In Baldur’s Gate 3 there are numerous classes and subclasses. A player thought that a special feature of his class would be a lot of fun – but he died instead at the first roll.
A player reports on Reddit that he wanted to test a special wizard subclass in Baldur’s Gate 3 during his new run. He decided on a wizard of “wild magic”. The subclass grants wizards a connection to chaotic magic, leading to unpredictable events and effects.
This means that when casting a spell, an additional effect may occur – this can be useful, harmful, or a mix of both, depending on the effect and context in which it occurs (via Baldur’s Gate Wiki). An unforeseen moment led to the death of the player character “WunWunSituation” – and that right at the beginning.
Here you can see how you can cast two spells at once:
“Wild magic is fun, right?”
What a moment that was! On Reddit “WunWunSituation” describes on January 14 in his post an unforeseen situation that meant an early end for his player character:
I just started a new run and wanted to try a “wild magic” wizard because wild magic is fun, right? So I climb out of the capsule and thought it would be best if I equipped myself with “Mage Armor” first.
Well, “wild magic” was triggered and a Mephit spawned. A few unfortunate rolls later I was dead, without having left the first room. Let’s do that again!
The Mephit triggered by the “wild magic” apparently surprised the player already in the Nautiloid – the first area you explore in Baldur’s Gate 3. By the way, you can secure a strong weapon from Commander Zhalk there.
What do other players say about it? The Reddit post recorded over 6,900 upvotes and more than 270 comments. One of the top comments comes from “BigZach1”. The user suggests it would be even better if this was the first attempt of an Honor run. And “trengilly” replies: “Ha! Yes, ‘wild magic’ wizard is the ultimate difficulty mode for the Honor run!”
“tincanicarus” writes in the comment to the post that this should be an achievement. Another user writes: “I lost count of how many times a big battle went wrong because all my characters spontaneously turned into cats.” And “Earis” writes: “I love this game and all the nonsense you can get yourself into.”
The Honor mode is a special challenge in Baldur’s Gate 3. Here you only have a single save file, and “Save Scumming”, that is, excessive reloading to always get the perfect result, is not possible.
A player died in the mode not in a heroic battle or due to an unfortunate explosion, but through a dialogue option: Baldur’s Gate 3: After 30 hours of meticulous planning, the Honor mode ends due to a dialogue choice
