9 minutes of Useless facts in Baldur's Gate 3

A number of fun but useless facts i found in Baldurs Gate 3. If you enjoy these sorts of videos then please like and subscribe and tell me what else you would want to see, or do you want a part 2 on this video? Timestamps below, and please like and comment, helps me out alot and gives me an idea what to make next
Early Access footage from these channels:
WoW Quest
JibunFade
#baldursgate3 #facts
Music:
Various Baldurs Gate 3 OST - Borislav Slavov
Contents of this video:
0:00 Early Access to Release changes
2:55 Unique Barbarian Screams
4:32 The Y in Wylls name
5:04 Blood and Sweat
5:21 Oathbreaker Knight
5:44 Shadowhart cant read
6:09 Cabbage Vendor Easter Egg
7:18 Possible Witcher 3 reference
7:37 Charlies Rat Stick reference IASIP
8:00 Camp details

[@CCritts]

Make sure to subscribe for the upcoming part 2 of this video!

[@Boba-Zach]

Yes please

[@tltlvilus]

[@captbohica]

Yes!

[@B2bAlive]

I've 600+ hours on the game, still I discovered Shadowheart can't open the Selunite chest from your video and that's a really amazing detail ! TY, please make a part 2

[@CCritts]

@@B2bAlive the communty helps alot when making these videos, part 2 us soon underway

[@rezaka116]

Gale's barbarian scream is in lowercase

[@CCritts]

Hey now, he did his best

[@Synthia17]

Nerd rage

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

My mom refers to him exclusively by imitating it instead of using a nickname like she does for everyone except him and Astarion. (Astarion is just Astarion. The names she gave the others are "Big Red," "Funny Yellow One," "Eat the Weak," "Horn Guy," and "Hamster Man" - she keeps forgetting Shadowheart, Halsin, and Jaheira exist, so they don't have names...)

[@notubercharged]

a!

[@little-rascal]

Why is this the funniest comment I read today?

[@dougdimmadomeownerof]

I love how most characters scream AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! when they rage, but Gale exclaims ah!

[@elenalizabeth]

They didn’t show Shadowhearts rage scream, but she sounds like she is letting out 60 years of pent up pain and anger in her scream

[@lozpopo]

Hes not built for physical violence bless him

[@toxicron9842]

​@@elenalizabethbut they did?

[@elenalizabeth]

@@toxicron9842 I didn’t hear her angry scream so I must’ve missed it. Time stamp?

[@yerbamatey918]

@@elenalizabeth its the first rage they showed

[@KitsuneHB]

Barbarian scream Astarion: Let out his anger after 200 years of abuse - "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHRGH!" Barbarian scream Gale: Just don't want to wake up the neighbours - "Ah."

[@TearDownGenesis]

I feel like we need a spoof of R. Lee Ermey from Full Metal Jacket "Let me see your war face"

[@JayBeMeee]

​@@TearDownGenesisI'm gonna make that.

[@imaEnVideo]

To me the issue with "New Wyll" is that he's a fantastic protagonist, but sadly, I, am the protagonist.

[@Evnyofdeath]

And if you play as him you don't get to hear his voice lines

[@Cassandra_Solidor]

Yep. He's built perfectly to be the hero of the story but will always play second fiddle instead. I still find his character charming but I do think some of the more moral complexities from early access would have given him more flavour.

[@Gagemcninja]

Thats funny you say that, i didnt know you could do a custom character and dark urge seemed edgy so my first playthrough i played as Wyll and it was really cool being recognized as the blade

[@abbygurl55]

Damn straight

[@flamesofhellstudio]

@@Cassandra_Solidor He seems like he would have been a great protagonist in a descent into avernus game

[@JuiceVendr]

Gale screams like he realised his library book is overdue

[@trengilly01]

Not just the barbarian screams . . . all the companions have their own voiced 100+ Bard Insults!

[@SatrnOne]

Irespeced Karlach to monk in one playthrough. I love listening to her "ki-aye!" when i chuck something 😅

[@CelestialDraconis]

Respeccing Shadowheart into a bard so she can call our enemies "cuck".

[@craigbolton2231]

The karlach original look was always a placeholder so not sure if it was really a redesign. They always called her a one horned tiefling but the original model never showed it

[@Gamer9o]

Did send bug report "quest says 1 horned tiefling but she has 2 intact horns" or smth like that .... i bet they read it and were like " if only you knew ;)" xD

[@orcunderbridges]

@@Gamer9o "if only you knew we were crafting the best buff mommy in the game."

[@erensrightnut]

​@@orcunderbridges mama K!

[@t.t6294]

yep. it was a placeholder. multiple characters had that face

[@sandguyman]

​@@t.t6294that didnt stop some random "reporter" from writing up a nice little article about white washing

[@Wasabiithechoirgeek]

community update 3 Shart looks like shes gonna walk into the goblin camp and ask to see the manager

[@starcrysis23]

Is that what short hair on women means now? Cuz that seems kinda wrong and like it bullies women with short haircuts. I’ve had a pixie cut since I was like 13

[@Candlemancer]

​@@starcrysis23 you sound like you're about to ask to see the manager so you're not really helping

[@nelsonelloi3770]

​@@starcrysis23 it was also because of her attitude at that point in the early access. Most characters would normally act hostile towards you at that time, but shadowheart imo was especially noisy and karen-like

[@Verbayuk]

@@starcrysis23 Everyone accepts bullying women. It sucks, but its better u dont complain or people are just gonna make fun of you more.

[@Khantia]

Lmao, the cabbage guy killed me. Especially on his reaction to a monk. Because I created an Elemental monk, named Aang, who resembles the last airbender (as adult) :D

[@afluffymugcake3763]

you my friend, are one of the real ones

[@shad216jf]

Wyll being a bad day away from being out right evil while having Mizora in his ear would’ve been a fun character story

[@wriel1312]

MOAR! The cabbage vendor gets an extra dialogue if youre a monk, and also all origin characters have special vicious mockery lines if they're bards

[@notubercharged]

If you don't multiclass Astarion with bard, I can't I just can't /j

[@Mischievous_Moth]

Don't forget, auntie Ethel also has unique vicious mockery lines for each character.

[@Zeylo89]

Is this a Avatar reference?

[@tantalus_complex]

​@@notubercharged Yeah, Astarion is a Shadow Monk/Swords Bard in my main playthrough. It's a weird combination optimized for out-of-combat utility and burglary, but he's fine in combat with the right equipment. And if I really want him to be combat-relevant, I temporarily respecc him Shadow Monk/Thief Rogue.

[@justnoob8141]

Cabbage merchant? WHERE?? I’m totally not gonna throw fireball at it

[@olllive]

I love Shadowheart's rage scream. Jennifer did such an amazing job voice acting SH, along with all the other talented actors in this game

[@CCritts]

i actually found her second scream quite badass infact

[@sigilbreaker2628]

Hers and Astarion's are really good.

[@olllive]

@@sigilbreaker2628 Minthara's too

[@astarionposting]

I always reclass her into a barbarian for her badass screams, I love it

[@Oncus2]

I haven't watched Avatar so I had no idea why this man so angry at me for being a monk. Finally, the mystery is solved.

[@lneny4590]

I wanted to help the cabbage merchant pick up his cabbages so i started moving them back into his box and he really did NOT appreciate that.

[@PageOOO]

Everyone: AAAAAA Gale: aaaaa

[@pakman5391]

Really wish Wyll would have stayed so flawed. Would have been a great challenge to get him to calm down and not be so angry

[@sigilbreaker2628]

@@nezahuatez There's a big difference between someone who's pretty much straightforwardly an asshole like Lae'zel or Astarion, or is an otherwise normal person stuck in a cult like Shadowheart, and someone who talks a big game about being a hero while not living up to their own standard, i.e. hypocrisy.

[@GlitchyPixExtra]

@@nezahuatez To be fair, treatment towards Wyll hasn't been any better regardless. Its just that now people can't be vitriolic because he's an asshole so they just constantly write him off as boring

[@LadyAbstract]

​@GlitchyPixExtra its always like that though. Even in the Mass Effect series Jacob (black guy) is the most hated companion even though other companions also had flaws some worse than others. Difference between Wyll and Jacob is what you said. Since they cant call Wyll an asshole they just call him boring. Mass Effect developers kept his asshole traits (like other companions) and people just clung to that as the reason they didnt likr Jacob

[@pakman5391]

@@GlitchyPixExtra Wyll is my "canon" play through. I play him as a prideful arrogant guy who is in it for the fame. Then he starts to become a real hero

[@chainsawboy2388]

@@pakman5391I mean you do you but that’s just straight up wrong for his character just knowing his lore from before the game starts immediately disproves that, not to mention leaving your group if you destroy the grove also disproves that he’s 100% just a good person and in the companion group it’s nice to have at least one just straight up good option there’s literally nothing wrong with that.

[@Luv2sing836]

I do find Wyll's original story potentially more interesting, but I get why they changed it. EA Wyll was Machiavellian at times. He seemed to perform heroic actions out of a desire for prestige more than a desire to do good, was constantly bragging about himself, and most of his actions were self-serving either to himself or his image as the great hero. That explains why he was such a terrible Flaming Fist and why he was willing to torture a man for information in the goblin camp when nobody was watching, but laid on the big hero persona thickly while around the tieflings and the party at the start of the game. Even his pact with Mizora was made for selfish reasons, not out of a desire to help anyone. The developers wanted there to be some good-aligned companions in the game for variety, but "good" doesn't have to mean morally perfect. I feel like the developers could have struck a balance between the two versions where he retained some of his Machiavellian characteristics without outright being Machiavelli's prince. Then again, given that launch gave us an unambiguously good-aligned companion in Karlach, the developers changed Gale's personality to make him less manipulative (there's still a little bit of manipulation at the beginning when wants you to give him magic items, but in EA he was manipulative in practically everything he did, including getting the PC to sleep with him), and they slightly tweaked Lae'zel's personality to make her less hostile, I'm not even sure that would have been necessary. Old Wyll would have worked in this group without making it feel like you were surrounded by nothing but jerks.

[@spectralassassin6030]

Oh yeah. I remember playing the ea and thinking, "God, these people are awful." I'm glad they changed most of them.

[@sigilbreaker2628]

Honestly I think early on Gale is just true neutral - he's not evil but his concerns are pretty self-centred. With Wyll I think his EA personality would have been too similar to some of the other ones. I think the main issue is that he doesn't choose his own fate later on (with regards to the second contract). And his sidequest has almost nothing to do with him personally.

[@Jules_Diplopia]

I still think that both Gale and Wyll are self serving jerks, and try not to take them along, if practical.

[@spectralassassin6030]

@@Jules_Diplopia Not really. Not anymore at least. Gale is more neutral good and Wyll is straight up good.

[@Jules_Diplopia]

@@spectralassassin6030 I suppose that I must be more critical then. Gale is an overprivileged smartass, who will do anything to get what he wants, and thinks he is gorgeous. Wyll is a goody 2 shoes, who made a pact with a devil just to impress daddy. Why or how Karlach can find any redeeming features in him is beyond me. But she is such a naieve sweetheart, I suppose that is the reason.

[@bridgetmadden5716]

Gales barbarian scream sounds like Tara ate one of his scrolls.

[@Exvaris]

In addition to the Geralt reference, there's also a Critical Role / Legend of Vox Machina reference in the Elfsong Tavern. A gnome cleric with white hair named Guisarme (a type of pike) and her bald barbarian friend are chilling at one of the tables along the walls.

[@CCritts]

ooh i was looking for that one but seached in Sharess Caress instead of the right tavern. Thank you for the tip

[@the_senate8050]

The way I "read" the Shadowheart Selunite scripture thing was that it needs to be said out loud for it to open and Shadowheart refuses to do that. But that's just my take.

[@aloeveerie]

thats exactly what I thought too!

[@gasparsigma]

I'm glad Karlach model was revamped, she looks so much better as a barbarian now

[@joachimlihn8905]

That whole not sleeping thing is also why Priestess Gut just throws a Bitch Fit and starts Initiative when you drink the Potion of Sleep while playing as a Half-Elf/Elf Tav.

[@CCritts]

Wow never occured to me that interaction. Good spotting

[@xenosaga8436]

I was so confused when I had a teddy bear named Clive in my inventory. I kept it with me at all times because I assumed it was a quest item I randomly picked up before getting the quest. I must have accidentally taken it from Karlach when I talked to her.

[@arcmar8327]

Half elves don't trance, just full elves (which includes Drow). You can see Shadowheart in your video not doing it while you're talking about it and she's a half elf. Fun vid tho!

[@Resi1ience]

Half-elf player characters do actually trance - at least, mine does. But you are right that in the lore, they don't actually trance.

[@CCritts]

youre right, my character in that video was an elf, and when i made a half elve he didnt do the pose. Good looking out

[@Resi1ience]

@@CCritts That's odd. My half-elf does do it.

[@CCritts]

@@Resi1ience im a dumbass i had a drow lol

[@SFtheflash]

My Half elf also does it but maybe they have to be Wood half elfs

[@kurtcobane1762]

Dame aylin when killing lorroikan one of aylin's responses can be "i feel a gripping in the chest as if I lost something" dialouge when breaking your oath says something a long the lines of "a spasm grips your chest an emptiness grows within you Paladin and you feel like you've lost something" so aylin could well have broken her Oath by killing lorrokan

[@Peleski]

I think that's interesting, but I can't imagine what oath she'd broken. Guy was a brute

[@kurtcobane1762]

@@Peleski true she did kill him when he was unarmed and defenseless though I don't know what oath that would break but that's implying she's an oath in game and not one from 5e or could be a whole homebrewed oath I do agree lorroakan was an asshat but it's an interesting topic as you said :) Oath of redemption in 5e talks of not killing unless it saves other lives lorroakan wasn't a threat to the greater populace Wisdom. Your heart and mind must stay clear, for eventually you will be forced to admit defeat. While every creature can be redeemed, some are so far along the path of evil that you have no choice but to end their lives for the greater good. Any such action must be carefully weighed and the consequences fully understood, but once you have made the decision, follow through with it knowing your path is just. I'd say lorroakan is an ass but not so much evil as greedy, he does an evil act sure abusing Rolan and trying to trap nightsong but compare him to orin or kethric who are both beyond redemption Would love your thoughts on that theory I like talking about game theories lol

[@Peleski]

@@kurtcobane1762Quite possibly, there's plenty of clues that Dame Aylin is out of control ("her anger will get the better of her" etc). And the way she pummels Keth's dead body and the Tav reaction to it. It's interesting that you brought this up. I was wondering what her Lorroakan speech was about and I think you're onto something. Possibly the devs didn't quite flesh the story out. They may have had plans to make her into a fallen paladin

[@chainsawboy2388]

Except at the final fight she still does radiant damage with her divine strikes so she isn’t an oath breaker so unless in the time span between leaving with Isobel and coming back to fight the Brain she bribed the oath breaker knight then she never broke it

[@kurtcobane1762]

@@chainsawboy2388 And oathbreaker doesn't get divine smite in bg3?

[@Khantia]

Hard to imagine Wyll believing that Duke Ravenguard can't actually spell :P

[@benthomason3307]

that's actually a great point, wow.

[@elenalizabeth]

Wyll with a Y and without an “i” 😂 (yes I did laugh at my own bad pun)

[@gandalftheserb]

to add to the elf trance fact. in Early Acess elves used to meditate on top of their bedrolls when the sleeping cutscene played

[@CCritts]

damn that sounds alot cooler actually

[@PieletPi]

​​@@CCrittsIt was probably changed because of cutscenes of tav/durge/astarion being woken up, they would have to make seperate cutscenes for the meditating characters just to make it look right.

[@LadyAbstract]

When Astarion sleeps hes slightly hovering over the bed roll. So it looks like its still there unless you mean something else?

[@gandalftheserb]

@@LadyAbstract in early acess elves straight up did the meditation pose instead of laying down

[@anna-friedavandyk]

I wonder if the early access story of Wyll would have been more interesting than the one we got in the final version to be perfectly honest.

[@ervinsobased4055]

I don’t think is his story that’s the problem, it’s the voice acting. Compared to everyone else in your camp, they add emotions to their dialogue which makes them a more enjoyable character to listen to, it feels like Wylls voice actor is just reading the script. Throughout his story, his voice doesn’t change. No matter the circumstances his in. He’ll give some emotion here and there but then he reverts back to just reading his script.

[@anna-friedavandyk]

@@ervinsobased4055 Could it be both? cause I never felt that there was anything remarkable about either

[@ervinsobased4055]

@@nezahuatez I don’t think it was the dialogue that was bad. His dialogue was excellent. I just never felt like he wasn’t behind it. The love in portraying Wyll was non existent. When I listened to his dialogue, I felt like I was reading it out loud.

[@captbohica]

Karlach's Rage Scream, specifically the second one you showed, gives me chills EVERY TIME I hear it. Samantha Béart is amazing and I love every bit of her as Karlach.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

In Rivington there's also a second broken cart with cabbages but with nobody around. So it looks like the cabbage vendor has just as much bad luck as in the series.

[@jljljl1820]

Karlach's EA model was essentially a placeholder as the tall female bodytype (along with her unique looks) wasnt added to EA from the getgo

[@RagPen01]

Gale rage screaming was the cutest thing in this vid

[@thatboringone7851]

1:30 Honestly I'm one of the people who liked his original storyline better. It was interesting, and added a lot of good complexity to his character. He wasn't simply a nice (if a little bland) guy who made a poorly considered deal with a devil, he was a more fleshed out, complex person who wanted to be a hero but struggled with his overwhelming desire for revenge. Imho dealing with internal struggles like that just offers more for a character than making a bad decision. Though, maybe that's a result of changing his character and story so significantly so late in development.

[@CCritts]

And Wylls stance on Goblins in early access really gave you an incentive to bring him along to the goblin camp, for some cool interactions. In release i didnt find so many interactions with him and the goblins unfortunately.

[@thatboringone7851]

​@@CCritts Yeah, those scenes cemented him as my second pick for both the EA Act 1 party and romance. Slowly revealing that he wasn't as close to his ideal of being a hero as he'd like, and actually standing up to the player character even if you successfully persuade him to leave the goblins alone? Amazing. Yes please, I like my companions complicated, thorny, and opinionated. Theorising about where his story would go and what his relationship with Mizora was supposed to be was fun, even with Astarion being my first pick for everything it was Wyll's arc that I had the most interest in. I stopped playing early access and blocked news about BG3 (before the rewrite happened) to avoid the kind of early access fatigue I can get with some games, so finding out about it through not seeing any of those scenes on release day *sucked.* He went from one of my favourites to a background character in his own questline. Even if they add more to him in the future, he's not the same character I was interested in and I'm still salty about that.

[@wiktoriajedrzejewska7287]

I was so excited for Wyll's ''Hero's Journey''! A guy who calls himself a hero but at the same time does not commit good acts only out of pure heart but also of the desire to be viewed as a hero. Really realistic and complex approach. People do this in real life too. We do something good but deep inside we just want to get praised for doing something good. Really wanted him to eventually learn what it means to become a TRUE HERO. Also his ''pride'' and accent in EA made me like him even more. He was really ''posh'' in my opinion.

[@mochirisa]

Gale is soooo angry he switches his staff to the other hand

[@leonardobovo269]

i actually changed astarion to barb fighter (was still learning to play couldn't figure out rogue) and i found it made sense as he got progressively angrier towards cazador the stronger we got

[@Isru709]

I love how the animation of the game release knew that astarion was perfect

[@failedartguy]

I could be wrong, but I think I noticed that the specific barbarian scream each character uses also depends on which specific subclass they are. I notice that when Karlach had a different scream when I played her as a Berserker versus Wild Heart build.

[@CCritts]

interesting, i might test this out

[@thesadseal2electricboogalo597]

I definitely would NOT have piped Karlach if she looked the way she did in early access. Mama K had a SERIOUS glow up

[@0That_Guy0]

I'm very glad they changed Karlach's original design. It's far more believable that the golden retriever looks like that tank of a barbarian after 10 years fighting in the Hells, rather than a small gal with no visible scars or alterations.

[@nickanderson55]

I can be Aang not just the four elements Monk , but they recognize I have carnage man lol

[@petergohan]

Karlach has of course great barbarian screams, but a nice surprise was Astarion. And man, the Monk interaction with the cabbage guy, hahhahahahaahahaha

[@traceyxxrose7454]

The rat stick omfg I love it’s always sunny 😂

[@brandonramirez8062]

You should see the video it's always sunny in baldur's gate then, it's hilarious Edit: my bad it's called Frank Reynolds in baldur's gate

[@the_gaming_witch]

I have another one for you: In Baldurs Gate (the city) there is a woman not far from the undercity. She hums the „Outlander“-Song „Skye Boat song“ saying, it sticks in her head. And I thing she wears Clairs clothes from the episode where Clair goes from town to town in mans-cloths to sing and find missing jamie. I love all these eastereggs so much!

[@geekygatorette]

Where do you find this?

[@horribleIRUKANDJI]

@@geekygatorette near the House of Grief I suppose

[@patrioticbat]

I'd love to see more videos like this. I was never around for Early Access so its interesting to see what's changed

[@yorukage5926]

I find it funny how elves and half elves can meditate instead of sleep, but shadowheart just sleeps lol

[@anonymouse8124]

Only elves, not half-elves. Shadowheart is the latter. Astarion, who's a full elf, meditates.

[@elenalizabeth]

Halsin also does the meditation pose like Astarion, but half-elves like Jaheira and Shadowheart just sleep as they are half human.

[@yorukage5926]

@@elenalizabeth So full blooded elves and Tav half elves can do the pose gotcha

[@zk5228]

My Tav half-elf just sleeps normally

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

There's a mod that restores Karlach's early access head updated with cool datamined scars. I absolutely love it.

[@SquishyOfCinder]

A wizard barbarian is lowkey terrifying. Imagine thinking you have disarmed a wizard by taking his focus or reagent pouch for him to just rage and beat you to a pulp.

[@nathanieljefferies5491]

Man EA wyll is far more interesting than current Wyll. I honestly found him the least interesting to the point I killed him on my first run when he ambushed Karlach and me at night. Thought he was just another one of Karlach’s pursuers considering how the “paladins of tyr” ended up.

[@MiyaMam948]

Very calming, interesting video. Loved it

[@cassiemoyles4177]

This is amazing ♡ The karlach one toom me by suprise i gotta say that shocked me

[@JingleJangle256]

You gotta feel bad for Cabbage Man. Omashu, Ba Sing-Se, and now Baldur’s Gate. Poor guy can’t catch a break.

[@Kagarin05]

Ty for the cabbage one! I never found it and I love avatar! I remember recording the original episodes on vhs haha! Definitely will have to look out for him on my next run!

[@charlescox86]

Unique barbarian screams but even better imo is each actor recorded the insults for bard's vicious mockery. My first playthrough was with a rogue so made Astarion a bard.

[@elfbotanist]

my friend this was amazing

[@connorbabylon5957]

I would be more interested in Wyll if he’s actually trying to be a good person but struggles instead of being purely a good person who sacrifices himself.

[@dezzyboots1323]

the info on how BG3 changed from EA to Full Release is quite interesting. you could definitely cover how the dream visitor is implied to be your tadpole in EA, whereas in the full release it's something else entirely

[@jagerhunter7717]

Am I the only one who wises they kept Wyll the way he was? He's the blandest companion for me..

[@Aphelia.]

Underrated channel

[@ShaggyShagz13]

All of that was interesting but specifically thanks for explaining the sleep positions.

[@legionrip7484]

this is agreat video, keep up the good work

[@heartlessface]

because I come to BG3 after it realease so I'm glad that the outcome are much better than its early access, specially with Karlach's & Gale's looks. Infact, I found these useless are really fun and boots up enjoyment. Nice vid to see ^^

[@olgajunghanns]

Love such videos ❤

[@NoName-ug7si]

Thanks for the video!

[@ozzysmith5042]

I need way more of these

[@desired397]

7:23 Honestly What first came to mind was Sheogorath from the Elder Scrolls Series since he is often depicted with Grey Hair, a beard, and wearing purple. But yeah I guess Geralt probably makes more sense given the location.

[@b.a.t..]

Shadowheart rage scream is adorable

[@slimjim877]

Gale sounds like he's trying to be polite, and Astarion sounds like he's playing with his young neices and nephews. Thats just funny as hell to me.

[@MsAlyssaB1]

I love how Astarions EA outfit circled back for his epilogue get up.

[@scotthodgins7975]

My favorite little "nod" is when you rescue Lae'zel (?) and tell Gale to leave, he sometimes makes a comment about his knee being sore. Which I think references the character in the wagon who could have been, but took an arrow in the knee.

[@flamesofhellstudio]

the 2020 showing with Shadowheart has softer lighting and actually looks better than the lighting we got.

[@AndreyKrichevsky]

The individual Barbarian screams are cool. I find it even cooler that each character also has their own recordings of spell incantations, including dozens of "Vicious Mockery" insults (including NPCs. Aunty Ethel even has her own custom insults!). I also like that your spellcasting animation is different depending on the class you're playing, since the different casters draw their power from different sources. And your weapon attack animations and climbing animations depend on your race. Elves are more graceful then humans. Halflings and Gnomes are shorter so they have to adapt to the larger ledges and weapons.

[@frostbite.711]

funfact about the trancing in BG3, during the EA, the elven characters (tav and astarion) would sit cross-legged on their bedrolls with their hands doing the typical trance pose. idk why they changed that for launch when the cross-legged animation was cool.

[@redrave404]

I've always been conflicted about Wyll's characterization change. In general I prefer more morally ambiguous and flawd characters, but the party as a whole in early access leaned heavily on ambiguous (understandable since they were all playable and could make "good/evil" choices), so having a more classical hero archetype made the party feel more balanced.

[@notdabi5912]

gales scream gives “Rawr :3”

[@MrGibsonian]

I didn't know they would be sweating in the hot areas. That's pretty interesting all the stuff they have put in this game.

[@Berd_Alert]

Found the cabbage guy last night, got a good chuckle out of them

[@LKFAdam]

Great video I did not know/notice most of these! (also looking forward to The Pointy Hat of Pointy hat maybe in part 2?)

[@CCritts]

never knew that one, i can probably add it. Is it a reference to something?

[@LKFAdam]

@@CCritts Not a hundred percent sure, but it might be a reference to a D&D KZbinr of the same name. The hat in-game even looks quite similar to him. I had a nice chuckle when I've found it in Act 3, not sure tho if either Larian or Pointy Hat had commented anything regarding the hat being a reference to him or not.

[@vezqyyexe]

rly good video

[@willshea2460]

Oh my god I didn't even know original wyll had a different backstory. From just a few words that he said the original version feels so much more compelling.

[@Serviner]

I somehow missed cabbage cart guy, definitely looking out for thatcone next playthrough

[@rkhale02]

I really like the original Karlach visual. Wish they had kept that.

[@user-sj8gd7fl2l]

keep it up nice work

[@jadeitor6280]

One of the Gale screams is like "aaaaayyyee-yaaaaa" and is even way more ridiculous than the "ah!" 🤣

[@sreckom92]

Glad they changed Karlach. She now actually looks like she can wield a great weapon with ease.

[@visionhawk4403]

Cool video!

[@Nefylym]

No lie, I'm just here for your awesome accent. Like listening to a Skald reading from the sagas.

[@boomlabee5274]

I was so excited when I saw the cabbage guy!

[@Rigel_6]

My first playthrough was with a monk avatar, and oh boy I lost it when I realised that cabbage merchant in act 3 was THE cabbage merchant

[@user-xb8gl6uc3o]

Hey! I found another one! In the act 3, when you visit a cemetry, on one of the graves there is going to be written "Open the bloody gate!!!" Which obviously refers to Aradin as a joke😅

[@sadgirlhours4088]

The rat bat is one of my favorite items, tho ive never used it

[@bluntlyhonest6803]

Astarion turns into a warhammer Strigoi with those barbarian screams. Showing the Feral side of vampirism.

[@falionna3587]

For part two, the intro scene onboard the nautaliod was inspired/referencing the opening of Arcanum, where the PC is a survivor of a blimp crash. Also only full elves trance, half elves don't as seen with shadowheart, and in EA it was a more traditional meditation position. As an aside when a elf drinks guts sleep potion it doesn't work.

[@mafiacat88]

The barbarian screams are great. Gales is hilarious (obivously), but Halsin's is *awesome*; like, probably the best one in the game

[@lengyelandi]

fun fact: Astarion was a tiefling in early development

[@theprinceofawesomeness]

The Cabage man is a perfect reference

[@Dogealy]

In act 2 you can find a letter in the shadow cursed lands signed by Dandelion

[@alicepiper7455]

Every new thing I learn about Karlach just cements my belief that we would be Best Friends.

[@PoisonPython]

5:44 in a similar vein, if you're a cleric of selune, or use a mod that allows you to select a god to follow in character creation, you can instantly open the chest without finding the scripture

[@bes1753]

Imagine face of Gale's voice actor when they asked him to record barbaric rage scream😂