Rocking and Rolling EVERY ACT As A LONEWOLF Bard On TACTICIAN! - Baldur's Gate 3

[@dreamerofthorns]

Bardtholomew essentiwlly doing the companions' personal dungeons _without them_ is too perfect.

[@alexwold7723]

Watched each act individually and now watching the whole thing

[@EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE737]

Do it again

[@PrincessBouncyBall1714]

You are the first person I have seen say the magma mephit fight is hard and that means so much to me. I thought I was alone

[@irishchick6315]

saaame! In fairness I played on easy mode but was solo playing as karlach om those things were a nightmare I HATE that spell that makes you drop your weapon!

[@PrincessBouncyBall1714]

@@irishchick6315 I play mostly honer with a full party and they are just as bad. Fuck magma maphits

[@jesseh.5223]

Heat metal is overpowered!

[@andersondavis1228]

This fight made me lose the spellsparkler I had on Gale because I didn’t have any fire elixirs and the heat metal put it into the lava somehow

[@novasnotvibing]

funnily enough volo is distinctly not a bard but rather an obnoxious wizard

[@nyrakyle7159]

Yeah it explains why he’s so bad at barding 😂

[@thespreer2142]

5months late, but i’m pretty sure in BG3 he _is_ a bard, but in actual DnD he’s a wizard

[@qhu3878]

​@@thespreer2142 he's a wizard in bg3 too, his only spells are grease, colour spray and magic missule

[@thespreer2142]

@@qhu3878 idk. when you walk into the goblin camp, your tav(/durge?) makes a comment like “the goblins have captured a bard” or something. volo also goes around telling stories in song form. you can have a conversation with jaheria about him at last light inn. his quest reward for saving him (i think after you let him do eye surgery) is a chest piece for bards. the evidence strongly supports him being a bard in bg3

[@yoloyojick]

Artificer it is

[@infamousminer5820]

Now THIS i will fall asleep to in the BEST way

[@the_truant]

Heck yeah that's why I made it

[@mrman4211]

I needed more bg3 content thanks man! I watched all the parts before and now I’m going to do it again

[@Disco_J]

The Bardtholomew's Greatest Hits album!

[@Sirfinchyyy]

Man the fight with Grym is tough with a full group. I'm very impressed you could beat him with no exploits.

[@guqingshan]

Thank you for this great video, you really put your time into this , I really liked it and had a good time watching it. Also what you did in this video gave me good ideas as I want to do a bard run myself, even though I won't follow the skills in exactly the same way. Finally, happy new year to everyone, and to me too :) # No Companions, No Multiclassing, No Illithid Powers, No Respeccing, No Barrelmancy, No Combat Saves, No Karmic Dice, Tactician Only # Level 1 (Half Orc) Vicious Mockery, Friends, Thunderwawe, Longstrider, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Hand Drum, Charlatan, S8, D17, C14, I12, W10, C14, Perception, Performance, Persuasion # Level 2 Song of Rest, Jack of All Trades, Feather Fall # Level 3 College of Swords, Deception, Persuasion, Two Weapon Fighting, Cloud of Daggers # Level 4 Light, Hold Person, Dexterity+2 # Level 5 Plant Growth, Stinking Cloud # Level 6 Countercharm, Shatter, Knock, # Level 7 Confusion, Plant Growth swap to Blindness # Level 8 Invisibilty, War Caster # Level 9 Dominate Person, Longstrider swap to Hold Monster # Level 10 Slight of Hand, Performance, Minor Ilussion, Hypnotic Pattern, Blur, Counterspell # Level 11 Otto's Irresistable Dance, Confusion swap to Glyph of Warding # Level 12 Resilient: Wisdom, Dissonant Whispers.

[@suquoia]

My dog's name is Bartholomew, so every time he heard "Bardtholomew" he came over like "who called?"

[@Brad2133]

This style of video and length is perfect. Please do more class runs !!!

[@croaker97]

This is my favorite BG3 video on the internet. I enjoyed the fighter run and I’m liking the monk so far but I felt like you put the most roleplay effort into this one. Bard is just the fun class. I hope you continue to make these, an evil solo run would be particularly interesting :)

[@Robbe-rg2hb]

fun fact, volo is not a bard, but a wizard who happens to play instruments and write books

[@jesseh.5223]

You have to multiclass to play an instrument, so he's got to be at least a little bard, right? 😂

[@chipskylark5500]

​​@@jesseh.5223could have just met alfra

[@Ecniv8891]

He's an npc they can make him a wizard that can play music. Would explain why his performance is awful. I thought he was the worst lore bard ever til I found out he was a wizard in Canon texts​@@jesseh.5223

[@plumbum9688]

Iconic, it was amazing to see the rise of such superstar

[@Alec_cz]

Ah yes we watched them individually but we would gladly watch as whole again. 👊🏻🍷

[@NerdGlassGamingPA]

With ARCANE ACUITY build like this Glyph of Warding (Sleep) also become godly. You can even make a certain dragon sleep indefinitely 100%. Don't "sleep" on this spell, it also gives you great flexibility since you get to choose whatever type of damage you wanna do.

[@AstroFarsography]

Bardtholomew saving the world due to his insecurity is such an unexpected plot 😂

[@holykiyo7869]

this is like cocomelon to me, i can't stop watching

[@the_truant]

Haha thank you!

[@Mystogan50501]

Another banger! Everytime you Upload my day turns better.

[@bea-le2rw]

love these videos. currently doing a monk playthrough, can’t wait to see yours !!

[@anthonygoad4214]

I’m loving this series. It’s stupid in the best way and made me laugh. 10/10

[@goreobsessed2308]

Jesus yall are crazy coming up with some of this

[@jatiumara6735]

WE NEED BARDTHOLOMEW CONCERT HERE IN EARTH

[@itz__makaylax405]

I love your humor omg 😂I can listen to you all day❤

[@ChessQuestionMark]

Merry Christmas!

[@the_truant]

Merry Christmas to you too!

[@ARockyRock]

i love how hilariously useless jaheira always is during the assult on moonrise

[@PoTateoBTW]

You can sneak past the magma mephits in grymforge and they won’t spawn in, you can also keep scratch in your camp until he gives you a ball, then he’s summonable as a familiar for the rest of the game, so he can be respawned if he dies

[@Dannyb201]

It's crazy... you do it all lonewolf at the hardest... meanwhile lvl 5 I went to the Spider queen in Blighted town with a full party... she did 82 on my Paladin with 1 hit lol

[@INateDawgI]

Had the perfect opportunity to say “touching tips” instead of the tentacles in the beginning 😂

[@zielvods8513]

world's best bedtime story

[@haileymcdaniel3011]

Time to do an all bard party on honor mode, Orcs on Tour

[@NukaNova]

I must be a fan of Bardthalemew, because I followed him all the way to the curtain call.

[@timmydawizard]

Hey man, hoping you do similar for every class im really enjoying these!

[@Lyan_cx]

Bless you , you're my hero for this year

[@heatheryost6997]

I enjoyed the whole video. You’re very funny. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jswagaudio]

Watched this like 3 times now

[@Roonayy]

The Truant Movie

[@NeoSlimey]

Fun fact I think it's actually strictly optimal to unequip your instruments as a bard bc carry weight is the only thing beyond cosmetics that they affect.

[@umbra1999]

Harper Megyn died on my own playthrough as well as a friend’s. Starting to think she LOVES dying 😭

[@liteldoggo2282]

Great playthrough!

[@jakemiller2507]

could've named him Lurbuk

[@PapaMidnite56]

A Christmas gift 🎁

[@jjmarkonson1931]

Please upload soon I miss your content

[@the_truant]

On its way soon, I promise! Just got busy with the holidays!

[@Edrogrimshell]

I want to see you do a consumable only run.

[@nestaisonline]

Raphael has a second form?? Wow, I never saw this in my playthrough or any other videos

[@SteamShinobi]

Ive never seen gut get killed like that what

[@月詠BAENJI]

love bg3 movies 💕

[@AlwaysFrost]

Soooo good

[@N7Prometheus]

What was the end build for your run? You’ve inspired me to make a good aligned lolth sworn drow bard inspired by Drizzt Do’Urden (I know he’s not a bard, humour me) and I’ve nearly finished with my playthrough and am thinking of taking her to honour mode

[@SiaGhost]

Am i the only one to turn off the light sources in the bridge trial? Everyone ive seen on youtube has either jumped or used the map

[@Lichsorrow]

Is there actually a benefit to throwing a potion at your feet rather than just chugging it? I get doing it if you have allies so you get multiple heals for a single pot, but I never understood the idea of doing it for a single target

[@the_truant]

It uses just one attack to throw it, instead of a bonus action, and a lot of the time a bonus action is more valuable than one attack, especially with the mystic scoundrel ring in this build

[@Lichsorrow]

@the_truant Ah right, that makes sense. Completely forgot doing it that way probs plays into your build for the run lol

[@TheActualMrLink]

25:39 what, are you playing Potemkin?

[@shmackschmack6589]

15:10 "for this build"

[@jashyotes]

Do you think you got more utility out of the Plant Growth pick for your 3rd level spell over Hypnotic Pattern? I realize it requires concentration, but hypnotic pattern completely trivialized all of Act I for me, including the creche fights.

[@jashyotes]

I continued watching and can see you swapped over to Hypnotic Pattern. WHOOPS. Shut up, me.

[@orital54]

I think you changed the difficulty at the Raphael fight😅

[@baseysmint]

Ever been told you sound a lil like baro-dur from kotor2?

[@pastrychef1985]

10/10!

[@ludvigbjork4915]

Honored Mode next?

[@andycampbell8622]

Dror is a bad spell caster but very talented lover 😳

[@mitch3613]

nice

[@CincySpartan]

Who killed princess Gut there?

[@xGarrusV]

You’d be a good DM

[@the_truant]

Aw shucks I like to think that I am

[@Dorumin]

1:20:25 t-pose

[@TheAusar]

Jaheira is a surprisingly bad tactician...

[@IndependentObserver]

Why would you take vicious mockery if you're going to go Sword Bard, and set dex to 17? Like, I could at least *somewhat* understand it if you wanted to go Lore Bard (even then it's weak) but on a SWORD BARD? 2 basic hand crossbows, on lvl 2, do more damage than vicious mockery on lvl 10- (1d6+3)*2 because off-hand attack, that's 13 average damage, by lvl 2. Even beefed up Vicious Mockery, with Potent Robe and 20 charisma, does less damage- 3d4+5=12.5...

[@EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE737]

Yeah but not like there's any better choices for the second cantrip slot. Do you have a better idea? Frikin LIGHT?

[@okami1272]

Not really 13 dmg but 10, it takes a feat to add your modifier to the offhand attack damage. But I see what you’re saying. Even then remember that vicious mockery can apply a status, which could play into a build with certain item sets or in this build’s case can be used as a bonus action. It’s also a staple of the bard class, not having it would be like not taking eldritch blast on warlock (even if a lot weaker).

[@IndependentObserver]

@@okami1272 1. It only requires a feat (specifically crossbow expert) in tabletop, not in BG3. 2. When I wrote this comment, over 6 months ago, off-hand hand crossbows added the dex modifier by default even without the two-weapon fighting style. This has been changed since and now you do need the fighting style, but still, swords bards get that at lvl 3, and you can get to lvl 3 before you even fight the goblins at the entrance to the grove. 3. Crossbows can apply a lot of status' too, for example reverberation if you use drakethroat glaive to give your main one +1d4 thunder damage, which with gloves of belligerent sky and boots of stormy clamour, with 2 ranged slashing flourishes, means you can apply a total of 16 stacks of reverberation (split in whichever way you want them to be split) or up to 4 instances of "applying a condition" with a single action, and/or knock up to 2 enemies prone. Vicious mockery can't do any of that, a disadvantage on a single attack roll is a lot weaker than prone and -3 to all str/dex/con saves, and by that point, just the +1d4 thunder damage from the weapon enchantment would deal more damage than an entire vicious mockery. 4. You can rush for gloves of belligerent sky, you can rush for boots of stormy clamour, you can even rush for ne'er misser and drakethroat glaive, but the ring that lets you cast vicious mockery with a bonus action is in act 3, meaning there is no way of rushing for it. You can't get it until you free/kill Nightsong and defeat Ketheric, after which you can't go back to anywhere in act 1. 4.5 Wasting a potential of Band of the Mystic Scoundrel, an ability to cast any of 2 most bullshit-op CC-based spell schools, while still doing damage with normal attacks, on casting vicious mockery, is a war crime. 5. There is no such thing as a "weak staple spell". EB is a staple, *because it's strong,* in tabletop is outright busted when compared with any other cantrip and even lvl 1 damaging spells. Vicious mockery is only considered a staple, because it's a meme spell, because using hand crossbows in tabletop is essentially locked behind taking "crossbow expert" feat, so a full caster like a bard wouldn't/won't often take it, and because in tabletop you have access to all bard subclasses, many of which (looking especially hard at you, eloquence bard) can't attack twice per action, making hand crossbow a dubious part of their equipment, but can shit on swords bard, and the DM, with sheer unadulterated nonsense... which is a reason why they're not available in BG3.

[@okami1272]

@@IndependentObserver You made a big essay about tabletop but we’re talking bg3 here. And if i were in the dev’s shoes, I’d force the use of a feat to get that result anyway, bards are supposed to be a CC, interaction focused and supportive class at base. What would you take as a second cantrip then? I’m curious, i don’t think there’s many better options tbh

[@IndependentObserver]

@@okami1272 read again. Most of it is about BG3, and responds directly to all your disagreements.

[@ChessQuestionMark]

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