Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition: Character Creation Guide

[@blasterjosh]

I remeember one time I tried to play as a wild mage in baldur's gate, and my spell messed up and summoned a hostile demon

[@Reddeth6332]

That sounds like a problem lol

[@Dragon_Lair]

I once dropped an exploding cow on a bandit.

[@EntropicRussian]

I looked and noticed I was missing 80%-ish of my gold. I just restarted I was so irate. I was saving gold for a long time to kit everyone out with nice gear once I hit BG and beregost. It wassomething like 70k lost. Never again lol.

[@EntropicRussian]

I will say, they are fun for a wacky game. But be prepared for reloading a lot though.

[@sitter2207]

That sounds a lot of fun actually

[@laijka]

The hours I spent with this and a calculator back in the day just re-rolling and re-rolling trying to get that magical 90 stat points :)

[@david3430100]

i got 92 one time... call me lucky hehe

[@DLLW93]

david3430100 so did i... but then accidently rerolled :(

[@waveman0]

92 points is the "magical' number and isn't that hard to get. The highest I ever got is 96. Every play through I reroll until I get 92 or better.

[@everythingpony]

@@KZbinTookMyNickname.WhyNot 103

[@iv-kingroy-iv2225]

@@everythingpony 103 is a higher than 17 average. Nothing is impossible, but without proof, I'm definitely NOT believing this one. Friends and I have literally played hundreds and hundreds of hours and the highest anyone has ever rolled is a 96 like mentioned above. Max could be higher, but definitely not 103. A 17 average.... nope.

[@Alistar2013Gamer]

Really good video! You didn't go over shorty saving throws! For those of you wondering at 18+ CON if you are a Dwarf, Halfling or Gnome you will get +5 (which is max) to the saving throws listed on the race selection screen. So even if you are not a "Warrior" class, max CON is still important-ish. (14-17 CON will still get you +4 to said rolls) So if you would still rather put 2 more points into CON instead of something else that will not boost any other vital stats for your class, as a "Shorty" you get an extra +1 to your saving throws.

[@glazedgamer7661]

Dude should have gone Human just to show all the classe

[@EntropicRussian]

That's exactly what I was saying when I saw the first like 7 min.

[@Nyrufa]

Bard is more like a thief / sorcerer type deal. You didn't click Dragon Disciple to show that off. Fun fact: Your alignment also affects your starting reputation. Good guys will start off popular, while evil guys will start off with people not liking them very much.

[@dancase7188]

WAIT. Baldur's Gate Enhanced is Multiplayer? I'm kicking myself for missing that sale now.

[@Sybato]

"I don't see any reason to pick a half-elf" [2 years later] "..so I'm going to pick a half-elf"

[@Sybato]

I've also noticed this version looks different than the more recently uploaded version, did they edit the enhanced edition since this video, to add the skill bonuses for the races and changes to the fonts and window brightness?

[@TLgamer_TL]

I don't see any reason to pick anything because there is no explanation on how to use just about anything in this game. I couldn't even get past one of the tutorial screens because it didn't explain how to do what it asked. I finally had to press ALT F4 to close the game. I uninstalled and sold it because the game is such shit.

[@LLMCxDak]

@@TLgamer_TL that's just because you don't have the patience to look to external sources and actually read. This game laid the groundwork for every rpg of today. You're just incompetent

[@iami3rian394]

Half elves can multi class for things that an elf can't. Just one more example of Quill not knowing wtf he's talking about. If you want a multiclass druid, you ARE playing a half elf. Extra embarrassing considering Jaziera (a main character in the game) is literally based around this mechanic. Love the man, but he shouldn't be allowed to teach ANYTHING, since he just can't help himself from spreading misinformation, or just outright making things up to give the air of knowing what he's talking about.

[@Jrdotan]

@@TLgamer_TL im pretty sure that there a tutorial line in the first city that you just have to follow

[@Shephard888]

Thank you for explaining the stats (strength, dex, etc), i've been trying to figure out what they actually do for a long time. very helpful

[@doomguyify]

Thank you so much, did like you said and got it during the steam sale, but it had been so long I couldn't remember any of the actual stat charts. This was a literal game life saver !

[@MrAwesomeAjaxJr]

Just picked this up in Anticipation of 3, thanks for the help

[@kamael1125]

Same :) plus ggot a surge of nostalgia remembering when I was playing bg 1 when it came out

[@drewofearth6681]

Same

[@Baleur]

It's the best possible introduction one could ask for to be honest :)

[@vgs717]

Just got this for the switch and your video has so far been the easiest to understand, mainly because I've never really played a D&D game before lol

[@Mr_Nanny]

Great video! I jumped into D&D in e5 so this helps explain the older stuff. Thanks again!

[@ecabernet]

so i noticed that dragon disciple gives very good attributes. I rolled 94 on it.

[@wulfricarneson168]

For Baldur's Gate 2, it can be dangerous to lower the intelligence of your frontline fighters. When you run into the mind flayers, their melee attack can drain intelligence, i believe its 5 for each hit, so I try to have 11 for my fighters if possible, takes three hits to kill them that way. From the intelligence drain atleast.

[@Joebius1]

I'm about to play for the first time. Thanks for the tip.

[@JustShortRhymez]

That's a funny way to die. "Stabbed himself out of sheer stupidity"

[@waveman0]

I've played this game a lot (1000hrs so far) and a elf fighter/mage (true neutral alignment so he can eventually wear the robes of the neutral archmagi) with 92 points total for attributes to start with (current character has str 18-94, dex 19, con17, int 18, wis 10, cha 10, I reroll until I get the attributes I want ) is by far the best protagonist. I like to dual wield flails or longswords (played through with both choices) and I wear ankheg plate (which disables my spells but at low levels who cares as you aren't much of a spell caster anyway) until I can afford the robes of neutral archmagi.

[@bavettesAstartes]

The game is light as it can get. 2 gbs of space, and can run in almost any machine. SOME graphical chipsets have problems with it, but there are solutions on the forums. Both games (BG1 and BG2) are 80+ hours of gameplay and GOD DAMN FUN to play, are masterfully written and have set the standard quality-o-meter for all modern rpgs, including Dragon Age (once acclaimed to be BG2 spiritual successor by Bioware).

[@jasarole]

OMG what a throwback! Never would've thought I'd be looking at this video in 2020 ready to play this on a handheld device.

[@33brtl]

Quill, you forgot that shorty saves are con based. so if your a caster or a thief who is either a gnome, or a dwarf or a halfling, it is worthwhile to get you con up to 18 which gives you that max save bonus.

[@quill18]

No, Baldur's Gate is AD&D 2nd Edition. Neverwinter Nights is 3rd Edition. Neverwinter Nights 2 is 3.5 Edition.

[@reezuleanu1676]

I watched the whole thing 2 times and only now have I noticed this was made all the way back in 2013.

[@nukezap6528]

you left off one thing... for humans stats matter to what classes are available if you multiclass.

[@haczu86]

+NUKE you cant multiclass as a human

[@nukezap6528]

typed wrong word... dualclass

[@matingly23]

Yes, if you're going to dual class later you will need a 15 or higher in your primary stats of your original class; and a 17 or higher for the primary stats of the second class. Makes something like a good Fighter -> Druid a tough roll.

[@MrEffectfilms]

Great video, I've never really sunk my teeth into an old school RPG like this (I played about an hour of it but never finished) so I'm definitely going to make good use this guide when I play this game again.

[@Stija]

Thank you so much for this guide. Really helped.

[@ragnzor]

Just a few things regarding the attributes: Dex is the same from 7 to 14, and iirc you said 6 (minor difference) Cha of 8 or above makes sure that if nothing else affects the roll, you cannot get a hostile reaction (the other possible are neutral and friendly reactions) Otherwise an incredibly informative video, there's a lot of stuff about the mechanics that never really become obvious no matter how many times you play it. Good to know that the new players have somewhere to turn for info.

[@SlanderedGaming]

Fantastic guide. Thumbs up. Thanks for doing this.

[@ShillenP]

Yep, there are good mods for the original game that drastically improve it as well.

[@dbsasuke]

I have never played any of the Baldur's Gate games, and would very much appreciate of you did a full LP on it. Please and thanks.

[@JesusGreenBL]

A few questions Quill (Or anyone else, and don't worry, I'm capable of typing words into a search engine, I just figured these would be common questions that other people would ask, plus I'd like to hear *your* personal view) - 1) What total roll would you recommend stopping at, and how much does it matter later in the game? i.e. if I'm someone who hates messing up characters and being able to undo it, if I choose say 82 points will I notice the difference to say 88 much or do you cap out pretty much the same regardless? 2) What class would you recommend to get the most enjoyment out of your first playthrough based on your own past experiences? I know with NWN the enjoyment you got out of the original campaign was vastly dependent on what role you chose since some classes just didn't get utilised to their full potential in the base story, I'm curious if BG is similar. 3) Not really a question but I'd love to see you do an LP of Arcanum. It's the one RPG other than the Elder Scrolls games I can just go back to and replay over and over because it's so open ended in what you can do/be, plus if you like the kind of freedom you get in creating your character in D&D you'll seriously love the system Arcanum uses, I've probably made like 50-60 completely unique builds/characters and not covered half the stuff you can do. (Plus it's top-down isometric like BG with a fun party of followers you can obtain throughout the game depending on if they like you or not/what kind of person you are/if you agree to help them etc. The closest game I've played to it would be Divinity - Original Sin, but I prefer the setting of Arcanum, and the combat in Divinity)

[@colin8696908]

JesusGreenBL I would not play a fighter in this game, if your character die's it's game over unlike your friends who can be revived. Play a pure archer or a mage. Archer is better because there's less micro, and your probably going to have Jaheira for the summons/revives and then another mage like Nerra or Aerie (I recommend Nerra there's less character interactions but a better romance.) If you play pure mage then be a wild mage it's a lot more fun. you should ether keep Jaheira or veronica. Veronica has a cool romance path but Jaheira is he obvios choice early on, cus she has awesome summons (Veronica Is better later on when you get the hang of things like immunity spells). (if you go duel class for a cleric/summoner then you can pick up Neera or Aerie) """"there is a editor you can use later on if you want to change."""" Also pro tip do the umir hills quest early on. it's tough but awesome for xp and you have to go there later anyway + you get one of the most relaxing keeps in the game. you can also do the unseeing eye since you get a really amazing fighter from it. pro, pro tip, grab those gloves of dexterity.

[@waveman0]

+JesusGreenBL minimum I accept is 92, with 99 being the best I have rolled. This gives you (92)18(xx) str, 18 dex, 18 con and 18 int, 10 in wis and cha. Any 'extra' points over 92 always goes to cha (to reduce store costs),I always play 1/2 elf fighter/mage multi class, as they are potentially the most powerful class by the end of Throne of Bhaal. It takes a few hours of mindless rerolling but if you think about the hours you are going to invest in playing it is not that bad. I will add as well I dual wield, flails (for the flail of ages in SOA), but am going long swords right now, as there are few nice flails in Baldurs Gate but a couple of nice long swords (will go with flails eventually so when I go into SOA I am ready for the Flail of Ages)

[@ArvelDreth]

+colin8696908 Who the fuck is Veronica?

[@waveman0]

+JesusGreenBL I should have added you should take into account the tomes available in Buldurs Gate. I have just finished BG 1 with an elf fighter/mage/thief and the base stat roll was 91 (Str 18[97] Dex 19 Con 17 Int 18 Wis 9 Cha 10) and at the finish of BG1 (just coming out of the CandleKeep catacombs) my Elf now has Str 19 Dex 20 Con 18 Int 19 Wis 12 Cha 11. By the end of SOA(in hell, taking some evil and some good picks and changing my alignment to evil)/Throne of Bhaal (Lum the Mad Machine) I will have something like Str 22 Dex 21 Con 21 Int 20 Wis 12 Cha 12

[@Frostclaw]

It's funny to hear you talk about how outdated the character gen is... I never played anything past 2nd edition, so this is how I remember the game. LOL

[@LikeASpijker]

Baldur's gate is on sale on steam this weekend! Thanks quill18, nearly missed this sale, been waiting for this game for ages :)

[@GintamaEnjoyer_1]

Бонжур создателям такого шикарного контента! quill18 Жаль, что этому видео нельзя поставить больше одного лайка, а то я бы поставил сразу 10! Хорошего дня и ... до встречи

[@DivaQuinzel]

Is the game very big? I have a pretty bad computer right now but i reeeeeaally want to play something, more specifically i wanted to play Dragon Age Origins but it got pretty laggy so I'm trying to find something else to play. Do you think there's a chance that I'll be able to play this game?

[@Melinmingle]

Diva Quinzel this is like 20 years before dragon age

[@rustybuckingham]

I just started playing Baldur's gate 2 as a Wild Mage and ended up blowing up half my party and turning myself into a dog when one of my fireball spells backfired during the shade lord questline. I was worried I might get stuck as a dog for the remainder of the game but fortunately it's only temporary.... but I've heard that if you accidently do a sex change wild surge as a wild mage it's permanent

[@purplezart]

Fireball is Invocation, Quill. Melf's Acid Arrow is Conjuration, maybe that's what you were thinking of? =P

[@Juggernautz666]

I know your schedule is insano mode right now but... please do a Let's Play of this! I played BG2 and Icewind Dale, Neverwinter, Planescape: Torment and pretty much all the other classics, but I never managed to actually play the original and would love to be able to just chill on the couch and watch you cruise through the story. :D

[@shadedfang]

I’m just now getting into this game. Really late lol. But my friends and I still play 2nd edition D&d. I’m prolly gonna try to make our character xD

[@StrawHatTony420]

Never too late friend! I highly recommend playing icewind dale

[@kasrkin519]

i remember playing BG2 and mashing the reroll button all day to get the best stats possible haha

[@Trent8086]

I hope that they will release a Baldur's Gate 2 EE with Throne of Bhaal Included. Also would like an EE of both of the Icewind Dale games. The Neverwinter franchise is getting picked up as a Free to Play MMO so I am looking forward to that.

[@Soonzuh]

Specialist mages are defined by what they *can't* cast rather than by their specialty. Weapon mastery arguably peaks at Master (3 proficiency). Going up to High or Grand Master is rarely worth it. You're better off spending those extra proficiencies in a back-up weapon.

[@iami3rian394]

In traditional, table top 2nd edition dungeons and dragons, Wild Mages and bards, specifically lore master bards and blade singers were some of the most powerful (if not THE most powerful) player character classes to pick. One more example of Quill just saying whatever _confidently_ to appear like he knows what he's talking about.

[@jazy921]

The Half-Elf race would probably be for role-players and for special conversation/dialogue options, if i'm not mistaken

[@amshermansen]

It's the same world, Faerun. And the same coastal region as well (The Sword Coast). You can't visit the "other" place in either game though. Too far away from each other. That means same lore, gods and so forth though. :)

[@SmilePecoSmile]

Thank you, friend.

[@SirGeeeO]

would definitely love to see a let's play of one of the d&d games. baulders gate or neverwinter nights, whichever edition you prefer

[@witpae]

My point is that they could have released a Full Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition Game including all sequels. Would have been cool

[@zenhaelcero8481]

Since this video was made, BeamDog totally fucked the menu GUI in the game. Damn, I really miss this classic menu system. The new one blows.

[@ketchde]

the consequences of not following his alignment can go as far as the fallen class and lose a LOT of statistics.

[@ChrispyTalks]

Dammit Quill! I was going to sleep, now I have to watch another of your videos.

[@Mystra]

20 HP will actually let you regen HP. It's doable with equipment early game if you have a base of 18 HP.

[@wiccanXexodus]

because shooting magic missles at giant golems is realistic enough

[@amshermansen]

It's not really worth it if you already have the old games and know how to install TUTU. Well perhaps except for the 3? new henchmen you can bring along, which Beamdog created from scratch to show off some of the new kits (such as a wild mage)

[@mahe4]

actually sorcerers are not based on any stat at the moment. you can play a sorcerer with 9 intelligence and can cast up tu lvl 9 spells. at the moment, for a sorcerer, inteeligence is a dump stat.

[@AbeYousef]

looks interesting, might pick it up later, but ill stick with DDO for now also could you do some DDO coverage in the future?

[@desertxpunk]

BG character creation guide - "The instruction book will explain how dual & multi classing works". Well ok then, at least I know that strength makes my character stronger now...

[@DeamonReader]

Thank you for this, it has help me so much.

[@korbalddresden7557]

Hey Quill, slightly off-topic but since I just re-watched your recording tutorials: What's up with the FRAPS-counter in ther lower left? How'd it make it into the recording? It seems to vibrate a little bit as well. Maybe it's excited to be on camera?

[@explosivo1980]

Amazing video! Good job! Super helpful!

[@comebui]

So I stumbled upon your channel because you played SimCity 5 , which I do too! Then I came across your development channel and found out you are a C# developer like me. Now I see you do D&D, which is freaking awesome!! This one BG1 was my first RPG which I played for hours!!! Don't tell me you like to watch Die Hard movies as well.... :D lol

[@MrJonVike]

I swear the comments on quill's channel has all become requests for different videos. Wait for go to finish off some of his ongoing ones first guys.

[@secretmantra]

BG2 EE is in the works--not sure how soon it will be released.

[@MaddBadgerr]

Which UI mod is this? Or did Vanilla Baldur's gate have this UI back in the day?

[@Baleur]

21:00 did anyone else also just kinda zone off into a mental state of sleep at this point out of pure overload of the facts and stats quill pumps into you? lol =)

[@Angamoth]

The consequences are only for palladins and rangers if they stray from the path of Good they loose a LOT of benefits, other than that little to no impact. And monks are awesome!

[@everquestfan]

Like your vids quill18.I played pen paper D&D i remember savings throws were based off certain stats.Does the game do the same? If does dropping stats to lowest would be a bad idea.Like dropping your int on a warrior sounds good until you fail a save vs illusions dex for balance checks con for poison saves ect.I'm so buying this now after watching your vid i got a serious nostalgia vibe (still haz me dice!) plus many positive reviews saying this is best pc rpg ever made.

[@dorianpaulson1514]

Kind-of-sort-of... they've skewed some of the rules a bit. This game was bridging the era between 2nd and 3rd editions.

[@TheMrGrowlersir]

If I am not mistaken, is it not wise to have a few surplus points in the mental stats if possible for protection reasons? I seem to recall some spells needing to beat a roll against a targets stat in order to go through making a fighting type with next to nil mental capacity a super vulnerable target for such things.

[@paldinplayer]

Awesome video. Thanks.

[@amshermansen]

There are no new graphics - it's all about giving the player a stable HD version of the game that runs as intended on never systems. You can achieve similar things with the old GOG bundle and TUTU - but you'd miss out on some awesome new henchmen.

[@SquidyChalker]

I remember playing this as a kid. Do you plan on making a video like this for BG2?

[@amshermansen]

Not really - The rules are very different from any of the modern editions (Video games or pen and paper). You'd probably want to start out with something like Neverwinter Nights 1 for an introduction to everything D&D. And then if you like it, either continue with its expansion packs, then NWN2 or go back to the roots with Baldurs Gate (And note that BG uses an older system with very different rules)

[@mikeplatt74]

Thanks for the video :D You helped me understand this better, great job!

[@StarshipMaximus]

My favorite RPG of all time.

[@gothantic]

I have a question for you. in your experiance is that confusion spell (that was in baldurs gate 2) in the enhanced edition? i recall magics bieng unforgiving in baldurs gate 2 shadows of amn, but never played the first game. But i do remember a confusion spell bieng a game ender as you'd get hit by it than shortly afterwards run into combat as you cant control your character than be slain... i also remember bieng turned to stone and smashed xD

[@paxgamer3003]

Uhhh how the hell do you get past this screen and start playing the game?

[@BladedEdge123]

I think the idea with this game was that one, its for a newish generation and so starting with 'Baldurs Gate 2 the remake' would be confusing. To play the whole story you do have to start with 1, even if 2 is the better/more well remembered game. Also..they -are- going to release baldurs gate 2 enhanced. It isn't out yet obviously, and they haven't said much more then 'yes its being worked on/exists.' But we will be getting it sometime in the future.

[@AlexPlaysGaming]

I loved playing P&P Dungeons and Dragons! I REALLY want this game. Think i might buy it soon

[@josephsudduth4416]

I freakin love Baulder's Gate! Especially since I read books that coincide with the games :) I was always better at the Icewindale games though, I created the most powerful characters I could over multiple playthroughs :3

[@sunkintree]

getting my doctorate in baldurs gate 1 character creation so i can play the game

[@antlucas09]

Please do this Quill!

[@nimdragon]

Hey man, really good video, the only thing you didn't go over stat wise was how it affected saving throws. Are they really significant in BG:EE or is it another you can just ignore?

[@matingly23]

Wis doesn't help saves in BG2, just gives bonus Cleric and Druid spells and raises Lore.

[@jerardhanzfernandez9411]

so can elf or any other race except for humans can still get a classes that human can get from the start

[@iami3rian394]

I love how he has no concept of alignment. Klingons are LN for example, following their code of honor, which has nothing to do with laws.... especially evident in DS9... For that matter, neither does chaotic. Much more about are you selfish vs calculated.

[@texasmilk1337]

Please do an LP of this! :)

[@r0mpespejos]

Greate guide, just got the game and im downloading it, seems legit!

[@chrissreadingcornner]

quill you must play this game now that this video is out

[@b0b0maj0]

It is set in the same place though right? Or is the sword coast just a coincidence?

[@SignOfTheTimes008]

The long sword bonus doesn't make sense for elves. They should just get +2 or +3 with bows instead.

[@legionofravenicus]

I thought he was trying to spell salmon at first.

[@derrickbonsell]

I guess there are people that really like the rolling but I'm surprised Beamdog left it in.

[@moleahjobe]

elves aren't broken in this game, humans are the ones that are broken, duel classing breaks the game apart, a kensai thief with use any item ability is really broken, kesai mages are pretty broken aswell, but of course they won't become good until high levels, plus blunt weapons are some the best weapons in BG2 (crom faeyer, flail of ages)

[@Direwolf47841]

Hey it's the HOI guy! Lol I just rolled a 96! It'll never ever happen again lol.

[@nexusj13]

I just bought this game today on the steam sale and for some reason all the Chaotic alignments are grayed out for me no matter what character i choose, do you have any idea what may be wrong?

[@TheRedMarauder]

Are you going to play this, or make a series out of it Quill?

[@amshermansen]

Oh no... Please tell me you're not considering doing a recording of this game? It will never end.

[@AlexBakka]

Can you write your own biography for your hero?

[@bboyfocus12]

why bother :P

[@AlexBakka]

bboyfocused Just curious

[@davidalexandrelevastre-bod8637]

Alex Bakker yes you can

[@blasterjosh]

Also, a human kensai is useful for dual classing, especially with wizards. Because they already don't wear armour, it doesn't matter to the wizard casting

[@JariahxSynn]

My only problem with this game was beamdog couldn't fix the sound issue i was having. Shame really it was fun while i had it.

[@b0b0maj0]

So BG is ye olde Neverwinter Nights?

[@amshermansen]

I sure am - In this context at least.

[@mahe4]

and i think charisma also determines the moral failure chance of you party. or am i wrong with that?