I finally get to see what is supposed to happen when finding Withers' sarcophagus, all three times I have gone through this part of the game Withers is never there and just shows up in the camp for some reason lol Now that I think of it, it is probably because I loot as much camp supplies as I can early game and completely abuse long rest after every battle

It’s been an absolute treat following the series. I haven’t had the chance to play BG3 but this has been a treat to watch the game through this gameplay.

bro how do you have spell slots without ever long resting lmao

Curious: do you use the draconic glaive that can enchant other weapons?

Great stuff, I can’t wait to see how you tackle Moonrise Towers and the Oubliette! The oubliette and the subsequent mind flayer colony after Ketheric pt.1 are some of my favorite parts of the game. The whole level - design, art, atmosphere, etc… is fleshed out to a degree that I haven’t seen anywhere else. Such detail for mind flayers and their colonies makes them that much more creepy, and that much cooler as enemies! I also love that they give you that whole level to go all out and really play with all the tools they’ve given you. Good luck! …also I hope you dont die on the moving platform. I HATE that bug!

the battlemage gloves would be fantastic with the hat or cap or whatever of arcane acuity, but theyre bugged and dont work at all and i think its been that way since release lol

Just picked up BG3 the other day when it was on sale since I heard a lot of people love it and it reminds me of Dragon Age Origins which is one of my favorite games. I struggled to get through most encounters on balanced difficulty with my first playthrough. Looked up some tips and just kept trying to find better ways to approach combat and my (current) 2nd playthrough on tactician feels easier than that previous balanced playthrough. Hoping these videos get me through a 3rd (or maybe 3rd, 4th, etc) playthrough on honor difficulty without too much death lol. The discussion of the game in general/lore/dnd is also a huge bonus for me since I have never played a Baldur's Gate game before and only have very limited knowledge about dnd in general so very much appreciated.

Mmmmh, interesting. In my first blind honor run I also remember having a hard fight here, as I didnt know about the gold scaling (duh). I was lucky enough to have spread my party around though, and I guess that's what saved me. She downed one but I managed to take her down before she could do the same to the others. As a matter of fact, I didn't even realise the attack had an AoE until now, lol. The fact that it's also AoE is WILD XD

It's hard to gain approval with Minthara during most of Act 2 but certain dialogue options after the Myrkul fight give you a lot of approval all at once. I guess I got lucky with initiative rolls whenever I fought Gerringothe...side note: I like using the initiative stat stick bows but the trade off is that I don't always have dual hand crossbows on my characters

Do you stream live or only post videos?

In my first playthrough (full blind of course, as intended), there were many many things that I missed in act 2 because of how hidden they were or because some random seemingly unconnected NPC died in act 1. However the toll house is one area I voluntarily passed up on, after getting full wiped before my first action on balanced difficulty.

This boss is quite vulnerable to banishment due to her low charisma

Not to be nitpicky, but you can fight He Who Was when he has full HP I'm pretty sure.

For the second shatterable floorboards, you can just attack and destroy the gold statue. It falls forward and crashes through them. A fun interaction I found.

Hey. Just curious. Where are the latest age of mythology retold videos? It's become a bit of a Sunday ritual for me to watch those before I go to sleep. Really missed the one last week.

Can't wait for Moonrise Towers battles and Myrkul fight especially. I wonder if he's even possible to defeat without taking damage with his legendary action retaliation

You actually stabbed him 6 times and he stopped complaining!

18:24 you don't really need to expend limited resources on the vault strength check, since you can retry that check any number of times with no downside

Yeah, Tollhouse caused a few deaths in my party's first run. I 100% thought that throwing 1 gold at a time would cause SOMETHING to happen. I did that for about 5 minutes straight (mostly to annoy my friends), but it's just a loop. At the end of the day when we saw the ability that was causing her damage, we just dropped all the gold we were carrying onto the floor and she was useless.

I don't know...i was lvl 8 with act 1, i didn't watch guides, i didn't spoiler myself anything, what happened is that i wanted to save people and all that i managed to do was laying waste to every location i visited and not a single humanoid/monster survived the day. This is a good PG playthrough...

Hello there Melth, huge fan of your videos, i've actually watched a lot of them more than once. In fact, this whole series inspired me to pick up the whole Bard/Warlock combo, albeit in a slightly different configuration mostly for personal preferences, and although my character is fairly different from Bhaalista, i was curious and wanted to ask, which spells do you aspire to get at level 10 through the use of magical secrets?

thanks mate

I have killed in the shattered sanctuary everything in the west wing and gut and crew, the east is still alive volo and that guy on the torture rack are untouched but minthara and her gobbo's are hostile (i have already done the idol stealing and killing khaga)

I've finally caught up, so nothing else to do except subscribe! +1

Absolutely crazy that the shadow-cursed blights were outnumbered in this fight... it's usually the other way around

Hey Melth, loving your videos man! Fun fact, the Rat Bat is an easter egg from the show, ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’. It’s a nod to the character in it named Charlie Kelly.

That battle was insane!

I think the key to understanding Thisobald's origins is Balthazar who is Ketheric's key ally since he turned to Myrkul. We know from Balthazar's "brother" that he is a skilled necromancer than can graft undead flesh into a monstrosity, and that Ketheric raided his own family tomb in honor of Myrkul, so it stands to reason that Ketheric had Balthazar raise or construct his "child" Thisobald. Perhaps he was one of Balthazar's earlier experiments to improve on his brother? It's a lot of speculation but you also have to read between the lines because there's a lot of lore scattered about in the environment and notes/books and such. Otherwise I agree it would make no sense since Ketheric never mentions his "son" only Isobel.

My rational brain understands that Thisobald is probably having you drink some necrotic alcohol, but my heart tells me that he's making you chug liters upon liters of Baja Blast. 15:38 You can press left shift to show enemy and NPC vision cones.

The pit in the morgue area has enemies at the bottom of it. And a second kuo toa battle on the other side of it. Unless that's what you meant when you said you fought through it in another episode.

What fun stuff was your cat up to?

I really like his one dialogue line: "the customer is always right but also wrong"

Hi Melth! Idk if you knew this or not, but it’s very helpful for me in big battles. If you press the tilda (~) key at the top left of your keyboard you can get enemy/ally outlines to show up. They show through walls and also highlight enemies that tend to blend in with the background. Super useful when you have a big map like this with spread out enemies! Anyway, great job with thisobald. Can’t wait to see how you handle the Balthazar fight - especially with all that parkour you’ll have to do with your summons to get down to the plaform :)

Love this playthrough. So happy I found a creator who plays these games with a similar style than me, like analyzing and discussing different elements of the game, such as environmental storytelling, 3D environments, story elements, stuff like that. Don't see enough people appreciating those things! Would love to hear your thoughts on BG3 sound design sometime, it's PHENOMENAL in this game.

wow you talk fast

I like drinking with Thisobald. The more content you do the more things you can talk about and the lower you go on the list of options the easier the dc becomes so it also sort of rewards you for having done those things.

I temporarily stopped listening to an audiobook to watch this video. I know this is off-topic but I recommend Shahnameh (physical/ebook/audiobook) to anybody that likes D&D, Greek mythology or heroic fantasy. Even though I am only part-way through, it is great so far. Imagine the Middle Eastern setting of Arabian/1001 Nights but it is more combat-oriented and more of a chronological series (with some massive time skips) than an anthology. Arabian/1001 Nights is more like Grimm Fairy Tales in the Middle East.

I find I really can’t play again without an item rebalance mod… so many interesting but utterly useless weapons and items in act 2

how many hours is this save at currently?

bro is always calm. bro if i was there i would lose my mind

Weird that your clones were surprised. I guess that Alert feat didn't carry over.

Yeah, those are the most valid uses for Hex, but you better believe I Hex INT so that my Illusion wizard's bonus attack sometimes screws with the enemy's decisions. It won't make them proc an opportunity attack if already in melee, but they will hilariously path over to it instead of dash over to my squad if at range

Every time I see any of Mol lines I wonder if writers had any idea that she is supposed to be a child?

the dragon is not stopping his breath attack. He's not giving me room to attack it's frustrating

Maybe gods are worthless at providing help, but at least the undead trio is equally bad, so balanced I guess xD

The idol of shar is one of a few key things you can do to sway Shadowheart away from shar. It's a thing that improves your relationship if you give it to her. The idol that is.

I know that I'm a little late but looks like you missed a little semi-hidden area that you can enter after the interaction with flying ghouls. At the end of that "corridor" there is a door blocked by veins (which you have shown in your video) and on the opposite side to it you can climb downwards to reach open balcony with statue and some meaningless loot.

The cat was obviously an agent of Absolute, so that's why party members don't care about it's death xD

It was in the last episode, but I find it hilarious that the guard screams about procedures and checking everyone but by "everyone" he apparently doesn't mean that totally trust-looking drow lady who tried to burn Grove to the ground a week ago xD Also, I get why devs wanted gnomes reunion scene to be like that, but it's kinda silly when Barcus is sitting in his "room" and apparently he didn't see or hear other gnomes who are just behind the wall...