Xae posted:

Ao is the only deity competing with Mystra for the title of most incompetent deity.


At least he manages to not die all the loving time. Older elves are on their third Mystra now. Some dragons or undead poo poo are on their fourth.

Beefeater1980 posted:

The primal force of magic needs to reconsider its policy of incorporating as someone who’s kind of ditzy with a very poor self-preservation instinct.

MonsterEnvy posted:

Willie Tomg posted:

Realistically at a table in the 21st century, this means the Harpers are the fungible yet mysterious and unattainable everyman's faction reigning in the scenery-chewing chaotic evil heels, as well as the overzealous lawful/chaotic "good" headbreakers. BG plays them more as Stupid Neutral as was characteristic of 2e, at least partially to make Jaheira's separation from them feel more natural, as well as to give them a justification for not snuffing the spawn of a Demon like a candle IMMEDIATELY which, lets be real: would have been the smart thing to do, if you didn't know there was a Baldur's Gate series that baby was going to be the PC of, and even then they technically have the option to go really bad.

JustJeff88 posted:

That was my reaction. The series actually introduced drow characters with personalities other than "religious zealot" and "frothing murderer", friendships of a sort, a sympathetic female protagonist and a decent romance. I even enjoyed the end due to what happens to the main characters, but a lot if the in-between bits really dragged.

JustJeff88 posted:

Eh, I kind of liked the one male mage chap... he went from the typical drow ruthless self interest (if without the blood lust) to "motivated by knowledge" onto "genuinely caring about people's well being" and in the end ended up changing the face of not only the elves of Toril but also the cosmos. It wasn't spectacular, but putting aside the idea of one caster having that kind of power it was a solid character arc ending in redemption and a happy ending. The one part where he utterly punks a bloodthirsty drow assassin sent to whack him also made me laugh out loud.

Andrast posted:

Forgotten realms is boring as hell and I wouldn't miss it if I never heard anything about it ever again

Arivia posted:

Shade got crashed into Myth Drannor as part of the lead up to 5e, yep.

Mirthless posted:

Deliberatley not using isometric mode in the gameplay reveal while still talking about how they implemented it is a pretty good example of what I'm talking about

"Yeah we threw you depraved lunatics a bone by making this kind of like the game you liked but we wont showcase the game this way because youre luddites"

Its a cash grab and thats fine but they didn't like Baldur's Gate and that seems obvious

Mokinokaro posted:

Yes this. Sven has been trying to get the greenlight for a BG3 for literally years.

Caidin posted:

Why where those red dragons working for the Githyenki anyway, isn't being somebody else's gunship generally beneath them?

Basic Chunnel posted:

Aren't Gith and Githyanki different races? I remember there being some sort of schism along the neutral axis

frajaq posted:

I think a lot of people expected the game to be similar to D:OS 2 and playing to Larian's strenghts (turn-based combat/environment manipulation), but not THAT similar that pretty much could be D:OS 3. I half laughed when I could recognize some random icons in that gameplay reveal which were pretty much brought from D:OS 2

oswald ownenstein posted:

Hell Josh Sawyer bent over backwards trying to keep PoE feeling like the spiritual predecessors

CottonWolf posted:

Deadfire is still one of the best games of the last couple of years, so alright, I guess.

itry posted:

I actually really enjoyed PoE 1 at the time. But I don't see myself replaying it anytime soon. Or at all.

I wish Tyranny was better recieved. I liked it more than either PoE and I think it has a lot of potential.

oswald ownenstein posted:

So Sven actually tweeted out that bg 1/2 were just trying to create 2e, which is true, so bg3 is just trying to create 5e

Which explains why the game doesn’t resemble a Baldur’s gate game at all - it’s literally dos:5e and that’s by design

Megazver posted:

And, like, why would they possibly.

oswald ownenstein posted:

Yeah man all these morons who thought bg3 would be a Baldur’s gate game instead of a dos 5e mod

Amethyst posted:

They aren't deluded at all, though. They are mistaken. It's pretty simple and I have no idea why you are so eager to pretend otherwise.

E: Especially when pillars of eternity came out and is was both tonally tonally consistent with IE games and shared a similar philosophy in it's mechanics.

oswald ownenstein posted:

You can see the final fantasy inspiration with the god awful Astarion

oswald ownenstein posted:

But no it's the weeb bait design of the char himself that offends my pretentious senses

Arivia posted:

Elf names in the Realms are like this: (Male) Aravilar, Faelar, Mourn, Nym, Orlpar, Saevel, Respen, Rhistel, Taeghen; (Female) Amra, Hacathra, Imizael, Jastra, Jhaumrithe, Quamara, Talindra, Vestele; (Family Name) Amalith, Braegen, Calaudra, Eveningfall, Laelithar, Moondown, Tarnruth.

There's a particular sense of unity and style to them, that Asterion definitely does not fit.

Caidin posted:

The only thing that genuinely bothers me about Asterion is that somehow shoving a mindflayer tadpole into his skull made him sunlight resistant.

Konec Hry posted:

I can't decide what I enjoy the most - the criticism based on insanely detailed specifics, or no specifics at all. It's a very good thread!

Andrast posted:

Thread keeps on delivering

Arivia posted:

this is bullshit, the guy isn't even trying, he's just disavowing doing the work at all

HEY SWEN THE REALMS IS FUN AND INTERESTING, MAKES SENSE, AND HAS A REALITY TO IT. DO YOUR loving HOMEWORK YOU DIPSHIT.