Announced already during the Panel From Hell II last week, the Druid makes its appearance as a playable class in the new Patch 4 di Baldur’s Gate 3, now finally available for download (it's about 30 gigabytes to download).
After turning a cow live, Larian studios have been busy this week putting all the finishing touches on the new update, rolling out the new fixes, new playable class, and new mechanics with the Patch 4: Nature’s Power.
The Druid
Druid characters are able to use the ability Wild form to transform into a variety of different animals, each of which has their own unique abilities - some of these allow for new options combat, others provide more strategic or defensive maneuvers such as stealth or flight.
Like the Druid of Dungeons & Dragons, the Druids of Baldur's Gate 3 are able to choose one of the two subclasses of the Circle of Druids that have an impact on the interactions in game: the Circle of the Earth and Circle of the Moon. The first offers druids advantages as casters, allowing them to choose a specific biome with which they are connected, granting elemental spells additional. The second allows players to increase the fighting power of their Wild Forms.
Druids can talk to animals while in their Wild Forms, which provides an alternative to combat encounters via diplomacy. During Panel From Hell II, there was a bear blocking an entrance and Swen Vincke, CEO of Larian and protagonist of the gameplay, he used his druid transformed into a bear to unlock the passage with a good chat.
Funny Dice
Another feature added with Baldur's Gate 4 Patch 3 is the Funny Dice, the purpose of which is to smooth the luck / bad luck curve of the dice: there will not be too many consecutive nefarious (or very lucky) rolls. As this is a matter of taste, choosing this new setting will be optional. Larian suggests trying this option if you consider yourself cursed with bad luck.
Talk to the dead
THESpell with the Dead it gets more cinematic (and scarier). There are many more corpses available for you to interact with for a chat, which means an avalanche of new dialogues (and new kinematics). Speaking of cinematics, the game now has a new lighting system that in these situations makes the best, with beyond 25 thousand cinematic nodes throughout Act 1. According to Larian, the game is visually more beautiful, but obviously the work is not finished yet.
Other quality of life improvements
Baldur's Gate 4 Patch 3 also includes a number of changes to the quality of life of the game: Identifying allies and enemies is now easier by simply clicking on their portraits. Always about theuser interface, the inventories of other players can now also be viewed during multiplayer games.
Always about thelighting, now some previously dark and somewhat barren areas have been remodeled and made more eye-catching with light. There are also new dedicated buttons for quick actions, such as using flashlights and escaping combat.
To consult the entire - very long - changelog of Baldur's Gate 4 Patch 3, we recommend that you consult this link. Recall that the title is currently still in Early Access, available only on Steam.
