Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General How accurate is ruleset implementation?

I(...)but it's also not constructive or productive to close your mind and say "CHANGE = BAD", as if that's the end of it.(...)

I believe the reasoning behind the different spell damage is that they also apply status effects, so Fire Bolt applies the burning status, which deals some additional damage. That doesn't mean that all the changes will meet with universal approval.... but it's also not constructive or productive to close your mind and say "CHANGE = BAD", as if that's the end of it.

It is also EA and most things are subject to change and adjustment.

But if you choose to walk away, I can't say I'll miss your one-note "necromancy necromancy necromancy" posting that much.

I really don't get why shocking grasp doesn't do the extra effect: are they that lazy that they didn't implement some sort of check? And did removing alignments sound like a smart idea at all? How is that even going to work with protection from good/evil? Or with any spell/ item that deals extra damage to alignments? Didn't Swen say something like: play your opposite alignment etc

Removing alignments was Wizard of the Coast’s idea, not Larian’s. Player alignment is not a big part of 5E. Nobody in my group actively writes down our alignments. Protection From Good and Evil gives bonuses against certain types of creatures in 5E, such as undead, fiends, celestial sand fey.

Really? when did they say that? I find it weird.

Can someone confirm that Cunning Action can only be used for Dash?
Can you still hide during combat?

Swen said it somewhere. Maybe the Dead Pixels interview? He said that originally you selected an alignment and it would be more integrated into the game systems but WotC said to scale it back. It’s not really weird if you know 5E. Alignment plays a much less prominent role in the game mechanics (almost none) and is really only a planar lore feature now. I personally prefer it this way.

Cunning Action gives you a second bonus action. I'm not sure if it can be used for Dash at all. I'd have to re-check.

I believe you can still hide during combat.

https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/the-temple-of-elemental-evil-review/1900-6075564/

Original game review for ToEE. Paragraph one talks about it's buggy nature. ToEE was a huge buggy mess that was heavily patched by the modding community. It wasn't a masterpiece by any measure.

You know what game is a masterpiece? The trilogy of Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn, and the Throne of Bhaal. The quintessential cRPG experience that defined the genre for DECADES. And, like it or not, Siege of Dragonspear is an excellent canonical entry sanctioned by WotC that resolves plot holes and expands on the lore of the the Dragonspear Wars. It failed because of rabbid fans who pilloried Amber Scott (whose own excessive response rightfully marked her a pariah) and Beamdog for superficial political reasons.

ToEE was a fun but ultimately forgettable and generic RPG that did nothing exemplary in any way, and that no one tried to copy because of how lack luster it really was. The only people who talk about ToEE today are Larian fans defending BG3 design choices. You can read all about the debate here:

http://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=652913

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Not really WotC has plenty references personally I am all for it and every group inhave been in chooses one as it assists in role playing. But here's isna great article about alighnment in 5e

https://theangrygm.com/alignment-in-dd-5e-s-or-get-off-the-pot/

My group sees it as a crutch more than an aid to role playing, and we are happy to play without it.

Alingment are not just concepts on D&D universe. Order VS Chaos and Good VS Evil are FORCES in constant conflict. A campaign in mid of a war among devils and demons is far more a chaos vs order than good vs evil,. A LG paladin struggling to chose between "law" or "good" when he is on a L.E. town...

Back on 2e, clerics and paladins could even lose his powers if they step away from their deity's alignment.

Alingment are not just concepts on D&D universe. Order VS Chaos and Good VS Evil are FORCES in constant conflict. A campaign in mid of a war among devils and demons is far more a chaos vs order than good vs evil,. A LG paladin struggling to chose between "law" or "good" when he is on a L.E. town...

Back on 2e, clerics and paladins could even lose his powers if they step away from their deity's alignment.

That is correct. How does 5e handle fallen paladins?

That article is predicated in alignment barely even being in D&D anymore. That’s explicitly what the article is about...

Anyway, everybody is entitled to their own opinion, and mine is throughly f—- alignment. My group sees it as a crutch more than an aid to role playing, and we are happy to play without it.