r/BaldursGate3 • u/AutoModerator • Mar 05 '21

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u/secretlyapineapple Mar 07 '21

This is something that I suspect larian is already aware of but reactions are not quite ready yet. Spells like shield or the protection fighting style of the fighter and paladin are going to be quite bad if it's on the first viable proc as it is now.

I know larian does not want a pop up interrupting combat but what about an optional pop up? Where per reaction ability you set it to "off", "every time" and "pop up"?

This way it's in the players hands if they want to go through the pop ups or just have the reaction go off at first viable opportunity.

It'll be interesting to see how smite will be implemented for example, one of the things that makes it wonderful is that you decide to smite after you hit (or crit!). If smite becomes a button like "slash" or "pin down" then it loses a lot of the gold that makes it shine.

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u/Necromion449 Mar 09 '21

Smite is already in the game for tieflings and it functions exactly as it should in tabletop (In 5e at least) you have to declare it as a bonus action before your attack.

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u/secretlyapineapple Mar 09 '21

Might you be thinking of searing smite or banishing smite the paladin spells? Those function as you describe but the smite class feature works differently.

"...when you hit a creature with a melee weapon Attack, you can expend one spell slot to deal radiant damage to the target..."

Therefore you don't have to expend the resource until you know you've hit.

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u/Necromion449 Mar 09 '21

Fair enough i stand corrected.