D&D beginner plays BALDUR'S GATE 3 for the first time! | Ep.1 | Let's Play [PS5]

[@WhimsyPsyche]

EDIT: To everyone saying 'You're not a beginner at D&D if it's been 4 years', please I ASSURE YOU I'm very much a beginner still. We can barely meetup because of conflicting schedules, so I've only played a handful of times really. It's my fault though, I should've worded it differently so everyone would understand. Still, please, PLEASE believe people when they tell you something about themselves. It's so very frustrating to hear someone tell you 'No, actually' and start arguing about something you stated that only YOU can know and only YOU can feel. Thank you~ ••• I can play my own D&D character!! It's like a dream come true! This first look has given me the ITCH, lemme tell you. I can't wait to dive back in! I hope you guys enjoyed the video as well Let me know if you want to see a let's play series out of this or not! Chapters 0:00 a bit of context 3:34 my D&D character sheet 8:58 game starts 15:25 character creation 50:08 quick character recap 52:08 now it starts for real 1:55:08 thoughts & outro

[@bwalker77]

Hello! Fellow Baldur's Gate noob here, and watcher of your Mass Effect playthrough. I'm watching this video but I don't know how long I will watch this series because I am in my own playthrough, and don't want to be spoiled. Still, I would watch the first few ones. P.S.: Are you aware that the series was created by BioWare, of Mass Effect fame? This game wasn't made by them, but you're going to love it, I think.

[@nickrubin7312]

@@bwalker77 yeah, Bioware defined the whole genre with BG1-2 (1998 and 2000, played on release being 16 year old) and a lot of RPGs that came after (NWN, modern Owlcat's Pathfinder games in style, Pillars of Eternity, even their own DA and ME series, tho mostly DA:Origins). It was also one of the first, if not the first, so-called "western" RPGs that introduced romance into the game (so it is a bit strange to see people complain about the game being a bit "naughty"), aside from being story-driven games with rich characters. Gameplay didn't age well for the modern audience, but the story of the originals is exceptional, and I would say BG3 is a worthy successor.

[@Biomirth]

I love your playthroughs and really looking forward to this one. I'm not far in the game, taking it slowly. I think you'll have a blast. A couple things I noticed that may help you: You can enter turn based mode any time, which would have helped you kill that intellect devourer with fire bolt when you were practicing. Second, you can split your party and control individuals without them following each other. This will be essential for navigating things like traps. Third, you can hear encounters in the distance by panning the camera around so be sure to learn the camera controls.

[@HH-hd7nd]

There are actually more than a hundred D&D based video games, starting all the way back in 1988 with Pool of Radiance and Heroes of the Lance (both released on NES and home computers like the C64). The majority of these games are set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting (this includes Baldur's Gate), but others also use different settings, including Krynn/Dragonlance, Planescape, Mystara, Dark Sun, Ravenloft, Greyhawk (the first official D&D setting created by Gary Gygax), Eberron, Al'quadim (which was later integrated into the Forgotten Realms), Blackmoor (the setting used for D&D on release but not the first setting created for D&D, was integrated into the Mystara campaign world), Birthright and a few generic, unspecified non-offical settings. PS: Most of these games use other editions of D&D of course because they predate the release of D&D 5e. The original Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 use the AD&D 2e rules for example. PPS: Tieflings can come from all kinds of Lower Plane ancestors. In Baldur's Gate 3 they are limited to devil bloodlines, but they can also have demonic, daemonic and other types of fiendish ancestors as well. PPPS: The bonus points for attributes are different because Larian removed the racial attributes and instead lets everyone choose on which attribute to spend the bonuses. They did this to allow people more freedom in race/class combinations without repercussions. We all know that min-maxers only look at the best possible stat bonuses for the class they want to play and therefore would have felt that they needed to pick certain races for certain classes, something Larian didn't want to happen - so they changed this.

[@sophiaboretskaya593]

Yes yes yes, more BG3🎉🎉🎉

[@Wiwcharizard]

This game has consumed my life in the best way. The sheer amount of options at every turn is mind-blowing.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

I'm sooo excited!!

[@GucciFella]

The voice-line roleplaying you do is awesome! Me and my mates do it. It's not cringe! Enjoy the game

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Thank you so much, I appreciate that! I'm starting to feel more comfortable with it now after 14 hours of playing 🤣

[@bwalker77]

I will give you one tip, and one tip only (this game is so deep, you don't want to spend your time reading advices from noobs): look for spells that are "Until Long Rest" and, if they're useful, cast them outside of combat. For example, there is no reason your glass character shouldn't have Mage Armor active all the time. Plus, casting them outside of combat means you're not losing any important combat turn.

[@Anansi86]

Imagine being a Mind Flayer and finding out that someone took the time to break each and every jar you have in your pantry...

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Lilith lives to be an annoying chaos 🤣

[@Thundernoob98]

Well the ship did crash too 😂

[@nickrubin7312]

1:55:49 It is still Larian's homebrew of 5e, but yes: - reading the thing explains the thing, in 99% of the time at least - narrator beautifully voiced by Amelia Tyler is a DM - if you think, logically, that it might work, it probably will work and there are a plethora of approaches to any situation

[@WhimsyPsyche]

That's SO COOL and exciting 🎉

[@Nikioko]

Yes, the rules were changed by Larian. You don't get race boni on your ability score, like +2 charisma and +1 intelligence for tieflings.

[@ploed]

​@@Nikiokothey wanted that people don't chose Races because of the Stats.

[@Nikioko]

@@ploed But that is the sense of having different racing. With these changes, the choice has become meaningless.

[@DungEnjoyerr]

​@@NikiokoNo??? There's still racial features so it still has meaning

[@fodderhaystack3218]

4 years of DND is far from a beginner! It sounds like you know a decent amount of lore and I love how excited you were about your character. Looking forward to seeing more vids!!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Oh I assure you, I'm very much a beginner still 🤣 With conflicting schedules, we haven't played enough times for me to feel comfortable. Thank you so much 🎉

[@DunceInAwhile]

I think it's cute that you are surprised so many times that you can create your character (in a D&D game) exactly like you can in a D&D campaign. lol

[@marcusc9931]

The world is Toril, the continent is Fearun

[@marmichaud]

It's Abeir-Toril #imAannoyingGeek

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Thank you for the clarification!!

[@backpack_hermit25]

@@marmichaudnot really, it was once called Abeir-Toril but the two planets were separated into Abeir and Toril separately.

[@frances3064]

I love forgotten realms

[@jamesfield1674]

Faerûn

[@savlecz1187]

Love it when you voice act your own lines. Keep going!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Thank you so much for your input!! I wasn't sure but it's so much fun to do 🤣

[@urborg74]

Oh boy, here we go. I'm approaching 400 hours of game time with no signs of slowing down. This game is amazing, going to be so fun to see it through your eyes. Your choices are going to have a huge impact on the course of your game, choose wisely (or not, and roast marshmallows while the world burns, up to you ;)

[@WhimsyPsyche]

I'm currently on the path of roasting brains tbh 😈🤣

[@tanthokg]

Just curious, besides trying different classes, what can I do when replaying? Thanks

[@bjorntantau194]

​@@tanthokgMost Quests have at least two ways of completing them. Many even more. And depending on who you align with, how you treat people, who's dead and who's alive the story changes down the line. You can play as one of the origin characters and influence their story through their eyes or gain or lose their trust as companions. And they also have their personal story that can take multiple paths and outcomes. You can romance them. Depending on which path at what time you take some things can change. There are almost infinite possibilities. Just in the tutorial alone she could have freed the brain, not rescued Shadowheart or not teamed up with her, Shadowheart and Lae'zal could have both died. All these things can already have massive consequences down the line.

[@tanthokg]

@@bjorntantau194 oh I see. But does that mean the gameplay get repetitive, since you have to do the looting, fighting, inventory managing all over again?

[@bjorntantau194]

@@tanthokg Not for me. Inventory management is not that hard. You've got filters to quickly find what you need. And you can assign stuff to sell them later when you pick them up. And fights can take so many different turns. On my second playthrough I played an evil character so I even had other fights and allies than before. I also completely ignored one huge section of the game because my character didn't have any reason to go there. And I was even able to oneshot a major boss by pushing him down a chasm. And at the end of the day you can let the dice decide how the story goes. But at the moment I'm on my third playthrough and try to play my good character from my home game and will try to save as many people as possible, even if it means to do some save scumming.

[@ChevaliersEmeraude]

I love to hear what kind of characters people make in D&D! :) So the little backstory for your Lilith was nice! I also made my character to be as much as possible like my first D&D character, too! She's an Half-Elf Fighter, Battlemaster subclass, with the Entertainer (Gladiator) background. Short version is she was forced to fight in the arena along with all the other gladiators, as prisoners and all, but they all teamed up and broke free, went their separate ways, and now she's roaming the continent, using the skills she learned in the arena to fight the same kind of oppression that once kept her prisoner. Chaotic Good. Short, white hair, purple eyes, and a slight scar over one of them, fighting with two scimitars! I loved that I managed to make her in my Baldur's Gate game, or as close as possible considering it's a video game. Unfortunately I have other D&D characters I made that I can't make in here because either the races and/or the subclasses are not in there. A few examples include a Warforged Wild-Mage Sorcerer, a Fire Genasi Drakewarden Ranger, a Goblin Armorer Artificer and an Eladrin multiclass Monk (Way of the Sun Soul)/Druid (Circle of Dreams). Maybe one day they will add those races and subclasses! But for now I'm just happy with my Half-Elf! :)

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aaah that was so cool to read, thank you so much for sharing! Yeah I understand you completely, I thought I was VERY lucky to be able to literally make my character even down to the background, I did not expect that. I thought I would have to adapt some of it. Like you said, maybe someday with expansions, DLCs, who knows!! Maybe we'll have more choices 🥰

[@kossowankenobi]

Neil Newbon (voice of Astarion) did the mocap for all the character intros and did a smash-up job. He's been streaming his own playthrough and sharing BTS stuff. :) (Took me 150 hrs to "complete" the game)

[@nickrubin7312]

I think that the company he co-own did, but all the mocap is done by actors themselves, not Neil Newbon doing mocap for all of them, it's like 260 actors overall, I think. But yeah, all the origin characters are for sure mocaped by their own VAs

[@ImaniTait]

@@nickrubin7312Neil actually confirmed during a livestream that he did the mocap for the short intros you can watch during character customization, not during the game. I think that’s what OP is referring to

[@nunpho]

​@@ImaniTaityup that's right, that's what he said when he was streaming. He usually mocaps extras and stuff too plus performs stunts, does the fighting and all that jazz.

[@nickrubin7312]

@@ImaniTait oh, ok, but in game it certainly made by actors themselves, I mean actors who VA characters, like Jennifer English mannerisms and "head tick" is so obvious for Shadowheart I know that Neil did mocap for some other characters, not origin, like Gortash and such, but didn't know he did for introductions

[@chad8767]

@@nickrubin7312 pretty sure all the main voice actors mo-capped their stuff, it's why all the interactions are so well done.

[@frizzman1991]

The party leader (holding the torch) on the main menu is said to be Swen Vincke - the game director!

[@thomasjoychild4962]

Well, he does show up to events in his armour if he's got even the slightest excuse, IRL :P

[@Freecell82]

Definitely excited for this. I enjoy watching your ME playthrough because of how into the universe and characters you get. And there's a ton of room for that kind of attachment with this game.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aaah that's so sweet!! Thank you for watching 🥰

[@PBRatLord]

The impact of being different races is so cool, so many differnt dialogue options for the same encounter

[@frizzman1991]

Cast of the main characters in the order you encountered them: Amelia Tyler - Narrator Neil Newbon - Astarion Tim Downie - Gale Devora Wilde - Lae'zel Jennifer English - Shadowheart Theo Solomon - Wyll Samantha Béart - Karlach They are all such amazing people, and the more I learn about each of them the more I love them & the game. There's a video that came out around the time BG3 came out of them playing D&D as their characters (some for the first time)! I highly recommend you check it out sometime.

[@airlag]

I played DnD 35 years ago, named Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (first Edition). From there, so much changed in DnD that I'm a complete beginner too😉 On the other side I play a lot of RPGs and sandbox survival games on PC that allow customized character development. BG3 is definitely next level when it comes to player decisions. We are basically free to do everything in a way we like. We can decide on what side we want to fight, or just leave all fighting aside and sneak our way through the game, or snipe every NPC to just loot as much as possible. And every quest and every cut-scene reacts on what we have done! As Vegeta would say: "That's how it's done, Kakarot!"

[@frizzman1991]

1:11:59 "Examine" will be your best friend. Learn cool lore tidbits, see current buffs & debuffs, and even view the enemies resistances! It's like if you could turn to your DM and ask "okay so, what is this guy weak to?"

[@19wolfgang25]

Friends got me started with Magic: The Gathering this year, which then lead to us playing D&D. I like how you talk about and elaborate the D&D lore and its mechanics, it helps me (an ultra-beginner) understand the game (D&D and BG3) much better. The game is beautiful, and I love this playthrough. Following and subscribed!

[@LonewolfSWE]

Kudos to you for using the actual character sheet from your IRL campaign! I do that a lot too (as a former DM for many years, I still have tons of old sheet stats for NPC's and players) and it's pure joy seeing these figures and numbers "come to life" in a video game dedicated to DnD (or Pathfinder for that matter). Even if the stats are not recommended, it's just so much fun - and interesting - to see just how far a specific character can get in the game with sheer roleplaying as the main focus (I've never been one for min/max character builds as I find it far more appealing to make characters with flaws). Thankfully BG3 allows a lot of mistakes and even encourage them for a more grand experience. Thanks for a wonderful serie to follow and it truly shines through just how ecstatic you are about the game!

[@progenitor_amborella]

>clicks on Gale introduction >I reach for my water glass >turn back to see op drinking water from a glass as well wizardry confirmed

[@BroncosDaBomb19]

I love that you used your character you’re using in your first ever (and current) dnd campaign! I’ve been a fan of and have been playing dnd for a while now, but I instantly wanted to play as my first ever dnd character I had and it’s been a blast!

[@kostasspirou1010]

As someone who has never had any experience with D&D prior to Baldur's Gate 3, this game felt very fresh and new to me and I absolutely loved every second of my playthrough. Your playthrough is very fun to watch though, it's interesting watching a D&D player spot all the details of the game etc!

[@nowemma]

I really loved how you created your character and even referenced your character sheet. I am so jealous. I watch critical role all the time. I wish I had a table so I could play again. The joy when you realized you could create your character was wonderful

[@WhimsyPsyche]

The fact that I could just geek out and people are excited about it makes me so happy 😭 Thank you so much Emma!

[@percyyval]

i am SO glad you checked out the character introductions, even if there may have been minor spoilers, because hardly any people who've played BG3, that ive seen, check them out!!

[@sanctimoniouslocke3941]

Watching this makes me glad I've been playing it on a PC. x3 I'm not sure I could manage it without the mouse/keyboard controls.

[@avsbes98]

17:46 He's actually two Characters in Detroit. Neil Newbon plays both Elijah Kamski (Creator of the Androids) and Gavin Reed (the annoying Cop)

[@zarasha8220]

I'm sorry, I couldn't help but burst out laughing when you yeeted Shadowheart across the room with Thunderwave :D :D that's certainly one way to learn how your spells & abilities work :) (not that I have any personal experience with accidentally nuking myself... nope... I never did precisely that... lol)

[@altairtodescatto]

I am just willing to watch this because i just check and there is a 56 part series to the end of the game. Thanks for being the first youtuber i found to finish Baldurs gate 3!

[@ionsilver557]

I'd like to share some trivia that the game doesn't tell you about (and of course, if Larian doesn't fix the PS5 tutorial issue soon, there's even less information): While you can only use the main character to talk to other PCs, every member of the party can initiate a conversation with an NPC. And while one of your characters is having a conversation with an NPC, you can generally use the other characters to do something else (especially something you don't want said NPC to notice), by simply switching characters at the conversation screen. It's also possible to have several people try the same thing individually, for example, if you somehow rolled a 1 against the 2DC dice when you're trying to open Shadowheart's pod, you could still have Lae'zel try it once.

[@jamesmif]

So excited to see you play through this, hope you have fun Whimsy!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@jamesmif]

Just got to the 'should I roleplay question.' My vote is yes, that was an excellent voice you used!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aaah thank you, I'm not sure yet if it's her voice, we'll see 🤣

[@Crackedsoull81]

Ohh boy, I can tell by your playthrough of the prologue that you are going to lose yourself in this game!! Please continue it so we can all go with Lilith on her journey :)

[@WhimsyPsyche]

I'm 14 hours in now and I literally can't stop playing 😭 it's so good

[@j.d.4697]

You picked regular custom, not Dark Urge custom, which has a unique dark past and is not recommended as a first character anyway.

[@petergriffin-cq5kw]

The use of the environment is key. Like shooting fire bolts at those purple containers inside the nautiloid, or even lamps, powder or oil barrels can turn the tide of a battle or even make it super easy. Also, use the terrain to your advantage, attacking an enemy from a high surface or using corridors as choke points can save a lot of time (and reloads). BTW, loved the video.

[@the22dragons]

I liked it a lot, it's nice to see a D&D player enjoing her pen and paper char on BG3. I'll surely follow if you do a series

[@WhimsyPsyche]

It's officially a series now! Thank you so much 🥰 I hope you continue to enjoy~

[@Megawaps]

1:02:47 Nooo, you would have gain such a helpful Intellect Devourer friend😒

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Nah

[@nerka1992]

I'm doing what I can to stay away from spoilers, so today I'm here just to drop a like and a comment, your protagonist looks amazing 😍

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aaaah you're always so kind, thank you so much ❤ Hope you have fun with the game!!

[@midmoose]

i cannot wait to see your bg3 let’s play! im new to d&d as well and bg3 has helped me visual so much, plus you’ll love the world

[@WhimsyPsyche]

I can only imagine how much of a better player we can become thanks to this game!! Definitely helps to see the bigger picture and the scope of things you can do. Can't wait!!

[@thuirthiawindsong]

Something the game won’t tell you Shadowheart’s, firebolt will always be a weak attack unless you redo her stats. She gets it because she’s a half elf and it uses her intelligence modifier for her attack rolls. Her intelligence is not high enough to make it worth it. Sacred flame is better, but it relies on a dexterity save so it won’t work against high dexterity enemies

[@thomasjoychild4962]

And act 1 has loads of goblins, who tend to have good dexterity, and is when she's lowest level so the DC is lowest. It's a combination that serves to make sacred flame seem rubbish as a first impression, sadly. Shadowheart actually has NO bonus from INT to fire bolt with her default stats, It's great for igniting environmental objects and surfaces though.

[@canadian__ninja]

Completely unrelated to anything but I'm pleased I was correctly able to guess from your accent that you're Canadian French. We have unique franglish accents I find.

[@Kapuz73]

As a german I always wondering about some people have a problem with nudity but no problem with gore an blood.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Yeah I don't get it either! But hey, I have to respect KZbin's policy 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@LilyMoonWitch]

Its more to do with (American) company policy - KZbin wants to do business with companies that want to run ads, and companies don't want their ads next to anything "pornographic", which is why YT just flags anything nudity related. It sucks, but those with the money make the rules.

[@Lathspell_]

"I dont know anything about the lore" - 5 minutes in - knows everything about the lore

[@WhimsyPsyche]

LMAO no honestly I really don't!

[@Ra_773]

I didnt know they had those character intros lol this game is really amazing

[@1raisincookie]

I was genuinely waiting for you to play this!! This is so exciting

[@WhimsyPsyche]

That's so sweet, thank you 🥰

[@djrich6297]

I have never played D&D but after watching your play through I am thinking about giving this game a try. Was just gonna watch a little bit to see how it is, but I ended up watching the whole thing! Great video ☺

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aaah that's so cool! Thank you so much. It's genuinely a REALLY good game, even if you have never played D&D! Highly recommend! I hope you'll enjoy~

[@ipojucandias]

You should do a let's play series for Baldur's Gate 3 for sure!! There won't be a better game for that!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

I want to!! 🤩

[@emanymton713]

Never apologize for being a “noob” . *Everyone* starts there no matter what they do in life. 😂

[@Shane-The-Pain]

Lillith is a biblical reference. Tons of games are taking from ancient historical names and lore.

[@ravenmadd3895]

"People are going to think I named her Lillith because of Diabolo 4." I initially thought you named her after the apocryphal character of biblical lore.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

That is exactly why I did! But since this came out just after Diablo 4, I imagined a lot of people watching let's plays would think it was because of Diablo haha

[@DeeplyBroken00]

I am so excited to see you play thins game!! Ive been playing since it dropped on PC and over 100 hours later and on a second playthrough and still loving it.

[@Haru3urara]

Hi Whimsy! I always enjoy your playthroughs, so I'm super excited to see how your BG3 adventure goes! Right now I myself in the latter half of Act 2 (no spoilers!), and the game has been fantastic! I'm loving every minute of it 🥰Would love to see this playthrough becoming series on your channel 💖 Fingers crossed this video does well! 🤞🤞

[@WhimsyPsyche]

It's officially a playthrough now!! Thank you so much, that's so exciting 🎉

[@Haru3urara]

@@WhimsyPsyche Yaaay! I'm super happy about it! ☺ Can't wait to see your choices and your opinion on the companions 🤭 And I really like how you read Lilith's lines, it's so cool to see you engaging with the game the way you like it 🧡

[@conwaymoses2460]

If you would have released the brain from the beginning it would have been a creature that you could spawn and it would fight for you

[@wawho9645]

Very glad to see you playing BG3! Most of what I know about D&D came from BG1&2, and I am obsessed with this new game, can’t get enough of it! I played 140+ hours and am up to Act 3…My tiefling sorcerer w/dragon heritage feels quite powerful at level 10, really shapes the battlefield. Very much looking forward to what havoc your chaotic neutral wild magic sorcerer wields in your game! 👍😄

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aaaah that's so cool! Thank you so much, I'm excited 🎉

[@chrisd7047]

If it helps, I remade my 5e tabletop character for my first post-release BG3 playthrough. I wanted to see how close to the book rules Larian was able to keep an Oath of the Ancients paladin (pretty damn close, would have liked more levels to find out more fully), but, let me tell you, I give my GM fits and those same abilities were wildly helpful in BG3. A bit of trivia in Baldur's Gate history: the first 2 BG games were made by BioWare, who went on to do Mass Effect. Mark Meer, who voiced BroShep in Mass Effect (plus all of the vorcha, all of the hanar, and some of the volus), had one line as an NPC at the very end of BG2. The existence of the hamster in Mass Effect is a direct tribute to the first 2 BG games. Many of the lines that Tali says to her drone in Mass Effect are references to lines from the first 2 BG games (like when she says "go for the optics," it's a reference to a BG character telling his hamster to "go for the eyes"). Of all of the characters in all of the games that BioWare has created, the only one with a portrait/bust/statue (I don't recall which form the tribute takes) in BioWare's headquarters in Edmonton is Minsc, the caretaker of Boo, the miniature giant space hamster. And Larian did a very nice job paying homage to BioWare in BG3.

[@valerius88]

"I'm a complete D&D noob." Okay, fair enough. "I've only been playing for 4 years." Oh, so an esteemed veteran then. 😄

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Hahaha no no not at all 🤣 We barely play because of conflicting schedules!

[@valerius88]

@@WhimsyPsyche Lol! Fair enough. But that's awesome that you're enjoying the game!!

[@lexxeffectual]

Love the backstory of your character! It's very interesting to watch how you play with your tabletop background. I am already in episode 4 but thought liking and commenting retrospectively is only fair. I really enjoy your playthrough! Thanks for sharing! :)

[@im_azraelle]

“i am going to discover the lore with this game” i’m in the same boat! i knew nothing about D&D before i saw clips of BG3 about two years ago when it was in early access. all i knew was that it reminded me of Dragon Age (BioWare’s other series of games besides Mass Effect), i liked the Tieflings, and i adored Astarion’s sarcasm. it wasn’t until i started dating my current boyfriend last year (who’s a huge D&D nerd) that i was a bit more educated on the lore and found out that the Baldur’s Gate games take place in the D&D universe. i watched a bit of Critical Role and really enjoyed watching D&D games, though i have yet to play one myself. my boyfriend was really determined for us to play all three Baldur’s Gate games together in order in co-op, but we’re long distance for now so it would be really difficult to get the first two working properly. he told me last weekend when BG3 dropped for console to play without him, as he doesn’t want to hold me back from such a fantastic RPG, and i’ve been having a blast. i made an Elf Druid 💜 it’s really interesting playing BG3 as a D&D noob, and even playing it first before the other games since it takes place 100 years after them so it isn’t a continuous story! the first two could basically work like prequels after playing BG3. can’t wait to see you delve into the game 💜

[@kossowankenobi]

BG1 taught me how D&D actually works - I expect BG3 will be your oracle. :)

[@Mikkey_Gee]

Wohoo! What a great surprise! Hope you’ll have a great time! It’s such a big game. I’m over 100 hrs in my own play through and I don’t think I’m halfway yet lol. Also, really nice drawing!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aaah that's amazing!! Thank you so much! It was actually done with the help of a website, I don't remember which one at the top of my head though. It was a recommendation from our DM and I spent countless hours on it 🤣

[@eyesweyedopen4599]

Love your character's backstory! I'm BRAND new to DnD, but would love to see this as a full playthrough too!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Thank you so much! I debated talking about it and almost cut it out in editing, but decided I'd never get to talk about it again if I didn't now. I'm just glad someone appreciated that 🤣❤️

[@TheBlarggle]

@@WhimsyPsycheI enjoyed it as well! Thank you for including it!

[@AnxiousTrixie]

Seeing you accidentally YEET Shadowheart was so funny lmaooo

[@crapstirrer]

You can see your health at a glance by looking at the character portrait on the left. As you take damage if fills up with red.

[@cernunnos_lives]

The world Baldurs Gate is in (Toril), has decades worth of history and lore (written by Ed Greenwood around 1974). Just wait till you discover the Underdark. Faeruns surface is expansive as it is. Under it's surface is a whole new world. Just like Paris (except more). Faerun is bigger than Earth but like swiss cheese (but same mass). I grew up playing D&D and video games, so this is my favorite. It's the only game I bought early access 3 years ago. This was made by D&D fans and it shows. You didn't check out all the options for everything.

[@joesgotmore]

OMG when you yeeted Shadowheart I fell out laughing so hard. You have a lot to learn still but watching you fumble through figuring out how certain spells work is entertaining. Hopefully you don't TPK before you understand what is useful in which situation. However, I'm betting you TPK by the next major encounter. Nothing wrong with that, it's all entertaining IMHO.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Hahahha poor Shadowheart 🤣 I do TPK eventually but it's actually a bit later on 👀 Against enemies higher leveled than me 😅

[@VicerExciser]

I've played 400 hours and feel like I've only seen 20% of the game. There's so many different ways you can approach everything, the replay-ability is insane.

[@alexanderpallinger1944]

Great first episode that makes me look forward to a whole series. Hope you make a classic Let's Play of it. Watching streamers tackling story-focused games is often a bit meh as part of their attention is always elsewhere.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

I'm glad you enjoyed! Yeah I totally understand that. Story heavy games are VERY difficult for me to stream so I rarely do it. Baldur's Gate might be okay but I would prefer to just sit down with my thoughts and play you know? I don't want to be influenced on my choices 🤣

[@aramean6502]

Been playing this game for 1 week now 14 hours in and it’s the best game I’ve ever played and the hardest

[@BKPrice]

Lilith looks great. I random-rolled a tiefling at one point in this game who looked so good I made her into a character in a book I'm writing, and the world of my fiction doesn't even have tieflings.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Woo that's awesome!! What kind of book are you writing?

[@BKPrice]

@@WhimsyPsyche Fantasy is my primary genre. This character is for a project way down the line. I'm writing a number of books to flesh out the history of the world for my main series, and she would be in one of those fleshing out stories. It's a series detailing the heroes who later go on to engage in a famous war to save the world from a new threat. Drukowzja (this character's name) is a former criminal who almost got overtaken by a demon trying to enter the mortal realm through her body. She ended up with horns, pale red flesh, and one glowing green eye along with one regular eye. I haven't worked out much more than that for now.

[@martakossowska6681]

So I comment it after just watching intro and I love the backstory of your character (the unnecessary part :)) I love how invested you are. This I call a real role-playing. Keep it up !!!! Can't wait to watch more of your videos

[@chad8767]

I wasn't able to make my character in the game, so instead I made her mom. And it's lead to some really interesting backstory for my table top character. Originally I was going to have her mom dead, but now I have her alive because she is interesting now too. So tabletop am playing a Gith Star Druid, father Githzerai, mother Githyanki Rogue. Her mother had high renown from fighting Mind Flayers and so some of the game I'm actually using as her back history because it fits so well! Love it.

[@HephaestesVulcan]

1:03:00 kills intellect devourer stuck in skull. No! No kill Us!😢

[@DawnShepardME3]

Love your creative and detailed imagination. Its cute in the good ways - meaning sweet innocence and optimism from kind, endearing soul.

[@SinSorrowEU]

Personally Id like this to be a series in YT, much like Mass Effect. Edited. Not a stream, so can watch when.. well can. And streaming is for communicating with viewers, Id prefer just to hear your thought on choises, not discussed with chat. Im only a one viewer so my vote wont matter that much. +I have no clue what your twitch is. Play BG3 blind, as in twitch etc you will get spoiled and then its not the same experience for you or us.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Your vote does matter!! Thank you for your opinion. I'm leaning more towards a let's play on KZbin for sure!

[@nickrubin7312]

yeah, streaming this with chat is a bit rough, since the game provides “individual experience” (at least the illusion of it) with different paths, blending all the side quests and main quest into "one story that you're part of", and all the lore being not only dialogue/cutscenes, but "hidden" in the books, notes, item descriptions, and some contextual lore behind passive checks that you can fail as well (and the game doesn't care and will move on anyway), but chat can't take it, just as much as everyone has opinion on the order of doing things, while there is none really, mostly it is free-flow exploration kinda "look around and find out". Seen a lot of new player streams where chat was backseating so hard it made streamer rely a lot on chat's opinion like it is definitive truth which lead to not so fun experience overall.

[@LosGrak]

Yes of course I want you to keep playing. Seeing how other people experience my favorite games really makes me happy.

[@davedehart]

This let's play is perfect for me. I have no experience in either D&D or BG. So you might have a little more experience than me, but not alot. The reason i didn't play BG3 yet is i think it's too intimidating. So i'll watch a couple of episodes of your let's play to see how you fare, and if you do (somewhat) okay... Then maybe i will give it a try aswel. 🤞🏼

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aaah that's amazing! Have you decided to try it yet?

[@Loreleii23]

Oh ! I'm watching you on ME since this summer (jolie découverte d'ailleurs

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aaah merci beaucoup 🥰 Thank you so much for watching!

[@jurgen4466]

Welcome to Baldursgate 3 😊 Love your passion and role playing! 🎉 I suggest you go to DnD 5 online and read the basics for the rules. Have much fun 🥰

[@senno9910]

Aww - but the best thing about nudity is seeing the surprised reaction when reactors first "hide clothes". It's hilarious!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

I knew this was a thing, so it wouldn't have surprised me much!

[@senno9910]

@@WhimsyPsyche ah well. I'll watch anyway. Already watching your mass effect run

[@Alcinaswifefrfr]

I'm in my current 3rd gameplay, and this is the first playthrough I'm watching. I'm so excited!!!

[@headhunter1945]

When the minor illusion works better on you than the enemy 😆

[@WhimsyPsyche]

HAHAHA

[@PepperMistAnimations]

Love the provided lore in the intro, can't wait to see what decisions you make! 😁

[@Noki_Kelevra]

Already loving your intro and character creation! Completely here for it and I hope it'll be an entire playthrough!

[@BlunderMunchkin]

My understanding is that you should disable karmic dice. Someone ran the math and in the long run it leads to a lot more dice failures.

[@warmmilk9480]

-Uses fire bolt on imp- "That really is not a lot" ...Well it's an imp. So, yeah. Probably not the best choice of damage. lol

[@Harrison11106]

Larian Studios came under the radar with the Divinity Original Sin games (I was a kickstarter backer on both). Really digging the game overall, although there are "Larian-isms" in it. My issues with it are more nitpicks: a 4 party crew like with Solasta (the previous games in the series you had a party of 06), & that you only create one character (I want to create my WHOLE team, like I can in the IceWind Dale & Solasta games). I'd suggest playing the first 2 games in the series too, preferably the PC versions of them (they play better on PC folks with KB & mouse, as does this one).

[@ruriva4931]

If you wanna experience racism in this game Drow is the best bet lol

[@moonlight5050]

Thank you for this.....I'm just about to start playing this but am new to RPG and D&D so to watch you start the game and see the way it works before I start is just what I needed.....love your character too ❤

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aaah that's so nice! What do you think so far?

[@moonlight5050]

@@WhimsyPsyche Only completed the intro then gone to camp 😁 I've created a lovely character...not sure if she is good but I like her (elf/druid) as I like animals 🤣 I would love you to do a fighting mechanics tutorial as I (like others) are new to this whole genre and I love your relaxed informative instruction...I'll watch your second video and see if there is anything there too. Visually it is stunning 😍 Namaste 🙏

[@twilightwalker3260]

Now I can finally start watching your playthroughs; needed to catch up with some others to get the excess video`s out of the way. You might not remember me, but I was in your streams a couple of times; you`ll see.

[@grimerime23]

this is the EXACT type of playthrough I wanted to watch for this game! a newish player that has some experience so your not completely lost. awesome! cant wait to watch! I'm personally taking a break from it and waiting a little bit longer before I get back into it because I ran into 2 separate actually game breaking bugs (I think those two specific bugs were patched tho but just incase, don't go AKF in camp for any long amount of time idk how to prevent the second tho) and I'm just generally letting it update some more and waiting for some good mods :D

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aaah that's amazing, thank you so much! I hope you'll enjoy! Oh no, game breaking glitches are the WORST, I hope it gets resolved soon for you!

[@spamfilter32]

Can't wait to watch the rest of your playthrough. I am glad you are using your character in the game. I am going to put one of my characters from an old campaign in an eventual playthrough I do. I will have to reimagine her a bit because she was 3rd ed, But I have some ideas of how to play her.

[@lexiette8343]

You got a really weird bug where Commander Zhalk spawned right at the entrance for some reason? he is supposed to spawn right next to the mindflayer lol

[@MrEvilside]

Comander Zalk coming with party, but not standing near Mind flayer then battle begins.. It is first..

[@michacarolus6571]

I waited for you to play this, i love science fiction in games but Fantasy is something else... Hope you have fun. I will be here for the journey🎉

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Let's goooo 🎉🎉

[@marmichaud]

Quick tips; in place where ther is many object; hold X; your charter wil scan her vincinity and you,ll have a list of all object in the area. so yo ucan very quickly pick everything. Faster than a mouse/keyboard

[@WhimsyPsyche]

This is literally life saving

[@heinzerhardt7047]

I was currently watching 2 things: Whimsy videos and BG3 videos. So yeah this is great, saving time now. :D And yes please make a lets play out of this.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aaah that's awesome and so sweet haha 🥰

[@Mimi-fi7ue]

I'm so excited to watch you play! I'm 200 hours in & obsessed. I love the way you read things, and as someone who had 0 DND knowledge it's fun seeing someone play where they have some perspective on the DnD universe! ❤️ I hope you enjoy! I'm patiently waiting your next upload hehe ^_^

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aaah that's so nice! Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed 🥰

[@CompagnonDeMisere25]

For a second i got happy that you picked the Dark Urge but i guess not...

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Yeah I don't think that's a good idea on first playthrough tbh

[@flippingchips7343]

Regarding the character name: Lilith/Lilian/Lilly are by my experience decently popular female names when it comes to demons or characters with infernal origins. In real life the origin of Lilith as a demonic figure in fiction/folklore actually goes back thousands of years in middle-eastern mythology. Lilith also was part of the Forgotten Realms, the setting in which Baldur's Gate takes place, though she has not been explicitly mentioned since the third edition of D&D.

[@frizzman1991]

17:28 yes! Neil Newbon is such an awesome voice actor/actor in general. Humble, wonderful human being.

[@mr88nyc]

I had never played D&D before starting this game and I’m loving it. I’ve somehow played over 70 hours in a 8 days.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Totally understandable. Welcome to this whole new world 🎵🤣