Arguably the greatest aspect of Baldur’s Gate 3 is its unique ability to provide surprising and unexpected outcomes at seemingly the most mundane of times. One unfortunate player found this out to their immense detriment.
There are few games in history with a narrative as broad in scope as Baldur’s Gate 3. Larian Studios’ masterful epic has a main story of around 60 hours, with enough side-quests and tangents to comfortably fill twice that length.
That’s not to mention the immense replayability of the game, as players try new class combinations and builds on each playthrough.
Now, one player who was feeling particularly adventurous found out why one of the most high-risk playstyles in the game can bring any encounter down in an instant. Even one right at the start of the game.
Wild Magic Sorcerer gets instantly killed by a Mephit
In a post on Reddit, one Baldur’s Gate 3 player told the story of their first run as a Wild Magic Sorcerer. After emerging from the pod they cast Mage Armor to surround themselves with a protective magical force when the RNG gods intervened and spawned a Mephit.
For those who haven’t played Wild Magic yet, it is a subclass of Sorcerer that grants them a direct connection with untamed and spectacular magic. While this can work out brilliantly, it can also have unintended and disastrous consequences for the caster.
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In this case, the Mephit would attack the player and, after a few unfortunate dice rolls, kill them in the very first room in the game.
The responses to the thread were predictably unsympathetic, with one saying: “This would be even better if this was your first Honor run attempt.”
Others recounted similar experiences in other games, including this hilarious outcome in Disco Elysium: “Reminds me of when I played Disco Elysium and died from a heart attack reaching for my tie in the absolute very beginning of the game on Iron Man of course.”
Whether the player decided to press on with the class is unclear but the story is a prime example of what makes Baldur’s Gate 3 so great.
