I've Never Played Baldur's Gate 3. Can I Guess What Class These Characters Are?

[@ManubibiWalsh]

“This is the kind of guy who could steal your wife” about Astarion… I mean, he’s absolutely not wrong.

[@alexmashkin863]

What kind of crap wives you guys have? This whole expression is so nonsense

[@oceanicGrimalkin]

I remember from Neil Newbon's (his actor) streams a particular quote- "Is that your girlfriend? Not anymore."

[@ManubibiWalsh]

@@oceanicGrimalkin I think I saw that 😆

[@Meshakhad]

Astarion will not only steal your wife, he will steal you from your wife.

[@pustulio81]

I'm not sure he would try if he was real...Blood is clearly not the only thing Astarion sucks LOL

[@HeadDetectiveLassie]

The second he said Gale had a strong jaw and thick neck and was a brawler, I started cackling. The squishy bookish-nerd caster as a fighter is hilarious, and I love this whole video.

[@owlbearodysseys]

Shane here, I was trying so hard not to laugh as well when JT started making those comments about Gale. I could just see the "fighter" guess forming, and it took all of my willpower not to laugh

[@wekashipo7507]

Have you seen Gale naked, though? His physique does not scream 8 STR.

[@HeadDetectiveLassie]

@@wekashipo7507 I'mma make excuses to cope, so forgive me. 🙃 Low fat percentage from eating habits while in isolation for a year and a parasitic entity eating away at him. (I personally look more fit than I actually am because my eating habits result in me having a low fat percentage, making my underlining muscles stand out more because less fat is covering them.) Despite complaining about his knees, he keeps up with the party rather well. He's climbing as many twisted vines and cragged rocks as everyone else. Maybe he is more endurance than strength. ...that's all I got. Maybe they just wanted him to look hot. Maybe Mystra wanted his body to fit her preferences. He's not even the worst offender. My man... Halsin. (In all honesty, I totally agree and understand why assumptions were made. That's partially why it's funny.)

[@owlbearodysseys]

Y'know if they wanted Gale to read as a Wizard then maybe they shouldn't have designed a character who is 112% a Fighter. Don't blame me for the game devs' mistake

[@wekashipo7507]

@@HeadDetectiveLassie Halsin is definitely a worse offender. With Gale, you can chalk it up to either laziness or efficiency, depending on how charitable you want to be. Every character just uses a default body model, and the male bodies are both absolutely shredded. Gale just has the one that looks less shredded. With Halsin, it just seems like his stats are completely incongruent with his design inherently. They gave him the "strong" body type, but only 10 STR. No excuse.

[@kbucket]

Can confirm that bard Astarion works so well! Vicious mockery was made for him lol

[@epiceileen]

that's why i love to multiclass him with some sword-bard. when enemies just have some HP left, he uses vicious mockery to kill them.

[@CuteGallifreyian]

Yeah I made him Arcane Trickster as a Rogue and then Multiclassed into a bard and it worked really well.

[@thefatherinthecave943]

“IIIM TALKING!🗣️🗣️”

[@greyjedi1272]

My build is to take 3 levels of bard to get the 2x ranged attack

[@molealto]

Can't ever not use one of my two favourite Astarion builds - Ninja (Thief4/OH Monk 8) or Deadshot (Thief4/Gloomstalker 8).

[@kuminiac]

Using just the headshots is a real handicap. Full body with their default costume would be more fair.

[@rustygear447]

Wouldn't that show the weapons they're holding? That would give away the classes of most of the characters

[@kasperarnebergjohnsen5403]

Karlach, halsin, jaheira, gale would all be quite obvious

[@kuminiac]

@@rustygear447 not of their campfire costumes were used.

[@FireDragons42]

The portraits definitely is a poor representation of the characters in my opinion as well. Better to show them in full body, in camp outfits would be fine to not reveal weapons or armour.

[@theradiantdehd3997]

@@FireDragons42It’s a tough line to ride. The portraits aren’t enough to go off of necessarily, but full body shots make some of them far too obvious.

[@dominiquedamen]

I am not here for the Gale slander 😂 though I can see his reasoning from the headshot 100%, if you show him a 5 second clip of Gale actually moving and talking fighter would go straight out the window 😂

[@owlbearodysseys]

I mean no slander whatsoever lol. We stan a nerd who can beat up the jocks

[@digifreak90]

9:33 "I can tell by both your faces that Druid is wrong" That got me laughing.

[@lawrencefosterjenkins8216]

“His charisma’s pretty high” bestie he has 10 CHA Edit: “ability score doesn’t have to match lore” dude’s got deception proficiency and while he may have lied to people for 200 years, he’s laughably bad at it to the party, who susses him out immediately. You think I didn’t know that?

[@nickboon1235]

Truee he just sounds charismatic but it’s just mostly the pickup lines he used in his, uhh, hunts for cazador

[@antonfowler6582]

Only person with higher charisma has to be cooper from tbe fallout tv show must be 30

[@SentecaMorvan]

Tbf while he is rhetorically strong, he often doesn't care for the feelings of others (or so it seems), so sounds harsh and mean often, which might represent his "lows" on charisma. On the other hand it is just a game value and DnD is kinda limiting on how that is reflected on the character. BG3 does the right thing in seperating the two

[@shibernyan2009]

Yup and it shows. The man couldn't fool any player for longer than 2 seconds even after practicing for 200 years.....But that's cute so I'd follow him anywhere anyways.☺💀 (No but fr, this whole reverse CHA thing is clearly working and I don't understand why).😅

[@calvintyler9281]

My head cannon for characters with seemingly out of character stats (shadowhearts intelligence gales strength being lower than a child astarion being as persuasive as a random nobody while being a vampire and a charlatan) for shadowheart repeated mind wipes have given her brain damage making her retain information much harder and learning new information much slower. Astarion is so obviously 2 faced yet charming that you want to listen but would never trust him unless he dropped his glib demeanor. Gales muscles are fake. As in he doesn't actually work out they're made with magic. Or the pain from the orb makes it difficult for him to exert himself to much.

[@ruriva4931]

13:14 Jaheira is a bit intimidating but she’s also one of the biggest jokesters in camp

[@GCWeber]

the fastest way to farm approval with her is roasting her lol

[@owlbearodysseys]

(Shane here) I love Jaheira, she's an underrated companion for sure

[@molealto]

Jaheira is Granny Weatherwax.

[@molealto]

I always give her a couple of Ranger levels - sure, she's mainly a druid but doesn't wild shape much. And ranger dip fits the Harper scout backstory.

[@GCWeber]

@@molealto I mean in the old games she was a druid/fighter and 5e ranger (and by extension bg3 ranger) is basically just "what if fighter + rogue + druid?"

[@asina6352]

To "Boo is very smart". Boo is the brains of the duo. All the brains...

[@owlbearodysseys]

Gotta love Boo

[@SecretShotgun]

I would have given 0.7 points on Minthara as a cleric, since that was the original plan for her.

[@owlbearodysseys]

J. T. here. Your points mean more than Shane or Marshal so I appreciate it

[@owlbearodysseys]

Shane here, I'll give you partial points for that, too bad partial points don't matter

[@ManubibiWalsh]

Minthara… a cleric?????

[@raphaelperry8159]

Just like Karlach was a Paladin for most of Early Access then the fans began vocally begging for her to be a monk or barbarian instead.

[@sam7559]

​@ManubibiWalsh yeah beta Minthara was a cleric, you can see in with her MTG card that uses beta design.

[@blemat]

20:30 The Minsc art here is from Baldur's gate 2. Minsc was an extremely popular companion in both Baldur's gate 1 and 2.

[@donradkos6655]

Voiced in the first two games by a veteran voice actor Jim Cummings.

[@ten5h1]

Karlach is a sweet cinnamon roll who will definitely end you.

[@owlbearodysseys]

One of the best tropes in fiction hands down

[@job5861]

Would have been good to use pictures of them in their camp clothes. That way a full body shot could have been given. I also agree with the comment about guessing cleric for Minthara should have given a partial point. She was a cleric for a long time in early access.

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Wasn't that just because they hadn't implemented the Paladin class yet, though - Cleric would be the obvious placeholder.

[@BobLablasLawBlog]

I feel like he 100% needed full-body shots. Asterion as a bard still probably would have been the call. But Gale in a purple robe? 100% magic user. Karlach is a tall, beefy lady. Would have maybe leaned toward something physical. Halsin maybe would have gotten barbarian too, since he's a big boy. As far as Jaheria goes, I see a character design with half of the hair braided and lots of brown and green on the clothing, I'm instantly thinking druid. The clothing is sooooooo much a part of the character design.

[@owlbearodysseys]

Full-body would definitely have been easier, and I (Shane) didn't want to make it easy for him. If we could somehow make both videos I would, but he knows the answers now. Hopefully you still enjoyed the hard mode version

[@baticeer_]

@@owlbearodysseys Haha I would have shown full-body of their Camp outfits b/c the casual clothes won't give away the type of armour :)

[@feloniousbutterfly]

"Asterion"

[@lachouette_et_le_phoque]

@@owlbearodysseys you could have gone with showing first a slide with the face only, then a full body slide as a "tip" and then the solution

[@baticeer_]

"Yeah, her neck tattoo is a spiderweb" "Oh, she's a member of the Phantom Troupe!" this took me out LOL. Pretty good reads. Shows the power of character design. If he'd had fullbody images it would have been easier, but I think a few characters might still have tripped him up. I wish you'd shown him the Dark Urge too :D

[@taffygiggleberry5248]

I wonder if fullbody pics would have given away too much? How would a Dark Urge guess work since they don’t have a defined class 🤔

[@baticeer_]

@@taffygiggleberry5248 I just meant Default dark urge, I thought it'd be fun to see him react to a dragonborn character, so the correct guess would be sorcerer

[@taffygiggleberry5248]

@@baticeer_ ah true, I’d forgotten there was a default!

[@Norbert_Sattler]

Jaheira used to be fighter/druid in BG1 and 2 (AD&D ruleset multiclass), but in BG3 she starts out as a pure druid. Minsc was in BG2, in fact one of the first companions you could pick up in the prologue, and that portrait on his second slide is from BG2.

[@Cabamacadaf]

Minsc and Jaheira are both with you at the start of BG2, and I believe the only returning characters from 1. So it's quite fitting that they're both also in the third game.

[@Norbert_Sattler]

@@Cabamacadaf There's also Imoen.

[@Cabamacadaf]

@@Norbert_Sattler Ah right, forgot about her. Although she's so tied to the player character of the first two games it makes sense not to include her in 3.

[@Radwar99]

@@Cabamacadaf Well, Imoen is human so she would be dead in BG3. Minsc is also human but he is still alive because he was turned to stone and Jaheira is still alive because she's a half-elf which means a longer lifespan compared to humans but even in BG3 she's quite old at 150, even for a half-elf. Personally I hated the fact that they made Jaheira and Minsc members of your group because when I finished BG2, they were both almost demi-gods and in BG3 they are very far from that.

[@samiyarossini]

Calling Astarion a bard just made me cackle, with the comments he makes about bards.. 😂

[@NuclearNoxi]

His vicious mockery if you multi-class or respec him is fabulous though

[@HobGungan]

To be fair, I always respec him to Bard

[@californiansniper2133]

Tbh he ain’t in my party if he ain’t a bard or sorcerer

[@risurisunaa]

What comment he makes about bards?..

[@kaminosystem]

4:37 As a married woman who keeps romancing Astarion I feel attacked lol. Very fun video!

[@feloniousbutterfly]

Watch out he'll steal your husband

[@parentalonion6552]

​@@feloniousbutterfly as a husband who keeps romancing astarion, im afraid no one is safe

[@50Blox]

as someone who made Astarion a 4/8 rogue/bard I 100% agree that he gives off bard energy, he has to play the violin as well

[@myboatforacar]

My favourite Minsc factoid is that BG1, which was based off of Second Edition, had minimum anility score requirements for classes. Despite being a ranger, Minsc's Wisdom is not high enough to qualify -- it's 9. There is, on the optional critical hit tables, a head injury result which permanently halves all your mental stats. (Int, Wis, Cha). Soon after introducing himself, he brings up that he had a severe head injury in the past.

[@michaelzoller5303]

So he originally had a wisdom of 18???

[@myboatforacar]

@@michaelzoller5303 17 or 18, iirc they rounded up.

[@donradkos6655]

Someone who doesn't like being in the city but will begrugingly do so is quite on point for Jaheira, she comments every now and then about disliking the cities in the first two Baldurs Gate games.

[@LadyDoomsinger]

"This city is a blight on the landscape, better to have let the land grow wild." A bit more than "disliking" sometimes...

[@donradkos6655]

She's still a lot better adjusted than Faldorn in BG2

[@caelestigladii]

Fighter gale play through coming up.

[@donniejefferson9554]

I played him as an eldritch knight when I played him as origin and it was super flavorful. Really captures the feeling that his magic was ripped from him and he had to adapt his combat style while he got his real power back.

[@TheDragonCat99]

Could roleplay it as Mystra being so mad at him that she stripped him of all magic

[@JeremyAndersonBoise]

I am playing as Gale Origin now, and I would simply never do that to Tara.

[@TheShepherdFilms]

Dude, I would NOT take Jaheira out to a fancy restaurant...I'd take her out to a bar and get some cheap food there...Fancy and Jaheira don't make sense for me...just get her some good wine and a hearty stew or something... ;) good vid...wish I could play this game, but I've beaten BG 3 like 10 times now.

[@RaineInChaos]

I’d invite myself over for dinner with the grandkids

[@PragmaticProsecutor]

I was like “Astarion’s gotta be pretty obviously a rogue right” then I remembered the very first time I saw him without playing the game I assumed he was a bard just based on his outfit and personality lmao this might be fun

[@Devlerbat]

If he guessed barbarian for minsc and/or fighter for Jaheira then I would personally give it to him since I believe that they are both canonically multiclassed. It is just that BG3 has you build up all the characters from level one regardless of what level/stage of the game you recruit them at.

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Canonically Minsc is a berserker warrior from Rasheman, (Berserker being a subclass of Barbarian), so it fits - though he has more of a "ranger" lifestyle, I guess you could say. As for Jaheira, as I remember her lore, she was trained in druidic traditions, and then picked up some combat techniques along the way in her time as a Harper.

[@Devlerbat]

@@LadyDoomsinger Yea, in addition to that Jaheira was a druid/fighter dual class at the start of BG2 (maybe BG1 as well, I can't recall).

[@jah5391]

Jaheira feels like a trap, because she canonically a fighter/druid in BG1 and BG2 so her character as a druid is a little weird.

[@molealto]

This is why I always drop a couple of Ranger levels on her.

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Lore-wise she is trained in druidic traditions - she's just picked up quite a few fighting skills through the years in her role as Harper.

[@CrazyTasteyPi]

"All these women intimidate me" What, even Karlach? She's practically a puppy dog. Doubly so if she likes you. :p

[@molealto]

Big Red ♥️. Barb 8/Rogue 4 for me.

[@stagehog81]

Minsc is in both BG1 and BG2. In BG1 he is able to be recruited in Act 2 of the game. In BG2 Minsc is one of the characters that is in the prison with the player character at the very beginning of the game.

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Chapter 2, not Act 2. Baldur's Gate 1 had 7 Chapters, Chapter 2 would still be part of the "build-up" that is traditionally associated with the First Act of a Three-Act play structure.

[@GCWeber]

"What class is this owlin woman" made me laugh hard

[@notednuance]

Harry Dresden has a pretty strong jawline if Im remembering his description correctly... but to be fair... he's not too shabby in a brawl either.

[@michaelbenson5677]

A diadem is a ribbon worn across the forehead and fastened in back, usually with ribbons trailing from the knot in back and sometimes adorned by a jewel or brooch in the center of the forehead. It was the equivalent of a crown in classical Greece and Greek-influenced cultures.

[@wolfjas883]

Minthara's tattoo is not a spiderweb. I was looking into the houses of menzoberanza and found that her neck tattoo is the symbol of her families house

[@PinkDrosera]

Boo is not Minsc's pet. Minsc is Boo's pet. Miniature Giant Space Hamsters choose large, not too bright, human males as "steeds" to ride into battle.

[@JeremyAndersonBoise]

Pogger comment

[@TidusDowthelas]

Misc & Boo is in all 3 Baldurs Gate games. He's a Ranger in BG 1, a Ranger/Berserker in BG2 and The Stonelord in BG3. How'd you get that wrong dude!

[@notaustine31]

Gotta build them based off the guesses now

[@TerryRWilliams]

Minsc is 100% in BG2, currently replaying it with him in my party.

[@mysticpirate]

I love that JT guessed Bard for Astarion, because that boi gave me total bard vibes as well and as soon as I realised I could change his class I made him a Bard!

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

There really aren't multiple ways to pronounce "Astarion". Just one. The way the way the voice actor himself pronounces it and also every other character in the game: _[Ah-STAH-ri-on]._ For crying out loud, when you first meet Astarion in-game he introduces himself to you _by name!_ The only person who started this "A-stair-ion" American pronunciation was the gamemaster guy who ran the promo D&D5E BG3 "sidequest" for the BG3 voice actors where they played as the BG3 characters.

[@RAYQUAZATHELORDOFTHESKIES]

Ok I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought astarion was a bard at first Lmao

[@rosariacarlson9066]

The remaining .7 of his 4.7 is all the almost-right guesses

[@dustinflowers1914]

Astarion: Couldn't have gotten it closer without getting it right. Gale: Couldn't have been farther off. XD

[@kerryhateseverything2546]

Minsc actually IS in BG2!!

[@robertbryant4669]

"There's not a wizard in all of fiction that has that strong of a jawline." Ariakas, Dragon Highlord and commander of the Dark Queen's armies in the Chronicles of Krynn, is a fighter/wizard who has the physical strength to destroy heavy oak doors with a single blow from his fist.

[@weswtf]

i still think even with full body pictures i think he still would have gotten Gale wrong and said sorcerer

[@BloodPlusPwn]

I'm more impressed how dead on he was on most of their personalities more-so than the classes lol

[@wst34]

The dynamic and banter between you three is hilarious

[@owlbearodysseys]

We appreciate you saying so, you've made my day!

[@PalleRasmussen]

Minsc is in BG2, he is perhaps the most beloved companion.

[@gato-jade]

If he could have seen gales scrawny arms he would not have said fighter

[@ImElliePaige]

1:50 "The area of most peoples brain thats devoted to baldurs gate, is just static in mine." Me (with 1000 hours in the game): That must be a LOT of static.

[@antonfowler6582]

No wizard in fiction has that strong a jaw line ⁉️ theres a MR H B Dresden who would disagree

[@owlbearodysseys]

Shane here, JT and I are both huge Dresden Files fans, and I personally would like to apologize on JT's behalf, you are absolutely right about the jawline of a certain Chicagoan wizard

[@DngnRdr]

As soon as I get Withers, I usually respec Astarion as a Bard (College of Swords) and I change Shadowheart's domain to Life rather than Trickery. I've also experimented with Gale as a sorcerer but not all the time.

[@molealto]

Sweetheart does pretty well as a Tempest cleric with Storm Sorcerer dip. Gale Wiz 8/ Dragon Sorc 4 is fun.

[@starwarslover015]

The past couple times I’ve made Shadowheart a tempest domain. Might try another domain. I’ve also put 2 levels of tempest domain on Divination Wizard Gale

[@Semety]

I'm playing Astarion as a bard right now, lol.

[@martinnussbaum1946]

I haven't played Baldur's Gate I, II or III, so here are my picks; Astarion Bard; Gale Fighter/Pirate; Halsin Ranger; Jaheira Sorceress; Karlach Warlock;; Laez'el barbarian; Minsc Monk; Minthara Cleric; Shadowheart Cleric; Wyll Bard. I was close to their expert, often following the same logic and having the same second choices.

[@corrackisdead]

Gale does have a high Constitution so he can look like a fighter

[@ParallaxHearts]

Astarion probably should have been a bard personality-wise. Barbarian based on his propensity for violence, blood, intimidation. Wife-stealer based on rizz and looks. Babygirl and rogue by lore. Best friend based on gossip and loyalty. He's the most flamboyant but also the most masculine companion besides Halsin, as well as the funniest person in the peanut gallery. I pity the rare man that hates him because they're missing out.

[@jujudisasters]

as someone who re-classed Astarion into a bard my first playthrough (due to player character being a rogue) I can confirm bard fits him really well

[@mountainaccident2001]

I think Teen Titan's Raven would be a shadow monk personally but i can definitely see the sorcerer vibe!

[@owlbearodysseys]

J. T. here! I love the lore connection of meditation and self-discipline that Raven uses to control her demonic side, and that could absolutely make sense for a Monk. But I mean, c'mon? Someone blessed/cursed with amazing power because of their lineage? That's the definition of a Sorcerer. Thanks for commenting!

[@MoonlitPhoenix0]

Jaheira wpuld 100% prefer a date exploring a dangerous tomb

[@xModerax]

Funnily enough I play Gale as a heavy armor multi class because he looks awesome in armor

[@Semety]

Yeah, I played him as an abjuration wiz with a war cleric dip, very fun

[@RaineInChaos]

I like to swap around peoples camp clothes and Karlach is super cute in Gales comfy purple clothes but that also means Gale is in Karlach’s trousers (sans shirt) Definitely some ab implants or something. Maybe it’s a full-time illusion 😅

[@Semety]

@@RaineInChaos karlach is also pretty much the only character that looks decent in destitute clothes. And Gale looks awesome in Shadowheart's clothes

[@RaineInChaos]

@@Semety ooh I'll try SH on Gale! I so rarely have her in my team that she hasn't been part of the clothes swap yet

[@arayalenore8552]

“What’s a diadem?” Me(a potter head): it’s like a tiara(in Cho changs voice)

[@ChristopherCole-t7i]

20:35 wrong. Minsc is in Baldurs Gate 1 and 2 as well as 3. He was in fact a member of the starting party in 2 alongside Jaheira and is in fact optional in 1. So you might've gotten them mixed up because there's no way you'd miss him in 2

[@shibernyan2009]

Nice to see a fellow Minthara simp.😌 Astarion owns my heart and mind, but Minty is a very close second favorite. She's intimidating and yet so freakin' adorable when she's in her cuddly and vulnerable pillow talk mood.🥰 As you might have guessed from my two favorites, I have a thing for people with that kind of duality (Astarion is mean but all is forgiven the moment he flashes his usual puppy dog eyes☺).

[@BleachBasket108]

I clicked on this on a whim and had such a great time lol. Y'all are funny

[@owlbearodysseys]

We're glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for commenting!

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

20:30 That artwork of Minsc is from Baldur's Gate 2 and he was definitely in Baldur's Gate 2... in fact, Minsc and Jaheira are the very first NPCs the player meets in BG2, right in the "prologue" when your amnesiac Bhaalspawn character wakes up chained up in a gaol and has to escape. They both are in BG1, BG2 and BG3.

[@rifter0x0000]

For real Gale is way too swole for a wizard. And no one who looks like that would have an 8 in strength.

[@starwarslover015]

I thought Jaheria was a full elf too, but was upset when i learned she’s a half-elf, cause I was going to write a fanfiction of what the full elves do when the others are asleep, and was greatly upset when I found out she would be asleep.

[@StealthheartDraws]

You should have done a bonus round guessing what the Dark Urge default class is

[@AKA_Studios]

To be fair, I have Halsin use owl bear rage often enough that he might as well be a barbarian

[@DrZalmat]

with full body shots it wouild have been much easier... the full body character design is very much on point with all of them

[@JeremyAndersonBoise]

The misdirection at 18:30 is cruel 😂

[@tawelwchgaming8957]

"This guy looks like my dad" caught me so off guard

[@owlbearodysseys]

It caught Marshal and me (Shane) off guard as well, but trust us, it's incredibly accurate

[@feloniousbutterfly]

I love and cherish that Astarion, possibly the gayest-coded character in the history of games, is 100% "mr. Steal yo girl."

[@RaineInChaos]

Truth is he absolutely CAN steal your girl but left to his own devices he’s definitely stealing her man instead

[@rachelhutchinson5464]

"unless the loxodons come in later" I HOPE TF THEY DO

[@owlbearodysseys]

The only thing that would convince J. T. to play Baldur's Gate 4

[@kraendrel]

To be fair for Minthara, in ealry access before Paladin was added, she used to be a Cleric.

[@jackthelucario]

In his defense with Gale, he does have the City Watch ability and a few weapon profs with it. So he did used to be a captain or a bit of a brawler there, from a certain point of view

[@guidojacobs2002]

29:35 Yes, you can. One you like to play as, the other you'd want to play with.

[@sleepykitty4472]

I like to make Astarion a bard anyway!

[@AquaFoxcos]

saying Astarion has high charisma (looks at the 10 charisma stat XD)

[@Semety]

Minsc is definitely in BG2 - he's one of the companions you can pick up right from the start. Also I think that was his bg2 portrait, but I'm not sure

[@Cas-Se78.97]

Honestly when I first met Gale in-game I thought he was a bard; he just sounds like one.

[@firebird690]

Dude hes wearing robes (in head shot), gale is a wizard lol.

[@wimfranken826]

If I'm not mistaken diadem is a specific type of circlet

[@AldenRogers]

Jaheira was also a fighter/druid in the Baldur's gate 1 and 2

[@maximillianderembourg4887]

WHAT?1? No Dark Urge ??? I was waiting.

[@Leongon]

Pretty funny the couple of times he read the designs pretty accurately to then get to the totally wrong conclusion from the information he got.

[@eccentricstate]

He’ll be right and then they say things or make expressions to make him second guess himself lol

[@Ganychan]

Hey to be fair, Halsin is an outlander and he's wild, so that does fit the barbarian vibe. Also, it took me way too long to find Gale in the game (actually if I hadn't looked it up he'd have died in that portal), and both his personality and his voice were nothing like I imagined from looking at his picture. He sounds sweet and nerdy, but looks like he'd have a lower voice, and be a typical leading fighting man. I'm glad he isn't. Also, my feelings about Lae'zel changed throughout the game, and I legit cried when we said goodbye 😭

[@tigerfanfrv]

i feel like they did him dirty by not showing the entire character models.

[@CommunistKangaroo]

Until I played BG3 and got Astarion to join my party, I was SURE he was a bard. Or at least a high charisma/swashbuckler rogue. 10. This guy has 10 charisma. That's lower than my Barbarian.

[@Nephritesword]

"(Astarion's) Charisma is pretty high." His Charisma is 10 💀

[@Umbra451]

I never realized that Gale does the Dreamworks face

[@Makareno94]

20:35 actually Minsc is literally one of first companions available in Baldur Gate 2.

[@DrasticSkuba]

I had Minthara ruined for me when someone showed me that Tom Holland looks like her

[@ThomasVanhala]

You Take Jaheira on a date to Friendly Arms Inn. Jaheira and her husband Khalid first appear there in BG1. Oh that is fun using her picture old BG.

[@IlRe720]

Wild energy XD im impressed by how monotone you kept your voice while saying this, beautiful 👌

[@owlbearodysseys]

Thank you. Dry wit is as much an art as it is a science.

[@Elazul.Lapislazuli]

Well Minthi was a cleric in early access... so...

[@Eurician]

Of Course Minsc was in BG2 he was one one the Maincompanions.

[@felixhenson9926]

Tbf, I originally read Astarion as a bard too.

[@HH-hd7nd]

14:39 In BG 1 and 2 Jaheira is actually not a pure druid - she's a Fighter/Druid. But don't forget that those games where based on AD&D 2e which had very different rules and also a different class system. 20:33 Nope, this is Minsc's BG 2 picture. Minsc is in all three games, and he is in fact one of the beginner companions in BG2. In BG1 he had a habit of dying in a lot of people's games because of a special mechanic in that game in terms of some companions: They came in pairs and if you left one behind then both leave the party which was a bit problematic in the case of Minsc. In BG 1 there are over 20 possible companions throughout the game and a lot of them are martial class characters - and while Minsc was a good melee combatant there where others that where just better (the palading Ahantis, the ranger Kivan, the Fighter/thief Coran, the fighter Shar'teel...arguebly even the fighter Kagain who didn't deal as much damage but as a dwarf had such a high constitution score that he actually slowly regerated HP while exploring, and the fighter/cleric Yeslick who was an ok fighter but at the same time a cleric as well. Minsc's partner character however, Dynaheir, is hands down the best magic user in BG1 which means that unless people played a magic user as the main character literally everyone and their dog wanted Dynaheir in their party. Jaheira also had a partner character btw - her husband Khaleed, a fighter. However - Khaleed was the weakest fighter in the game.

[@digifreak90]

21:50 Personally, I'd put Raven as a Sorcerer/Warlock Multiclass (Mostly Sorcerer, though). She has her own power, but she also uses her father's power at times.

[@owlbearodysseys]

J. T. here, perhaps a short dip into Warlock or the Eldritch Adept feat could pay respect to Trigon. Although recent comics have really emphasized that the majority of Raven's power is her own and, personally, I just feel like that makes her a more compelling character!