Hold Person
Lvl 2 Enchantment |
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| Hold a humanoid enemy still. They can't move, act or react. Attacks from within 3m are always Critical Hits.
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WIS Save 
Concentration
Action
Level 2 Spell SlotHold Person is a Spell in Baldur's Gate 3. Hold Person is a Lvl 2 Spell from the Enchantment school. Spells can be used for dealing damage to Enemies, inflict Status Ailments, buff Characters or interact with the environment.
Baldur's Gate 3 Hold Person Information
- Description: Hold a humanoid enemy still. They can't move, act or react. Attacks from within 3m are always Critical Hits.
- Level: Lvl 2 Spell
- School: Enchantment School
- Casting Time:
Action - Range:
18m - Duration:
10 turns - Requires Concentration: Yes
- Saving Throw: Wisdom
How to Acquire Hold Person in BG 3
Hold Person can be acquired by the following classes:
Hold Person can be cast by using the following Items:
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Hold Person Tips & Notes for BG 3
- Upcast: When cast with a 3rd level spell slot or higher, the spell will affect an additional creature per level.
- A paralyzed target will sustain a Critical Hit when attacked within 3 meters.
AnonymousKinda lame that ranged weapons and spells don’t get auto crits too
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Can I simultaneously use twinned spell and heightened with this?
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Didn't know how busted this was until asterion got hit with it and critted on by 5 different enemies and died lmao
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I had this spell successfully cast on a boss. They failed their save in their turn. Next in line was an NPC who used Hunter's Mark, which immediately ended Hold Person. Can someone explain that to me pretty please?
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Do I understand correctly that it doesn't have a hit dice, only saving throw? How do I improve chances it will land? By lovering enemy's wisdom?
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Combo'd it with my Paladin's Crown of Madness - absolutely funny to see your enemy slap the paralyzed one.
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For some silly reason, you cannot use this spell on Ketherick Thorm. Either this is an oversight or the term "humanoid" is apparently not true at all lol
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Playing a bard. Vicious mockery has a 55% chance to succeed and hold person has a 20% chance to succeed. Both use the same save stat and the same save DC. Am I missing something?
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Feels like this spell has very limited use. Humanoid category is very, very specific and limited, so far only able to make it work on the sentient races(human, drow, githyanki etc).
Anyone knows what opponents are humanoids?
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Mele Fighter builds combined with this is very destructive - and if you pick Race - Orc for the crits its even better.
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how to protect against it? rage doesnt work, any cleric spells or items?
To Land this spell more often, you need to get your Spell Save DC up. An easy way to do this is by using "Arcane Acuity" items.
https://baldursgate3.wiki.fextralife.com/Arcane+Acuity
If you're using weapons as your main source of damage, I'd recommend "Helmet of Arcane Acuity"
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