WilloftheWest

Hand them 4 pre-gens and run them through the Haunting for Call of Cthulhu. It’s made to be a pick up and play introductory scenario.

There are just so many quests in the Lower City, and they're all great.

Sounds good. With the abundance of potions, any composition is viable. I’m currently part of a monk co-op, two short stacks and me as the githyanki skill guy.

Take about 20% off there, bud.

Trash take. Bae’zel is a top tier romance.

That's capitalism and it's obsession with ever-increasing profits for you. Often times a video game company sees the most layoffs the year after a major release. Cutting expenditure such as employee salaries simulates profit.

Well therein lies the answer: not everyone is into it. I have to admit that it's odd considering Ed Greenwood's very meticulous (and often problematic) coverage of sex and sexual positivity in the Forgotten Realms lore, but poly isn't everyone's thing. Maybe I'll be proven wrong in the future but my understanding, and current consensus among my very progressive crowd, is that poly is not on the same level as sexuality or gender representation. BG3 needs ace/aro representation first.

Spoilers for Act 3 stuff. Prewarning because spoiler tags don't work on some mobile apps.

It’s also beefing up some Tactician mode encounters. I’ll have to replay.

Either I have brain rot or have become really jaded to the republican anti-trans agenda (probably both). I fell for the title for about a second.

I'm putting on my tabletop min-max hat. A +1 modifier (i.e. a +2 to the score) to an already high ability offers diminishing returns compared to using that modifier to shore up a low skill, especially if your build doesn't give at least a +2 to the 3 key save abilities (Dex, Con, Wis). Do note that this comes with a caveat that a +3 modifier to your main stat and a second +3 to a key save stat are definitely essential for an optimised starting build. Unless you're playing a Monk or a dex-based build for a Wis caster, you're inevitably leaving a key ability score without at least a +2 modifier.

To return to your previous post of the 17/16/15/8/8/8 stat array, unless you're limiting yourself to Monk or Cleric, Druid, or Ranger (lol), assigning this stat array leaves you with an 8 in one of Dex, Con, or Wis, probably Wis. Considering that 8 ability, assuming a DC of 13 on a save (which is an optimal save early game and a low save mid-late game) you have a 40% chance to save. An extra +1 in that ability brings that to a 45% chance, an 12.5% increase. Now consider a primary ability of 16, with an early game proficiency bonus of +2. An attack roll against an AC of 13 (which is pretty middle of the pack early game) gives you a 65% chance to hit. An extra +1 equates to a 7.6% increase in probability to hit. This is discounting all the ways in which one can get significant boosts to attack rolls via high ground, acid, prone, hiding etc.

To again harp on with this 17/16/15/8/8/8 example, a truly optimised build assuming a key ability not part of your 3 top skills is a 16/16/14/12/8/8. If you're planning on taking the hag hair, I'd go as far as to suggest shoving it in the 12 and then shoring that to 14 via resilient in that skill. After all, that extra +1 to attack means absolutely nothing if you can't pass a save against a second level Hold Person.

There aren’t many interactions which outright rob you of your agency, and indeed it’s very possible to resist the urges. It shouldn’t strongly impede any paladin playthrough, apart from that one hiccup that happens at camp.