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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.

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...

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.

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

i find Wyll the hardest to like but that prob has more to do with his horns... once i worked out the correct way to keep him human while saving Karlach he is growing on me more

Larian has moved on which unfortunately tends to mean later patches are untested

i suspect the conversation is still there but moved down so it doesn't trigger because when you add a new kiss it bumps everything but yes a fan fix is really the best hope at this stage

yes 11 is the level 6 spell slot and 10 is the 2nd magic secret

the host account is the one that matters and cross play still doesn't work on Gog so your mate on PC will need to be with Steam

Apologies for this being loooong, but I want to provide as much info as I can to maybe help in getting someone to figure out what happened.

I am in my second playthru, and first as Durge. I didn't have any mods at all until deep into Act 2 of my first playthru. I didn't have any issues in that playthru, but I've now had 2 this time. Here are my Mods:

BasketEquipmentNSFW
Underdark Dice
Weightless Consumbles
Barrelmancy
Underdark – Seldarine Drow Dice
Party Limit Begone
Tav's Hair Salon – Tav's Hairpack
ImpUI (Improved UI)
Better Inventory UI
Weightless Gold
Carry Weight Increased 9000
Prince of the Gate
Dance with Instrument Proficiency
Midas Touch – Free Gold

The first issue is that the Midas Touch mod makes it so that you can't have the Booming Blade cantrip as it takes its place. I didn't know that until it was too late, or I would have deactivated it before this playthru.

This playthru is more of a test, and also to do some things that I didn't do the first time. The big thing is to try to recruit Minthara. I ended up agreeing to help her attack The Grove, but then betrayed her, wiped out her forces, and knocked her out. After that, Halsin showed up. I also freed Volo and he went to camp. Of course I got Scratch around the time I recruited Karlach. So, Scratch, Halsin and Volo have all been at camp for a time.

I'm in the Underdark, and pretty much did everything before going to Grymforge. I took the boat to the forge, avoided the fight on the water, and go to Grymforge and starting exploring. I found the hidden stash under the glowing rock, and then fought the Ochre Jellies. I didn't notice that when I got to Grymforge that half my team wasn't with me, so like a dummy, I saved over the “main” file. It wasn't until the battle that I noticed Karlach, Wyll and Gale were all missing. Turns out, they were back at the dock and never got on the ship. When I went there, they were invisible. I looked it up, and it seemed like it's a bug with the Party Limit Begone mod, and to fix it you have to send the companions in your party back to camp, then go back and retake the ship to the Grymforge. That seemed to work ok and I got Karlach, Wyll, and Gale all back.

This is where things went bad, and the second mod issue popped up.

I went to camp to get the others who I had sent back, and suddenly I see Halsin, Volo, Scratch, and 2 of the 3 Hirelings all dying. One Hireling kinda survived, but was down on hands and knees and suffering and had a weird symbol over her head that was kinda like an * but not quite. I had to heal her and that made it go away. The other Hireling I had to have Withers rez. I tried reloading several times and every time Scratch, Halsin, Volo and 2 of the 3 Hirelings died (sometimes both Hirelings actually died, sometimes not.)

I've seen some posts about how if Volo and Scratch died they're gone for good, and Halsin only if it's before he officially joins the group in Act 2. So yeah...my little doggo is gone which is a HUGE bummer. I don't really care about Volo being gone, but it's odd. And now, Halsin's entire storyline is gone.

Does anyone (especially a Dev) have an answer as to what went wrong and how to prevent this in any future playthru? Thanks in advance.

The option to give Gale the Necromancer of Thay book is still missing. He also has some missing dialouge about it. Was there the first time I played the game on Patch 5 and gone on subsequent patches.

It deserves a whole lengthy cutscene (looking at Astarion and Cazador confrontation) and it would have been amazing. I can imagine the voice of Minthara and her character shaking with controlled fury. "How dare you do THIS TO ME!?"
Something like this that is tied to the main story too, it's so obviously missing that it takes you out of the story of the game. I'm glad you can talk to her after, but it's so unlike her to say nothing when you confront Orin.

Minthara deserves a huge spotlight there!

I love Larian games after playing Divinity original sin 1 & 2. i tried TWICE to like BG3 but the stupid radial system is ruining it for me. Everything seem so disorienting also in character inventory stuff.
Dont know if it is because i got ADD and Autism but i have a rediculsly hard time getting used to the Radial system on PS5. Did anyone else have this issue and got over it ?

I only have around 14 hours of gameplay and luckily managed to kill some harpys after a girl played a beautiful song. Thats where i am at (Also met some goblin orcs that kicked my ass on the left of the map).

Please help me start loving this game after putting 200h+ in Dvinity original sin 2. I would love to love this game. Hopefully its just a mindset.

I got some mods in game like BetterUI? And some better examination thing.

Should i play it on PC instead? My laptop does barely run Divinity original sin 2. Also have this Fancy PS5 for BG3. Also enjoy the couch aspect of controller.

Please help me dear BG3 Community!

Update: Chapter 6 is now published.

BG3.5 - Hellraisers (Fanfiction)
Baldur's Gate 3.5: Hellraisers - an original fanfic story that is a sequel to Baldur's Gate 3 Fanfic: The Afflicted. It picks up immediately after the events of Baldur's Gate 3 as characters from the previous fanfic - Fiovay, Kai, Aelun, Vlyn, and the other members of their party - travel to Avernus. Their quest is to save Karlach but also to hopefully find and rescue Darson, Aelun's father, from the clutches of Demogorgon.

Here is the link to the blog site: https://baldursgate3hellraisers.blogspot.com/2025/10/baldurs-gate-35-hellraisers.html

Hi!
Just a quick question. Is it really necessary to disable trophies on PS5 when using only a language mod? Our Czech community has spent a lot of time translating the whole game, and I’ve just found out it won’t be released as official subtitles for some reason.

Can someone explain why that is? And is there any way to enable trophies, since it’s only a subtitles mod?

Thanks in advance!