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Just a note, camp supplies can be useful in the open world... for example I found a situation with a particular enemy on chapter 1, where an npc was drunk and sleep, if the player makes any noise, they wake up and treat you, but if you have alcohol in your inventory, you can give it to them by dialog and they go right back to sleep... as a mean to avoid the fight. So for that, I keep a few selected supplies at hand that may be useful, just in case.
Throwing a potion is a double-edged sword if you are at an elevation. I once threw a potion of healing at my 1hp character from high ground and killed it, because the throw did more damage than the healing potion healed
I had that problem once, too. Then I figured out, that I do Not need to throw the potion exactly ON my companion, but one the ground next to him or her. Side effect: All my companion next to the other one were healed too.
I just wanted to say i really apprechiate the transparency in the beginning. No clickbait, no stay till the end, just a genuine guy trying to help. I just stumbled across this vid and know most of the tipps already but im gonna watch all of it just for ur stats🙏thank you we need more of this on youtube❤
A good tip would be, pay attention to the environment while in combat. A lot of times Larian put things to interact that help out tremendously and a good old Push can make your life so much easier when the enemy is close to a ledge.
Ty for this great video. I didn't know anything about D&D rules and terms, but after watching a few guide videos like this one i learned a lot to get me started. Here is my tip: I cannot overstate how powerful the DIP bonus action is in the early game. You can dip your melee or ranged weapon in any surface, but mostly you will find fire in the game world. With this knowledge i blazed through the fights in act 1 with 2-3 of my characters having fire damage on their weapons which is a 1-4 extra damage on top of your attack rolls. A way you can have a PORTABLE fire source with you at any time is to get a candle on every character that uses weapons (that dont have elemental damage already). You will find many candles in crypts and dungeons in Act 1 in boxes or you can pick them up from furniture. In combat, go in your inventory and drop the candle, then light it (these two actions dont cost any action points), then dip your weapon in it (bonus action) then you can also attack. All in a single turn. If you keep your party together all your characters can dip their weapons in a single candle. BOOM now you have fire damage on weapons. Candles are not consumed and dont run out as long as you remember to pick them up after combat ends (i forgot them a few times XD). This will increase your damage in all fights in the early game and later on you can specialise your elemental damage depending on enemy resistances and weaknesses by carrying various potions which you can toss on the ground creating an elemental puddle that your party can dip their weapons in. Also remember to INSPECT enemies (T button) when you encounter a new enemy type to see what resistances / weaknesses they have. You can also see their armor class and monster type as well as other stats. No point in wasting time dipping weapons in fire if the enemy is fire resistant. Double DIP your way to victory and have fun!
I tried this too at first, but being a person that RPs a lot (in my head) i always hold some nice RP items like jug of water, shovel, a nice looking gem, a book, lockpicks, ropes, a bottle of wine or something like that on my second row, so when i sort the inventory all those items go in other places. Then i have to drag all those items in row 2 and that is a pain in the ass. So for me that is not an option, again, personal choice to use RP items. So another thing you can do is to keep a trash bag (satchel) on hand and just put all your trash items in it. When you are at a vendor just sell your trash bag and you also get the gold for the items too. Then you can buy back the bag from the vendor. This is a neat way to alternatively organize your trash loot if you dont want to click on every item and "add to wares". This will also help you if you reach your carry limit on a character by simply sending the trash bag to your camp chest and selling it later. You can also send the food in your camp bag back to camp to get rid of a few extra kgs/pounds. It works out if you want to play more immersively as you can imagine yourself dumping a bag full of weapons on a merchant's stand and saying "It's a bag-o-weapons, about 50 kgs, how much can you give me for the lot?" and seeing the bewildered look on the merchant's face. XD
Tip on top of the tips (lol) for healing potion throwing - in the situation showed in the video, you could have thrown the potion on the ground for an Area of Effect (AoE) heal which would have healed your character AND Karlach as well. The potions will explode into a small AoE heal when thrown at the ground.
@@Evil_This you are not alone thats why i prefer to target one specific character while throwing potions in case it misses unless really need the aoE heal
@@italianspartacus Also worth noting that you probably shouldn't throw a healing pot directly at a friendly target. I've seen quite a few posts from people saying they accidentally killed an ally by direct impact from a thrown healing potion.
In your dual-wielding toggle section, one thing I've noticed most "do / don't do this to improve" videos I've watched don't cover is using bonus actions first to improve damage: hunter's mark and reapply hex being the primary that come to mind. If you use these bonus actions first the main action will benefit from the bonuses.
You can ice blood puddles the same as water. This is useful when fighting big enemies that leave massive puddles. Also, don't forget to use "speak to dead" if you have it. You don't really use it in the story, so might as well use it, specially if you get an item that allows for a free use. Use it on area bosses or more important characters for more lore development and sometimes helps progressing quests and gives you more dialog options with other characters. You can also ask them about any hidden loot in the area they ruled. Also, and this is VERY IMPORTANT, keep a look out for permanent buffs. There are ways to be blessed or get buffs (like permanent invisibility detection or permanent temporary hit points when low) that last even through long rests. They are found in the weirdest of places, so explore as much as you can (like, a BDSM session with a fanatic in a cave). Also, don't worry about backlogging interactions with your party members in the long rest camp. If you are worried that some romance interactions are missed because other story events take place, don't worry. The game remembers them and will put them out as soon as it can. Sometimes they are delayed because you need to be outside of dungeon or things like that, but they don't go away. ALSO, remember you can put the *spoilers for the first 10h/15h of the game* brain worms in your party members too, if you succeed in convincing them. This gives them the powers too. But, if you have it, don't use charm person for advantage on this checks on your party members. After it wears off, they will dislike it. You can also check how much they approve if you in the character sheet of the party member. In the last tab of the character sheet, scroll down to see exactly how much they like or dislike you.
If you hover a surface and the path line changes to a blue color that means that surface behaves like water, meaning you can freeze it or electrify it. A yellow color means difficult terrain and moving throught it costs the double movement distance, and a red color means the character is gonna receive damage if it walks there.
If you have 4 inspiration points you might as well, depending on who you have in the party I find them easy to come by, and 4 is the max available at a time. Although astarion has never broken a pick yet so I agree with lockpicking.
Wow, I learned many new things in your video. Thank you. This is my first-time playing D&D or anything based on D&D, so I was completely clueless on... well, basically everything. I didn't even know what a "1d20" was. After playing the game for a few days, I figured out most everything to play the game at a noob-level. Now that I'm a master noob and know your tips, I think I can take the next step. Great video and presentation. Cheers!
I actually INCREASED the number of my saved saves. Came in handy: a quest for Druid Halsin was bugged....requiring me to go back FOUR GODDAMNED HOURS to get it done properly.
Will it split the heal amount between everyone? Or just everyone gets the full amount that the potion normally heals? Like let's say the potion would've healed 5 if I drank it. Now instead I place it on the ground between 3 people. Are all of them getting 5 each, or are all of them getting like 1-2 each now?
@@fenix648 damn if so, it seems like there's absolutely no reason to ever drink it. Unless everyone is fully healed except one, or it's mid fight or something and getting the party together would require time you don't want to spend, or turns.
@@sjk7467drinking it is a bonus action and throwing it is a full action, so it really depends on how many people are injured and what you're trying to do in the fight
Just got this game yesterday and have been enjoying it quite a bit! This video here has already helped me in a number of ways I have to admit so I decided to leave a comment; thanks :3 So, I actually liked this video so I can go back to it more easily later on because... legit the day after watching this I forgot like, several of the things you said in it and I wanna have it as a quick guide just in case lmao
My frend, i have seen a lot of these guide videos for BG3 because i like to be well informed before going into a complicated RPG like this, but you videos are a cut above the rest in info and presentation. I take my hat off to you, sir!
I have to say, this has been one of the most helpful videos on this topic. I have a deep background on 'game mechanics ' but litte BG3 system knowledge. This has helped immensely.
I'll say right now, even 8 hr in, (2nd time as the creator bugged on me it turns out), this was super useful. I've seen No other creator talk like this about the game mechanic. The Devs seem to assume you'll come to the game with a comprehensive knowledge of the board game.. And the tutorial for the game is pants, non existent. Would like to see more of these in regards to actions/abilities/skills use for combat & other scenarios. It's a pain the game doesn't have a glossary linked to everything giving a proper breakdown; so you know exactly what you're using & how best to use it. The game narrative being you're ment to know all this stuff, as its not like your character is a farm-hand new to it all & having to learn & discover. Anyways.. loved this.
Would love to see Steam Workshop access/support for this game in the near future. As they'll be the ones to fix the bugs, & other issues, still going on; & refine the game. I'll say again, a glossary/compendium linked to skills/abilities actions, even similar for armour/weapon types, would be a massively useful resource in game. Throw in some Law from this Universe.
@@Han_Shot_1stdo you mean Lore not Law? If not that's a strange sentence but absolutely having a glossary/index would improve the game because some terms are obvious for 99% of people but have been subtly changed for BG3 over D&D so it's less of a surprise if you can look things up
I've always enjoyed (aside from your voice, beard and gameplay) your willingness and encouragement of the community to help one another out in the comment section. So wholesome. Who would have thought the internet had it in them?
Watching your videos has gotten me so much more excited to play on ps5 when it comes out . Each of your videos are so informative and i feel like i have a good grasp on what I want to do and how to do it when I finally jump in and play. Thank you good sir.
Love your content the way you upfront all the knowledge makes it very easy to get the information and get back to the game but also passively listen to the video for more information on things I care about
So much to learn..... I get the feeling that I will be spending much time reloading saves as I try out may of your tips (especially during combat) or just spending lots of time in between battles to learn how to set the bars and slots up into something useable for me. Thanks for the clear explanations..
There are reasons go use bonus action offhand attacks seprrate. Some weapons have special triggers when an enemy js low hp. Or they have low hp already and you dont need a full attack to kill. Just my 2 cents.
3:46 There has been a patch around that Karmic Dice so now it only prevents long failure streaks instead of preventing both failure and success streaks so its safe to turn on without the game forcing your rolls to be lower. Ofc if u still want total random dice rolls feel free to leave it off.
That “side tip” at 19:00 is crucial! You can not just drop into someone’s game to show them something then leave. You will kick out a random party member and EFF UP their single player play through.
Yeah I really hope they fix this I don’t want a solo player and have to make a whole new character so I can play with friends just let me keep ‘em at camp or just kick em
OMG, I keep forgetting to use Shift and Ctrl to manage my inventory and to move things around. I HAVE been right clicking and "send to X" player to move things around. Your tips are going to save me so much time now! :) I also did not know about hitting T to examine enemy to see what their stats were. Great tip!
My first run was a disaster! I was on the lowest difficulty and kept getting murked. Largely because I didn’t understand spell slots, how to properly spec companions and what equipment to use. It’s a learning curve, like with any game. My second run has been much better!
I did not realize until hundreds of hours into the game that: (a) Inspiration points are shared between characters; e.g., when "Lae'zel is Inspired," I thought that was only hers to spend; and (b) that Inspiration points are capped at a maximum of 4; I let a lot of Inspiration points go to waste, thinking I was banking them for later.
Yeah it will be a lower average role w/ karmic dice, but the variance will be lower. Meaning a random sample of rolls will have a slightly lower average score yes because streaks of nat d20s are not possible but the spread on that lower average will be considerably lower meaning more consistent rolls.
For me it was learning environmental uses. Like dipping your weapon in any element. Fire is everywhere like candles, or if someone hits you with a ground of acid use that. Another is looking up or at statues that can be hit to deal damage, a lot do situations have them placed purposefully like chandeliers or stalagmites.
Saving is very important, I have like the max, its quite a bit & it was 1GB and a half, but well worth it, this type of game u are gunna want saves, to ensure the 70hrs. in, theirs nothing to worry about.
I had no idea about the Karmic dice and I’m already level 10 with quite a few legendary items. I was wondering how I was still getting hit so often when my parties lowest AC is 20 lol.
It can help. Also, higher creatures have better modifiers like your party does. And they start throwing more spells to hit you in weak areas for your saving throws. It's just how the D&D 5e system works. It's called "bounding accuracy".
Had a few fights today I definitely got hit less and my fighter archers accuracy went up from average of 80% to 95%. You can see the percentage difference if you test it on the same fight. Very odd system they added made early game way harder.
There's something I'd like to add... if you have disguise self or seeming on, some of the dialogue is messed up when another party member is supposed to chime in. As a specific example I was doing the end of shadowheart's specific quest with seeming on so she didn't look like herself, and for some reason that didn't seem to affect a non-party-character's dialogue who addresses shadowheart directly, the dialogue for shadow heart's response comes up, but there's no audio and the camera points to some empty space, like it would normally cut to a close up of shadowheart, but she's not there and the dialogue continues as if she replied... there's even a dialogue option to let her speak, everyone reacts as if she were speaking but she's not. so for important scenes like that, maybe turn buffs that disguise you off.
I think for me, my biggest frustration, the game doesn't explain anything. I have played lots of rpgs, shadowrun, m&m, vampire the masquerade, fallout lol, the list goes on, anyway, my point being, I have never had the chance to play dnd. I don't know what a cantrip is or how it works, I don't know why my spell all of a sudden isn't working? I see it says long rest or partial rest on some of them, but, then when I use some spells it will block out other spells I didn't know it would block out all of a sudden? I just changed to warlock from sorcerer, I had no idea how to use the metamagic, they never seemed to work? Or I just didn't understand how they worked? They said passive, but seemed to not have much of an effect if any, I had no idea if I had even cast it properly? What I'm trying to say is, I am really liking the game, I just think they forgot the tutorial or helpful hints for people who may not know certain things. It reminds me of a few of my favorite gaming experiences, so, I really want to enjoy it, but, I hope that they put in a future patch sometimes to make it less frustrating for people like me who are new to the world itself. I would like to try playing a sorcerer again, but, for now i'll wait, plus, I don't hate my warlock at all, I do miss my dragon scale cheekbones though...those were cool.
Just a heads up, as far as I know, the save files are only about 8-32 MB per, so, it's not that bad, and they are stored on %localappdata%, so, if you record to a separate drive, then it literally does not matter. Have about 32 in total, totaling 465 MB. You can also sym link this folder to a different drive if you want to have them stored somewhere else, LinkShellExtension, move the folder, right click it, pick as source, then go back to the regular location it should be at, and drop as junction.
Do not reduce the number of saves, I had to go back to an elderly save due to a bug that prevented me from moving the main quest along, but I did not realize until I put like 20h into trying to push the game forward by doing other quests until I realized I had a bugged state, if I did not have elderly save files I would have to start over.
I've only been playing Total Warhammer Immortal empires since New World went kaput. This is the first game that has grabbed my attention like this in a while!!! Better part of valor!!!
Dual wielding is bugged. At times you should be doing a single attack, and you end up doing a double attack as if you had selected dual attack and it automatically eats up your bonus, even when it should only do a single attack.
I've noticed the game saves a bunch just before your about to have a big interaction with something. every time it auto saves when I'm out exploring I know something is close ahead of me and everytime there is.
These are some great tips, it's extremely tedious to sell items, not sure if its a bug but 'add to wares' while in trade mode doesnt seem to do anything for me.
We started our playthrough with karmic dice off, then i missed 7 attacks in a row and 4 of them being critical misses, lets just say i flipped it on real quick.
Until they fix the negative side effect of enemies getting it too and hitting you way too often, i'm playing with it off. But it happens, i had it happen in our irl group one time, had about 8, d20 rolls that night, 5 of them we're nat 1's.. and i'm the rogue so needless to say, stuff went very bad :D
great video, Im currently having a problem with my inverntory, I tend to read every book I see then I pick it up, same with notes/maps/pieces of paper.... and my inventory is full of the stuff, im afraid to drop everything not sure if its needed for a quest or some dialog might come up and Bing I have a dialog I read from a book, my question is, do I need to pick up any book in this game or is reading them enough, same question for notes/maps/pieces of paper ???
With Reactions you made it sound like you only get one reaction per turn, even if you have more than one option. The way it works is that you can only use that type of reaction once each turn. So I will clarify... So for example with Karlach, I can Reckless Attack (RA) on a Attack of Opportunity (AoO), thus using both. But if a second opponent would allow an AoO I would not be able to attack them or use my RA because they have already been used up. If I moved up and used RA on my attack, I would not be able to use if for my AoO. So if you moved up on your turn to get into range and didn't attack, you might as well use the RA on the AoO if it pops up because it will otherwise not be used. At that point, the only reason to not use RA would be because tactically you do not want the lowered AC for the foe if they attack you. But if you kill them before they can attack you the lowered AC is a moot point. If you have Polearm Mastery, it does say you get a free AoO on enemies coming into range. I do not know if that means you can have more AoO than one, but it reads that you can because it does not use up your reaction (aka the free part). If it is free, PA Mastery and Sentinel would be very powerful together as you would be able to get free attacks from enemies you threaten (only once per enemy) and then get a AoO if they attack a friend in your range (again, only once). This would allow a AoO per enemy that triggers it via movement and one if they attack a friend (who also doesn't have Sentinel). On the Throw Potion part, Potions are Area of Effect (AoE), although a very small area. So you could have thrown that heal potion to not only heal the downed guy, but heal yourself. If you cluster your party in a tight bunch, you could use a single potion to heal every party member. You can also do this with other potions, like Haste and Hill Giant Strength potions to give every member the effect. Do be warned, if you get a bad guy in the AoE, you will effect them with the potion. Nothing sucks more than accidently hitting the bad guy with a healing potion. Also remember that a character can only be under the effect of a single potion at a time. Hope this helps folks...
I imagine it'd be the same button placement as the console UIs are the same, swapping out the appropriate button. so Triangle would be Y? or is it just outright not there?
I ended up finding out what was going on. So, the weapon has to say Light in the characteristics. That's how you get to use two weapons. So not every weapon will use this function.
RE: Inspiration Point Caution They're a reward for good roleplaying, and are very very useful ... but with one notable exception where using them too much can screw you. I'm referring to Lae'zel using the cleansing chair in the creche ... in that situ, using inspiration points to repeatedly overcome blown high-difficulty rolls can result in permanent brain damage and a permanent nerf of the character doing it. THAT is the only situ i can think of where using inspiration points can be really really BAD. (I rolled mega hot and awakened my parasites without any inspiration points needed).
Thought I subscribed to you already... Werid. Ah well the algorithm gave me another opportunity! Re: Karmic Dice, I'm the same. Much more enjoyable to have the wild highs and lows/risk vs reward. On just makes the rolls feel blander
I just learned a new tip I would like to share with everyone. When you're delving deep into a dark dungeon NEVER EVER walk into a small room full of explosive barrels and alcohol spilled on the floor with a lit torch in your hand. Thank me later.
How do you get the pouches/backpacks to work? The game doesn't allow me to put anything in pouches or backpacks or whatever to keep my inventory organized. I can select all, like alchemy ingredients and add them to my bag, then close out inventory and open it again and they are all out of the bag again. I can't add bags to the hot bar either. Is this something that the recent patch changed or maybe the patch messed it up? It doesn't work on companions either. Some items seem to be character specific. Like if I buy something on a character I can sometimes add it to a bag they originally came with, but if I give that same item to another character, they cannot add it to their own bag. I think my carry item weight is broken also. If you steal stuff, do those items show in your inventory and can you sell them to whoever you want? Or do you have to sell them to a fence? Because my inventory acts like it's full and I can't carry any more items, when it's actually empty. So I thought maybe stolen items don't show up in the inventory. I haven't come across anything that says this though. Want to add that i cannot do the custom stuff either. I can put stuff in there but then they are removed later. That happens on all characters.
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Thanks so much for watching today my bros! I know about Karmic Dice being "Fixed" but they most certainly don't feel that way!
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having your tips detailed in your description so we can click around gets you a spot in heaven
They are in the chapters in the description so you can jump around ;)
@@italianspartacus Think they're saying you've already earned it. 🎉
Just a note, camp supplies can be useful in the open world... for example I found a situation with a particular enemy on chapter 1, where an npc was drunk and sleep, if the player makes any noise, they wake up and treat you, but if you have alcohol in your inventory, you can give it to them by dialog and they go right back to sleep... as a mean to avoid the fight. So for that, I keep a few selected supplies at hand that may be useful, just in case.
It's also funny to throw carrots and potatoes at people
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I have 70+ hours into BG3 so far and I still learned a lot from this video. Thank you!
Same!
Throwing a potion is a double-edged sword if you are at an elevation. I once threw a potion of healing at my 1hp character from high ground and killed it, because the throw did more damage than the healing potion healed
I had that problem once, too. Then I figured out, that I do Not need to throw the potion exactly ON my companion, but one the ground next to him or her. Side effect: All my companion next to the other one were healed too.
Throw it on the ground next to him
Throwing on the ground is the best option. It’s an AoE heal too
I wouldn't have thought of this.
I just wanted to say i really apprechiate the transparency in the beginning. No clickbait, no stay till the end, just a genuine guy trying to help. I just stumbled across this vid and know most of the tipps already but im gonna watch all of it just for ur stats🙏thank you we need more of this on youtube❤
A good tip would be, pay attention to the environment while in combat. A lot of times Larian put things to interact that help out tremendously and a good old Push can make your life so much easier when the enemy is close to a ledge.
Hoping shield master let's me do pushes in this game
Roaring arrows are insane. A group of enemies near a ledge? Knock em all off from range.
@@warriorfire8103push is just a baseline bonus action.
Another great video
Like a room full of explosive barrels next to a hobgoblin chief that you might be too low level to kill without cheese XD
Ty for this great video. I didn't know anything about D&D rules and terms, but after watching a few guide videos like this one i learned a lot to get me started.
Here is my tip: I cannot overstate how powerful the DIP bonus action is in the early game. You can dip your melee or ranged weapon in any surface, but mostly you will find fire in the game world. With this knowledge i blazed through the fights in act 1 with 2-3 of my characters having fire damage on their weapons which is a 1-4 extra damage on top of your attack rolls. A way you can have a PORTABLE fire source with you at any time is to get a candle on every character that uses weapons (that dont have elemental damage already). You will find many candles in crypts and dungeons in Act 1 in boxes or you can pick them up from furniture. In combat, go in your inventory and drop the candle, then light it (these two actions dont cost any action points), then dip your weapon in it (bonus action) then you can also attack. All in a single turn. If you keep your party together all your characters can dip their weapons in a single candle. BOOM now you have fire damage on weapons. Candles are not consumed and dont run out as long as you remember to pick them up after combat ends (i forgot them a few times XD).
This will increase your damage in all fights in the early game and later on you can specialise your elemental damage depending on enemy resistances and weaknesses by carrying various potions which you can toss on the ground creating an elemental puddle that your party can dip their weapons in.
Also remember to INSPECT enemies (T button) when you encounter a new enemy type to see what resistances / weaknesses they have. You can also see their armor class and monster type as well as other stats. No point in wasting time dipping weapons in fire if the enemy is fire resistant.
Double DIP your way to victory and have fun!
Oh lord, I wasn't using the "filter" option for gear and it's so much better. Thank you!
Isn't it glorious!? It's a sesdch bar too!
I tried this too at first, but being a person that RPs a lot (in my head) i always hold some nice RP items like jug of water, shovel, a nice looking gem, a book, lockpicks, ropes, a bottle of wine or something like that on my second row, so when i sort the inventory all those items go in other places. Then i have to drag all those items in row 2 and that is a pain in the ass. So for me that is not an option, again, personal choice to use RP items.
So another thing you can do is to keep a trash bag (satchel) on hand and just put all your trash items in it. When you are at a vendor just sell your trash bag and you also get the gold for the items too. Then you can buy back the bag from the vendor. This is a neat way to alternatively organize your trash loot if you dont want to click on every item and "add to wares". This will also help you if you reach your carry limit on a character by simply sending the trash bag to your camp chest and selling it later. You can also send the food in your camp bag back to camp to get rid of a few extra kgs/pounds.
It works out if you want to play more immersively as you can imagine yourself dumping a bag full of weapons on a merchant's stand and saying "It's a bag-o-weapons, about 50 kgs, how much can you give me for the lot?" and seeing the bewildered look on the merchant's face. XD
Tip on top of the tips (lol) for healing potion throwing - in the situation showed in the video, you could have thrown the potion on the ground for an Area of Effect (AoE) heal which would have healed your character AND Karlach as well. The potions will explode into a small AoE heal when thrown at the ground.
@@Evil_This you are not alone thats why i prefer to target one specific character while throwing potions in case it misses unless really need the aoE heal
Also if you have the action available dropping the potion on the ground and melee attacking is a wider AoE
Amazing shout dude!!!
@@italianspartacus Also worth noting that you probably shouldn't throw a healing pot directly at a friendly target. I've seen quite a few posts from people saying they accidentally killed an ally by direct impact from a thrown healing potion.
@@icyknightmare4592is the heal the same if you throw it on the ground next to them?
In your dual-wielding toggle section, one thing I've noticed most "do / don't do this to improve" videos I've watched don't cover is using bonus actions first to improve damage: hunter's mark and reapply hex being the primary that come to mind. If you use these bonus actions first the main action will benefit from the bonuses.
Lae'zel's pommel strike is a perfect first use bonus action. You're more likely to succeed the next attack if they are dazed.
You can ice blood puddles the same as water. This is useful when fighting big enemies that leave massive puddles. Also, don't forget to use "speak to dead" if you have it. You don't really use it in the story, so might as well use it, specially if you get an item that allows for a free use. Use it on area bosses or more important characters for more lore development and sometimes helps progressing quests and gives you more dialog options with other characters. You can also ask them about any hidden loot in the area they ruled. Also, and this is VERY IMPORTANT, keep a look out for permanent buffs. There are ways to be blessed or get buffs (like permanent invisibility detection or permanent temporary hit points when low) that last even through long rests. They are found in the weirdest of places, so explore as much as you can (like, a BDSM session with a fanatic in a cave).
Also, don't worry about backlogging interactions with your party members in the long rest camp. If you are worried that some romance interactions are missed because other story events take place, don't worry. The game remembers them and will put them out as soon as it can. Sometimes they are delayed because you need to be outside of dungeon or things like that, but they don't go away.
ALSO, remember you can put the
*spoilers for the first 10h/15h of the game*
brain worms in your party members too, if you succeed in convincing them. This gives them the powers too. But, if you have it, don't use charm person for advantage on this checks on your party members. After it wears off, they will dislike it. You can also check how much they approve if you in the character sheet of the party member. In the last tab of the character sheet, scroll down to see exactly how much they like or dislike you.
If you hover a surface and the path line changes to a blue color that means that surface behaves like water, meaning you can freeze it or electrify it. A yellow color means difficult terrain and moving throught it costs the double movement distance, and a red color means the character is gonna receive damage if it walks there.
For almost all the locked doors, chests and traps don't use inspiration to reroll. You can use trap disarm kits and thieves tools to do that.
Locked doors and chests, yes- traps depends, they go off when you fail
If you have 4 inspiration points you might as well, depending on who you have in the party I find them easy to come by, and 4 is the max available at a time. Although astarion has never broken a pick yet so I agree with lockpicking.
Wow, I learned many new things in your video. Thank you. This is my first-time playing D&D or anything based on D&D, so I was completely clueless on... well, basically everything. I didn't even know what a "1d20" was. After playing the game for a few days, I figured out most everything to play the game at a noob-level. Now that I'm a master noob and know your tips, I think I can take the next step. Great video and presentation. Cheers!
I actually INCREASED the number of my saved saves. Came in handy: a quest for Druid Halsin was bugged....requiring me to go back FOUR GODDAMNED HOURS to get it done properly.
You can do an aoe heal if you place the potion on the ground and shoot it.
Thats why i love this studio xD
Will it split the heal amount between everyone? Or just everyone gets the full amount that the potion normally heals?
Like let's say the potion would've healed 5 if I drank it. Now instead I place it on the ground between 3 people. Are all of them getting 5 each, or are all of them getting like 1-2 each now?
@@sjk7467 from the video I saw it seemed like everyone gets a random amount as if they all drank it themselves. I haven't attempted it myself yet.
@@fenix648 damn if so, it seems like there's absolutely no reason to ever drink it. Unless everyone is fully healed except one, or it's mid fight or something and getting the party together would require time you don't want to spend, or turns.
@@sjk7467drinking it is a bonus action and throwing it is a full action, so it really depends on how many people are injured and what you're trying to do in the fight
Thanks. I had no idea about the T shortcut & that I could throw healing potions.. Also love the idea of organising arrows into a quiver/backpack
Quickly log in to ranger to do just that...
Question, can you dual wield swords and hand crossbows?
@@kgaydos7 yes and rangers can take two-weapon fighting to get full attribute bonus on each weapon
Just got this game yesterday and have been enjoying it quite a bit! This video here has already helped me in a number of ways I have to admit so I decided to leave a comment; thanks :3
So, I actually liked this video so I can go back to it more easily later on because... legit the day after watching this I forgot like, several of the things you said in it and I wanna have it as a quick guide just in case lmao
My frend, i have seen a lot of these guide videos for BG3 because i like to be well informed before going into a complicated RPG like this, but you videos are a cut above the rest in info and presentation.
I take my hat off to you, sir!
hey thanks for this vid! Inventory management and hotbar customization are GAME changing
nice Vampire Hunter D reference!
I learned a ton from this! Liked and subbed. Great vid. Thanks for your hard work. Its a wild emotional ride trying to get good at this game.
I have to say, this has been one of the most helpful videos on this topic. I have a deep background on 'game mechanics ' but litte BG3 system knowledge. This has helped immensely.
I'll say right now, even 8 hr in, (2nd time as the creator bugged on me it turns out), this was super useful. I've seen No other creator talk like this about the game mechanic. The Devs seem to assume you'll come to the game with a comprehensive knowledge of the board game.. And the tutorial for the game is pants, non existent.
Would like to see more of these in regards to actions/abilities/skills use for combat & other scenarios.
It's a pain the game doesn't have a glossary linked to everything giving a proper breakdown; so you know exactly what you're using & how best to use it. The game narrative being you're ment to know all this stuff, as its not like your character is a farm-hand new to it all & having to learn & discover.
Anyways.. loved this.
Would love to see Steam Workshop access/support for this game in the near future. As they'll be the ones to fix the bugs, & other issues, still going on; & refine the game. I'll say again, a glossary/compendium linked to skills/abilities actions, even similar for armour/weapon types, would be a massively useful resource in game. Throw in some Law from this Universe.
@@Han_Shot_1stdo you mean Lore not Law? If not that's a strange sentence but absolutely having a glossary/index would improve the game because some terms are obvious for 99% of people but have been subtly changed for BG3 over D&D so it's less of a surprise if you can look things up
I've always enjoyed (aside from your voice, beard and gameplay) your willingness and encouragement of the community to help one another out in the comment section. So wholesome. Who would have thought the internet had it in them?
I love this game so far only just started can’t wait to use these tips
Watching your videos has gotten me so much more excited to play on ps5 when it comes out . Each of your videos are so informative and i feel like i have a good grasp on what I want to do and how to do it when I finally jump in and play. Thank you good sir.
Love your content the way you upfront all the knowledge makes it very easy to get the information and get back to the game but also passively listen to the video for more information on things I care about
So much to learn..... I get the feeling that I will be spending much time reloading saves as I try out may of your tips (especially during combat) or just spending lots of time in between battles to learn how to set the bars and slots up into something useable for me. Thanks for the clear explanations..
There are reasons go use bonus action offhand attacks seprrate. Some weapons have special triggers when an enemy js low hp. Or they have low hp already and you dont need a full attack to kill. Just my 2 cents.
so incredibly thorough, thank u so much!
You're so welcome!
3:46 There has been a patch around that Karmic Dice so now it only prevents long failure streaks instead of preventing both failure and success streaks so its safe to turn on without the game forcing your rolls to be lower. Ofc if u still want total random dice rolls feel free to leave it off.
Nice, I too love it when my friends jump in when i romance.
This is really helpful thank you! I was struggling with my inventory managed throughout my playthrough 😂
19:38
That Moonglum isn't a thief.
*Elric disapproves.*
That “side tip” at 19:00 is crucial! You can not just drop into someone’s game to show them something then leave. You will kick out a random party member and EFF UP their single player play through.
Yeah I really hope they fix this I don’t want a solo player and have to make a whole new character so I can play with friends just let me keep ‘em at camp or just kick em
wait, do the drop ins get companion quests like the larian crew??
That's hilarious
@@QuaePanemEtCircenses No they dont have dialog. Its lame as and ruins your playthrough
OMG, I keep forgetting to use Shift and Ctrl to manage my inventory and to move things around. I HAVE been right clicking and "send to X" player to move things around. Your tips are going to save me so much time now! :)
I also did not know about hitting T to examine enemy to see what their stats were. Great tip!
My first run was a disaster! I was on the lowest difficulty and kept getting murked. Largely because I didn’t understand spell slots, how to properly spec companions and what equipment to use.
It’s a learning curve, like with any game. My second run has been much better!
I did not realize until hundreds of hours into the game that: (a) Inspiration points are shared between characters; e.g., when "Lae'zel is Inspired," I thought that was only hers to spend; and (b) that Inspiration points are capped at a maximum of 4; I let a lot of Inspiration points go to waste, thinking I was banking them for later.
like your content, the only issue I had was when you showed the hot bar, the close captions was in the way.
Yeah it will be a lower average role w/ karmic dice, but the variance will be lower. Meaning a random sample of rolls will have a slightly lower average score yes because streaks of nat d20s are not possible but the spread on that lower average will be considerably lower meaning more consistent rolls.
For me it was learning environmental uses. Like dipping your weapon in any element. Fire is everywhere like candles, or if someone hits you with a ground of acid use that. Another is looking up or at statues that can be hit to deal damage, a lot do situations have them placed purposefully like chandeliers or stalagmites.
The weapon dipping I have seen in other videos, but never used it. Think it is about time to do that.
Saving is very important, I have like the max, its quite a bit & it was 1GB and a half, but well worth it, this type of game u are gunna want saves, to ensure the 70hrs. in, theirs nothing to worry about.
IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A BAG MERCHANT FOR DAYS AND ALL I HAD TO DO WAS PICK UP A SACK OFF THE GROUND!?!?
this has taught me so much thank you
I love your respect towards viewers, instant subscribe.
I had no idea about the Karmic dice and I’m already level 10 with quite a few legendary items. I was wondering how I was still getting hit so often when my parties lowest AC is 20 lol.
Glad to hear we can turn this off. I'd hate this as it smells of level scaling to me.
It can help. Also, higher creatures have better modifiers like your party does. And they start throwing more spells to hit you in weak areas for your saving throws. It's just how the D&D 5e system works. It's called "bounding accuracy".
Had a few fights today I definitely got hit less and my fighter archers accuracy went up from average of 80% to 95%. You can see the percentage difference if you test it on the same fight. Very odd system they added made early game way harder.
Dang, containers on the hotkeys is somehow something I didn't think of. Waaaay easier than hotkeying the zillion consumables
I saw something in another video earlier where you can actually drop a healing potion and hit it and it gives a bigger healing AOE
There's something I'd like to add... if you have disguise self or seeming on, some of the dialogue is messed up when another party member is supposed to chime in. As a specific example I was doing the end of shadowheart's specific quest with seeming on so she didn't look like herself, and for some reason that didn't seem to affect a non-party-character's dialogue who addresses shadowheart directly, the dialogue for shadow heart's response comes up, but there's no audio and the camera points to some empty space, like it would normally cut to a close up of shadowheart, but she's not there and the dialogue continues as if she replied... there's even a dialogue option to let her speak, everyone reacts as if she were speaking but she's not.
so for important scenes like that, maybe turn buffs that disguise you off.
It's super annoying you can't sell stuff from a sack without taking it out first.
I am so bad at this game.
bro - same
Great tips! This solved some things that frustrated me.. like thr cross save
always leave it OA on ask, as some enemies (like the forge golem) change aggro to the unit that last attacked it
Just got the game! But I'm new to this type of game so i was really excited to find your channel!
Enjoy!! You're in for a shit kicking good time!
I loved the vampire hunter D reference!
Sending all that stuff to camp was a big help!
Great and useful video! Thank you so much, friend!
I think for me, my biggest frustration, the game doesn't explain anything. I have played lots of rpgs, shadowrun, m&m, vampire the masquerade, fallout lol, the list goes on, anyway, my point being, I have never had the chance to play dnd. I don't know what a cantrip is or how it works, I don't know why my spell all of a sudden isn't working? I see it says long rest or partial rest on some of them, but, then when I use some spells it will block out other spells I didn't know it would block out all of a sudden? I just changed to warlock from sorcerer, I had no idea how to use the metamagic, they never seemed to work? Or I just didn't understand how they worked? They said passive, but seemed to not have much of an effect if any, I had no idea if I had even cast it properly?
What I'm trying to say is, I am really liking the game, I just think they forgot the tutorial or helpful hints for people who may not know certain things. It reminds me of a few of my favorite gaming experiences, so, I really want to enjoy it, but, I hope that they put in a future patch sometimes to make it less frustrating for people like me who are new to the world itself. I would like to try playing a sorcerer again, but, for now i'll wait, plus, I don't hate my warlock at all, I do miss my dragon scale cheekbones though...those were cool.
Just a heads up, as far as I know, the save files are only about 8-32 MB per, so, it's not that bad, and they are stored on %localappdata%, so, if you record to a separate drive, then it literally does not matter. Have about 32 in total, totaling 465 MB.
You can also sym link this folder to a different drive if you want to have them stored somewhere else, LinkShellExtension, move the folder, right click it, pick as source, then go back to the regular location it should be at, and drop as junction.
Do not reduce the number of saves, I had to go back to an elderly save due to a bug that prevented me from moving the main quest along, but I did not realize until I put like 20h into trying to push the game forward by doing other quests until I realized I had a bugged state, if I did not have elderly save files I would have to start over.
That's called "Make a manual save as each "Day" begins at the campsite. I'd still follow his advice in this case.
Great video as always sparty!!!! Cant wait for this on ps5
I've only been playing Total Warhammer Immortal empires since New World went kaput. This is the first game that has grabbed my attention like this in a while!!! Better part of valor!!!
T key might be R3 on console, not too sure. R3 toggles item tips in the inventory
Been playing since early access but good info. Thanks bro 🍻
Larian said Karmic dice were going to be fixed in the full release!
I was on my second run and realized that a lot of choices I make don't have much of an impact, or even change the outcome. Damn, back to Skyrim.
Nice to know you can bulk send to camp wish knew how for PS5 though.
There's a painting of the red prince in a burning building.
Theres a picture of Fane in the mercenaries room on your way to Withers
Lohsa is in the Druid Grove. Sebille is in the hags house I think... uh ifan is in blight village somewhere...
A nice one in the Teahouse too.
Dual wielding is bugged. At times you should be doing a single attack, and you end up doing a double attack as if you had selected dual attack and it automatically eats up your bonus, even when it should only do a single attack.
I liked this video at 15:50 🤣🤣
I've noticed the game saves a bunch just before your about to have a big interaction with something. every time it auto saves when I'm out exploring I know something is close ahead of me and everytime there is.
You don't need to be better in games. You need to just enjoy it ;)
Awesome video, thank you for that !
I never find crosssaves to be slow tbh, unless you want to load immediately after you hit save, otherwise I see no reason why you should disable that
These are some great tips, it's extremely tedious to sell items, not sure if its a bug but 'add to wares' while in trade mode doesnt seem to do anything for me.
You have to be in the other screen :/ there's trade and barter, one allows you to "sell all wares" you just immediately get money. It's kinda tedious
Thanks for info should still help as I'll be playing offline on ps5 once I can download it at my friend's
We started our playthrough with karmic dice off, then i missed 7 attacks in a row and 4 of them being critical misses, lets just say i flipped it on real quick.
Until they fix the negative side effect of enemies getting it too and hitting you way too often, i'm playing with it off.
But it happens, i had it happen in our irl group one time, had about 8, d20 rolls that night, 5 of them we're nat 1's.. and i'm the rogue so needless to say, stuff went very bad :D
Ooooo I wondered why I had over 60 saves!! Lol I need to do a small purge.
Such an amazing game. Thanks for the video.
If an ennemy uses a tactic, or crafty maneuver, remember that you can use those same sorts of tactics.
ngl those 35 saves at the end of the game saved my life.
Another tip: Leave special eggs in the camp chest until you need them. You might otherwise unknowingly encourage cannibalism 😭
great video, Im currently having a problem with my inverntory, I tend to read every book I see then I pick it up, same with notes/maps/pieces of paper.... and my inventory is full of the stuff, im afraid to drop everything not sure if its needed for a quest or some dialog might come up and Bing I have a dialog I read from a book, my question is, do I need to pick up any book in this game or is reading them enough, same question for notes/maps/pieces of paper ???
With Reactions you made it sound like you only get one reaction per turn, even if you have more than one option. The way it works is that you can only use that type of reaction once each turn. So I will clarify...
So for example with Karlach, I can Reckless Attack (RA) on a Attack of Opportunity (AoO), thus using both. But if a second opponent would allow an AoO I would not be able to attack them or use my RA because they have already been used up. If I moved up and used RA on my attack, I would not be able to use if for my AoO. So if you moved up on your turn to get into range and didn't attack, you might as well use the RA on the AoO if it pops up because it will otherwise not be used. At that point, the only reason to not use RA would be because tactically you do not want the lowered AC for the foe if they attack you. But if you kill them before they can attack you the lowered AC is a moot point.
If you have Polearm Mastery, it does say you get a free AoO on enemies coming into range. I do not know if that means you can have more AoO than one, but it reads that you can because it does not use up your reaction (aka the free part). If it is free, PA Mastery and Sentinel would be very powerful together as you would be able to get free attacks from enemies you threaten (only once per enemy) and then get a AoO if they attack a friend in your range (again, only once). This would allow a AoO per enemy that triggers it via movement and one if they attack a friend (who also doesn't have Sentinel).
On the Throw Potion part, Potions are Area of Effect (AoE), although a very small area. So you could have thrown that heal potion to not only heal the downed guy, but heal yourself. If you cluster your party in a tight bunch, you could use a single potion to heal every party member. You can also do this with other potions, like Haste and Hill Giant Strength potions to give every member the effect. Do be warned, if you get a bad guy in the AoE, you will effect them with the potion. Nothing sucks more than accidently hitting the bad guy with a healing potion. Also remember that a character can only be under the effect of a single potion at a time.
Hope this helps folks...
So wrong on almost everything you wrote...
I love your videos! They help me tons! How do I do the Dual Wielding Toggle on Xbox? I am a little lost int the UI. Thanks again!
Here you go! imgur.com/a/GkCaURm
This is PS, do you have the screen for the Xbox?@@italianspartacus
I imagine it'd be the same button placement as the console UIs are the same, swapping out the appropriate button. so Triangle would be Y? or is it just outright not there?
Unfortunately it's not there.@@italianspartacus
I ended up finding out what was going on. So, the weapon has to say Light in the characteristics. That's how you get to use two weapons. So not every weapon will use this function.
RE: Inspiration Point Caution
They're a reward for good roleplaying, and are very very useful ... but with one notable exception where using them too much can screw you. I'm referring to Lae'zel using the cleansing chair in the creche ... in that situ, using inspiration points to repeatedly overcome blown high-difficulty rolls can result in permanent brain damage and a permanent nerf of the character doing it.
THAT is the only situ i can think of where using inspiration points can be really really BAD. (I rolled mega hot and awakened my parasites without any inspiration points needed).
Thanks!
I JUST SAW THIS I'M SO SORRY! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
@@italianspartacus lol, all good
The first time I discovered you could slap someone with a potion to heal him I couldn't stop laughing for 5 minutes.
You should make a playlist for all your bg3 videos.
Also, do you have a video about party composition ?
It's linked at the end of the video :)
I do not! What would you like to know? I can make one
Thought I subscribed to you already... Werid. Ah well the algorithm gave me another opportunity!
Re: Karmic Dice, I'm the same. Much more enjoyable to have the wild highs and lows/risk vs reward. On just makes the rolls feel blander
I just learned a new tip I would like to share with everyone.
When you're delving deep into a dark dungeon NEVER EVER walk into a small room full of explosive barrels and alcohol spilled on the floor with a lit torch in your hand. Thank me later.
I don't know if they've changed it or Not by now but I can't get any of the throwing potion stuff to work...
23:53 on Xbox console it’s down on the D pad.
How do you get the pouches/backpacks to work? The game doesn't allow me to put anything in pouches or backpacks or whatever to keep my inventory organized. I can select all, like alchemy ingredients and add them to my bag, then close out inventory and open it again and they are all out of the bag again. I can't add bags to the hot bar either. Is this something that the recent patch changed or maybe the patch messed it up? It doesn't work on companions either. Some items seem to be character specific. Like if I buy something on a character I can sometimes add it to a bag they originally came with, but if I give that same item to another character, they cannot add it to their own bag.
I think my carry item weight is broken also. If you steal stuff, do those items show in your inventory and can you sell them to whoever you want? Or do you have to sell them to a fence? Because my inventory acts like it's full and I can't carry any more items, when it's actually empty. So I thought maybe stolen items don't show up in the inventory. I haven't come across anything that says this though.
Want to add that i cannot do the custom stuff either. I can put stuff in there but then they are removed later. That happens on all characters.
Not sure if it they have changed it or not but in my reading up of karmic dice is that setting affects all dice rolls not just the players.
Excellent tips 👍🏻
yup. only 2 min in and I love this channel
How to romance that demon from the intro, is all I need to know.