I figured we should have a post for random thoughts, questions and other comments that people might want to do without having to create a new post just for that.
Do people agree this idea? We can have these up (possibly pinned) for a while. Maybe a few days, at most a week.
Please keep discussion spoiler free, unless you are using the appropriate tags.
Cheers!!
Quick question: If I throw the iron flask will the thing inside pop out where it lands or can I only release it through interacting with it and using the dialogue scene?
Idk but you can always try it :)
Save before and tell us what happens
I definitely interacted with it.
Pro tip: do it at camp
Do it at camp
“Withers! Nooooo!!!”
I’ve got a few things I’ma try when I get the chance. I wanna empty it and see if I can fill it again with something else because I wonder how deep Larian took the rules. When I looked up what it was cuz just noticed it was worth hella money, I got the actual SRD page for the PnP item.
What happened to Withers??
Ded.
Yes, you can use it like a Pokéball.
Fuck yes. I’m bottling The Emperor. 😈
Unfortunately, I don’t think you can put a new thing into the bottle, but it would be hilarious if you could.
That’s what I wanna find out. It would only work on extraplanar entities. There are few characters I can be sure are extraplanar… Some of the candidates, like the tieflings, including Karlach, could have just as easily been born in Faerun. Lae’zel isn’t, and I am pretty sure all the illithids may work. Again, assuming the game lets you actually use it the same as PnP rules.
Act 3 is really something. I am loving all the wheeling and dealing happening. I wish it was optimized better, but the story is so exciting. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
Also, I’ve been comparing notes with my husband on his playthrough and I have had important story scenes with characters that have never appeared in his playthrough. He and I also have opposite outcomes for several companions and it’s kind of mind blowing how big the differences are.
I chopped off Games hand and he never joined the party, but I still get comments from the others about him haha
I’ve reposted acts 1 and 2, 3 times now, haven’t finished 3 yet.
Act 3 has been a mass of script errors for me. I feel like every time I play, I have a scene where a companion talks about a plot line we have already resolved, or acts like something happened that didn’t. It has actually really dampened my enthusiasm for the game, compared to how polished Act 1 was especially.
I hope your playthrough continues going well!
I have had one instance where Gale chided me for making a deal with a character I hadn’t even met yet. And the romance path with Minthara seems to be broken completely. I’m still having a blast, though.
Yeah gale is completely broken for me. Keeps bringing up his conversation from the end of act 2 and then talking to me about taking the deal which I never did. Rinse repeat.
This is certainly a good idea. I’ve had random thoughts but my friends bailed on the game already 😭
What’s been top of mind lately is how I don’t find any of the companions boring. With every other Bioware/Bioware-like game I’ve played with this companion system, there’s always been a dud. I’m on a second run now and I’m really impressed with Lae’zel’s writing and mocap. Maybe I’m imagining things but I could swear she was quaking during a scene where she was particularly full of zealous fervor.
Gale is the other one that I never put in the party on my first run. I know not everyone likes him–and I’m still not sure I really do–but his story is still interesting to me.
Edit to add: My second run here is with Storm Sorcerer, and this could be the most fun I’ve had in a game with a lightning build (always a top power fantasy for me). I love how loud the sound effects are. Too many games have little bzzt bzzt sounds with lightning spells and these are all big booms. Even a cantrip like Shocking Grasp!
How can you not like Gale? He’s adorably charming. I find it hard not to take him and actually do some stuff with someone else, but then… I have that issue with them all because they are indeed all interesting and fun to be around. I can’t even choose a favorite, which was always easy in past games like BG1/2, Torment, and NWN (Minsc, Morte, Deekin).
After reaching act III with a sorcerer, I got overwhelmed and restarted with a spore druid dark urge. I still have a handful quests left in act III and it feels a bit weird being that close to the finale with an underwhelming epilogue to look forward to. But it truly is an awesome game and I’ll probably start another dark urge as soon as I’m done and not try to save everyone and their mother.
I wish this game came out during a dry spell. I’m like a quarter of the way through act 3 after 110 hours and all I want to do is replay bg1/2, pillars of eternity 1/2, Pathfinder 1/2… I need an irl haste spell
Also, playing as shadowheart has been the absolute best experience. Rping as a sharran and just being manipulative as fuck to everyone has been super fun. Plus interacting with your god is fucking dope.
I feel like the dice roll and the re-rolling (spending inspiration) is kinda pointless when you can just quick save / quick load or am I missing something?
I mean you can always “save scum” (not judging it, it’s a single player game, do whatever you like, I do it too). But the inspiration is just a way to do it from within the rules of the game. Same as having Advantage. It’s just another resource for you to manage.
Same way with not long resting after every battle.
I like this idea, like a weekly discussion post, maybe twice per week if posts become too many.
Oh, yes please. Not enough of my homies are into DnD, and I don’t go back to reddit anymore, so I’ve just been tamping down how I feel about this game lately.
I love karlach she’s so cute
Don’t we all?
Her voice lines are also great. We find a trapped chest:
Normal characters: “Watch out!! It’s trapped!!”
Karlach: “hehehe this is going to be fun”
Just finished up the goblin village, but the one I’m confused by is the tiefling, druid one.
"Deliver the chest to me unopened.
Read the first sentence again."
My dumb-ass half-orc barbarian standing there reading those lines on loop for 3 hours
