That's the one that gives disadvantage on spell saves while hidden, also it's level 9. I'm talking specifically about how sneak attack works with ANY attack rolls including spells but due to how it works in BG3 (it only works as four seperate things involving weapons - each using up a hidden charge that recharges each round) it won't work on spells.
A girl from a recent pre-release interview promised "the game would have over 17 000 endings". I thought they would just count each combination of endging slides as a separate, but no, the game does not have any, Could she have lied? On the Internet?
My optimistic, just created theory, is that she wasn't lying but the slides aren't in the game and they're gonna put them in the 'definitive edition' to give it a more content to justify its own existence.
I guess "17,000 possible permutations of obfuscated game-state flags" didn't have the same marketing power.
I'm assuming they leave if you do enough they disapprove of? Or do they have to actually be in your party for them to get pissy over your choices? I've played Fallout 4 so I'm not new to this kind of system but it annoys me when more cold and violent party members judge you for doing the right thing. I was reviewing the romance options and Astarion caught my interest, but I guess that'd be a futile effort given my play style.
Ehh. The gameplay is fun, and although you only get 12 levels, because of the way the system works and how impactful individual items can be, there's a lot of different, weird builds you can make. The choices you make also can cause some pretty seriously different playthroughs, and the difference between a socially-capable character and one that is socially retarded is also a huge boon IF you don't savescum and exclusively make use of the Inspiration system.
S1 - passable writing, fantastic gameplay.
If you play neutral / lawful good, why do you wish to have sinister/evil characters accompany you and approve of your actions? Not being cynical, just curious. The alternative would be that all characters approve of you, no matter how you play - which renders the whole system somewhat pointless: Why would the chaotic neutral hedonist approve of lawful good behaviour?
I don't like leaving anyone out if I can help it, that's why.
Overall - yes. You can go out of your way to annoy them at camp but for the most part they have to be with you to earn your disapproval.
That's fair. All potential companions (bar an utterly evil drow paladin that I did not care about aligning myself with) are still with me and their questlines mostly active and I'm towards the end of the game - that includes Astarion. There is a tendency in Larian Games (including BG3) to be able to turn evil characters towards good paths if you take it slow.
Having a bunch of people in your camp is pretty good from a gameplay standpoint. Like if there's a bunch of mooks in a big fight I know that's coming up, I'll swap out someone like Astarion and bring Gale along to recklessly burn all of his spell slots. Or if Karloch has used all her rages so I'll just sub in Lae'zel to use superiority dice almost every turn. You get so many magic items in that game that you can afford to equip everyone so it's fun to pass loot around. Really wish they made it easier to deal with inventory but it is what it is.
My sword-and-board paladin is the #1 most accurate swinger in the party - there's a set of gloves early on that give you advantage if there are 2 (or more) enemies around you: Which in my case meant he's been having advantage for pretty much the entire game. With divine sense and vow of enmity, that tends to extend to bosses and other single targets as well.
Larian games have been mod friendly, so I'm hoping someone fixes at some point.