Florrick's Accusation & Sorcerous Sundries | Baldur's Gate 3 [Part 49]

[@lyraa]

this is the most epic version of Brilgor's story I've ever seen

[@Ragd0ll1337]

Weekend at Brilgor’s

[@SirCharles12357]

Nonspoiler advice on freeing Ansur: SAVE OFTEN!

[@gurt00]

1:07:20 Gotta love the Avatar the Last Airbender reference! Hah! My cabbages!!

[@AutomanicJack]

ahhh.. i thought i know this cabbage guy from somewhere..

[@DijiEva]

The city may not be ready for the Absolute but it doesn't even know its not ready for this gnome.

[@acfan1988]

1:43:54 this made me laugh so hard LMAO Be rude to Mapo?? Clownified

[@UrbanVarsek]

Oh wait... you actually counterspelled Dolor's boots to prevent his escape? Nice. Normally he'd teleport away and you have to find and confront him at his next victim. Although it does deprive you of further scenes I guess.

[@Syraxes]

Gale shut that down and then got his ass kicked for the rest of the fight

[@SapphireAngelBunny]

I've actually made Astarian invisible and pickpocket from Dolor before the fight. Then just keep counter spelling him with Gale until he's dead lol

[@colindavey4075]

Holy shit, I thought Dolors teleportation was scripted. Apparently I never had someone with counterspell with me when doing this all those times.

[@emperorxenu519]

It's more fun when he gets away tbh

[@BornIn1142]

Aylin actually has dialogue about Lorroakan once you've been to the tower.

[@aqualitymeme9476]

You ABSOLUTELY have to tell Dame Aylin about Lorroakan now that you've met him. The fury that follows is simply priceless.

[@smashingsuccess4827]

Holy shit I’ve never seen the cabbage man before! The monk dialogue is fantastic lol (it’s an Avatar: The Last Airbender reference)

[@TheJakson67]

Never seen this interaction before either!! Just like Mapo said, people continue to find new things in this game all the time!!

[@echobucket]

You just had your BG3 is unbelievable moment when you realized that there are so many choices in this game that led to different things. I don't remember a game that does this much branching of the story. It also means this game is SOOOO re-playable.

[@annina134]

This playthrough is just awesome! It's like watching a tv show 😅 Thank you Mapo for greatest content ever 😄

[@IsilionNELE]

1:07:44 actuallyyyy, that's not correct. The opening scene with the nautiloid attacking a city and destroying a tower doesn't happen in Baldur's Gate but in another city, Yartar. You can tell from the sigil on the guards' tabards

[@medori101]

Haven't watched the whole thing yet but nearly cheered when I saw the thumbnail. He's gonna be hereeee! My fav, Rolan is finally back!

[@medori101]

I'm so relieved that Rolan still appears to be himself even with the loss of Cal. I was so worried when we lost him. Can't wait for the next episode! ;w;

[@medori101]

update: OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@kieralovesjoxer123]

That inspiration unlocking was definitely a bug

[@dsilvermane0]

LMAO!!!! The start of this episode had me rolling. And finding Brilgor's corpse on the mindflayer afterwards was just chef's kiss 🤣

[@Tom-H1]

From 0:05 to 1:15 my eyes were glued on the right side of the screen Literally golden retriever behavior

[@alexleafman]

Once you've finished the game (maybe twice) you should search for a video on BG3 contingencies. They have put in a ridiculous amount of effort into taking random player actions and making things work. One of the smallest least spoilery example I can think of is that the waiter Henk from your Karlach date. If for whatever reason you decide to kill Henk before your date with Karlach you find a note on his body from his brother complaining about Henk playing the lute in the kitchen before close. Then you go on the date and because Henk is dead, out comes the brother named Honk. Honk otherwise does not exist in the game. He simply exist only if you happen to both be romancing Karlach and for murder hobo reasons have decided to kill Henk. Absolutely nuts. Love u mapo .

[@alexleafman]

Also Markoheshkir is actually nutty if you look at what Kereskas favour actually does. P.S.S if you spec Gale to have dual wield feat he can have his Mourning frost too.

[@user-mc3gr4ps5b]

without spoiling things, here's a hint that might clear some of the confusion you had in your inspirations: you missed some things in the Emperors old hideout.

[@SirCharles12357]

I hope Swen Vincke of Larian watches one of your episodes. He would be tickled pink to see how much fun you and all of us are having as you explore the huge dense and entertaining game! It is a true work of art(s)!!!

[@Akazainul]

delusional

[@BySpartan]

55:37 You can find later on posters that Florrick is going to hang in 5 days or something like that. Thats how I learned about her imprisonment and saved her

[@Theorak]

Efficient handling of Dolor, you basically avoided getting more people into danger. But then also, you nurtured a fresh born Mind Flayer, killing a family. Gotta love those chaotic neutral Gnomes. I agree, Florrick being played by everyone, from Gortash to Mizora, is just idiotic on her part.

[@elissa-fae]

Poor Brilgor´s role continues. :D The Watcher vs Baby mind flayer battle was ridiculous. :D

[@g.a.5083]

I wonder if Gale brought up the crown to draw lorroakans ambitions away from Aylin, he seemed pissed off that he was trying to enslave her for immortality more than wanting to stroke his wizard orb in front lorroakan

[@SkeleTonHammer]

Quickspell gloves being able to be used only once per short rest is actually still fairly good. That means during one turn you can cast the same cantrip twice if you want (with a bonus and regular), which can be huge for classes with a powerful cantrip. Warlock's Eldritch Blast cast twice in one turn can be huge for either coming in hot at the start of a hard fight or turning the tide of a fight going badly, especially if you've tricked it out. I've wreaked some obscene havoc with these gloves. Obviously these gloves are less impressive if the character equipping them has less interesting cantrips, like Ray of Frost or something that isn't nearly as powerful as Eldritch Blast.

[@kateyes13]

Please give Gale a shield and/or at least cast mage armor, it hurts to see my husband’s AC at 11!! 😮‍💨😭😩

[@nickrubin7312]

brother can't even misty step without an item xD, has to stand there and take it to his smiling wizards face or provoke opportunity attacks such is the way of the ambitious orb-nerd

[@rameenz1178]

Not the mapo asmr session at sorcerers sundries 😆

[@mkonin14]

I completely agree with everything you said about how the game is a different experience for everyone, I’ve finished the game a few times and you’ve had a number of scenes I never saw. Definitely a huge part of what makes this game so good and it’s also perfect for replayability.

[@Just2Ddude]

The Mindlfayer gling outside and nobody giving a shit is sctually wild. Never seen that before.

[@annina134]

I'm waiting so much for the wyrm thing. It wasn't long ago that I went there for the first time and it blowed my mind. 🤯 The game is so big and all the choises and scenes that can happen and every playthrough is different, it is amazing. 💜

[@Wrzlprnft]

Now that was a wizard-off if i've ever seen one. dammit, Gale

[@velly7535]

Ring of regeneration + Kaghas necklace 😍

[@LLlap]

There are so many good staffs for your spellcasters it makes sense investing in dual wielding.

[@ZXaria]

The Tactician Enhanced mod is actually really good for balancing the Party Member extender one. From the same maker too iirc. It gives more health and even actions and bonus actions to enemies based on Party Member size.

[@basseon]

"Shoo-Shoo, I must scissor my lover now." -Dame Aylin

[@abracadaverous]

If you get to the scene at 49:00 and you haven't released Florrick yet, there's a different high-ranking fist who confronts you and Wyll about the Grand Duke.

[@adog733]

After hearing Gale talk, it’s clear why we speak for the group.

[@ragenaros4475]

Reviving With Withers is better actually, they recover 100% HP, while scroll set you on 1 hp.

[@TheGameVerse]

Wait, has Mapo not spoken to Us since he rescued them?? Because they say how they hide, and I imagine the Mind Flayer is even better at it.

[@AquaMaryn.]

Faerûn is certainly fortunate to have only one chaotic gnome Mapo in it. lol Your playthrough is showing me sides of BG3 I never knew existed. Oh, Brilgor...

[@j-plarouche9959]

This game really putted back the ''R'' in RPG its in a class of its own I believe it will be remmeber for a very long time

[@josh.00000]

I think those books might be sensitive.

[@nickrubin7312]

Most of the quests in the game, be that Heart of the Gate, or even entire areas, are all completely optional, even tho they aren't really side quests in the conventional understanding of how quests designed. It was hilarious to read some interactions on socials and BG3 going "Wait? What Heart of the Gate? There is a dragon somewhere there, how did I miss it?". Basically "permutations insanity" how Swen Vincke called it. There is a really good video about it, by GameSpot, it's called "The box that broke Baldur's Gate", describes one particular instance of this "permutations insanity" with the artefact, being one of the few items that player needs to get (DM needs to give it to the player), in the hands of companion that is optional/missable like any other companion in the game. To be fair, DOS2 is the same exact way, but on a significantly smaller scale. Speaking of "never seen this interaction", actually never seen mindflayer from the mill going into the city and butchering a family of innocents (I had interactions with them, they are alive in one of my timelines lol). Guess never fed a corpse to a mindflayer. Good thing Briglor got put to rest, even tho he probably lacks some brain matter now. Also, it is interesting to see how Gale is different depending on the timing of this interaction with Lorrokan and the point he is in his journey (and interaction you had with him). While Ice staff is very good, that Markoheshkir you've found is absolutely the best wizards staff in the game. Kereska's Favour will support ice mage nicely (just like any elemental build), and having Arcane Battery as toggleable is absolutely insane. On one of my playthroughs I've specced Gale as dual-wielding wizard (picked dual-wielder feat) with both staffs xD

[@acfan1988]

Just as a tip. There are a few illusory walls in the vault that you can walk through

[@jamesmccarthy962]

That encounter with the sensitive books was perfect (:

[@williammcnirlan4820]

So, 25 minutes in. WTF. Pure chaos. Even more than usual.

[@kipgrey1267]

Another banger of an episode! I don't know why Gale got that particular inspiration at the wine festival, definitely a glitch of some kind, but Act 3 has a few odd quirks that can mess things up a little bit, so who knows?

[@operatic4794]

God, Lorroakan is such a piece

[@nickrubin7312]

"Indeed. It is a shame, to hold a seat in such wondrous tower, to be regarded as powerful wizard, yet to be such a small with even smaller ambitions" - Gale probably :)

[@sloporion]

46:44 so, if you don't counter his Dimension Door, Dolor can get away. His first thought is to run away (he's an Assassin, not a fighter) to kill more. Also, if you never kill him or you're playing an evil playthrough, you can actually kill the murder targets and get the hand(s) for yourself in order to progress the Murder Tribunal storyline. I think you only actually need one (but I could be wrong), and Dolor is just an overachiever. I believe you are also correct, in that you can go to any of them and he'll be there to kill them too. But I think this is often the one people first encounter Dolor, because it's along the natural path.

[@sloporion]

Also, with the Wyll stuff: not sure how much you've looked into the history of his story's development, but he was COMPLETELY different in early access. His "Blade of Frontiers" story was mostly made-up bullshit. And he was more of a Charlatan/Criminal background than a Folk-Hero. Apparently they scrapped that last minute and decided to go with this more milquetoast version. There's a theory it's because he's the only black origin character so him making a deal with a devil AND being a criminal was... not a great look... Regardless of the why, it really killed his character. As a result, his character actually has less voice lines than any of the origin characters. Something like half as many hours as Astarian (who had the most at something like 8+) hours)

[@DijiEva]

@@sloporionThis is also because the first iteration actually had a whole different VA. But from how I hear it he wasn’t super well liked by EA players so they went a different direction.

[@nickrubin7312]

​@@DijiEva at least now Wyll makes sense and works (tbf about what OP said about "black character theory" is such a community brainrot, well part of the community that is more on the unhinged side, still like them tho for how passionate they are). Same with counting hours, which they also parrot from datamining posts, and do it incorrectly (Wyll has (8+ hours of content, and 8 is not the half of 12 ;)). In any case, if hours mattered and not quality, Lae'zel wouldn't be the best written origin character, but she is :) (and I will die on this hill lol). It is always important to remember these things 1) They iterate a lot, especially they did in the EA. Version from 2020 and from 2022 are different games, not to mention something like EA patch9, which is the closest to full game in terms of everything, but actual content (only Act1 in EA) 2) EA is not a real game. It might hurt, by EA is mostly for systemics. For instance, community demand of reaction system, how dice rolls should work and bonuses applied, and so on, push for dragonborn race, actually. Also for figuring critical path, better onboarding, map design. For example, 90% of the Nautiloid part from EA is not in full release, and for the better, it was a huge timesink, especially for consequential playthroughs. 3) There was only 80% of act 1 in EA, there wasn't full game, no full characters and their arcs and so on. Basically concepts, beta-versions, they all changed even in the EA, design and even writing wise, see point 1 (they iterate a lot, that is the process for EA, same as DOS2, some may like, some may dislike). It is hard to grasp, but it is what it is, EA doesn't matter in the discussions after full release. It is a downside of EA for sure, both for community and devs, especially such long EA period, people get attached and also, since there is only 1/3 of content at best, people start writing fanfics and imagining all sort of possibilities, which will win against reality 9 times of 10. Wyll in EA was a nonsensical placement in the group. His character literally made no sense and served no purpose in the story, he was tied to it through goblins. Wyll's character in the EA in the nutshell: - teaching kids in the grove, but tadpoled (how did he get here from Nautiloid, in fact how did you get to Nautiloid to be tadpoled - no answer, no logic, not attachment to Karlach at all, since she wasn't in the EA, just "I'm tadpoled, just like you, gotta kill goblins") - goblin Spike took his eye (ok, sure, but he makes it his whole personality, also Spike is in goblin camp with Absolute, but scars look old, timeline doesn't make any sense!!!) - gotta kill goblins (see above, Spike took his eye, repeat it over and over and over again, like it is the only personality trait) - "I'm a fraud really, not a hero, I just wanted powers to feel powerful, so people would cheer me as a hero" (cool concept, but there is nothing behind the idea, so in the group of extremely unlikable weirdos that were EA companions in 2020-2022, which was huge discussion in the EA until 2023 EA, he is the "pathetic one". - goblins (again, goddam goblins) kidnapped Mizora, and took her to Moonrise, so he's gotta save her (you see how the story is the same, and not "completely different", it literally comes to the same point at Moonrise in the concept, albeit characterization is different) - no, Ravenguard is not his father in EA, some distant relative or something, but it doesn't matter, because it is one line of nonsensical conversation with EA Wyll. Now, why would the deliberately "kill" such an amazing the character? That is the question OP needs to answer. Was Wyll even a great character in EA, what were player discussions about Wyll and characters in general in EA? I'm not saying he is the best now, he is not, I would say he is A-tier character in the S-tier roster, but he is certainly not "completely killed" by Larian. I would even say he is salvaged as a character, and made his origin interesting to play.

[@kieralovesjoxer123]

I had no idea you could even kill him at this point, because he always gets away from me 😂

[@IsilionNELE]

@@sloporion It had nothing to do with him being black. Who on earth is spouting such uninformed "theories"? The changes were made due to feedback of Wyll being the most boring character in EA. That was because his story wasn't supposed to kick off until much later in the game, after the end of EA. So they changed his story to start earlier to make him more interesting, and for that his "edgy side" had to be dropped. Funnily, the perception of his character didn't change. During EA: he doesn't have enough story, he's boring After release: he's too goodie two shoes, he's boring Also, Wyll wasn't a criminal in EA, it was meant to be ambiguous. He did good, but there were hints the glory and fame were more of a motivation than he was willing to admit. Especially the nature of his relationship with Mizora, who started the game as kidnapped, was was meant to be shrouded in mystery (though it was obvious she was his patron because he was a warlock, but that's player knowledge, not character knowledge) And his background was always Folk Hero

[@iamboringvideos6832]

56:30 well the reason for some "i never saw this in the game" is due to the big updates adding more stuff, so i may not of seen X or Y due to it being added after my playthrough.

[@proteuswest1084]

Your way of uncovering Florian's plight was certainly unique (reminds me of the soccer ball in Starfield), and it is definitely a missable thing, but there are several different ways for you to learn about it, and different avenues that lead you back to that prison where you can discover her and rescue her. Some of the weird issues with reactivity you have had is because you've stumbled into the later parts of some quests and completed them before you knew what they were for, and there are some awkward interactions, but it still mostly doesn't break the game. It's part of what makes the game really interesting, really special, and wildly replayable. I discovered a ton of new stuff on replay, and my way of handling various situations were completely changed just by the geography or the direction in which I approached it, plus you also start to see all the ways the game can provide quest hooks to get you to content, but also how the game doesn't seem to mind if you miss it altogether.

[@theoceanman5761]

i had no idea you could kill dolor here instead of him getting away

[@Ghost-Mom]

So much good stuff here

[@iamboringvideos6832]

40:30 im surprised you killed him, usually he actually just escapes and you will have to find him later, and see a cutscene and such.

[@iamboringvideos6832]

22:12 she would of just ran away if you had just lockpicked the lock instead of breaking it before.

[@lr-]

If you do decide to fight Lorroakan, I highly recommend using disguise self to Speak with Dead on him. There are some pretty funny and easily missed little bits of dialogue in there.

[@julienmelies]

saved! (fireball)

[@despawningenemy420]

use HASTE you have HASTE lol

[@chika4275]

If you comment to Larian about the issue with Wyll not making the decision to free his father on his own they may patch it in if enough gamers complain about the issue!

[@kieralovesjoxer123]

I'm really curious what you thought was going to happen when you fed the mindflayer 😂 you gave him a snack and let him go on his merry way Also, why on earth would Florrick believe Mizora??

[@Sevarro]

This game is the GOAT at giving you like 6 different ways to discover a sidequest so it feels completely unique and random but really it's very easy to find.

[@dntm123]

They seem to have made Dolor much easier to catch in the first encounter with him then before. That or I just never had an available counterspell before, which is unlikely because my party pretty much always has Gale in it in my playthroughs. I remember he always used to escape, and you'd encounter him later at another murder victim location. Now I've been through 2 playthroughs where I've been able to kill him at the wine festival.

[@IsilionNELE]

Counterspell is the reason he was stopped. Without counterspell it's nigh impossible because he has high DEX and Alert so he will most likely be able to cast his escape spell before you even get your first turn Also, his escape spell is a level 5 spell, which means that if you use a level 3 or 4 spell slot to counter, you will likely fail. You need a level 5 or 6 spell slot to have 100% chance to succeed

[@nickrubin7312]

Counterspell is probably one of the most non-obvious powerful spells in the game. Reactions in general, as a resource, have underrated value. The ability to say "Nope" to pretty much any spell, unless it is some lvl9 story related specific bullsh*t, is insane. Permission magic in general is kind of OP (look at Magic The Gathering control strategies). That's why in general there was a huge point in early access to make reaction system right (it wasn't there, and counterspell countered the first cast spell by enemies, people even gave up at one point and started proposing alt-solutions, like pre-casting on the target, which would just bad design). On first playthrough I thought that it was story-related teleport that I can't affect, but on subsequent I had Gale and actually experienced that you can just counterspell and kill Dolor on the spot.

[@j-plarouche9959]

old Baldurs gate games had teams of 6 wich is better imo but maybe this game had too few party member to justify it?

[@KaisPeach_]

You took way too long with the murder targets quest they alll died. That sack of hands are all the targets that were on the map

[@Mapocolops]

No, that's not true. The sack of hands are the previous targets that are already dead like Duke Stelmane, I just saved all the other murder targets because I stopped the murderer from escaping with Dimension Door. None of the murder targets' names are in the bag.

[@IsilionNELE]

Not true, the sack of hands are from people who were killed before the player arrived in Baldur's Gate. Those hands serve as a way for non-evil players to infiltrate, should they wish to go that route. Otherwise only evil players, who "acquire" their own set of hands, could go that route.

[@nickrubin7312]

hey, first time player coming in with hot takes detected (not true ones) nothing wrong with that btw, albeit a bit to "definitive statement" while being completely wrong trust me, in the game in which you wearing an item or having a specific companion might provoke a certain fight that usually isn't provoked at all, they accomplished such an "undertaking" as counting the number of targets on the list that are not dead (and their names) and the number of hands in the bag :)

[@nickrubin7312]

@@IsilionNELE >only evil players 🤷‍♂😆 idk about that

[@ragenaros4475]

​@@Mapocolops yeah dont listen to this comment, 4 guys that are dead are scripted deaths, they cannot be saved.

[@Zero_Fawkes]

the long rants are making me lose interest.

[@SrGwynnbleid]

well too bad everyone gives zero_fawkes about that