Contextual Solutions

[アンジェル]

A comment in another thread reminded me how great the game mechanics are: as in - how you can get to countless solutions to situations, as long as you pay attention.

Two which come to mind instantly

You know from Waukeen's Rest that the Goblins attack alongside Drow => Using Disguise Self to pretend to be a Drow gives you a free pass to enter the Goblin Camp

Another is the bank security in Baldur's Gate where you can find the note that the system is prone to getting wet and might short circuit => two spells later allows you to break the security without dealing with the puzzle

There are plenty more smaller and greater examples of such - which one do you remember was great and eventually surprised you that it is possible to do so ingame?

[GriffinPilgrim]

Simple as it was, the Trail in Wyrm's Rock that involves increasing numbers of elementals and you have to survive the attacks for a set number of turns, as you'll never kill them all...unless you use Wyll's Repelling Blast to just knock most of 'em off the side as they appear.

[brendan_in_china]

I don't know if it's quite what you mean, but I liked finding out the interaction between getting caught stealing, guards being temporarily hostile, and feign death ending combat.

Oh also, I recall accidentally making Halsin temporarily hostile in the dungeon but afterwards at the grove I paid gold to reset him to neutral. Nice little work around.

[Captain Wodie]

Here's a fun one. When you're trying to get the blood of Lathander if you grease the statue before attempting to rotate it you don't need to make the strength check to do so.

[MystShade]

if you need a red locked door opened you can perform in front of it, and the people on the other side will open the door for you to come and cheer.

but my best one by far ; Knock spell is a great shortcut to skip the temple of shar.
grab the spear, grab the orb from the devil or fly down straight from the elevator platform.
done, knock the door and teleport your party in front of the pool.
Shar aint even mad.

[EricHVela]

You can avoid talking to Gale, make Gale mad, stop going on a magical journey with Gale, or if failing to do all that, simply tell him you're not into it, and he won't get into a romance with the MC. It works for all of them, actually.

[brendan_in_china]

Originally posted by MystShade:

if you need a red locked door opened you can perform in front of it, and the people on the other side will open the door for you to come and cheer.

That's a clever one!