Baldur's Gate 3
Players stack explosive barrels and detonate them for encounter-ending burst damage far beyond what ordinary action economy suggests. It is Baldur's Gate 3's most famous emergent exploit.
By saving, splitting stacks, and exploiting attitude or inventory rules, players can repeatedly steal or manipulate merchant goods with limited downside.
The shove action and environmental drops let players bypass large chunks of enemy health and mechanics by forcing instant falls. Many encounters can be trivialized this way.
Players enter turn-based mode outside combat to pre-buff, reposition, and control initiation far more cleanly than organic real-time exploration would allow.
Long-rest or camp interactions can preserve advantageous buffs, summons, or item setups into major encounters, effectively stretching resources beyond intended boundaries.