How are everyone’s stories coming along? Have you finished the game? If so how many times?

What tips, remarks or other things of note do you have that you want to discuss here?

As always try to keep things as spoiler free as possible.

Also should I do these posts more regularly (shows up on people’s feeds more and so has more traction) or like this is fine. Definitely don’t want to spam people.

Lucky rolls to you all!

  • bh11235@infosec.pubEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    I’m doing a nothing playthrough, focused around progressing the plot by doing as little as possible. I finished act 1 by heading to the mountain pass and sneaking past all the gith and undead (this required a potion of invisibility). Went to Last Light, spoke to no one then went immediately back out, skipping Moonrise Towers and the entire shadow curse theme park, and going straight to the temple. Sneaked past everyone there and very disappointed to find B waiting for me at the end anyway, how did he know I was there? Well I’m like level 3 or something so I cheese him with a silence spell before he has the chance to get going then shove him off a cliff. Up next, sneaking into Moonrise Towers without anyone noticing and then guilt tripping the guy in charge because Selune Shar Myrkul knows it’s not a fight I’m going to win. AFAIK this is where the fun and games end though, because the final phase of the act II boss requires that you actually be capable of doing something, which my MC for this run canonically isn’t.

  • MuhammadJesusGaySex@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    I just finished my first play through. My friend hosted and I joined. He wanted to go “good” on tactician difficulty. So, we did. It took us 25 days. We got a lot of the more difficult achievements out of the way.

    Next time I’m hosting and we’re doing an evil play through. Larian killed it. One of my better purchases this year.

  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Closing in on 100 hours and I still haven’t finished the game lol. Could I? Yes. Will I? No. I’m exploring every nook and cranny and doing every damn quest I can. This game is just too good not too.

  • Koopa_Khan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    I just started playing for the first time and did some of Emerald Grove and just completed the ruins near by that took me 5 hours. What an incredible game, I want to stop and talk to everyone. My first play through I’m trying to say and do things I actually think I would do since I created a custom character for the first go around.

  • arya48@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    After seeing an article about dark urge and how special it is I decided to give it a shot. I also read a comment on here saying romance between Shadowheart and Seluna’s cleric MC is great. So I decided to combine those two things for my 3rd playthrough! ( i have yet to experience act 2 btw…think I have a problem)

    I made a Seldarine drow with the idea being that she used to be bloodthirsty Lolth sworn but eventually she found Seluna and became her cleric, now she’s trying to be better. I thought that worked well with heroic dark urge story I wanted and I get to experience the enemies to lovers relationship with shadowheart. Don’t know if the way the story will unravel will validate my headcanoned backstory for her but so far I’m quite enjoying it.

    This is also the first playthrough where I met Timber the squirrel, I didn’t know he was in the game before this playthrough, I was kinda excited to meet him…yeah.

    • MonkeyFightinSnakes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Im at the end of my durge run rn. My advice would be to not shy away from doing evil things despite what other people say about losing out on content. You really dont miss that much, and you get some pretty sweet cutscenes, especially if you commit to it. Plus, astarion and minthara will support you the entire way on your descent into darkness :)

      • arya48@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        You know I would do that if for nothing else than just for the sake of variety, but I’m such a coward >.> Just don’t have the stomach for it lol. The idea of this messed up person redeeming themselves is appealing to me, I’m not doing 100% “goody two shoes” kinda character but more of a reluctant hero who’s still bit of a dick. Maybe I’ll start another playthrough where I play the way you’re suggesting…I’ll never experience act 2 at this rate <.<

  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    First playthrough I didn’t experience the Bulette burrowing away during a fight, but on second playthrough it does. I don’t mind that on it’s own but I’m wondering if it’s broken or OP. I managed to get it low enough to put it to sleep. I figured one more round of attacks would finish it off but after one attack it woke up and burrowed away. Can it burrow as a reaction?

  • Linuto@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Starting my 2nd playthrough with a lolth sworn drow cleric(1) bard(11) build. Going dark urge, but resisting it.

    I like the idea that through my character’s relationship to an evil deity, they recognize the dark urge is something wholly other than Lolth’s influence. So lawful evil in the sense that, “yeah I’ll be evil, but not because you told me to.”

    My favorite thing so far had been Shadowheart hesitantly confessing she worships Shar, only for me to be like, “Oh that’s nothing. Have you heard about our Lord and Savior, the Spider Queen?”

  • RagingHungryPanda@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    About 50 hours and just got my ass handed to me by Fist guy or whatever at the inn while most of my party had 1 HP left, so there’s that. This is my first playthrough.

  • Meuzzin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    I’m on my 2nd playthrough, after ending my first abruptly in Act 2 (Someone here knows how that happens). Currently just hit Act 2 in my new game. Going on 458 Hours total. Think that includes OA time as well…

  • FooBarrington@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Just started a new playthrough with the mod that removes the party size limit - and damn, it’s awesome not to have to choose. Of course it makes things a good bit easier, but to have so many more companion dialogues and so on… Wow, it really improves an already amazing experience.

    • Mrs_deWinter@feddit.deEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Same here! Even on Tactican it’s very easy with so many players on the field. So what I’ve done is reskill most of my characters and start to really have fun with it. I’ve utilized spells and manoeuvres which I previously had omitted for being too weak, buffs and debuffs I never would have considered for the action economy, more or less useless roleplay stuff, or simply some funny shenanigans. My battlefields are more colourful and playful than ever. It’s not a tactical challenge for sure, but damn it’s a lot of fun to play this way.

      And all the banter :D That’s almost the best part of having the whole band together.

  • whysofurious@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I think I have around 200 hours and haven’t finished the game yet lol. First playthrough was with an evil drow warlock, but bugs with Minthara’s quest made me quit during act 3.

    I’m now playing an evil dark urge (sorcerer dragonborn), and just started a parallel Githyanki Monk too (I would like this one to be a good playthrough, let’s see). I also have a gnome bard somewhere but I don’t have the time 😂

    I just can’t stop myself from trying different things, and I love how the slightest change in conversations and choices can results in very different things and how the game accounts for almost every possibility, just love it.

    It’s what keeps me entertained vs a regular story, where once I know how it progress I find it kind of boring to replay.

  • giantofthenorth@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’m fairly fresh into act 3, just did the shadowheart part and man, that was heavy.

    Definitely gonna be doing a new play though with my opposite choices though.

    I do gotta say, I’m enjoying the challenge of tactician but man does my lvl 11 monk suck and is just so squishy, anyone got any recommendations to strengthen her up to take more than 2 hits?

    • K3zi4@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Multiclass into 3 levels of Rogue and pick the thief subclass for additional bonus action to dish out unarmed strikes like a mad man.

      • BellaDonna@mujico.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        What do you mean by go strength? What actual things are you talking about? Levels as fighter or barbarian? How can you get 8 hits a turn?

        • darth_helmet@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Rogue 3 (thief), monk 8 (open hand)

          Pre-combat: use Wholeness of Body for an extra bonus action for 3 turns

          Turn 1: action attack x2, flurry of blows 3x for 6 attacks.

          If you have maxed strength and pick tavern brawler, each attack is +10 damage on top of the martial arts die. Easy 100 damage per turn with Manifestation of Soul and an ok wisdom score (ie + 1d4 + 3-5 per hit passively)