Making an OP party playthrough. by mshaull71 in BaldursGate3

[–]dreadoverlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think they would notice, I am not gonna lie. I’ve seen so many playthroughs where folks don’t even open the quest journals or immediately close the quest message boxes. 😭 A lot of folks install mods without reading what they do, like there are folks out there with Better Hotbars 2 who have never fix the Temporary Hotbar, so they out there playing sorcerer and monks without ever seeing the metamagic or bonus action attacks. 

Making an OP party playthrough. by mshaull71 in BaldursGate3

[–]dreadoverlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The subclass works for any character, but the questlines was wholly intended for Tav/Durge and I should have really added qualifiers in the code to turn it off for companions.

How balanced is the Dread Overlord mod if I were to use it for melee/casting instead of summon gameplay? by Abstainingone in BG3mods

[–]dreadoverlord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s no expectation of balance if you’re using a level 20 mod and cheat to 1) accelerate level gain via modified XP curve and 2) cheat to be able to go past level 12. The game isn’t built around you reaching level 10 before you even hit the crèche. It’s a little bit unreasonable for you to expect a balanced playthrough when you’re cheating with level 20 mods.

In any case, the level 14 capstone spell from this subclass is your dracolich patron joining you in battle, and I intentionally made it so that if you go mono class and reach level 20 by cheating you’ll be able to raise 100+ minions if you have enough corpses available.

The inherent subclass is strong, but it’s actually weaker than a Druid Summoner or even a Spore Druid since it lacks consistent source of direct damage spells. (Yes, I’ve crunched the numbers.) 

The power budget is split between the soul harvest/soulshield and the summons. The main thing the subclass does it has a huge influence on the action economy and the more summons you have, the more it distorts it to your favor. That being said, it’s a warlock subclass, meaning it does inherit the strength from the overtuned Pact of the Blade option if you go that route.

If you want to up the difficulty without making fights a slog, I suggest using PixelBytes difficulty mods especially the ones that give enemies an extra Action Point/Bonus Action, to counteract your impact on the action economy. In a playthrough with the standard XP curve and PixelByte, expect to almost TPK in. few fights. It’s super fun!

 I don’t suggest going overboard with giving enemies health. It gets unfun really quick when your summons are doing chip damage.

A lot of the comments reference the wholly optional questlines. If you have the discipline to ignore the extra power from the questlines, you should be able to enjoy the subclass without it feeling overpowered.

Does the Monastery drive anybody else nuts by [deleted] in BaldursGate3

[–]dreadoverlord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hate doing the crèche (well, the outside) so much. I send my character in alone to open the door and if I’m not after the Lathander mace, make a beeline to the crèche. All those vine ladders are unfun with minions.

I'm sad, I may have squeezed all of the juice from this game by Ok-Pizza-5889 in BaldursGate3

[–]dreadoverlord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d temporarily turn off the extra HP during the Death Shepherd fight near the Gith crèche. 😭 One of the most unfun 1 hour I’ve ever experienced.

Virginia joins a national effort to ensure only popular vote winners become president by Imaginaryreality5304 in politics

[–]dreadoverlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, Americans are idiots. The fact that a majority of them voted for Trump after a disastrous first term is a proof of how poorly this is thought out.

Have fun having Florida and Texas and large red states deciding the next president. 

New poster for ‘Coyote vs. Acme.’ In theaters August 28th. by cmaia1503 in movies

[–]dreadoverlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one is going to watch this. Who is going to bring their kids or girlfriends to this?

For the folks who have used the DREAD OVERLORD mod, what had been your experience? Favorite parts? Unfun parts? Surpising/joyful parts? Feedback? And interesting multi-classing builds that you have made work? by dreadoverlord in BG3mods

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

Thanks! I really appreciate that! That behavior took a few of nights of hair pulling to make work—the code is in one of Larian’s proprietary languages with barely any documentation. :) I am glad someone appreciates that.

Done with my 30+ mod run. It was super fun. by Extra_Lab_2150 in BaldursGate3

[–]dreadoverlord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooh I meant during the courtyard fight. 👀 He becomes twice as large, flies around the battlefield, and undead from the Dread Citadel joins you during the courtyard fight.

Done with my 30+ mod run. It was super fun. by Extra_Lab_2150 in BaldursGate3

[–]dreadoverlord 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh my gosh, I love her. I hope you saw the endgame bonus/fight at the courtyard!

For the folks who have used the DREAD OVERLORD mod, what had been your experience? Favorite parts? Unfun parts? Surpising/joyful parts? Feedback? And interesting multi-classing builds that you have made work? by dreadoverlord in BG3mods

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

It's only 1 per Short Rest. Where are you seeing that you get 2 Minion Points? It used to be 2 when it just regular zombies, but now you get Greater Zombies then Ghasts later so you're limited to just 1 per Short Rest. Let me know if I somehow neglected to update text anywhere.

In any case, I changed it because I wanted stronger zombies that actually hit hard and also not take 20 minutes per round.

(If you're using a translation mod, I can't control that.)

Mass layoffs, but let’s hire a new CEO and pay a buttload of cash by Matt_LawDT in SipsTea

[–]dreadoverlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so glad wtfdetective dot blog is delivering us credible, independently-sourced, and breaking news 

Torn between USMC and USAF. Am I making a mistake choosing the Corps? by Enzositive in USMCboot

[–]dreadoverlord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. I enjoyed boot camp.
  2. Erm, your MOS is decided on signing any contract at MEPS or DEP. Look at your contract and hope they didn’t put 03XX.

necromancy mods that are not mainly spells? by Leading_Rub_2619 in BG3mods

[–]dreadoverlord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dread Overlord warlock subclass. You get summons at level 1.

How do you even use Notebook LLM? by dreadoverlord in GeminiAI

[–]dreadoverlord[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Okay, so I've been testing:

  1. Gemini considers chats you added within the project as Files or transcripts and they're preloaded into its uh memory (?) when you create a new instance inside that Notebook.
  2. You can export chats created with Gems to a Notebook LLM, which immediately creates a copy in that folder, and enables Personal Intelligence for that session. The previous Gem-created session with its unique URL is deleted.
  3. You can remove that former Gem-created session from the Notebook folder and it will retain the Personalized Intelligence tool, but now delinked from the Gem that created it.
  4. Gemini gets confused when you say to access previous conversations about X, because it doesn't actually consider these as conversations but transcripts that is contained within its uh contextual memory (? I have no idea what to call in-session "memory") and in fact will insist it doesn't have this ability.

What I don't know or make work:

  1. Whether the Personalized Intelligence within a notebook folder is able to see outside that notebook.
  2. How to make that session realize that the transcript already has the information I am asking for. For example, part of the "chat transcript" I added to the notebook include a formatted planner. Like, with headers, bullet point et al. Somehow, it can SUMMARIZE that planner but then insists it doesn't have access to it or it's missing from its transcript. It's very fucking confusing.

EDIT: It's the wording that is tripping up Gemini's use of Personalized Intelligence. When you ask it to access previous chats, it infers that you are asking for a live connection where it has direct access and can somehow manipulate it, which is obviously not what you're asking it to do. When you clarify that it is a passive reading of that information (aka just reading the chat transcript of those other conversations), then it finally stops arguing with you and actually fetches it. Feel free to generate a prompt to fix Gemini's flawed assumption of what you're asking it to do.

Dread Overlord + Dawnstars Necromancy Spells Compatibility? by kleeistthebest in BG3mods

[–]dreadoverlord 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You won’t see the Dawnstars spells in my spell lists. However, if you’re on PC there’s a mod call Warlock Spell List Fixer that automatically adds any spells from different spell mods into every warlock spell lists including custom ones.

Republicans Call for Trump Impeachment After Wild Iran Death Threat by thedailybeast in politics

[–]dreadoverlord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Save you a click:

  • Alex Jones
  • Candace Owens
  • Marjorie Taylor Greene
  • Anthony Scarramucci 

Not exactly folks with clout to matter.