How To Baldur's Gate 3 - The Phantom Urge

How To Baldur's Gate 3 - The Phantom Urge
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CHAPTERS
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00:00 - SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT (I Finished A Video Game)
01:02 - INTRO
02:55 - CHARACTER CREATION
08:56 - THE NAUTILOID
16:14 - PUTTING TOGETHER A TEAM
25:46 - RESPECCING AND BUILDS
36:04 - DRAMA AT THE GATE (The Druid's Grove)
48:07 - BLIGHTED VILLAGE
1:06:33 - DEALS AND PROMISES (Raphael, Hag's Teahouse)
1:30:45 - THE GOBLIN CAMP
1:55:59 - BATTLE AT THE GATE (Fighting Minthara and still recruiting her)
2:09:03 - THE DARK UNDER
2:22:46 - THE HOME STRETCH (Lava beast, Adamantine Forge, Nere Fight)
MUSIC
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"Backbay Lounge", "Bass Vibes", "Cool Vibes", "Deadly Roulette", "Hard Boiled", "I Knew a Guy", "Night in Venice", "Night of Chaos", "Pixelland", "Spy Glass", "Study And Relax", "Walking Along"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

[@StratEdgyProductions]

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[@cyberninjazero5659]

Strat posting links, gets comments autoremoved, this is a terrible idea

[@StratEdgyProductions]

@@cyberninjazero5659 What?

[@cyberninjazero5659]

@@StratEdgyProductions Yeah if you post a link in a comment it trips KZbins spam filter and it gets automatically removed

[@StratEdgyProductions]

@@cyberninjazero5659 Hmm, well this is fucked. Why does youtube do this shit? Fucking annoying... Okay. So here's what I'll do. Contact me on Discord, and I'll post the link in the pinned comment instead. KZbin at least won't delete that. Expand the pinned comment for details.

[@Tirannis]

I've been catching up on his videos for the last 2 days and then saw the patreon notification about your new video. I'll go back and put the videos on for longer now

[@crylec6534]

BG3 is an authentic RFK jr Experience

[@JohnnySilvercock380]

mmmm brain worms🤤🤤

[@n.henzler50]

I'm glad he waited as long as he did to get this out just because it meant he could include that joke.

[@crylec6534]

@@n.henzler50 I fr think RFK’s brain tadpole died because it was snacking on the guy’s brain which is more toxic than Chernobyl. No Illithid spawn at least

[@Sigh95]

The idea of a dark urge drow being a paladin is hilarious. It’s like if an fire fighter was also a cannibal or something.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

Dommy mommy Minthara is also a Paladin.

[@Darkworldwolf]

it´s more like an arsonist being a fire fighter

[@StratEdgyProductions]

@@Darkworldwolf A telepathic firefighter with a clown for a brother.

[@gamblorrr]

​@StratEdgyProductions I'd watch 1 season, 1 movie and read countless sequel comics of that.

[@MisterZimbabwe]

They just took an oath of freedom. They believe in being free... to kill.

[@BIacklce]

Underdark races are like "what is we took a normal fantasy race painted, them Blueberry and made them jerks"

[@mogscugg2639]

Italians

[@Ner0mancer]

​@@mogscugg2639 basically

[@Otuhh]

Batman theres no laws against the tentacle monsters and lizard chicks.

[@Mongoosesummoner]

Batman: There shouldn't HAVE to be!

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

I loved the part when he said "It's Darking Time!" and urged all over everyone.

[@SaiceShoop]

Last time I urged all over everyone I ended up on a list and have to tell my neighbors when I move anywhere

[@jameslynch2110]

Like look out scoob! im gonna urge

[@SevillaLorenzo-kd2ef]

The best part is 1:03:00

[@surelychordophonic]

You're not part of the Darking Team. Until you're part of the Darking Team, you abstain. SLOWLY.

[@natathetata1648]

As someone who’s been urged on several times, I was definitely shocked at first but I think it was tastefully done

[@anthonymcelveen6711]

Stopping by for an algorithm friendly like and comment, gonna have this playing muted in the background because I don't want spoilers. I'll come back and watch it proper later.

[@n.henzler50]

Definitely a game you want to experience for yourself, especially if you plan to do a Dark Urge run. There were moments that left me legitimately emotionally exhausted in the best way.

[@Sirfinchyyy]

​@@n.henzler50its tough to play, as "good" or "evil" but fun to just play.

[@tinyman1144]

@@Sirfinchyyy I only wish legendary actions for bosses was an individual toggle in the difficulty options

[@TheRabbitsHole]

The top hat and glasses D-pic is going into my "definitely works" list of moves

[@LtLeisureforce]

props for shouting out dudes channel, he makes good stuff

[@brandonbalderas8980]

Another cool trick with the hag fight; When she creates illusions of Mayrina, use Hold Person to isolate the real Mayrina from the copies. The real Mayrina's stats are lower than the Hag and thus, the chance to succeed on the spell is higher on her.

[@hondshoven8477]

For the tower with the turrets around 2:37:00 ... Use the Sussur flowers from the tree, they turn off magic, including the one powering the turrets so pick up a few, go turn based and throw them next to the turrets and tadaa, the thing becomes a stroll in the park.

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

22:22 Excuse me?!! Lae’zel is considered extremely humours among her people 😤

[@ulysses988]

ok

[@Sirfinchyyy]

The Gith are "meant to be" alien to us. They see existence differently than us residents of the material plane. (Wait till you see the Gith-Zerai.)

[@StratEdgyProductions]

@@Sirfinchyyy You mean Gith-superior

[@Loli-Knight]

Hope I Finish gets the help he needs. My Dad recently passed from cancer because he couldn't get the money he needed for treatments. Sucks being an average joe.

[@StratEdgyProductions]

I'm sorry to hear about your dad.

[@KotatkoVonDrapek]

Paladin multiclassed with bard is overpowered as hell. You get spells, and best of all, level 5 spell slots, which you don't get with paladin. That means you can smite with lvl 5. Combine that with hold person and it gets ridiculous. Also, you can decide to smite after attacking. You will know when you crit, so you can decide to do massive damage. Fight against Orin she didn't even get a turn.

[@StratEdgyProductions]

I killed her in two hits, round one. It was stupid. Level 5 smite sounds goofy as shit, lol. I might have to try that build.

[@KotatkoVonDrapek]

@@StratEdgyProductions almost as good as hexadin in PnP

[@StratEdgyProductions]

@@KotatkoVonDrapek Hexadin is a lockadin that uses hex and huntersmark, right?

[@KotatkoVonDrapek]

​@@StratEdgyProductions Its a Hexblade Warlock + Paladin multiclass. Basically for only 1 level in warlock, you solve all your problems with paladin being reliant on multiple ability scores, as you just need CHA for everything now. You also get an ability that lets you crit on 19 on a single target. Combine it with elven accuracy and aura of hate and it's pretty busted, along with the fun stuff warlock gives you, like hex and eldritch blast and more spell slots for your smites. You delete bosses but still not as OP as twilight clerics or moon druids tho

[@mellon3891]

There's a third way into the Underdark, just get feather fall on the party and jump in the pit the matriarch spider got yeeted into. Also that one Myconid that can bring back corpses can bring back the mini beholder. Much fun. Can also just shoot levers with arrows.

[@MLucaj]

As a Detroiter, the place Halsin describes sounds pleasant and inviting; I would definitely vacation there.

[@bakamaru3867]

Gith being Jim Henson monsters will haunt me forever lol

[@ConsultingHumor]

Thanks for releasing this in parts. I'm still not done with the game yet so I appreciate the act by act

[@aadityayanamandra8846]

"DEI Hire" is CRAZY

[@mogscugg2639]

Mizora more like They/themwokera

[@exoxultrum4131]

'The extremely evil oriented character is less fun to play when you're not extremely evil' is a wild take brother

[@KyleD.Grizzly]

Forget gloomstalker. Colossal Hunter makes it to where you do an extra 1d8 damage if I remember correct EVERYTIME you hit something that DOESNT have full HP, which is ALL THE TIME.

[@thomashightower7881]

Only once per turn. It's good early on, but once you get extra attack gloomstalker outpaces it

[@yeturs69420]

Aww man, i love "I Finished a Video Game", such a shame to hear that news

[@nateydanger]

another absolute banger of an episode strat! Love it!

[@drshemp1]

Love you videos bro!

[@Yggdrasilun]

Was JUST telling my friends about your videos, perfect timing🤣❤️

[@C0365086]

so good! stoked for pt 2 !

[@ryandenison5428]

Awesome video should have more views. Going to be looking forward to part 2

[@nunyabidness39982]

For Grym (and all levers) you can just shoot the lever to activate it. Even on my first playthrough I had astarion and my tav with a bow shooting the lever and wyll had misty step to get the magma flow. I didn't realize I'd cheesed the fight until my next playthrough when Grym shit all over me

[@scrublime]

Happy to see this finally go up!

[@TheDarkWizard666]

This channel is the cleanest best pleasure

[@StratEdgyProductions]

Holy fuck. THE PFP. When you posted the comment I was like: where do I know that from?

[@TheDarkWizard666]

@StratEdgyProductions Haha, he gets about bro, all jokes aside I love the channel man! All the best

[@codylawler2652]

Cutting Gales hand off is one of my favorite options.

[@jeremylackey6587]

I wanna like gale. He's a good dude. He's just... a lot. And I always play an arcane magic user. I'll keep his arm to remember him by

[@Sirfinchyyy]

Wish it was there for everyone, not just the Durge. (Unhand me!!)

[@themadtitan8379]

Dark urge playthrough with my friend was fun because it was our first run through the game, and occasionally I’d just wander off and kill someone only for him to find their bodies later and assume it was part of the story

[@StratEdgyProductions]

lol, awesome. That's how I like to play Chaotic Evil in tabletop. Sending notes to the DM mid playthrough.

[@gabby3036]

47:47 I can't take this man, stop forgetting you're a paladin!

[@sirspongadoodle]

Love your channel

[@smoothboye4203]

"The Illithid are not sending their best" 😂😂 I would say Shadowheart and Lae'zel should be swapped in your description

[@c.jarmstrong3111]

I always love your videos 😊

[@iljalobanovs6445]

God damn legend you are. And I have seen the guy , wished him well. My memory of total biscuit is way to painful

[@mainstream2226]

Okay but if you DID kill yourself, you wouldn't have made the shea butter joke, which absolutely sent me mid cone pull. 🖤

[@craigbolton2231]

Didnt know what to expect when i clicked this vid. Nor did i expect to watch the full thing. Fantastic

[@cat_jk00]

Your best video yet😊

[@CrazyxEnigma]

Great video. Made me laugh lots with some great edits, looking forward to Act 2 and beyond! I've also never seen that Astarion trying to figure out what his scars say interaction... Vampire has been holding out on me.

[@Luthien7025]

Awesome video

[@somelonelyshmuck4274]

Dude your comedy lights my mood up. You never fail to make me laugh man

[@SgtNukem007]

Just when I think you can't get any funnier, you drop the best BG3 video on KZbin. Legendary

[@machinedude9386]

Use the sussur flowers in the tower in the underdark, the flowers create an anti magic field that takes out the turrets. There are 4 or 5 flowers in the underdark. Just keep in mind not to travel to the surface with these flowers or they'll loose their powers.

[@jasonmedeiros4712]

You have exactly my sense of humor and i love it

[@JPG.01]

Alchemy indeed is powerful in this game. I have something for you there. Go talk to Withers and recruit a hireling. Brinna Brightsong or whatever her name is to be precise. The halfling. Then respec her into a transmutation wizard, with high wisdom and give her proficiency in medicine. Then give her a level of rogue to get expertise in Medicine. And then give her a couple levels of cleric so she gets enhance ability. This hireling will double the value of all of your ingredients by doubling the results of alchemy and she will almost never fail. With a +4 from wisdom which she reaches at 18 points, and expertise she will automatically pass the medicine check and to fail she would have to roll 4 natural 1 on two dice rolls with advantage. Which is not impossible but exceedingly improbable. Sadly this only starts to take effect at level 5 or 6 at the earliest if I remember correctly.

[@matthewcampbell3399]

Love ur videos

[@TheOnly01Gee]

Love the how to series, it Really blades my frontier 🔥 it really GITHs me going 💀makes me wanna cleric subscribe…

[@justindibe8543]

Yessss it's hereeeee

[@toiletwineconnoisseur6434]

im not even 15 minutes in and this is one of your funniest vids yet

[@Ragatokk]

@1:03:25 me when catching pokemon on my gameboy as a child.

[@totodacat]

aight brotha ill give it to ya, this is good shit

[@SMaxxTH]

you can also hit levers etc with arrows, so in the forge fight you dont necessarily need someone near the lever

[@CrazyxEnigma]

2:06:35 Funny you should mention Detroit, a year or so ago I kept getting bombarded with vacation adds... for Detroit. Who do they think they're fooling? Detroit has been well Detroit forever.

[@AuspexAO]

Hey Strat! It's a common mistake that people make when they say "you get an opportunity attack when someone moves within your reach". The rule actually reads: "When someone moves OUT of your reach". Therefore if you have a reach of 10ft and I close the distance to make a melee attack, I am in your reach the whole time and will not take an attack of opportunity. The "opportunity" part of the attack is that a foe is in reach of your weapon but not engaging you in combat (ie, they are showing you their flank and not their shield or weapon readied to parry your blows). It's mostly used to punish a player or monster rushing past a foe to get to a squishier foe, or to rout a foe trying to flee from you.

[@StratEdgyProductions]

This is the description from the handbook. "While you are wielding a glaive, halberd, pike, quarterstaff, or spear, other creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they enter the reach you have with that weapon." Polearms have 10 feet of reach so therefore... Or are you not talking about Polearm master? Did I say this somewhere else that wasn't referring to Polearm Master? I might have mistakenly done that.

[@Sirfinchyyy]

In 5e the Sentinel feat lets you do both options. (Is that im BG3, honestly dont know.)

[@totodacat]

​@StratEdgyProductions you had it right! This guy just didnt understand you were talking about PAMs special opportunity attack AND Sentinel. like you pointed out, its a HUGE thing in tabletop, but im pretty sure people who only really play the videogame dont understand the sheer sauce levels of PAM + Sentinel synergy

[@StratEdgyProductions]

@@totodacat I always convince my DMS to allow me to use Savage Attacker like in BG 3, where I roll damage twice and pick the highest. The combo is so stupidly good with human fighter, I just... I just can't.

[@DYNB]

I love I finished a videogame. Great channel who always has a very balanced opinion.

[@Sensenoi6]

I just finished playing my good-guy-durge on tactician, and I loved it! It even ended with my half-orc flying into space on a dragon with Lae'Zel.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

11:59 Oh no 😂 I'm never going to unhear the Gith as Jim Henson puppets... Has somebody made a Gith Rigel character yet?

[@aaronproctor8064]

Great weapon master big damage

[@XaldenTheGreat]

Bruh. The patreon plug was top tier lmao

[@briancollins1296]

Why does the cutest critter in the game also have to be a cannibal.

[@wesleydavis3387]

press G for "group - ungroup", I remember you were griping about that last video. If you want minthara later just take her down with non-lethal damage and you can get her back in act 2

[@osYukari]

Why haven't I thought of dual wielding staves !!! OMG that's so neat. I build my Astarion as Thief rogue 4 Open hand monk 6 Fighter 2. He stomps most stuff that don't have high DR, but I didn't tried Tactician yet with that... Funny that I give in to the Gay and ended up as corpse the next morning with Astarion walking away as if nothing happened :)

[@michaelk9080]

>Nick Rekeita as a special thanks. Now that's awkward.

[@StratEdgyProductions]

He's a patron. Also, I've seen him recently, and, I don't know what he's done and why people hate him because I don't know much about him, but as a human? I worry. He looks like he's doing pretty bad and needs an intervention. I hope he has friends around him who can help him get things together.

[@michaelk9080]

@@StratEdgyProductions It's gotten bad bad in the last 2 years bruh. I'd recommend the recent Mister Metokur stream to catch up. Long gone are the days of the Rittenhouse and the Depp trials. FeelsBadMan

[@rawhide_kobayashi]

@@StratEdgyProductions Looks like we'll be struggling to reach the stage where he realizes he actually has a problem the way things are going.

[@Kekkakek]

The part in the goblin camp with the little owlbear reminds me of our multiplayer session... I really didn't mean to send the little bugger of to die! I really didn't! Didn't break my oath as a paladin though. Great video btw!

[@benl2140]

1:46:20 Who takes Pact of the Blade? You take 3 levels of warlock to take that sweet, sweet Pact of the Chain. That little imp is the true MVP of my party.

[@Neighter]

Thanks, the guy you made reminded me of Tommy Wiessau tho 😂

[@jeremylackey6587]

Once my hyperfixation on rimworld is over, it's back to BG3 for me

[@reubinharle]

I started my first ever playthrough a couple days ago currently on act 3. Im starting to get the handle of it. But this video makes me realize i skipped so much and made all my characters shit😂

[@kennedylinzie8663]

😂 your videos never get old bro

[@mushroomsamba82]

2:44:14 Gussy for Gale had me rolling

[@skully.8955]

an even easier way to get kevlor's gloves is by letting the merc knock him out or doing it yourself after the fight outside the gate, and stealing them off his unconscious body. would recommend turn based mode. it's either after a certain amount of time or when you've walked far enough away from him that he regains consciousness.

[@Cromulorf]

Hell yeah, I love Durge!

[@greyspeight8776]

Just booted the game up for the first time when i got the notification for this vid.

I think the last patch broke my game. All my 1d8 roll 1 without exception.

[@thebigksmoosey]

Love it! Although I'm a little sad that Paulie Walnuts wasn't our main character...

[@Harry_S._Plinkett]

Yeah, but his Commendatori spell is so overpowered, it makes the whole game so boring to play.

[@MrBearpierro]

Comments for the Engagement Algorithm God. This was such a fun video. Really enjoyed. This comedy/abridged/walkthrough is a great format.

[@StratEdgyProductions]

Glad you liked it.

[@elitereptilian200]

that lovely little jingle is gonna get you in trouble with daddy youtube 😅

[@AGuy-vq9qp]

You can also ranged attack the levers to switch them

[@StratEdgyProductions]

I had no idea you could do that. That opens up a bunch of opportunities for shit.

[@TapTwoCounterspell]

7:48 Yes! YES. YES!

[@Fungi884]

yaaaaaay

[@SevillaLorenzo-kd2ef]

Big fan of your videos since the Disco Elysium one! But one thing, around 30:00, where you mention Quicken spell… that won’t work with Tasha’s Hideous Laughter because it’s a concentration spell, so quickening it and twinning it (again) will cancel the first two. Just thought I’d point it out, not that you need it!

[@StratEdgyProductions]

Oh yeah. I always forget about concentration, lol. Even in table top.

[@SevillaLorenzo-kd2ef]

@@StratEdgyProductions shhhhhhhh my I have my monsters run Bless and Spirit Guardians at the same time against my players. Still waiting for them to catch on.

[@Mistrail113]

you can throw those non-magic plants at the laser turrets and it turns them off.

[@Mugthraka]

You know when you break your Oath, you can simply talk to the oath breaker, pay the fine (2k gp) and then get your Oath back?

[@vladimirtchuiev2218]

There is a simpler way getting through the arcane tower, instead of entering the tower, jump to the mushroom platforms to the left of the tower entrance, and you can jump straight down to the lowest level, taking 1/2 your hp with it, unless you cast Featherfall, but still bypassing going into the tower through the window. Turning on the tower turns off the turrets, you can kill them with impunity for a bit of XP, and you can take your entire party upstairs, you might want to take the Club of Giant's Strength and if you fight Bernard the robot you get a halberd with lightning damage (Light of Creation).

[@Deioth]

I gotta get back into this soon. Did a duo with a friend (I controlled Shadowheart, he controlled Astarion, and we were both sexy, studly dragonborn (yiff yiff, bitches)) and also attempted a 6 player run that petered out because the party limit begone mod just refused to cooperate. I've got a barely touched solo run with Laezel as my PC and my god do you lose out on a lot of personality playing AS one of the base characters. The duo, I went full barbarian, grabbed tavern brawler, and just threw things to death. I'd throw axes, javelins, barrels, mother fuckers, you name it I'd throw it. Was even better with heavier things thrown off of sufficient height because you'd get gravity/fall damage, tavern brawler damage, weapon damage, and all the rage bonuses and throwing damage bonuses from gear. It was stupid and hilarious and while not exactly OP as one rounding 100+ health we were still stupid strong enough to one round the final phase of the act 2 boss. You also can't go wrong with near guaranteed proning 1 or more enemies if they were light enough to grab and enraged throw plus the special improvised weapon attack lmao was glorious. I just wish there were grappling gloves that let you throw/improv weapon more enemies, it was frustratingly restrictive grappling mobs because of how the game handled size/weight. Would have loved that, even if all it did with no other bonuses was count your strength as double or something for grappling purposes (so that'd mean better shoves, too)

[@clous081]

Crazy to me hearing you found no use for pact of the blade when my triple attack per action + 2x Charisma bonus to damage paladin (with arcane acuity) warlock has become my go to Tav. Deepened pact working with extra attack is so nice

[@StratEdgyProductions]

I just wasn't using him like that. If you do a Lockadin, like I said in the video, it's fucking tits.

[@clous081]

@@StratEdgyProductions thanks for the reply. Another amazing video!

[@Damienx247]

Draven looks like a Mystara Shadow Elf that dyed his hair to stand out.

[@strobeeboy]

2:08:00 the answer to the puzzle is in the room with the chest Astarion kept failing...

[@StratEdgyProductions]

Oh, lol.

[@tosho_2979]

It very well might have been a mod changing this, but during one of my durge playthroughs I was able to get the jump on Auntie. You can't surprise her, but if you're initiative is high enough, you can wallop her before she has a chance to bitch out and run.

[@samuelwnovak]

Elevating memes to a fine art 🫡🥹

[@kreedi7758]

To the Ethel fight. You can also tell who the real one is by examining the character model. If she's pregnant, its the real girl. If she's got a flat tummy, thats Ethel.

[@preyo6511]

All good build advice, Paladin is indeed a powerhouse. Doesn't quite match up to the Tavern Brawler abusers Monk and Thrower (Zealot or Eldritch Knight) but it can get damn close with the right build/equipment. Buying/crafting enough Cloud Giant potions to have one everyday in Act 3 for your main melee character takes any of these builds to a crazy new level of damage.

[@simondaniel4028]

another long form Strat vid covering, this time, a game I intend on playing. I figure since I still need to finish BG1 and restart BG2 that I'll forget this vid in the 800 hours I'll need to finish those two.

[@MisterZimbabwe]

The ethel fight can be made even easier if you just use magic missile to hit every single target. All the illusions pop when they take ANY amount damage, Magic Missile is guaranteed damage that cannot be avoided. No need to waste your party's turns splitting up and attacking individual targets.

[@DastardlyThoughts]

1:26:28 the way I figured out which one was the witch was by looking at the models. The woman is pregnant, and her belly sticks out, when looking at one who isn't the pregnant women the belly does not stick out

[@Sirfinchyyy]

I know this is a "1st impressions vid" but Larian went above and beyond when it comes to player choice and options. I hope you do several different playthroughs to explore what BG3 has to offer. (If only for yourself) you're missing out on so much if you don't.

[@devinrodriguez3530]

Dude a Baltimore accent BG3 would be out of this world

[@FabledAllOut]

That was really, really fuckin' funny.