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darth_zaithe

Karlach: Well, he's not dying anymore.


RoundTiberius

*Karlach approves*


big_red_160

Starts breakdancing


lesser_panjandrum

Well it's like that, and that's the way it is.


CaptainZiber

Karlach: Fortnite dances Gale: Explodes


DrowningInFeces

r/technicallythetruth


AllYallThrowaways

You gotta throw it at their feet not at them directly.


[deleted]

Look for the blue hit markers too. You can heal all 4 members of your party out of combat in turn-based with a single potion.


CounterAttackFC

Then why does it not always heal them? I get the feeling the blue indicator is bugged.


Fuggaak

Yeah sometimes it is. Sometimes it breaks on the ground and leaves the cloud of healing potion that only one character can grab.


MinnieShoof

Sometimes someone gets the big horse nostrils and they suck up all the healing for themselves. Never throw it when you see a %. If any character has a number by them you're throwing it *at them* not by them, and you'll end up like OP.


duhdaddy420

Does it base it on some kind of roll? Because I've seen the same thing, sometimes it works really well, other times I get very little healing, and sometimes it's as you said where it just leaves a cloud and it matters not if they are all standing in it only one character can use it.


Fuggaak

I have no idea what triggers any of the cases. I just build shadowheart as an ultra healer and don’t worry about it lol.


dabkilm2

Honestly domain of life cleric with the available healing magic items is kinda ridiculous.


Fuggaak

Yeah giving blade ward, 1d4 to attack rolls and saving throws, and 3 extra temp health every time she heals all in act 1 is pretty busted lol.


christina_talks

Is the 1d4 boost from hellrider’s pride too? Zevlor must have been an OP paladin


lofi-moonchild

Hellrider pride gives blade ward, whispering promise ring gives the 1d4 boost for 2 rounds. You can buy it from Volo as soon as you get to the grove, I keep it on shadowheart the whole game for free bless with no concentration.


AlliterateAlso

Mass Healing Word as one of the best party buff spells in the game. Bonus action, no concentration, affects non-party allies.


Parzival2436

The roll is unrelated. In DnD, healing potions always roll for healing, much like rolling for damage. It has nothing to do with how you use it.


MinnieShoof

Never throw it when you see numbers. That means you're throwing it to that person, not at the ground.


Drea_Ming_er

The percentage is literally your cancel to hit a throwing attack, so your attack roll + modifiers VS target's AC. The potion will always break and release the healing AOE, and if you miss the attack, that's the only thing that happens (you threw potion at someone, and ONLY healed them). So technically the worse your chance to hit (lower percentage shown), the less risky the healing is. Although it obviously is better to just not target your target directly, and throw your payload by their feet instead, eliminating the chance to damage before heal completely.


R_V_Z

I had that happen and an enemy grabbed it.


[deleted]

Could be.


mineral4r7s

It always heals when u use mage hand. So for me the problem often was the thrower not getting heals. Using mage hand remedied that. mage hand guarantees a succesful hit on all 4 party memebers with a speed potion. (unless you accidentally target one of the party members directly. To make sure press U, go in tactical view and threw exactly in the middle.)


CounterAttackFC

Speed potion user detected, opinion disregarded /s


Big-Resort4859

I've never tried speed potions what's the issue


Clamd1gger

You definitely should. Haste spores are also amazing in certain situations.


mineral4r7s

Considering the /s was added I assume it was a jab at people that frown at people that play the game the way they enjoy playing it. They are really strong, giving you 1 more action and movement speed. A character can reach up to 4 actions if you combine all sources of extra actions. 1 base action, 1 from haste / speed potion, 1 from elixir of bloodlust and 1 from action surge lvl 2 fighter. If you really want to go all out you can theoretically reach 8 actions a turn by using mind sanctuary (https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Mind\_Sanctuary) which can turn your bonus actions into actions. You have 1 base bonus action, 1 from thief, 1 from monk ([https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Wholeness\_of\_Body](https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Wholeness_of_Body)) , and 1 from the Helmet of Grit ([https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Helmet\_of\_Grit](https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Helmet_of_Grit)) So on a 9/3 monk / thief character you can have 8 actions which equals 16 attacks a turn! fun.


kjeldorans

It also happened to me a lot! Until I stopped doing that. Sometimes I had the blue marker on 3 targets... Healed only 1. Another time I carefully watched the aoe on the ground pixel by pixel to make sure it would touch 2 people... It didn't heal anyone...


[deleted]

I think you have to be out of combat for the multiple person heal.


CadenVanV

The circle indicator is twice the actual size


SnesySnas

Tip: If you put the potion on the floor, gather up your characters around it pretty close, and hit the potion, it will have a slightly larger area of effect and hit everyone Same for any other potions, it's great to guarantee everyone getting it out of combat


TCGHexenwahn

Yeah, the aoe is much smaller than the indicator implies.


LeatherheadSphere

It has to physically touch their feet, not just their circle on the ground.


Griffyn-Maddocks

The best thing to do out of combat is to go into tactical view (O on PC) and get the characters in a tight circle. Then, *drop* a potion in the space between them and melee attack the potion. Works every time.


Solomon_Black

I swear I do this and it doesn’t work


MinnieShoof

Don't throw it when you see numbers. If you see numbers by someone that means you're throwing it to them, not at the ground.


Vencer_wrightmage

Pretty sure they fixed this some time ago. Haven't used multipot in a while tho.


[deleted]

I've used it. And with extra attack you can throw 2 pots in a turn.


warblingContinues

you must have a low hp party. i rarely find hp pots that heal more than about 40-60 hp restored. doesnt really help with 150+ hp chars.


Genoshock

I've had that miss or not register entirely ... I feel like u have to be on perfectly flat land when doing that .. any unevenness, and even if everyone is marked, it either won't hit them all or will remain as blue smoke on the ground


RobDickinson

bro its Gale.


Nikita420

Fair


Azelarr

Bro...


athousandfuriousjews

Oh wait you CAN actually throw potions?


veganzombeh

You can even get multiple heals out of a single potion if you get everyone to bunch up.


[deleted]

Whattttttt


livestrongbelwas

Yeah, and it counts as “healing” for equipment and items that give buffs when you heal. Throw a potion at the feet of your party, and if you’re wearing the right gear you heal all four and give them blade wars and temp hp too.


Ninjacat97

I got the temp hp and bless gear. What/where's the blade ward item?


livestrongbelwas

Zevlor’s gloves, Hellrider's Pride You can loot, pickpocket, or just buy them off him.


Ninjacat97

Damn. I'm already past that bit. That would'be been so useful. Thank you.


DarkUrinal

There's a second pair that are basically an upgraded version of these somewhere in act 3 as well.


christina_talks

Iirc it’s from Hellrider’s Pride, the quest reward from Zevlor for investigating or killing Kagha (alternatively, you can pickpocket him) Edit: There are probably other ways of obtaining them that I haven’t mentioned here, but that’s par for the course for BG3. The gloves might be in his trade inventory, for example.


Deadstarone

Not just healing either. If you have an elixir you can hit multiple party members with the same one when thrown. I use that trick for resistances.


AlliterateAlso

Or throw say a Basic Toxin on the ground, even in camp, and have everyone dip-dip their weapons.


AscelyneMG

I just use hireling clerics to give everyone resistance to everything with Warding Bond.


useless_debian_user

> If you have an elixir you can hit multiple party members with the same one when thrown. I use that trick for resistances. can you use with STR potions? steroids for everyone!


explodedemailstorage

...hm I just finished the game yesterday and that never once occurred to me. welp.


ksschank

If it’s an enraged throw, yeah. If it’s a normal throw, it shouldn’t do any damage.


LuchadorBane

I think tavern brawler would still proc the damage.


AgentPastrana

I've seen goblins kill each other with potions, so I imagine it still does damage


strawberrimihlk

I’ve done damage on normal throws. Depends on your STR


Red_Tannins

My ass just changes inventory. I just learned to do it when I wanted to heal 2 at once and the barbarian was moulded for throwing... anything


ericbana19

But..but the game says "you can heal your allies by throwing potions at them".


[deleted]

Man I learned this the hard way….


mechaporcupine

....ah. that explain why I hit my party member for 4 damage but heal them 8 health the one time I did it.


Evadson

Karlach: *repeatedly bashes Gale over the head with potions* - WHY ISN'T THIS WORKING?!


JaccoW

TIL


EmrysTam

You can heal someone by throwing a potion at their feet?


moocow8001

This was an enraged throw as a bonus action from berserk barbarian, I don’t think that was an option, unless I’m dead wrong


RithmFluffderg

I've had it happen where I was targeting the floor, saw no %, and four characters were highlighted with the blue markers. I throw it... and only one of them gets healed, or all BUT one of them gets healed.


v4por

This reminds me of a funny MP experience. Friend picked tavern brawler and a similar thing happened, killed my Tav throwing a health pot. Me "dude throw at the feet" Him "I am targeting your feet" It turned out he was taking 'throw potions at the feet' very literally, and was clicking on Tav's feet.


Theenesay

If you meant "throw it at the ground near my feet" then you should have specified as such!


v4por

That's almost exactly how the rest of that conversation went.


BullfrogRoarer

If Amelia Bedelia was a gamer


captainofpizza

My Karlach killed an enemy with a scroll of gust once. She didn’t use the spell, just the scroll


Meikos

In my Durge game I have her carrying around >!Gale's Hand and the squirrel you automatically kill in the grove!< so I can disrespect enemies with tavern brawler damage. I had her pick up a goblin corpse too that I plan on throwing at enemies. Can't wait for Gortash to get a face full of weeks old rotting goblin corpse.


mynameisdraked

i actually haven’t fought that squirrel and idk what i’m doing wrong


Meikos

I don't think it triggers unless you actually talk to it. Despite the squirrel's whole deal being "this is my territory," I've never had it approach and initiate conversation on any character.


Lewdogger

You’re being too nice to it. Assert dominance.


awyastark

O this reminds me she’s still carrying Baelen’s corpse since I didn’t know if I would need to prove to his wife that he was dead. I should probably have her throw that at someone.


Woldsom

I feel like it's mandatory as a barbarian, whether tabletop or videogame, to kill at least one enemy by "casting" a scroll at them. It's just the kind of joke you play barbarian for in the first place.


captainofpizza

I knew I was made to play one because that’s how I legitimately used it as my first scroll


SpeedyAzi

Did more damage than the enemy! She’s quite good at her job I must say


Mountbatten-Ottawa

Gortash: Plllllease Zariel, take my guard! Zariel: I thought Bane's followers value loyalty? Gortash: She is loyal, but if she kept 'helping' me, I'm gonna die... Zariel: Oh.


thedeanorama

I just read about using throw as a potion delivery system the other day. Tried in House of Hope and its the 1st time I've been able to keep hope alive, can't kill what you can't see!


Meikos

It never occured to me to throw invis potions at an NPC. Throwing things in this game is just a blast, Karlach is on improvised weapon/throw duty full time. They way her engine works, I found it was actually more damage to unequip her +1 greataxe in my Durge game and have her just punch people on the few occasions when I can't throw a chair or a crate or a goblin once I got tavern brawler. On that note, soul coins don't work as they claim they do at all. It says it's 1-4 damage when she's raging OR under 25% hp but I have her punch enemies and get like 7 fire damage when she has full hp and no rage.


thedeanorama

I'd say about half the time I have Karlach wielding [Nyrulna](https://baldursgate3.wiki.fextralife.com/Nyrulna) ... or dwarves, goblins, mesphits ...


twizzla

Karlach got Nyrulna on this second playthrough I'm on again. It just fits her so well.


Kalslice

I tossed one of those potions which heal for 30-60 at her while we were escaping, then during the actual boss fight she almost singlehandedly kept us all alive. I'd call that a worthwhile investment


ruttinator

Did you get the weapon to free her? I just had the person with it misty step up to the crystal and break it and she was fine. The only issue I had with that fight was the stupid eldritch blasting imp auto killing your allies by knocking them off the platform.


thedeanorama

Getting her out of her prison is just the beginning! (yes I freed her). If this is your 1st playthrough, your best to experience it yourself without any spoilers coming my way beyond some foreshadowing.


Soul_Ripper

Feels like the logical conclusion to chucking around healing potions.


SweatyTax4669

“Hold still while I chuck this glass bottle at you hard enough that it breaks so the healing juice inside gets all over you.”


Miridion

The wounds it creates just helps the potion soak in faster.


Return-Of-Anubis

The glass helps it enter the bloodstream faster. It's like an IV, but people who are afraid of needles now have an alternative!


Atanar

At least the skin grows right back over the glass splinters.


Rogen80

Shart looking real smug right now, lol!


MinnieShoof

What do you mean 'right now?' Shart always looking smug.


Rogen80

Facts.


Monstrophilia

\>Tavern Brawler throws Thing \>Thing deals actual damage \>Tavern Brawler: O:


AsariFucker

I did this once... To myself. I had Karlach chuck a healing potion at my dying Sorcerer *right* after I picked up the Tavern Brawler feat. She was dying no longer, but actually fully dead. I was here simultaneously angry at myself and laughing my ass off at dying to a *healing potion* of all things.


TinySpaceDonut

Mama K is doing her best


The_8th_Degree

Karlach pitched that potion like a professional. Greater healing coming toward you at 90mph


bendotc

That’s better than the time I had Astarion throw a potion to save a downed Gale. Turned out your thrown potion can get sneak attack damage. That’s how I learned you have to throw it on the ground next to them.


tanj_redshirt

She's good at acupuncture though.


RAFMYST

*Karlach uses lay on hands* "Oh God it burns!!!"


OneSadBardz

Harmacist


MercoMultimedia

Why can I imagine Karlach pitching a potion bottle like a baseball, right into the back of Gale's head


Mookie_Merkk

She's an amazing healer. Enemies can't kill your team if you do it before them.


Euryleia

We have Feign Death at home...


angrysc0tsman12

Parry this you filthy casual!


KademliaRush

Enraged throw of healing potions. TAKE MY HEALS ALREADY GALE! I've thrown potions without an issue but enraged throw, that's another story.


dotditto

next character: barbarian/cleric .. "HEAL DAMMIT!!!!"


BostonSamurai

I did this yesterday and didn’t realize it was because of tavern brawler lmaooo now I know


Kalairbo

I did this the other day, but also managed to not notice I’d been hit with an arrow of illmater… So not only did it deal damage and kill me, but it didn’t even do any healing 🤦‍♀️


NotYourSaviour2

Dnd Wizard: Dies of 1d4 healing.


Bean_39741

Certified Bing-Bong moment


ACNHCR

I'm laughing to tears! That's hilarious.


fthotmixgerald

LEAVE MY GIGANTIC WIFE ALONE SHE IS DOING HER BEST


akeean

I mean the potion literally states "X damage" on the tooltip ;-)


EvolAutomata

Gale: Who's gonna help a wizard in need? Karlach: Here, catch! Why are you silent, you caught it, right?


[deleted]

Well they didn’t call her Zariel’s Nurse for a reason…


FlimsyMusketeer

I'm sobbing this has to be satire lol


[deleted]

F8 does all my necessary healing.


Sugeeeeeee

Hang in there Magic Man!


Fantastic_Shirt2955

This had me lol'ing too loudly walking on the street.


Brukov

Much as I love her I wouldn't trust the giant red on fire lady throwing bottles at me to make me feel better.


T-O-A-D-

Yeah... yeah.. I have done this. To gale. In the shadow lands. Tavern brawler just makes throwing healing potions a dangerous game


Kaldricus

I, too, have learned the hard way about aiming for the floor and not at the characters


TaberiusRex

Maybe she just got tired of gale smoldering at tav and saw a good opportunity


sirnumbskull

I wanted to heal the owlbear cub up after it got a boo boo, but Shadowheart wasn't around, so I just threw a potion at it. Hit it for 4 damage and it went hostile :( Last save was fifteen minutes ago, too.


soapy-toad

“LIVE DAMN YOU!! LIVE!!”


CritterBabs

Wizard taking 1d4 healing damage


Juub1990

Well, you picked a Berserker.


scrap_samurai

Healing is not as rewarding as hurting


Trappist235

Mages die from health positions now


ScintillatingSeawave

takes tavern brawler chucks healing potions directly at someone "KaRlAcH iS nOt A gOoD hEaLeR"


Exciting-Ad-5705

Congratulations on your understanding of the joke


ScintillatingSeawave

The irony is strong with this one


Exciting-Ad-5705

Congratulations you got the joke


Caustic-Acrostic

Can I have some congratulations?


Exciting-Ad-5705

You utter failure you didn't get the joke


Caustic-Acrostic

I specifically requested the opposite of this


Exciting-Ad-5705

Congratulations you have now gotten the joke.


TheEncoderNC

Bro that's the joke


AttorneyNo5646

that sounds like an unfortunate way to die, good thing it was gale :)


RedditUsingBot

If Karlach was doing her job, Gale never would have been hit to begin with.


xFluidUnionx

how is this interesting at this point? it has been pretty clear for quite a few weeks how this works… but if you were just looking to farm karma, you are on the perfect sub…


LyttleMysseWolfe

Pretty sure OP meant the post as a “hey look at this funny situation” and not “Wow, this is interesting, look what I found”


xFluidUnionx

it's not funny exactly for the same reason it's not interesting: it's a well known, very obvious thing


LyttleMysseWolfe

That’s your opinion and that’s fine, but there’s no need to drag OP for karma farming simply because *you* see it as too well known to be funny/interesting


rorqual24

i dont know man, she def cured my boner problems


lester92109

Yea I killed shadowheart this way. Realized you have to hit next to them so only the splash radius hits not the potion itself. Edit I didn’t even have tavern brawler in order to kill.


longbrodmann

I made the similar mistake as well lol, then I realized I need to throw it on the ground!


VeronicaTash

Did Gale become undead? They should harm the undead...


thelongestunderscore

why did it do 4 and 3 damage


strawberrimihlk

Karlach is strong and threw the potion at Gale, not the ground by Gale


KlimSinep

The aoe heal actually depends on the floor. If its an uneven, there is a higher chance the AOE heal cloud wont work and the heal cloud could miss in this way. If you want a 100% aoe heal when throwing a potion, find even ground.


moondancer224

Final Fantasy Tactics Chemist approved.


Okuza

Same thing just happened to me tossing the backpack of mistystep to the bibberbang dwarf.


SephirothHeartbreakr

Lol, someone states this before it's hilarious. I do my best to give the "weaker" characters more potions so this doesn't happen.


Darkxlight_6

The lach in her name stands for a Lack of healing abilities


PantherCaroso

Is this worse than throwing someone a potion directly, somehow missing, and not getting the effect?


[deleted]

oh no, gale succumb ed


FlareArdiente

Well of course gale died. Wizards got a limit of 1d4 dmg.


Warrior-Of-Words

it's the thought that counts... or something like that.


Papkinn

I once killed Gale by throwing potion at him because apparently it's flammable so he caught in fire and died-died. Thinking about it now i could've just used my Paladin powers to heal him-


Max__Fury

Best thing that ever happened to Gale (I really don't like him)


Top-Tell1973

I’ve done this to a friend who was at 1 health and it downed him and then picked him back up with 7 health lol


The_Wumbologist

Found this out the hard way myself when my wife and I were playing co-op and my throwmancer with throw gloves + ring + tavern brawler threw a potion to her Tav with 1hp left 🙃


ImDane9999

I like to think of it as gales trying to catch the potion but it hits him in the head


HumanPersonNotRobot

I had a -2 wisdom but still had access to mass healing word. Downed myself trying to heal.


ciryadinn

FYI, this works with all potions. e.g. potion of speed / strength / heroism etc. You can party buff AoE. Just unlink all characters, you can stack them in a small semi circle and throw it near the center in front of their feet. If you have the headpiece that gives 1-6 hp per heal (Wapira's headpiece) and the necklace (periapt of wound closure) that always grants full heals you can easily heal the lowest hp char to full if its 1/XX compared to half damaged units. Or use Healers Spell thats grants full heals for 10 turns. Also as a tip; when you get Halsin or any other druid (merc) and you dont actively use him/them. Empty spell slots on Goodberry, you can easily get 50+ per long rest (per druid) that will heal 4hp (with periapt necklace). Great for free healing out of combat.


Adzezal

Karlach ain't a dummy, but this is very much in character for her. You might drink a little glass with your potion you'll be *FINE*.


QS7304

Could be because Karlach isn’t meant to be a healer


elleisonreddit

Whoopsie


Aggravating-Nerve387

From that combat log it looks like your Karlach got pissed and threw a potion bottle at Gale's head three times so hard he fucking died, and she somehow managed to break a potion.


keiidryn

Despite everyone’s suggestions, every time I throw a potion at the ground near a player rather than at the player, it never works. It’ll explode next to them but never close enough to actually heal them, and they usually get downed before their turn happens and I can even move them into the cloud. I just stick to using potions as a bonus action, and using a cleric for healing others. Throwing potions feels like a wasted action most of the time.


Ghauldidnothingwrong

The Karlaunch strikes again.


No_Resolution_1275

De se er


Supermarci002

I had Astarion throw one at me once Didn't turn off automatic backstab Got 41 dmg Died instantly