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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 no DnD experience, but I do have DOS2 experience, so as long as I manage to make things go "bang" and send someone flying out of a window, it is fine by me. Said so, after +100h in, I already know how most of the stuff works, even if I don't really try to use it. After all, there's nothing that can't be solved by using three Call Lightning spells of my Storm Sorcerer on the same turn.
But yeah, for someone who doesn't understand shit but also tries to understand it, it must be overwhelming.