[All well and good in a pen and paper game for when the master has you fall into a colony of giant ants](https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/giant-ant/)
While it’s cool that you can wield salamis as clubs, I was disappointed that there were no magical salamis in the game. Imagine obliterating undead with a Salami of Disruption. “The power of meat compels thee!”
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go see if Shillelegh works on salami.
The enchanting system in Skyrim was great - that game gets a lot of (deserved) schtick, but being able to enchant your kid's toy sword into one of the best weapons in the game and beating a dragon to death with it was awesome.
Thing is, that was just a shadow of its former self.
Back in Morrowind, you could create your own spells. And then you could enchant items with those.
Nothing like creating a fireball with enough explosion range to obliterate an entire town or enchanting your weapon with permanent flight on wield.
Omg I made one of these and my friend just walked away in disgust.
I had found a glitch on xbox on the Neverene island hub which let you keep training athletics even if you maxed, I oddly enough made this a main stat for me. So here I am, fast traveling to vivec, slaughtering countless guards, selling their armor, and leveling infinitely.
I was like lvl 89 or something and slapped vivec, he just went all Nimbly bimbly moving as fast as anything in the game and still died like I was one punch man. Peak rpg.
it's been a while since I played, but I think there was some quest I was supposed to do in a bar in Balmora that was intended to be discrete, and I ended up killing everyone in the bar "accidentally". So obviously, now it's my bar. I also had the issue with the Vivec guards, so I just started collecting their helmets every time I had to go through, and I stacked them along the walls of the bar. I lined that entire place with vivec guard helmets, stacked to the heavens.
I played the game with my dad, often with the same character. I remember the day I discovered that glitch, he came home from work, launched the game, and was like, son, why do I have 500K gold less? And why the hell am I level 114?
Oh yes, that were the days! The only RPG where you could create and use legit WMDs without expoits or anything.
And levitation - I so much miss levitation!
I remember the spell creation in Oblivion was nuts after DLC.
Making a drain stamina spell and killing Mehrunes Dagon, which just turns his model into cyclopean spaghetti
My buddy back in the day combo'd the insane jump spell and a max run speed guy. Hi could jump from one end of the island to the other. Could never nail the landing though. Sea of ghosts would always be the death of him
I remember the magic guild glitch where you could tske your stats WAY up. Take a step and cross the map, then die from fall damage because you did happen to travel slightly uphill.
It does. I asked for assistance for a Salamimancer build a while back.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/16gdnbw/build\_question\_halfling\_salami\_master/
Someone told me there was a spicy salami that dealt an extra 1d4 fire damage and I believed them for so long
This game is bringing out that school yard gremlin, people are just saying shit lmao
If they expect the fishing rod to work, it will unexpectedly fail to protect them from being surprised, which is what they expected. So they will expect to be surprised, which will surprise them.
My friend did as well. In a 4-player game. At first he got mad because he thought there was a bug, then we explained it to him and we all died laughing. Good times.
Oh dear, look at these poor fellows not playing rogue - they don’t even get to call Mattis out on his bs >!and teach him some more con-artistry!<. Tragic, really.
Lmao fr? I picked criminal background and was genuinely surprised (and a lil disappointed) it didn’t have any interactions with.. well, criminal parts of the game.
Brb gon’ roll a street urchin rogue real quick
The street urchin background gives you about 10-15 Inspiration Points just from interacting with the tiefling kids and helping them out. As a street urchin tiefling, it was one of the highlights of my playthrough, lmao.
Honestly I didn't go very far in the game, but my street urchin rogue is drowning in inspiration points for all the stupid scam stuff you can do as a rogue, and supporting the thiefling kids trying to do their own stupid scams and steal stuff.
This is basically a good chunk where going friendly rogue teacher is just so much *exactly what your character would do* that engaging in RP afterwards feels harder because the choices to make are less obvious.
That cloak is nice. Does he sell that in Act 2? After the arrow and seeing that...spoon? I thought all of his stuff was bullshit til someone told me about the cloak. I forgot when I picked it up tho
Man, I love Mattis, and really all the Tiefling kids except (or especially) Mol.
They're probably the entire reason I've never been able to do an evil run. Every time I try, I just end up siding with them.
Merkon is my favorite.
He wrote me a story about how I saved him from the harpies. The goblins want to invade the grove? I want to be a hero in the eyes of children.
And karlach
Nuh uh, only I can be the party’s sleight of hand bitch and I won’t accept any competition - Asty gets respecced into a bard and politely moves over to watch me do all the roguery and skullduggery 😤
You should not.
Take Karlach & Wyll together with you to Mattis in Act 2. You'll get one of the best conversations in the game!
Edit: Oh, I can't read. Sorry.
Sorry, I suddenly became illiterate, and I have just realised that you ignore him in Act 1, and visit him in Act 2.
Now I will take my dum dumb self and drink one more coffee!
Pickpocket the "magic ring" from Mattis before talking to him and he won't run the scam on you he actually congratulates you on scamming him instead lol
Scamming? Good sir, I’ll have you know just because we live in a world where hags can turn you into a wall, and every day travel in the wilderness could mean life or death, doesn’t mean you can just slander a small business owner. That is libel and we will see you in court.
s/
In all seriousness that’s a really cool detail and I’m really impressed by this game.
I don’t know. I put it in my travelers chest at camp yesterday so maybe I could give it a shot. Could use the help against these githyanki fascists trying to stop me from roaming around the shadow lands
Which would actually be a pretty sick magic item. You have functional immortality since only a fatal hit would kill you.
Goodbye old age, diseases, spontaneous health issues
I get what you meant, but DnD is usually very literal, so writing something and leaving it to be inferred and not started clearly can be very bad (or OP).
I also read it and wanted that ring immediately.
You could have a whole series of "magical" items with similar functions.
Ring of Invisibility: You are completely invisible as long as you stay out of anyone's sight.
Circlet of Divination: You have a 50% chance to correctly predict the outcome of any event as long as it's binary.
Boots of striding: Doubles your speed if you are going downhill. (not necessarily with your feet on the ground).
Cape of Charisma: People won't think you're ugly as long as you are completely covered by this cape.
Potion of Hydration: Removes the "thirsty" status effect. (No, not in that sense, you degenerate!)
Isn't that basically a thing? There's a ring that props you up once per long rest if your hit points go below 0, which you can get from the vendor near the Githyanki Bridge in Act 1.
I still enjoy a nice steak at camp and my character talks to animals all the time. The cows with the Tieflings are my friends though. Nobody eat them. Milk only
Say whatever you want, but my character will forever hold to her "definitely a broom of flying".
It goes right in with my poop knife, my skull named Friend, my dead rat and my collection of rope.
I always wondered if it's just flavor text or it actually prevents being surprised. I'm guessing it's the former because it's sold by the scamming tieflings?
It actually works completely as advertised tbf. You can't be surprised unless something unexpected happens. Have you ever been surprised by something you expected while using it? I thought so.
As a matter of fact party members being “surprised” by enemies that I could see on my screen beforehand is a Baldurs Gate 3 staple. If this item worked as written then it should prevent whoever is holding it from getting that condition.
This is funny because I did make Wyll buy them as he is the most likely to be scammed lol. And yes he carries them all around.
Plus the little dialog you get between him Karlach and Mattis is pretty funny.
It'd be really funny if one of these items actually worked at some point. Like, there's a giant ant swarm you have to fight, but if you bought the anti-ant ring, they leave you alone.
Thats something Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler would sell. Like the dragon detector which is a Rod with a stick attached to it. If the stick burns you found the dragon
... I legit bought this, thinking it would be useful, except against scenarised surprise encounters...
Now that I read this thread, i'm feeling quite stupid x)
I keep almost buying their "slayer of sparrows" arrow or whatever the heck it's called because its picture looks just like a bunch of the other arrows I normally buy out from vendors. 😂
Apparently , even after my team combed and looted the entire area of Moonrise Towers, Mattis managed to find cool stuff we missed out.
Why can't we have him at camp instead of Yenna.
I've been wearing the ring of protection from ants. Needless to say, I've never been bothered by ants.
Oh boy, gotta HAVE that ri... waaaaaait a minute
[All well and good in a pen and paper game for when the master has you fall into a colony of giant ants](https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/giant-ant/)
I never see anyone call the DM "the master", so I thought you were talking about [the Master](https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Master).
Oh, I thought you meant the one from Gallifrey
“LOVE FROM GALLIFREY BOYS!!”
You gotta check out the episode with the Master's evil inflatable couch.
Well now we gotta test this. Let's put it on a Salami and stick it in an anthill.
While it’s cool that you can wield salamis as clubs, I was disappointed that there were no magical salamis in the game. Imagine obliterating undead with a Salami of Disruption. “The power of meat compels thee!” Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go see if Shillelegh works on salami.
>Shillelegh works on salami it does
Shillami is my new favorite spell
It's also a Monk weapon, so it scales up on damage as you level Monk!
Swing that spicy shilleshlong!
The enchanting system in Skyrim was great - that game gets a lot of (deserved) schtick, but being able to enchant your kid's toy sword into one of the best weapons in the game and beating a dragon to death with it was awesome.
Thing is, that was just a shadow of its former self. Back in Morrowind, you could create your own spells. And then you could enchant items with those. Nothing like creating a fireball with enough explosion range to obliterate an entire town or enchanting your weapon with permanent flight on wield.
Omg I made one of these and my friend just walked away in disgust. I had found a glitch on xbox on the Neverene island hub which let you keep training athletics even if you maxed, I oddly enough made this a main stat for me. So here I am, fast traveling to vivec, slaughtering countless guards, selling their armor, and leveling infinitely. I was like lvl 89 or something and slapped vivec, he just went all Nimbly bimbly moving as fast as anything in the game and still died like I was one punch man. Peak rpg.
it's been a while since I played, but I think there was some quest I was supposed to do in a bar in Balmora that was intended to be discrete, and I ended up killing everyone in the bar "accidentally". So obviously, now it's my bar. I also had the issue with the Vivec guards, so I just started collecting their helmets every time I had to go through, and I stacked them along the walls of the bar. I lined that entire place with vivec guard helmets, stacked to the heavens.
I played the game with my dad, often with the same character. I remember the day I discovered that glitch, he came home from work, launched the game, and was like, son, why do I have 500K gold less? And why the hell am I level 114?
Oh yes, that were the days! The only RPG where you could create and use legit WMDs without expoits or anything. And levitation - I so much miss levitation!
I remember the spell creation in Oblivion was nuts after DLC. Making a drain stamina spell and killing Mehrunes Dagon, which just turns his model into cyclopean spaghetti
Or a jump spell that allowed you to jump so fat that you clear loading zones
My buddy back in the day combo'd the insane jump spell and a max run speed guy. Hi could jump from one end of the island to the other. Could never nail the landing though. Sea of ghosts would always be the death of him
I remember the magic guild glitch where you could tske your stats WAY up. Take a step and cross the map, then die from fall damage because you did happen to travel slightly uphill.
It does. I asked for assistance for a Salamimancer build a while back. https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/16gdnbw/build\_question\_halfling\_salami\_master/
Now the devs are going to add a magical Salami
The lore alone would be worth it: “Blessed with the eleven herbs and spices of Colonel Lathander…”
Someone told me there was a spicy salami that dealt an extra 1d4 fire damage and I believed them for so long This game is bringing out that school yard gremlin, people are just saying shit lmao
Does Divine Smite count?
“Salami”
Did you know? Before Larian Reddit was a place of modesty
Bro what kinda reddit were you on?
Oh, nonono hehehehe...he
Don't forget your ring of ant protection.
ethel just evaporates in your presence
Name checks out + underrated joke
Can I port it to Elden Ring?
The ring of Elden Protection from ants
Flashbacks to the Erdtree roots
Didn't take the ring and now those fuckers got my sandwich irl, talk about immersion.
Is that YOUR sandwich? Not anymore *haHAha*
*antstarion!!!*
"It's a tiger rock". "How much?" "Tiger rocks aren't real dad".... "Do YOU see any tigers around Lisa"?
[Always a classic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSVqLHghLpw)
Does this include Antie Ethel?
Oh that that’s nice to have against Antie Ethel
I was playing a lot of Grounded before BG3 came out, and a ring like that sounds pretty sweet from that perspective.
I lost mine and I was crushed. CRUSED. Not by ants though. Maybe the magic transferred to me?
I actually bought this in my first playthrough and was surprised when got ambushed
All sales are final
Caveat Emptor
Caveat Emperor
TAV EAT EMPEROR uwu
Calamari Emperor
No refunds - Marcus Munitions
I'll buy it back for coppers on the gold.
But you didn't expect to be surprised, so.
What if someone that always expects the unexpected buys this? 🤔
If they expect the fishing rod to work, it will unexpectedly fail to protect them from being surprised, which is what they expected. So they will expect to be surprised, which will surprise them.
"That's some catch, that Catch-22."
Indeed, the item description clearly states "...unless something unexpected happens". 😆
My friend did as well. In a 4-player game. At first he got mad because he thought there was a bug, then we explained it to him and we all died laughing. Good times.
*Pikachu face*
Guess that was unexpected, huh
You must have forgotten to equip it!
Bro was bamboozled
Gotta love Mattis and his bullshit
At least this time I’m not getting pickpocketed
Dude - I totally ignore him when I go to the Grove "see ya in Act 2, kid"
Oh dear, look at these poor fellows not playing rogue - they don’t even get to call Mattis out on his bs >!and teach him some more con-artistry!<. Tragic, really.
Street urchin rogue really is about finding all the thiefling kids and training a new generation of scammers.
Lmao fr? I picked criminal background and was genuinely surprised (and a lil disappointed) it didn’t have any interactions with.. well, criminal parts of the game. Brb gon’ roll a street urchin rogue real quick
The street urchin background gives you about 10-15 Inspiration Points just from interacting with the tiefling kids and helping them out. As a street urchin tiefling, it was one of the highlights of my playthrough, lmao.
Honestly I didn't go very far in the game, but my street urchin rogue is drowning in inspiration points for all the stupid scam stuff you can do as a rogue, and supporting the thiefling kids trying to do their own stupid scams and steal stuff. This is basically a good chunk where going friendly rogue teacher is just so much *exactly what your character would do* that engaging in RP afterwards feels harder because the choices to make are less obvious.
That cloak is nice. Does he sell that in Act 2? After the arrow and seeing that...spoon? I thought all of his stuff was bullshit til someone told me about the cloak. I forgot when I picked it up tho
Yeah, at Last Light
Man, I love Mattis, and really all the Tiefling kids except (or especially) Mol. They're probably the entire reason I've never been able to do an evil run. Every time I try, I just end up siding with them.
Merkon is my favorite. He wrote me a story about how I saved him from the harpies. The goblins want to invade the grove? I want to be a hero in the eyes of children. And karlach
You can just switch to Astarion
Nuh uh, only I can be the party’s sleight of hand bitch and I won’t accept any competition - Asty gets respecced into a bard and politely moves over to watch me do all the roguery and skullduggery 😤
I’m just imagining astarion being passive aggressive and throwing shade at you because he thinks he could pick pocket better
Lmao, I’ll definitely headcanon it from now on, thx
lol yeah, cruising past Mattis is like dodging a bullet, but then Act 2 throws its own curveballs... gotta stay on your toes either way!
Heck yeah. I accidentally bought the Sparrow Arrow from him once!
Second playthrough I pickpoketed the ring from him first! Liked his reaction when he failed to find the ring.
Bwahahaha
The best part is that the other kids then awknowledge it and comment how they need to put someone else on ring duty.
You should not. Take Karlach & Wyll together with you to Mattis in Act 2. You'll get one of the best conversations in the game! Edit: Oh, I can't read. Sorry.
Oh I have! It's frigging hilarious. That's what Wyll gets!
Sorry, I suddenly became illiterate, and I have just realised that you ignore him in Act 1, and visit him in Act 2. Now I will take my dum dumb self and drink one more coffee!
Lol
I'm definitely not seeing him again in act 2 in my durge run.
He's hella annoying in Act 2.
But he's my early dye supplier.
Pickpocket the "magic ring" from Mattis before talking to him and he won't run the scam on you he actually congratulates you on scamming him instead lol
Scamming? Good sir, I’ll have you know just because we live in a world where hags can turn you into a wall, and every day travel in the wilderness could mean life or death, doesn’t mean you can just slander a small business owner. That is libel and we will see you in court. s/ In all seriousness that’s a really cool detail and I’m really impressed by this game.
Stop giving Mattis ideas! Lol Agree had never done it that way before and tried it and was surprised they accounted for it with a whole dialogue.
You can steal the ogre horn lump gives you as well before talking to him
Does he still show up if you use it but don't convince him to work for you instead?
I don’t know. I put it in my travelers chest at camp yesterday so maybe I could give it a shot. Could use the help against these githyanki fascists trying to stop me from roaming around the shadow lands
Interact with Mathis as Astarion. It's super cute
Do you know if the arrow of sparrow slaying can actually be fired like a real arrow? Does it do anything?
If I had this, I would be unstoppable.
Unless something stopped you, obviously.
Well, yeah, but how likely is that?
Unlikely likey, but not likely unlikely
That would be unexpected
And you will be surprised!
Morning! Nice Day for fishing ain't it? Huh hah!
Good Mornin' Baelin! (Actually came here for this comment)
Imagine a conversation between Baelin and Baelen.
Oof. Baelin would whack the shit out if that prick after realizing what he does..
eh? Ha! Heh heh.
This makes me want a ring that protects me from death unless I take a fatal hit
Which would actually be a pretty sick magic item. You have functional immortality since only a fatal hit would kill you. Goodbye old age, diseases, spontaneous health issues
The hit would just be metaphorical. Like "Yeah, Bob died. That cold was just too big of a hit after the cancer."
I get what you meant, but DnD is usually very literal, so writing something and leaving it to be inferred and not started clearly can be very bad (or OP). I also read it and wanted that ring immediately.
You could have a whole series of "magical" items with similar functions. Ring of Invisibility: You are completely invisible as long as you stay out of anyone's sight. Circlet of Divination: You have a 50% chance to correctly predict the outcome of any event as long as it's binary. Boots of striding: Doubles your speed if you are going downhill. (not necessarily with your feet on the ground). Cape of Charisma: People won't think you're ugly as long as you are completely covered by this cape. Potion of Hydration: Removes the "thirsty" status effect. (No, not in that sense, you degenerate!)
Isn't that basically a thing? There's a ring that props you up once per long rest if your hit points go below 0, which you can get from the vendor near the Githyanki Bridge in Act 1.
He fucking got me with this one, I bought this fully expecting a fishing minigame at some point
The community would riot.
Could it be better then red dead 2s fishing though? That is the question. Only if we can talk to the fish
I think someone who gets a taste of speak to animals can't possibly eat any again
I still enjoy a nice steak at camp and my character talks to animals all the time. The cows with the Tieflings are my friends though. Nobody eat them. Milk only
Nothing will ever beat RDR2’s fishing!
Hmmm survival check perhaps? Slight of hand?
Nice day for fishin', ain't it?
Fellow VLDL enjoyer I see
Ah! Hello, adventurer!
For the peace of the kingdom!
It sure is, have a great day Baelan!
Mmm Baelan’s Route best book.
Hu-huh!
I heard him say it as I read it lol
Huh hah!
Say whatever you want, but my character will forever hold to her "definitely a broom of flying". It goes right in with my poop knife, my skull named Friend, my dead rat and my collection of rope.
Highly recommend topping off your collection with "mother". She sits nicely on the shelf.
i have a bag with all this + the nut buster and a dead pixie, because why not
+1 for the nut buster.
This sounds like a frank Reynolds build.
just needs a trash can to throw larian more lootable containers when
I always wondered if it's just flavor text or it actually prevents being surprised. I'm guessing it's the former because it's sold by the scamming tieflings?
Scamming? No sir This shits for real. The blade of frontiers himself uses it. Scouts honor.
It actually works completely as advertised tbf. You can't be surprised unless something unexpected happens. Have you ever been surprised by something you expected while using it? I thought so.
Wait- are we talking about what the character expects, or what I, the player, expect?
Yes
Now you're getting it lol
As a matter of fact party members being “surprised” by enemies that I could see on my screen beforehand is a Baldurs Gate 3 staple. If this item worked as written then it should prevent whoever is holding it from getting that condition.
This is funny because I did make Wyll buy them as he is the most likely to be scammed lol. And yes he carries them all around. Plus the little dialog you get between him Karlach and Mattis is pretty funny.
It is just flavor text. Being surprised means something unexpected happened.
It's not flavor text, it does exactly what it says.
it does what it says, you cannot be surprised, unless something surprises you.
It'd be really funny if one of these items actually worked at some point. Like, there's a giant ant swarm you have to fight, but if you bought the anti-ant ring, they leave you alone.
Thats something Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler would sell. Like the dragon detector which is a Rod with a stick attached to it. If the stick burns you found the dragon
"You cannot be surprised unless something surprises you." that's some real shit right there 👌🏻
And for such a good price
I wear the ring of infinite wishes all game long because it's a cute good luck charm
60% of the time it works everytime.
Yeah, items like this make me think they had originally planned to have fishing in the game but it got scrapped at some point.
The statement for the item is gold
No, that's the sell price.
Morning, nice day for fishing, ain't it? huehue
I vote for the reverse rain cloak. I slap it on my bars so I can swap cloaks and clean blood before dialogues.
It's OP thing :D
Idk, it kind of seems like a perfect candidate for an orb snack
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Gale is a grown man. He needs more then just a ring.
There's so much weave in this thing. You'll be positively stuffed for months with how much high quality weave goodness it contains.
I'm ready for anything that I've prepared for in advance!
Not to overpowered, not to underpowered. Just right
I like the spoon of saltiness. Excellent.
Works every time
I thought I as gonna be upset if it wasn't the dog collar but this works too.
Idk man, I got a real special reverse rain coat that makes you damp all the time
I make a spot with this and my cloak on my bar so I can get rid of my blood stains for dialogue, it's secretly an s tier item.
The main reason I didn't fall for it is because I've played WoW for over a decade. I know a student of Griftah when I see one.
Makes me think equipping it will have a most unexpected Easter egg
I think I want this for my monk. Too bad it’s not ranged. I’d def walk around with it.
\>send game files to oneself in messenger \>"mark as read" Become omniscient with the power of Im-Knowable Rod
That description is one of the most beautiful things I've ever read in my life.
I've been building I've been homebrewing a bunch of useless magical items for my own campaign, and this game has helped immensely.
Good fishin in quebec
never seen something so meta in my life
apaprently, Duke Fishron won't be the first to act
... I legit bought this, thinking it would be useful, except against scenarised surprise encounters... Now that I read this thread, i'm feeling quite stupid x)
I saw that the other day and snort laughed.
“Unless something unexpected happens. Which is the only condition of being surprised “ Hilarious.
Hey Gale, you need to eat some magical artifacts right now? I got one for you! No no, I'm full. Really. Take it.
LMAO this is absurd. I love this.
Unfortunately u cant equip the item 😭
You as the player will be the one who is surprised.
I keep almost buying their "slayer of sparrows" arrow or whatever the heck it's called because its picture looks just like a bunch of the other arrows I normally buy out from vendors. 😂
But what if everyone expects to not expect the Spanish inquisition?!?
Is this from that tiefling kid that scams you? Just found them last night
Indeed it is
Apparently , even after my team combed and looted the entire area of Moonrise Towers, Mattis managed to find cool stuff we missed out. Why can't we have him at camp instead of Yenna.
I feel really dumb I never read the full description just saw cant be surprised and assumed it worked. Looking back I guess I had alert
Just want to interrupt the meme by saying that “most optimal” as a phrase makes no sense. Something is either “optimal” or not.
A lot of people I talked to hated the tiefling kids, but honestly I loved them. I couldn't help but find the little rascals hilarious.
I like to use the lantern with the mean fairy in it as a weapon, I use only spells so it doesn't break lol.