TIFF continues to build out its speaker lineup despite the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes barring a number of participants from this year’s 48th edition.
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Baldur’s Gate 3‘s Karmic Dice is a feature that might put the player at risk of suffering a major spike in enemy damage outputs, and fortunately, players are sharing a guide on how to switch this off.Via GamesRadar, players akdavidxy and Havelok worked together in the game’s subreddit to alert new Baldur’s Gate 3 fans that this setting will be active at the start of their playthroughs. Karmic Dice alters the outcome of the next dice roll in a sequence when the rolls have consistently failed, allowing the player to succeed in that specific situation.
REMINDER:Turn off Karmic Dice at launch.Why? +400% Enemy Dmg by u/Havelok in BaldursGate3 While this appears to be a beneficial fix, Karmic Dice affects the dice rolls for enemies too. The data from akdavidxy’s investigation, who was using a high armor class of 23, showed that enemies even in the early stages of Baldur’s Gate 3 attacked them with around a 30 to 40 per cent chance.“The higher your [armor class] is, the more critical hits [you] take, and since crits do double damage, the effect of this in terms of damage is actually two times as strong,” explained akdavidxy.
As such, Karmic Dice was deemed to be a “massive penalty” on players who are choosing a defensive character for their strategy.In order to circumvent this and have a “somewhat fair” experience, players advised recent Baldur’s Gate 3 recruits to switch this setting off. Moreover, the game’s creative director recommended that newcomers should create their own character rather than play as one of the origins.“They work better if you’ve played the game already once because then you see it through their eyes.
TIFF continues to build out its speaker lineup despite the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes barring a number of participants from this year’s 48th edition.
Baldur’s Gate 3 player discovered a uniquely effective tactic against some of the stronger enemies in the game – squishing them with an Owlbear.Spotted by Games Radar, there has been an recent reversal in the strategy that some Baldur’s Gate 3 players have adopted, which was to drop enemies off ledges.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 hotfix 2.1 has resolved the issue where story databases would balloon in size as a result of the player’s rising total of campaign choices.In the post to Steam, Larian Studios also announced that cross saves for PlayStation 5 have been reactivated for the release of the role-playing game on the console in September.“As it turns out, many of you were doing so much in Baldur’s Gate 3 that some of your personal ‘story’ databases (where your choices and actions are stored) got too big,” said the developer.“We now made the size infinite (or at least as infinite as you have storage space), to account for the sheer amount of things you’re all doing on your journeys,” it explained, adding that any other issues should be sent to the Baldur’s Gate 3 support team for fixes.Baldur’s Gate 3 has been a sensational success for Larian Studios, with over 800,000 players jumping into the game on the weekend after its mid-week launch. At the time of writing, it is the highest rated release of the year, toppling The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom from the number one spot on Metacritic.Yet, the developer was in hot water when it was found that none of the Brazilian Portuguese translators who worked on more than one million words of story were credited.Only the executives of Altagram Group were seen in the list and the developer clarified that this was a complete oversight.
spiritual enthusiasts alike prepare to embrace this celestial phenomenon that holds the promise of manifestation and growth. The portal is more than just an alignment of stars; it’s a chance to tap into the universe’s abundant energy and set intentions for a brighter future.Imagine August 8 as a cosmic holiday, marked by the convergence of the Leo Sun, the brilliant star Sirius, Orion’s Belt constellation, and Earth. This alignment creates a powerful energetic vortex known as the Lion’s Gate Portal.
Larian Studios said that adding an expansion to Baldur’s Gate 3 isn’t as easy as it might appear to players.Baldur’s Gate 3, which draws on Dungeons & Dragons‘ Forgotten Realms campaign, restricts players to a level cap of 12. Usually, tabletop players are able to reach level 20, and so PC Gamer asked in its interview with Swen Vincke whether or not an expansion would let players surpass this constraint.“Honestly, we haven’t started on an expansion,” started Vincke.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 mod allows multiclassing on its easiest Explorer difficulty level, opening up possibilities for players who want to prioritise the story of the role-playing game.Though it doesn’t specifically say it in the description, Explorer disables multiclassing, so it is only available for those playing on Balanced or Tactician. Multiclassing means that players can mix aspects of the game’s 12 classes to their liking, such as Sorcadin (Sorcerer and Paladin) and Gloomssassin (Gloomstalker Ranger and Assassin Rogue).Modder TheComposer released their solution onto Nexus Mods and it is compatible with new campaigns as well as campaigns that have already started.
TIFF is honouring big talent.
Oscar winning filmmakers Pedro Almodóvar and Spike Lee are getting feted at this year’s TIFF Tribute Awards.
It’s still unclear if a large contingent of actors will make their way to all the fall festivals this year due to the SAG strike, but the Toronto International Film Festival is confidently moving forward with its annual Tribute Awards. Recently added to the annual TIFF programming mix, the Tribute Awards honor not just actors (Michelle Yeoh was a recipient in 2022), but writers (who also may not be at TIFF due to their own strike), directors (who are available after a deal with the AMPTP), and other film industry contributors.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Legendary filmmakers Pedro Almodóvar and Spike Lee are the first honorees announced for this year’s TIFF Tribute Awards. Almodóvar, who won the Oscar for original screenplay for “Talk to Her” (2002), will receive the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media presented by Participant, which recognizes leadership in creating a union between social impact and cinema.
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Baldur’s Gate 3, has shared some outtakes of her flubbing her lines while recording for the upcoming game.The events of Baldur’s Gate 3 are described by the narrator to emphasise that this is a Dungeons & Dragons game, as the narrator is the Dungeon Master. While Larian Studios did alter the fifth edition rulebook so that the game would be both accurate and entertaining to players, this narrator is how a lot of the newcomers to D&D will be introduced to the world of Faerûn.Nevertheless, there is a vast volume of writing that makes up Baldur’s Gate 3, and Tyler has had to pronounce tricky fantasy words and names perfectly every time that they’ve cropped up.
Baldur’s Gate 3, one of the game’s three villains.“Orin is, affectionately, unhinged,” said Robertson of her character in a video from Larian Studios reintroducing players to the shapeshifter. “You don’t know when she’s going to pop up, you don’t know in what form she’s going to be, she’s incredibly tricksy.”Orin the Red briefly appeared in a Panel from Hell livestream from Larian Studios in early July with the assurance that fans would learn more about her motivations.
Larian Studios, the developer behind the upcoming Baldur’s Gate 3, addressed the future of its other series Divinity and assured that there will be a return.“We’re definitely gonna get back there at some point,” answered CEO Swen Vincke in an interview with IGN, mentioning that Divinity: Original Sin is Larian Studios’ own creation while Baldur’s Gate 3 is set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe.Vincke explained that it is “quite a thing” to see the team pour all of their efforts into Baldur’s Gate 3 over the course of six years of development. “We will get back there at some point.
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