What're your best "Well.. That's Honour mode baby!" moments? **SPOILERS**

[SKoGU]

I *just* finished the game on Honour mode; I refused to play it any other way since I started. No guides, just blind playthroughs. 320 hours and 17 characters later, I finally got it done lol. Some of the most fun I've had on a game in years.

So, what're your favourite "Well.. That's Honour mode baby!" moments? I have a few to start it off...

-On one of my first playthroughs, I got the message that there was a draft from the hole in the spider cave. It said -2hp/Prone to jump to a visible ledge in the pit, so I did it...only to get a cutscene where I fell all the way to the underdark... when my game returned to my control, apparently all of my followers had also lemming'd into the chasm with me

-Pissing off Lae'zel to the point of turning on me at the fight right after you talk to Vlaakith to go into the prism. I had her fully buffed, cloud giant elixir, death ward, warding bond...she was harder than the actual boss lmao

-As the Urge, when I got the lantern in act 2, I killed the fairy upon releasing her, and had to use haste/fly/necrotic resistance potions to get someone to MR tower

-Blindly doing the last boss and losing, Didn't know about the 3 turn limit inside the brain with the explosives, nor was I aware of it's LA...I must've spent 20 minutes trying to figure something out on that last platform before finally giving in and re-boarding the Nautiloid!

I've had so many laughs playing this game, and playing on Honour mode is great. Something goes terribly wrong...well...That's Honour mode baby! Would love to hear some other people's stories!

[DeMasked]

I went to save Halsin but the game chose my character to talk to him and not Wyl the Warlock / Bard who had animal speak.

Options?
-Throw a rock at the bear
-Tell them to stop
-Look away

So I chose the 3rd thinking I could swap to Wyl to talk to Halsin (2 options being the same wtf...). But noooooooooooo. He got big mad, broke out of the cage and started to chase me while I was killing all the goblins hoping he'd settle down.

He didn't. Broke him out of his bear form only to get zapped by lightning and him changing back to the bear. I tried to knock him out but forgot that only melee can do that so Lae'zel knocked him out of his bear form a second time which for some reason made him die in a burnt lightning struck corpse of a druid.


I later found out that Zevlor got bugged somehow and wouldn't let me finish his quest despite the quest telling me to talk to him. So.... all the tiefling are dead on this run. I might restart as I was mostly tinkering with the Rogue Arcane Trickster using the main action for spells and the bonus action for dual wield sneak attacks which was fun.

[SKoGU]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย DeMasked:

I went to save Halsin but the game chose my character to talk to him and not Wyl the Warlock / Bard who had animal speak.

Options?
-Throw a rock at the bear
-Tell them to stop
-Look away

So I chose the 3rd thinking I could swap to Wyl to talk to Halsin (2 options being the same wtf...). But noooooooooooo. He got big mad, broke out of the cage and started to chase me while I was killing all the goblins hoping he'd settle down.

He didn't. Broke him out of his bear form only to get zapped by lightning and him changing back to the bear. I tried to knock him out but forgot that only melee can do that so Lae'zel knocked him out of his bear form a second time which for some reason made him die in a burnt lightning struck corpse of a druid.


I later found out that Zevlor got bugged somehow and wouldn't let me finish his quest despite the quest telling me to talk to him. So.... all the tiefling are dead on this run. I might restart as I was mostly tinkering with the Rogue Arcane Trickster using the main action for spells and the bonus action for dual wield sneak attacks which was fun.

LMFAO that's actually tragic, especially that you tried so hard to save it and it still screwed you lol. That's honour mode baby!

[yahboi1988]

1st Honor mode run ended in Ethel's lair when her duplicates all landed hold person spells on my entire party.

[Quadsword]

Just lost my first honor mode run in probably the dumbest way possible. I approached the githyanki patrol with Lae'zel in my party, thinking it would be a simple charisma check and some easy XP. Passed the charisma check, but then noticed a failed passive deception check. Lae'zel in all her infinite wisdom told Voss to his face that she was infected with a mind flayer parasite, with me sitting helplessly in the back thinking, "NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET US ALL KILLED."

And that's exactly what happened. TPK in 2 turns. Now I know how tabletop players feel when a 'that guy' drags them into a situation they aren't remotely prepared for and takes the entire party down with them.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย yahboi1988:

1st Honor mode run ended in Ethel's lair when her duplicates all landed hold person spells on my entire party.

Hmm, haven't got there yet, but it makes me glad I'm playing a Gnomish Ancients Paladin/Light Cleric (advantage vs. Wisdom saves from gnomish cunning).

[SKoGU]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Quadsword:

Just lost my first honor mode run in probably the dumbest way possible. I approached the githyanki patrol with Lae'zel in my party, thinking it would be a simple charisma check and some easy XP. Passed the charisma check, but then noticed a failed passive deception check. Lae'zel in all her infinite wisdom told Voss to his face that she was infected with a mind flayer parasite, with me sitting helplessly in the back thinking, "NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET US ALL KILLED."

And that's exactly what happened. TPK in 2 turns. Now I know how tabletop players feel when a 'that guy' drags them into a situation they aren't remotely prepared for and takes the entire party down with them.

Ooooomg, I literally rush there asap for the free like, 410 exp (I always open as bard w/ friends) and I also wiped one time because Lae'zel failed the deception check xD Kindred spirits!

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

I always start the Gith fight with Minor Illusion and some AoE spell lime Spike Growth + Cloud of Daggers + Sleet Storm + Hunger of Hadar.

Nuke them from orbit just to be sure.

[DeMasked]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Adhorrible:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Quadsword:

Just lost my first honor mode run in probably the dumbest way possible. I approached the githyanki patrol with Lae'zel in my party, thinking it would be a simple charisma check and some easy XP. Passed the charisma check, but then noticed a failed passive deception check. Lae'zel in all her infinite wisdom told Voss to his face that she was infected with a mind flayer parasite, with me sitting helplessly in the back thinking, "NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET US ALL KILLED."

And that's exactly what happened. TPK in 2 turns. Now I know how tabletop players feel when a 'that guy' drags them into a situation they aren't remotely prepared for and takes the entire party down with them.

Ooooomg, I literally rush there asap for the free like, 410 exp (I always open as bard w/ friends) and I also wiped one time because Lae'zel failed the deception check xD Kindred spirits!

Yea my brother lost a run from the Gith Yankee patrol lol.

[yahboi1988]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Pan Darius Loveless:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย yahboi1988:

1st Honor mode run ended in Ethel's lair when her duplicates all landed hold person spells on my entire party.

Hmm, haven't got there yet, but it makes me glad I'm playing a Gnomish Ancients Paladin/Light Cleric (advantage vs. Wisdom saves from gnomish cunning).

I Highly recommend not fighting her until you're level 5. Even if you resist it with one character she would quickly murderize you with pure action economy.

[kbiz]

Hilarious stories, guys. I beat Honor Mode my first attempt. However, before Honor Mode came out, I failed my first Ironman Tactician run. I walked into the Withers crypt and I was automatically placed in turn-based mode. Huh, that's weird. So, I exited turn-based mode and leaned back in my chair - only to realize my party was getting blasted by fire traps. Oh sh!t! Back to turn-based mode! Back to turn-based mode! Too late. My party was smoldering on the floor.

And I failed first attempt at non-Ironman Tactician. Okay, let's see how far I can make in this game on my first attempt. Well, I went to pick up the Nautiloid Tank next Shadowheart's pod and shot it instead. Boom. Dead. I think I only made it past the first room. Not my proudest moment. Not a deep run.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย F:

Fighting Cazador blind. I talked to him, he took astarion. He got the highest result in the initiative roll. He killed the entire lvl 12 meta build party in his first turn with his 100+ damage per turn aura.

Solo Honor Mode. Fighting the Duergars at the underdark lake. One of them used a knockback arrow which made me fall into the lake and killed me instantly.

Larian sure knows how to balance combat!

[Steffan]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย ahsanford:

The possibility of mislclicks, poor pathing and the chaos of NPC management during jailbreaks will have me stay at Tactician for the rest of my days, thankyouverymuch.

Good luck to all honor moders, but that's just not for me.

- A

You can backup saves. Or just die on purpose and continue the game with a minimum reload.

[Steffan]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Pan Darius Loveless:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย F:

Fighting Cazador blind. I talked to him, he took astarion. He got the highest result in the initiative roll. He killed the entire lvl 12 meta build party in his first turn with his 100+ damage per turn aura.

Solo Honor Mode. Fighting the Duergars at the underdark lake. One of them used a knockback arrow which made me fall into the lake and killed me instantly.

Larian sure knows how to balance combat!

Weird. I recently reloaded a save. He could only do like 50-60 damage on tactician with his aura. And then daylight stops him from using it. Unless you have played on an Honor blind or there is nobody to counterspell him, 100 damage per turn is quite hard to get.

And in Honor mode, he does not do more damage with the aura, he gets an extra action for an AoE effect (bats)

[Lightning Mcree]

I had experience with 5e and the game prior to honour mode releasing so I did it in one runthrough, but my that's honor mode moment was accidentally handing love interest shadowheart to viconia. There's only 2 options to pick and I was just distracted at that moment, wish there was an option to fake give her over and then rescue her but it is what it is. Prior to that I had done all bosses and everything, after that i lost motivation to really finish everything so i just rushed through sewer to orin, almost wiped there. And completed the game from there. Don't think I'll play honour mode again though, I still like not having to optimize everything to win.

[Giganx]

My first attempt when fighting Ragzlin in the Goblin Camp I positioned a bunch of people in the rafters before starting the fight. Stupid move; the Warlock goblins just eldritch blasted everyone off and killed them; didn't miss a single attack.

Never used the rafters again for that fight.