Hot(ish?) Take on Skyrim and BG3 (last one of these!)
a month ago
General
My first ever play-through was an Altmer/High Elf pure mage. (No armor, no weapons, just magic).
It went well for the most part...
And then, I got to that Peryite Daedric questline, with the final boss of the quest, Orchendor.
The only character in the entire game who is 100% immune to ALL magic--spells, effects, even dragon shouts.
So I had to resort to conjuring a bow and taking pot shots at him like I'm a Temu/AliExpress knock off of a stealth archer.
14 years later and I'm STILL salty about that.
Rodd Toward be like: "Fuck your build, fuck your rp, Stealth Archer and/or melee meathead or go fuck yourself, lawl."
At least BG3 respects the player enough such that any/all builds are viable.
"Hot take; but your build is irrelevant."—Morgana Evelyn
Much better designed game (jank coding/implementations notwithstanding), imho.
It went well for the most part...
And then, I got to that Peryite Daedric questline, with the final boss of the quest, Orchendor.
The only character in the entire game who is 100% immune to ALL magic--spells, effects, even dragon shouts.
So I had to resort to conjuring a bow and taking pot shots at him like I'm a Temu/AliExpress knock off of a stealth archer.
14 years later and I'm STILL salty about that.
Rodd Toward be like: "Fuck your build, fuck your rp, Stealth Archer and/or melee meathead or go fuck yourself, lawl."
At least BG3 respects the player enough such that any/all builds are viable.
"Hot take; but your build is irrelevant."—Morgana Evelyn
Much better designed game (jank coding/implementations notwithstanding), imho.
FA+

Taking out a rabbit with a fireball should give you a roast rabbit instead of raw anything. :D
IKR?!?!
Specifically, dual summon Dremora Lords, and sit back and watch the blood fly. 😎
Derp. Why yes, I **might** pawsibly have skill issue. >.>;;;