• Start game.

  • Character creation.

  • Disappointed that goblin isn't an option.

  • Disappointed that class is linked to race but whatever it's an old game.

  • Can't decide between making my character a half-elf druid avenger or gnome thief.

  • Settle on druid avenger because playing as an eco-terrorist sounds fun.

  • Become disappointed that druids can only be true neutral.

  • I make my characters skin green and give them the old lady voice because fuck you game I wanted to make a goblin.

  • Walk into the Inn.

  • Insult every noble visiting the inn.

  • Leave.

  • Enter a house and get jumped by an assassin.

  • Die.

  • Lmao this game rules.

  • dumpster_dove [he/him]
    ·
    11 months ago

    The early game is difficult, pretty much anything can kill you. As you lvl up and figure out the mechanics, it gets easier.

    Pro tip: make sure to use lightning bolt in cramped spaces!

    • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
      ·
      11 months ago

      Pro tip: make sure to use lightning bolt in cramped spaces!

      I'm guessing this will get me killed but I'll do it anyway because it sounds fun

      • Nacarbac [any]
        ·
        11 months ago

        It will get everything killed. The one time it works out for you will be totally sweet though.

        AoE spells are just fun - Colour Spray, Grease, Web, etc - but will wreck your fighters unless you place them carefully (and the AI is pretty suicidal). Eventually, there are a lot of low-threat opponents, which means even the low-level ones stay useful the entire game.

        Usually the most dangerous threat is anything that can throw bullshit magic back at you - so, monsters - and then worse, anything that can do that magic and has protections against your magic - mostly wizards. Most of those fancy monsters want you to stock up on a couple of status-healing items when you notice them for sale, just in case. Wizard fights become about comprehensively dispelling their protections and then them instantly exploding from Minsc slapping them with a greatsword.

        Later, in BG2, things get pretty damn unfair (in both directions - a lot of near-impossible fights are totally negated because you scrounged up money in the starting city to buy an overpriced shield).