Baldur's Gate III was out of the Early Access phase, and maybe on Patch 4, when I bought it, rolled up various characters of unusual background and hopefully interesting dialogue options, then started a run on the easiest difficulty with the most exotic one, which was still unfinished when the final Patch 8 came out. While doing tiny bits of quest at a time, I noted anything that looked like a bug in "bg3.txt", so I could see if those bugs were solved by subsequent patches. Game observations were added in a second textfile, and soon, that text became more like a playthrough diary. As I've enjoyed reading similar playthrough stories by Nethack and Dungeon Crawl players, I decided to neaten up the text - leaving in the swearwords and colloquialisms - chop it into bits, and put it online. Warning: strong language and spoilers galore, though nothing is explained, and only those who have played the game will get it.
Abbreviations used:
AC: armour class
aka: also known as
AoE: area of effect, the circle within which a spell effect works
Ast, Asty: Astarion
char, chara: character
crit: critical hit (from rolling a natural 20)
Durge: The Dark Urge, default Bhaalspawn character name
Emps, Empy: the Emperor
Ery: Erynios
HP: hit points
inspo: inspiration point
invis: invisibility
Keth: Ketheric Thorm
Lae: Lae'Zel
MC: main character
Mint, Minty: Minthara
Raph, Raphy: Raphael
Shart: Shadowheart
stats: statistics, refers to ability/attribute (and sometimes skill) points
on the character sheet
Tav: default main character if not The Dark Urge (short for Gustav)
tief: tiefling
Vic: Viconia
XP: experience points
URLS are written as flat text, not hyperlinks, and won't be kept updated. They are typically either BG3 Wiki entries or reddit posts.
Erynios, Githyanki Storm Sorceror, on Explorer
Seven, Lightfoot Halfling Draconic Sorlock, on Tactician
