Stained Glass Circle - Let's Play Baldur's Gate 3 (1st Playthrough, Tav Halfling Bard, Tactician) 63

A kobold booze party is interrupted!
A strangely long-lasting spell poses a problem!
What might be gleaned from some busted stained glasswork?!
Tune in and find out!!

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Receiving mind-blowing levels acclaim, Larian had resurrected the work of BioWare and reignited the world's interest in CRPGs with a new adventure on The Sword Coast. Set 100 years following the events of 2001's Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal, we follow the exploits of the next generation of Team Bald as they travel through both new and familiar lands as seen through different eyes.

This is the quick access link zone that I put in all my descriptions now for anybody that needs a quick link:
🛒 Epic Games creator code: LYLE

#BG3 #BaldursGate #LarianStudios

[ChocolateFishBrains]

That Holy Lance helm combines wonderfully with the Luminous Armor you got in the underdark. I also like to pair it with the Adamantine Shield. Throw down a Spirit Guardians and run around enemies, provoking attacks of opportunity that end up triggering multiple attack reducing effects. It's so powerful.

[chicliac]

The Kobolds disadvantage on dex checks has nothing to do with hitting them with an attack. An attack roll is you rolling for your attacking stat (dex for ranged here) with bonuses, against their ac as a threshold to pass an attack roll. It doesn't even work with saving throws as those are also a different thing used to resist various effects, the defender makes a roll in that case using stat specified by the thing being defended against and the threshold is for example spell save dc for spells that require save rolls. The disadvantage on charisma and dex checks here means the'll have a hard time persuading someone and picking locks and such.

[chicliac]

Silence is not a dispell, it just means words can't be spoken in the radius, and most spells in dnd have a verbal component. Also the bg3 version witch is a low radius ground based aoe is useless in combat imho since most enemies can just walk out of it.

[AlexanderStewart-kv]

I am interested to see what your gonna do with those "Kobalds in a can!" Lyle(nook and cranny)Shrub🙂

[moonleafteaofthemonth]

Best drunk moment - kobold so wasted they forget they're in combat and wander off, half on fire. 😂

[vagrantism]

Another way to look at the drunk kobolds is that they're really bad at dodging effects like icey floor which causes a Dex Save. Checks are things they have to make with a status like that (ETA: Well, I may be wrong on this! Ice Ground seems to be a Dex Save and not an acrobatics check which means those sloshed kobolds aren't disadvantaged even there since the game cuts some hard lines between relevant abilities).

Their AC hasnt changed from being drunk (though that might've been a thing in THAC0 days...) so your attack roll won't change. Attack roll to hit formulas are pretty simple: d20 + attack stat (Str, Dex, Spell) + Proficiency +/- random other features (like Lae'zel's Great Weapon Mastery) VS. target's AC. If # is equal or greater, roll damage die + modifiers.

No need to consider whether you're making a Str or Dex based attack since the target doesn't recognize that - it only knows you're trying to hit it. Or, another way of thinking about it, it only matters when you're equipping the character before a fight.

[chicliac]

Mage armor doesn't stack with the barbarian bonus to AC from constitution (nor the monk's wisdom one or the dragon sorcerer built in armor) ;> I'm on a roll today ;}

[moonleafteaofthemonth]

Honestly when I think Giant Eagle, I think the grocery store, so this was amusing for me. Fighting the Giant Eagle.

[nickboon]

My monk had such a rough time with those kobolds. I was wearing those cinder and sizzle gloves and didn’t want to take them off so every kill resulted in a point blank boozeblast

[nickboon]

A turn is 6 seconds, because WotC wanted 10 turns to be a minute. So 100 turns is 10 minutes

[xlord]

Hey Lyle, I think you mentioned not liking actually scary horror games. But how about cheesy halloweeny horror games? I just rediscoverd ghost master, a pretty old strategy puzzle game where you control ghosts to chase humans out of houses. There's a somewhat recent compatibility and bug fix mod.
If fun spoopy cheese 2000s ghost game sounds up your alley, I recommend that one very warmly :D
T'is the season, after all~