Please fix the skill, spell and class descriptions.

[Moffin Bovin]

None of the spells tell you if they are a ritual spell or not until you pick them.

Some skills are missing details that you don't find out until you pick them.
I just went through the effort of making a Dragonborn character because i assumed the fire breath at least recovered on short rest only to find out that it only replenishes on long rest.

I thought "maybe its not so bad. maybe it gets really strong as you level." I had to google what its level scaling is because nothing in game informs you of it, only to find out its also terrible.

Obviously know i don't want to play as a dragonborn. I'm going to restart the game. You could have saved me a lot of time by having more detailed skill descriptions.

I'm constantly encountering this kind of crap. i have to save the game and save scum every time i level up a character because you often have to actually pick skills or spells to find out how they actually work.

Please, work on improving the spell and skill descriptions. Many of the spells don't explain that an enemy gets to make a save every turn. that's confusing as hell.

It all adds up to a lot of wasted time and its very frustrating to constantly encounter. I don't have a players handbook at the ready to reference. this information for your game should be available in your game.

the game desperately needs a codex or handbook you can access from the esc menu to get more detailed information or something. Otherwise im just guessing my way through and then regretting my choices 1-3 levels later.

[hannibal_pjv]

Read 5e players hand book…
Yeah, it would be nice to have it in game. But gamers hand book is something you have pay, so WOTC most likely does not give it free to Laurean.
That means that it most likely newer gonna be in the game… free at least. You can buy digital players hand book about $39 so it would cost the same in this game also… Not sure if people would be willing to but it anyway.
But becuase it is WOTC property, it is not in the game.

[Moffin Bovin]

Originally posted by hannibal_pjv:

Read 5e players hand book…

yeah sure. i'll just pay money for basic game information that should be available to the player. A single extra tag on a spell during level up that says "ritual" like it ALREADY DOES when you have the spell available to cast is clearly too complex for the developers to implement.

Originally posted by hannibal_pjv:

But becuase it is WOTC property, it is not in the game.

Play one of the pathfinder games by Owlcat. They give you a detailed list of everything a character will get at every level, before you even choose the class. and they have full descriptions of spells.

The reason this information isn't in the game has nothing to do with WoTC .

[Voldski]

Think they should have given dragonborn darkvision at least it would put them somewhat on pair with tieflings.

[hannibal_pjv]

Hopefully so! Because then it can happen…

[gurugeorge]

Not knowing what future abilities are in the line you're choosing, and not being able to plan ahead accordingly (and plan for multiclassing), is perhaps the worst sin of the game in terms of mechanics, QOL and gameplay.

Obviously any official rule book is useless, since Larian have tweaked so many things. There should be some kind of popout info or tree or something.

[Lalkin]

I agree. As a longtime tabletop RPG player I've come to expect full descriptions. BG3 needs full descriptions for everything. When you level your class, sometimes you are just guessing what you are choosing. =(

For the person who said just read the PHB, BG3 differes from the PHB some. Also, not everyone playing BG3 owns a PHB.

[hannibal_pjv]

This is not perfect, but it is the best option we have at this moment
https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Main_Page

[Baihu]

Originally posted by hannibal_pjv:

Read 5e players hand book…
Yeah, it would be nice to have it in game. But gamers hand book is something you have pay, so WOTC most likely does not give it free to Laurean.
That means that it most likely newer gonna be in the game… free at least. You can buy digital players hand book about $39 so it would cost the same in this game also… Not sure if people would be willing to but it anyway.
But becuase it is WOTC property, it is not in the game.

You actually can’t rely on this because Larian did change and add/remove certain abilities and basic actions. Most obv is there is no Dodge/Ready action in-game; Wildheart Barbarian is basically reskinned Totem Barbarian but with some changes. Monks were also changes tho I think only the Four Elements subclasses got big changes.

So no you can’t say read the 5E book, because there’s no guarantee that it changed or has a different effect in the game due to its own mechanics.

[hannibal_pjv]

I know, but there are noo official books so it is option and not too far from BG3. The bg3 wiki will become eventually the best place for information, but it can take some time.

[SeraviSays]

It's generally the descriptions of the feats and new abilities that you see on the screens you're picking them out on (level up menu is the main offender, though alchemy menu also doesn't describe potion effects or durations) that are showing the least information. It would be great if tooltips always showed the version of it that would appear on your hotbar. I was pretty excited for one parasite ability but it did not state in the menu that it consumed a reaction, nor that it was once per long rest.