The fake ‘barrelmancer’ class gives Baldur’s Gate 3 an explosive power

Baldur’s Gate 3The following is a list of the most popular ways to contact us Already, its sheer scope and how it encourages player creativity have wowed many fans. You can improvise melee weapons — throwing rotten food, shoes, and even companion characters. You can also fill your pockets with just about anything you’re strong enough to carry, and make some outrageous plays by placing those items strategically. One of my personal favorite aspects of the game’s freeform item aesthetic is the made-up class fans call a “barrelmancer,” someone who collects flammable barrels, then sets them off to create a daisy chain of explosions.

Reddit went crazy with the barrelmancer’s strategy. X (née Twitter)The clip was shot last week. Okoii is shown scrolling an inventory of nearly forty incendiary barriques. Their Halfling character — who is extremely yoked — then places those barrels in a domino-like configuration all through the Goblin Camp in the game’s first act, scrambles onto a perch, and tosses an Alchemist’s Fire grenade to set them off.

The barrels used were more than I had anticipated. Via email, Okoii told me just how many: “I used about 70 barrels but i didn’t count the exact amount, there were limited explosive barrels so i clustered them around the important targets and used mostly Oil and wine barrels for the rest with the occasional throwable items placed in between spots where i was running out.”

A full minute of the rest of the video’s run time is dedicated to documenting the chain of explosions that absolutely ravage the Goblin Camp. It is important to note that every enemy will die in a dramatic way, regardless of whether or not they have passed the savings throw. The barrels were placed and the camera angles filmed in about 8 hours. “The most satisfying part was throwing the very first firepot setting off the barrels outside the camp,” Okoii said.

Okoii also posted a full-length YouTube video edit of his crew of Halfling barbarians — a crew that very much reads like a group of buff hobbits — causing chaos throughout The Sword Coast. This is the final minute of a full-length YouTube video.

“4 Halfing Barbarians are no joke, barbarians in general especially early game are extremely strong so we had absolutely no trouble with any fights even without barrels,” Okoii said.

Divinity: Original Sin 2. fans also got a kick out of barrelmancy, so it’s no surprise to see Baldur’s Gate 3 The same fans doing the trick. But the scope of this — 70 barrels and eight hours! — still blows my mind.