Off The Beaten Path & The Emerald Grove | Baldur's Gate 3 [Part 3]

[@jemaselite8076]

Loving this playthrough so far, i definitely recommend going to camp and talking with your campmates much more since a lot of great dialogue can be missed by not having enough long rests

[@adrianserna5963]

Also say that you can rest without lost food if you only rest and dont select any food. This IS useful to see all the interaction and stay worthy.

[@carnilia]

Really important! Worried about him missing things cause he isn’t resting enough. Honestly my 1 complaint about the game is that it doesn’t make it obvious that you don’t actually need to conserve your rests.

[@Cyromantik]

​@@adrianserna5963 I loved that there was a unique effect by only consuming alcohol, rather than solid food in camp.

[@karolswieboda1781]

@carnilia yeah that's a huge mistake made by devs, they should make the tutorial pop up for resting state that you should rest frequently because companions may have stuff to say. Instead new players (me included) think they will turn into mind flayer if they rest a lot. The plot and the mechanics of resting kind of work in opposition because the plot urges to progres story as quick as possible. Similar to Cyberpunk, I hate that in games.

[@paulunga]

Yeah, that was kind of a problem for me as well. I was generally doing way too good in combat and preserving my spells, so I rarely rested in Act 1. Later on I just did so every now and then to check in with my party.

[@mdeleveille]

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but be sure to rest at camp as often as possible! There are plenty of little moments that can be missed between companions. Love the playthrough so far, and very much appreciate the switch to controller as its what im used to playing with lol. Have a great day everyone ❤

[@Ebiscuses]

Yeah I’m stressing about that watching this too lol. On my first playthrough i missed so much because i rarely rested in Act 1

[@Theater00jock]

So important! I hope he sees these comments because I don’t want him to miss things!

[@devil_in_the_flesh2847]

Let him experience everything on his own. 1 act large enough to rest when need arise and see everything

[@ShebbyYT]

Ditto, you can miss a LOT of key character development if you don't rest.

[@wtch6hannah]

@@devil_in_the_flesh2847 not really at this pace he's playing rn

[@Majixe]

Love these, but as a story-driven player, Mapo doing every type of healing besides going to camp and long resting is giving me SO much anxiety haha

[@Passos_art]

A nice tip: When you hear companions say something in the lines of "i need a rest" it means they have a special dialogue with you in camp at night, long rest, bro, if you collect every camp supply you come across you will always have more than enough for a long rest.

[@Passos_art]

Pro tip: send camp suplies to your camp chest, they'll still count towards your total camp supplies and not encumber your inventory.

[@russety]

Lovely editing aesthetic with the book and page turning noise

[@Theater00jock]

So good!

[@Cyromantik]

Larien really spun diamonds from straw with this one. Balder's Gate 3's the most amazing game I've ever played, even discounting Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty (which I also adore), which I cannot stop playing, BG3 is the one that has me humming its soundtrack throughout the day and recommending to complete strangers.

[@Fairburne69]

@@Cyromantik Straw? As a lover of D&D I have to disagree on that one. But the rest of what you said is 100% accurate.

[@mayaamis]

also I know everyone is repeating it, but it can't be stressed enough, long resting often is SO important in this game. Maybe more than it feels natural. Because long resting is how you get personal dialogues and cutscenes with companions and you only get one per long rest, and a lot of them need to play out.. so long resting often in act 1 is super important to not miss personal stuff and developments with companions. And don't be stingy with short rests do that as soon as any combat ends on the spot.

[@madcapfan]

I love Mapo but when he took healing potions instead of short rest i almost fainted

[@Fairburne69]

On the bright side healing potions are like candy. I'm playing in honor mode right now. Just got to level 5. I'm playing with my brother and no companions, just the 2 of us. We have over 4 healing potions and about 15 greater healing potions between the two of us. I don't think he has fully grasped the short rest and long rest part of D&D and how it works. Not using action surge and flurry of blows for example. He will get there in time either through trial and error or from kind people trying to help him a little in the comments section.

[@StephenDail]

Two words: Short. Rest. Okay three...Please.

[@Floraflora2]

Absolutely, one cannot waltz nonchalantly into unknown area with half HP.

[@rachelmorris2254]

I was screaming SHORT REST!!! while he was walking into the owlbear cave. 😂😂😂 We all learn eventually lol

[@JBrandonMercer123]

Not sure what's more fun: your aversion to resting or your aversion to progressing through the grove.

[@GrayDeath2052]

I think what's more fun is his ability to have fun and play it HIS way. seems you have an aversion to not being an ass

[@karolswieboda1781]

Telling someone to long rest to get more story is simply a good advice, I can why people would want to see that and get irritated because of him avoiding it.

[@NihilNode]

@@GrayDeath2052 Brother, you must chill

[@nikkitrabucho2534]

@@GrayDeath2052wow, you escalated quickly

[@Fairburne69]

@@GrayDeath2052 I love the fact that he is playing the way he wants and doing what he wants. It's one of the reasons why I am watching. I also enjoy listening to this thought process. But using short rests and long rests and using short rest abilities isn't telling someone how to play. Its giving good advice to a new player who may not understand the mechanics. It goes under the list of: "What I wish I knew when I first started playing BG3." As far as his aversion to the grove? I think its great! I've never seen anyone do it so I am loving it. My brother and I are playing with just the 2 of us no companions on honor mode. We avoided the harpies until we hit level 5 because we thought it was too dangerous. By the time we got there the little boy was dead and we never got to save him. This is the first time I had seen this. I enjoy seeing things happen differently even after several playthroughs.

[@karolswieboda1781]

25:10 trying to loot Edowin outside of combat grants you a cutscene, might wanna return and do that

[@ronindesbois9660]

This halfling dude being like "there's just not enough for everyone" just before "hey wanna buy some shit i don't need ?"

[@dsilvermane0]

Rolan is so annoying when you first meet him lol absolutely loving the playthrough - I'm like a little kid every time a new episode releases 😂

[@tealbird6732]

I really love how you're reading everything. It's rare to see and I really enjoy your thorough playthrough. Don't forget to use your short rests to heal up your entire party and regain some skills! Also do long rest every now and then, it only costs food, but progresses your relationship with your companions and the story!

[@Fairburne69]

I agree. He isn't using flurry of blows and action surge as much as he should. I understand the mindset. Don't want to waste your best abilities until its necessary. But in this case its not wasting it because you can short rest and/or long rest after every battle.

[@OhThatRobin]

37:01 he did do death saving throws he failed them all while you were flailing xD

[@GoatMan549]

I opened KZbin and thought "if a mapo bg3 episode is uploaded this will be the best day off ever" AND HERE WE ARE

[@Safiyahalishah]

Next one will be on Thursday at 6 AM Pacific Time! Mapo is fantastic and posts his upload schedule in the Community tab.

[@Theater00jock]

I feel like you’re missing out on a huge bit of gameplay by not resting. Hopefully you’ll start doing it more! Lots of vital conversations

[@panpacifice]

It's simultaneously entertaining and infuriating watching someone else play this game. If he doesn't start using long rests in the next part I don't think I can watch anymore!! haha

[@AzarathMetreon]

Quality of life tip that I don’t remember if the game ever explains, but you can actually throw healing potions on the ground to splash the effect in an area. If you split up and arrange your party in a tight + formation, you can throw it in between them to heal everyone at the same time with one potion. 👌 Also, “Even though you’ve only got 1hp, you’re still dangerous. I should finish you off.” is a very good habit to get into early. Taking enemies out of combat entirely is usually better than spreading the damage cuz an enemy with 1hp can still kill you just as easily as you can them lol.

[@nickrubin7312]

I really like how you embraced exploration that this game will clearly reward. DM: "There is a grove down there" Player: "Yeah, but... nah, there the whole world out there" Fun episode! Keep em coming. Edit and P.S. : Important to note, that introductions for characters are kind of meta-info, so in-game knowledge about characters is not the same as player's. Same with character sheets. Shadowheart or any other companions doesn't know that Astarion is a vampire, or that what diety Shadowheart follows

[@stealthymakoto]

36:02 Right after the Lord of the Rings reference opening a door, Mapo talking about his playthrough - "It's mine, my own...." ...my precious?

[@gagethompson5299]

There is a setting where you have to hold triangle to end turn instead of just pressing. Saved me a ton!

[@IAreHungryman]

Man Baldur's Gate 3 and Majora's Mask at the same time! What a time to he alive!

[@Villain_in_Glasses]

Not sure if you figured it out, but I think because your controller disconnected then reconnected mid conversation it was trying to add a second splitscreen player. The usual splitscreen process is to plug in a new controller and press start, normally the game is smart enough to auto switch the control scheme for player 1 rather than try to add a player but it seems in a conversation it's a bit iffy.

[@YellowBirdOfParadise]

I feel I'm the only person who enjoys the keyboard controls better than the controller ones. And yeah, as a cleric Shadowheart gets her specialization at level 1 so you don't get to pick it unless you respec her. I'm not fond of the Trickery domain personally but it does fit her thematically. As a note, the squirrel gave you a gnoll ear, which is an alchemical ingredient so it went straight into your alchemy pouch. That's why you couldn't find it.

[@GilroyGoldBlood]

I've only spoken with, like, three people who prefer controller. Most people I know much prefer keyboard.

[@grelkie]

Yeah, i don’t get the controller love

[@StealthyOnLAN]

the controller layout looks so overwhelming because of the UI changes. the keyboard stuff definitely preferable to me as well

[@Safiyahalishah]

@@StealthyOnLAN As a controller user, it is overwhelming. And the inventory management is awful!

[@Blueschist13]

Keyboard is superior imo

[@tsox111]

Don’t forget you can go turn based practically at any time!!! It’s useful for when the statues are shooting you 36:17 or want you to stealth closer. It freezes everyone and everything in a certain area to you and makes it’s easier to assess and take action.

[@tehsensei]

Nothing like kicking it back after a long day and watching some Mapo BG3 playthrough videos. Whilst eating spicy macaroni.

[@joncombs8372]

Anyone else keep thinking that our bearded dwarf monk here looks a lot like Hamish from Viva La Dirt League's NPC Man videos? :P

[@saltherisms]

Don't forget to long rest regularly! As long as you have camp supplies, you're not losing anything. Not doing regular long rests makes you miss out on a lot of companion dialogue and approval opportunities.

[@Cotsos88]

I think that's a genuine good advice, not for game play reasons but for story. During my playthrough I did as few long rests as possible because I was afraid and I was saving my supplies "for later" (as I do on all games as a hoarder). I saw later that I missed on a lot of stuff. I don't know if there are time sensitive quests though you can miss out by taking a long time to act.

[@jerodgraham6623]

@@Cotsos88 this is my very late reply to the last part of your comment: the answer is yes, but not that many. If you see the burning building in act 1 and don’t rescue Counselor Florrick and co. before long resting, they die. If you long rest too many times before rescuing the prisoners at moonrise in act 2, they die. Those are the two that come to mind right now.

[@nice2355]

I'm waiting for episode 3.5 where Mapo searches every animal in Emerald Grove to speak with.

[@Safiyahalishah]

New to your channel. I love the way you play games, and your enthusiasm is so infectious. Glad to have found you! I guess I can thank KZbin for really pushing fellow Australians on me lately lol

[@mistymane52]

I too am Aussie and just randomly found his channel! I relate to pretty much everything you said! 😂

[@Fairburne69]

Short rests are your friend. Long rests are your friend. Using short rest abilities can also be your friend. I'm not trying to min max your game or even optimize it but as someone new to the game and D&D its things most new players wish they new when they started. As far as the rest of it goes great stuff and I am here for it. Go where you want do what you want play how you want. That's the great thing about BG3 and D&D, everyone gets to experience something a little different based on the choices they make and the roll of the dice. 3 combats per day with a short rest after the first 2 and a long rest after the third is a great general guideline. Then using that as a guideline you can adjust on the fly. There have been times where I have done 1 battle and took a long rest right after because I used so many spells. Other times I have gone 4, 5 or 6 battles because they were so easy.

[@siricat3231]

I am really enjoying how you are reading everything, because this game throws a lot at you but you are doing great all around for not being well versed in dnd. Can't wait to see how you progress ❤

[@Sol1tude101]

The way Im WAITING for every playthrough video😭😭😭

[@vividesu9943]

really hoping he'll pick up the habit of short and long resting more often and talking to companions before long resting as well. it'd make the entire experience much better.

[@Leonnie13]

Do this game however you want to! In whatever order you want. This game is a constant discovery of new things. I love how fun and diverse in problem solving it is. It really deserved game of the year.

[@CasHarris]

You usually only get Approval/Disapproval from Companions that are currently in your party, but for some reason there are a few instances early on where you can get Approval from Gale even if he isn't there 😅

[@Ebiscuses]

Gale is watching through a magical monitor on the couch in his boxers

[@Ghilannugs]

@@Ebiscuses Gale kinda strikes me as a chill at home naked kinda guy

[@spamfilter32]

@@Ebiscuses He does have that scrying crystal ball at his tent.

[@OhThatRobin]

2:18:17 I’m absolutely enjoying my time here ^^ can’t wait for the next episode!

[@orion7060]

Don't know if you'll read this, but I'm gonna give you tips on how to build Warlocks like Will as they're on the more complicated end of the spectrum of classes. Eldritch Blast is your bread and butter damage cantrip. It's in fact what makes Warlocks strong, one of the best cantrips. There are two Eldritch Invocations that improve on it, Agonizing Blast and Repelling Blast. They're basically mandatory. The second thing is that Warlocks have very limited spell slots, but they're all at the highest slot available, meaning that you always upcast the spells. Therefore spells that can be upcasted are best. Hellish Rebuke is a great spell, and so is Armor of Agathys, which i highly recommend you get back. Hex doesn't benefit from upcasting, but it's also a staple for warlocks because of its interaction with Eldritch Blast: each bolt from Eldritch Blast triggers Hex and it can quickly amount to a lot of damage. Another thing about Warlock spell slots is that unlike other casters who regain them after a long rest, Warlocks regain them after a short rest, to offset the very limited amount of them.

[@Snysbox]

Really enjoy the way you do playthroughs. When I played through the first time I didn't read all the books etc so it's nice getting that extra lore.

[@kholo.]

Your party looks so tired. Don't treat them like slaves with 24/7 job

[@Keaton_Ambrose]

Looove the playthrough so far! Definitely recommend long resting far more often, that's how you progress character arcs and interact with many of the companions.

[@Luchiola]

23:58 Well that's a bummer. You missed out on a cool scene, since you looted Edowin's body while in combat. I guess the cutscene didn't trigger exactly because the body was looted in battle and not outside of it :/ I usually looted bodies after combat ended, because there are times when it triggers cutscenes. Maybe if you come back to it later and loot it again, it'll trigger?

[@TKnotts1299]

The narrator tried to get him to lol

[@luminemo]

That's why this game is so good when playing multiple times, playing again you notice how some things go differently, or you see something earlier or later 😊

[@djbeema]

"Well I am a short king so every battle is an uphill battle" literally lol 😂😂😂 I'm so glad you went with talk to animals ability. I love that most of them are just like " get the hell outta here" lmao. That boar gave off big Yharnam mob energy "you are not wanted 'ere! Away away! "

[@HeyItsAndyG]

Its obviously up to Mapo, but i'd prefer the keyboard and mouse controls and it's layout for the playthrough. I think its easier for the viewer to keep track of his abilities and what hes interacting with.

[@kemmons18]

I think it depends what you play on. As a controller player this was much easier for me to follow.

[@Safiyahalishah]

I play on PS5 and I find the interface absolutely awful for combat and inventory management, but it's easier to follow visually, especially where spell slots and camerawork are concerned!

[@Ghilannugs]

I prefer keyboard and mouse but with the mod that changes the UI so it disappears outside of combat (or when you're not hovering over the area), makes it more immersive

[@luminemo]

This was easier for me to follow since I also play with controller, since I've played the game a lot I have my own arrangements for the circle menus I'm used to and that work smoothly for me. But whatever he decides on I'm fine with.

[@Megawaps]

Circle meny is SO much more easy to deal with then a regular one, imho.

[@iamboringvideos6832]

Dont feel like you need to Rush, take your time, your not in some time limit, we dont mind you taking your time.

[@Betazu]

Mapo is missing a lot of Camp moments with companions

[@keeganbate8935]

It's literally impossible to see everything in this game in one playthrough, let alone a blind one. Let him play how he likes

[@j-plarouche9959]

@@keeganbate8935 This ! thank you sir im tired of those comments

[@niksnap]

@@keeganbate8935 arguably, tbh. Besides things which are race/class/character specific I polished everything during first run. Sadly, because of that all of the following replays are less interesting. Didn't see anything new beside couple minor choices throughout 700h after the first run and throughout the internet. Depends on how obsessed you are about being a "completionist" ^^

[@stirfrysensei]

Please long rest more often. You won’t regret it.

[@keeganbate8935]

It's arguably fun to roleplay the ticking clock though

[@Ickoris_]

Gotta say one of the best playthrough of BG3 I've seen so far. Awesome stuff brotha! Keep it up.

[@CWReace]

As someone who is not really a video gamer but who has hundreds of hours in BG3 (and used to play a fair bit of D&D decades ago), I find it interesting how in my initial play-through(s) at least, I would pretty directly follow the hints to the quests and pursue them directly, while the handful of experienced gamers I've watched play this tend to want to look everywhere else first. Not wrong or right, just interesting. 😉 (And in a table-top RPG, if the dungeon master drops a hint that something important is in such and such place, you tend to just go to such and such place -- but then there's no on-line scroll-able map to tempt you away. 😆)

[@WineAndGames]

Scratch! Best boy. I was really intimidated at first by having to level up everyone and control them but honestly it gives you a nice peek into different classes and how they play. I decided to start a new game to play along and I'm doing an Archfey Warlock. It's super fun! Also, the way your little character moves is so funny lol, sliding down edges on his butt.

[@Fuhou]

I really enjoy watching your playthrough. Was waiting for this. Glad you take your time and experience it in your own way. Reminds me to take more time for this game myself, being less impatient, because through you I realised that I missed a few important things here and there. You always spot the details so quickly! I might even start a new game and dig more into it. ❤

[@az-cv1ql]

The game obfuscates this mechanic quite a bit so it’s understandable that you haven’t done it yet, but as others have mentioned, camp is where many story cutscenes and the bulk of companion relationship-building happens. So please long rest often (don’t worry about “wasting” supplies as you will always have an excess). Hope this is not considered backseating, sorry if so. I’m really enjoying the playthrough and want you to get the most out of the story and characters!

[@Redingold]

Somehow, you've removed Shadowheart's shield. Shields give bonus AC and Shadowheart is proficient with them, there's no reason to not have her use one unless you want to give her a two handed weapon.

[@luminemo]

As many have said, going to camp and long resting opens interactions with the party; resting after battles and adventuring and getting to talk about all the weird things happening while roasting marshmallows! But this is absolutely also a game to be played multiple times and everyone has their own campaign, which at the start was difficult for me since I'm used to playing as optimally as possible 😅 And I'm really loving this series, I knew I could trust you not to rush through the game!

[@LMarti13]

I know you must have gotten the message from all the other comments already but I'd just like to add that I had the exact same intuition you did when it came to resting but it's weirdly enough the opposite of what you should do if you want to maximize content. The only exception to not long resting as often as possible is you don't want to do it in the middle of an imminent emergency because time will pass

[@ShadQuakeFix]

It's always amazing to see just how the depth of this game continues to grow and grow. I've done 3 runs and it never gets tiresome!

[@dietrichenstein]

There are a thousand comments about visiting camp often and taking long rests 😂 understandable, but it's still suuuuuper early on so no need to stress too much about it. But i also want to iterate that there are literally mountains of camp supplies in the game and it's basically impossible to ever run out. To help put the comments in context there are 2-3 unique nighttime camp conversations for each companion that you will only see by resting a couple of times BEFORE you enter the Emerald Grove. It's nothing major and i dont think ANYONE see's them on their first playthrough but they're charming and lay a bit of groundwork. Everyone's literally just hankering to see you start unravelling the companions stories 😂 Really enjoying the playthrough, and yes i was amazed by how long you managed to delay going into the emerald grove. 😂 I ran straight in and spent literally 2 solid hours just exploring it and talking to everyone, the grove was when i really knew this was gonna be something special lol.

[@Qadara]

I love watching people play but it also makes me so anxious. I keep finding myself biting my nails, saying rest already!

[@coltoncherry8995]

after finding you through (the best) cyberpunk playthrough i’m so excited to see we’re getting into this game. you’re in a good schedule to make some serious progress!

[@GlennWH26]

When the question is "I wonder what will happen if I say this?" the answer is usually "Something bad."

[@Obileo346]

Thank you so much for this blind run. It inspired me to finally get a solo run I intend to finish off the ground. I can't truly do a blind run cause I have 1200+ hrs in the game and 3 finished runs, but I never got out of act 1 in a solo run, and my friend railroaded me to the end of the game. Once I make it out of act 1 with my new character, I will be essentially flying blind, and I am so ready for this game to feel new again. Also, super excited for patch 7. We got some great updates coming.

[@CasualAndyGaming]

A great opportunity missed to pick that goblin up and throw them off the edge off the cliff onto one of the goblins below

[@BernardMiller-u4t]

My good man thank you very much for showing me there was more to the chapel section. First time I ran a party I bypassed that part and did a tiny amount ran the bandits out but didn’t break the grate over that underground crypt thanks for showing me that.

[@gustavgustav2670]

Blimey, I'm amazed he's gone this far without a long rest. Mind you my first run was a sorcerer, so I was spamming that thing like crazy.

[@coffeec8873]

i’m having so much fun watching your playthrough (: knowing how you like to explore different dialogue options - i don’t know if you’ve done it already in a video not yet posted, but you can quicksave mid-dialogue!! it’s easy to experience the whole dialogue tree that way!

[@allisoncornell4378]

Rest at camp I only say this not to backseat or anything, but because its something I regretted not doing on my first playthrough much. Funnily enough I was a Monk too, and I adapted the 'only rest when its crucial thing' But the amount of dialogue one can miss is staggering. And you seem to like it a lot when companions interact. Obviously its your playthrough and you can do what you want but I seriously reccomend it if you love companions interacting

[@twiggy934]

The only bad thing about this playthrough is that it takes 3 days for new eps :(

[@rafabuda0]

Yeah, progression in this series will take a while.

[@megasauruss]

Lots of people upload less often! Mapo is posting multiple games several times a day.

[@twiggy934]

@@megasauruss Yeah it was less a criticism and more because I like this playthrough so much. I am currently watching his Dark Souls playthrough as well so not like I dont have content, I just wished I could watch this entire playthrough already lol

[@megasauruss]

@@twiggy934 lol it's valid, it would be nice to binge it

[@mr.midgardville]

1:31:55 i can just imagine him going. "Hold it!". *pulls out scroll and mutters incantation.*. And them just staring right at him doing this. Then proceeds talking them down. Not suspicious at all.

[@Rocker4JCforever]

This is one thing that absolutely doesn't fly in a real game of D&D. Can't just start casting a spell in the middle of a conversation, lol.

[@laigron7884]

@@Rocker4JCforever My sorcerrer with silent casting and flair for performance disagrees. Not everyone is skilled enough to notice that those hand gestures are arcane and not just random gestures.

[@Angarl]

Inspiration for reviving someone, didn't realise that was a thing.

[@TrhlaSlecna]

Long rest will trigger going to camp, don´t forget to do that often for extra needed content!

[@karolswieboda1781]

I didn't realize it was possible to not get the soul coin from the tiefling girl but you somehow managed it lmao

[@LMarti13]

fascinating, idk if I've ever seen anyone delay going to the grove for so long

[@KGhaleon]

The annoying thing is often when a cutscene or forced dialogue is triggered, it will grab the character closest to the thing and they will be the person forced into dialogue instead of your main dude. I think they added a setting to turn this off, but I don't recall.

[@VIIIaron]

I think they just modified it so it chooses your main character more aggressively if they are close enough. it's not an option, unless that was another change later.

[@nickrubin7312]

it gives priority to main for important cutscenes and when they all have similar conditions (not hiding and such), but that's it, there is no setting for it sometimes, for natural flow, when your main is hiding, and other party member isn't, for instance, and gets spotted - it will choose party member, for natural flow of the game and because it is actually logical choice, since you can't be forced out of hiding (it would be actually bad design to do so) same with stealing and so on, which is good, it shouldn't always pick main, since it is party-based after all, but priority change was still nice addition

[@laigron7884]

@@nickrubin7312 Some triggers like after ending combat can be forced by set to auto switch to main character after combat. In that split second after combat end and cutscene trigger it will switch to main guy and then that trigger that cutscene. does not work always but most of the time.

[@HankookTires-fe1xk]

Nice playthrough man, having a lot of fun watching :)

[@jsonkody]

before resting in camp talk to everyone ;) I mean when you are dressed to sleep not right when you go to camp :) .. well sometimes even then

[@Safiyahalishah]

Hey a fellow Way of the Four Elements monk first playthrough! Love to see it. 🤜🤛

[@OhThatRobin]

25:18 I will say just cause I think it’s interesting because I’ve never seen this happen before. If you loot the dwarf here outside of combat you get a cutscene. Because you looted him in combat you never saw the scene xD. It’s not *super* important or anything all the info you learn there can be learned elsewhere but I thought you’d find it interesting for future playthrough reference.

[@mayaamis]

I play with both controller and m/k 🤣 I use controller to sit back walk around and explore areas, talk to ppl etc... and when combat triggers I just press any button on keyboard and switch to m/k for combat, also for inventory management :)

[@mayaamis]

also hint.. if you are playing on controller... pressing UP on d-pad gives you automatic shortcut to jump, so you dont have to go into radial menu for jumping :)

[@spamfilter32]

In case you missed it (most people seem to) the voice that said, "You should inspect that corps," (where you fought the human brother and sister to the dying dwarf on the way to the Owlbear cave before you met scratch) was the voice of your Guardian

[@obligatorro]

Aaron (the vendor in the grove encampment) looks like Mark Knopfler, so it's no wonder they're in dire straits.

[@Nemethon]

One really nice thing in BG3 is, your companions don't run blindly into traps you already discovered. In other games you move a little, and your group steps into it like idiots. ;D

[@joncombs8372]

Really? So my followers are doing it on purpose? :P

[@spamfilter32]

In the cave, Astarion did get death saving throws, but because he was burning, he continued to take damage which is an auto fail.

[@lawrencefosterjenkins8216]

speaking to the scared boar is even funnier when you know it has the same VA as wyll

[@spamfilter32]

Guidance lasts for 10 turns. So, you can have Shadowheart cast it on you, then go on your own when you know you will need help on proficiency checks, like when you approached the owlbear solo. That is also good to do on areas when you know there might be multiple traps and you don't want everyone to walk all over them. Have her cast Guidance on 1 person, then separate that person and have them walk around with the bonus to their perception checks to find hidden traps. you can do this 1 by 1 on all for party members if the first person failed a check or 2.

[@nZifnab]

Little quality of life feature, you can shift click in your inventory to select a range of items (Works like windows' shift click for files), as well as ctrl click to multi-select multiple items, and then you can drag the whole group (to move it to someone else's inventory, or sell it to the vendor, etc).

[@paveljaworek6746]

A little combat tip - if you stay close to the enemy, they have disadvatage to ranged attacks. Also, Astarion can use sneak attack (ranged or melee) as he will have an advantage even though when not hidden in this case. Sneak attacks are quite powerfull, do not sleep on them ;)

[@Safiyahalishah]

Mapo doesn't read comments with advice or backseating so this is something he'll have to work out on his own - or not. lol It took me two acts to figure out how to use rogues properly, but that's just the nature of a game that doesn't really tell you what to do. The point is to learn by doing!

[@Shorteagle]

Never tried using the controller but may need to try it after watching this episode - the camera angles feel a bit more immersive

[@Realmohg]

I have 400 hours in this game using controller and never knew about the jump shortcut…

[@spamfilter32]

Chests and barrels you can pick up and send back to your camp. I like to collect an assortment of different styles of chests to keep in my camp supplies. Then I can organize things that I am storing in my camp chest. All weapons go in one chest, all books in another all and so on. There are quite a few different styles of chests.

[@spamfilter32]

It's funny, despite having Astarion in your party, you never have him do the disarm and pick lock attempts.

[@jugro7639]

1:05:50 Shadowheart got her subclass right away. Clerics are one of the classes that choose their subclass at level 1. Trickery Domain in Shadowhearts case.

[@stefanhofer9292]

i also tried this with a controller. But: You don't see all tooltips/itmes, and the inventory management is a nightmare...

[@bradleypeate3266]

don't forget your speak to undead just like speak to animals 😁

[@Andimax11]

I'm assuming you've figured this out by now or that someone has informed you... You can (and need to) sneak to be able to not be seen and pulled into combat/dialogue. I don't know the keybind off the top of my head, but you can have the entire group sneak at once as well This isn't something you have to do in combat or in turn-based mode, your entire group can sneak whenever you need to

[@Ebiscuses]

Anyone know what happened at 1:37:45? Initiative rolls like he entered combat but no combat, i do know that the npcs were probably supposed to get mad at the looting but i haven’t ever seen that before

[@kolosmenus]

Something must've glitched. He stole stuff from that corpse, it should trigger combat

[@nekochanshiro7961]

Long Rest, like often. With these loot-everything patterns u'll never run out of food for it.

[@echobucket]

BTW, you can equip the sausage as a melee weapon.

[@TheGameVerse]

Theres something really funny to me about Wyll blade of the frontiers, being a book of shadows warlock 😂

[@spamfilter32]

Potions (that give you conditions, healing potions don't count) you drink also last until a long rest, but you can only have the effects of one potion at a time, so if you drink a potion of Hill Giant Strength, and then drink a potion of Speak with Animals, you will lose the benefits of the potion of Hill Giant Strength.