Baldur's Gate 3 announced

[Habbaku]

Good timing. I think I am just about finished with my first run. Only probably 20 hours to go. 

[crazy canuck]

Patch is now live on Steam

[Valmy]

Patch is now live on Steam

Wahoo! BG3 weekend!

[Norgy]

That patch was huge in size, at least.
Maybe I should give it another go.

[Syt]

My playthrough took me 8 or 9 months, but I was happy with all the quality of life changes they introduced over that time, and it seems they're adding more. Maybe time to revive my current replay.

[Norgy]

One more try at Shadowheart. 

[Syt]

She was my female paladin's lover in my playthrough and I think got the best possible outcome for her (well, except I sacrificed myself in the end; you know, as paladin's should).

[Syt]

So I picked up my bard game again ... and I will have to start over it seems. I resolved the goblin situation and return to the grove. But apparently I messed up an interaction with Mol 20+ hours earlier, and now every time I breathe near a Tiefling guard in the grove they challenge me: "I heard you're threatening children." My options are:
- deception
- bard deception
- attack
I can beat the deception checks easy enough, but if I pass ... the dialogue triggers again immediately, endlessly. No way to actually get past. I tried to maybe get past it by triggering the celebration with the Long Rest ... but I get challenged by the guards there, too. 

Checked online and seems there's no workaround except ... rolling back 20 hours of game (village, Karlach, the burning outpost, druid conspiracy, goblin camp ... ). Or ... killing those guards (and/or everyone in the grove).

[Valmy]

Those freaking Tiefling kids are one of my least favorite part of the game. Not only do they not act like kids at all but they do seem to have all these annoying bugs and nonsense you have to deal with.

It is kind of funny because all the Tiefling adults all act like normal people in a bad situation. Their kids are all complete psychopaths. Like nobody would actually act like those Tiefling kids in those situations.

[Solmyr]

Checked online and seems there's no workaround except ... rolling back 20 hours of game (village, Karlach, the burning outpost, druid conspiracy, goblin camp ... ). Or ... killing those guards (and/or everyone in the grove).

Sounds like an opportunity for an evil playthrough.

[Oexmelin]

Those freaking Tiefling kids are one of my least favorite part of the game. Not only do they not act like kids at all but they do seem to have all these annoying bugs and nonsense you have to deal with.

It is kind of funny because all the Tiefling adults all act like normal people in a bad situation. Their kids are all complete psychopaths. Like nobody would actually act like those Tiefling kids in those situations.

I don't know. If my town had been literally dragged to hell, I had lost my parents, and had to stick around adults who, for the most part, don't really seem to give a shit, it may have modified somehow how I behave in the world.

I suspect the model for the tiefling kids was the Dickensian/Victorian orphan (see: Artful Dodger, or Baker Street Irregulars, - which does not act like a 21st century North America kid either.

[crazy canuck]

Those freaking Tiefling kids are one of my least favorite part of the game. Not only do they not act like kids at all but they do seem to have all these annoying bugs and nonsense you have to deal with.

It is kind of funny because all the Tiefling adults all act like normal people in a bad situation. Their kids are all complete psychopaths. Like nobody would actually act like those Tiefling kids in those situations.

I don't know. If my town had been literally dragged to hell, I had lost my parents, and had to stick around adults who, for the most part, don't really seem to give a shit, it may have modified somehow how I behave in the world.

I suspect the model for the tiefling kids was the Dickensian/Victorian orphan (see: Artful Dodger, or Baker Street Irregulars, - which does not act like a 21st century North America kid either.

Yeah, I quite liked that part of the story, I interacted with the leader of the urchins and got a nice subquest for the big city.  It was right out of Dickens with a DnD twist, as you said.

[Syt]

Checked online and seems there's no workaround except ... rolling back 20 hours of game (village, Karlach, the burning outpost, druid conspiracy, goblin camp ... ). Or ... killing those guards (and/or everyone in the grove).

Sounds like an opportunity for an evil playthrough.

I started a Drow Lolth-Sworn Necromancer run with Dark Urge and leaning into her drow sensibilities and indulging the urge and ... yeah, not sure I want to continue after racking up a notable bodycount before even making it to the destroyed village in Act 1. It's a bit much (like the brief meeting with Gale)

[Habbaku]

I simply cannot bring myself to do a Durge playthrough. It just seems so bleak.

There was a line of banter from Shadowheart during my playthrough that encapsulated my thoughts: "Why must the Dead Three be so obvious and ugly with their decor? Blood and bones. Bones and blood. Pointy nonsense. At least Shar had some panache."

[The Minsky Moment]

You are allowed to resist the urges . . .

I think it might be more interesting in playing against type a bit.  Started a Halfling Wild Sorceror Durge run but so far haven't got far off the beach.  Can't decide whether I want to go with that or Arcane Trickster.

Try running a Drow Paladin and watch the reactions.  Lots of "wait, why are you helping me?"