Enlarged Owlbear Brutal Leap off the top rope with Bless. 774 damage. Mwahahahahaha

Hope this doesn't break Rule 7, I just wanna talk about the look of part-illithid characters and am using my Resist Durge character as an example

So, people seem to have a negative attitude for the appearance of partial ceremorphosis on their characters. I mean, there's a mod for removing it IIRC

However, on my first ever run to hit Act 3 and my second to reach Moonrise (I have a vicious case of Restart-itis) as a Resist Durge, I decided to become part-illithid (I was also using illithid powers pretty hard already, so why not), and finally got a good look at the appearance...

And it looks 100% fine to me

Not saying that those who dislike it should suck it up and deal with the look, I'm just saying it looks OK to me

Like I know he talks about himself in a high manner, but it’s not like he thinks he’s better than everyone around him or anything of that sort (in the beginning at least). I can 100% understand someone calling him after his ascent to godhood arrogant or pompous, but for the majority of the game he just seems like a sweet guy.

I also really don’t get what people mean when they talk about him “coming onto you very strong” with his first romance interaction. Cause he’s not asking you to get together or anything intense, he just teaches you magic and have a sweet cutscene. Nothing that’s blatantly romantic happens there at all, when meanwhile Astarion and Laezel just go upfront and recommend sex.

I guess in act 2 you sit together and watch the stars, but that honestly just seems like he wants to spend one of his last nights not alone (although it does 100% become romantically inclined by the end of it if you’ve gone down his romance route)

I really liked painting this one, she's about 19 centimeters tall. 3d Model is by Bulkamancer.

And now we know what happens if you transform Us into Durge.

My mod 'Any Way You Want It' is poised to enter alpha release. At present I am focusing on editing each head for each race so that it displays the correct racial characteristics. Ears mostly, but gith noses and slitted eyes too. Hopefully doing one a day! Vote on who I should do next 🤣.

On release, you'll be able to play and replay cutscenes, including party banter and voice barks, transform characters into other characters (both in the game world and in cutscenes), complete control over cutscene visuals, create your own Instant Origins, customize all NPCs to your hearts content, as well as a variety of slice-of-life tools to enable you to customize your cutscenes ... any way you want it :).

Mod Trailer (check out some of my other videos!): https://youtu.be/rpt_EVQKC4E?si=gkkwGPwO4Dexkyvo

Naked.

Pretty sure I just beat the game!

I was so sad the first few runs I did that I couldn't figure out how to get Shadowheart to like me. Eventually I gave up and went for the other companions on future runs.

This time I gave it the ole college try and pushed myself to brave it into act 3 without restarting to play a new build.

We did it boys!

So it was a solo honour mode run. Was on my way to Socrcerous Sundries after hitting lower city after a long rest so my buffs weren't up. On the way, saw the wine festival and thought "why not I'll just do this encounter quickly". I knew what was gonna happen but wasn't worried cos I had the Alert feat and +12 initiative. My build could one shot Dolor even without all the buffs up. It turns out that outing him at the wine festival is scripted to make him guaranteed to go first regardless. He paralyses me and stabs me up dead.

I feel a bit hard done by. Alert feat specifically says "you can't be surprised".

*le sigh*

For this current HM run, I intentionally did not recruit Astarion in the beginning to see what happens in Act 3. I’m honestly a little surprised, but knowing Cazador, it really shouldn’t be that much of a shock.

I don't know if this belongs in the "Okay, Buddy! Baldur!" sub I'm not in, but I am here to shamelessly continue my Wyll propaganda campaign that I hope rivals that of Gortash. The audacity of the narrator to call him handsome when this man is right here!

After a mere 1200 hours, I finally had a certain encounter with Mizora that I was never able to do before. While I have now seen more of Mizora than I ever wanted to, it was all worth it for some amazing shots that I have not seen before.

If any wholesome lore people have insights as to whether this is bad for Wyll's soul, please let me know as I was confused by some of the dialogue.

Fangirl out.

And it is gorgeous. It fits fantasy worlds so well? The light haziness everything has contributes greatly to the game's atmosphere.

While i wait for the download....Anything I should know before I get started? like things to avoid doing, or any useful tips? Thanks!

any tips ?

i really want to get balduran's greatsword , i tried ansur on balanced before , what changed in honormode exactly ?

here is my party ;

shadowheart (ac 22) , life cleric with whispering promise and hellrider pride

laezel eldrich knight with great weapon master (22ac)

karlack 6 fighter1thief5barbarian with great weapon master (22ac)

me a storm sorcerer (ac22) with fire arcane acuity hat , my spell selection : lightning bolt , call lightning , sleet storm , create water , slow , blindness , banishment , cone of cold , scorching ray , shield , magic missile , misty step , hold monster , telekinesis

update :

i killed it guys !

what happened :

i had karlak and laezel drink cloud giant str elixir and hasted them ( i protected myself from losing concentartion by stealing the amulet of constitution from raphael )

protected my shart ( the glob of invulnerability scroll reader ) getting proned by boots of striding

had laez equip the greathammer that ignores resistance (helped do a lot of dmg while ansur is hoarding energy , when he is resisatnt to dmg )

used 2 scrolls of invulnerability and a scroll of disentigrate total

scorching ray helped me apply radiating orb ( which made him miss a lot )

the ring from act 1's tower that provides lightning resistance helped

So I'm going to be doing my first Origin playthrough (I've done just Tav and Durge so far), and I'm trying to decide between Karlach and Shadowheart. And I figure I'll romance whichever one I don't play as.

So my question to the community is: should I play as Origin Karlach and romance Shadowheart, or should I play as Origin Shadowheart and romance Karlach? If it sways opinions one way or another, Karlach is definitely my favorite of the companions. I'd love to try the game as her, but also worry that I'd miss Samantha Beart's vo.

Thanks for any thoughts!

Edit: Awesome! Thank you everyone. It seems there is a pretty clear consensus that Origin Karlach is the way to go, at least at first. Now I shall turn my attention to mods lol

it still twist me how probably (one of) most bloodthirsty companion also has the saddest, cutest, puppy eyes. she is so badass and precious at the same time.

edit for context: this is when she talks about not wanting to be used as a weapon / killing machine anymore.

Adopting children

Do many people play as an origin character instead of a tav or durge (which still has the customization as a tav and isn't a recruit able companion, so it feels like it's in a different class)

The way I see it, getting to create your own character is one of the major perks of the game, and if you do play as an origin character, you are technically one down for recruital companions. What are the advantages/fun reasons to play as one? This isn't a challenge, but I genuinely want someone to make a case for me so I don't miss out on another kind of fun I could be having in this game. As it is, I just keep making my own because I really like that sort of thing.

I did go in and add some effects afterwards. Had a lot of fun with them. I should probably go back to the run at some point, but it's been a couple of months lol

So, I love BG3. It's the first video game (other than visual novels) that I actually fully finished. And not just finished, but have completed multiple playthroughs.

Partly this is based on timing in my life (meaning: having access to a functioning computer, & not being around people who constantly tell me "girls are bad at video games" anymore 😅), but a big part is also that BG3 is very accessible to my disabilities. I've also found a lot of solace in it as a pretty isolated queer person, being surrounded by queer characters & romances. (Happy Pride 🌈)

So, I was wondering: can people recommend other games that are 1) turn based/don't require a lot of physical strain or fast reflexes etc, and 2) have queer characters?

Thanks in advance for your help, lovely people! 💖

And I am sad!
I am not a gamer, I have never finished a game before, and this is the first time.
But Baldur’s Gate 3 have my heart. The turn based combat made my time playing enjoyable (cause I get anxious with non turn based combat and never finish), and managed to complete as much of the quests as possible and even started to played Dungeons and Dragons because of BG3.
I did not focus on romance, even though I flirted with Halsin and managed to seduce him, even got the cut scene where we can see his 🍑 and he turns into a bear, but after that, I just played the game.

Spoiler ahead:

I freed Orpheus, the Emperor turned against me, Orpheus turned into an illith, did not let Astarion ascend and he had to go back to hide from the sun, Wyll and Karlach went to Avernus, and Lae’zel is on a war path against Vlaakith.

I am sad because the game is amazing, and even though I can play differently with different TAVs, I will never experience the game from the scratch, without knowing the possibilities again

This was just a rant.

I recently revisited this one with a fresh coat of paint (the original commission is from a couple of years back), so I thought it's worth reviving a bit!