So You Want To Play Baldur's Gate 1...(New Player Guide)

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  @conorstinsonogorman7163 · 4 years ago

  I felt a literal singe of post traumatic pain when he skipped past the 92 rolling stats

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• EA

  @easye9186 · 5 years ago

  I do. I do want to play BG1

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• CA

  @cafespy6906 · 5 years ago

  I do not want to say how much of my life has been spent pushing the re-roll button

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  @LadyDoomsinger · 4 years ago

  Baldur's Gate 1 was my first RPG experience. Not being a native English speaker, I had almost no idea what was going on or what any character was saying for the first 2 years of playing it, but I was hooked. Coming back to it in the Enhanced Edition I got to fully appreciate the story and dialogue, and realized how much I had missed of what was going on, just because of the language barrier.

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• 강남

  @강남훈-f7r · 3 years ago

  When the new player GUIDE is almost 1 hour long, you know you’re gonna either love it or absolutely hate it.

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• DA

  @dariathelazy · 2 years ago (edited)

  Finished playing BG1 for the first time recently, curtrently drowning (positively) in BG2... And, I if I had to give any advice to others about playing it, I&apos;d give them very simple instructions <br>1) choose a &apos;normal&apos; difficulty (or lower) for starters even if you&apos;ve had experience with RPGs before, you can always go more hardcore later <br>2) take your time and READ EVERYTHING. don&apos;t rush tutorials, examine all the menus. embrace the combat log, and read it carefully if you start wondering why is it that you just got your ass whooped so bad or why your spell didn&apos;t work, etc. combat log is your friend<br>2.5) though pause button is your BEST friend<br>3) the smaller the THAC0 number the better it is, same with Armour Class <br>4) literally do whatever with the build. it&apos;s OK if you create a character with subpar stats, it&apos;s OK to choose whatever class, whatever race, whatever alignment... if the game can be completed with a shittly little 10-strength-10-constitution-having basic ass bard with dagger/shortbow profeciencies who dies in 2 hits (that was my guy), then you can have fun with whoever. It&apos;s a role-playing game, after all. Just follow common sense and don&apos;t throw characters with little HP or fragile build into the front line, form a party that can cover your weaknesses, and if your party is low level then treat every combat encounter as seriously as a boss fight. Save often.<br>That&apos;s it, have fun 👍<br><br>[edit] oh, and 5) watch this great vid for actually detailed advice, lol

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• TH

  @TheCoolerDrilis · 4 years ago

  Really about to watch an hour-long video about a game I already beat a few weeks ago.

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• TO

  @toasterandwater3866 · 4 years ago

  My advice is to take your time, if you’re like me and didn’t have a lot of experience with these types of games or DnD it’s going to be overwhelming, but once you get past that curve, you really appreciate the game.

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• MH

  @mhj4867 · 2 years ago

  this is an amazing guide. but after watching this, i realize that learning BG at the age of 34 with full time job and kids is a big mistake.

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• ID

  @idrum2loud · 4 years ago

  As a fan of this from the 90&apos;s, thank you for this. Returning to this game after a long long time is less stressful because of resources like this!

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• TA

  @Tamed_Delirium · 1 year ago

  Just finished the tutorial of the game and came here for extra tips. Brand new to this game and genre

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• ET

  @ether5386 · 5 years ago

  As a veteran of the game i&apos;d like to share / correct a few things about wizard spells.<br>1. The level 1 &quot;SLEEP&quot; spell is a life saver at low level ( lvl &lt;6 ) it&apos;s basically a hold person ( NPC don&apos;t wake up on damages ) with no limit of npc affected and a -3 malus to save against it<br>2. The level 1 &quot;MAGIC MISSILE&quot; is also a life saver, not for the damages mind you, but because the multiple instances of damage almost guarantee you to disrupt an enemy spellcasting<br>3. With a few level 2 &quot;MIRROR IMAGE&quot; and level 4 &quot;STONESKIN&quot; your wizard will be 10 times more resilient than a warrior, use them to tank tough boss<br>4. Fireball is a good spell if you have several wizards in your party, 3 wizards each using fireballs at the start of a fight can make most encounters trivial even in higher difficulties

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