Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3

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Hex seems to be completely broken
I am not seeing damage from the spell itself. Reapplying hex also appears to not work either.
Last edited by VoidEngineer; Aug 6, 2023 @ 11:04pm
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Altolong Aug 8, 2023 @ 3:02pm 
It turns out Hex is not what I thought it'd be. It only affects ability checks, which makes the debuff rather useless. Plus, the necrotic damage only gets added if the next attack on hexed enemy was an attack roll or attack spell roll. It'd work with firebolt but not burning hands.
Last edited by Altolong; Aug 12, 2023 @ 11:59am
VoidEngineer Aug 8, 2023 @ 3:23pm 
The wording on the spell says it applies disadvantage to ability checks rather than saving throws, so I don't expect to really see a lot of results from it. Still, it needs to be fixed. It's really messing up my build DPS.
raymond Aug 8, 2023 @ 4:51pm 
In EA I noticed that Minthara was doing well at making concentration saves after being hexed by Wyll -- looking at the logs, Minthara was making those roles with advantage (there are a few things that allow advantage, but I thought Concentration Hex would have at least dropped the advantage rolls to standard rolls).
VoidEngineer Aug 8, 2023 @ 4:54pm 
No, it does not affect saving throws, only ability checks. Those are two different things. An ability check would be something like attempting to lift a heavy log (strength check) vs dodging a fireball (dex save).
Last edited by VoidEngineer; Aug 8, 2023 @ 4:54pm
Grimalken Aug 19, 2023 @ 10:48am 
Hex does not seem to work for a lot of my attacks. I have cast Hex, then immediately hit the target with Concentrated Blast, and all I saw was the pink damage number for psychic damage, no green damage for the necrodic damage. I see no necrodic damage when I hit a Hexed target with Magic Missiles either. So it's now a much less useful spell. With only 1 d6 damage, it's becoming a waste of an action after reaching character level 5 or so.
Nog鬖爆龍 Oct 20, 2023 @ 6:32am 
With some testing regarding the magic missile thing...it seems magic missile does no specify magical attack anywhere. It does not make an attack roll either. it casts a spell with 100% accuracy. Maybe that's why hex doesn't apply extra damage. I've done some testing with various spells and read the descriptions and combat logs and when there's an attack roll the damage is added.
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Date Posted: Aug 6, 2023 @ 9:09pm
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