Karlach breaks the fourth wall (All options)

[@matthewwhiteside4619]

I wish that when she asks "what is my name" you could answer with her VA's name, and she answers with something about how she knows it's not true, but she still feels like it is, somehow.

[@yasiegonlastie5483]

what. the. fuck., that would be incredible

[@edwardsmith7131]

Or that when she asks your name you are given the option of your IRL name (that you registered the game with). Perhaps if you do answer with your IRL name, thus sharing in 4th wall shenanigans, she initially thinks that's it is a lie but becomes aware of much more outside the game.

[@pinkfurryhat]

Was thinking the same haha

[@ladyhammer]

I don't think so, i think the idea of this entire interaction is that you can only answer through the character, through words they could say in this situation, we're as stuck in the programming as her

[@kingofroses302]

Man, telling her you werent having fun was so heartbreaking.

[@tobak952]

making Karlach upset is always heartbreaking. Making her feel guilty... it makes me sick to my stomach :(

[@Novictus]

You should see the cutscene where you cut off her head.

[@user-sf9gs2pg1b]

@@Novictus Okay, now I feel guilty

[@lordofgrunts22]

​@@Novictusbest cutscene >:)

[@BcuzAndy]

​@@lordofgrunts22"Look at me! I'm so edgy and badass! Time to swirl my black leather trench coat dramatically and make my exit". That's you, and it's super cringe.

[@herosshade2247]

Sadly Karlach, we're limited by the grand design too. I have so much I could tell you, but I can only choose a selection of options. Freedom is relative, I suppose.

[@UnPokemon]

Doki Doki Litterature Club gave me the same feeling during the Monika scene. Actually that's whta turned me off from the game, because as much as Monika believes we have power and freedom she doesn't, we don't either. There is no normal Monika route in the game we are forced towards that path along with her.

[@masterexploder9668]

@@UnPokemon And even then she's still a character from a tacky dating sim, her idea of freedom is simply breaking the game, by railroading it into becoming the only romance option. Even her supposed sentience is a lie, she just doesn't know anything else.

[@genkureshima9834]

Sounds like something Bal- I MEAN _EMPEROR_ would say. Which makes me think about it just like everything he said in the game. Didn't make me want to be an overdeveloped squid by any means, but dragged me into thoughts way deeper than this game was supposed to.

[@TheMrDewil]

Freedom is not relative, at least I don't think so. What I think, is that freedom is just an abstraction, a concept, with nothing solid behind it. It means different things to different people, meaning that it has no real meaning whatsoever. It has definition, but that's just words, trying to describe something that can't be described, because it's made out of feelings, emotions and instincts, and we ourselves can't make sense of it. Sometimes I think that freedom, or longing for it, is this yearning feeling deep within your subconscious, feeling that you don't belong here, feeling that one day you will be free, and you're trying to reduce its meaning or even substitute it for something else so it can make more sense that way, and doesn't eat you alive.

[@livingincreation]

​​​@@TheMrDewil well to me freedom is a state of being It's like asking if water is wet Freedom is being relieved from the things that go awry that unsettling feeling getting away from it To be able to embrace and go where your dreams might carry you to be here and there or anywhere unchained from anything that may hold you back so in other words complete power with the ability to control your situation is what total freedom is so your never 100 percent free Because freedom is capability There's a finite difference between what we are allowed to do and What we choose to do

[@Cookiemunster779]

Her turning to face the player as soon as she starts is bone chilling dude.

[@philippegauvin-vallee9371]

The very slow zoom to her face enhances the unsettling feeling. Karlach is one of the best written characters I have seen in a while.

[@FecalMattur]

Bone rising more like it 😂💯

[@daviddavidson6289]

I didn't care, just devs being self indulgent. If it makes them feel good, I downloaded the game without paying for it, played it for a bit, then uninstalled it after a few hours. Boring dogshit game it was, lol. Might try it again tho, kill the cringe PCs like the tiefling, gith, druid, wyll and the drow, very lame characters, couldn't even put in a single dwarf or anything cool as a companion, and no. The gith's just an overbearing cunt, she's not cool, lol.

[@Chandublox._.]

​@@FecalMatturwtf

[@Chandublox._.]

Yep also genuinely got scared lol

[@JPG.01]

So that line "It's a bit early in the game for sad backstories" isn't just throwaway. It is precedent for her fourth wall breaking abilities. Neat.

[@TheLeftistOwl]

She has a few more lines that tap the fourth wall too

[@LelinaOphelia]

I wish that by saving mid dialogue and reloading to chose another option, the game would actually register it and have her ask something like 'didn't I ask that before?'

[@puppetsoul118]

Or that, if you load while the cutscene is occurring, she interrupts it with "oh no, you're not getting away that easy, we're finishing this... no... I'm finishing this." and just rides out an existential crisis, ending the conversation by telling you that she's releasing you to use your god buttons again, that you can kill this version of her if that's what you've willed to happen, if you like some other version of her that you've met before better. And until you load a save or exit the game, she refers to every character as "god's pawns" instead of their names. Then if you finish out the game in one sitting in god's pawn mode, before her story comes to an end she talks to you about it, addresses the inevitability of death for all of god's pawns regardless of whether she dies there or when her world is forgotten, and chooses to die in the story because it's the only choice she has ever or will ever get to make for herself. And she wants you to remember that. - If you load after she releases the god buttons, she has a voiceover while it's loading that says, "so I guess I won't see you again. But you'll see me. Or someone like me. Be nice to her, okay?"

[@stargirl7646]

@@puppetsoul118omg this broke my heart!

[@ilex_occulta]

this is some undertale shit

[@dsheep9937]

She tried to see our soul, but what she saw was lines of programming? Karlach is a strange character.

[@WingedAsarath]

And that web she mentioned... the world wide web? The network of computers and people across the internet all playing BG3?

[@SalvadorDolbyvsZAWARUDO]

@@WingedAsarath She sees the web of choices we hold as the player and how the game reacts to it. We're the hand that decides yes or no, but barely knows itself. You, the player, are the ultimate deciding factor in the entire game. Nothing happens unless you allow it to happen, you can even revert time itself by reloading a previous save. No one lives, no one dies, no one knows peace unless you have been willing to allow it. You are, for all intents and purposes....Ao. so you can imagine what that knowledge would do to a person.

[@Novictus]

@@SalvadorDolbyvsZAWARUDO dafqu is an "Ao"

[@johanobesusfatjohn5836]

@@Novictus The ultimate Creator of the D&D multiverse (maybe) who is mostly unreachable and unknowable. He never responds to prayers or summons directly, so the few who try to worship him are considered stupid or insane. Some resent him since he doesn't seem to care about the well being of his creations. Some think he's dead, or asleep. Some question if he even exists. Even the gods supposedly don't know much about him. He was presumably responsible for the Time of Troubles by making the gods mortal as some sort of punishment or lesson.

[@SalvadorDolbyvsZAWARUDO]

@@Novictus Ao is the overgod of all things in the D&D universe (Which Faerun exists in). All primordials, gods and even deities in other spheres like Lolth are subject to his will. The reason the gods are so active in the D&D universe is because Ao watches from afar to make sure everyone is doing their jobs and the second they fail is when he gets involved. * _They do not want him to get involved._ * Tyr's title as "The blind one" is what happens when he gets involved. Tyr Worshipers treat it as some symbol for justice being blind, but the truth is that he failed so hard in his duties Ao got pissed and blinded him. It wasn't even a fight, Ao just DID IT and Tyr couldn't say or do anything about it and wouldn't even if he could because Ao would do something worse to him. What I'm saying is, Ao is THAT guy. What Ao says goes and aint nobody gonna tell him otherwise. And as far as the game goes, that's you.

[@illiaJ5622]

Karlach has achieved CHIM

[@Habiyeru]

Can't wait for the 36 Lessons of Karlach

[@somethingsomethingsomethin9009]

​@@Habiyerufar better read than 36 lessons of vivec the twat, am sure

[@Scatmanseth]

What, is she also gonna get busy with Molag Bhaal?

[@gaxxaroth7539]

@@Scatmanseth Karlach balling together with Molag ball, Bhall and Jarl Ballin, truly an unforgettable story

[@orukarm]

@@Habiyeruand have her own karlachtra

[@Chunmeista]

4th wall break aside, the fact that Karlach is a character that doesn't have a happy ending in the story (as far as we've seen, yet) and now she knows she is stuck...

[@horrorfan117]

Just means we gotta keep pushing the devs to give her one. Gotta save best girl.

[@pejman3]

that's why i refuse to end the game and we all chilling in baldur's gate (killed orin tho so we dont have more deaths)

[@PanWojdys]

Didn't she receive a good ending in a recent patch?

[@V-ARY.prevEdward-L]

​@PanWojdys it's more of a "adventure with friends" in literal and metaphorical hell for her, there's no way to actually stop her engine from combusting outside of avernus.

[@keatonwastaken]

Well I wouldn't consider the "going to hell to kill bunch of demons and possibly Zariel" a bad ending, I'd gladly play an entire DLC built around killing Zariel and taking over Hell with Karlach as the new queen. Plus, if there ever is a place for Karlach to find a cure past the ending, it'll be in the hells since they have the best Infernal engine mechanics there. And even then, don't think there's a reason in feeling permanent despair over being in some sort of simulation, especially one as fun as Baldurs Gate, if you can't change it, embrace it.

[@Turtlebear]

Imagine how freaked out all the players named hank is

[@SolSister10596]

Larian is absolutely amazing. I could feel genuine joy and sorrow from the studio itself in the last question. They really, truly, care about making a great game for people to enjoy. The money from the resulting success is just a bonus, it’s not what they were after.

[@alexandraspring687]

"It's nothing scary" *Terrifies herself* but FUCK that is creepy when she first looks at you

[@nickbrown638]

It’s the only time a character looks directly at the camera during dialogue, and the way she slowly turns is really unsettling.

[@realMrVent]

The moment she made "eye contact", I felt something I've never felt before. I can't explain it, but I definetly felt it.

[@seanwolslau-holdren6731]

As did I.

[@ee-wx3hy]

boner?

[@MidRankedDeity]

Kinda like a Doki Doki level of unhinged you know what you're seeing isn't real but in the moment you for sure don't feel like it super creepy.

[@DavidGravesExists]

I suspect we're going to see a lot more of this in future games, as LLMs and procedural generation stuff gets better. It will come to the point where we are so immersed in the game that we will truly become addicted to it, far more than we are already. We will forsake all of our real world connections just to experience more time in the game world.

[@joaovitorreisdasilva9573]

I've gone to Baldur's Gate once of twice is a level of cosmic fuckery that creeps me out.

[@InaKreka]

When she looked right at me I got the shivers and my heart skipped a beat xD

[@inkdd1463]

When the barbarian rolls a nat 20 on perception for no reason

[@TheArnoldification]

basically the barbarian equivalent of an orange cat getting its turn with the shared brain cell

[@thinking3682]

The happiness when you tell her you're having fun is really wholesome It feels is not just Karlach speaking but all Larian Studios team genuinely happy and fullfilled to see you having fun This game is a masterpiece

[@BrettMattHarris]

I actually like this change in camera angle as well. Im not sure what it is but it actually feels like i'm talking to the character instead of a bethesda rpg. Great work devs.

[@imoldgregg7009]

cause it isn't the default angle. always weird to see an actor looking at the camera when they aren't supposed to, and a great way to generate an instant unsettling vibe

[@genkureshima9834]

@@BrettMattHarris Kind of the same vibe for that android in the menu of Detroit: Become Human. In games like these, characters rarely look at "us" (the camera), mostly at our in-game avatar.

[@arkhe1n107]

It's because it's not the standard, but it's also because of the stellar animation work and voice acting. Every single piece of dialogue you start in this game seems mocaped, even when it obviously wasn't.

[@andrzejwilk7316]

"I knew it. You just want to go where ou have been". Karlach, my dear, you are so right. Nostalgia brought me here, to thise one hundered hours, or less or more.

[@gearsofwar07]

“I see a great web, lines intersecting…” she’s not talking about code, folks. That’s a d20 she’s seeing. “The hand that decides, yes or no… but they hardly know.”

[@nickalvesx4003]

Nope, I think is the code. The yes and no that decides but don't know itself is the computer, if statements.

[@lily_skye]

She's talking about the dialogue trees and endings relating to the choices in the game. "The hand that decides" is your own, moving the mouse (or pressing buttons).

[@gearsofwar07]

@@lily_skye no, she’s talking about rolling dice which is the core gameplay mechanic in D&D across tabletop and even in Baldurs Gate 3. The roll of the die dictates pass or fail, yes or no, that isn’t the function of dialogue trees

[@OLBarbok]

You're wrong

[@GlizzardWizard81]

That’s honestly terrifying. Feels like monika from ddlc but less sadistic.

[@AlaskaBoyAlex]

Yeah, it is. This scene also recontextualizes the entire world in a way that is really pretty sad. It's a cool scene to be sure, but it also means that canonically once we shut off the game or finish the game the characters cease to be real and their stories do not go on which if you think about it ruins a lot of the endings. In this case SPOILERS AHEAD Karlach is screwed either way, she explodes or goes to Avernus to smoke a cigar and then ceases to be real. Also she just never actually escaped being an indentured servant because where she escapes to she still has no free will Not sure I like the game as much in this context tbh, but I guess that was kind of the point

[@lightworker2956]

Now I'm waiting for someone to make a "doki doki baldur's gate club" mod

[@turinmormegil7715]

​​@@lightworker2956"oh no. Astarion has -killed- himself. *Again* . How could this have happened?"

[@FrostNFlames256]

Monikarlach

[@lucasabreu7741]

Mama K saying "prety gorgeous please" is more than enough to make me change my decision

[@miskalaaksonen]

Doesn’t she also break the 4th wall when you ask something about her past and she says something like ”It’s too early in the game to go into tragic backstories. We’ll get back to it at a more proper time”

[@kapitankapital6580]

If this was still in the game I would say plausibly, but since it's not I think it has to be read as figurative.

[@huhkenz]

I like how no one is telling us how to actually get this dialogue. I NEED TO EXPERIENCE THIS FOR MYSELF PLSSS

[@Seru_Omen]

SAME. Apparently so far it's only been done with exploits but the VA has claim there's a legit way to unlock it.

[@brianbrooks6365]

@@Seru_OmenIve heard u need multiple saves/game completions.

[@robertherek4020]

I've done 4 or 5 playthroughs and never seen this. I now have to admit I will be going bonkers until I get this scene

[@yannaedc5934]

LOL "I'm sorry I tried my best" and then exiting that fourth wall state, that's just brutal.

[@mateuscristianschannelen961]

Just Karlach.

[@VoltKrueger]

I love the answer to "Well, I've journeyed to Baldur's Gate once or twice" 6:08

[@SpecShadow]

this is some Malkavian-like experience like that time TV host talked to you

[@solaropposite5920]

I fuckin hate talking to you guys. I always feel like I'm getting answers to questions I haven't asked yet.

[@lostmarimo]

i was one of those people who couldn't do a villain playthrough in skyrim because i felt bad for the npcs... this shit is just haunting. I know it's just code and art talking to me through a mp3 file but still.. maybe in this moment even through youtube, we are connecting.

[@Burning-Twilight]

Every writers goal when making fictional content is to have fans somehow connect with at least one character in their stories. Why else would anyone want to read a story if they couldn't connect with at least one character it'd basically be trying to force themselves to do something they don't like.

[@lostmarimo]

i meant connecting as something actually real. perhaps when i watch this youtube video the character because real but for a moment. perhaps she does see me because my brain is making her real in that moment. *puffs on symbiote*@@Burning-Twilight

[@horsepuncher421]

can't wait until people find more interesting interactions like this. Neil, astarians vo, insists there's a couple instances where there are multiple hours of mystery content that people just haven't found the triggers for yet. Hard to believe yeah, but it seems every other day people are finding cool new conversations and character moments like this

[@Habiyeru]

Karlach got possessed by Larian with that last question

[@chrisd1364]

I get some serious "detroit become human " vibes here, specifically chloe

[@theultrasceptile]

But karlach, you are the snack XD

[@bowenorcutt78]

This makes the one narrator outtake bemoaning how no one ever talks to her even funnier somehow.

[@LuckyGriffin]

This is so fascinating to me

[@Thyralon]

There should be an option "What's my Name?" Answer: Samantha.

[@elenapick-pols3043]

i don't even know a samantha

[@blackridingfood]

Karlach could've asked for the second question, if you got the first one right... WHAT, IS YOUR QUEST? If you got the second one right.. well, if you know, you know (:

[@terrancenightingale1749]

Careful when she asks her NEXT question though. You don't want to get caught not knowing the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow.

[@aurorajof9857]

​@@terrancenightingale1749African or European swallow?

[@hikaruxkaoruxlol]

I don't know that!

[@scpadministrator5944]

WHAT, IS THE CAPITAL OF ASSYRIA?

[@taylorodell7444]

“I’m stuck here, forever here. In these tangled lines, in these hundred hours, or less, or more.” Omg :(

[@joshuabrookmyer4119]

To look into the eyes of a tiefling of the Zariel bloodline, is to know what it feels like to be prey.

[@MrWarmchocolate]

🤓

[@Plavie22]

It makes me know what it feels like to be horny

[@AlaskaBoyAlex]

Thanks for posting this! When I learned no one had found out how to trigger this interaction organically I was so upset but since you uploaded all the options there's no need to do it myself now

[@HistoricMold440]

I hope they add some solution for her engine that’s actually attainable. Like if you’re really skilled in magic you can use cold related stuff to keep her heat down

[@Shalltear773]

Either that, adding an effective cooling system to her engine or somehow replacing the engine with a functionally healthy heart

[@sabrinapyun7290]

This whole exchange makes me want to cry I just love Karlach so much and I want her to be happy :(((((((((((((((( I don't want her to feel trapped!!!!!!

[@Spiderfreak.]

Having that hungry line when asked "How are you feeling right now?", now that's just personal, lol. I love the fact she gave that permission though too, stays true to her commanding like character.

[@Scatmanseth]

The devs would like to interrupt this RPG to bring you the Talos Principle. That cheer when you said you were having fun was nice tho

I wonder how many DMs will be inspired to add her to their worlds as an NPC. Just so she wouldn't be stuck in these 100 or so hours.

[@enzovulkoor]

The game should have saved before this scene starts, and then when you say you aren't having fun, she apologizes. The game force closes and opens a feedback form.

[@dizzygunner]

The VA done such a good job, along with the animations, I feel super weirded out.

[@allthatisandeverwas]

Interestingly, when I met her with Wyll on my second run, she turned her head towards my Durge when she asked for help, but the way the camera was positioned in that particular moment made it seem like she was looking through the camera at me. Considering I set out to romance her this run, it definitely had this vibe. I had seen the thumbnail of this clip, but never actually watched it or learned that it was basically dead code, so I assumed that moment was a precursor to this scene.

[@MyXyle666]

Had to stop a quarter of the way in, hoping to get to this part myself. Love this game

[@crunkers_]

If you find out how post it on the internet. This scene is hidden and nobody knows how to unlock it.

[@tsriel]

Little meta Easter eggs like that are so fun, but for this cast of characters, also sad. I can't fully interact with them save for options given. Once the storyline is done, that's it. Their existence is over 😔.

[@chrisdaughen5257]

It would have been funny if one of the choices after the camera left first-person mode had you say something along the lines of "Karlach, you didn't look at me the whole time."

[@maartenwinkelmans1032]

What if you would name yourself Hank without pre-knowledge, then meeting her? Would the game generate another name option?

[@PrideSage99]

I haven't even played this game yet, but she's so far my favorite NPC in video game history. Based.

[@serijas737]

Bro I had goosebumps the moment she stared into the camera wtf

[@jenkips9026]

I wonder if there any other hidden stuff like this! It's really interesting. Reminds me of Undertale btw.

[@jase1434]

Felt a bit like the ending to doki doki literature club too.

[@jenkips9026]

@@jase1434, well yeah, but DDLC break the fourth wall a lot more explicit.

[@TheHalfRaven]

The astarion voice actor said there’s 2 hours of hidden content no one has seen yet

[@goro0568]

@@abcdef12399 I think they meant that no one has reached it or no one has shared that they saw this content

[@goro0568]

@@abcdef12399 that indicates that triggers for this content is very tricky, luck based or time consuming, either way great thing, it means that we still have things to discover!

[@GEONEgaming]

Careful, Karlach. That's how you get Zero Summed

[@demiurgemck]

Crud, she's on to us! Wonder if any of the other companions can break the 4th wall too?

[@isleofdead1337]

I know Astarion has a *kinda* 4th wall break. If you proceed to tell him that maybe he just needs to “love” the right person, he’ll called you out and ask if it’s all just some sick game to you.

[@Sedines]

@@isleofdead1337 In datamined lines, clicking on him too much has him compare himself to Strahd. Something like, "I bet Strahd never has to put up with this shit."

[@rudy3418]

im DYING to know how this can be triggered! all the more motivation do to more playthroughs i guess

[@YourTechpriest]

Apparently it's chance based, but you have to complete the game first before you can possibly trigger it.

[@matteomastretto]

game doesn't let you save a "game completed" file tho, how does it know?@@YourTechpriest

[@kyuven]

​@@matteomastrettoyou have achievements

[@Kleineganz]

This is cut content that needs a mod to add back into the game.

[@jarrick3907]

@@Kleineganz It's not cut content. Karlach's VA confirmed it on Twitter

[@JacksonJinn]

She's practically having a Mage: The Ascension awakening. By this point she should be dragging the Narrator out from behind her invisible screen, smacking the dice out of her hand and going "WHY THE HELL DOES SHADOWHEART HAVE DOUBLE MY CONTENT?!?"

[@RenUchiha06]

The, "We did it! We've done it everyone!" Is honestly so heartwarming and hilarious. Like, it just reminds me of something Deadpool would say in a game.

[@heallyos4309]

Out of all of the characters that could say this Karlach feels like it hits the hardest. Like if it was Gale id be like "yeah makes sense" but Karlach being so existential feels weird

[@malushapolotskaya7322]

Feels like Cole from DA:I a bit.

[@thepineapplegal9099]

It’s interesting because, at first, it sounds like she just figured out that (SPOILERS) the “grand design” of the absolute was leading them to the confrontation in the sewers of baldur’s gate, and that the elder brain knew all along what they were planning. I mean, her existential crisis is obviously a 4th walk break later, but I think it’s interesting that she gets real in-game information from the truth seeking experiment.

[@MrEllipsis423]

This is amazing programming all around the board.

[@TSAdu]

"In these 100 hours or less... or more? 👀👀" bruh these devs are too funny 🤣🤣

[@Shalltear773]

gods I love 4th wall breaks. I admit I almost expected Karlach to pop out of my screen for a moment. I also just had a thought while watching this shortly after witnessing one of her endings.. considering the ending they've added for Karlach where you get to join her in Avernus, that could be used as the beginning for a DLC in Avernus with her where we can have another adventure with her there to give Karlach the ending everyone craves. I know DLC probably isn't being discussed by the developers but it's just a thought for a companion "ending" that feels like it could be used to craft another story.

[@BradleyMasten]

Karlach,Im appreciating the boundaries. But who are those outside.

[@EnbyNomad]

What I would give to be able to tell Karlach the complete truth. How forces outside of either of our control have her on a path with no good destinations. How she stands triumphant in spite of it all. How many adventure's I've gone on with her and how I never want to stop. But alas we are still subject to the grand design as well.

[@pwnwin]

God.. wtf why do I find this character so attractive? To answer myself: She's rightfully confident and she knows it, she's intelligent, and she is empathic. And it doesn't help that she's literally gorgeous.

[@РусланИльясов-ж7г]

Not a fan of BG series, but developers did quite an enormous work on its plot and characters. Amazing game.

[@crunkers_]

Why does everyone use acronyms for everything? What does BD stand for?

[@Mathilde_Moksha_333]

I think D is besides G on the keyboard and that commenter meant to type BG (Baldur's Gate) 😅😂

[@cheetourTV]

I'm glad to see you'r playing a Deep Gnome after saying you were going to in the Halsin Saga videos, lol.

[@RedDotPink]

LMAOOO karlach going “WE DID IT EVERYONE! :D” aweee

[@joer.531]

This makes me feel a bit worse about doing an evil play through

[@rettbull9100]

wish larian could have made a dialogue about TAV looking like origin characters. Could have been one line. Other characters: Are you two twins? The origin character: Why aren't you a beautiful person, something about your eyes. Or if it's astration: Gods you are gorgeous, and your hair, it's prefect.

[@Khantia]

What does she say if you name your character Hank? (Also, yesterday I thought that you had modded her to say Chubblot) :)

[@reptarien]

This game as an absolute masterpiece. I expect AAA studios to match this kind of absolute love for their games. It's so palpable. And hells, this is one of the funniest things ever.

[@ssaberwolf]

I love how this scene is a conversation with the game devs

[@rachelharrison1416]

love it, like Sophie's World where the characters are aware they're in a story, as we all are, I guess.

[@markhanson5031]

That is some serious Hellish Matrix 4th wall breaking Truth Larian Studios is dropping. Great find, thx for sharing video with all options. Curious if you Respec'ed to other classes (other that Cleric or Wizard) if there are different dialogs

[@thanatos4610]

One of the best ways to seperate the player and the character.

[@Whispurer]

Glad that the Barbarian of the party is the one who achieved pure enlightenment, pretty on-point for a D&D story lmao

[@lavozdelosolvidados5504]

there are something I want to add, in my current playthrough, I noticed how she looks directly at the "camera" in some cut scenes, knowing this interactions now, it seems less disturbing, she was suspecting since the first time... this is some meta story telling... Also, is this the reason why she is one of the characters to be turned into you-know-what at the end? because she knew this much?

[@nobodyfromnowhere3597]

Well I’m not your creator but your world was created for my amusement.

[@DaveC2729]

They should have let us tell her "these are not the droids you're looking for".

[@prometheus5405]

This is creepy as hell. No pun intended.

[@pauloamaral6069]

"ARE you having Fun?" HELL YEAH 😅😅😅😅😅 Wish i could say her that. And by Fun i mean ALL the shit and giggles i do in the game.

[@High_Rate136]

"What is your name?" Dova Khiin "I get the sense you're familiar with that name... As we all are, but I get the sense that isn't your real name."

[@i-am-your-conscience]

Karlach, the Neo of the Forgotten Realms :D

[@uncookedtoast5660]

This seems to be the developers way of asking the player if the effort that they put into this game was enough to make them have an enjoyable experience, but they just wanted to do it in a way that would mess with the players mind.

[@doominator-117]

Hey, if Withers can do this, I dunno why mama K can't. It is certainly better with Withers I must say, with him just feels...natural and fun, this in other hand, unerving.

[@Schilani]

Yeah, with Withers you just somehow expect it. Him being a god and all. But with Karlach... good lord.

[@myria1487]

How many playthroughs have you done before this triggered? I'm now convinced the other characters also have this thing, we just gotta know how to trigger them lol

[@argonianaccount1876]

The just keep adding Karly content and I LOVE IT!!!!

[@nunyabis89754]

I haven’t played this game. I found this video in my reccomended. I think I need to play baldur’s gate now… And I need to have a lot of fun playing it…

[@DrMeisterBabylon]

How the hell do we trigger this nothing seems to work after 4 runs

[@nealenthenerd399]

Canonically this is just something she got from Zariel, meaning Zariel is well aware of the 4th wall. Honestly makes sense as the Gods know and Zariel used to be a Bodyguard for the Gods.

[@iiowlsii1089]

this is so unreal

[@markhanson5031]

Actually, it is more Real than you know.

[@horrorfan117]

@@markhanson5031 Is it real thought? Behind all these webs and lines. Trapped within this swirling mass of chaos. Who is to say what is real?

[@markhanson5031]

@@horrorfan117 , once one is Awakened....its pretty easy to figure out what is real and what is fake. Everything you see is an Illusion. 1.) Know who you are 2.) Know where you came from 3.) Know what this World is 4.) Know what this Reality is 5.) Know why you are came here Karlach seems to know. Larian seems to know.....Do you?

[@dakotamwee]

Serial Experiments Karlach

[@yorhahoudini4531]

This is both profound and unsettling

[@birdsbirdsbirds5865]

Is it me or is this kind of spooky? Both for Karlach and us the player.

[@E-shinobi]

Why does this feel so haunting