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On Mon, 25 Sep 2023 13:05:09 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
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>On Monday, September 25, 2023 at 12:29:35?PM UTC-7, PW wrote:
>> Thanks for that tip about the dice roll setting Justisaur!
>>
>> I did restart as a Paladin but after reading about dice rolls and
>> strategies necessary to understand and how to grasp BG3, I decided I
>> don`t have the time and devotion and commitment necessary to learn
>> and survive in the game. So I shelved it and may restart Starield as
>> something else besides a cook/chef.
>>
>
>I don`t know you really need to know much about the dice rolls. Dice
>rolls are there in the form of RNG in most games, they`re just hidden.
>I`m assuming the reason it has them so prominently displayed is
>because it`s trying to emulate playing D&D with a group of friends.
>
>I`m against some of the things 5th edition added to make them a bit
>more mechanical like advantage/disadvantage. All you really need
>to know about those is that it`s very good when you have advantage
>and very bad (usually) when you have disadvantage, and the opposite
>is true for you when your enemies have them.
>
>Now it gets more complicated in how people get advantage and
>disadvantage. Not being able to see someone gives them advantage
>to hit you and you disadvantage to hit them. A rogue can get
>advantage just by having a friendly being next to an enemy. That`s
>where the game gets very tactical.
>
>All the other usual stuff in most RPGs apply, bonuses to accuracy (
>to hit) are good for you, bonuses to damage are also good. A magic
>weapon with +1 means 5% better accuracy, and +1 damage. If
>you have a 16 Str, that means you get +3 to hit and damage with
>heavier melee and thrown weapons. Dex gives that to you for
>ranged and `finesse` weapons. Wisdom gives a bonus to
>hit with cleric & druid spells, Int for wizard, and cha for paladin,
>sorcerer, warlock & bard.
>
>But I get it, BG3 I`ve quit 3 times and I have to keep taking breaks
>because it gets tedious for me. I`m back on my 8th level
>characters because it seems they fixed the bugs I was having
>with that games, and I`m just trying to get through it now.
>
>- Justisaur
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This the articlle that made me give up:
https://www.pcgamer.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-dandd5e-to-play-baldurs-gate
-3/
I totally do not understand much, if any, of what it is talking about!
Thanks,
-pw
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