Here we go. We're gonna be long resting like a bunch of chronic narcolepts going forward. And it's a good job cos I wouldn't want to miss out on dialogue from Ga…uh I mean all of my party members who I value equally.
Have you tried playing with a controller? Some people don't like it. But I prefer it. It feels so much more immersive to me, especially for moving around the map. I played my first playthrough with the mouse and keyboard. But after I tried controller I won't go back. There are a few places where a mouse made finding hidden things easier, but they are very few. And just holding down A to search a whole area finds me way more secrets than clicking around ever did. And tapping the shoulder buttons to scroll all my abilities is easier for my ADHD brain to keep track of, rather than everything laid out at once. I played the first 2 baldurs gate games back in the day, and controller wasn't even an option, so I didn't think it would work as well as it does, or that I would like it so much
@@greenmanjoe1 I like to play BG3 on my laptop more than on my console. I prefer mouse and keybord more also in this game. 😊 How fun to see yet another video of this from you. 😊 Greetings from Finland again.
So refreshing to see a person who is willing to give Lae'zel a chance, most people on their first run assume she's an asshole through and through and miss out on one of the best characters in the game!
@@ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc I can't pick the best one because honestly, it's the first time in a game where all of them are incredible in their own way. But I will absolutely agree that Lae'zel is up there, my second favourite as a matter of fact!
Joe: "What is that gorgeous noise?" Me: [oh no. does he know?] Joe: "Sounds like a siren. I'm probably being lured to my death aren't I" Me: [oh good, he knows. hope he quicksaves]
I appreciate the zoom/pan editing you're doing, and transitions with the books. Even if I skip them. :) It's coming together! It takes a while to learn all the little bits of this game, but it looks like you're having fun, and that's all that matters! RIP Timber.
I have a thing for prickly people. Lae'zel and Astarion are my favourites. I've met Lae'zel's VA at Comic Con Liverpool and she was so lovely. It's so funny you have Lae'zel and Gale as your favourites though, don't think I've seen that combo before! Can't say I blame you, Gale looks good. Ditto everything said about respeccing Shadowheart.
You can only dual wield weapons tagged as "Light". When you level up enough and get feats, the Dual Wielder feat will allow you to dual wield any non-light one handed weapons. When dual wielding, your offhand weapon will not use any stat bonus or proficiencies. With the dual wield weapon style that you picked up, your offhand will use your stat bonus and proficiencies.
Worth adding that there's Two Weapon Fighting (a fighting style) that gives you the bonus on the offhand attack, and Dual Wielder (a feat) that allows you to arm yourself with two non-heavy weapons. They're easily confused - D&D rules are complicated!
So funny that he already have LOTS of weapon he could dual wield... but that went way past over his head, something like... *Me using something lesser than a rapier... Nahhh."
@@666Dach It takes a while to get the measure of the game - I now arm my rogues and bards asap with two shortswords or scimitars (depending on proficiencies), rather than waste a feat on Dual Wielder, even though it's hella annoying that you need that feat for a standard Renaissance rapier+dagger setup
26:10 things need to have the Light property in order to be dual wielded. There is a feat called Dual Wielder that remove that restriction and only gates off two-handed weapons. Every class gets a to pick a feat at levels 4, 8 and 12 (except fighter who get more at 6 and 10) so this means you’ll be able to dual wield rapiers next level up if you choose that ^v^
1:42:05 I’ve actually ran the D&D adventure that this book right here is a reference to, called Tomb of Annihilation. In it, the player characters go to the jungles of Chult and find a tomb that has become the lair of a lich named Acererak (the cut off “-rerak” is in reference to him). He’s a nasty piece of work, he’s famous in D&D lore for creating unfair death trap dungeons. My grandmother’s bard character cut off his bony head in that game, so that’s fun 😎 (I mean he’ll be back in a few years death doesn’t stop a lich for long, but hey she saved the day for now xD)
Another great video. It's cool to watch you start figuring things out. The game does have useful info in tooltips and stuff, but it's definitely not the type of game to hold your hand. It's also the type of game that lets you do a lot more ....... nefarious things than other games would, as the squirrel taught you. The look on your face was an absolutely golden moment in the playthrough so far. As you said, you want to figure things out for yourself, but a few minor tips that are not obvious:- - 'Concentration'. There are a lot of spells that are listed as concentration spells - you can see it in their description. You can only ever have one of these active at a time, so if you cast another one it will replace it - as you saw with the Bless into Shield of Faith. This will happen a lot, to us all, so be ready for the many times you will want to swear at yourself for forgetting, and replacing one really cool spell with another. If you look at the bottom left of your hotbar, there will be an icon showing which spell you are concentrating on with that particular character, and a tiny little 'x' to the top right of that icon. This is how you can voluntarily turn the spell off early - useful for things like your Cloud of Daggers spell, if you want to remove it when the fight has ended, or if its more likely to harm you than your enemies. - Spellbook. You can open this for each character that uses magic, and select which spells they have active. They all know a lot more spells than they can currently choose from at any given time. These can be changed at any point outside of combat. Good habit to get into. In that regard, take a look at Shadowheart's list in particular, and read the description for 'Lesser Restoration'. I won't say more than that, because that might turn this into a spoiler rather than just a hint. - With regards your hotbar, you saw the + / - buttons and how they work. As you level up and get more spells and abilities, you will almost certainly want to have this as 4 rows instead of 2. There is also a little padlock icon so you can lock/unlock the hotbar. Very helpful to rearrange your abilities into certain groups of similar uses/levels. But this may only become more useful, the more comfortable you get with each characters toolkit. - Your comment regarding Shadowheart missing nearly every attack/spell is practically a meme at this point. This is because of her attribute points. Wisdom is her key stat for spells, and Strength is her key stat for melee attacks, and her STR is way too low to be useful. This can be changed at Withers (the skeleton dude). When you ask him to change your class, you can re-set the attribute points as part of that process. This can be useful for natural play, and is a key part of min-maxing strategies. Obviously I don't feel the need to recommend min-maxing, but its certainly worth a look, if not just to get a better feel for the mechanics of it. You can also pickpocket Withers afterwards with no consequence, if you feel like you don't want to waste the money - but if you're going to do that, I would recommedn switching to Astarion for it, he is much better at lockpicking and pickpocketing than any other character, so the skill checks are a lot easier to pass. If you are going to re-spec the characters, one useful tip is that it is only ever the even numbers in your attributes that make a difference, so having any of them at an odd value is literally a waste of attribute points. It is possible to change classes and builds in this way, and for a 2nd or 3rd playthrough, I would definitely recommend doing so, but for your first, its not a problem to stick with the default builds. There's obviously a ton more, but I think these would probably be the only ones I feel need mentioning at this point. Enjoy.
Loved the episode! Great job finding Kahga’s chest, the info you got from it will be very useful. I totally missed it on my first playthrough. Great job beating the harpies, too-that’s a tough fight at this level. Some of the most satisfying wins are when the fight catches you by surprise and you think “this is it” but then you pull it together and beat them.
very impressive how your party handled the fight with harpies! I was struggling multiple times just on the balanced mode. can't wait for the next episode!
Little tip at the bottom of the characters portrait bottom left. You will see spells casted mainly with concentration spells there will be a little white x on the top right of the spell icon If you click it the spell will cancel. Comes in handy when out of combat with spells like cloud of daggers. When NPC'S are running around. P.S Just noticed somebody has allready told you this in the comments. 🤣🤣
No spoilers, but a few tips to help with a few combat frustrations you seem to be having. You can dual-wield, but can only have a light weapon in your off-hand, ie. Pay attention the tags on the weapon, daggers and short swords are both light. You can use regular weapons in your off-hand with a feat. Feats are available every 4 levels. Casters like Gale, Shadowheart and even Wyll, should use their cantrips as much as you can. They are much more effective than with cantrips than physical weapons unless they are silenced. Cantrips can be spammed and do not requre a spell slot. Wyll is the exception on cantrips if you make him pact of the blade; otherwise his Eldritch Blast is very good. If they have multiple cantrips just pay attention to the chance-to-hit when you mouse over them, and the enemies weaknesses. Also, personally, I found it helpful to remove all spells from my hotbars, they are available in the squares above the hot bar with 1,2 and so on. This way they won't clutter your screen and give you more room to see your items and basic attacks. You can then move over the spells you use often like heals and spell you like. Spells also have spell slots. You will notice the little squares on the spell tabs, how the 1 or 2 have 3 or 4 squares. They are blue when you have the spell slots available to cast and turn blank as you use them. Also, Wither's ability to change your class is very helpful if you don't like how you built your bard and you want to fix choices you made earlier in the game. I hope these tips are helpful and you find more joy in combat. You are doing an amazing job for a first timer! I am loving the playthrough!
Wanted to say a good reason you could be missing lots is because the karmic die setting is on, it’s a setting that makes your dice rolls biased, the more good rolls then the more bad rolls it’ll force you to have and vice versa, making you miss over and over. Also with your spell casters, avoiding weapon attacks is ideal, of course with Joey it goes either way, bards are a very versatile class, every subclass lets them go any direction to being a martial bard etc. with Wyll for example, eldritch blast is your BEST friend and it’s one of the strongest spells in the game because it’s free to use, can strike multiple times and high damage for a cantrip.
If you find a soap bar or bowl if sponges, you can use them to clean blood off you, and they don't get used up. Alternatively, you can use a Create Water spell.
Healing word - the best healing spell. Its numbers aren't the biggest, but in battle it uses bonus action, which means you can heal and do something else cool the same turn.
You can hit hide with Astarion, (or with anyone, I guess, I just use him most for sneaky sneaky) you'll see the red areas, that's where someone can see you. You can actually just walk around that girl and hide, she can't see behind herself, and then you can open the chest.
If you ever get the dialogue option "continue" it's a bug. Quick save with F5 and load with F8 to fix the issue. "Continue" will always select the first option available without giving you the chance to see what it is.
One random non-tip!: collect sponges (EDIT: and bars of soap). When used from the inventory (or you can drag them onto your action bar), the user gets cleaned of blood. So you don't look ridiculous in dialogue covered in red.
I actually did not know this 😅 Astarion makes the most up-close kills in my run so it's hilarious to see him just 🧍🏻standing drenched head to toe in red while everyone else looks normal
Hang on a second, I know you have something very important to say, right after that massive fight, but please excuse me when I sponge bath myself to be presentable for the dialogue camera
Loving this playthrough. A tip now that you have got more actions you can press the + or - in the bottom right to increase and decrease the size of the hotbar. You can also use the lock to unlock it letting you move, remove, and add actions on the hotbar. It can be very useful to organise everything like all the weapon attacks on one row then your healing/buff spells on the next etc. Can really help speed up combat. As well you can pick up containers like backpacks or even a teddy bear in one area that you can store stuff in to help organise your inventory like having a bag full of your potions or scrolls etc.(No pressure to do any of this, it just really helped me a lot)
I hadn't actually watched the video yet but I had noticed you still had the normal size hotbar. Then this morning I watched it and saw you basically talked about all this at the beginning. I probably should have watched it first shouldn't I
@greenmanjoe1 : when you cast a Concentration spell like the Cloud of Dagger that hurts your companion and by chance doesn't kill the little tieflin kid, you can stop the spell anytime when it stops to be usefull : you have a little icon next your portrait in the action bar, with a little X - just clic on the icon to stop the concentration. I've searched for douzen of hour (...several hundred) how to do that and I don't know if I wouldn't be still looking if someone have not told me where it is.
@@lledelwin As much as I love the game letting you learn things for yourself I really feel like it could be a bit more helpful when it comes to things like this lol
@@greenmanjoe1 I totally agree, especially for Magic. It's not told in the tutorial, neither the pop-up or the page. Same for the ritual spells : every spells you see with a little green star in the description cost nothing to cast, as long they are not cast during a combat (...again, something I've learned after hundred of hours in the game)
On my second play through I played an evil character. When I came across the squirrel and I was still taken aback when I chose "Kick her". How could we have guessed "Kick her" means "Kill her". And what a handsome man that NPC who found you lurking at 1:13:10, wish I could take him back to camp.
I had that same reaction the first time I kicked the squirrel! I reloaded afterward though lol. The romances in this game are all amazing! I believe you can flirt in the beginning as much as you want, but will have to choose later. I'd love to do a playthrough for everyone, but I can't help choosing Astarion or Gale lol Love that you're taking time to talk to everyone!
I've watched quite a few people play this blind like you're doing, but I have to say, I like yours a lot more than some others. You're just very chill and the videos are casual. I've been doing some crafting things as I'm watching and it's nice and calm.
Hey Joe, after see the chapter, just some advices if you want :P : Only is possible two handed with vers weapons, subtle based on Agility damage, or in lvl 4 you gain a feat about two hand combat and then is possible equip two rapier. And, the shadowheart guidance skill, is a cantrip, is possible get it with another cleric or duid for example, or with a warlock tome subclass. Also there is a necklace overthere with it ;P
No specific hints, but a general hint that you should know (I learned this from a loading screen) is that you can throw healing potions at party members, including downed ones, in order to heal them at a distance
Long day here, came in ...saw upload ....legit cheered out loud. I hope all of us offering hints etc didn't get too overwhelming. Honestly just love seeing your approach, and can agree with you on how the game should have more tip pop ups for spells or other game mechanics during that opening "tutorial" at the start of the game. Would definitely help knowing what everything is for new players...or even anyone completely new to D&D. When you went to strip Gale...I was like...yaaaaassssss! haha. I fully support your romancing Gale.
Just caught up on the first few episodes, can't wait to see more! You may want to get into the habit of healing or short resting after combat encounters. After the harpy fight, you kept exploring, but if there was another cluster of enemies there, you might have run into some trouble :)
Enjoy figuring out the game for yourself! Always love seeing new players to dnd or related things trying stuff out and how they think and approach things.
hello Joe, i am from France, idk if someone already told u but here is some tips for the next acts, when you fight someone you like you can actually knock out and not kill him/her, so you can still see them in future etc, so you can decide in fight which npc you let leave. Have fun :)
Love the video! Regarding people running into your cloud of daggers at 1:37:44, there is a small button below your portrait on the left that lets you cancel any ongoing concentration spells. Very useful, as oftentimes NPCs step into active AOE effects after combat and will get pissy at you.
@OhThatRobin from Drow perspective, surface dwelling animals are weak and not worthy of mercy or survival, especially something like a tree climbing rat. I could easily imagine any of the female priestesses torturing and killing a squirrel. Some of this might have rubbed off on Joey. (I forgot if he's made as Lloth sworn or seldarine?)
Ongoing spells can be turned off by clicking the little "x" on the spell icon near the character's portrait. It doesn't have to be that character's turn, either.
Shadowheart isn't broken. Her STR is middling so her melee hit chance and damage is pretty bad. Her firebolt is from her racial bonus and scales off of INT, not her WIS, her cleric main stat. Sacred Flame has its issues too since it has a DEX save to negate--- something that Act 1 enemies have a LOT of- especially goblins and those harpies. Guiding bolt is technically her best ranged attack since it uses her WIS in her spell attack vs AC. She gets much better spells in higher levels, especially the AoE ones. These spells don't miss, it just can only get resisted for half damage with a successful saving throw--- much better than a big fat zero.
Yeah Shadowheart like most spellcaster in 5e is way more complicated to understand how to play right for a new player. The thing I find funny, he mostly keep her in the party because of want access to guidance which he could have access with Wyll. When he leveled up him he went in so fast without reading that he missed it.
I'm glad you're going to stop reading advice now after the initial batch of episodes. This way you get a rough overview over the mechanics, but you avoid bigger spoilers and also still leave the opportunity open to have characters go up in flames and live with the consequences of your actions. (I mean that in a good way... in terms of entertainment value) It's also really nice to see that you don't always just pick the goodie two shoes option (which I am guilty of, but that's why I don't make RUclips videos) but think about your character's perspective and follow through accordingly in conversation. Keep it up!
Damn, well done for taking on the Harpies first go on Tactician! 👍 Thanks for another great vid - still pure joy to watch! 😊*Deliberately does not mention the squirrel...* As for Shadowheart - she does need a fair bit of optimisation but she's utter boss later on: As full light cleric she carried my HM run pretty much.
Love watching you encounter the characters as you go exploring. BG3 is like living out a fantasy novel. Maybe the portraits are a glitch or are they assuming you're doing an "evil run" because you kicked the squirrel? I've never seen that in any of my runs, but I have never (and will never) do an evil run. Any Durge players want to comment?
@@marthachlipala4538 The portraits have been like that from the start so I’m pretty sure it’s just a glitch. I’m definitely not planning on this being an evil playthrough (squirrel bashing aside)
“I like her” welcome to the 3% club 😂 I saw right through Lae’zels passive aggressive shit straight away, surprised so few others took the time to dig a little deeper.
1:03:12 Yes, I know many do that when they know theyll make choices companions disapprove of. Fair Warning though! Gale somehow *knows* what you did, even from camp sometimes. Anyways, as for disapproval, I am playing a good character and have Astarion in my party basically 99% of the time. It matters but not too much. As long as your companions approve of more "major" story choices, you arent in peril of having bad approval. Some approvals matter more than others
This game sometimes looks so innocent and nice but then the most brutal stuff is happening. But I love how these moments hit you in the guts, I never became so emotional about a game before...
i think the portraits have something to do with leveling up somewhere with low light. what i did was turn up the resolution settings super high and respec everyone affected with withers, i just picked the same class/options as before but its the only way (that i know of) to get to the leveling screen. you can fix your resolution settings after.
Idk if anyone has told you this yet btw but Shadowheart's build as a "trickster domain" clashes with her modifier, which is why she misses so much. Most people (and what I recommend) change her class to a "life domain" Cleric at Withers and use her as the main healer! Once she gets access to level 3 spells she becomes a heavy hitter too
Liking this stream a lot! So happy you seem to be given all the companions a chance. It makes me so sad when a streamer decides to just hate one of them from the start, they all have so much to offer 💜 (and especially happy you like Gale)
I am glad you chose to play on Tactician. Most playthroughs on RUclips are on Balanced or below, and honestly, the combat feel quite boring to me at those levels. BG3 is the first CRPG I have ever played, and I went straight into Tactician mode. Except for one really hard battle somewhere in the Underdark, it's manageable. It won't make you suffer too much, but it definitely makes the gameplay and watching your video much more enjoyable. And not sure if someone has already mentioned this, but you may want to turn off Karmic Dice, especially in the mid and late game when you get really good stats. Karmic Dice will make you frequently miss even if you have high stats.
Yessss I've been looking forward to your next upload for days! I'm so glad you like Lae'zel. Her voice actor is so funny. Also - welcome to the home camp! Over time it'll become so comforting to visit and listen to the muisc, and nostalgic as you progress. It's one of those places in a game that pulls at the heartstrings when it's over! I still yearn for it and I beat the game awhile ago hahaha. Enjoy it! :)
I think you have the two-weapon fighting style but unless you take the Dual Wielding feat at level 4, 8, or 12 you'll only be able to use light weapons in your off-hand (daggers, short swords, scimitars mostly). If you do take that feat you can dual wield rapiers and longswords. You can never dual wield heavy or light crossbows but you can dual wield hand crossbows and as a bard you probably should.
Lae'zel is brusque & rough at first, but she gets better and is the equivalent of a tsundere soft egg. She acts out because she's been raised that way and yet is willing to work and offer the only solution she knows to you, someone she met by chance and barely knows, whilst being lost and having a death sentence hanging above head, as you've seen what the tadpole would do to you normally.
I'm sorry but I'm laughing at how Gale was JUDGING you with his arms crossed and all after you kicked the squirrel, but also at your reaction (I can't believe there was no disapproval points either)
Not sure if someone has told you yet but you can multiclass. so you could multiclass Bard with Fighter or Bard with Paladin to get some of the benefits of those classes. the only problem is that since this game only lets you level up to level 12 you have to pick and choose how many levels of which class you want, There is a mod that you can get that allows you to level up to level 20 but since its not an original part of the game, you may not one to get it.
The Shart problem. Shadowheart is a Cleric, that uses the main stat of wisdom. Unfortunately, Shart is a 1/2 elf that gives her a few racial spells that are based on 'intelligence", which Shart is not very well versed in. This causes those spells to miss more often than not.
You can expand the characters individual actionbars from the small plus and minus icons bottom right of the bar btw. makes it much easier to see all the options at once. Almost a must for spellcasters lol. The lock icon locks the skills to their slots so you wont accidentally move them.
You need the dual wielding FEAT (as opposed to the style) to dual-wield rapiers and other non-light weapons. As it is, you can dual wield short swords, however.
I think it’s a great idea to figure it out yourself! What I loooooove about this game is that there is no such thing as mistakes are wrong moves- just opportunities for future playthrough’s to be just as fun as the last. Because if you miss something you might see it next time, and it’s not a game that needs to be 100% first game. You’ll enjoy it more and more the more you play. And I think the feeling of satisfaction you’ll get figuring out the combat gameplay on tactician for the first time will be super rewarding. So don’t listen to any haters that feel like you’re playing the game wrong. You’re not, you’re playing it as any gamer does for the first time- blind. I’m here to see someone play for the first time in their own way, and often the mistakes are what make the game so fun! Anyways love bg3 playthrough. Hope you keep going to the end (and then again) ❤
Don’t worry too much about pissing off Lae’zel, she’s a big ‘ol sourpuss at first but it takes a lot to actually get on her bad side and she eventually stops automatically hating everything.
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Here we go. We're gonna be long resting like a bunch of chronic narcolepts going forward. And it's a good job cos I wouldn't want to miss out on dialogue from Ga…uh I mean all of my party members who I value equally.
Have you tried playing with a controller? Some people don't like it. But I prefer it. It feels so much more immersive to me, especially for moving around the map. I played my first playthrough with the mouse and keyboard. But after I tried controller I won't go back. There are a few places where a mouse made finding hidden things easier, but they are very few. And just holding down A to search a whole area finds me way more secrets than clicking around ever did. And tapping the shoulder buttons to scroll all my abilities is easier for my ADHD brain to keep track of, rather than everything laid out at once. I played the first 2 baldurs gate games back in the day, and controller wasn't even an option, so I didn't think it would work as well as it does, or that I would like it so much
@@WarPoodle-pc5wu I’d much rather play mouse and keyboard with a game like this tbh. There’s just so many buttons on screen :)
@@greenmanjoe1 you will miss enough to consider a new playthrough, believe me
@@greenmanjoe1 I like to play BG3 on my laptop more than on my console. I prefer mouse and keybord more also in this game. 😊
How fun to see yet another video of this from you. 😊 Greetings from Finland again.
@@WarPoodle-pc5wu I have try both and mouse/keyboard is infinite better and easier. The only good point with controller is the camera.
"I'm leaning towards Gale and Lae’zel."
Impeccable taste, brother. Truly a man of culture.
So refreshing to see a person who is willing to give Lae'zel a chance, most people on their first run assume she's an asshole through and through and miss out on one of the best characters in the game!
La'zael has one of the best romances.Maybe the best if you give her a chance.
@@ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc I can't pick the best one because honestly, it's the first time in a game where all of them are incredible in their own way. But I will absolutely agree that Lae'zel is up there, my second favourite as a matter of fact!
@@ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc Yes! I'll never romance anyone other than Shadowheart but I recognize Lae'zel's is the most beautiful
She has a great story AND she’s an asshole. Both can be true. There’s a very good reason why she is, but she still is. Then she gets better.
She has a great story AND she’s an asshole. Both can be true. There’s a very good reason why she is, but she still is. Then she gets better.
"I think I'm gonna flirt with everyone and gonna see what happens"
Isn't that a truth Bard behavior 😏
Bae'zel owns this game, we are just her guests
I legit laughed at "You're in the bushes Gale."
A fellow Lae'Zel enjoyer, we're winning today 😌
I'm very glad Joe found Kahga's chest! That's a questline often missed!
I finished the game three times. Never found it :E
Trading nose insults with Lae'zel is like trading insults with a close friend or a sibling. It's great. 😂
Joe: "What is that gorgeous noise?"
Me: [oh no. does he know?]
Joe: "Sounds like a siren. I'm probably being lured to my death aren't I"
Me: [oh good, he knows. hope he quicksaves]
Just a reminder how much of a masterpiece BG3 is... Lured the newbie player right in without a second though just with the soundtrack.
25:43 OPE hahaha
Glad to find another player who is drawn to Gale as much as I was ❤️ Lae'zel is a great choice too
OK no more hints, but a comment nonetheless for engagement and to let you know you are doing extremely well while being very entertaining.
@@hederahelix4600 Thank you 💚
I'm only 20 minutes in, and it's such a pleasure watching your wide-eyed wonder as you explore this game.
@@TomCrow-l6h 👀
I appreciate the zoom/pan editing you're doing, and transitions with the books. Even if I skip them. :)
It's coming together! It takes a while to learn all the little bits of this game, but it looks like you're having fun, and that's all that matters! RIP Timber.
OMG I JUST GOT HOME AND YOU POSTED A NEW VIDEO!! THE THUMBNAIL- giggling and kicking my feet rn
That squirrel kick had me absolutely cackling.
I have a thing for prickly people. Lae'zel and Astarion are my favourites. I've met Lae'zel's VA at Comic Con Liverpool and she was so lovely.
It's so funny you have Lae'zel and Gale as your favourites though, don't think I've seen that combo before! Can't say I blame you, Gale looks good.
Ditto everything said about respeccing Shadowheart.
You can only dual wield weapons tagged as "Light". When you level up enough and get feats, the Dual Wielder feat will allow you to dual wield any non-light one handed weapons.
When dual wielding, your offhand weapon will not use any stat bonus or proficiencies. With the dual wield weapon style that you picked up, your offhand will use your stat bonus and proficiencies.
Worth adding that there's Two Weapon Fighting (a fighting style) that gives you the bonus on the offhand attack, and Dual Wielder (a feat) that allows you to arm yourself with two non-heavy weapons. They're easily confused - D&D rules are complicated!
So funny that he already have LOTS of weapon he could dual wield... but that went way past over his head, something like... *Me using something lesser than a rapier... Nahhh."
@@666Dach It takes a while to get the measure of the game - I now arm my rogues and bards asap with two shortswords or scimitars (depending on proficiencies), rather than waste a feat on Dual Wielder, even though it's hella annoying that you need that feat for a standard Renaissance rapier+dagger setup
"Is he already flirting with us?"
Oh buddy, you're going to be saying that A LOT.
26:10 things need to have the Light property in order to be dual wielded. There is a feat called Dual Wielder that remove that restriction and only gates off two-handed weapons.
Every class gets a to pick a feat at levels 4, 8 and 12 (except fighter who get more at 6 and 10) so this means you’ll be able to dual wield rapiers next level up if you choose that ^v^
1:42:05 I’ve actually ran the D&D adventure that this book right here is a reference to, called Tomb of Annihilation. In it, the player characters go to the jungles of Chult and find a tomb that has become the lair of a lich named Acererak (the cut off “-rerak” is in reference to him). He’s a nasty piece of work, he’s famous in D&D lore for creating unfair death trap dungeons.
My grandmother’s bard character cut off his bony head in that game, so that’s fun 😎 (I mean he’ll be back in a few years death doesn’t stop a lich for long, but hey she saved the day for now xD)
Another great video. It's cool to watch you start figuring things out. The game does have useful info in tooltips and stuff, but it's definitely not the type of game to hold your hand. It's also the type of game that lets you do a lot more ....... nefarious things than other games would, as the squirrel taught you. The look on your face was an absolutely golden moment in the playthrough so far.
As you said, you want to figure things out for yourself, but a few minor tips that are not obvious:-
- 'Concentration'. There are a lot of spells that are listed as concentration spells - you can see it in their description. You can only ever have one of these active at a time, so if you cast another one it will replace it - as you saw with the Bless into Shield of Faith. This will happen a lot, to us all, so be ready for the many times you will want to swear at yourself for forgetting, and replacing one really cool spell with another. If you look at the bottom left of your hotbar, there will be an icon showing which spell you are concentrating on with that particular character, and a tiny little 'x' to the top right of that icon. This is how you can voluntarily turn the spell off early - useful for things like your Cloud of Daggers spell, if you want to remove it when the fight has ended, or if its more likely to harm you than your enemies.
- Spellbook. You can open this for each character that uses magic, and select which spells they have active. They all know a lot more spells than they can currently choose from at any given time. These can be changed at any point outside of combat. Good habit to get into. In that regard, take a look at Shadowheart's list in particular, and read the description for 'Lesser Restoration'. I won't say more than that, because that might turn this into a spoiler rather than just a hint.
- With regards your hotbar, you saw the + / - buttons and how they work. As you level up and get more spells and abilities, you will almost certainly want to have this as 4 rows instead of 2. There is also a little padlock icon so you can lock/unlock the hotbar. Very helpful to rearrange your abilities into certain groups of similar uses/levels. But this may only become more useful, the more comfortable you get with each characters toolkit.
- Your comment regarding Shadowheart missing nearly every attack/spell is practically a meme at this point. This is because of her attribute points. Wisdom is her key stat for spells, and Strength is her key stat for melee attacks, and her STR is way too low to be useful. This can be changed at Withers (the skeleton dude). When you ask him to change your class, you can re-set the attribute points as part of that process. This can be useful for natural play, and is a key part of min-maxing strategies. Obviously I don't feel the need to recommend min-maxing, but its certainly worth a look, if not just to get a better feel for the mechanics of it. You can also pickpocket Withers afterwards with no consequence, if you feel like you don't want to waste the money - but if you're going to do that, I would recommedn switching to Astarion for it, he is much better at lockpicking and pickpocketing than any other character, so the skill checks are a lot easier to pass.
If you are going to re-spec the characters, one useful tip is that it is only ever the even numbers in your attributes that make a difference, so having any of them at an odd value is literally a waste of attribute points. It is possible to change classes and builds in this way, and for a 2nd or 3rd playthrough, I would definitely recommend doing so, but for your first, its not a problem to stick with the default builds.
There's obviously a ton more, but I think these would probably be the only ones I feel need mentioning at this point.
Enjoy.
Loved the episode! Great job finding Kahga’s chest, the info you got from it will be very useful. I totally missed it on my first playthrough. Great job beating the harpies, too-that’s a tough fight at this level. Some of the most satisfying wins are when the fight catches you by surprise and you think “this is it” but then you pull it together and beat them.
very impressive how your party handled the fight with harpies! I was struggling multiple times just on the balanced mode. can't wait for the next episode!
Little tip at the bottom of the characters portrait bottom left. You will see spells casted mainly with concentration spells there will be a little white x on the top right of the spell icon If you click it the spell will cancel. Comes in handy when out of combat with spells like cloud of daggers. When NPC'S are running around. P.S Just noticed somebody has allready told you this in the comments. 🤣🤣
No spoilers, but a few tips to help with a few combat frustrations you seem to be having. You can dual-wield, but can only have a light weapon in your off-hand, ie. Pay attention the tags on the weapon, daggers and short swords are both light. You can use regular weapons in your off-hand with a feat. Feats are available every 4 levels. Casters like Gale, Shadowheart and even Wyll, should use their cantrips as much as you can. They are much more effective than with cantrips than physical weapons unless they are silenced. Cantrips can be spammed and do not requre a spell slot. Wyll is the exception on cantrips if you make him pact of the blade; otherwise his Eldritch Blast is very good. If they have multiple cantrips just pay attention to the chance-to-hit when you mouse over them, and the enemies weaknesses. Also, personally, I found it helpful to remove all spells from my hotbars, they are available in the squares above the hot bar with 1,2 and so on. This way they won't clutter your screen and give you more room to see your items and basic attacks. You can then move over the spells you use often like heals and spell you like. Spells also have spell slots. You will notice the little squares on the spell tabs, how the 1 or 2 have 3 or 4 squares. They are blue when you have the spell slots available to cast and turn blank as you use them. Also, Wither's ability to change your class is very helpful if you don't like how you built your bard and you want to fix choices you made earlier in the game.
I hope these tips are helpful and you find more joy in combat. You are doing an amazing job for a first timer! I am loving the playthrough!
Wanted to say a good reason you could be missing lots is because the karmic die setting is on, it’s a setting that makes your dice rolls biased, the more good rolls then the more bad rolls it’ll force you to have and vice versa, making you miss over and over. Also with your spell casters, avoiding weapon attacks is ideal, of course with Joey it goes either way, bards are a very versatile class, every subclass lets them go any direction to being a martial bard etc. with Wyll for example, eldritch blast is your BEST friend and it’s one of the strongest spells in the game because it’s free to use, can strike multiple times and high damage for a cantrip.
I am absolutely adoring this playthrough. I can't wait for more. (PS - I love romancing Gale. He's great.
If you find a soap bar or bowl if sponges, you can use them to clean blood off you, and they don't get used up. Alternatively, you can use a Create Water spell.
Healing word - the best healing spell. Its numbers aren't the biggest, but in battle it uses bonus action, which means you can heal and do something else cool the same turn.
You can duel wield two light weapons like short swords and daggers, there are other ways to duel wield heavier weapons but your not to that point yet.
53:57 had me laughing crying
You can hit hide with Astarion, (or with anyone, I guess, I just use him most for sneaky sneaky) you'll see the red areas, that's where someone can see you. You can actually just walk around that girl and hide, she can't see behind herself, and then you can open the chest.
If you ever get the dialogue option "continue" it's a bug. Quick save with F5 and load with F8 to fix the issue. "Continue" will always select the first option available without giving you the chance to see what it is.
One random non-tip!: collect sponges (EDIT: and bars of soap). When used from the inventory (or you can drag them onto your action bar), the user gets cleaned of blood. So you don't look ridiculous in dialogue covered in red.
I actually did not know this 😅 Astarion makes the most up-close kills in my run so it's hilarious to see him just 🧍🏻standing drenched head to toe in red while everyone else looks normal
Hang on a second, I know you have something very important to say, right after that massive fight, but please excuse me when I sponge bath myself to be presentable for the dialogue camera
You can also walk through water
@@nunpho OR! I can use an item on my quickbar and not search for a body of water my party will maybe enter as they wander around like lost ducks.
@@AlessaParker Even funnier when he does his "hair brushing" idle animation while still covered in blood 🤣
Bae'zel best Tsundere ever ❤
Loving this playthrough. A tip now that you have got more actions you can press the + or - in the bottom right to increase and decrease the size of the hotbar. You can also use the lock to unlock it letting you move, remove, and add actions on the hotbar. It can be very useful to organise everything like all the weapon attacks on one row then your healing/buff spells on the next etc. Can really help speed up combat. As well you can pick up containers like backpacks or even a teddy bear in one area that you can store stuff in to help organise your inventory like having a bag full of your potions or scrolls etc.(No pressure to do any of this, it just really helped me a lot)
I hadn't actually watched the video yet but I had noticed you still had the normal size hotbar. Then this morning I watched it and saw you basically talked about all this at the beginning. I probably should have watched it first shouldn't I
yay a longer episode! glad to see you enjoying the game
@greenmanjoe1 : when you cast a Concentration spell like the Cloud of Dagger that hurts your companion and by chance doesn't kill the little tieflin kid, you can stop the spell anytime when it stops to be usefull : you have a little icon next your portrait in the action bar, with a little X - just clic on the icon to stop the concentration.
I've searched for douzen of hour (...several hundred) how to do that and I don't know if I wouldn't be still looking if someone have not told me where it is.
@@lledelwin As much as I love the game letting you learn things for yourself I really feel like it could be a bit more helpful when it comes to things like this lol
@@greenmanjoe1 I totally agree, especially for Magic. It's not told in the tutorial, neither the pop-up or the page.
Same for the ritual spells : every spells you see with a little green star in the description cost nothing to cast, as long they are not cast during a combat (...again, something I've learned after hundred of hours in the game)
On my second play through I played an evil character. When I came across the squirrel and I was still taken aback when I chose "Kick her". How could we have guessed "Kick her" means "Kill her".
And what a handsome man that NPC who found you lurking at 1:13:10, wish I could take him back to camp.
I had that same reaction the first time I kicked the squirrel! I reloaded afterward though lol. The romances in this game are all amazing! I believe you can flirt in the beginning as much as you want, but will have to choose later. I'd love to do a playthrough for everyone, but I can't help choosing Astarion or Gale lol
Love that you're taking time to talk to everyone!
I've watched quite a few people play this blind like you're doing, but I have to say, I like yours a lot more than some others. You're just very chill and the videos are casual. I've been doing some crafting things as I'm watching and it's nice and calm.
YES lae’zel is my absolute favorite
Hey Joe, after see the chapter, just some advices if you want :P :
Only is possible two handed with vers weapons, subtle based on Agility damage, or in lvl 4 you gain a feat about two hand combat and then is possible equip two rapier.
And, the shadowheart guidance skill, is a cantrip, is possible get it with another cleric or duid for example, or with a warlock tome subclass. Also there is a necklace overthere with it ;P
No specific hints, but a general hint that you should know (I learned this from a loading screen) is that you can throw healing potions at party members, including downed ones, in order to heal them at a distance
Long day here, came in ...saw upload ....legit cheered out loud. I hope all of us offering hints etc didn't get too overwhelming. Honestly just love seeing your approach, and can agree with you on how the game should have more tip pop ups for spells or other game mechanics during that opening "tutorial" at the start of the game. Would definitely help knowing what everything is for new players...or even anyone completely new to D&D. When you went to strip Gale...I was like...yaaaaassssss! haha. I fully support your romancing Gale.
Just caught up on the first few episodes, can't wait to see more!
You may want to get into the habit of healing or short resting after combat encounters. After the harpy fight, you kept exploring, but if there was another cluster of enemies there, you might have run into some trouble :)
Enjoy figuring out the game for yourself!
Always love seeing new players to dnd or related things trying stuff out and how they think and approach things.
"bye guys"
And he didin't realized that his companion is stucked and don't follow him.
54:00 That was priceless 🤣🤣🤣
hello Joe, i am from France, idk if someone already told u but here is some tips for the next acts, when you fight someone you like you can actually knock out and not kill him/her, so you can still see them in future etc, so you can decide in fight which npc you let leave. Have fun :)
Love the video! Regarding people running into your cloud of daggers at 1:37:44, there is a small button below your portrait on the left that lets you cancel any ongoing concentration spells. Very useful, as oftentimes NPCs step into active AOE effects after combat and will get pissy at you.
Yes Shadowheart is broken. She's a bit of a meme, her attacks never seem to hit and when they do she does like 3 damage.
54:22 well… you kicked her xD
That's just in character for a drow
@ maybe if you grew up Lolthsworn but I doubt even the roguish Jarlaxle would delight in kicking a squirrel.
Maybe his brother Gromph though 🤔 xD
@OhThatRobin from Drow perspective, surface dwelling animals are weak and not worthy of mercy or survival, especially something like a tree climbing rat. I could easily imagine any of the female priestesses torturing and killing a squirrel. Some of this might have rubbed off on Joey. (I forgot if he's made as Lloth sworn or seldarine?)
@ I think he is half elf drow
Ongoing spells can be turned off by clicking the little "x" on the spell icon near the character's portrait. It doesn't have to be that character's turn, either.
Shadowheart isn't broken. Her STR is middling so her melee hit chance and damage is pretty bad. Her firebolt is from her racial bonus and scales off of INT, not her WIS, her cleric main stat. Sacred Flame has its issues too since it has a DEX save to negate--- something that Act 1 enemies have a LOT of- especially goblins and those harpies. Guiding bolt is technically her best ranged attack since it uses her WIS in her spell attack vs AC. She gets much better spells in higher levels, especially the AoE ones. These spells don't miss, it just can only get resisted for half damage with a successful saving throw--- much better than a big fat zero.
Yeah Shadowheart like most spellcaster in 5e is way more complicated to understand how to play right for a new player.
The thing I find funny, he mostly keep her in the party because of want access to guidance which he could have access with Wyll. When he leveled up him he went in so fast without reading that he missed it.
bro.. "I cant look up Lae'zel, the game wont let me" absolutely launched me into orbit
@@atinybard6594 Well I can’t 😭
I'm glad you're going to stop reading advice now after the initial batch of episodes. This way you get a rough overview over the mechanics, but you avoid bigger spoilers and also still leave the opportunity open to have characters go up in flames and live with the consequences of your actions. (I mean that in a good way... in terms of entertainment value)
It's also really nice to see that you don't always just pick the goodie two shoes option (which I am guilty of, but that's why I don't make RUclips videos) but think about your character's perspective and follow through accordingly in conversation. Keep it up!
It's okay bro, we're all perverts. 😸😸😸
The Harpy fight is actually one of my favorites, thematically. You did well to turn things around from how it started. 💙
Damn, well done for taking on the Harpies first go on Tactician! 👍 Thanks for another great vid - still pure joy to watch! 😊*Deliberately does not mention the squirrel...* As for Shadowheart - she does need a fair bit of optimisation but she's utter boss later on: As full light cleric she carried my HM run pretty much.
Every time you pay Withers you can steal your gold back. No consequenses.
Love watching you encounter the characters as you go exploring. BG3 is like living out a fantasy novel. Maybe the portraits are a glitch or are they assuming you're doing an "evil run" because you kicked the squirrel? I've never seen that in any of my runs, but I have never (and will never) do an evil run. Any Durge players want to comment?
@@marthachlipala4538 The portraits have been like that from the start so I’m pretty sure it’s just a glitch. I’m definitely not planning on this being an evil playthrough (squirrel bashing aside)
I did an entire evil run as Dark Urge and never had this happen. I thought maybe he has some mod installed that is doing it... I don't know.
@@echobucket I don’t have any mods installed lol it’s a pretty well known glitch apparently. Not sure why it hasn’t been fixed 🤷🏻♂️
I've tried a couple dark urge runs and gave up -- just doesn't interest me. I tend toward Chaotic Good, I think. 😊
@@CWReace You can be a good guy as dark urge though. If you resist
“I like her” welcome to the 3% club 😂 I saw right through Lae’zels passive aggressive shit straight away, surprised so few others took the time to dig a little deeper.
She's actually the 3rd most romanced companion
@ behind Shart and Edward?
@@t2-scoops436 SH and Karlach, then Lae'zel according to Larian
@@Oliver-es4ld good to know 😎
The way I'm laughing at you kicking the squirrel!!!😂😂😂
Glad you're having fun with this game. 900 hrs in and I'm still having a blast. Trying my hand at monk this time around. Good luck!
My first character was a monk. Absolute blast. Hope you have fun,
Monk is fun!
1:03:12 Yes, I know many do that when they know theyll make choices companions disapprove of. Fair Warning though! Gale somehow *knows* what you did, even from camp sometimes. Anyways, as for disapproval, I am playing a good character and have Astarion in my party basically 99% of the time. It matters but not too much. As long as your companions approve of more "major" story choices, you arent in peril of having bad approval. Some approvals matter more than others
LMAO stripping Gale are we? Cant blame you, most of us do it at the start 😂
@@GD67514 It was an accident I swear
This game sometimes looks so innocent and nice but then the most brutal stuff is happening. But I love how these moments hit you in the guts, I never became so emotional about a game before...
i think the portraits have something to do with leveling up somewhere with low light. what i did was turn up the resolution settings super high and respec everyone affected with withers, i just picked the same class/options as before but its the only way (that i know of) to get to the leveling screen. you can fix your resolution settings after.
Idk if anyone has told you this yet btw but Shadowheart's build as a "trickster domain" clashes with her modifier, which is why she misses so much. Most people (and what I recommend) change her class to a "life domain" Cleric at Withers and use her as the main healer! Once she gets access to level 3 spells she becomes a heavy hitter too
Liking this stream a lot! So happy you seem to be given all the companions a chance. It makes me so sad when a streamer decides to just hate one of them from the start, they all have so much to offer 💜 (and especially happy you like Gale)
54:02 I'm sorry it's self-defense
LMAO the squirrel thing happened to me too!
I thought it would be like a small nudge im sobbing
Fr I thought it would just be a stern telling off for biting my shoe 😭
fun fact: if you stand on a rock behind Astarion's tent in a camp, you will hear a secret song!!!
I am glad you chose to play on Tactician. Most playthroughs on RUclips are on Balanced or below, and honestly, the combat feel quite boring to me at those levels. BG3 is the first CRPG I have ever played, and I went straight into Tactician mode. Except for one really hard battle somewhere in the Underdark, it's manageable. It won't make you suffer too much, but it definitely makes the gameplay and watching your video much more enjoyable.
And not sure if someone has already mentioned this, but you may want to turn off Karmic Dice, especially in the mid and late game when you get really good stats. Karmic Dice will make you frequently miss even if you have high stats.
Yessss I've been looking forward to your next upload for days! I'm so glad you like Lae'zel. Her voice actor is so funny.
Also - welcome to the home camp! Over time it'll become so comforting to visit and listen to the muisc, and nostalgic as you progress. It's one of those places in a game that pulls at the heartstrings when it's over! I still yearn for it and I beat the game awhile ago hahaha. Enjoy it! :)
I think you have the two-weapon fighting style but unless you take the Dual Wielding feat at level 4, 8, or 12 you'll only be able to use light weapons in your off-hand (daggers, short swords, scimitars mostly). If you do take that feat you can dual wield rapiers and longswords. You can never dual wield heavy or light crossbows but you can dual wield hand crossbows and as a bard you probably should.
I love the Harpy fight. My party and I definitely died to them the first time we found them. We went in better prepared the next time :-)
With a concentration spell like Cloud of Daggers you can cancel it by clicking on the character and breaking their concentration. :)
Lae'zel is brusque & rough at first, but she gets better and is the equivalent of a tsundere soft egg.
She acts out because she's been raised that way and yet is willing to work and offer the only solution she knows to you, someone she met by chance and barely knows, whilst being lost and having a death sentence hanging above head, as you've seen what the tadpole would do to you normally.
Spoilers not for Joe
I can't wait till he get to our love-to-hate devil.
I'm sorry but I'm laughing at how Gale was JUDGING you with his arms crossed and all after you kicked the squirrel, but also at your reaction (I can't believe there was no disapproval points either)
Thank goodness I’m still following the episodes as they come out, otherwise I’d be binging these like no tomorrow 😂
Not sure if someone has told you yet but you can multiclass.
so you could multiclass Bard with Fighter or Bard with Paladin to get some of the benefits of those classes.
the only problem is that since this game only lets you level up to level 12 you have to pick and choose how many levels of which class you want,
There is a mod that you can get that allows you to level up to level 20 but since its not an original part of the game, you may not one to get it.
Dude, how many kicks did you expect the squirrel to survive? 😂
Joe is about to throw hands at ShadowHeart during battles 😂😂😂
The Shart problem. Shadowheart is a Cleric, that uses the main stat of wisdom. Unfortunately, Shart is a 1/2 elf that gives her a few racial spells that are based on 'intelligence", which Shart is not very well versed in. This causes those spells to miss more often than not.
You can use water in your inventory to wash the blood off everyone, or any spell that creates rain or water.
Changeing the subclass of Shadowheart to cleric of life or cleric of light might help on the long run
Someone call PETA! Your reaction… hilarious 🤣
53:28 Okay, I am calling the Faerûn Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals!!
You can expand the characters individual actionbars from the small plus and minus icons bottom right of the bar btw. makes it much easier to see all the options at once. Almost a must for spellcasters lol. The lock icon locks the skills to their slots so you wont accidentally move them.
You need the dual wielding FEAT (as opposed to the style) to dual-wield rapiers and other non-light weapons. As it is, you can dual wield short swords, however.
LOL he kicked the squirrel!! 🫵🏻🫵🏻
I think it’s a great idea to figure it out yourself! What I loooooove about this game is that there is no such thing as mistakes are wrong moves- just opportunities for future playthrough’s to be just as fun as the last. Because if you miss something you might see it next time, and it’s not a game that needs to be 100% first game. You’ll enjoy it more and more the more you play.
And I think the feeling of satisfaction you’ll get figuring out the combat gameplay on tactician for the first time will be super rewarding.
So don’t listen to any haters that feel like you’re playing the game wrong. You’re not, you’re playing it as any gamer does for the first time- blind.
I’m here to see someone play for the first time in their own way, and often the mistakes are what make the game so fun!
Anyways love bg3 playthrough. Hope you keep going to the end (and then again) ❤
You should upload that squirrel scene as a short :D
@@ProfTydrim Maybe I’ll upload it on Christmas Day 😈
👋 Appreciate these vids and reliving my first time vicariously through you! My first was a bard as well, but a lore bard. 🎻🎵📖
Don’t worry too much about pissing off Lae’zel, she’s a big ‘ol sourpuss at first but it takes a lot to actually get on her bad side and she eventually stops automatically hating everything.
I can't wait to see your reaction to meeting Halsin 😂