Tips for a beginner

[Yamato]

So im new to Baldurs gate 3 and D&D in general and I really like this game. Its fun and there is a lot of story. But leveling up is confusing on my end. Im still very much in the beginning and if there is anyone in the community that can help a new guy out, it would really help.

[Vixziค็็็็็n]

There are plenty in the community that would be willing to help you. Can you elaborate on where you are having an issue?

[Ironwu]

Some Tips:

1. Play a few hours to learn some basics then start fresh with your new know-how.

2. Play on Explorer until you are confident of your knowledge and skill.

3. For your Tav character, I recommend that you be the Mage in the group. Use this buiild:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4iw6MPxSDg&t=2524s

The SorLockFtr at time 33:40 You can build a Multi-class character that will help a lot.

4. Have a balanced party: You as the DPS Caster, Lae'zel as pure Fighter, Shadowheart as pure Cleric, and Asterion as the Thief. Use this build for Asterion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEWnGa-GSJg

The Ftr/Rogue at 18:39

5. You can multi-class and still play on Explorer. Just switch to balanced before leveling up or respec. Then when done, switch back to Explorer. Easy.

6. Explore, explore, explore. Look everywhere. Go down every path.

7. Arm everyone with the best Bow/Crossbow that they can use. You won't regret it.

8. Quicksave OFTEN. Don't be afraid to restore if you run into something that you did not understand. There is no DM here to help, so use Quicksave as a replacement.

Do pay attention to those two build guides as they will illustrate how to use the builds in combat. :)

Good Luck
Have Fun

[Ironwu]

Oh, I forgot:

9. Be SURE to turn Karmic Dice OFF. That is trouble you do not need. :/

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Explorer mode.

Fighter.

Choose Champion at level 3.

[FireGryph]

Make use of right click-examine, and the T key. These both bring up or lock tooltips on just about anything you mouse over. For example, if you find an item that grants 'heat' you can mouse over the item, press T, then mouse over 'heat' in the item description and find out what heat does.
Examining enemies gives you a breakdown of their ability scores and resistances, and various traits or abilities. Especially useful against bosses to figure out how to defeat them or any tricks or gimmicks the boss fight might have.

[Spiral_Architect]

The Game is turn based. Take your time to learn -FireGryph already explained where and how. Play what interests you - class can be be reset in game if you change your mind and do not want to restart.
When you come to an area change that produces a pop up window select "No', Save the Game, look at your journal and map and then decide if you want to say yes.

[Cavaleiro FVerde (BR)]

Put quick save in F1 and quick loading in F2, sometimes you need to use save/loading scum

[Lil Grandpa]

If it all possible, ambush whenever you can. A surprise round is basically a free win.

[hornsounder97]

Best thing you can do is complain on the forums about wokeness, or shake your finger at GOTY noms. You will get soooo many steam points.

[Mike Garrison]

Single best answer I saw above:

Just pick something and play a few hours. Then start over over now that you have some idea of what you want and what you are doing.

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When I started, I decided I wanted to play as a barbarian. I saw there already was one pre-rolled, so I played as her. I probably played about 4-5 hours, by which point I understood that a) I didn't want to play as a barbarian, and b) I didn't want to play as her.

So I went back and created a custom drow warlock, and played that.

[Lord Farquad]

Seduce the barmaid

[General Malaise]

Have fun, kill baddies, rescue goodies.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Poposama:

Tips for a beginner
So im new to Baldurs gate 3 and D&D in general and I really like this game. Its fun and there is a lot of story. But leveling up is confusing on my end. Im still very much in the beginning and if there is anyone in the community that can help a new guy out, it would really help.

What is confusing to you about that?

[Bourgeois Conformist]

Also, take the time to read the information you get on levelup, and from there try to decide what makes sense, at least for your main character. You can completely redo any character most of the time, so don't be afraid to try something new. If you don`t like it, you can always go back.

This game uses 5th edition D&D rules, which are extremely accessible and friendly to new players. If you're completely new to D&D this might not seem to be the case, but you would not want to start with the Pathfinder ruleset.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Poposama:

Tips for a beginner

Have this
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3025093305
With the respec feature at Wither's later/early on you should have no issues. He does not even care if you steal your money back or just reload a savegame. He pretends it never happened.