Baldur's Gate 3 adds D&D's Bard class, playable Gnomes, and "hair upgrades" today

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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Baldur's Gate 3 is getting a major update today that adds the new Bard 🧔class, Gnomes as a playable race, and plenty more.

Larian Studios revealed Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 8: Of Valour 🍎and Love during today's Panel From Hell showcase. The new Bard class will let you "hurl pithy one-liners at your enemies or play songs with your companions by the campfire." 

Bards are split into two subclasses: the combat-focused College of Valour, which giv﷽es you battle advantages and abilities to buff and inspire allies. The College of Valour subclass' signature feature is called Combat Insp🌠iration, which lets an ally add +1d6 bonus to their next attack roll, ability check, or saving throw. Allies can also choose to add a +1d6 bonus to their next weapon attack's damage, or a +4 bonus to their armor class for one attack.

The Bard's College of Lore subclass focuses on support spellcasting to debuff enemies and buff allies. Its signature feature is Cutting Words, which deals a 1d6 penalty to enemy attack rolls, ability checks, and damage dealt until the start of your next turn. The Perform ability lets you use musical instruments to capture the attention of certain NPCs, who might join in or otherwise reward you 🧜for your talent.

Patch 8 also lets you play as "adveꦡnturous and vibrant" Gnomes, which are the𝓀 first new playable race to be added to Baldur's Gate 3 since its launch into Early Access in October 2020.

Remember how I mentioned some pretty big combat changes? Well, Patch 8 introduces𝔍 swarm AI, which makes minor enemies like animals and goblins group together in combat. Larian hopes this will make for "a much faster and smoother combat experience during la☂rger battles."

Other updates include a new killcam for ranged critical attack🐽s that gives your finishing blow a nice dramati🐽c effect, and improved hair-shading model and "other general improvements" to your character's locks. 

Servers have implemented network compression, which should give folks with slower, less reliable interne꧅t connections some noticeable relief when it comes to stability and lag in multiplayer. Finally, Patch 8 adds Brazilian Portuguese subtitles.

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