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Thanks, I really needed this! It’s my first time playing a game like this.

Things I have learned in the first day of play: 1) when jumping on what looks like a totally reachable rock in the water, and it says "death" it really means death lol 2) you start off with quite a few potions and resurrection scrolls... It isn't like tabletop where such things are rare and expensive, so use them and free up spells for things other than healing. 3) health potions are healing grenades... Actually most things are grenades. Throwing stuff is super helpful! But when a character goes down, you can chuck a potion at them and they will be fine, freeing up the healing word spell slot. 4) shoving is almost always useful. Even if it fails, you often don't have anything better to do with your reaction, so giving a good push has a chance to break concentration, make the enemy prone, or force them to take fall damage. It's great! 4) even if it isn't your main character, always keep a high charisma toon up front for random conversations, and always keep a high perception character up front when in the woods or a dungeon. 5) nonleathal damage is really only for melee attacks. Toggling it on and shooting at range or casting a spell isn't going to do what you hope... Which is a real pain when the person you want to KO is running away. 6) wildshape does not label the shapes well. As an example, spider is giant spider, not a tiny little guy for sneaking and getting into small places. Save the game, try all your shapes so you know what they actually are, and then revert the save. 7) with rare exception, the character stats and mechanics are extremely similar to tabletop, which is great! I've built out 3 of my favorite 5E tabletop characters, and they all perform much the way I expect! It's kinda awesome! If you have a preferred build, it is likely going to work as expected! And the reverse is also likely true, allowing bg3 to be a great testing ground for ideas to bring to the table. 8) I guess it depends on your DM, but the game plays much more into tactics than your typical ttrpg. Being aware of your surroundings, using topography and flammable fluids to your advantage, and just breaking away from the grid system all work much more to your advantage. The only thing that doesn't work well is moving past characters. A friendly in the doorway during combat blocks your path and doesn't yield to you like in tabletop where that is only an issue with hostiles. But other than that, the environment will generally work to your favor if you choose to use it. 9) being downed in water is not a death sentence. In tabletop, if you are KO and in standing water, it is an auto death save fail. But in the game, even in deep water, it is a non-issue and death saves roll like normal. 10) It is hard to be good, and intent does not count compared to the dice roll. With a human DM it is easy to mean well, fail a roll and not get what you want, but no real harm done for the attempt. But in this game, failure typically means they will become hostile to you, even if there is no way what you did could be seen as threatening or harmful. So when trying to do good, or evil, just remember that the game itself is largely amoral and just rewards or punishes the roll, not the intent. I find this a little game breaking for the RP aspect of the game when you are trying to help a peasant out, and they outright attack you when they don't stand a chance, but it is what it is, and you need to know how the game reacts to make more appropriate choices. 11) pressing and holding A on the controller (or interact button on keyboard) allows you to search the area instead of being fiddley about trying to click on a specific item. Overall amazing game though! I don't get a lot of game time hours in, but in the last 2 days I've sunk in 10 hours already! That is more than I typically play in a week or two! Takes something special to have me put in that much time, and it is totally worth it!

Couch coop split screen with the wife is harder than tactician difficulty with mouse + keyboard

Finally a beginners guide for beginners! I'm a total potato and have never played D&D before, I only heard about BG3 a few days ago and most noob guides I've tried using just left me with more questions and I'm just staring at the game with a blank stare on my face and no clue what I'm doing. I don't know anything about turn based combat or rules or anything. So watching this has helped and things are starting to make more sense, I didn't even know about most of this stuff, so many thanks for the helpful video.

Pro tip: The commander on the ship with the Everburn blade seems nearly impossible to kill in time on tactician. But you don't need to kill him to get the blade. Shadowheart has the Command spell which you can use to make him drop the blade and all you have to do is pick it up. Make sure you pick it up with your main character though. *Edit* - Apparently you can pick it up with anyone, I had a bug where it was deleted when Shadowheart picked it up. YMMV

@15:45 If you have a look at the portraits, Shadowheart has the crossed swords indicating combat while Tav has a Downed icon with three arrows pointing up and three down, one of which is red. I didn't know what they meant before but it makes sense now as a Death Save counter, just look at the portraits and see who to prioritize for heals.

Thank you so much for this video! Several things you talked about I had no clue of - I actually got a pen and paper and took notes!!

Whole video is already worth the watch for the shift-c hotkey. Thank you.

Been playing BG3 since Early Access released and I’m still learning new things about this game. Thanx for another great guide.

This is my first foray into any DnD type game. I'm seriously overwhelmed and struggling to understand all the elements of this game. Thanks for the video! It definitely helped clarify some of the basics.

I watched many other Beginner's Guides and this is by far to the point and easy to follow, thank you.

Incredibly helpful, the spell slot section completely answered all my questions. Amazing work as always!

Great video thanks for going through all this. It all makes a bit more sense now.

the number one tip i can give you after playing for awhile now is this and wolf you should steal this and tell people: always have a druid or a cleric with you, so if you want to have someone with you besides shadowheart who you should change to a life domain, you should reroll someone as a druid and flip flop the responsibilities, can really help a new player who is going in with to many squishies. happy hunting and loving it so far! ( difficultly tact )

Excellent video. I really apprreciate your intonation tricks that helps to focus on the video. Cant wait for evenly great explanation of that ability skill proficiency mess

10/10 video. Thank you. Played first month of Early Access and so much has changed

The amount of help this has given me as a new player is immeasurable, too many useful tips to list. THANK YOU Wolfheart!!

Thank you for this outstanding video. I'm no stranger to D&D (I'm 63, and started playing in the early 1970s from the original pamphlets, Greyhawk, Blackmoor etc) or CRPGs, but haven't done D&D since 3rd edition. A great deal of detail to take on board in the early going in this game, and this is extremely valuable. Thank you, thank you!

Great job! This is by far the best beginners/basics guide (all the others I watched weren't basic, not organized in a logical progression, didn't explain the UI, etc.).

THANK YOU for this! it is MUCH needed.

0:33 You can also rotate the camera with Q and E. Fits quite well with using WSAD for moving it.

Thanks for all the great detailed videos. Loving the game so far - not that I have got for but playing a Monk for the first time and enjoying it.

4:30 THANK YOU! I was looking around in the keybinds for a "Highlight all lootable objects" or similar button, but I couldn't find one.

This helped me sooo much thank you! Even tho it’s very basic knowledge of mechanics , that’s exactly what i needed! Much more understandable now

I’ve learned quite a few things, thanks so much!

Oh my god, thank you so much! I have been struggling with this game for four days now, and completely clueless as to how to play it. (Still having a ton of fun with it, regardless). I’ve been slowly figuring it out, but you helped so much! Thanks again. ❤

this is hands down the best guide for a beginner, thank you so much i just got into this game and watching this got me excited to open up the game again!

Omg thank you so much. FIrst time playing a game like this and I've been struggling so bad.

Just the guide I've been looking for. Thanks!

Thank you for all the amazing bg3 videos Wolf! ❤

Thanks! This answers a lot of my questions!

The best and easy to understand video guide I have seen so far, thanks!

Perfect introduction to the ui! Thank you very much!

This is extremely useful and answered loads of my questions. I am going to have to pause the vid and learn what I've seen then come back because theres so much

This was the best one I've watched so far since this game style is so new to me. looking forward to your combat one. Thanks!

Amazing, the best beginner video on youtube and I have watched a lot in the past few days.

Thanks so much for this. I’m installing the game now first time playing a BG game so this will help. Appreciate the time you put into this.

Thank you!, answered a lot of my current questions!

Thank you for the great breakdown I really needed the hot bar breakdown for spells ❤

I really needed this. I went in blindly but I was struggling to figure everything out😭. Thanks Wolfheart!

Thank you! Ive been waiting for this!

To me as an absolute beginner this video is extremely helpful! Thanks a lot! 👍

Ty 4 this video. Just started playing and had no idea how concentration worked.. now I do

One of the bests videos of its kind, clear and short!

This is a really good video, I've been quite confused with a lot of the nuances of the game

Something that all games with a weight based inventory system should start implementing is a weight to value ratio sort option in the inventory menu. Its not that important in BG3 since you can just teleport to camp and drop stuff off to sell later but it would be extremely useful in games where you need to actually carry your items to the nearest merchant to sell.

This is amazing. My brother was just saying how unfriendly the game is to teaching players. I sent this to all my friends. Thanks Wolf!

Just wanted to let you know this guide helped me so much. I’ve watched it over several times and it’s really helping learn the ropes. Can’t thank you enough for the tips and explanations for everything! Cheers!

Wolf, thanks for the refresher course on the character screen!

I never learned to play this game genre this video is very helpful.

Phenomenal video on the basics, thank you so much!

Lot of useful tips. Had no idea about hp throw . Tkank you for this video

I recently started a new game play, its my first time playing this type of game and it appeared to me that im missing something, cause it was quite hard for me, so i was looking for some guide or better tutorial than provided by game itself and...wow! That's a really good guide, it helped me a lot, like it's exactly what i was looking for, great explanations, really logic and easy to get, I also like that your use of your voice makes it just not boring, im grateful for that! Awesome guide!!!

This was extremely helpful. Thank you!!!

This is the best beginners guide I've found thanks so much

As someone who is completely new to this type of game… THANK YOU! Had to start again as I missed so much

This is the video I was looking for. Great explanations, simple to follow.

I appreciate the info, its definitely helping my first play of this type of game and im loving it 👍🤜

Appreciate this, haven't seen anyone zoom in on the taskbar and explain each thing, great video so i can get use to the look and set up before the PS5 release!

Super helpful! Thank you!

I played 24h straight yesterday, it has veen decades since I was this excited for a game release!

Very good info for overwhelmed folks live me... Thanks!

great vid i'll be coming back to time and time again. thanks!

Very well explained. Best tutorial I've seen of this game!🤩

thank you i been looking for something like this

Awesome video!! Helped me a lot! Thanks Wolf

Perfect intro to the mechanics. Thank you.

Your channel is a gold mine, guides are so good. Been watching your, beginner, class, combat guide. Well done

Holy hell I needed this video! Thanks!

this was a super helpful and useful video! thank you. I didn't play any early access so am unfamiliar with all the things you are able to do in this game, so if you make more videos like this going forward (like to what extent your character can interact with the environment and what not, or anything else) it will be greatly appreciated. Keep on the good work and content!

This was super helpful. Thanks!

This is super helpful. Thank you.

Thank you! Saved this video!

Thanks dude your doing a great job, I hope your happy and proud of the channel. Keep it up and thanks again Brohahn

Super helpful, great tips. Thanks!

Having played about 17-20 hours this week I just learned a ton from you, and many of this systems mechanics, and how to be more efficient. That said as an experienced 5e player so for new people this is even more valuable as a resource. Well done Wolf! 👍💯💪

Thank you, this info really helps!

Much needed and very well made, thanks a lot!

This was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

FINALLY a clear explanation of the hot bar! 🙏🏻

I'm not a total newb but I still learned a lot from this video. Thanks!

Kudos Wolf! This is exactly what I needed! 😊

SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Helpfull specqlly for us casual player of these type of games, THANK YOU

Thank you very much for this video!

In case anyone else was wondering about this: I've seen someone play with controller and it controls how you expect with the camera zoomed in for a third person view. L1 I believe brings up a wheel for shortcuts

Best beginner guide so far. Nicely done

Watching and liking this video tutorial because you deserve so much views and subs!!

This video has been very useful the amount of things to learn in this game is staggering 😂. Thank you!! Wolf 👌👍

Man I needed this. Well done. My first time with a game like this

Great video, very helpful, thank you!

You have the best BG3 videos, thank you these are so helpful❤

Fabulous! This is exactly the information I need. I am just getting started and the UI is carrying a lot of information. In the old days we had books with charts and images to look at (still have WIKI). I think you did a great job of picking the information a new player needs to get started.

This was amazing thank you

So helpful, thanks.

Installing now. This was a great watch.

Great guide, thanks! 👏

This was incredibly helpful, thanks for putting this together. BG3 should legitimately have this as some sort of link for brand new players to this genre of game.

I'm not a begginer, but I just like your channel, so I will watch it anyway.

Thank you so much for breaking this all down