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After BG3 I will wait and see, both because of the release quality and to see if its a deep game or just a shallow romfantasy waifu game like BG3.

I have no idea if anyone is still having this problem but this solved it for me, I have the GOG version of the game

Since the 10th generation of Intel i-series processors, there is an error in the calculation of the OpenSSL instructions, which Intel describes more fully here:

https://software.intel.com/content/...ash-bug-requires-application-update.html



Until this will be resolved, you might want to try to follow this safe workaround:

- Press WinKey+R to open Run window. In it paste:
SystemPropertiesAdvanced

Press Ok.


Next click on Environment Variables...


In the lower frame, System Variables, press New:



And in the fields, paste these values:
Variable Name:
OPENSSL_ia32cap
Variable value:
~0x20000000



Press Ok and close the Environment Variables window. Restart the computer. Try to run the game now.

A little bit from the Moonrise Towers + Gauntlet of Shar.

I thought I'd do this as a joke, but it was actually close!

Rules

Steve Winwood singing Valerie, 4:07



Loading BG3
1. Double-click on desktop from cold computer start
2. Hit space or ESC or whatever to bypass logos
3. Hit spacebar to continue when prompted
4. Hit Continue button.


And the results? Literally a tie to within a second! I couldn't make this up!

Note that waiting for the logos to play fully, or hitting Load button then picking a save would add another minute or more, and it'd be all over.

I'm sure slightly newer computers and 3D cards could do a little better, but my system is no slouch, especially given how old this game is and that games are designed for the average cards of the time, not the bleeding edge.


What a laugh, 100%, come on come on, let's see the action! "...I'm the same boy I used to be, (boop)" Screen comes up, Lae'zel on the pretty green grass outside the Teahouse.

In Larian’s IGN interview about the game and its controversial endings back in 2023, Swen stated that “One of the basic questions of the game was whether you would become a monster if it would save the world.”

So, I decided to take a deep, researched look at monstrosity in the game. My analysis is available on Medium and as an audio podcast.

Essay - Baldur's Gate III and the Queer Politics of Monstrosity

Apple Podcast - Baldur's Gate III and the Queer Politics of Monstrosity

Libsyn Podcast - Baldur's Gate III and the Queer Politics of Monstrosity

Took Feinting Attack on Lae'zel, never took that on any character before. It burns both attack and bonus attack to get advantage on your attack.

Rolled a 4. Surrre.

Every secret line you get for poking a character too many times
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00:00:00 Shadowheart
00:00:21 Gale
00:00:42 Lae'zel
00:00:55 Astarion
00:01:27 Karlach
00:01:38 Jaheira
00:01:53 Minsc
00:02:21 Wyll
00:02:29 Halsin
00:02:47 Minthara
00:03:02 Tav
00:03:12 Durge

Actually, that is accurate.

Affect is a verb. Effect is a noun.

Someone affects something. Which causes an effect to occur.

Eh, I found a magical book that logged all the names of the gods back before time. I sold it for 14 gold.

Tabletop can be "by the rules", but it has a ton of flavor no computer game can ever have. Since there's a human DM, you can say all kinds of wild stuff you may want to try, get a d20 roll on it, and off you go. Computer games are restricted to whatever the devs can think up for you to do, which manifests in dialog choices.

The one and only time I ever went to a "Con", I sat in on a pickup game at a table. They had a goal to crash a party of elites at a mansion and steal a thing from a safe, but also as much other loot as they could. One high DEX guy started juggling as if for a show in the main room, the other tossed him more stuff to juggle, including a silver tray and candlesticks from a mantlepiece, and he juggled it right out the door in front of all the guests.

Piratebay has wondershare recoverit.

Once again, given that the rulesets used in DOS 1 and 2 are examples of what "Larian came up with when not tied to that old-school nonsense", I'm actually kinda worried about giving them all this creative freedom.

Absolutely! Add Switch 2 with Mousecon support as well, please!!

Looks like you actually broke the game, you weren't supposed to get into the castle without an invitation.

Hello Larian and co.

I have a very specific roleplay that i LOVE to play as. Its the Plate/Mail wearing caster. I love wearing cool armor with sick shoulder pads that make me look awesome!

The issue is in my WHOLE LIFE i have only played 4, THATS FOUR!, games total that allow me to fulfill my roleplay fantasy.

It all started with FABLE 1, You could wear any armor set. I loved playing a chain lightning caster with plate armor. I felt so bad ass.

World of Warcraft, Elemental Shaman, again chain lightning caster wearing epic mail armor sets!

ELDEN RING, loved playing a dragon lightning spamming knight. Again because armor doesnt really matter too too much in ER, i could play as a plate wearing lightning caster.

Last Epoch, allowed the paladin class to spam lightning strikes from afar, my go to build even after the nerfs!

I beg you, this type of roleplay availability is so damn rare. If I could ask you to add even ONE armor set that has +to spell dmg, or even just a trinket that converts all melee bonuses from armors to elemental dmg. I dont need much, im not asking for a whole class, or 15 different armor sets, just one thing that would enable me to play a ranged caster, be it a holy paladin spamming ranged spells, or a lightning caster elemental shaman type character, please i beg you.

Allow me to be able to roleplay as this in your new game thats totally not being announced in 2 days

Thank you. [img]https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/2520402300721637328/80332CBB6D2A9FD856020B758BBE7069B2E752D7/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false[/img]

After killing Isobel in act 2 and resting you receive your slayer form and with it the achievement "Embrace Your Urge". The achievement's description reads: "Become Bhaal's ultimate weapon - become his Slayer." Steam users may stumble upon this description in the post game summary after unlocking the achievement. The connection between the Dark Urge and Bhaal is a story revelation that takes place during act 3, when the Dark Urge's memories start to return. The player may figure that a murderous inclination might be connected to the god of murder and there may be other hints as well, however the connection to Bhaal is not definitively revealed during act 2 as far as I can tell. The Butler is very vague as to the source of the slayer form.
It seems that this act 2 achievement contains a spoiler for act 3 and the reference to Bhaal should be removed.