BG3 has taught me quite a bit about D&D but I wouldn’t play IRL because that’s a hell of a time commitment and I’m antisocial. I can totally see it getting lots of people to play tabletop rpgs though. I’ve already but 150 hours into it.
I beat it on normal (druid, Wyll, Lae’zel, and Shadowheart) now I’m replaying it on easy (dark urge paladin, Karlach, Gale, Astarion) to see their storylines. After im done with this I’m doing it again on hard mode with a proper team comp. Absolutely (hehe) loving it.
That’s been my big hangup with dnd. Not the time commitment but the social aspect since I don’t know anyone local.
I played once through already as a bard (shadow heart, karlach, and wyll in my party) because I wanted to RP as Edgin and it was a blast. But I really suck at action management and had to play on easy. My second time im playing a fighter and I still have to play on east but next playthrough I’ll do dark urge on normal since I’ll just kill people if I fail my rolls.
I found normal mode to be “just right” but I have a ton of experience with strategy games so I imagine that made it easier for me. The story had me just as hooked as the gameplay so if story mode is your jam, more power to you!
Dark Urge has been a wild ride so far. I planned on going Oathbreaker but I kept failing (well…succeeding?) rolls so now I’m walking into Act 2 having not broken my oath. Admittedly I’ve done some savescumming, though only for Urge-related choices
I honestly don’t trust local game shops anymore after way back when I was first getting into DnD, during the 3.5 era, I’d wanted to run a CG Drow Warlock. This character sheet got laughed out of my local, and I developed a blistering ten-year hatred for the very concept of Drizz’t Do’urden as a result for how often the sheet got accused of ‘aping’ a character who doesn’t even fit the archetype I’d designed.
That whole thing was what sent me into learning Pathfinder a few years after-- but I won’t bullshit. BG3 has me considering going back and giving it another try what with 5e’s changes to the system. Just… Never a brick and mortar local, ever again.
Sorry you had such a bad experience. Bullying someone for their choice of character is especially shitty! Fear of such judgment is why I tend to only play with friends.
Entire reason when Roll20 became a thing, boi I jumped. Even then, it takes me long enough to vet people for Roll20 tables that I just don’t have the time to go sifting while I’ve still got coursework on my neck, otherwise I’d be looking for something now with all the character concepts already in my BG3 save folder.
Now that you mention it, the oneshot I played was actually Pathfinder. I have no idea what the differences are aside from Pathfinder being based on an old dnd ruleset (…right?)
I’m moving in a few weeks so my search is on hold until then. I know my friend has a GREAT local shop that he goes to so I don’t think that’s a universal experience you had
I have definitely blinded a fair share of people (and goblins) haha. Didn’t work so well when I tried to use it on a beholder and forgot the whole “anti-magic field” thing
Every edition, they give the support classes more flexibility and resources to compensate for having to spend resources on other player’s misfortune.
Druids and clerics are strong, but when I played a wild sorcerer, I had a hard time not being jealous of the bard. He felt like a better caster based on ritual magic and spell selection alone, and had better dice-manipulation, and obviously better skills and martial combat. Bards can do everything… and often everyone.
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