Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Make it More Obvious When a Spell Will Replace Another

I would like an optional warning when I'm about to cast a spell that will end concentration on another spell; currently it's easy to miss in the UI that a spell requires concentration, or even that you're already concentrating, especially given how chaotic and complex battles can get.

This isn't a problem in actual D&D because if you mess up, or your DM reminds you you're already concentrating on something, you can simply change your mind or retcon as appropriate, but Baldur's Gate 3 is a far stricter DM and lets you make the mistake and completely waste a spell slot as a result. BG3 does also provide a lot of magic items that can cast concentration spells, so there's a lot more surface area for this to happen; even in regular D&D it's hard to remember all of your own spells, let alone an entire party of four's plus a bunch of magic items.

Simplest solution would be an optional (enabled by default for new players) confirmation box when casting a concentration spell and already concentrating, which would let the player confirm they want to cast the spell or cancel and do something else instead. It would also be nice if the UI highlighted concentration even more when a "conflict" like that occurs.

Agreed. More than once I've broken concentration because you're in the flow of a battle and forget that the spell you're about to cast requires concentration...which cancels the current spell you have with concentration. I think a bit of leeway given the fact that we're controlling four characters instead of just one warrants a bit of a safety net for this.

I think what would help allot, is if there is a symbol or something, floating over the character to show that the character is concentrating on a spell. This would be nice on enemies as well. It is rather stupid that I have to click and examine a character to find that info.
The same it is if you try to figure out how high the "Spell Save DC" on a character is, there is no spot in the whole sheet. You have to dig around to find it.