7 Hidden Spell Interactions in Baldur's Gate 3

First up is Selûne's Dream! Selune’s Dream is a spell granted from the item Amulet of Selune’s Chosen. This spell heals an ally for 1d8 and has a chance to put your ally to sleep!
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Timestamps
00:00 Selûne's Dream
01:02 Scarlet Remittance
01:53 Lesser Restoration
02:50 Healing Vapours
03:31 Aid
04:02 Radiating Orb
05:01 Produce Flame
While this can be useful on allies with Fey Ancestry since they can’t be put to sleep, a hidden use for this is getting a Trader friendly with you by donating to them until their attitude reaches 100. which then actually turns them into an ally. Once they’re an ally, you can then cast Selune’s Dream on them, putting them to sleep. Once asleep, you can steal back the items you donated to make them friendly with you, and then take everything else they have. Feign Death also works for this, but can only be learned by certain classes, with Selune’s Dream any class can steal everything from Traders while they’re sleeping. This probably isn’t how Selune intended her amulet to be used, but when it comes to thievery, you take what you can get. The Amulet of Selune’s Chosen can be found all the way at the back of the Goblin Camp behind the throne room and the dead Mind Flayer.
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Scarlet Remittance
Number 2 is Scarlet Remittance. Scarlet Remittance is a condition that grants a stacking +1 Bonus to Attack Rolls, Damage, and Spell Save DC from the Dagger called Rhapsody - granting up to +3 for every foe you slay. But what the item doesn’t say is that you can also get stacks of Scarlet Remittance from destroying items such as barrels, jars or other types of items with health bars. So you can get your 3 stacks of Scarlet Remittance before you ever even go into combat from a long rest. Not only that, but the buff stays on after you take the dagger off. So you can pass the dagger on to another character, break a few pots to get your 3 stacks and rinse and repeat. Almost like an unholy ritual passing the dagger around for the buff, which is quite good when applied to your whole party.
Lesser Restoration
Number 3 is Lesser Restoration. Lesser Restoration Cures disease, poison, paralysis or blindness. But what the spell doesn’t say is that it also cures Bloodless. Bloodless is caused by Astarian’s Vampire Bite. And while you might not think to use Vampire Bite on your own party, getting the Happy Condition on Astarian grants +1 to all attack rolls, Saving Throws and most Ability Checks and lasts until Long Rest - so there is an advantage to getting this before combat. And since Bloodless is easily cured by lesser restoration the only thing you lose is a spell slot - unless you get the Silvanus Necklace. This item is found in the Druid Grove under a rock and allows you to cast Lesser Restoration once per short rest. This lets you always keep Astarian with the Happy Condition, and your party without the Bloodless Condition. This is especially useful in areas filled with undead or Constructs where Vampire Bite can’t be used.
Healing Vapours
Number 4 is Healing Vapours. Healing Vapours is a spell cast by the Water Myrmidon, which can be summoned by a Druid through the Level 5 Spell Conjure Elemental, or through Wild Shape: Myrmidon as a level 10 Circle of the Moon Druid. Healing Vapours heals for 2d8 in an area, but it can also be used to reveal invisible characters, put out fire surfaces which will then create mist and perhaps most importantly it gets targets wet. So while this spell might be an AOE heal, it can also be a great way to set up a chain lightning that will decimate your enemies.
Aid
Number 5 is Aid. Aid is a level 2 spell from the Abjuration School acquired by Paladins and Clerics. This spell heals allies and increases their maximum hit points. But what this spell doesn’t tell you is that it is the only spell that can be used to heal Undead and Construct summons - all other healing spells state that they cannot be used on Constructs or Undead. This makes this spell great for spore druid builds and necromancer builds which utilize summons that can’t get healed by Healing Word, Healing Touch, Prayer of Healing and so on.
Radiating Orb
Number 6 is Radiating Orb. Radiating Orb causes affected entities to have -1 to attack rolls and sheds bright light in an area surrounding it. What the condition doesn’t mention is that it stacks with itself across multiple items that all grant the same condition. That means you can get your enemies to have massive losses to their attack rolls and miss all the time. Items likeLuminous Gloves grant radiant damage 1 stack of Radiating Orb, Coruscation Ring grants Radiating Orb upon spell damage - a nice combo with something like magic missile, and Luminous Armor grants Radiating Shockwave - when the wearer deals radiant
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[@Toyhouze]

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[@Cyb3rM1nd]

For Astarion, just bite a hireling. They dont care, the bloodless debuff doesn't matter since they're only in camp and you need to use a slot or waste the item's daily use.

[@samuelmcswain8950]

thats not a bad idea actually

[@doncagape5409]

Don’t have Gale as Abjuration Wizard or Nightsong see you, Gale will block it and Nightsong will aggro you

[@Kairax]

Ok. Yesterday i bitten Hireling 2nd time (just wanted to heal, from stealth, not to damage him). Whole home-squad got angy and nuked Astarion (couldn't leave camp so only option was to die/reload)

[@MrMaharg79]

We got a hireling we renamed to 'BloodBank' at magic mirror to fulfill this honored role lol

[@Jorquay]

You can even bite anyone, just make sure you're hiding and they won't take damage. They'll just smack you on the wrist and say 'oh stop it you'

[@brendonmurray9516]

I use "Hold Person" on the vendor after I have a char enter Dialog with the trader. Then because of the dialog the spell HP DOES NOT tic down! So you can go ham without fail. Works every time. ALSO you can split the traders gold in the barter screen on the traders side by left click and shift dragging the gold into a empty spot. I split it to 200g to 600g depending on proficiency pickpocket lvl. That way your rolls will have a much high success rate! Ya welcome! 😁

[@brendonmurray9516]

This was the comment! Comooooon BUDDY!!

[@Exitsauce]

In case you didn’t know, produce flame can light things like oil under you while active. I found this out when I walked into the Zhentarim hideout for the first time and blew everyone up. Also good for having light on your person in early act 2 instead of holding a torch. Also, Asmodeus tieflings get it level 1. Edit note: I remembered that I lit the terrain under me before patches 2 and 3 so idk if it was changed.

[@fuggaak3464]

I just discovered that you can make an enemy get the 'Brittle' debuff if you hit them with an ice spell while they are on fire. It makes them vulnerable to blunt and thunder damage, in addition to taking 2d6 cold damage a turn until it runs out.

[@EnigmaG1]

1:36 This is no longer the case and has probably been patched out. If you put the weapon down the buff disappears. In addition, the real power is once per long rest 2 turns with only critical hits for a bonus action

[@SoraTheKobold]

4:02 just to add to this, if you can find the Holy Lance Helm which on miss causes the enemy to succeed a dex save or be hit with radiant damage and you pair it with both radiating orb armors, you can make an extremely fun tank build where each time they try and attack you they will get a radiating orb stack unless they save against the radiant damage it's also worth pairing it with other items such as The Boots of Story Clamour which apply Reverberation to any enemy you inflict with a condition

[@kurtcobane1762]

Ran this build on shadowheart its really good

[@mel-burnes]

displacement cloak or anything else that generates disadvantage for enemies is also a great addition to this. also with an adamantine shield you can send them reeling for missing you, aka an extra -1 to hit

[@kurtcobane1762]

@@mel-burnes hey thanks my dude was looking for a better choice than cloak of protetion

[@mel-burnes]

@@kurtcobane1762 good luck! do keep in mind that you can get the cloak of displacement only in act 3 (or earlier if you cheat it in with mods, i spose)

[@opethmike]

I like how you just go straight into the video without an intro

[@bartnauwelaerts4283]

You listed several I didn't know about yet. Thanks for this video.

[@Toyhouze]

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[@GamerPhilosophy]

The fact there’s so many different outcomes to situations, makes this so replayable and immersive. I absolutely love this one. 💞✌😊👍

[@SageSchispell]

2:05 alternatively just sneak and then bite a random npc, it causes no damage and they just give Astarion a funny look.

[@borisp9988]

There is a resonanse sphere in the second act of the game that gives you aura of advantage on physycal saving throws and disadvantage on mental saves. If you are already wearing risky ring, than you get no extra disadvantages and can carry it with you to make enemies vulnerable to your control magic, although they will more likely pass physycal saves at the same time.

[@onthaloose7521]

You forgot one: level 6 spell “heal” heals the dark urges mind some, where they have a scene where they remember being at a park when they were a kid with adoptive parents. I’m not sure if there are other triggers to this scene, but I got it the first time I used “heal” from Shadowheart on my dark urge.

[@flakdampler11]

Oh dang that’s quite a find

[@Marqan]

Good to know, thanks! Don't think I would've found that out myself..

[@Seabearman]

While technically elf/half elf clerics can get firebolt, it always scales with intelligence, not wisdom. So unless you specced your cleric into int, it's usually going to miss.

[@marcelwaddell6290]

Good videos. Short, informative, easy to understand. 5 🌟

[@MrCaboose]

First KZbinr I've seen that has the whole script in the description to. Very nice.

[@nobodynothing282]

Nobody has talked about gloves of the automaton making you immune to the light of creation mallus. It is a very strong halberd when built for it correctly.

[@sephirian688]

It’s strong for Act2 but gets outclassed by several other polearms, including Vigilance which you can acquire in act 2 immediately after entering the shadowlands by going straight to the tower and buying it. Vigilance also doesn’t require you give up your gloves in order to use it, plus the other bonuses the weapon has.

[@nobodynothing282]

Nah, 1d4 vs 1d6. You average more damage with light of creation as a halfling. The gloves also give you advantage on top of lucky.

[@euroliis706]

The Halberd of Vigilance has a +2 buff compared to Light of Creation's +1. the Halberd's 1d4 force is an average of 2.5 damage whereas the Light of Creation's 1d6 lightning is an average of 3.5, with the +1 buff it comes out to the same except the Halberd also has an additional +1 to hit comparatively. Oh, and it gives advantage on perception checks, +1 initiative (which is huge), and advantage on reaction attacks (which is whatever). It's a much, much better weapon.

[@sidecharacter7165]

I mean you already get the ring from the basement to use the item, and there are better weapons by the time you get to Last Light.

[@nobodynothing282]

Name one, only good option is unseem menace. But that requires bhaaler armour.

[@ArjunSidhan]

The scarlet remittance trick with non living items can be applied to the necromancer staff in act 3. The staff you get by killing the guy with his organs in jars... I literally turned my gale into necromancer and could use level 6 and 5 necromancy spells or blight at level 6 on every turn. PS there's also a ring which makes all enchantment actions into bonus action I have that on my gale. Then in act 3 you get a spore druid armour capable of producing haste spore, as per it's narration it can do so once per long rest however at the moment you can reapply it whenever you use the spore extra health shapechanger ability. It also works even if you take off the robe after casting the symbiotic ability once while wearing it.

[@northofself]

4:14 What the heck did learning to swim do to your Shadowheart here?! 🤣

[@prodigalsun1678]

The rhapsody dagger effect has to be an unintended effect. They will probably nerf it eventually if they find out abt it

[@rwulf]

Finally a spell interaction video with good suggestions. there's another channel that will remain nameless that was re-posting this same idea like twice a week and really scraping the barrel with crap like "did you know guidance can boost skill checks?" For reals.

[@digthathole5521]

It's amazing what you can figure out in this game. Just saw a short (that I still don't understand) where someone healed the paralyzed chic in the Grove with Drow poison. Something about the sleep status.....I have no idea, but it's cool.

[@mjr8888]

I didn't know about that item in number 3! That is the second item I missed in act 1! The second being at Waukeen's rest.

[@smoffitt4289]

Dancing lights can trip. Counts as an object, so can be used to cover a gas vent

[@jakhlim]

Interesting

[@H_nikA]

Selûne giving out bombastic side-eyes

[@MrStonehengeX37]

Certain spells can stay active even after that character switches out of the party, such as aid, longstrider and warding bond. Any spell that lasts until long rest and doesn’t require concentration. Just remember if u leave someone behind with warding bond that they can still die in camp because of the shared damage.

[@GAExperience]

Seluna intended secret steal weapon 🤣

[@TheAusar]

The issue I have with produce flame is,that is the only cantrip that does not scale, and its abysmal range.

[@IvanBelcov]

Rhapsody have a "secret" buff after u collect 3 stacks. 100% crit or -100% spellDC

[@allrequiredfields]

Thanks for the neat tricks 👍 FYI, Selûne is pronounced 'sell-OOH-nuh'.

[@minutebug9868]

I’m trying to do the selûne’s dream robbery on the githyanki vender. She’s way more resilient to sleep than the past vender I used it on. My issue is the 2 successful times out of 18 attempts, the two guards start attacking the moment she falls asleep. I’m in turn based. I’ve tried both casting darkness over just the vender and my party AND over everyone including the guards. Every time I actually succeed in sleeping her, the one who casts it gets attacked, forcing the others in my party out of turn based there by waking her up to run out of the smoke I know it still works. I think. Tried it on a goblin and it seemed to work. But he was the only npc around

[@choobles2927]

Last time I checked, produce flames light also reveals invisible enemies.

[@flakdampler11]

You mean just while you’re holding it?

[@Kamuyy]

Did you test Rhapsody after Patch 3? Because AFAIK the Scarlet Remittance buff disappears now after you trade it.

[@Andriej69]

Oh, that Rhapsody passing is neat, didn't know it works after unequipping - prob gonna get patched, though

[@shadow15kryans23]

I discovered the Aid one 6 days ago with Danse Macabre gained via necromancy of thay. _____________ Bonus tip if you see this comment to make it worthwhile: You can turn "On" and "Off" Karmic Dice mid battle. So if you turn it on whilst you attack, You have a escalating chance to crit depending on AC. This helps completely bypass AC via damage over time. In fact it increases damage to as much as 400% both ways as calculated by a reddit user in a PSA which you can find pretty easily. ^ What this means. Is it you turn it "on" whilst you attack you get a 400% increase on enemies with a high AC. And then just turn it "off" before the enemy attacks (before you end your turn mid battle ofc) so they don't reap any of the benefits of it. This gives you to as much as a 400% increase in damage. And the enemies a 0% increase. Just slightly busted way of playing. And this is in particular useful and noticable, if done over time during a difficult encounter OR with a high base crit chance character (so anything to increase survivability and crit chance is best when using this technique for maximal stonks 😎👍).

[@shadow15kryans23]

Barbarian Fighter Karlach with High Survivability, Many strikes, and Crit Chance once you activate this cheaty method: "It's my time to screw ****** up!"

[@Mobius95]

Thanks you screwed my honor run with the selunes dream trading.

[@GameGuide2020]

I'm curious about the selune's dream spell, as I did try your recommended method of feigning death and blinding the target so that I may steal, which I could not get to work.

[@sidecharacter7165]

They did just release a new patch.

[@DB-nv6di]

They semi-patched scarlet remittance. You can still get it from objects, but the dagger has to stay equipped now. Off-hand is fine. It also doesn’t matter if you use the dagger to kill anything, just having it equipped is enough

[@brandonheath6713]

Does the first one still work? I wasn't able to do this with Feign Death

[@duntknogamming5712]

Aid also destroy invoke duplicity

[@xIronwafflexx]

I have an arcane missile made just for debuffing with radiant orb. I't pretty good.

[@MOTat18]

4:44 Can you please reply to me what shield is that and where you got it? I'm replaying the game and never saw that

[@Toyhouze]

It's from the kuo-toa in the underdark!

[@IuriBhering]

Frak, I gave the Selune amulet to Gale... Oh well

[@kellymccarthy7109]

Produce flame is awful. Much worse than sacred flame. If you want a ranged cantrip on your cleric wait until you go to the underdark to get the staff that gives an ice cantrip, play a high elf, or get the staff that gives a fire cantrip in act 2.

[@digthathole5521]

Love the comments in here. Nerdy AF in a great way. Lol. "Excuse me but you (pushes taped glasses back up on his nose) forgot that a level 3 conjuration spell can ......."

[@CriticalPosthumanism]

I don't like to do this is that feel like exploiting. Like get stacks from the dagger but not use it.

[@kalr242]

Can you use disguise self and still get the benefits of a silver blade?

[@contrakt666]

Well AID doesnt heal. thats why it works on undead etc. it increases the MAX HP. so its best use before fights and upcast to highest level.

[@normal6483]

Aid also heals. It's in the spell's description and everything.

[@contrakt666]

@@normal6483 oh you are right. But its so small that i never really used it for its healing part ^^

[@normal6483]

@@contrakt666 It's small for single target, but great in AoE. If you hit 3 people it's 15 hit points, and if you hit even more it goes up by 5 each. It's better healing than anything outside of Heal.

[@Seanana_]

why watch the video when you can just read the description

[@PyroMonster94]

They are not really hidden spell interactions but exploits lol

[@Sukaki_Izamu]

wdf did youtube add a voice reconstitution the make the subscribe next to join and thumbs up and down to light up when the youtuber ask subscribe

[@plasmacannon1198]

Ok so where does one find the scarlet remittance dagger. It’s the only one you didn’t mention 😢

[@rgractor]

It actually doesn’t work the way it’s described in the video any longer, they fixed it in a recent patch. You’ve got to keep it equipped and I’m pretty’s sure inanimate objects no longer proc it.

[@plasmacannon1198]

@@rgractor ok but I still want to know where it is…

[@betosouza2490]

So.. where to get the Scarlet Remittance? You explained where to pick Selune Dream but didnt do the same with the second one

[@Spahki]

Scarlet Remittance is a buff from the dagger Rhapsody, which you get from killing Cazador.

[@EnigmaG1]

Cazador

[@ArthurLocatelli]

Wild shape gets affected by the terrain you are standing, ex: when using bear form in top of an ice surface you become a polar bear instead, the variations usually have a different ability than the normal one

[@damien3738]

This straight up isn't true, lol. Moon druids ALWAYS turn into polar bears.

[@KolinarK]

I don't really see a reason to use Produce Flame over firebolt

[@ku-fc5nj]

I’ve used it as a perma light source in shadowlands before getting buffed by pixie…but to your point, I don’t throw it.

[@damienjohnson3450]

Well when you don't have access to firebolt it's likely your only fire damage cantrip. Other than that firebolt is better if you can pick it.

[@EnigmaG1]

Since it costs both the action and the bonus action, the spell is pretty much useless as a weapon

[@mafian234]

It's good for early game Shadowheart, since her elf firebolt scales off Intelligence instead of Wisdom, and the early enemies have a lot of dex. She misses more often than not when using the other two cantrips

[@TheVideoViper]

Regarding lesser restoration... why are you using asterion like that? Give bloodless to your enemies, what are you doing?

[@lolas.7024]

He Literally says it's to give astarion the buff BEFORE combat. If you want to do it during combat on an enemy then obviously dont bother.

[@TheVideoViper]

​@lolas.7024 bruh, there is no advantage to giving yourself a debuff to just remove it when you can give your enemies that same debuff to make them weaker. The only time i can ever see this being useful is when your about to go up against the undead like the cazador fight, but he also never mentions using it like that

[@sidecharacter7165]

Just use a hireling

[@justinboyett8843]

how can you mispronounce a name which has been repeated a thousand times over the course of the game

[@loganwheeler6368]

You should probably learn how to pronounce Selune before you make a video about it

[@thebatman6201]

Oh, who cares?

[@cinifiend]

You should probably calm down and realize that BG3 is just a video game and Selune isn't even a real word.

[@talimancern7724]

@@cinifiend Saying Selune isn't a real word doesn't make sense.

[@prodigalsun1678]

Crawl back to the basement