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What subclass are you choosing?

Since Way of the Open Hand loses access to the normal Flurry of Blows and instead gets its 3 unique versions: Flurry of Blows: Topple, Flurry of Blows: Stagger and Flurry of Blows: Push.

Hi,
I'm level 7. Got respec to monk 6/rogue 1 and I don't have Flurry of Blows on hotbar or spellbook. Tried respeccing multiple times, the problem occurs when I level up to 3 and choose a subclass.
I don't use any mods. Any solutions?

I've been facing this issue ever since launch. I played with Vulkan just fine in pre-release, with my old and worse build (and it ran better than DX11)

My old build was:

GTX 970
i5 4690
2x4 ddr3 @ 1666mhz Hyper X
WD 7200 RPM 500 GB HDD

I managed to get to act 3 with a slow ass HDD until I kept dropping to 15-20 fps, so I kinda quit the game until I had an upgrade. I finally did manage to get something better:

Intel Xeon E5 2680 V4
4x8 DDR4 @2666mhz (capped to 2400 due to cpu max limits), quad channel
Storage: Huadisk Nvme m2 3.0 SSD, 500 GB, 3500R, 2400W
Still packing the GTX 970

I thought it could be anything related to a mix of low ram, HDD, old 4/4 cpu but no! I tried setting up the game in Vulkan and the same happened. I really dunno what to do and DX11 does not take advantages from my CPU's extra cores (of course, to the limit of the gaming industry, I know the cap is at 8 cores and most games at 6).

Pre release gameplay: https://www.mediafire.com/file/gsq4cggfvu8fgi8/Baldur%2527s_Gate_3_2023.07.30_-_15.22.01.01.mp4/file

I don't know exactly what happened, but for me and a few other players, there's no real Yuletide atmosphere. Since today, I also get a CTD right after game start loading screen. It seems that this has been affecting several players for about a week: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1086940/discussions/3/694246174784406743/ A hotfix would be nice.



Edit: Verifying game files + ofc updating Script Extender nor deleting LevelCache folder didn't help...

wow short notice but i'll try to stay up tomorrow to watch it... good luck at the game awards

step 1 = play the basic game without mods

are you playstation, Xbox, Gog, Steam or Steamdeck... i mean the max number of mods depends on the system used

i assume no Minthara because she starts with a number of bugs in her head but have you played as a non tav yet ie, Gale, shadowheart etc?

While I respect the opinion of everyone, I am going to gently remind the person who told me "good one, how abouuuuut" that Dallis literally says the Aeteran only purges the source "stolen from the veil." Tarquin, who is not the narrator, claims it purges all source.

And it is preferred to avoid circular reasoning fallacies such as simply claiming "that thing related to dragons and lizards" without giving one citation or source.

i've ran into a party member with a bug and can't level up twice now being Astarion not sure how to fix this it keeps saying choice pending and everything i pick it still won't let me level up.

another problem is the BG3 mod manager keeps downloading mods i uninstall/unsubscribe to

i have like 230ish mods and not sure what to keep and what to get rid of.
what is the max amount of mods i should really have on this game ?

i've probably wasted 100hrs of time because multiple bugged playthroughs and not sure how to fix any of it.

Hello friends,

The days are getting colder, the holiday decorations are creeping out early, and honestly?
We’re leaning into it. It’s been a long year, one that saw Baldur’s Gate 3 receive twelve new subclasses, full cross-play support, and the arrival of photo mode - the last final, final last patch.

It’s been an exciting year for us, what with also launching Larian: Channel From Hell, with weekly streams where you’ve had sneak peeks into our madness, met valued members of the team, and pushed Aoife to her limits with her Dark Urge run.

However, they’re not the only stars of the show - your mods have caused tears, laughter, and pain. Lots of pain. Like getting rammed in the ankles by a muscle car pain.

So before we close out on 2025, we’re looking back at some of the best moments brought about by your mods!

The Devs Of Christmas - A Four-Hour Honour Mode Stream

But before we start our reminiscing, we’re kicking off the festive season with a livestream party - and you’re invited! Don your ugliest Christmas sweater, warm up some cocoa, and curl up in front of the computer for a four-hour-long stream where Senior Communications Developer, Aoife Wilson, has bribed devs across Larian Studios with cheese and a joyous time, as they attempt an honour mode run!

Live on the 3rd of December at 2pm GMT, every death will mean a new challenger will try their might. Nothing says Christmas cheer like Myrkul obliterating your existence, as my gran always said.



This will now be our last stream for the year, as the Community Team heads on over to The Game Awards, where we’ve been nominated for Best Community Support!

Which, bugger us sideways, to be nominated for a third year in a row is a complete honour.
Should you want to share the love, sign in and vote for Baldur’s Gate 3 to win the Best Community Support award by following this link: https://www.thegameawards.com/nominees/best-community-support

Modding Moments

Bunnies Gate 3

Mod Author 0iml bore witness to the Patch 7 animated trailer and insisted giant bunnies should be a permanent fixture of the Sword Coast. Find the 126 bunnies (plus 3 top-secret special bunnies) or do as we do: install it, forget you installed it, and be pleasantly surprised by the expertly placed balls of fluff.



Pool Floaties

Aesthetically pleasing and life-saving. If you were drowning in a puddle, perhaps.
Pool Floaties by baeator offers you a choice of four inflatable pool floatie hats that can be used in the helmet slot, each with varying stats to help you navigate the watery waves. To really give your playthrough an edge, the Goostarion Floatie Hat comes equipped with its own Astarion starting armour. Dye Astarion’s armour, and your Goostarion will match!

Egg Magic: Clownify

Made by Bugby128, consume a clown egg and learn the ability to use new cantrips that paint you with clown makeup. Nothing else to be said, really, beyond the fact that Bugby has undoubtedly dealt psychic harm by forcing the image of a clown laying an egg into our minds.



Withers Big Naturals

Particularly effective at generating hysteria when forgetting you have those puppies installed and arriving at the Dank Crypt. Thank you, MaybeeAdam, we wouldn’t have him any other way.



Car Wildshape

Thanks to mod author wa_rouk, you can now recruit Carlach, Gale Decarios, Ascarion, Shadowkart, Vehicwyll, Lane’zel… Or the whole fleet, if you will. We have a soft spot for Carlach; she unfortunately has a penchant for vehicular manslaughter.



Handsome Astarion

A refined classic. Mod author FR05T has given Astarion a makeover, and it never fails to catch us off guard. Did you know he will also be handsome in his character portrait? Neither did we.



All-rounder Owlbear Beanie

See, we added this mod for the adorable beanies, not realising mod author chunyou had enchanted them with quite a few luck buffs. But who needs game balance when you can look this adorable?



Want an owlbear beanie of your own? These are inspired by the very real Owlbear beanies you can find in the Larian merch store!

Such a Tease - a Raphael redressing mod & Raphameow (Raphael with cat ears)[/b]

Listen, we have no excuse for enabling these. He did say “down comes the claw”, he just didn’t specify it was one of his. Thanks to mod author kariimatcha for bringing Raphameow into the world, and props to mod author Nikjima for making it so that Raphael also has his collar unbuttoned in his true cambion form. Enjoyed by all.



[b]DinoScratch

Mod author chunyou has lovingly stitched together these adorable dinosaur pyjamas for Scratch, perfect for those cold camp nights. There’s nothing better than watching him run around in the background, wagging his dino tail, while Volo performs unlicensed surgery on us.



Plasma Weapons - Darkh Set

This completely and utterly legally distinct mod made by mod author Skirbie, offers giant, dangerous, glowing swords to swing around, plus an array of other designs and themed clothing.



Skirbie's Vintage Firearms Pack[/b]

Also thanks to Skirbie, we gave Gale a gun. Went as well as you’d imagine.



[b]BaldGate3

It is called BALDur’s Gate 3 after all. This mod by wa_rouk will make all companions (and other surprise important NPCs) bald. We think everyone pulls it off magnificently.



[b]Evelyn’s Monarch - Grenade Launcher[/b]

Nothing spices up a playthrough with your friends like a freak grenade launcher accident. Evelyn’s Monarch is available on consoles and PC, made by Skirbie, probably without the intention of turning everyone within a 5m range into a cloud of gore.



If you’re looking to bring the laughter (and pain) to your latest Baldur’s Gate 3 run, we’ve listed all of the mods being used on stream over on mod.io! Download the collection here.

Modding In Numbers

And boy, are you modders busy bees. You’re closing out the year with 10,000 mods uploaded to mod.io, and over 350 million mod downloads!



To show our gratitude for all of your creativity, Swen has a few words to share:

Only melee weapons or only light armor for all chars would be too artificial for me. What's the reason in a DnD world to use only such restricted ingame stuff? Without mods it would be very difficult to have a decent run if you take more than 4 party members. I recognized that even with mods it's more or less impossible to have a relatively balanced experience with a bigger party. I therefore removed all party mods and I'm only playing with 4 party members, but with the rest of the setting I planned and tried with 5 party members.

My only mods (except the absolutely mandatory visual mods to battle the utter ugliness of the game's items and effects):

- Absolute Wrath
- Wet Nerf
- Enemy Scaling mod (not advisable till the end of Act 2 in my opinion)
- Extra Encounters and Mini Bosses (I had bad experiences to use several spawn mods together)

Then there are some rules:
- no Sorcerer, no Sword Bard (reason: not available among the captives)
- only one char with multi-classing (reason: pride in the own prior training, don't see this for Astarion however)
- no Arcane Acuity other than for the Arcane Archer (Astarion) (Arcane Acuity creates pimples and increases danger for dementia, sure)

I have still some problems to justify using other game cheasers like Hexblade Warlock, Radiating Orb or Reverberation, which I don't want to miss.

HI, are you still here?

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a few people have asked me how to do this so i posted a vid

i know of 5 ways to fall as a Paladin in act 2 but 2 of those don't work for Minthara and this way doesn't need any combat so its my goto

notes; i change Minthara to a Devotion before doing this.
You don't actually need to do the talking but I show it for people to know how ... the key point is the guy on the table gets killed by your paladin that wants to fall