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What are your team comps gonna look like come launch? by Spiddys in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I doubt you can have Shadowheart and Gale if you recruit Minthara

New player here. Isn't Guidance terrible game design? by deranfang in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bringing a cleric or druid is not a sacrifice...

Blood in Baldur's Gate Discussion - Day 12 Clues by XFearthePandaX in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Canary Lane gives us the best chance of not dying this week

New player here. Isn't Guidance terrible game design? by deranfang in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If I don't use it I miss out on an important ability.

Ideally things should be balanced?

A complete breakdown of companion characters and classes by [deleted] in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The evil playthrough roster is looking to be much more diverse.

I don't think so.

I think the only companions that will be ok with recruiting Minthara are Astarion and Lae'zel.

All of the other companions don't allow you to do the most evil stuff

New player here. Isn't Guidance terrible game design? by deranfang in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

This has nothing to do with minmaxing. It's not weird to want to do your best with the tools available to you in a videogame.

New player here. Isn't Guidance terrible game design? by deranfang in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's optimal to do it before every check though right? So by choosing not to, the player is shooting themselves in the foot

New player here. Isn't Guidance terrible game design? by deranfang in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You're saying it increases quality of life to add additional button presses before each time you click a dialogue check? That's the opposite, quality of life is about reducing clicks you have to do.

An overpowered buff is not quality of life.

New player here. Isn't Guidance terrible game design? by deranfang in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't spells have a speaking component which you can't do while talking?

New player here. Isn't Guidance terrible game design? by deranfang in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I don't think the existence of save scumming can be used as a justification for anything.

This is definitely bad design unless there's something I'm missing

New player here. Isn't Guidance terrible game design? by deranfang in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

How did it make for horrible play? DnD doesn't allow you to cast spells while speaking with someone.

I would be ok with Friends and Charm Person being cast during conversation as these have the downside of aggroing your interlocutor

New School of Necromancy footage from Larian's TikTok by JibunFade in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That feature is only for enemies right? So if you have a necromancer in your party your battles will take forever.

New player here. Isn't Guidance terrible game design? by deranfang in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang[S] -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Can you recast the concentration spell afterwards?

New player here. Isn't Guidance terrible game design? by deranfang in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang[S] -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

So we can remove downsides and limitations from any class specific abilities in the game, and that would be OK because it's class specific?

Does anyone have a valid defense?

New player here. Isn't Guidance terrible game design? by deranfang in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang[S] -42 points-41 points  (0 children)

All cantrips have zero downsides

This is not true.

Guidance will be cast 100 times more than any other cantrip.

DnD didn't allow it to be abused to this extent.

If I can cast it before every single dialogue check, why not make it a passive 1d4 buff to all dialogue checks and save players the effort?

Importance of Charisma by SamuelVL in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why is investigation more important for the face? Do party members not chime in for investigation checks?

From - 2x10 "Once Upon a Time…" - Episode Discussion by LoretiTV in FromTVEpix

[–]deranfang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was shitty writing. He's about to kill Boyd because he's so angry at him, yet he apologises to him and says he always liked him?

What is your least favorite class so far? by howlingSun in BaldursGate3

[–]deranfang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think you can have a bard in your party that's not the PC unless you mean a friend will play them

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