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  • I did a book collection run once. Collect as many unique books as possible in a single run. I got about 94% of the books in the game, which is as many as I think you can get in a single run. The remaining 6% is locked behind story branches that would eat into the 94% I did get.

    And honestly? It wasn’t that fun. I had to scour rooftops, look around in vases, cross-reference the wiki, reload the game because I made a wrong choice that seemed like a nothing choice at the time… And all I got were some notes. And they weren’t even much better than the ones you get in a normal run.

    And this was just books. I had to skip Gale’s content entirely just to collect an extra note. There is a robe you can only get if you kill Karlach. There’s simply too many branches for you to get everything.

    You can’t get 100%. You might be able to get 95%, but it won’t be fun. From now on, I’ll just clear the map markers before moving on, and that’ll be enough for me.
















  • Your mistake is giving weight to the opinions of guys who post their cheese strats to steam message boards. You aren’t less of a gamer because you haven’t learned how to cheese a fight.

    You’re the one playing the game. Play it how you want.

    As for tips to make it easier?

    • When the game tells you something is urgent, it’s usually lying. You have all the time in the world, and nothing to fear from a long rest.
    • Cantrips scale over time, so you can often use them rather than a spell slot.
    • Barrel strats are beginner level cheese. Steal firewine and oil barrels, just in case you need it later.

  • Easy moral patch: These specific goblins have all made unambiguously evil choices that warrant a good slaying. Like kicking dogs. You’re not slaying goblins because they’re goblins, you’re slaying dog-kickers that happen to be goblins. There are plenty of goblins who do not kick dogs, but they’re not a part of this fight.

    This is still a political statement that dog kickers are evil. I doubt anyone would mind that, and those that do are better off leaving my table anyway.