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The secret best Baldur’s Gate 3 class is, of course, BarrelmancerDivine art
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A straightforward tactic: consider lugging a few oil barrels into a throne room, and dropping them all around the resident big cheese before you confront him. Given reasonably careful distribution, it’s possible to finish a whole battle this way in a single turn. Fortunately, whileBaldur’s GateNPCs can be eagle-eyed when it comes to sneaking rogues, they’re perfectly indifferent to people surrounding them with heavy explosives.
InDivinity: Original Sin 2, you could do this using telekinesis without breaking stealth, much to the horror and derangement of enemies. Imagine, if you will, living in a world where barrel-shaped neutron stars appear out of thin air to smash all your mates to atoms. Barrelmancy does havenon-violent applications: you can also stack crates to boost yourself over what are supposed to be impassable obstacles, like a Minecraft player who wandered through the wrong door while exploring the Backrooms.
A fine demonstration of barrelmancy from reddit user Dusty_Chen. |Image credit:Dusty_Chen / Larian
Some might object that chain-trapping an adversary’s lair is “unrealistic” and “cheating” and “just looks really daft”, but I think it cuts right to the heart of one of the most improvisation-driven D&D adaptations in years. Barrels! Go on, see what kinds of mischief you can wreak with them. Then report back here, so I can do the same.
