A Tiefling Hideout | D&D enjoyer plays BALDUR'S GATE 3 - Ep.4 | First Playthrough

[@WhimsyPsyche]

All the companions are acting very sussy in this one Well, especially Astarion and Wyll! Chapters 0:00 intro 1:25 treasure hunting 25:52 Underground Passage 49:49 The Hollow 1:18:28 recruiting Wyll 1:26:42 Tiefling Hideout 1:41:38 camp drama 1:58:43 thoughts & outro

[@diegojerez2091]

Or your unfriendly edgelord character simply hates all those who are better than her. You know: It's not a phase, mom!

[@hylius5780]

​@@diegojerez2091frl! -What? You are sad you cant save everyone even the person you dont know!? 🤮 -You are a selfless and heroic person? 🤮 Like being a hero who would like to do even more for others is a bad thing 😅

[@IcySync]

Yeah, I was disappointed when she kept snickering at him and mocking him for being upset that he couldn't do more to help people. Tbh, I think it says more about her than the character she's making fun of because people who aren't capable of being genuinely kind assume that no one else is either.

[@martinkasprzik5069]

it is so very rare to find someone really playing bg3 without help from chat and discovering everything alone and doing it slowly and thoroughly. that’s why your playthrough is great. be warned though, it might take you 150+ hours to finish :) (like it did for me).

[@alexanderpallinger1944]

This has been a funny journey so far. Kills the first Tieflings she meets, the first druid, enters the town by breaking into its prison, proceeds to free their goblin prisoner ... I don't know much about the morality system of D&D, but if this is chaotic neutral, I don't want to know what evil looks like 😁 Edit: Oh, and I hadn't even gotten yet to where you try to steal from the orphan gang!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Hahahha hell yeah! Evil would be siding with the goblins during the fight before the gate, or pickpocketing all the tieflings inside the Grove, choosing more violent/mean answers during dialogues, something like that! A bit worse than what I'm doing. I'm basically just playing a 'f*ck around and find out' type of character 🤣

[@v4v777]

🤣🤣🤣

[@bjorntantau194]

Wyll and Gale, seeing her heading out with a ferocious Githyanki, a Sharan priestess and a murderous vampire, while doing all that stuff: "Are we the baddies?"

[@lespaul5734]

Tbh, evil is orders of magnitude worst. Chaotic neutral seems about right

[@nickrubin7312]

41:48 healing in here could absolutely work, you could go to spell book of SH and switch to healing word, because you are outside of combat, then target heal him as for killed targets you can disguise yourself before speaking to them 1:32:34 jumping distance is based on strength, so Lae'zel is the better jumper in this party, also she has “enhanced leap” that triples jumping distance I hope that not too much or a backseating, especially since it is past the made decision

[@v4v777]

Yes.. Enhanced Leap that Lae'zel has.. or Potion of Flying.. or Misty Step, will do the trick for jumping long distances...

[@H1330133]

you can always throw a healing potion too

[@nickrubin7312]

@@v4v777 yeah, I know, I know, and even tho it isn't that hard of backseating, still didn't want to list all the options, you know, just so that it wouldn't kill the sense of discovery of some cool interaction/mechanic, you know, the sort of "would it work???" -> "oh, wow, it worked, cool" same with throwing healing potion (spell book is just the obvious choice that you don't need to discover), if Whimsy figures out about, let's say, potions - cool, if not - alright, still works

[@martinkasprzik5069]

if you haven’t found out already, misty step is one of the top spells in game. and only a level 2 spellslot. can be found on some rare items too. incredibly useful in combat to get out of bad situations and to get to high ground (very important, gives advantage). especially nice for squishy casters. very good when exploring too.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Yeah I get it for my char with a necklace much later 😇

[@Freecell82]

Astarion putting on a very convincing performance. He's certainly not the one who stole the cookies!

[@sparks3705]

I have never seen a party with a rogue trigger so many traps before! lol For future checks, if the only way to fail a check is by rolling a 1, then you probably don't need to include guidance in the roll. A roll of 1 is an auto fail anyway. Your Rogue's lockpicking bonuses were +8, so rolling a 2 will meet the DC of 10 (Goblin cage). 1:12:29 - "I need to stop playing." - Whimsey 1:40:40 - "I need to stop playing." - Whimsey 1:58:10 - "I need to stop" - Whimsey 1:58:45 - Whimsey puts her controller down and stops playing. ;) Really enjoying your playthrough. It's very fun!

[@urborg74]

It's maddening wanting to see your BG3 run while also wanting to see ME3. There's not enough time in a day!

[@kj34sdf4]

You can sort your inventory by Latest to see stuff you just picked up. Also keys are usually stored on the keyring

[@MatwynShavan]

45:06 OMG! beware a new nurse serial killer in the making 😆. 1:46:31 - 1:46:44 this segment is so good! Please replay it every time when you think about reloading to mock yourself. 😂

[@KrimsonKracker]

Pro-tip: Use "throw" command with Potions, causing them to break on the ground and heal MULTIPLE nearby allies. Mage Hand can "throw" potions you've dropped on ground (no action cost) inside combat.

[@jamesmif]

1:24:24 I was waiting to see you end up with your horns in the practice dummy when you crit failed that athletics check, almost sorry you had inspiration!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Hahhaha is that what would've happened?! Oh my lord 🤣

[@Vakaria-plays]

Hey Whimsy, just wanna say thank you again for your Mass Effect journey!!

[@LivingPeazant41]

I did not expect you to throw that child, but it was freaking hilarious! 😆

[@WhimsyPsyche]

I just HAD to try 🤣🤣🤣

[@jessicareznik5095]

i've got a sore throat and lae'zel yeeting that child made me choke from laughing😭

[@WhimsyPsyche]

THAT WAS SO FUNNY the way she did it omg Sorry to hear you're sick 😭

[@jessicareznik5095]

@@WhimsyPsyche your videos are helping me through it🫡❤️

[@davidwalker1781]

nah killing that dude unconscious in the cave is crazy lmao "oh you're knocked out?" should probably awaken you with death :)

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Mercy kill 😇

[@beccazach]

LMAOO I love how everyone immediately finds Dammon attractive, he's so sweet too :')

[@marcusc9931]

Ah, aunt Ethel. Such a colorful NPC.

[@santiagoargayo778]

Such a lovely aunt

[@KenlieroGames]

Playing very evilish. Helping Goblins, killing druids, and even scaring kids :P

[@Crespwnian]

Loving how you are diving into another awesome universe, and really taking your time to explore and learn. Don't forget that at your camp you can Respecc your avatar but also your companion's at any time you like by talking to (Withers) Due to playing a fighter avatar my self and having allot of melee DPS to bring to the battle i made Shadowheart a bit more of a dedicated healer/support role (side damage and buffing) by switching her sub class from Trickery (default) to Life spec that gives her some more healing orientated abilities and spells to go with that are more readily available . naturally it's always up to choice what works for one might not work for the other, but seeing a respecc only cost you (100 gold) and naturally you can save prior to a respecc it's most certainly worth taking a look what specs/abilities on your companion's caters more to your play style and preference. Keep up the amazing work and i'm already looking forward to more BG3 :)

[@nickrubin7312]

Enjoying this playthrough a lot, keep them coming :) No switching in the middle of it, the face of the party leads the convo. However, you can always "leave"/go if this an option, choose another character and interact again. Not in all the cases, because it is just how it is (the character leading - interacts, like in important conversations), but in cases like with a pig, rocky crevice, or book, or something else - leaving and switching is the way.

[@hibernatinghobbit]

The way she just murdered Findal. LMAO

[@marcusc9931]

01:37:50 A bulette is a big monster that digs underground, like an armored shark with legs of a mole.

[@_Mr.State_]

Always stop myself to do the head nod with you on the intro

[@WhimsyPsyche]

DEW IT

[@petercumblin]

God I laughed so hard when you throw the cup at the chest!

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Trying everything out 🤣

[@nunpho]

Yeah Astarion isnt the best at hiding his secret. Hes thirsty though, poor guy 🥹

[@Haru3urara]

Thanks for a great episode! I wasn't feeling well today, so I was really looking forward for your upload. Your playthroughs are always so fun to watch, they cheer me up ☺ Also wanted to add: there's so many ways you can progress through the story and explore the world. And most awesome thing is - the game allows you to do it as you please; so it's alright to enter the Grove through the prison, why not 😃 As much as I have the itch to comment on the mechanics and answer some questions you had in the episode, I'm holding myself not to 😅 'cause I remember it took me 13-ish hours to figure out fight mechanics, loot management, gaining advantage etc (maybe that's bc I didn't have any expirience with dnd, but i digress). I think you have these questions sorted by now ☺ And you 'exposed' Astarion really quick, tbh he's not very good at hiding his nature 😅😅 Anyway, I hope you're enjoying the game! 🧡

[@Pakem22]

i think you might have glitched out the tiefling kids by charming Mog, you might want to reload your save before that happened to prevent futur problem on your savefile !

[@eschiedler]

Great roleplaying approach, as always. Would always like to hear more about how you find the differences between tabletop and solo PC RPG as they occur to you.

[@marcusc9931]

01:29:57 I've seen a youtube video with Lord of the Rings actors playing BG3 It culminated with Frodo getting possessed by a cursed artifact, and Sam yeeting him into lava.

[@nowemma]

When you found the unconscious guy? I was screaming at my phone to open your spellbook and pick a healing spell. 😂 I don't know if this is a spoiler patric will delete it if so But you can change your spells outside of long rest

[@nowemma]

Mind you, You are quite far ahead of the uploads, so you have probably figured this out. LOL and I'm rambling.

[@heron619]

1:30:10 RIP Bing Bong 💔

[@nunpho]

Bingbong was a real one. RIP

[@WhimsyPsyche]

It's sooo funny because the oneshot had not yet happened when I played this part, and then Lae'zel actually did that in the oneshot too, perfect characterization and roleplaying 😂😂

[@nunpho]

@@WhimsyPsyche ahhhh so you were watching too. It was great wasn't it? It's also the first DND 'tabletop' game that I've seen.

[@heron619]

@@WhimsyPsyche Wait, really!? I thought you were doing a re-enactment in Bing Bong's honor! 😢😂

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Yes we watched the first part all together over on the Discord server!! It was so much fun!

[@SeanTorres-pm3xq]

Love love love the content and your voice is amazing lol

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Aww thank you that's so kind 🥰

[@GarrusDeWitt]

That Findal part was so funny. 1 HP left and you get Lae'zel to gank him and then Speak With Dead🤣 The most hardcore shit I've seen. That's the true DND experience.

[@manuelcachondo]

I was screaming at the screen: Jump, cast the jump spell... why don't you jump... xD

[@WhimsyPsyche]

I didn't know Laezel could jump that far 🤣 My character certainly couldn't!

[@OhThatRobin]

I also happen to be playing a tiefling wild mage and in the actual dnd game I played them in they started as red but the wild magic surge rolled that I had blue skin and it just stuck x3

[@franciscojosecardenetedela2008]

Hello Whimsy, I see you are having fun. I didn't watch the full of the playthrough yet but I observed you strugle a bit with the shopping. When trading, there is an option to balance the interchage, that will add the coins to make the offer acceptable to the seller.

[@KrimsonKracker]

Might be worth dipping a Level in Paladin/Ranger/Fighter/Cleric for the weapon/armor proficiencies. Certainly would help your "squishy mage" problem! 😉

[@frances3064]

Fun fact it’s called a quarter staff cause you hold it 1 quarter down from the top

[@isakh8565]

In case you want a vague hint about the Selune treasure chest: Jump or teleport

[@beccazach]

Sorry to backseat game- I think it's a good idea to try to talk to all the companions every time you're in camp, even if they don't have an exclamation mark over them. I believe they still have a lot to say before and after a long rest.

[@nunpho]

True, it adds more interesting backstory and interactions

[@GamePaddyPat]

Yay! More Baldur's Gate! 04:50 Oh, I never found that boar! 07:55 Astarion is bad at keeping his vampirism a secret. 😂 22:45 I tried to fill the bucket with water, but the bucket wouldn't fill... Tried with a darkness spell as well, because I thought Selûne is the Goddess of light... Nothing worked... 27:10 Those Goblins were already dead when I got there. Or maybe I didn't pay enough attention. 31:40 Charm someone and then shoving them down a cliff... Sounds like my ex. Heyyooooo! 36:00 That happens to me so often. Even after I don't know how many hours I still press triangle on accident sometimes and end my fucking turn without doing shit. 44:05 Druid, Goblin, he lied all the way down in the mud. Nobody would've seen a difference. 56:30 Now that certainly will be interesting to find out what happens now. 01:11:25 Such a nice flavour text! 01:14:20 Interesting... My dialogue with her went a bit... differently. 01:29:25 Into the chasm with the child! 01:30:20 You killed the kid! I like your style! 01:40:40 "I need to stop playing and I need to long rest" ... Did you just call "going to bed" "long rest"? You're playing to much BG3! 01:46:30 Hahaha, yeah, Wyll is a bit... yeah... 😂 01:53:00 Since I want to become a vampire I let him drink my blood. You then have two chances to stop him. I let him drink, because I thought it would lead to me turning... Well... he killed me. I had to resurrect myself with another character using Withers... Funny thing is that I could confront him avout him killing me. 😂 Love how different the game goes depending on the order of things you do. Makes these videos even more fun! Have a wonderful rest of your day, Whimsy!

[@Raphaelus13]

I can't believe you just smote that unconscious dwarf, obviously set to be rescued. You also skipped the big chests there. Hope you got them later!

[@shodan2002]

You could have turned the goblin in the cage invisible with your spells maybe ? Just wondering if that would have worked

[@lewis1coolguy2]

Looking through your comments and they are all good. Only thing I would add is if it says "Can't use yet", it means you have to unlock it with more game play. Also

[@marcusbengtson8570]

oh, a murderer in your midst.....

[@leafblade3T9]

shadowheart has so many healing spells.....

[@bjorntantau194]

Hold X to search the area you're in. Would've made picking up the belladonna in the beginning much easier.

[@thiagraham.]

Fun playthrough so far! Good to see the game running well on PS5. On a side note, I'm kind of curious: why do you go all "I reaaally need to stop playing" at the end of every episode?

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Because I play for too long and I need to go make dinner, or some other IRL responsibilities hahaha

[@AuramiteEX]

You don't have to pick up all items you see, like bits of rope etc. Not even worth selling them. Look for items with values of 30/40 and a weight of 1 or better. Inventory management is a full time job in this game.

[@ANCIENTWARRI0R]

I actually pick up everything by sending it directly to camp. Then when I’m next to a seller i quick travel back to camp collect everything with my strongest carrier. I put it in wears so it’s easy to find and return directly in front of the seller.

[@AuramiteEX]

@@ANCIENTWARRI0R too big a time sink for a small reward!

[@nowemma]

Is the perfect thing to do in bed in a hotel with a hangover in the morning

[@raphealajiboye9161]

This video games is really good

[@bjorntantau194]

I can't seem to watch this video to the end. Every time some cast member interrupts me. Yesterday Neil Newbon's stream started and now Jennifer English's is starting. Guess I'll see the end tomorrow.

[@Dunybrook]

First time I've seen somebody kill Findal like that. You are brutal. Wonder when you realized you can just throw health potions at somebody who is down to heal them? Also, healing word is one of the best spells to have. Shadowheart should never be without it. Hope you didn't mess up the whole quest line with Mol and the other young Tieflings as it's lots of fun.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Oooh I feel like you might like this playthrough down the line! I think you'll be surprised at what happens when you dare do things a bit differently than the norm. You'll probably see a whole bunch of things you've never seen before 👀 Hope you enjoy!! And yes the quest line with Mol still works out perfectly fine 😊

[@tonydeluna8095]

Hola Whimsy espero que tangas un bien dia!

[@headhunter1945]

how do you have a cleric in your party and not take any combat healing spells lol next time, by the way, throw a potion at the ground right next to him

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Don't worry, it changes later. I even respecc her into Life Domain down the road 😂 Give me time, I had just started the game dammit

[@headhunter1945]

@@WhimsyPsycheOk it took me way longer to respec her lol, so point to you there. Loving the playthrough so far by the way

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Oh it took me like 35h of playtime before I respec her 🤣 Thank you so much!!

[@v4v777]

lol.. your playthrough is good and fun... but i have to facepalm at some instances:))... like when you killed the poor Druid in the cave, instead of healing him, because u didnt know how to revive him (by throwing a healing potion to him)... for these situations its better to look for some help in the internet, on how to deal with mechanics in the game, that the game itself doesnt tell you... oh , well.. anyhow.. lets continue:)

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Nah, I'll never look up stuff like that. I prefer to learn on my own! Looking up stuff is easy and boring mode hahaha maybe you'll see outcomes you've never seen with my playthrough 😊

[@v4v777]

@@WhimsyPsyche Yes ok... but it seemed that you wanted to heal this person (but just didnt know how to do it)... if you wanted to kill him from the get go.. it would be ok, to not look for how u can revive him... (also you can look for how you can unlock this Selune Box, in the Owlbear cave... cause its difficult to find out on your own.. personally i had to look for that one too:)

[@WhimsyPsyche]

Yeah, but it's another way to learn to experience and try things out for yourself! I never look stuff up, unless I'm reaaally confused about something in particular. Maybe it comes from the fact that I've been gaming all my life, and we did not have internet to help us back in the day. We only had the game, a pen and paper, and our brain 😊 I still play like that, it's much more fun than to be fed all the info imo!

[@v4v777]

@@WhimsyPsyche ok.. Whimsy..gotcha.. fair enough:)

[@nickrubin7312]

throwing potions was discovered by someone first, who didn't look up on the internet, same with every cool detail they aded, actually systems created to support whatever approach, even Swen said that sometimes he would ask "would it work that way?" and the programmer-scripter would say "idk, in theory yes", and it actually worked, because built systems. Same with, for instance, dropping a poition that wouldn't break it and then breaking it when you need, iykyk, but also thing about dropping poison, vial of acid to make a trap, hey (would that work, idk)? Some of the fun of figuring out is part of the game. Ofc, no one stops anyone from googling it, but it is to each their own. In the EA I didn't know what to do with this druid as well, so I left him there? Did it prevent me from playing the game, did the story stop? No. Same with throwing potions, figured it out only on full release. And then there is always spell choice preference, optimization, etc. It should be different for everyone according to their preference of exploration, RP, character builds,. etc.

[@babyshiori]

1:05:22 i would love to see his wares if you know what i mean😏 i wanna see how big his “stocks” are 😅

[@corican]

Oh hey, Lae`zel, since you are so....ummmm...capable....why don't you go ahead and we will meet you at the creche, if we survive?

[@nickrubin7312]

best character in the game :), well at least companion, some NPCs are on another level

[@corican]

@@nickrubin7312 I haven't played the game, and am assuming she has redeeming moments down the line, but right now she seems insufferable to me. So many of the companions are so incredibly rude, it feels really weird.

[@nunpho]

​@@coricana lot depends on how you interact with them, build friendships, romances etc. They can even be upset with you and leave camp. I like that it isn't one dimensional, you are all strangers after all.

[@nickrubin7312]

@@corican why does she need redemption in first place, from what, what did she do wrong so far except for being herself, especiall since an actual alien to the world of Faerun coming from militaristic authoritarian society that if high on order, discipline and dedication to the cause? She literally doesn't have to be nice to anyone, like any other person to any other person. Also, Githyanki actually freed themselves from Mindflayers, so they kinda do know better. I also don't think they are rude, they are just their own "people" weary of the stranger that is for some reason questioning them to "know them better" as if somehow would cure them of the parasite. I would say it is crushing typical RPG trope that companions all should insta-nice to a player and follow them like a happy labrador without their own agenda and all the party are just friends somehow. Why? That's not how people work. In this case it is just strangers with their own goals, united by having the same problem and that's it, some probably hate each other, like SH and Lae'zel for actual reasons, and if their goals and players don't match, they could leave, attack you. They could become friends, open up, etc., but also could become enemies. But hey, that's what it is, and my opinion is that she is the best written companion in the game. If you play you could always just never speak to her, never take her anywhere or just kill her, they don't have plot armor or anything, literally any NPC/companion is slaughterable.

[@corican]

@@nickrubin7312 I don't know any of the lore or world. I just don't like people being rude :(

[@babyshiori]

no dogs in Baldur’s gate?? hell nooooo. red flag lol

[@safaonurmacit7993]

Playing this game on pc A LOT easier. Thanks to mouse&keyboard :)

[@Theuf28]

I am wearing Astarion underwear

[@nunpho]

Did you bed or behead?

[@ScorpBerserker]

1:41:02 Mattis and his sister will not speak to you, since Mol (from thieves hideout) doesn't like you anymore (since she count to ten, but you refused to leave, and also stole some of their stuff in there). All of this hideout thing is very confusing and a quest "find your belongings" is bugged since release of a game. Don't bother really, they are a bunch of little shits anyway.

[@CCGguy]

Why not use other spells

[@canadian__ninja]

Too bad that you listened to all the backstories, kind of breaks the suspense and mystery of your companions.

[@СергейДородников-ж5х]

an excuse in the style of chaotic neutrality is a consequence of the fact that you do not understand what is happening and do all sorts of stupid thingsan excuse in the style of chaotic neutrality is a consequence of the fact that you do not understand what is happening and do all sorts of stupid things

[@gjermund8053]

Are you french? Your accent kinda sounds like it.

[@WhimsyPsyche]

No I'm Québécoise! French-Canadian 😊