Baldur's Gate 3 Player Beats Honour Mode Only Using True Strike And Reactions

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Baldur's Gate 3 added a new difficulty post-launch called Honour Mode. You get one save file, meaning you can't reload when you mess up a dice roll and death is permanent. But that's not challenging enough for YouTuber Fracture who beat the game with nothing but True Strike and reactions.

True Strike is a cantrip that gives you an advantage on your next attack role, but Fracture didn't attack. Instead, they made a B-line for the Boots of Stormy Clamour which allows them to stack two Reverberation when they inflict a condition on a hostile creature. Afterwards, they completed Omelum's quest in the Underdark to get the Ring of Absolute Force, which combined with Priestess Gut's branding, means they deal one extra point of thunder damage per attack. What this means is that, when casting True Strike, Fracture stacks Reverberation and deals thunder damage.

This is a very brief rundown of the incredibly chaotic run that Fracture put together. You can watch the entire thing below and hear more in-depth details on how not attacking was made viable.

With the basics of the build put together, they ventured to the Adamantine Forge to fight Grym since it doesn't require anything other than pulling levers and baiting the boss. This gave them enough XP to level up. They then visited the creche for the Holy Lance Helm which deals 1-4 damage to anyone who misses an attack (while giving two more stacks of Reverberation) and the Gloves of Belligerent Skies (which adds two extra stacks of Reverberation when dealing Radiant damage).

It's not an easy run whatsoever, but with the Ring of Protection, Adamantine armour, Arcane Ward, Warding Bond, and goodberries, Fracture was practically invincible to lower-level attacks.

After they stole the idol and left the Grove in ruins, they snuck out and ventured to Act 2, immediately picking a fight with Kar'niss that took 75 turns. Then they accidentally got Balthazar killed by Justiciars, talked the three Thorms and Yurgir into killing