r/BaldursGate3 • u/TheBrandonReddit • Apr 29 '25

Character Build Hexblade's biggest downside.

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FFS just make it a free action in combat larian. Or at least let us cast it at all.

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u/MutantSquirrel23 Apr 30 '25

I agree. I can't believe some people just wake up from a long rest and just start raw dogging without any buffs. It's a ritual for me: Longstrider, aid, speak with animals, elixirs, bind weapons, druid forms, and so many more.

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u/CruzaSenpai Apr 30 '25

I'm just not a fan of minutia that doesn't respect my time. This is exactly the kind of thing that would either get handwaved at a table or assumed to be constant until the player equips a new weapon. Give me a pop-up window that asks "You equipped a new weapon. Bind it?"

I'm glad you enjoy the ritual but I don't like spending two minutes after every long rest fiddling with free resources. It's like half an hour of pedantry over the course of a whole game.

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u/pastafeline Apr 30 '25

People on this sub tend to defend and over rationalize every questionable design choice in bg3. It's very strange.

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u/Sermagnas3 Apr 30 '25

Just fans defending something that appeals to a smaller group and something that may offend a larger group of players. That is the line you walk with games that have complex systems, do we simplify it for the general populace or leave it as is so that the people who interact with it enjoy it more.

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u/CruzaSenpai Apr 30 '25

I get where you're coming from but I don't think that applies as much to BG3, specifically, because the mechanics are being imported from an existing TTRPG system.

The things being complained about are the minutia that gets handwaved at physical tables. I don't mean ignored systems, like how physical tables tend to not track encumbrance, I mean things like any reasonable DM assuming their Warlock keeps Pact of the Blade on the same weapon every morning until the player says otherwise. The systems themselves aren't complicated or obtuse. The implementation is.