Gaming Guides

Early in the game you’ll find yourself on a beach, washed up figuratively if not literally. The party members you gathered in the first part of the game will be gone, but you won’t have to look too far to…

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a big game, and you’ll need to make use of your map in order to find your way around. This guide will help you navigate the map’s menus and features and hopefully give you some pointers…

There are many ways to handle any given situation in Baldur’s Gate 3. Often you can talk your way out of trouble by using Persuasion, Intimidation, or any number of other skills or abilities. The Detect Thoughts spell adds another…

One of the many decisions you’ll make in Baldur’s Gate 3 is what difficulty to use during your campaign: Explorer, Balanced, or Tactician. Fortunately unlike most decisions in the game, you can change this at any time during your playthrough.…

In the companion quest The Blade of Frontiers in Baldur’s Gate 3, you’ll be helping Wyll with his personal quest and discovering a lot about his backstory. Along the way, you’ll meet Karlach. She is an origin character that can…

Hirelings are generic companions that can be hired to aid in your adventure through Baldur’s Gate 3. In this guide, we’ll go over how to hire these followers and when it might be prudent. Where to Find Hirelings Actually, hirelings…

Whether you’re playing a spell caster as your main character or just trying to manage your companions’ spells, it’s not always immediately obvious how to change out your spells in Baldur’s Gate 3. The game is based on 5th Edition…

What would a fantasy RPG be without lockpicking? A bit too open, in my opinion. And so, as is tradition, Baldur’s Gate 3 has lockpicking, with many doors closed to you unless you have the tools and skills to jimmy…

Anybody whose played Dungeons and Dragons, or any of the video games based off it, is probably already familiar with how they handle alignment. The famous (and sometimes maligned) 3-by-3 grid tracks order and chaos on the X-axis, and good…

A core component of Dungeons and Dragons, and by extension, Baldur’s Gate 3, are the dice rolls that help guide your campaign. Pure randomness like that of a normal dice roll can be chaotic and frustrating, so Larian added the…