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Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)
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Yanno, I never thought about players approaching this without having D&D experience... this must be quite overwhelming for them!!
I've played D&D across 4-5 editions (depending how you count 3 vs 3.5) and even I make very suboptimal plays compared to some of my buddies. For the folks who step in without any idea of the spells and abilities, it's gotta be pretty challenging to wrap your head around what spells you should be casting when and what to expect as an effect.
How are y'all making out? I'd guess you'd read the different descriptions of each spell or ability and slowly parse together what works and what doesn't, but is it too daunting? Do you feel overwhelmed by it? Do you feel like you're coming to a better understanding as time goes on?
i have (basically) no dnd and i didn't find the experience very overwhelming. respeccing was a very important mechanic for me as i got to rebuild the character once i understood the class/game better. that being said, i wish the tool tips were a little more fleshed out: spell x has a chance of doing y but never tells me what y even does (or if it does, then they didn't make it idiot proof)
If you're on keyboard (I'm sure controller has it but idk the button) the T key will let you hover over keywords to get more information. Ie, if a spell says it paralyzed the enemy, hitting T will let you mouse over "paralyzed" and read how it prevents the enemies from acting, and makes all melee attacks against them crits.
Add to this: the combat log (bottom right) will tell you the result of every die roll, which removes the mystery of why I KEEP MISSING ALL THE TIME.