If you see enemies standing near an oil barrel, use something fire related to destroy it. It will simultaneously destroy the barrel, spread the oil all over the ground and set it on fire. Firebolt cantrip is good for this without using spell slots or fire arrows or something.
If you’re feeling particularly evil, carry a few oil/power barrels around with you and set them in place to do it on purpose 
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You can also pick up the oil and powder barrels and throw them at things.
In my case the first time I made use of an oil barrel the fight started and two bandits were standing around the oil barrel. I was like Firebolt! and then they didn’t get a turn 
Another note…be mindful of the gloves/boots you put on your barbarians. I was running around with a 12 AC on my 20 AC barbarian because I put a helmet on her that was medium armor. Super annoying.
Great advice, also a few of my friends went to the mountain pass early and they lost a few quests because that takes you out of act 1 I think. I received a warning before proceeding but some may miss it.
Yes, you lose open quests, access to quests you’ve not found, and waypoints. Each act is 100% separate.
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If a fight is too tough and you keep dying and the game reloads and you want to just run away and come back later, go to the map and teleport elsewhere. After dying 10 times to the same group I figured that one out lol
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For me, I step back, long rest, and buff. I had a serious fight going on and realized that I had pets as an option. Summoned a Fire Myrmidon and a Djinni, had shield of faith, haste, few other buffs up, and the fight got a lot easier. I use potions and scrolls all of the time.
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Thanks for the tips. I played the first 2 BG games, but it was so long ago and I feel a bit overwhelmed. I played many DnD games, Icewind Dale, Planescape Torment, etc. But been quite awhile since I’ve played turn-based game that this game feels alien to me. Or have they gotten more complicated? Or is it a sign of my aging brain?! Um, yeah…probably that. lol
A bit of both? Definitely a lot more moving parts, which is why I appreciate turn based. I’m too old for twitch games these days.
If I remember correctly the previous Baldur’s Gate games from Bioware were not actually turn based, they used a turn-based in real time system which was awkward as hell, required an awful lot of pausing to command characters and then unpausing and doing this A LOT during combat. I am also appreciating the turn based mechanics because turn based in real time plays out very challenging. The first two Baldur’s Gate games were also running on the 2nd Edition DnD ruleset which was a good deal more challenging than the 5th Edition ruleset.
Those factors alone can make for a learning curve coming into BG3 if one hasn’t played many of these types of games since BG1 and 2.
Started a multiplayer campaign but lost at least one person, maybe two. We just made level 4 and could use one or two replacements. We play when we get a chance, during 7-11pm EST. DM me here or in Discord (Fizzit).
I didn’t see this one but the Ctrl Click and Shift Click option to highlight multiple items in your inventories or chest.
If you hold Shift and click first item and then click a item further up or down in the inventory it highlights all of them.
If you hold Ctrl and Click you can click all the items you need
Yup. Shift-click and send all food back to camp, it weighs a ton.