Originally posted here, cross-post doesn’t work atm

I don’t usually play tabletop and DnD, so I’m a little bit overwhelmed by everything going on all at once a couple hours into the game. I’m having fun playing as Lae’zel, and kind of going with it and have played quite a bit of D:OS2 years back, but I can’t help but feel like I’m messing things up somehow and might need to reroll a character later on.

Any beginner tips or things that made the game more enjoyable for you? Anything that took you way too long to realize? Didn’t see another thread anywhere else, but apologies if this thread already exists.

Little to no spoilers please.

  • Ashtear@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Some stuff from my “I wish I knew/I did earlier” list:

    • Bind frequently used actions on your Custom bar. You can hit the key for these no matter which of your bars are currently displayed. It will speed up your combat quite a bit. Universal actions like Jump and Hide can all be rebound too.
    • Weapon skills or spells granted by gear will fall off the Custom bar entirely if you get disarmed or unequip them (not just grey out). Or other stuff will if you respec.
    • The “Shrouded” attribute in gear simply refers the light level of the spot your character (or target) is standing in, not stealth or invis or anything complicated.
    • Ritual spells don’t use any resources when cast out of combat.
    • There are a maximum of four Inspiration points, any you get beyond that will be wasted. Use them if you get them.
    • You’ll be able to respec your avatar and your companions pretty early on, so don’t be afraid to swap out of something that’s not working out due to bugs. I finally settled on the Thief sub-class with Astarion because Mage Hand wasn’t working correctly in Arcane Trickster and because I was rarely able to use Ambush or Alacrity in the Assassin kit due to some jank in how combat starts.
    • Some feats/item enchantments (like the Lucky feat and gear with procs on attacks) aren’t working correctly, so keep an eye out for that. Feats can also be changed with respecs.
    • Unless you’re committed to it for roleplaying reasons, respec Shadowheart out of the Trickery Domain, as it’s pretty bad. You might be able to come up with a clever use for Blessing of the Trickster since it’s a free, long-term Concentration spell.