I've seen the Baldur's Gate 3 pacifist run, and while this is not exactly that, it's pretty close. One player has completed the entire RPG - on Honor Mode, no less - via no greater means than simply walking at their opponents.
We're at the point in the Baldur's Gate 3 community's life where challenge runs are starting to get pretty serious, and in their latest effort, YouTuber Fracture concocted a build that allowed them to literally run the whole game without making any direct attacks or spells against their enemies. Instead, they used a build that would allow them to use their movement speed as their greatest offensive resource.
As with any of these runs, things start slowly. Fracture isn't able to attack anything on the Nautiloid, so having started out as a Half-Elf Wizard, they sprint through the ship and end up on the beach. Disguising themselves as a Drow, they talk their way through any Goblin encounters to get some of the XP they've missed out on by skipping combat, picking up some boosts to movement speed along the way, like the Haste Helm and Crusher's Ring.
At level 2, they multi-classed into a cleric of the Drow goddess Eilistraee. After that, the next important item was Phalar Aluve, a sword discovered in the underdark. Add to that the Boots of Stormy Clamour from Omeluum, a respec into a Rogue at level, a Bard-ified version of Astarion capable of Knocking open the Adamantine Chest in the Grymforge, and the build has pretty much come together. Here's how it works:
Having taken the Alert trait to make sure he always gets the first turn in combat, Fracture activates Phalar Aluve's action. See, he can't actually wield the weapon properly, but he can use its 'Shriek' ability, which deals a small amount of Thunder damage to any nearby enemies, and gives them disadvantage on a number of saving throws. That counts as applying a condition, and whenever that happens, Fracture's boots also inflict Reverberation, which deals more Thunder Damage once it hits five
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