Baldur's Gate 3 announced

[The Minsky Moment]

I feel like when a brand so wants to be edgy and the topic of conversation, I don't want to reward them. 

It's more round and furry then edgy.

[Josquius]

No one talking about the bear here?

Bear?

It was a weird trending news story last week that theres a sex scene with a druid who turns into a bear

[Jacob]

I feel like when a brand so wants to be edgy and the topic of conversation, I don't want to reward them. 

Yeah... I don't have an issue with folks who are into furry stuff, but it's not my thing at all so I don't have anything to say about it.

[Syt]

Well, they seem to offer you choice:

https://gizmodo.com/baldurs-gate-3-druid-bear-sex-scene-d-d-larian-1850615741

The other meanwhile, saw one of the playable party members gamers can pick instead of a custom character, Astarion (a High Elf Vampire), escape the city for a nighttime forest encounter with the party member Halsin, a Wood Elf druid. Much to the delight of the watching live audience, the scene quickly saw both men undress for a moment of intimacy... before, while being overcome with lust, Halsin lost control of his druidic abilties and briefly wildshaped into a bear.

Being a Dungeons & Dragons game, and therefore being about letting you make any choice you want, the scene could've played out multiple ways—the player can back out, scared off by Halsin's lack of control; they can comfort him and continue their romantic encounter; or they can... ask him to turn back into a bear. What do you think the audience picked? "Have you ever considered the joys and pleasures of sexual congress with a wildshaped Druid?" Adam Smith, a lead writer on Baldur's Gate 3, said in a statement sent via press release. "Because at Larian, we have, and ultimately landed on the side of giving the people what they want: tender, consensual romance with a man temporarily transformed into a grizzly bear."

[Habbaku]

No one talking about the bear here?

Surely the TV/Movies thread has some discussion?

[Jacob]

Those of you who've played BG3 in early access - how much of your party can be custom made vs how many premade PCs (or GMPCs) do you need to have in your group?

[Syt]

Haven't played the beta (or Divinity Original Sin 2), but one of the complaints about D:OS2 was apparently that if you picked a pre-made character they had pretty well written character stories and quests for each one, but if you created your own ones that was largely missing. It seems that in BG3 they made it that you create your character but can then select a "backstory" that will have ongoing influence on your gameplay (kinda like Dragon Age: Origins, I guess?).

RPS has more here: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/baldurs-gate-3-is-about-choices-but-when-the-dark-urge-takes-over-you-can-only-react

[Valmy]

No one talking about the bear here?

Bear?

It was a weird trending news story last week that theres a sex scene with a druid who turns into a bear

You know maybe it was better in BG2 when this kind of thing could only be done in text.

[jimmy olsen]

No one talking about the bear here?

Bear?

It was a weird trending news story last week that theres a sex scene with a druid who turns into a bear

You know maybe it was better in BG2 when this kind of thing could only be done in text.

The internet disagrees. Sales on steam rose 70 spots to number 3 after that demo.

[chipwich]

Those of you who've played BG3 in early access - how much of your party can be custom made vs how many premade PCs (or GMPCs) do you need to have in your group?

You can play as one of the act 1 companions in place of the PC and change their appearance and crunch during character creation.

[Sophie Scholl]

I'm so excited for this game! I've been tempted to get the early access version, but I think I'm going to hold off so I can go in fresh at launch. I'm debating between a cleric and a paladin. Probably Half-Orc. I'm thinking I'll try to romance Karlach the Tiefling Barbarian. I really hope there is a story mode level of difficulty as I'm significantly more invested in the story, roleplaying, immersion, and adventure aspects of it over strategy, grind, and puzzling.

[Valmy]

I really hope there is a story mode level of difficulty as I'm significantly more invested in the story, roleplaying, immersion, and adventure aspects of it over strategy, grind, and puzzling.

Well that's just not in the spirit of Baldur's Gate at all 

More power to you Sophie.

I am always core rules all the way. Let Bioware Larian kill me in the way TSR WOTC intended.

[The Minsky Moment]

I am always core rules all the way. Let Bioware Larian kill me in the way TSR WOTC intended.

Bah "core" rules are for wussies.  You can get hit by fireballs all day long and never have to check for damage to your travelling spell books. And not a single 10 ft pole or 50 ft of rope in sight.

Kids these days ...

[Jacob]

Bah "core" rules are for wussies.  You can get hit by fireballs all day long and never have to check for damage to your travelling spell books. And not a single 10 ft pole or 50 ft of rope in sight.

Kids these days ...

 

[Valmy]

I am always core rules all the way. Let Bioware Larian kill me in the way TSR WOTC intended.

Bah "core" rules are for wussies.  You can get hit by fireballs all day long and never have to check for damage to your travelling spell books. And not a single 10 ft pole or 50 ft of rope in sight.

Kids these days ...

Ah 1970s D&D.

"You see the entrance to the dungeon"

"We bravely enter yelling our battle cry"

"You all fall down a 100 foot pit and die"