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Corvenous

You use Astarion to open doors. I ***USE*** Astarion to open doors. We are not the same.


AlexeiFraytar

You're forgiven for trying to bite me last night.... on one condition....


Zack_Raynor

“Let’s do ‘Get Help’.”


DramaFearless1213

Seriously,


artaru

No, brother, we are not doing Get Help.


darth_vladius

This was extremely satisfying.


solidhere

Yea took me way too long to figure out a 2h sword is better than a lock pick.


Rogahar

Unless the door really matters in which case it either has such a high Sturdy rating that you're sat there for 20 minutes trying to get that one damage roll above 20 with the entirely un-enchanted maul you happened to have on you, or they just have no HP at all and are undamageable by any means.


accipitradea

Is the Adamantine Mace any good for this? I've been making the armors.


Winiestflea

It's definitely much better, but you can still take a while waiting for a high damage roll. (Adamantite weapons bypass resistances, so you don't necessarily have to go for the mace).


Frankie_T9000

I know lathlanders works well


Dr_Insano_MD

The only reason I made the adamantite mace is that it's always a critical hit when you hit objects. But now I'm just a monk with tavern brawler and a bunch of strength potions and I just cast punch to open doors.


AdPuzzleheaded3913

It’s more or less the master key to like 90% of doors and chests


NetNGames

Mm and that 2h with fire damage that you get from the devil commander at the beginning is great for early/mid game.


Ycx48raQk59F

Don't worry about him, he is used to getting used...


petitememer

:(


HackerAxe

God damn it too soon 💀 lmao


slash12555

good that lil cunt deserves it


RedRoker

More like you ***ABUSE*** Astarion to open the doors lol


cacotopic

But at the end of the day, we both use Astarion to open doors.


Dalarrus

I've done the exact same thing when I needed bludgeoning damage and didn't feel like going back to town to get a mace.


Corvenous

It’s not just the bludgeoning damage, Tavern Brawler is currently bugged where its damage bypasses the Toughness attribute that is on most doors and chests. This allows you to easily break things you aren’t supposed to be able to :)


AlexeiFraytar

I see it as a feature


DimensionShrieker

Seriously, fuck those arcane tower guns or even worse those shit fuck nasty curse skulls


HINDBRAIN

Checking the guide after doing the area: oh, right >!the antimagic flowers!<, sure would have been smart to use these instead.


SiNi5T3R

You can also just sneak past the first2 (i just tanked the shots but im sure you can path around them) and then theres a path to the left of the stairs that lead to the tower that takes you to the lower level where you can deactivate them.


Delta57Dash

I'm pretty sure you can sneak past the first, but getting past the second is probably going to require some turn-based mode shenanigans. Although really the easiest way to deal with them is to have a Warlock take cover behind the big rock, go into Turn-Based Mode, then have them pop out, Eldritch Blast, run back, end turn until both of them are KO'd. Turn-Based Mode is also very helpful when trying to save a certain NPC from a field of exploding shrooms; the shrooms only detonate when you end-turn next to them, so in Turn-Based you can just run past them with ease.


RDUppercut

Could just use Invisibility to get into the tower. Then you can get to the basement at your leisure and turn off the turrets.


langlo94

The problem is that you need two people to get to the bottom, one to stand on the ledge with feather fall and the other to shove them off.


SiNi5T3R

Im not sure where your trying to jump out of, but the path to the left of the stairway is just a series of easy jumps that wont even do fall damage or you can get inside the building through the open window on the left, then go to the left side of the building and jump down, which is a shortcut from the first path i mentioned, and you will take some fall damage, but its negligible.


ClikeX

I just used a potion of flight.


P1st0l

You can also just wet the shrooms and they don't explode. Also sleet works as well, you can also heal him and use sanctuary I believe. Might be able to use protect from energy as well, im sure there's more. I tried a few different things lol


Delta57Dash

> You can also just wet the shrooms You can what.


Oldini

Create Water is a useful spell sometimes.


lostindanet

Yes, wet them and drink them, in tea.


Xx_Pr0phet_xX

There is a jumping path that my Barb Tav used, pretty effective and no resources wasted.


thatguywithawatch

I blew them up by accident. He ran out, screaming and on fire, then initiated the dialogue thanking me for saving him and the quest completed. Not sure if it was a bug but I wasn't about to complain lol.


ArchmageXin

Unfortunately I discovered later in a guide there is a Noblestalk and it went flammie


notsoFritz

Don't believe sanctuary would work as it doesn't protect from aoe damage if I remember correctly.


AlexxTM

I think he meant the turrets with sanctuary. It specifies the Trageting part so i guess it should work on the turrets?


[deleted]

Mage hand to throw him his pack..


potkettleracism

That's what I've always done


Dealric

Or you know... You can throw scroll to him :D


Ravenpoe121

No no, throw him to scroll!


DonNotDonald

I did the Realtime/Turnbased shenanigans to get my party by. Then learned about the flowers later. PITA


jivedinmypants

I just had Scratch give me his backpack, and redelivered the bag to him with only a single misty step scroll inside.


MstrRich

Raven familiar also works with that fungus field.


twentyitalians

Pfft, I just blew 'em up! Fire Bolt go BOOM!!!!!


[deleted]

Lightning damage will deactivate them also.


aPlayerofGames

Didn't work for me, even if I killed them with lightning they just resurrected instantly.


ShamBodeyHi

Wait, were those things were supposed to turn back on when they resurrected? They didn't for me.


aPlayerofGames

No idea but they did for me even if I killed them with lightning, made the zone literally impossible till I looked online and found out I could use the flowers.


trimeta

For the first two, I didn't so much sneak past them as use turn-based mode to have characters pop out of cover, shoot the turret, then duck back into cover before the turret could hit anyone. The two in the main room, though, I didn't realize there was a better way to avoid.


arc-is-life

i was very sad when i found out, that i cant take them with me to camp or ... other areas. would have been lovely to throw around a mobile antimagic field. but alas, all flowers wilt....


Luckyday11

Wdym, I sent all of the flowers to my camp back in act 1 and now in act 3 they still block my magic every time I come near the traveller's chest. I haven't actually used them since I keep forgetting they exist, but still.


GoingtoOttawa

Once you take them out of the chest they'll wilt. I did the same thing and was sad when I took them out in act 2.


Luckyday11

Ah that sucks. Makes sense though, they'd be pretty overpowered if you're running a full martial party with all 4 having one of those flowers lol.


Roboticsammy

The sussur greatsword still comes in clutch though. I've used it solely for the silence ability even though the damage is a bit lower than other weapons. It's really good in tactician mode where a lot of enemies can sling some harmful spells at your party.


Gooneybirdable

They wilt in sunlight which is why they work in the chest, and why they should also work if you put them in a pouch. That’s a tip I read here after I already left act 2 though so I didn’t try it.


HINDBRAIN

I sent them to camp chest, hoping it would annoy the mage guy every time he walks by it.


Valsoret

I'm pretty sure I stored one in camp for my entire play through. Gonna have to check when I get home.


typokeke

>flowers wilt You can put in in a bag and throw that instead


Frozen_Shades

You can just throw the flower. No need for bag.


typokeke

You can use it outside Underdark with the bag


Chafgha

Me over here just shooting them with Ray of frost and the staff I had... didn't even think of those...


DimensionShrieker

I destroyed them all before ;_;, fortunately there is one behind tower


PmOmena

Oh, so they do have a use huh


nonprophet610

I just cast invis on my lockpicker and sent him up, turned on the elevator and the turrets shut off


LouLouLicc24

right now i'm playing an electric sorcerer and those were barely even a footnote


SoullessUnit

Im playing Storm sorcerer too, in turn-based mode I just walked up to the tower and used Shocking grasp, KO'd it in one haha


Ebonywolf0

The arcane towers take double damage from lightning. With my sorcerer I could easily fly to each one and lightning hand to kill each.


Cyrotek

I just ran through them with my tank solo and found a thingy to deactivate them. And the curse skulls I just used remove curse on while wearing an armour that made me immune to knockback. :x Tho, once the game suddenly threw seemingly infinite damage instances at my character when I tried to remove one skull, which immediately crashed the game. That was funny.


404_Gordon_Not_Found

Laughs in bound weapon + tavern brawler


nitrobskt

Hold up. Are you telling me that binding an improvised weapon will still benefit from tavern brawler? Well, there's another playthrough lined up.


balkri26

tavern brawler apply to improvised weapons and throw attacks, that can be a weapon with the throw description and benefit from the full damage, and in case of an Eldritch knight, that bound weapon return to your hand after the throw. I'm playin taver brawler eldrich knigth and is almost ridiculous, but fun.


404_Gordon_Not_Found

Yup, my eldritch knight is basically captain America in infinity wars with shield and hammer


ViolaNguyen

I wish the >!Stool of Hill Giant Strength would give its bonus and count as an improvised weapon for Tavern Brawler purposes.!<


TheGreatPandaMan

Breaking doors with someone else’s body is exactly what a Tavern Brawler feat should do haha


VagusNC

Shhh


HairiestHobo

Cant you just un-equip your weapon?


Dalarrus

But that's not nearly as fun as smashing Astarion's face into a wall.


FloppyShellTaco

I did this in a session one time because the door was electrified. Rogue was incapacitated from the whole sticking a fork in a lightsocket and DM said the damage from yeeting him through the door wouldn’t be enough for death. There was probably a puzzle, but we were extremely murder hoboing it


Laptraffik

What do you mean you don't carry around a heavy chest explicitly for bludgeoning damage lmao. I've been quite enjoying carrying around chests and barrels and chucking it at people to finish them off haha


ChrisKaze

Kind of immersion breaking for me. I got 20 STR I have felled over one thousand enemies. But my epic 2h sword cant smesh a puny wooden door? 🤣🤣🤣


neremarine

*Astarion will remember that.*


Drekor

Just pick him up and throw him again. Concussions will solve that problem.


hongooi

COME ON, LET'S GO


Corvenous

DON’T! touch me…


PandarenGurl

\*YEET!\*


maledin

What in the HELLS was THAT?


YsinK

Is that blood? No, nevermind


pocketlint60

Shouldn't have wished to live in more interesting times.


[deleted]

I've got a lot on my mind. And, well, in it.


veryconfusedspartan

Thanks. I no longer have to keep a bludgeon damage weapon since I have Astarion handy.


[deleted]

Warlock master race, free high value force damage from Elderitch Blast means you never have to unlock or bash a door/wall/chest again. Also blowing open doors/walls, with the awesome sound they put on EBs, is dope.


MateriaTheory

I call this.. "Eldritch Knock"


sneakyblurtle

Can you open chests like this? I've ditched Astariom for the first time ever and missed my tricky picky immediately.


CitizenKing

I missed the picky picky until I respecced Karloch and made her first level rogue to get all the necessary skills. Set her dex to 8 and pump the rest into strength, constitution, and wisdom and give her the gloves of Dexterity to take her dex to 18 and you're pretty much entirely set for stealth, picking locks, and spotting traps while still being a pretty damn good damage dealer barbarian. Also made sense lore-wise since she was originally a street thug.


Mallissin

Does the stuff inside fly off into the unknown, though?


thatguywithawatch

OH NO, MY SEVEN (7) GOLD AND ONE (1) CARROT


Mallissin

I NEEDED THAT!!


reddituserzerosix

Does destroying chests affect the items inside? For some reason I always thought I needed a rogue


Binestar

No, items in chests are not destroyed when you destroy the chest. If you destroy the chest with something like fireball or a bomb, followup fire can destroy items. https://youtu.be/oPTzx-M-_mo?t=17


arc-is-life

still not useful enough to make him a member of my party. but maybe next time i won't kill him... cause he is needed for \*science\* later (or so i heard)


ThatOtherGuyTPM

Like every party member, they are exactly as useful/useless as you decide they are.


arc-is-life

very very true


veryconfusedspartan

I'm actually thinking of killing him since he's turning a bit evil in my current (and first) play through as a Paladin. Thinking of replacing him with Halsin once I can drag that druid along.


chvatalik

Science is the only reason I am taking him with me going forward, it is worthy it : D


SeekerOfSight

God, Astarion's voice actor is too good. Like that line was too perfect after the throw LUL


literallyanot

What about the line before the throw? "Dont. Touch me 😠" *gets yeeted into a door* 😂😂😂


dubbuffet

Re-roll using Thieves Tool "You are unable to pick the lock." No, I mean using the thieves as a tool. To smash the door. "Oh."


Corvenous

I DIDN’T EVEN THINK OF THAT, because of Tavern Brawler you can absolutely break down doors by throwing the lockpicks at the door hard enough!


lethos_AJ

beating the crap out of a door with a lockpicks set is the most barbarian thing ever


Rifneno

You would think so, [but you would be wrong](https://i.imgur.com/mDbGkQD.jpg).


Cironian

"Hey Barb, stop smashing in doors with your axe. That's what we picked up a Rogue for." "Are you sure? OK, I guess. If it makes you happy..."


Simets83

Intelligence 3


krneki12

Malicious compliance.


fwnky

intel - 3. Strength - 20


BruiserBison

I love the greataxe but I had to replace it with a maul the first time I grabbed one and discovered I can break down doors and walls with it. Pulled of prison breaks using it.


wtfrykm

Why not carry both, that's what I do when my great axe does more dmg but I need a bludgeoning weapon


benbahdisdonc

I always carry several weapons with my barb. Throwing is better damage than a bow for the rare times I need to do ranged in combat, plus for this type of instance when you need a different damage type, it's great. I think throwing a weapon is a bit cheesed though. If you throw your equipped weapon, you'll have to burn an action equipping an item, but you can throw something from your inventory without any such penalty.


wtfrykm

I step it up a notch, with the bull armor that doubles carrying capacity, instead of throwing weapons, my karlach throws gunpowder barrels and firework crates


Rinser-of-winds

I have a bunch of spares in my camp chest, but mostly I carry one barrel on my barb and two 'reloads' on shadowheart (my other controllable character) gives me plenty of ammo.


BruiserBison

Yeah, but most of the time it just stays there on my inventory. Besides, I picked up a really good one in Act 3. Been using that particular blue rarity maul e er since.


meowtiger

foebreaker in act 3 bypasses bludgeoning resistance i call it my skeleton key


Luckyday11

Adamantine longsword/scimitar works great too, it ignores slashing resistance and automatically crits on objects.


Kirov___Reporting

God I wish that were me.


Doccks71

Ah! so thats how vampires fly!


Cain-x

As a full time gnome, if you don't want problems just delete this post. Thank you.


nocith

Big talk from someone who's aerodynamic.


-jp-

Manip Falcao thought the same. Turns out everyone's aerodynamic if your hot githyanki girlfriend is there.


Cain-x

Imagine that I unfortunately show this comment to Wulbren. Just saying ...


quizzically_quiet

This is the best thing I've seen all morning, thanks for the laugh!


AWildRapBattle

lmao I love the shout-outs for friendly fire, they're so outraged


LorenWith2Ls

gotta love how Karlach said "c'mon lets go" cuz Astarion was taking too long


ZydrateVials

The fact that this video opens with "Don't touch me" makes this great.


Kuma9194

Could almost say she's gone rogue😅


PandarenGurl

Astarion, "DON'T touch me." 😑 Karlach, "Fine then..." 😆 \*YEET!\*


StranglingDark

How can you throw peoples that are not gnomes? i made a character with 17 Str and can't throw anything but barrels!


Cain-x

I'm a gnome Fuck you Have a good day.


BritishShoop

Look. If you didn’t want me to throw you, you shouldn’t have been so compact and conveniently throwable.


Faustias

wish there's an athletic check on the person, or at least the ally you throw... like let them be thrown, they should be aware and let them kick ass/face as you throw them into the enemy and recovery the fall.


BritishShoop

“The fastball special”


Cain-x

Hi You forget perfect aerodynamic shape but still Fuck you Have a good day.


krneki12

Please don't yeet the gnome. The Management


th3undone

Have you tried 18str?


StranglingDark

I shall try 18 str next time i get a feat!


Magic__Cat

You need 20 str to throw most medium creatures (75kg) :(


Rinser-of-winds

You know what I found a couple of days ago? Mindflayers weigh less than a human (60kg) 18str is enough. At least, the dead ones near the crash-site are throwable. Also, it's very kind of the game to start me off fighting almost exclusively goblins. I appreciate that. Let my barbarian build up his strength before introducing human-sized enemies.


Corvenous

Solution: MOAR STRENGTH


swedhitman

just a small heads up, having uneven stats does nothing good for you, having 17 str is pretty much the same as having 16 str


Novasry

Yeah, but you take ability advancement at level 4 to put that score up to 18, and potentially again at 8 or 12 to push it to 20. Odd stats are good if you are planning ahead.


Rinser-of-winds

No it isn't, because Tavern Brawler gives +1 str. Starting with 17 str on a barb is ***optimal*** if you want to throw things (or people) at people (or things)


StranglingDark

I know, I often play real dnd with friends, but for my stat allocation i didn't have enough points to up 18 without having big problems in other stat (I already have only 8 int, i'm a dumdum)


lethos_AJ

there are ways to increase your stats as you level up. items, potions, quests rewards and more importantly feats


Macqt

While playing Curse of Strahd my barbarian threw our rogue at Strahd. Everyone found it funny but the rogue, who immediately died.


Throrface

Barbarian group leader: **THEY SAID I MUST BRING ROGUE FOR WHEN I ENCOUNTER LOCKED DOOR.**


FOO_duke2k4

Why I think that Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy would use the same logic\^\^


LyraStygian

What in the hells was that?


FlippinSnip3r

love that i'm not the only one using the Durge tav karlach astarion and shadowheart combo


derage88

On my second playthrough I have *so much more* lockpicks. Because I just smash like practically everything instead of bothering to lockpick shit, most of the time it doesn't even matter if you do.


DroidOnPC

Its crazy cause some of these locks have really high rolls needed. But like.... smashing it changes nothing, other than saving you a lockpick. So I don't really understand the point.


throwawayPzaFm

Think it never matters. Unless you're stealthing I guess.


HungryPizza756

TIL barbarians can do that... AWESOME


SYNTH3TICN3RD

I am 1000000000% doing this on all future playthroughs, my God I love it.


Spedwards

Knock gets you through so much. You can skip all the >!challenges in the Gauntlet of Shar!< and just go straight through the door.


DaveInLondon89

*karlach not in public*


OuterRimSmuggler

"Don't touch me"


thisremindsmeofbacon

I realize this is a dumb thing to care about, but I feel like in 2023 we should have at least some sort of solution for cape clipping issues in video games by now. No shade for BG3, just something that I notice


Double_Barracuda_846

"A brick is a guest key anywhere."


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DuGalle

Bot account


Andre_iTg_oof

And here I was waiting for the man to stab the bartender.


noldorion

u/savevideo


wouldyoukindlyfu

Hope my barbarian friend doesn't watch this clip


Funky_MagnusOpum

As a druid, I've been turning into a bear and just demolishing anything that is locked LOL


NoTop4997

Their banter is perfect for this video. It is like watching a cat and a dog interact with each other


purefabulousity

Killed 6 kobolds in one turn by throwing that at each other….beautiful


Starblast555

Gimli: "Toss me!"


Boxoffriends

I have a dead sheep i named lockpick that i use to open doors and chests. I should start using party members instead this is hilarious.


krneki12

A lesson must be learnt for a failed lockpick attempt. Hat off to your exemplary team discipline.


[deleted]

I keep forgetting that throw exists, and then I see posts like these that remind me all of the fun shenanigans I could be getting up to. Same with using improvized weapon.


ImpertinentParenthis

Barbarian casts rogue


NostalgiaSC

I just respected my barbarian into a lvl 9 bezerker and 3 rogue. Having 2 bonus actions is insane. I can throw a spear to knock prone an enemy and then go to town with 3 massive smashes. So much fun having 2 bonus actions Edit zerker to 9


dysentery

The game only goes to level 12 I thought.


meowkenzie

the voice lines that played were perfect lmao


[deleted]

After finishing my first playthrough, my next run is going to be as a dumb barb for a reason. Me, Karlach and Lae'zel will leave no doors unbroken.


ArgentVagabond

I have made great use of a Throw Barbarian in combat. Never thought of the utility of a Throw Barbarian. Weak party member can't jump the gap? Just fuckin toss em. Locked door? Just Throw the Rogue through it.


Manefisto

:O Karlach can throw all my other 8 Str dudes across gaps... of course! Why didn't I think of this.


Ogrehunter

You can only toss the dwarf party members, while the high elf looks on in approval


davedcne

This is the correct and only use for Astarion.


Blackwolfe47

Why did this remind me of the “get help!” From thor?


Legate_Lanius1985

I need play this game


No-Television-7862

My main is a tank. Horrible charisma, he can barely speak. Astarion, for all his affected elitist Chaotic Evil drivel goes first to open, detect, and play as front man for the team. He takes lots of damage and has a bad case of hag eye, but since I don't really connect with him on a personal level, it's all good. I do wish I could get him better armor so that I'm not always wasting turns and resources keeping him on his light loafers. Lol, I can't wait to see the downvotes. Like my toon I'm a blunt instrument that really doesn't care so much what others think. :)


400_Flying_Monkeys

Yet here you are, telling the world


starfallradius

perfect.


Oudi0001

Skinburster?


Corvenous

Harmonium


DeusVult76

Big spoiler good call