There’s a pattern emerging at TheGamer. Those of us that have never played 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dungeons & Dragons before are discovering the game one by one, firstly through our weekly sessions, and now through 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Baldur’s Gate 3.
When I gave in to the FOMO and started playing the D&D-based RPG I knew I’d be in for a rough ride. I’ve played RPGs ඣbefore, but anything overly tactical makes my brain itch. I knew death would be coming for me, quickly and frequently. What I didn’t expect was that I&rsq𒈔uo;d have so much fun dying.
Like G𓃲uides Lead Meg Pellicio, who is learning the Bard class through Baldur’s Gate🐽 3, I decided to make the character I use for our D&D sessions to learn how to play better. In my case, that meant rolling as a Rogue. I felt pretty smug as I spent far too long creating my Tiefling character, I’ve played a Rogue class in plenty of other RPGs, so I knew what♏ was in store. I knew death was coming, but I was far too optimistic about how long it would tak𝔉e.
It turns out, not long.
I went in all guns💙 blazing on the first big bad I ran into, except I don’t have a gun. I’m a Rogue. I’m supposed to use the art of stealth and subtlety, but I can’t help it. I was very excited and wanted to press all the buttons and kill things.
Now here is my pro tip. Don’t try to kill really big things when you have no idea what you are doing. It turns out th⛄at big scary-ass-looking demons can wipe you out very easily and, if they don’t, the backup that follows sure will.
If you guessed𝕴 that I didn’t even get off the ship before my internal organs were wiped across the floor, you were correct. However, it turns out that dying is incredibly fun in Baldur’s Gate 3 and this demon had just given me my first taste of it.
I’m still trying to work out the reason why failure is so enjoyable in Baldur’s Gate 3, but I think it’s the pure joy of the myriad ways you can die and the fact you really can learn from every stabbing or decapitation. The turn-based combat system gives me oppo♔rtunities to think about my moves and see what happens. I can’t think or react fast enough to even work out what I did wrong in many real-time games, but here I really own my errors.
Adding Gale to my party was a pivotal moment for me. Not only does he appear in a blaze of glory from a portal, but he’s a wizard. That means spells. So many spells. I’m not used to using magic but I was overenthusiastic about trying it as I ran at fullꦏ speed i🅺nto the Goblin Camp. What do you mean stealth? Just because I’m a Rogue? I may or may not have almost entirely abandoned that idea in favour of a more haphazard approach characterised by this spectacular entrance.
I had Karlach at this point, which only heightened my enthusiasm for destruction. That babe is literally on fire and I will never not take her with me on my adventures. So it was with Karlach that I decided to taunt the goblins. I felt strong, powerful, and in control. Karlach, a powerful Barbarian, Gale, a Wizard with an array of spells I absolutely don’t understand, m🐻y dash♔ing Rogue, who occasionally - okay, most times - forgets to stealth, and Shadowheart the Cleric in case things go sideways.
I was prepared. I taunted them a second time and the fight began. I found ༺a fire spell in Gale’s lineup, pressed the fire button and watched joyfully as a huge flame erupted and set fire to&helꦯlip; my entire party.
Yes, you read that correctly. I somehow managed to double-click, misc﷽lick, or commit some other form of catastrophic error and set fire to my entire party. Who were still all stood together, clearly in the best stance 🌄for combat. Whoops.
One quick round of goblin attacks and the fire was out, and so was I. I’d managed to somehow destroy my entire party in a fiery blaze of chaos with the first even wizard spell I’ve ever cast thanks to sheer incompetence in failing to🌱 prepare, failing to level high en💝ough, and apparently failing to aim.
I laughed for five straight minutes.
I love that Baldur’s Gate 3 allows you to commit monumental errors, as well as overcome incredible hurdles. Since this baptism of fire, I’ve also died from jumping down a hole without paying attention to my health, failing to understand how a heavily trapped room functioned, and to many enemies far higher level than I have business picking a fight with. There have also been more spell failures, so many more spel𒁃l failures. But I’m still smiling.
Baldur’s Gate 3 has offered me more ways to wipe out my party than any other game I’ve played and each one has been funny, engaging and a learning experience. I feel like I’m progressing with🉐 each turn, and I too am ൲learning how my D&D class works.
Now I just ha꧋ve to remember to stealth. One step at a time.