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''Baldur's Gate 3'' is a turn-based adventure with a wide variety of '''gameplay mechanics'''.
''Baldur's Gate 3'' is a turn-based adventure with a wide variety of '''gameplay mechanics'''.


== Turns and rounds ==
== Creatures ==
A ''turn'' is the most basic unit of time in ''Baldur's Gate 3'' gameplay. During combat, each creature takes a turn, usually in sequential order. When all creatures have taken their turns, a ''round'' has passed.
{{hatnote|For the basics of player created characters, see [[Character creation]].}}
Creatures are living beings in the game. All characters, animals and monsters are ''creatures''. Every creature has a [[Race|race]] and a [[Creature type|creature type]].
 
If a creature has a [[Class|class]], it is also a ''character''. Player characters and all companions also have a [[Background|background]], and can use [[Equipment|equipment]].
 
=== Stats ===
All creatures have [[Hit points|hit points]] that determine how much [[Damage rolls|damage]] it can take, and [[Ability scores|abilities]] which are used in calculation of [[Dice rolls|dice rolls]].
 
Other important stats include [[Armour Class]], [[Proficiency bonus|proficiency bonus]] and [[Resistance|resistances]].
 
=== Features ===
Most creatures have racial [[Traits|traits]], and many have proficiencies, including [[Skills|skills]]. Characters have class features, and may have [[Feats|feats]], and may be capable of casting [[Spells|spells]].
 
==== Feats ====
At certain levels, a character has the choice between two points of [[Ability score improvement|ability score improvement]] or one feat.
 
==== Proficiency ====
Proficiency indicates a specific talent your character has, whether it's knowing how to effectively handle a certain type of [[Weapon|weapon]], fight in a certain type of [[Armour|armour]], or being talented in a specific [[Skills|skill]] set such as Athletics or Animal Handling.


When two or more allied creatures are in close proximity to each other and would have otherwise taken their turn immediately after each other, they can usually take their turns at the same time.
When you have a certain Proficiency, you gain [[Proficiency Bonus]] on corresponding rolls.  The bonus added to the roll depends on your character's level.


=== Turn order ===
==== Spellcasting ====
The order in which creatures take their turn (the ''turn order'') is decided by rolling for [[Initiative|initiative]], which is a {{InfoBlob|1d4 + Dex mod}} roll.
{{hatnote|Also see [[List of spells]].}}
Spellcasting is the ability to cast spells. Through spellcasting, you can harm, heal, hinder, or buff targets. Different classes have different ways to learn, prepare, and channel their magic for spells.


If creatures who fight on the same side are adjacent to each other in the turn order they share their turn order position and can act interchangeably. For this matter, creatures who are summoned by the player but not controlled by the player, such as the ghouls from the [[Necromancy of Thay]], are not considered to be on the player's side. The maximum group size for a shared turn order position is 10 creatures.
Classes capable of spellcasting:
* [[File:Class Bard Badge Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1]] [[Bard]]
* [[File:Class Cleric Badge Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1]] [[Cleric]]
* [[File:Class Druid Badge Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1]] [[Druid]]
* [[File:Class Paladin Badge Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1]] [[Paladin]]
* [[File:Class Ranger Badge Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1]] [[Ranger]]
* [[File:Class Sorcerer Badge Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1]] [[Sorcerer]]
* [[File:Class Warlock Badge Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1]] [[Warlock]]
* [[File:Class Wizard Badge Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1]] [[Wizard]]


If a creature that is attacked is unaware of their attackers at the start of combat, the first round of combat is declared a ''surprise round'', during which only the attackers may take actions.
==== Conditions ====
[[Condition|Conditions]] are the lingering effects of certain Spells, Class Features, etc. that may positively or negatively affect a creature. Knowing how to inflict, cure, or avoid certain Conditions can grant you the upper hand in many situations.


=== Turn-based mode ===
== Turns and rounds ==
While turns are primarily featured in combat, a turn-based mode is also available outside of combat, and automatically turns on in certain scenarios, such as when certain traps are activated.
A ''turn'' is the most basic unit of time in ''Baldur's Gate 3'' gameplay. The order in which creatures take their turn (the ''turn order'') is decided by rolling for [[Initiative|initiative]]. When all creatures have taken their turns, a ''round'' has passed.


=== Action economy ===
Most creatures are able to take one [[Action|action]], one [[Bonus action|bonus action]] and one [[Reaction|reaction]] per turn, but some equipment and class features allow a creature to take more actions than this.
Most creatures are able to take one [[Action|action]], one [[Bonus action|bonus action]] and one [[Reaction|reaction]] per turn, but some equipment and class features allow a creature to take more actions than this.


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* Reaction: A secondary resource a character can use during a combat round. It primarily allows a creature to take reactions outside their own turn - such as [[Opportunity Attacks]].
* Reaction: A secondary resource a character can use during a combat round. It primarily allows a creature to take reactions outside their own turn - such as [[Opportunity Attacks]].


== Creatures ==
==== Weapon actions ====
{{hatnote|See also: [[Creatures]]}}
All characters, animals and monsters are ''creatures''. Every creature has a [[Race|race]] and a [[Creature type|creature type]], and may have racial [[Traits|traits]].
 
== Classes ==
All Humanoid creatures, including the player character and all party members, has a [[Class|class]]. Player characters and all companions also have a [[Background|background]], and can use [[Equipment|equipment]]. Having levels in a class allows access to ''class features'', which are the features that set classes apart from each other.
 
Classes may also grant access to [[Spells|spells]] and [[Feats|feats]].
 
=== Spellcasting ===
{{hatnote|Main article: [[Spellcasting]].}}
While all classes are capable of casting spells, some classes are proficient in spellcasting, and automatically learn spells. These classes may cast these learned spells using ''spell slots''.
 
Spell slots are a replenishable resource, and are usually replenished on a long rest. Warlocks are able replenish spell slots on short rests, and wizards and [[Circle of the Land]] druids have class features that allow a limited amount of spell slots to replenished without a rest.
 
Some classes can cast any spell they know at any given time (such as bards, sorcerers, warlocks), as long as they have available spell slots, whereas others must prepare spells – either from a list of spells known (wizards), or from a list of class spells (clerics, druids, paladins, rangers).
 
=== Stats ===
All creatures have [[Hit points|hit points]] that determine how much [[Damage rolls|damage]] it can take, and [[Ability scores|abilities]] which are used in calculation of [[Dice rolls|dice rolls]].
 
Other important stats include [[Armour Class]], [[Proficiency bonus|proficiency bonus]] and [[Resistance|resistances]].
 
== Conditions ==
[[Condition|Conditions]] are the lingering effects of certain spells, class features, equipment or environments. They usually have a set duration, but some may last until the party has taken a long rest.
 
== Equipment ==
=== Weapons ===
Having a weapon equipped grants a character access to special [[Weapon actions|actions]] only usable while wielding that weapon. These are usually special attacks that can do bonus damage, hit multiple targets, debilitate foes, or move the character
Having a weapon equipped grants a character access to special [[Weapon actions|actions]] only usable while wielding that weapon. These are usually special attacks that can do bonus damage, hit multiple targets, debilitate foes, or move the character


[[Category:Gameplay mechanics]]
[[Category:Gameplay mechanics]]
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