Why doesn't "Hold person” trigger a combat?

3 years ago by lowleveldata to c/baldurs_gate_3

I just recast until it succeeds and one-turn kills the victim with the guaranteed critical hits. What did they think I'm trying to do to them with "Hold person"?

JackbyDev 39 points 3 years ago

They took all the potential anger of that and directed it at my wild shaped druid meowing which seems to trigger combat sometimes.

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tetraodon 31 points 3 years ago

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JackbyDev 15 points 3 years ago

Meow

STOP! You've violated the law!

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Sprite 4 points 3 years ago

I accidentally turned off a torch in a fully lit building and was called a thief and threatened. :c

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milkisklim 1 point 3 years ago

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RizzRustbolt 12 points 3 years ago

They're touch-starved.

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half_built_pyramids 9 points 3 years ago

Probably a bug.

What difficulty are you on? On easy NPCs don't mind if you fail stuff like charm person. Could be hp got categorized the same.

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lowleveldata 3 points 3 years ago

I'm on normal. They just yell like "Hey watch out!" and then go back to mind their own business

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Zehzin 7 points 3 years ago

Just yesterday I used a 20lb chest as a weapon on an enemy 3 times cause she kept parrying it before starting combat lol

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Sprite 1 point 3 years ago

I shot multiple arrows on an enemy and the combat wouldn't start for the same reason. Sometimes I drown everyone in a lake of thorns and they just walk around without triggering combat until they die.

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half_built_pyramids 1 point 3 years ago

Sounds like bug

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Katzastrophe 6 points 3 years ago

For a second I read 'combo' instead of 'combat', and was very confused as to how I never found out about the 'Baldur's Gate 3 Combo Mechanic'

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TheGreatFox 7 points 3 years ago

The main BG3 Combo Mechanic is water bottles/create water spell + cold/electric spells.

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Piecemakers3Dprints 1 point 3 years ago

Hunh. I thought the salient mechanic meta was: sneak attack per character until all targets are neutralized and combat never initiates as all possible adversaries are dead before it could trigger... 🤷🏼‍♂️

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uskok 6 points 3 years ago

Have you tried casting banishment on merchants and stealing all their stuff before they return?

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lowleveldata 2 points 3 years ago

What? Now I have to

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