Baldur’s Gate 3: Hag fight: Defeating Auntie Ethel and saving Mayrina I’ve updated this to include the option to fight the Hag in her hut and avoid a lot of hassle. They may remove this in later patches, but for now, it’s possible to slaughter Auntie Ethel easily, even at level 4 or below. Bag
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Uncovering Harvard’s Rat #42 A poorly copied, blurry version of this parody lab story popped up in my Facebook stream early today. I squinted (it really was a poor copy!), smiled and possibly even laughed as I remembered this from a few years back, found while studying psychology. Funny as heck at the time, it
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Ganking the Githyanki At this stage of early access, this is arguably the hardest fight of the game. The bulette, in comparison, is a pushover. The minotaurs? There are ways to slaughter them. But four level 5 Githyanki, that’s not a fair fight. But how to even the odds? Scenario 1: You go in together,
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Baldur’s Gate 3, looting your way to success Note: This is (replay) guide is a work in progress. I am adding sections as I go, in the order that I play them. The aim is to unlock all the traders and to get deep into the Underdark while killing as few people or creatures as
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The first rule of Fight Club… This is the Tl;dr version. (The full version runs over 4,500 words if you are interested. See link at the bottom of the page.) First rules: 1. Alt loot! Press ALT to show all the loot, herbs, chests on the ground. { Press ALT to highlight items on the
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Stoneshard and other recommended games This was getting unwieldy where it was, so I’ve moved it here to avoid repetition. Stoneshard links Stoneshard: Stoneshard, a reworked roadmap Stoneshard, an Early Access review. (Notes to the devs) Stoneshard guide: twenty tips for first starters (short version) (TL;DR version) Stoneshard Early Access game guide. Twenty tips for
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Stoneshard roadmap Menu: Intro Official roadmap Is it just me,or… Finding Stoneshard on social media Revised Stoneshard roadmap: intro Landmark goals met: releases 2020 Landmark goals in progress: 2021 Looking ahead: City of gold, 2021 Looking ahead: The Wizard’s Fate, 2022 Links page Intro I’m writing this because the official roadmap on Steam is confusing
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Defeating the Ancient Troll (with a pyromancer) Beating the Ancient Troll: Preparation is key. I beat him with a ‘fire mage’ for the simple reason that’s my preference in all games, but the guide should work for all pure* builds. It should be noted though that fire, once they have a full tier, is considered
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