complete the game right? never mind about a pile of content just for specific charcters, not if i have to endure all their drama along with it.
OK, so I think, based on spoilers, that shadowheart is required for the game? Is she? are there any other required companions? If I were to get Shadowheart, then somehow fetch withers with just her. I could grap a couple of mercenaries and complete the game right? never mind about a pile of content just for specific charcters, not if i have to endure all their drama along with it.
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You can complete with game with all mercenaries if you want (no companions are required).Jaymon wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 4:24 pm OK, so I bounced off this sometime during ACT I. I got tired of the drama. all the party membrs have some sort of hatred for each other, mny of the folks out in the wild are somehow involved with your party emmbers and hating on them. the last bit for me was during a cut scene related to Wyll when a PERSON shows up, and a THING happens. and I am like, I would not play at a table with these people, with this DM, I am not enjoying all this soap opera.
OK, so I think, based on spoilers, that shadowheart is required for the game? Is she? are there any other required companions? If I were to get Shadowheart, then somehow fetch withers with just her. I could grap a couple of mercenaries and complete the game right? never mind about a pile of content just for specific charcters, not if i have to endure all their drama along with it.
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Yeah, the only "cost" is that you would miss out on some of the story.Hamlet3145 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 4:30 pmYou can complete with game with all mercenaries if you want (no companions are required).Jaymon wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 4:24 pm OK, so I bounced off this sometime during ACT I. I got tired of the drama. all the party membrs have some sort of hatred for each other, mny of the folks out in the wild are somehow involved with your party emmbers and hating on them. the last bit for me was during a cut scene related to Wyll when a PERSON shows up, and a THING happens. and I am like, I would not play at a table with these people, with this DM, I am not enjoying all this soap opera.
OK, so I think, based on spoilers, that shadowheart is required for the game? Is she? are there any other required companions? If I were to get Shadowheart, then somehow fetch withers with just her. I could grap a couple of mercenaries and complete the game right? never mind about a pile of content just for specific charcters, not if i have to endure all their drama along with it.
FWIW without any spoilers Shadowheart's broad character arc (at least if you're playing a generally 'good' character) involves her mellowing out to a significant degree.
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The only "required" companions at certain points (they can be dropped after) are:
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I finished the main game today. Not a happy ending at all for dear old Tav. The ending also felt very buggy on my PS5. I might go back and try to get a better ending, but it wasn’t the choices I made that bothered me. More in how it all played out.
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Geez, I love when they put sex in games. I love gritty, edgy storylines in games, whether they achieve that though Ultra-Weirdness, over-the-top violence, gratuitous sex, or some combination of the 3. In fact, I wish a lot of games had more sex and less violence, which is why I still play the occasional Eroge or Hentai game. After all, when it comes to dropping gratuitous sex and nudity into games, books, anime etc. the Japanese are Absolutely Fearless in a way we'll never see here in America.Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 2:42 pm ...Baldur's Gate 3: Shadows of An Actual Fucking CRPG w/o the Adolescent Nerd Porn-lite, Because We Can Literally Get That Anywhere if we Wanted It, and don't need that Shit Cocking up our Beloved Game Franchises, Shame on You, you Horny, Ruinous Bastards.
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Now if you'll excuse Apollo, he has to go buy some used women's underwear out of a vending machine.
addendum: apparently this is not actually a thing. I thought it was after hearing about it years ago. however, after googling it, it seems they actually only have the semblance of being used.
...not sure if that makes things all that much better though.
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Lol! Blurred out genitalia, right?
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It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Uta Kohaku, Japanese Porn Actress, Gets 100 Bottles Of Semen From Fanshepcat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:31 pmNow if you'll excuse Apollo, he has to go buy some used women's underwear out of a vending machine.
addendum: apparently this is not actually a thing. I thought it was after hearing about it years ago. however, after googling it, it seems they actually only have the semblance of being used.
...not sure if that makes things all that much better though.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/uta-koha ... _n_2366349
I knew I'd find the appropriate thread to post this one day. Thanks hepcat.
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Yes, I think we all appreciate hepcat demanding to see a post about 100 bottles of semen.Apollo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 12:44 amUta Kohaku, Japanese Porn Actress, Gets 100 Bottles Of Semen From Fanshepcat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:31 pmNow if you'll excuse Apollo, he has to go buy some used women's underwear out of a vending machine.
addendum: apparently this is not actually a thing. I thought it was after hearing about it years ago. however, after googling it, it seems they actually only have the semblance of being used.
...not sure if that makes things all that much better though.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/uta-koha ... _n_2366349
I knew I'd find the appropriate thread to post this one day. Thanks hepcat.
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Can someone remember to turn off the light as we all leave OO? I really don't see this site being an instrument for anything but evil at this point.El Guapo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:49 amYes, I think we all appreciate hepcat demanding to see a post about 100 bottles of semen.Apollo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 12:44 amUta Kohaku, Japanese Porn Actress, Gets 100 Bottles Of Semen From Fanshepcat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:31 pmNow if you'll excuse Apollo, he has to go buy some used women's underwear out of a vending machine.
addendum: apparently this is not actually a thing. I thought it was after hearing about it years ago. however, after googling it, it seems they actually only have the semblance of being used.
...not sure if that makes things all that much better though.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/uta-koha ... _n_2366349
I knew I'd find the appropriate thread to post this one day. Thanks hepcat.
p.s. Although this does give me a chance to reference one of the best Simpson's moments in their early years
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Hey, if you can't discuss 100 bottles of semen online among friends, where can you discuss it?hepcat wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:45 pmCan someone remember to turn off the light as we all leave OO? I really don't see this site being an instrument for anything but evil at this point.El Guapo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:49 amYes, I think we all appreciate hepcat demanding to see a post about 100 bottles of semen.Apollo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 12:44 amUta Kohaku, Japanese Porn Actress, Gets 100 Bottles Of Semen From Fanshepcat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:31 pmNow if you'll excuse Apollo, he has to go buy some used women's underwear out of a vending machine.
addendum: apparently this is not actually a thing. I thought it was after hearing about it years ago. however, after googling it, it seems they actually only have the semblance of being used.
...not sure if that makes things all that much better though.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/uta-koha ... _n_2366349
I knew I'd find the appropriate thread to post this one day. Thanks hepcat.
p.s. Although this does give me a chance to reference one of the best Simpson's moments in their early years
Spoiler:
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100 bottles of semen
Take one down, pass it around...
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get up and leave this party you found.
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Patch 5 out, apparently the most "feature-filled" one since launch:
"today we bring you another reason to return to Faerûn: Patch 5, our most feature-filled patch since launch, comprised of brand new epilogues that bring closure to each player’s unique journey, along with new game modes, and so much more."
"today we bring you another reason to return to Faerûn: Patch 5, our most feature-filled patch since launch, comprised of brand new epilogues that bring closure to each player’s unique journey, along with new game modes, and so much more."
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Naughty?
Ohhh, for not putting a link? I suspect anyone interested can pull up the patch notes very quickly from whatever source they play the game...but more importantly, I'm on my phone, and I don't generally do links or quotes from here...it's way too complicated and fraught with peril.
Ohhh, for not putting a link? I suspect anyone interested can pull up the patch notes very quickly from whatever source they play the game...but more importantly, I'm on my phone, and I don't generally do links or quotes from here...it's way too complicated and fraught with peril.