There’s nothing more annoying inBaldur’s Gate 3than failing an easy roll. There are numerous examples where failing on a roll can lead to a humorous or even favorable outcome. Still, when it comes to simple actions such as interpreting the meaning of something, it’s just annoying not to be able to gauge any extra details. It’s always helpful to bring a cleric or druid with you so that you have constant access to the guidance spell as an extra safety net.
However, guidance can’t always save you. UserToastySnakeon Medal captured an incredibly rare moment of them rolling several critical failures in succession. It’s annoying to fail any roll, but a critical failure is just a slap in the face to any player, since it ignores any bonuses you may have applied. A regular Natural One in itself only has a 5% chance of being rolled, butthis poor player experienced something an abysmally small number of players will have suffered through.
The Chances Of Rolling Five Nat Ones In A Row Are Low - But Never Zero
A 0.00003125% Chance Is Minuscule, But This Player Proved It’s Not Impossible
It’s one thing to roll two Nat Ones in a row, or even threeif the odds are particularly not in your favor. But ToastySnake really earned themselves the title of one of the unluckiestBG3players of all time by rolling five in a row, defeating all odds in the worst way possible. They attempted to interpret the hand signals ofVoss' githyanki patrol, which was quite a basic roll with only a difficulty class of ten.
To add more salt to the wound, they hadGuidanceand the Luck of the Far Realms active, making the threshold they needed to hit even lower theoretically.Before the encounter, they had the maximum number of inspiration points.They ended up using all four - there are only a few very specific scenarios where they could have possibly rolled another Nat One. It’s fair to say this is everyBG3player’s nightmare, especially inhonor mode, where failure has more substantial consequences.
There Are A Few Ways To Avoid Critical Failure In BG3
You Can’t Always Avoid It, But There Are A Few Things That Make It Less Likely
There are a handful of ways to attempt to mitigate critical failure inBaldur’s Gate 3.The most obvious examples are gaining an advantage or using inspiration after a failed roll, but as we just saw demonstrated, this isn’t always a good backup plan. The “lucky” feat is an easy way to allow you to redo a handful of dice rolls for free, but theunderrated halfling racealso has a feature that allows you to reroll initial critical failures.
If you find that the game is especially cruel to you, then you may want to considerturning on the Karmic Dice setting. Understandably, some players may think of this as being less authentic, but it doesn’t prevent you from failing completely; it simply makes your rolls go a bit smoother, and the difference isn’t extremely noticeable. It’s usually possible to recover from a critical failure inBaldur’s Gate 3, but stories like this remind players that they can’t always escape it.
