BG3 – You can be Arctic Druid Angela too Six

If the above exchange was completely cryptic to you, you probably haven't read any of my previous posts on an Arctic Druid build. If so, I suggest you at least skim them (enjoy the fanfic pictures!) starting from the first one. Frost If you read the fifth essay in this series, you're probably not surprised there's a…

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BG3 – You can be Arctic Druid Angela too Five

Current build Seriously, I had no idea there would be a fifth essay in this series. I even joked about that last time. However, here we are! I'll restate my goal: I'm trying to create the best build I can given the role-playing picture I have of Druid Angela: an Arctic Druid, wielding two staffs, who might…

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Dispatch

I make no secret of my fondness for Telltale-style video games. That is, I like episodic story-telling narrative games with branching outcomes depending on the choices you make. Dispatch is a game from AdHoc Studio. It was developed, at least in part, by people who formerly worked at Telltale. It has the features I like about this…

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Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2

I've procrastinated on completing my playthrough 15 of Baldur's Gate 3. The reason isn't obvious. I'll get into it in a future post. One of my procrastination tools is playing through some of the original BG games: Baldur's Gate (1998), Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000), and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (2001). I'll refer…

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