20 hours without a single attack: This Baldur's Gate 3 pacifist run relies on speedrunning strats, an OP D&D class trait, and a huge amount of RPG patience

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A genius Baldur's Gate 3 player has managed to complete the entire game without (directly) killing a single NPC, in a perfect example of the freedom offered by Larian's RPG.

In a recent video, YouTuber Proxy Gate Tactician outlined how they made it through an entire playthrough, barely dishing out any direct damage from the deck of the Nautiloid all the way to the Upper City of Baldur's Gate itself. The rules they imposed including not allowing the environment (fire, falling etc) to kill any NPCs, or talking any bosses into shuffling themselves off the mortal coil. They could, however, allow uncontrolled NPCs to do their dirty work for them, which will become important later on.

Their journey began in the character creation screen, where there was a very specific path to take. Proxy rolled up a Duergar Sorcerer, relying on their character's Baldur's Gate 3 class' natural Charisma, as well as spells like Fog and Enhanced Leap. The latter would prove pretty important, as once coupled with a high Strength stat for extra jumping distance, it could be used to simply leap past early combat encounters. If that sounds familiar, it's because it's a mainstay of Baldur's Gate 3's speedrunning meta, in which Gale simply jumps through the entire game. As for the Duergar bit, we'll return to that in a moment.

Proxy survived the Nautiloid crash, and then recruited Gale as the least violent of the early game companions. From there, they did their utmost to either talk their way out of trouble or avoid combat completely, hoovering up whatever XP was available outside of combat to push themselves to level five. At that point, they unlocked the Duergar's racial trait, which allows them to turn invisible at will, a tool that would prove