Originally Posted by Stabbey
Originally Posted by Thrythlind
There is GM leeway allowing for giving Advantage/Disadvantage for circumstances that they think fits.

Also, specifically, there are optional Facing rules on page 252 on the DMG that give advantage for attacking from the rear.


Citing that is ridiculous, because it is obvious that advantage is not supposed to be as cheap and easy on the tabletop as it is in BG 3.

For example, took at the Barbarian - they have a class feature - Reckless Attack - allowing them to take advantage on their turn in exchange for enemies having advantage on them for the next round. Now everyone on high ground has free advantage against them all the time. And they get advantage by walking or jumping behind an enemy, no need for Reckless attack.

You might "like it", but I don't care at all that you "like it". That's a subjective opinion. The fact is it is yet another arbitrary change Larian has made without considering the ripple effects it produces.


I haven't seen many objective posts against the elevation and flanking rules applied in bg3, but this one is the most convincing to me that advantage should be far more limited. You actually have swayed me closer to the 5e crowd surprisingly.

Another thing I have noticed are spells that blind should provide advantage (unless I am reading 5e rules wrong). So that spell is also diminished in effect. Use of the buff/debuff system to apply advantage would create more team synergy. It does exist now, but is possibly overshadowed by flanking and elevation.

Last edited by CMF; 25/10/20 05:18 AM.