As BG3 continues to be popular for challenge runs, I thought I’d share a few that came to my mind that I haven’t seen on YouTube yet. Some of these actively incentivise you to use a full party — which I think is worth highlighting, as the interactions with the companions contribute a major party to the game’s appeal. It’s been proven to the Nine Hells and back that you can beat the game solo on Honour Mode, but that isn’t necessarily interesting to watch, among others because it often relies on the same well-known exploits at this point.
So, can you beat Baldur’s Gate III…- in reverse (from Act III to I)
- using only reactions (e.g. Hellish Rebuke, Commander’s Strike, Riposte, Opportunity Attacks etc.)
- using only surfaces
- using only food (Aspect of the Chimpanzee? Poisoning water myrmidons by eating rotten food? Pizza chef monk?)
- using only words (i.e., Vicious Mockery and Dissonant Whispers, Cutting Words, plus dialogue checks)
- using only concentration spells / abilities
- using only Acid damage
- using only Necrotic damage
- using only familiars (no stronger summons; each companion can have one)
- using four paladins with the four different oaths, without any of them ever breaking their oath even once
- using nothing at all from the vanilla game, only modded races, classes, spells, feats, weapons etc. (I guess this would include the companions and food, i.e. be a solo run without resting…)
- as a Lemming (from the eponymous 90s game, green-haired gnome / halfling, being restricted to the skills lemmings could perform in those games, and the tools / weapons they could use)
Feel free to add your own ideas for challenge runs you have no time to do yourself. I searched first whether a thread like this already exists, but to my surprise, couldn’t find anything. So I thought it would be useful to gather them all in one place.
