Fun Fact! You can skip the Duergar kill for the Frost Staff. The wall is weak to slashing damage, and attacking it doesn't get you in too much trouble. Just use darkness to avoid anything.
remember u can always cast Light - no concentration day long spell - on your main weapon, press U to have it always out and early shadow curse becomes a complete joke.
@@Pheeon daylight is the spell you’re thinking of. Light is a cantrip, so no prepared spell slot taken. I believe it can even be cast on your armor if you don’t have any weapons equipped
@@InnocentLock-er6et Since I multiclassed into a wizard, I could only have one wizard spell prepared with me, also if I cast light on my armor and then unprepared it, the light goes away :(
@@Pheeon light is not a prepared spell. It is a cantrip so it doesn’t take any prepared spell slots. You could have even taken it at your first sorcerer level. I still think you are confusing it for the spell DAYLIGHT
@@InnocentLock-er6et Just now realizing that everyone is dumb and that I know light, its literally on the hotbar. What I was thinking of was when I was trying to longstrider myself
I played a frost sorc on a recent honor mode attempt. With a full party though. I twin cast haste and then blasted ray of frost almost exclusively. Used every item that increases cantrip damage. Average damage per ray was 30, 60 if chilled. With haste and twin casting, it was respectable. Minthara was an EK and used an ice dagger that applied chilled. Karlach was a berserker with a harmonium halberd. And she also threw plate armor as a ranged attack. Shadowheart followed the path of nonviolence and cast bless(using the bless staff) and sanctuary. Best moment of the run was killing Gorty at the coronation, which broke several quests. After that I rushed to the end and died at the elder brain.
I'd never even heard of Baldur's Gate until a few weeks before the 3rd installation released, since then I've developed an intense passion for this game, and your videos are a way to re-indulge myself in that passion. Thank you for helping me to appreciate even more a game I already love, I hope this isn't your last BG3 video
Just a note, if you're gonna take a level in wizard, you should respec to take wizard first and sorceror second. The reason is that scrolls will use or learn from will default to the casting modifier from the last unique class you took a level in, so you want that to be sorceror so your wizard spells will still be using charisma instead of intelligence.
You can just pick the spellcasting modifier you want when you cast a spell. It was annoying for that level since it defaulted to INT though lol, I didn't want to speak to withers all run though so no respecs for me
So, the vine door for the piece of the ice staff, you can just break it down and you’ll only get some disapproval rating. It’s literally free. And for the ice crystal, you can sneak up on him using minor illusions and if you’re lucky you can get the big digging guy to pop up there as well. So all the claw dudes are distracted while you just double cast spells to Quickly kill bro and get the crystal. Then you misty step away. The hevle was the hardest one for me but you can also misty step away after he dies.
Idk I'm a big AC guy. I love dipping 1 lvl into cleric for armor. Especially for frost build as you get create water from the start counts a full caster so doesn't crip your magical magazine.
War cleric is basically a fighter. But at lvl one you get all armor and weapon proficiency, and auto get shield of faith and a slot for create water. And again counts as a full caster. Idk sounds like a good deal :)
I like tempest cleric for the reaction, always good, sometimes the enemy leaves with low hp but when he hit you hell be dead, so sometimes save me using my action to finalize some enimies
Fire and cold would conflict with each other. Lightning and Ice could work. Especially if the lightning one also took thunder spells. Then they would be able to take advantage of wet and frozen conditions.
Perhaps you are thinking of Chromatic Orb (Ice) if you are post-update 6 or you were just playing pre-update 6. Per the patch notes for Update 6 you can't twin Ice Knife or Chain Lightning.
First off, this was incredible! I loved the ice theme, I loved the puns, and I loved the pretty pretty numbers. Second off, please someone tell me, is the intro noise Mothra? When "Pheeon" is displayed the the jaws open and close. If it is, nicenicenicenice, I respect it.
Me: Finishes a cold only run with my dark urge draconic sorcerer dragonborne I named Glacius "Oh boy that was fun. I wonder if anybody else has done a run like this?"
Nice, I"m trying out an acid sorc right now on honor mode. I like the idea of gimmicks like this though with magic classes, limiting the character to only one element that they focus on. Fire and light being the easiest while poison and acid are very hard. Poison is only hard because of how many bad guys are completely resistant to it, while acid is just plain weak in terms of spells available to use in BG3, but at least it can hit undead and demons before lvl 6 unlike poison.
Elemental focus can make a very powerful character but can leave you struggling if you up against enemies resistant if you can't disable or weaken that reason.
Indeed, it sounds great on paper. But then it's much easier to just break out an element they're weak against for the occasion, instead of having to dedicate an entire feat to overcoming resistance.
For the Myrkul fight, if you go to the secret Sharran sanctuary right in front of moonrise, you can pass a charisma check to get +5 charisma until long rest. Could be useful for buffing your spell damage.
I know its not as interesting but Red/Gold Dragon Sorcerer going all in on heat and arcane acuity is great. You could make it more interesting by going paladin and add the Thermodynamo Axe, Shield of Scorching Reprisal and the Adamantine Splint combo. You could go 6 levels in each too unless you really need feats.
FYI you can get a shadow gem without doing any trials by using invisibility to sneak in and out of the orthon (Yurgir’s) area. He has a gem sitting by his bed (on the lower area) and there are ways to grab it without triggering a fight or cutscene.
Yeah first run I sent an invisible quasit to move it bit by bit. I didn’t met Yurghir and was confused if Aylin was supposed to be Raphael’s enemy. Yurghir did spawn in the House of Hope though.
there's something I'd like mention bcs your enemies were saving all the time, did you took off from your prepared spells the "Ice Storm" learned by scroll? If you're casting it from wiz spell list and not from the sorcerer's one by accident it will use your INT modifier to the check DC. The same for spells granted by items, it will always use the spell modifer of the newest class you get, so if you start as sorcerer and then multiclass to wizard, kareska favor spells will use INT. You did it very well by the way!
Hey there! You can choose which attribute for casting. Though at some points it did default to int which was a pain to keep having to swap lol. Glad you enjoyed!
So many people miss that the door in Aunty's Ethel's lair is illusionary and you can walk through it. Just spin the camera around to the back and have your character move to the other side. No conversation necessary.
regarding myrkul, on my solo ice enjoyer run I compensated for his sustain with psionic backlash ability from brain tree. the finger he uses is a lv 7 spell which means you can sometimes offset majority of the healing with reaction alone. Perilous stakes also forces vulnerability if it lands which can be huge. Other than that, twincasting ice knife is a huge help because you can aim one on him and one on the ground next to him for some messed up damage :)
Glyph is absolutely amazing. Besides the strong aoe dmg, it also has a sleep variety that unlike the normal sleep spell doesnt have an hp limit. I set Raphael to sleep with that thing
Since you 'only need 1 umbral gem' (since Knock works) you actually need a total of 0 gems since there are ways to get down to the door without using the elevator.
Water + Ice/Lighting is my favorite, go-to build in BG3! Also, they are my favorite elements for powers, so it makes it even better! 🧊⚡🌊 EDIT: Also, congrats on beating Honour Mode, not to even mention alone/without companions! 😀
Will you please make a barbarian/monk who throws the ice block. Exactly how much strength does it take to lift the ice block? Does barbarian bear ability, make it easier to lift the ice block; are there any potions or gear that make it easier to lift the ice block? Can you electrify the block for lighting damage? Can you poison the ice block for poisoning? Can you oil on the ice block and use fire to blow it up?
damn this is like 1-1 with my character in DND lmao, was sad to find out how little frost spells there are in 5e, but hey it works pretty fuckin well... well id say a +15 to hit is good
The guardian is literally a catfish gone really really bad. It deceives you, then tells you it's your fault for falling for it, then uses your "time spent getting to know each other" to flirt with you. Like huh? Really dislike how you can't save Jaheira from the inn mess by teleporting her away from the situation far enough for the combat to end. The game just flags her as not having made it. Funny vid. Learned some cool tricks and gear locations. Thx
You can also 'cheat' Just keep an honour save. When you want to make a 2nd one. Move/copy the first one to a different folder and I usually add a number to them ...1 etc. Then make your in game save. and proceed. If you want to restart from an earlier save, remove the number and copy that save back to the BG3 savegames folder.
@@Jules_Diplopia Also, if you're on PC at least, the devs were clever enough to auto-save on Alt-F4, but Ctrl-Alt-Delete and End Task in the task manager don't. So, if you're like me and lack honour, it's not too much of a problem.
I did the same but took the dual wielder feat to dual wield staffs very usefull for using mystras grace (think the name) and the ice staff also +1 ac very useful since i was not using shields
I didn't know light :> I had it in my spell book, but I could only have 1 spell prepared. Swapping it off got rid of it, so I just did the quest progression
Anyone have a tally on all my puns? I need to snow.
i tried a few times, but there were always a few that slipped away
*Sorcerer
I hate you so much 😭@@Igrok723IRL
(n)ice pun
Fun Fact! You can skip the Duergar kill for the Frost Staff. The wall is weak to slashing damage, and attacking it doesn't get you in too much trouble. Just use darkness to avoid anything.
“Open up, or I’ll burn you to ashes.”
- The Cryomancer
So cold you'll ignite. Suck the moisture out of something so badly it will combust with a spark. I'd say that's a scary threat.
It’s a tactic. They open the door ready to handle fire but get blasted with ice. Truly a strategic mastermind.
@@cryamistellimek9184they drench themselves in water in preparation only to fuel the flames of their own demise (lol)
remember u can always cast Light - no concentration day long spell - on your main weapon, press U to have it always out and early shadow curse becomes a complete joke.
The only problem is you do need to keep the spell prepared, and I opted for keeping up my glyphs
@@Pheeon daylight is the spell you’re thinking of. Light is a cantrip, so no prepared spell slot taken. I believe it can even be cast on your armor if you don’t have any weapons equipped
@@InnocentLock-er6et Since I multiclassed into a wizard, I could only have one wizard spell prepared with me, also if I cast light on my armor and then unprepared it, the light goes away :(
@@Pheeon light is not a prepared spell. It is a cantrip so it doesn’t take any prepared spell slots. You could have even taken it at your first sorcerer level. I still think you are confusing it for the spell DAYLIGHT
@@InnocentLock-er6et Just now realizing that everyone is dumb and that I know light, its literally on the hotbar. What I was thinking of was when I was trying to longstrider myself
23:53
I never knew about the secret entrance to the cells! Now I know where to go on my 4th playthrough! Thank you!
I played a frost sorc on a recent honor mode attempt. With a full party though. I twin cast haste and then blasted ray of frost almost exclusively. Used every item that increases cantrip damage. Average damage per ray was 30, 60 if chilled. With haste and twin casting, it was respectable. Minthara was an EK and used an ice dagger that applied chilled. Karlach was a berserker with a harmonium halberd. And she also threw plate armor as a ranged attack. Shadowheart followed the path of nonviolence and cast bless(using the bless staff) and sanctuary.
Best moment of the run was killing Gorty at the coronation, which broke several quests. After that I rushed to the end and died at the elder brain.
love the lore implications of durges brother one filled with boiling joyful murderous evil the other a cold calculated frozen evil
I'd never even heard of Baldur's Gate until a few weeks before the 3rd installation released, since then I've developed an intense passion for this game, and your videos are a way to re-indulge myself in that passion. Thank you for helping me to appreciate even more a game I already love, I hope this isn't your last BG3 video
how it was talked about by eceryone
Every character always has a dagger ready, when it's time to backstab someone, or cut something.
i mean yea, theyre adventurers even a cleric or priest wud bring one along just in case....
Just a note, if you're gonna take a level in wizard, you should respec to take wizard first and sorceror second. The reason is that scrolls will use or learn from will default to the casting modifier from the last unique class you took a level in, so you want that to be sorceror so your wizard spells will still be using charisma instead of intelligence.
You can just pick the spellcasting modifier you want when you cast a spell. It was annoying for that level since it defaulted to INT though lol, I didn't want to speak to withers all run though so no respecs for me
@@Pheeon how do you do that exactly?
@@nicksalem6277 As you're casting a spell it will show up on the bottom. Im unsure how to do it on console but on pc you can just click
@@Pheeonhuh? How do you CHANGE it, though? There are some spells that won't use your class modifier regardless. Was that possibly what you saw?
You want to start sorcerer for constitution saving throws.
New Pheeon video, let's goooo!!!
Is that THE_truant?
@@strunkshade yes
Truant sighting
So, the vine door for the piece of the ice staff, you can just break it down and you’ll only get some disapproval rating. It’s literally free. And for the ice crystal, you can sneak up on him using minor illusions and if you’re lucky you can get the big digging guy to pop up there as well. So all the claw dudes are distracted while you just double cast spells to Quickly kill bro and get the crystal. Then you misty step away. The hevle was the hardest one for me but you can also misty step away after he dies.
You can misty step through the vine door
@@robertbuchanan7609 or you can punch it down with you fist with no consequence and save a spell slot.
04:00, you can lure the spectator out by shooting one of the petrified drow from a save distance
I can’t believe he never said brain freeze during the final fight
Damn, a Mist opportunity
There's just snow excuse for that...
Sweet new intro animation! Nice work man❤
Thanks! I had to learn after-effects lol
0:15 soooooooo your just gonna be a walking refrigerator💀
didnt know that if you leave one hag pawn alive she summons only one
never knew that because i just always kill them for xp lol
It's my secret go to strat ;)
I've always killed her before she runs away so I just talked to them lol
Idk I'm a big AC guy. I love dipping 1 lvl into cleric for armor. Especially for frost build as you get create water from the start counts a full caster so doesn't crip your magical magazine.
War cleric is basically a fighter. But at lvl one you get all armor and weapon proficiency, and auto get shield of faith and a slot for create water. And again counts as a full caster. Idk sounds like a good deal :)
I like tempest cleric for the reaction, always good, sometimes the enemy leaves with low hp but when he hit you hell be dead, so sometimes save me using my action to finalize some enimies
Someone should make a full party of all the elemental builds and wreck havoc
Fire and cold would conflict with each other. Lightning and Ice could work. Especially if the lightning one also took thunder spells. Then they would be able to take advantage of wet and frozen conditions.
'A spell you've probably not cast very much - glyph of warning'
What? That's like my most used spell xD
Pretty cool video.
I'm gonna try something like that but as a deep gnome.
After watching this, I felt like making a tav/durge of my own just like dear Glacius.
You'll have a blast! I had a lot of fun with the ice.
You can definitely twin Ice Knife. I do it all the time.
Must have been a thing of the past because I can't
Perhaps you are thinking of Chromatic Orb (Ice) if you are post-update 6 or you were just playing pre-update 6. Per the patch notes for Update 6 you can't twin Ice Knife or Chain Lightning.
4:35 "Our reward is not on the Spectator as you'd expect-ator."
"Don't kill the part that's cringe. Kill the part that cringes."
This is a pretty cool run, great job staying frosty in the more tense moments. Gotta be pretty cold-blooded to even attempt a run like this
as a number enjoyer i literally said "oooh" you spoil us
First off, this was incredible! I loved the ice theme, I loved the puns, and I loved the pretty pretty numbers. Second off, please someone tell me, is the intro noise Mothra? When "Pheeon" is displayed the the jaws open and close. If it is, nicenicenicenice, I respect it.
I had found a royalty free phoenix sound, but it very well might have been sourced from Mothra!
@@PheeonOoooh. Gotchagotcha
Can we get a build outline? I'd love to run this
You decided that the Swords Coast needed to take a chill pill I see.
Me: Finishes a cold only run with my dark urge draconic sorcerer dragonborne I named Glacius
"Oh boy that was fun. I wonder if anybody else has done a run like this?"
Its 5 am and i have to work but man what a great start of the day watching you own this game🎉🎉
Nice, I"m trying out an acid sorc right now on honor mode. I like the idea of gimmicks like this though with magic classes, limiting the character to only one element that they focus on. Fire and light being the easiest while poison and acid are very hard. Poison is only hard because of how many bad guys are completely resistant to it, while acid is just plain weak in terms of spells available to use in BG3, but at least it can hit undead and demons before lvl 6 unlike poison.
Elemental focus can make a very powerful character but can leave you struggling if you up against enemies resistant if you can't disable or weaken that reason.
Indeed, it sounds great on paper. But then it's much easier to just break out an element they're weak against for the occasion, instead of having to dedicate an entire feat to overcoming resistance.
For the Myrkul fight, if you go to the secret Sharran sanctuary right in front of moonrise, you can pass a charisma check to get +5 charisma until long rest. Could be useful for buffing your spell damage.
I actually have been playing a run where my race uses mostly ice and never fire
I gotta say I had more fun with ice than the fire build
Pretty nice. Dealing with Myrkul as frost only is no joke!
My god, that was a chilling ending for Orpheus
Amazing run love it, betrayed at the end, brutal
this build is so awesome!
I know its not as interesting but Red/Gold Dragon Sorcerer going all in on heat and arcane acuity is great. You could make it more interesting by going paladin and add the Thermodynamo Axe, Shield of Scorching Reprisal and the Adamantine Splint combo. You could go 6 levels in each too unless you really need feats.
1:48 "ICE-olated ones" I see what you did there
25:55 "murder the murderer".... and the victim and the civilians and the surrounding villages😂😂😂
FYI you can get a shadow gem without doing any trials by using invisibility to sneak in and out of the orthon (Yurgir’s) area. He has a gem sitting by his bed (on the lower area) and there are ways to grab it without triggering a fight or cutscene.
Yeah first run I sent an invisible quasit to move it bit by bit. I didn’t met Yurghir and was confused if Aylin was supposed to be Raphael’s enemy. Yurghir did spawn in the House of Hope though.
In all 8 runs I've had, I never found the One-Eyed disaster in the Underdark.
Where at? I wanna get that staff for collection reasons.
I legit made an ice wizard dragonborn named Glacius weeks ago lol he was a silver dragonborn durge though
I never knew Marcus could appear at the inn before talking to Isobel
Blizzard lizard wizard
This video was PHENOMENAL
there's something I'd like mention bcs your enemies were saving all the time, did you took off from your prepared spells the "Ice Storm" learned by scroll? If you're casting it from wiz spell list and not from the sorcerer's one by accident it will use your INT modifier to the check DC. The same for spells granted by items, it will always use the spell modifer of the newest class you get, so if you start as sorcerer and then multiclass to wizard, kareska favor spells will use INT.
You did it very well by the way!
Hey there! You can choose which attribute for casting. Though at some points it did default to int which was a pain to keep having to swap lol. Glad you enjoyed!
So many people miss that the door in Aunty's Ethel's lair is illusionary and you can walk through it. Just spin the camera around to the back and have your character move to the other side. No conversation necessary.
great video as always
Glyph of warding is one of the best spells ever. Like a pocket knife of elemental casting.
regarding myrkul, on my solo ice enjoyer run I compensated for his sustain with psionic backlash ability from brain tree. the finger he uses is a lv 7 spell which means you can sometimes offset majority of the healing with reaction alone. Perilous stakes also forces vulnerability if it lands which can be huge. Other than that, twincasting ice knife is a huge help because you can aim one on him and one on the ground next to him for some messed up damage :)
Yeah i had to pull out a lot of stops, did you play on honor mode? I wish i didnt lol
@@Pheeon nah this was back when you released fire only run
Glyph is absolutely amazing. Besides the strong aoe dmg, it also has a sleep variety that unlike the normal sleep spell doesnt have an hp limit. I set Raphael to sleep with that thing
did you know you can just smack the vine door in the myconid colony and get access to the book hood and staff part early ?
Since you 'only need 1 umbral gem' (since Knock works) you actually need a total of 0 gems since there are ways to get down to the door without using the elevator.
7:43 this is the most happy Gith I've ever seen
Vs Rafael the hells froze over that means the everything that will "never" happen , happened
My friend and I refer to Ray of Frost as Blickius. Love that spell.
Damn this video is pretty cold 🥶
I am so used to watching people use the chad laezel mod that I thought she looked weird in her intro scene 🤣
Glad it isn't just me who let Isobel die accidently...great run
fun video! i had no idea ice knife could be cast when silenced.
How do you make wet? (Insert hey o joke here) but I’m not seeing it as a sorcerer spell option.
@alexbeck9737 You can either use water bottles or the rain catcher staff which you can get pretty early near the grove!
@@Pheeon well how were you doing it in the video?
@alexbeck9737 Later on I went 2 evocation wizard for Create water. The majority of the time I was just using water bottles.
I think I missed an entire section of the underdark in ny playthrough, i didnt even know there was a spectator
Water + Ice/Lighting is my favorite, go-to build in BG3! Also, they are my favorite elements for powers, so it makes it even better! 🧊⚡🌊
EDIT: Also, congrats on beating Honour Mode, not to even mention alone/without companions! 😀
necklace of elemental augmentation is bugged it does not add your spellcasting modifier if you multiclass, instead it adds +1
26:08 Just cracked me up :D
i like to think whenever someone tries to talk to you they just accidentally cast a spell
Should’ve gotten the dual welder feat at some point so you can hold two staves
Will you please make a barbarian/monk who throws the ice block.
Exactly how much strength does it take to lift the ice block?
Does barbarian bear ability, make it easier to lift the ice block; are there any potions or gear that make it easier to lift the ice block?
Can you electrify the block for lighting damage?
Can you poison the ice block for poisoning?
Can you oil on the ice block and use fire to blow it up?
I think I might do one as Elsa...cause the cold never bothered me anyway.
Damn watching this while trying to do a cold focused build I missed so many good items
The camp at 21:30 has 3 supreme healing potions or superior
Anyone know what the "chart" icon at 12:22 is?
30:17 my brain when I drink something too cold
Banger
Nice video by the way did my ears decieve me or did you actually use BG2 music? thought I heard the throne of bhaal main theme there
damn this is like 1-1 with my character in DND lmao, was sad to find out how little frost spells there are in 5e, but hey it works pretty fuckin well... well id say a +15 to hit is good
6:43 HAD ME GEEKING LMFAOZ
Did they change ice knife? Because u could twin it before
loooove seein a lotta big numbers
auril would be very proud
bro fr iced out 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶
If you would've saved the thieflings you could have stacked your cha mod 3x on your ice cantrip lol
Ice is nice.
this is amazing run i wish was staff for poison damage like the ice staff T_T
So why you skipping @5:10 ? You didn't show how you survived that one.
The guardian is literally a catfish gone really really bad. It deceives you, then tells you it's your fault for falling for it, then uses your "time spent getting to know each other" to flirt with you. Like huh?
Really dislike how you can't save Jaheira from the inn mess by teleporting her away from the situation far enough for the combat to end. The game just flags her as not having made it.
Funny vid. Learned some cool tricks and gear locations. Thx
Oh god, that thumbnail, I’d recognize it anywhere
Does anyone know that every ingredient to make the portal to the house of hope is actually in helsik’s room?
Brain freeze moment
"why is he not equipping the ice staff... why..."
I equipped the water staff when I didn't have a source of wet, which was a lot lol. Eventually I found a bunch of water bottles
Fun to watch. One question how did your run not end if you died in honour mode?
I continued in custom mode. I didn't do single save for my own sanity lol
@@Pheeonhow did you choose to not do single save? was it with a mod or?
You can also 'cheat' Just keep an honour save. When you want to make a 2nd one. Move/copy the first one to a different folder and I usually add a number to them ...1 etc.
Then make your in game save. and proceed. If you want to restart from an earlier save, remove the number and copy that save back to the BG3 savegames folder.
@@Jules_Diplopia Also, if you're on PC at least, the devs were clever enough to auto-save on Alt-F4, but Ctrl-Alt-Delete and End Task in the task manager don't. So, if you're like me and lack honour, it's not too much of a problem.
i am finding snow burst ring is not being procced from glyph of warding cold damage is that just a bug or what?
I did the same but took the dual wielder feat to dual wield staffs very usefull for using mystras grace (think the name) and the ice staff also +1 ac very useful since i was not using shields
Idk if this was against your rules but in the shadow cursed lands you can walk around safe without a torch if you cast light on your weapon
I didn't know light :> I had it in my spell book, but I could only have 1 spell prepared.
Swapping it off got rid of it, so I just did the quest progression
30:09 brain freeze
Great video, do you still lose access to a bunch of quests in act 1 if you go through the mountain pass and then come back?
@@LrdElderon yes unfortunately :(
as if you thought you could sneak some BG2 music in there and no one notice... at 22:44