Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Help Tips & Tricks Ridiculous amount of missing attacks

If you have a low chance to hit then as per above post there's options to help. What's important is finding out why your hit chance is low. Low stats, no proficiency, poisoned status etc, bane, low ground, poor light, out of range.

If you have a high chance to hit and never hit, well that's a bug or perception.
I turn karmic dice off and it should be off by default. with an explanation then the players could choose to turn it on.

Yeah, if only Larian listened, when we told them that combat log is useless as it is now. -_-

Sad but true. I once wondered about my low hitchance against Auntie Ethel, because there was nothing in the log, and at some point I got the idea to move the mouse cursor over her, and behold, she had a blur spell active, which moreover was not displayed "blurry" at all. Why make it simple when Larian can make it more complicated?

Turn on the karmic dice …takes the edge off rng extreme situations.

Karmic Dice also works against you. Not recommended.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/zwqaem/psa_having_the_karmic_dice_setting_turned_on/

From someone who plays a lot of Turn based RPGs but not DnD, this was kind of alarming to me as well. I just finished basically my 2nd playthrough.

One thing that helped me a lot is using the heck out of Bless on Shadowheart. There is also a staff in the tower in the Underdark that buffs Bless even further. it makes a massive difference. Bard helps a lot as well as they have a bonus action they can use on a party member to buff their hit roll. There is also an awesome low level spell called Faerie Fire. It's an AOE debuff if you wanted to not use bless, or your Blessers concentration is taken and you want to use someone else's. It's a debuff on the enemy which let's you roll a 2nd hit die and take the best. So it's more potent than bless in terms of increasing hit% but The AEO isn't that big which makes it a bit less usable than just give bless to your whole squad quite easily.

Guiding Bolt, also from Shadowheart helps too. I cast the heck out of it. Awesome damage but it also gives advantage on the next attack roll. So nice to line it up when you see a heeavy hitter going next.

If you don't know how the game works then it will always be harder to enjoy playing it.; though I'll admit the game in its current state doesn't do a great job of explaining things.

For example if you are using a weapon you are not proficient with you will miss 10-20% more often.

If you are shooting up at a target above you you will miss 10-20% more often.

If you aren't using Bless on your party you will miss 10-20% more often.

If you aren't maxing the right main stat for your class you will miss 10-30% more often.

If your target is in the dark and you can't see in the dark you will miss 20-60% more often.

If you are using ranged attacks in melee you will miss 20-60% more often.

Combine some or all of these things and yes; you are going to find it very hard to hit enemies that are not trash mobs like goblins.

Probability gets broken by large numbers. Sure, the chance of rolling 7 three times in a row on a d20 is 1 in 8000. But there's an average of around 8,000 people playing Baldur's Gate 3 at any one time, so if you assume each player makes a d20 roll once every 90 seconds (which is VERY conservative); that means one player will roll 7 three times in a row every 5 minutes of every day.

The odds of YOU winning the lottery are miniscule, but someone somewhere wins every week.

DnD rules; and especially Larian's version of them; are very responsive to using every advantage you have.

Potion of Hill Giant Strength will give Lae'zel +5 to attack and damage rolls for an entire day.

A Potion of Speed will give her 2 attacks per round at level 4 (3 will Great Weapon Master) and potentially SIX attacks per round at level 5 which is the level of the Gith Patrol.

A scroll of Mirror Image will set your Cleric's AC from 18 to 27.

Faerie Fire will give your whole party Advantage on attack rolls for as long as you can maintain concentration with it. So will attacking from a hidden position.

Certain spells have unavoidable damage components, or will remove someone from a fight altogether until you get round to them.

Void Bulbs will group them up for between cleave attacks.

Finally, release will have difficulty settings that will mitigate some of the harsher mechanics if you don't want to engage with every tool at your disposal.