Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3

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Harley Jan 14, 2024 @ 2:24pm
BG3 10 companion gear build challenge
Build Challenge:

It is hard not to notice that every build out there seems to want the same items. No matter what the class / multi-class.

When you are trying to build out your team so that you can pop back to camp and just swap out characters and keep going, it is difficult when they all want to wear the same pair of boots.. How many times have you gotten part way through an area and had to go swap team members because so-n-so has a quest here; or a new quest won't trigger without a certain character in the team...

There is enough camp hopping and companion swapping without having to also go through each time and move gear back and forth.

Examples? (Giving Act 3 examples only. SPOILERS)

Act 3:

Assuming you have Tav (yes you!) as party member 1. You get three...yes that's right THREE companions to take along into town.
--Need Shadowheart for Sharran lookout scene . . . but wait!! leave her in camp and talk to Ferg without her first! Or she could spoil your chance at any items he sells. He will NOT sell to you while they are mid-scene and he disappears afterward.
--Need Astarian in party to talk to the spawn in town
--But you also might want Gale there for talking to Raphael
--Oh and that would also include Lea'zel as she has a bit with Voss there too! (some very amusing comments after talking to Raphael – depending on your choices)
--But then you also need Jahiera for her Harper questline and bits of Orin's
--You need Wyll to talk to Mizora and Karlach to talk to Gortash
Or was that Karlach to talk to Gortash then Wyll to Mizora
Either way – If Karlach isn't there when you talk to Gortash; she breaks and will forever have the 'karlach must confront gortash' quest hint.
--Need Halsin if you are trying to up his approval and want to see the comments he has about his dreams for the future
--Need Karlach if you want the scene / comments from the steel watch about her engine.
--You might want Gale along to talk to the Tryssem or not (vendor alert!!! this is another one that poofs away with the goodies after the scene).
--Astarian for the Gur camp.
--If you are going to the circus of the days and want to have one of your characters do the genie's (not gonna spoil it) ahem vacation for the trident. Or if you want to do the love test with your romance – there's another trip to / from camp...and possibly back again.

All the while you may be trying to protect Gail, Lae'zel and/or Halsin from the possibility of being nabbed by Orin. Orin, the psycho that seems to pop up around every fracking corner... Clearly you can't keep all three of them with you all the time.

And we haven't even gotten out of Rivington yet....

My point is, you'll be in and out of camp more times than you care to be and swapping gear as well as characters if a PITA.

So what's my challenge?

I want to see if there is anyone out there that can plan out and entire team's gear. NOT just your awesome four, but ALLLLLL of them. All 10 of the companions plus your Tav and any of Wither's helpers....
Lae'zel, Karlach, Wyll, Astarian, Shadowheart, Gale, Minthara, Halsin, Jaheira, Minsc
Withers1, Withers2 (I'm only asking for two), your Tav

The big challenge? You can NOT use the same gear across builds. Not everyone in a team can wear the same pair of boots – but wow do the builds all try to make them.

The gods forbid if you have multiple people in party who want the same items..

You should have seen the cage match going on in camp over the Helldusk armor!

Gale swallowed the Killers Sweetheart ring. NOONE, including Gale himself, wants to search for it now.

Minsc was ready to drop Boo down the armor of a certain Gith if he didn't get the bow he wanted.

Jahiera ripped the Moon armor right off of Halsin. . . hmmmm
sorry, what were we talking about?

Wyll is, quite frankly, pissed that people keep taking all the goodies Mizora gives him.

So how about it.. take the challenge! There are 10 companions all of which can have soooo many different class / multi-class options. Pick your 10, build them out, and give them gear. But they must all have different gear! OMG, yes, it needs to be gear that benefits them. We're not talking just toss the leftovers onto them and call it a day. It has to be a team of 10 ahhh reasonably well geared companions that you would be proud to walk into a battle with!

I doubt anyone actually tries...but it would be fun to see it. *goes back to watching Jaheira steal Halsin's gear*
Date Posted: Jan 14, 2024 @ 2:24pm
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