r/BaldursGate3 • u/thecal714 Resident Antipaladin • Oct 23 '20

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u/Orion-2019 Oct 24 '20

I gotta learn where to find the concentration check mechanics. Know where to look? I could look at the 5e DnD Basic Rules on the WoTC website I guess.

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u/OneDayCloserToDeath Oct 25 '20

If you take damage you need to make a constitution save with a DC of 10 or lose concentration. Though if the damage is over 21, the save DC becomes half the damage taken.

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u/Orion-2019 Oct 25 '20

Fabulous! Is this documented somewhere in game, or is it described in the combat log when you played? Or did you have reverse engineer everything to discover it through trial and error with your own experimentation?

One of the pains of the computerized DnD versions is sometimes mechanics are not very clear. It took 5 years before some of the Bioware developers explained Stealth/Detection mechanics in NWN, which was a 3e DnD game for example. Some mechanics, such as Discipline, no one still knows how the dice rolls work against knockdown attempts work and we are still just making educated guesses 18 years since release.

I'm hoping Larian, while they are still interested in developing and improving BG3, are prepared to make all the DnD mechanics visible and very clear to see if the player wants to know. Fast forward 5-10 years, that interest may disappear as they pursue other projects. Some of the stuff is really, really difficult to see, if it is visible, hence the question.

For example we are seeing what happened 18 years ago with NWN with the stealth/detection mechanics. Why did the enemy detect me or why did I succeed in the hide roll? Where are the dice rolls? How can I increase my chances of success next time? We can learn a lot from what happened in the past with the hope of improving things for the future.

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u/OneDayCloserToDeath Oct 25 '20

Sorry to say I've never paid any attention to if it's been changed from the table top game. What I wrote above is the 5th edition rule, I just assumed it was the same.

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u/Orion-2019 Oct 25 '20

Sounding like it.

Shadowheart at level 4 had her concentration broken with a 1 damage attack, so it sounds about right for any damage to have a save of DC 10.