Every time I’m like, damnit Lae’zel get out the way! Let the grown ups talk! Your charisma is 8!

    • @Rogue@feddit.uk
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      419 months ago

      It’s a really odd mechanic that only one person is involved in the conversation. Are the rest of the party just stood back twiddling their thumbs? Very rarely do people converse like that in real life.

      • @Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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        319 months ago

        It really does diminish the power of tailoring your party to specialties.

        If the guy I’m talking to starts being a dick why can’t I choose to have my badass character intimidate him? If they’re nice why can’t I use my charismatic character? Should be able to choose who responds to what whenever you like, it would make dialogue with NPCs so much more involved.

        • @Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de
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          49 months ago

          Intimidation is a charisma skill. A hulking half-orc barbarian with violent tendencies is less intimidating than the party bard.

          As a piper, obviously, the bard could threaten to play the bagpipes out of tune so I can see where WotC were going with making it a Cha skill, but still.

        • @JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world
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          19 months ago

          Yea I’m a sorcerer so I usually do the talking because I have the highest perception and charisma stats but whenever I can’t avoid combat I’m right in the middle of the fight and get fucking rekt. Though tbf that bit is at least somewhat realistic.

          When scouting is a bitch though.

          But they really should let everyone in the party participate in a convo.

      • Ada
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        109 months ago

        Solasta does this really well, and it surprised me when I couldn’t do the same in BG3

      • Nakedmole
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        29 months ago

        Does that allow pre-buffing the rest of the party during a conversation that leads to a fight, like in DoS2?

        • @bouh@lemmy.world
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          69 months ago

          It varies. In some dialogue the whole group is taken, but in most other you can do your life while someone is talking. Some actions may start a fight during the dialogue though (offensive or forbidden actions).

          • Nakedmole
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            19 months ago

            Good to hear that some DoS2 style cheese made it into BG3 :)

  • ono
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    139 months ago

    To be fair, one could say it’s accurately simulating tables where everyone wants to be the face.

    • Nepenthe
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      9 months ago

      Even more accurate — the only reason I’m so desperate to take point in the first place is so my crush will think I’m funny

      • @Sharkwellington
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        29 months ago

        I just prefer conversation over combat, so every character I create is basically a cleric with high charisma. I stand in the back watching everybody do cool stuff in the fights, but when it’s time for important conversations everybody steps aside because I’m the one with the talking stats.

  • @JehovasThickness@lemmy.world
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    69 months ago

    I read somewhere that you can shove companions out of dialogue. I only tried it once but my scrawny warlock couldn’t budge Karlach, so I can’t confirm.