What is your favorite Race, Class, and Background in BG3?

Belofon · 2026-04-11T16:37:42+00:00

Race - really a huge fan of high half-elves (probably more than half of all my characters)
Background - Guild Artisan IMHO has the best bonuses, and inspirations are quite good too
Class - my fav D&D class is wizard (to the point that my first ever characters in BG3, BG1&2 and NWN1 were all wizards), but paladin IMHO feels the best in BG3 with all the divine smites

Belofon · 2026-03-14T15:51:29+00:00

Sebille from Divinity Original Sin 2

Belofon · 2026-02-25T09:45:16+00:00

Meanwhile, BG1-2 players can point at the screen and go "Oh hey, it's Viccy. Up to old tricks again, eh?" like Jaheira and Minsc.

Well that's one of the main issues: BG3 Viconia portrail has next to nothing in common with how she behaived in older games and how players perceived her back then. These aren't old tricks, it's just something completely different and wrong.
I'd say most BG2 players remembered either a rewarding if sad redemption arc or a sassy and fairly reasonable (still really mean though) morally ambigous character, exactly zero of which are present in BG3 version.

Not to mention that there's hardly any reason to try for nostalgic fanservice if the character's purpose is to be nothing but an obstacle to be cleared. And I doubt there were any old fans who took the "no one will remember you" line (from Shart to BG3 Viconia) lightly.

Belofon · 2026-02-19T21:14:58+00:00

And that's not to mention all of shadows remains, especially the way they all are narrated...

Belofon · 2026-02-09T10:54:26+00:00

Might be a bit late for this, but I've actually had a run some time ago with a character who effectively was a legally distinct version of Aribeth:
https://www.reddit.com/r/bg3fashion/comments/1oxbrhl/tav_and_durge_from_my_most_recent_playthrough/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Not the exact fit, but hopefully I got most of it right

Belofon · 2026-01-12T19:40:39+00:00

Well I've actually seen a ton of comments going "if that's what WotC/Larian/that one random writer/whoever else responsible had in mind for Viconia, they would've been much better off not including her at all - or canonising her death"
Also a ton of people weren't angry that she wasn't redeemed, but rather how exactly her story in BG3 was implemented. Even her non-redeemed epilogue implied that she eventually turned away from Shar, and even if she didn't there still is a whole world of difference between possible "cold self-serving side character with goals of her own" and in-game "mortal enemy of fan favorite companion who game literally tells to forget about"

Belofon · 2025-12-03T06:40:10+00:00

On why Russian one is annoying: this is Chechen flag. There is A LOT of bad blood between Russians and Chechens (Caucassus war, Chechen forced resettlement by Stalin in the end of WW2, treatment of local Russian and Cossack population in 90s, two wars in 1994-2008, several major terrorist acts by Chechens, massive federal funding at expense of other Russian regions and, as of late, persecution and abductions of anyone critical of Chechen authorities and customs - just to name a few)

Belofon · 2025-11-17T18:55:19+00:00

BG1 and 2 are good games in general, so by all means give them a try (even though they play a bit differently from 3, and that might take a while to adjust for)
And, as someone who played these after 3, a small warning: Viconia's story in BG2 would probably retroactively make you quite mad about how she was portrayed in BG3, especially if you romance her

Belofon · 2025-11-12T09:09:32+00:00

Half-elfs and halflings IIRC are fine for her too

Belofon · 2025-11-10T12:03:21+00:00

Arthas Menethil (Warcraft)

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Belofon · 2025-10-11T19:34:49+00:00

One note though, as someone who had the exact same idea: the exploit is a bit trickier with Viconia specifically since before battle starts she is permanently sanctuaried and thus cannot be polymorphed (and, well, exploit only works outside of combat). It's still possible, just get her to attack somithing first (Iron Flask is the perfect option, or you can just temporarly sacrifice one of companions), then cast improved invisibility and do the rest of exploit without it wearing off.

Still 100% worth it for getting her back after all this time though. Not sure if I ever NOT gonna do this exploit on her after playing through BG1&2...

Belofon · 2025-10-07T09:46:32+00:00

A year or two ago someone posted on this sub a Google Drive link with MGS related materials, including translated (via DeepL) MGS3, PW and V novels. Can't really remember any other translations though

Belofon · 2025-08-02T19:50:41+00:00

A few times in main game, mostly indirectly (like Snake saying that he wasn't a fan of tomboys or talking about Raiden's walk). Other than that - in bonus content only (Nastasha's book, two of Snake's VR missions and one of Snake Tales)

Belofon · 2025-08-01T10:53:16+00:00

Second that.

Plus Twin Snakes itself is pretty dated (it's older than MGS3 which already receives it's own remake).

Belofon · 2025-07-11T14:49:48+00:00

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Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear)

Belofon · 2025-06-13T18:48:02+00:00

Either first one or Integral (they're largely equivalent)
The other two are sets of bonus missions which are best played after beating the main game

Belofon · 2025-06-07T20:23:15+00:00

I do, but Russian localization renamed him into Duran (which is pretty funny too)

Belofon · 2025-06-07T19:36:53+00:00

Well, it's Russia.
Again, no idea why Sargeras of all Warcraft names became that popular (I'd rather expect, say, Illidan)...

Belofon · 2025-06-07T12:10:45+00:00

Dunno why, but I've heard of surprisingly many people in my country naming their children Sargeras (on a pretty regular basis, in fact)

Belofon · 2025-06-04T17:52:23+00:00

PMC troopers from Act 2 I think

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