Dad Plays Baldur’s Gate 3 | Part 10 | HELP FROM A HAG?

[@RetroRaconteur]

Yes, I'm still terrible at using Shadowheart in battle. Just give me time 😄

[@Jugglelix]

Her standard subclass is very bad. I recommend you respec her to a tempest cleric, life cleric, or light cleric. All 3 fill the roll of a tanky frontliner. Tempest focuses on dmg and CC, life focuses on healing, light makes enemies miss with blindlings effects.

[@Jugglelix]

Trickery gives alot of stealth options that dont do much in combat. You can sneak up on enemies and surprise them. Surprised enemies skip their 1st turn. Thats good but a rouge or an invisible mage can do that too.

[@nguyendi92]

It is so frustrating that you make so many backlog. It take like half a months for any tips and hints actually make it into game play

[@patrickmuller7334]

​@@nguyendi92 This!

[@thuirthiawindsong]

Definitely need to start using rage (frenzy) with Karlach at the beginning of every battle. It’s the bread and butter of barbarians. They take less damage and deal more damage, and it will last as long as they keep attacking and/or taking damage. Also, sanctuary is definitely a waste of spell slots in most cases. I find it useful to put it on a cleric who is going to spend a few rounds healing the team rather than fighting, but putting it on a damage dealer just to have it break in under a round is a waste of spell slots that could be used for healing spells. Healing word and cure wounds are both worthwhile to have on Shadowheart. Healing word is good for a little healing at range with a bonus action. Cure wounds is good for more healing but at the cost of an action and at touch range.

[@alexanderpallinger1944]

Sorry if someone mentioned that already, my cursory look at the comments did not spot it: the Absolute Bane on those gloves only works if you got branded in the Goblin camp by the Priestess (or the warlock goblin standing close by after the Preistess goes to her private room). There are various items that have that brand as a prerequisite, but the gloves are the only one of them that does not make this clear in its tooltip.

[@gleniersantos6580]

Haha love the last part where you are trying to speak to Myrina like she's dumping you😂

[@ericpa1127]

28:38 you have to turn on the jump ability in your toolbar. Also, Shadowheart, or any spellcasters can only concentrate on one spell at a time if it requires concentration

[@thecounselingcouch68]

Shadowheart: "A little help here." Retro: "WE ALL NEED HELP!!" 🤣😂🤣😂

[@RetroRaconteur]

Shadowheart, read the room here, please! 😆

[@patrickmuller7334]

I just remembered something else: There are two level 1 attack spells worth preparing with a wizard l, Magic Missile and Burning Hands. Personally I love Magic Missiles, and think they are better than most level 2 attack spells. However, Burning Hands is a nice backup spell. It is extremely short range, but it can hit several targets at once, and as an area spell it doesn't require an attack roll and cannot miss completely. It allows your opponents to take saving throws instead, but even if they succeed, they still take some damage. On top of that, you said you picked Evoker as your subclass, and the big benefit of that is that it protects your allies from Evocation area spells like Burning Hands (and later Fireball, Lightning Bolt, etc.). (Personally I would also recommend Hold Person as a second level spell, because that spell has single-handedly won me fights against single strong enemies, but it's not always obvious when to cast it, and of course they always get a saving throw against its effect... (Gods, I love the divination sub class so much! 😊))

[@patrickmuller7334]

First of all, let me congratulate you on your victory over the trees and mephits. I remember that as a pretty hard fight, and you certainly made it pretty suspenseful in the end - like a good showdown should be! ❤ That being said, and I hope you know I'm only trying to be helpful, when I make suggestions; so please let me just make one suggestion for every character currently in your party: Give Retro two short swords and two hand crossbows, so he can attack with his bonus actions. Start raging with Karlach as soon as combat starts, because she deals more damage and takes less damage that way. Use Shadowheart to either attack, or heal, or both. Resistance and Sanctuary and everything are nice toys that can be useful in the right place, but attacking / healing is usually the better choice; also, don't try to keep her protected, clerics are front line fighters (unlike the fragile wizards). As for Lae'Zel, I don't have anything. You're already using her pretty well. ❤ (If anything, give her a weapon with more damage. I think she uses a short sword right now, and short swords are best used in pairs by high DEX characters.)

[@RetroRaconteur]

👍👍👍

[@patrickmuller7334]

Let me quickly explain the spell Resistance, please: It gives a bonus to saving throws. A saving throw happens whenever someone tries to trip you, shove you, cast a non-damage spell on you or catches you inside an area spell. Success usually means you resist the effect: You don't get shoved, don't get enchanted or only take half damage from that area attacks. What Resistance doesn't do is protect you from normal attacks. Hope that helps!

[@patriciavoigt6389]

Another great episode! I really enjoy the way you're working things out and solving different fights and puzzles. Well done! A lightning wizard is a lot of fun--for extra damage, have a companion throw water on the enemy or cast a call water spell on them before casting lightning.

[@PomboTheScruff]

Im so genuinely thrilled you're keeping up with BG3. This play through is a joy to watch.

[@RetroRaconteur]

Haha, nice! Glad to hear you're enjoying it. Game is a lot of fun.

[@PomboTheScruff]

I literally clapped when you found the letter inside the tree. Fully convinced myself you wouldn't spot it. Excellent find on your first play through. 10/10 🎉

[@RetroRaconteur]

I was SO surprised too! Seems like such a significant item to just find randomly like that!

[@CandleLight129]

@@RetroRaconteur That's how wildly different playthroughs can be. Larian is not afraid to let you miss things that could significantly change how you approach a problem. They put all their pieces in place and let you figure out how you want to use them, like any good D&D campaign.

[@christopherhall5013]

It's fun watching the chaos lol. Misty Step spell is great for moving your two Wizards around in combat, you wont take retaliation damage and can just port them to high ground. Remember to use your Feather Fall spell it even works in combat:)

[@patrickmuller7334]

Misty Step quickly became one of my favorite spells in the whole game - three of my four main party members can cast it and Shadowheart has two items that grant it. However, I've always had a particular disposition towards mobility and teleportation, so I assumed that might just be my personal taste.

[@bad2bone]

love this play through- I always look forward to them when they show up- and unfortunately when you see red in the map you cannot fast travel back to camp until you leave the area that is red

[@RetroRaconteur]

Glad you're enjoying it!

[@vixevinweria8400]

When you make an enemy drop it's weapon, pick up the weapon so it can't re-equip it on it's turn.

[@patrickmuller7334]

Sleight of Hand is used every time you try to pick a lock or disable a trap.

[@patrickmuller7334]

You should prepare Healing Word and Cure Wounds on Shadowheart. Both are equally cheap, but both have different benefits and drawbacks. Cure Wounds heals more, but requires a full action and touch. Healing Word can be used from a distance, only used a bonus action, but heals a bit less. Both, by the way, bring back unconscious characters and heal them at the same time.

[@thuirthiawindsong]

Aid didn’t work on Laezel because she was outside the radius. That spell works on all allies within range and it shows you the range when you select it. It also lasts all day and is a good spell to start the day with

[@CandleLight129]

As a long time wizard/caster player, hearing you tell Retro you want him to move as close as he can to an enemy gives me such anxiety 😅

[@nguyendi92]

As other commentors said. Do use Karlach Enrage at the start of every battle, it is why Barbarian class exist. Shadowheart Sanctuary is only good in very specific situation: your character got resurrected this round, or you have some NPC you have to protect at all cost. It is a waste of spell slot.

[@System777]

Good job with those Redcaps. I got my ass kicked the first time I fought them.

[@RetroRaconteur]

I had a feeling not to mess around with them 😄

[@jmpar4]

Unarmed strikes means punches *in regards to the zappy gloves

[@vixevinweria8400]

The cantrip "Resistance" requires concentration which means that you can't concentrate on any other spell while you use it, so you can't have it active on multiple characters at the same time, it doesn't give resistance to damage if that's what you're thinking, it grants a 1d4 bonus to their saving throws. So this means that while a pc has resistance active if an enemy uses a spell or ability that forces you to make a saving throw to resist it's effects you will roll a 20 sided die and add your relevant ability score and then roll a 4 sided die and add that number to the total. Example: I cast Hold person on Karlach my DC(difficulty class) is 17 so Karlach rolls a d20 and gets a 14 she adds her wisdom modifier +1 for 15 then she rolls a d4 and gets a 2 for a total of 17, Karlach's 17 is = to my DC17 so she succeeds and my spell has no effect.

[@dvdh4856]

Damn dude! Congrats on beating auntie, that's a hard fight. Also, hilarious how you walked after Mayrina trying to reason with her lol. Also, I kinda dig the eye cosmetically! Looks pretty bad ass with the hair half covering it like that.

[@RetroRaconteur]

Haha, yeah that was an intense one. For the eye, I thought I was going to be stuck with the glowing one 😆

[@vixevinweria8400]

You have to toggle the hammer's power on. It toggles so you can safely jump around your allies and innocent NPCs.

[@RetroRaconteur]

👍👍👍

[@alexanderpallinger1944]

Things like this are unfortunately a lot less intuitive with a controller. These special toggles are plain to see next to the End Turn button on the keyboard and mouse hotbar, but nestled away in the radials on console/with controller.

[@vixevinweria8400]

Aid is an AOE that you should cast at the start of the day like Mage armor to give all your companions and summons a +5 to max HP at LV2 and an additional +5 at every level above 2 so at spell LV 6 that's 25 extra hp to each party member.

[@patrickmuller7334]

@@vixevinweria8400 😮 I didn't know about the upcasting. That's amazing! Does it stack with Well Fed from the lvl 6 food spell?

[@vixevinweria8400]

Throw an item on the vent to cover it and the gas will disappear.

[@wante2746]

Love that he doesn't trust volo for messing with his eye, but he does trust a witch that has a pregnant woman kipnapped and killed his two brothers lol

[@RetroRaconteur]

Oh I didn’t trust her one bit 😆 But I knew it would be entertaining either way!

[@wante2746]

@RetroRaconteur that's fair man XD good stuff

[@j.d.4697]

If you want to stop missing get the attribute for the attacks or spells the character uses to 18 or 20, or at the very least to 16.

[@vixevinweria8400]

The soul coin gives Karlach the Infernal fury condition. Her weapon and unarmed attacks deal an additional 1d4 Fire damage when she is Raging or when her Hit Points drop below 25%.

[@patrickmuller7334]

@@vixevinweria8400 So even more reason to rage during combat? Does the coin effect last until the next long rest?

[@vixevinweria8400]

@@patrickmuller7334 Yes.

[@vixevinweria8400]

If you have Karlach take 2 levals ofmonk she will get an ability that allows her to dash as a bonus action and when used it removes the bonus action cost of jumping so she can keep jumping as long as she has the movement speed for it. Or if you cast fly on her the hammer will trigger every time she lands. So Karlach can just hop around an enemy causing shockwave after shockwave and then either hit with the hammer or dash an continue hopping.

[@patrickmuller7334]

Going with the witch eye? Gutsy! You're a better man than me! 🙇🏼‍♀️

[@RetroRaconteur]

Hahaha. I did it for the lul'z. And it was worth it 😄😄

[@nguyendi92]

​@@RetroRaconteurthis man reject best boi Volo and accept Granny instead LOL

[@amorepoet7]

Sorry I keep missing the premier's, Retro! Life has gotten pretty busy for me of late. Hopefully I can get into one soon. Also, I really, -really- wish I could assist you with tips for your combat to help you really fine tune things, but I don't have a way to convey the information efficiently. I wouldn't even give spoilers, just tips on how mechanics work to help you understand a couple of things better. :) One tip I will make for you is this: Only characters with high DEX should ever use a weapon with the Finesse property. Also, there is definitely a way to get through the Githyanki encounter without any combat whatsoever.

[@vixevinweria8400]

next time you long rest try casting the spells you haven't had a chance to use in an empty plot of land just to see what they do. Especially any that you haven't used because they say "not enough space", because you're usually trying to cast those on top of your enemies when they are trying to create a summon and thus you need an empty place to cast them. Oh and do your experiments on video because people want to see you learn.

[@patrickmuller7334]

I second all of that. Especially the part about letting us watch! 😊

[@Rotisr]

For the vents try tossing something on top of them to cover it up such as weapons you don't need, objects, armor ect.

[@patrickmuller7334]

@@Rotisr 😳 Never occurred to me!

[@TheNaznine]

Vents are the only place that you can use things like rope. lol

[@patrickmuller7334]

Those Brazers of Defense are amazing. Never let go of them! 😊

[@RetroRaconteur]

💪💪💪

[@DoctorSherbet]

Ohh this one is gonna be fun

[@RetroRaconteur]

Something like that... 😅

[@DoctorSherbet]

@RetroRaconteur I believe in you, or I suppose for this case past Retro. Just remember logic is your best ally for this game or at least one of your top allies

[@jmpar4]

People that got you to switch dice are trolling you.

[@zer0330]

Karmic dice?

[@patrickmuller7334]

Looking forward to this. 😊

[@CWReace]

Yeah...don't know the controller menus, but wherever the "passives" settings are, you need to turn the Jump option on in combat for Karlach's weapon (so that you can then forget to turn it off outside of combat and accidentally injure your party 😉).

[@Personuh]

Yeah a bit after 22:21 it's on the ability wheel at 2 o'clock you can see it grayed out which means it's toggled off.

[@thuirthiawindsong]

Awww. You might have made one of those rolls to get the bonus and save Mayrina. It was saying it’s a 1d20 roll which is just the type of die used. It didn’t say the dc. If it were me, I’d have tried the intimidation

[@Majeika1976]

Can't make this one live, but will watch it on replay

[@RetroRaconteur]

Enjoy!

[@vixevinweria8400]

Why would you waste a level 2 spell slot on sanctuary? You stopped casting it at level 1 to go back and cast it at level 2. Never upcast a spell if you don't know what the benefit of upcasting it is, because sometimes there is no benefit to it, like with sanctuary.

[@patrickmuller7334]

​​@@vixevinweria8400 The thing is, there's no real benefit to Sanctuary even if you don't upcast it, most of the time. I like the spell, in theory, and have for the last 30 odd years, because it sounds so powerful, but in practice it's very, very, very, very rarely worth casting.

[@vixevinweria8400]

@@patrickmuller7334 Sanctuary can be very useful in some fights, but yeah it shouldn't be your go to in every fight.

[@patrickmuller7334]

Tenacity 4?! That's ridiculously good!!!

[@RetroRaconteur]

What was this in reference to again?

[@patrickmuller7334]

@RetroRaconteur You showed Karlach's new axe at the beginning, and it has the electric jump (if you can figure out how that works?) AND Tenacity 4. I've used a Tenacity 1 weapon with Shadowheart early on, and switched to a Tenacity 2 weapon as soon as I found one. She still kept missing a lot but having guaranteed damage even on a miss just feels soooo good. By the way, you should look for the screen with your reactions. You can set things like Tenacity to "always on". Then the game doesn't stop to ask you and just automatically applies those sweet 4 damage when your attack misses.

[@RetroRaconteur]

Ahhh, gotcha!

[@Aloha-and-utopia]

we told you need to make shadowheart a life or light cleric also use arrows equio a crowbow at least

[@jmpar4]

You could have saved the hags pawns just by using non-lethal strikes

[@RetroRaconteur]

Ahh, yeah I thought about that. Kinda wish I had tried it!

[@hoiss]

Please pay more attention to the info on screen! Usually when you’re confused about something, the answer is somewhere on the screen (or can be found when examining your own characters or opponents). I also noticed that you didn’t read anything when you leveled up previously (new abilities etc.) which led to you not knowing things later, so I hope you at least make sure to go back and read it while not recording!

[@rogerenyart2066]

Just wanted to pop in real quick and say your doing great! Love watching how you deal with combat situations and how you did things differently than I. I've reached the end of the game myself(first time) and dreading going in for the final kill. Waiting until today( day off) to take the plunge. So nervous! :D Looking forward to your next vid!

[@xaemosxone]

When you were fighting the Hag you could have jumped Karlak and Lazel up on the ledge with her, but you jumped toward the vines and wasted movement to go up them. DUDE !!! WTF YOU BLEW THE CHANCE TO GAIN a PERMANENT +1 to any one stat of your choice. And when it says roll a D20+1 that means you roil a 20 sided die and add one ot the total to try and get the roll !!! It is not the roll you need to make. You never know the roll you have to make until you choose to try and make the roll. THAT IS CALLED DC. You really need some basic game mechanic training and a respec of all your party members !!! Every skill or spell or action is de-pendant on one of your character STATS Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis or Cha. When you see a + added to a die roll that means you are gaining from the stat that skill is based on.

[@dylanmcleod5489]

[@Idiskjsjsjjsjsjsbhshshshsh]

What character is that? I've never seen them before despite completing the game.

[@RetroRaconteur]

Oh wow. There’s a pretty big section involving her. Don’t want to say too much yet to make sure I don’t spoil it for people, but if you really want to know, just Google something about a hag in act 1 and I’m sure you’ll find it.

[@patrickmuller7334]

That's Retro. He's playing the game. Just joking, it's a main character from the swamp area south of the deserted village in act 1.

[@thuirthiawindsong]

I missed her on my first run too. Definitely worth exploring and finding her

[@vixevinweria8400]

Stop using level 2 sanctuary. it doesn't do anything more than level 1.

[@j.d.4697]

BTW without rage, Karlach is just a boring fighter.