DWARF DRUID | EP01. NAUTI BOY - Baldur's Gate 3 Let's Play

hey everybody it's part lead and as we head into the weekend it's time to kick off our Baldur's Gate 3 Let's Play folks I am immeasurably thrilled for this when the game first came out in Early Access I only played it for a handful of hours and then I set it aside I said I would wait for this final build to release and then we'd go in relatively blind so all the twists and turns and wild moments we're going to be experiencing for the first time together even in act one I'm so excited with that said folks a massive Thanks goes out to the developer for providing me with a key so I could check the game out play it and showcase it on the channel of course and a massive Thanks goes out to you for joining if you'd like to see this Baldur's Gate 3 Series continue to completion and it will be a long one please don't hesitate to keep letting me know by leaving those likes and comments down below they give me a very quick read on what people are enjoying on the channel and lets me know what I should do more of or less of and I'm always open to feedback as well if you can think of ways that I could make the viewing experience even more entertaining plus feel free to keep me check in terms of role play as well those of you that are familiar with the channel know that I focus on role playing over Min maxing and so character creation is extremely important because it determines exactly what kind of decisions we'll make moving forward though sometimes you know maybe I make a mistake maybe I do something a little off and I read all of the comments so you can catch me and check me and I'll course correct moving forward with that said though folks just want to mention really quickly we've got time stamps down below so if you want to skip past character creation or the opening cinematics you can absolutely do so but for those of you that are hoping to watch the full thing you can do that as well but yes with that said I think there's no more time to waste on an introduction let's Dive Right on in with a new game of Baldur's Gate three I think we're gonna be playing with the balance difficulty to start with my exposure to fifth edition is relatively minimal so I want to make sure I'm not you know putting myself in a terrible position right off the bat but maybe as we get more familiar with some of the systems and mechanics we'll go ahead and up the difficulty into tactician but yes for the time being let's stick with balanced and uh yeah let's get this party started thank you [Music] perhaps hahaha [Music] foreign [Music] who are you absolutely nasty but yes who are we now this was determined largely in part by the vote that went up on the YouTube Community tab it was heavily heavily in favor of bear Thrills this is going to be our Druid dwarf which I must admit is a very interesting combination and so I'm really excited we'll be able to explore it let's uh let's get to it right now I've already spent time picking and choosing all of the parts and elements because I didn't want to spend an entire hour building the character while recording it so I'll quickly go ahead and build our character and actually explain exactly what decisions we've made and why and how they feel relevant now to give you a bit of an explanation as to who they are Thrills actually is for those of you that missed it in my community post he is again a dwarf Druid who is fascinated by root and Branch over rock and gem Bayer spent his time picking flowers and crushing herbs and ultimately wishing he were an animal more than else a veritable Outsider he's jovial by nature but he's also Stout and stubborn if pushed so he's willing to help people in need until they ask him to do things that would break his Oaths or his uh you know personal moral compass he's also infinitely curious he's a little aloof social norms and cues you know Escape him and I suspect we'll have plenty of hijinks eventually in battle as a druid he's going to take on his namesake and hopefully be able to transform into a bear for fighting uh again living up to his name but even apart from that you know I'm looking forward to really exploring who he'll be as a druid and how he can support the party probably playing more of a support role though of course capable in uh in in combat in other ways as well if things do get physical so yes a dwarf Druid the canned trips we're going to start with are actually yes uh sheleighly which I'm probably butchering the pronunciation of I apologize and Thorn whip they seem to be uh they seem to be decent in terms of utility and they seem to also lean into you know things he might have needed to use for survival out in the wild you know pulling uh fruit off of high trees or even low trees they use a dwarf after all and you know the occasional scuffle with a wolf or whatever it might be because again he spent most of his time outside of the mountains amidst the you know the The Glades and and whatnot so just trying to keep that in mind as I build him out but yeah the cantrips will go with our Thorn Whip and sheleighly uh we are skipping past resistance produce flame poison spray and guidance those feel a little less tied in with the character story I have in mind as far as his actual background is concerned I had a lot of time uh you know or a lot of hesitations with which one I would go with because no specific one felt perfect I was temporarily thinking that perhaps he's an urchin you know he wasn't necessarily poor per se didn't have a bleak childhood but he was shunned it was a bit of an outcast but then it didn't it didn't fit quite so perfectly uh folk hero felt a little bit closer because it gave him animal handling and survival and those both felt relevant for somebody who spent his time again in the woods in The Glades and stuff like that so while he's not a hero he is interested in being maybe a champion of the common people like I said you know he he's willing to help people in need until it forces him to break his own moral compass he'll challenge tyrants and monsters to protect the helpless and in my mind that includes you know tiny animals that need saving things like that we are saving innocence in imminent danger will make your Legend grow this felt the most fitting out of all of the options and it gives us his animal handling and survival which are both wisdom based which is our key stat as a as a druid anyway so that kind of works out nicely again I don't min max but sometimes things fall into place purely serendipitously and hey I can't uh I can't be knocked for when that works out right but if we take a look at our abilities over here this is again really an expression of who we are and how we expect to operate wisdom is going to be our highest stat I think not only is that helpful because it's our key stat when it comes to Casting and all that good stuff uh it's also I think quite fitting he's lived among the woods he's had to kind of survive on his own survive uh survival is a wisdom-based uh skill after all and I do like to think he's he's quite wise in ways that perhaps other dwarfs uh can't be because they're so you know narrow-minded and and and and purely focused on the stone own in the mountain and whereas he's been a bit more open-minded in that sense so we'll take our plus two there and we'll get this as high as possible but there is room for some adjustments elsewhere I think for example I don't want to be stupid I don't I don't think Bayer is dumb uh I think he is quite aware of things but he just doesn't necessarily interpret them or agree with their interpretations for example you know he might know that he's not allowed to just go anywhere in the world he understands the concept of trespassing but he doesn't necessarily agree with it it's all part of the Wilderness why can't I go there this is all built on like ground and ground is you know open to the public so why shouldn't I go there again missing out on some of those cues the social norms uh he knows they exist he just doesn't necessarily think that they should or at least that they shouldn't be what they currently are so I'm gonna drop his Charisma which is very strange for me because I love playing charismatic characters which is why the other option I threw up for a vote was uh what was it Max arisman uh the charismatic bard that's kind of my standard so I'm going out of my comfort zone here I'm really excited for that we're going to drop his Charisma down to let's say 10 and let's pop his intelligence up uh up to 10 I think I could drop something else as well this is where I was kind of mulling over it a bit even during my previous uh look at character creation I was like where exactly do these numbers fall I I could drop his Charisma right down to nine maybe that'll let us get his intelligence up to 11. uh and I think maybe this is more fitting for him his Constitution being high makes sense as a dwarf I think that's uh quite fitting he gets that plus one here as well and his dexterity you know I guess we could drop his dexterity a little bit I mean look at those look at those hands well that doesn't focus in on his hands look at those hands though like those don't look very dexterous so maybe let's drop his dick Starry a little bit more and pump his intelligence a bit higher oh we could go even further yeah you know what that feels well I can't call it optimal that's certainly not optimal but that feels more like they are to me and hopefully I've got this right we of course have options to respect now fortunately maybe we come back and reconsider this but feel free to weigh in on these options I think this makes sense so he's decently strong dwarf that he is he's got a decent bit of like dexterity again he's not hewing you know rock and all that kind of stuff he's dealing with branches climbing trees that kind of stuff so he's more dexterous than he is strong uh good Constitution from all those mushrooms he's been chewing on as he travels through the Glades uh decent intelligence again extremely high wisdom and uh yeah a little aloof a little unfamiliar with social cues and and and not so charismatic as a result I think that feels quite right if we take a look at skill proficiencies we're going to keep nature because that I think makes quite a bit of sense for somebody who lives in nature and loves nature and all that good stuff but instead of insight I think again because Insight is about reading people in situations which he's not very good at instead of insight we're gonna go with perception just the general awareness when he's out amongst the woods when it's you know when Knight Falls and he has to be very wary about what might be nearby I think a higher perception makes sense that's also wisdom based but I think it's more fitting for Bayer himself so yes we've got our uh nature and our perception uh figured out all of our stats for our skills look all right he's okay with Athletics uh his Arcana gets a plus one good stuff some good plus twos again I think he's open to stealing for example so I don't mind his sleight of his sleight of hand sorry being at a plus two again he understands that he shouldn't steal but if you've got something and you don't use it and I need it why shouldn't I have it you know like I want to be very careful not to take this to a goofy extent where it just becomes hijinked after hijinks but I also want to leave it open to some interesting moments obviously to see how far we can push the role playing in this game uh but yeah overall you know survival plus five he's able to deceive well enough so he's got some social skills deceptive he can intimidate I mean I you come on yeah I can see him being intimidating and he can apparently pull off a good performance fair enough and he can be persuasive I suppose in that cute sort of way uh but yes his medicine skill is pretty good perception is pretty good yeah feeling feeling comfy here feeling comfy here let's confirm that and now let's take a look at our spells so of course we can pick four for the time being and I've spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out what makes the most sense out of this bunch I was tempted by something like speak with animals or animal friendship I do think there is room for that going forward but to begin with I think entangle absolutely makes sense uh just when he has to make a quick getaway when he's being hunted and in a similar vein actually pun entirely intended uh fog Cloud kind of makes sense to me as well when he's uh when he finds himself surrounded by a pack of wolves or something he's just like ah time to disappear so fog cloud and entangle make sense to me uh and then I was thinking a charm person is a definite no though maybe he ends up relying on Magic eventually to get his way with people that's not how he starts uh otherwise I was thinking healing word makes sense if he ever finds himself injured whoops I gotta my bad let's get rid of good Berry let's get rid of thunder away for the time being and give ourselves healing work again if he ever gets injured in the middle of his uh activities it's a quick way to heal himself and it makes sense for him to be able to do so uh otherwise yeah I'm tempted by Thunder Wave now it is a bit of a it's it's a bit of a a violent spell compared to some of the other options but I do have to think about him you know surviving in the woods and and how did he actually go about doing that he didn't always run away with the help of entangle and fog cloud and heal up with healing word but you know he used his club with the help of uh shalali and he used his Thorn Whip and he perhaps used Thunder Wave for the opposite effect of thorn whip so that's where I'm leaning here honestly that last option is one I'm uh I've been flip-flopping on for a very long time uh so maybe maybe it could be something else but that feels like the the right call over here compared to some of the other options but we'll see we'll see how this plays out nonetheless folks uh that is the overall you know construction of they are Thrills but let's take a look at his appearance also something I spent a ton of time on uh before we actually started recruiting recruiting recording sorry because there there are a lot of options so identity mail voice seven I quite liked let's hope the locals are friendly Hells something just woke up down here that's that sounds right you know serious but not too serious that feels like it's in the right space uh in terms of the overall faith shape there was quite a few that I liked I mean these are all quite good but I was leaning towards this one over here head three that felt that felt best he looks like he's been in the sun you know uh just in terms of like his uh uh what's the word I'm looking for like complexion and stuff so that feels right to me I'm okay with the skin tone we've got and let's get a couple of Nicks on here I don't want like massive Battle Scars or anything I don't think that makes sense I mean maybe he got mauled by a bear at some point but uh I quite like this it's just like a couple of small Nicks here and there you know like he's been climbing trees and just rubbed his face against a sharp bark or something a little a little bit on the silly side I don't want him to be too old not that this changes too much with this particular head you can see some of the wrinkles getting deeper but not too old not too freckly overall we're good and uh oh you know what right right I forgot um let's uh I need to go into the settings and make sure that nudity is off because uh I will get demonetized let's keep this as default for the time being um but yes I uh I imagine it won't come up this first episode but I need to flip my settings for sure either way let's move on to body art here I'm thinking we go with uh where'd my option go here there we go this tattoo 35 is what it's called but it doesn't feel like a tattoo it feels a lot more like pigment you know like woad or whatever it might be in order to get that look though I think we got to flip this to like a nice blue over here bring its opacity down a touch there we go that's feeling that's feeling kind of nice right like again he's using the the herbs out there he's crushing them and making this face paint and all that good stuff I like this look a lot because you can kind of see the texture of uh of it being more painterly rather than a tattoo especially if we darken it a bit you can see it a bit more that feels good to me yeah some of these other ones are really cool too there are a lot of really cool options and I spent a lot of time investigating and figuring out which one we want to go with but ultimately yes I wanted something that felt natural you know something that felt like it wasn't uh well I shouldn't I shouldn't say that because a lot of tattoos are natural as well like whether it's ink or charcoal or whatever it is natural too but I more mean uh something um done at the moment done sort of spontaneously there we go that's what I was looking for so it was either this or this and this one felt maybe a little bit too much for him so I think this is where we're sitting here cool no piercings or anything uh let's take a look at his eyes I quite like his eyes actually the hazelnut is nice I could go with something a little different oh that's mysterious purple oh oh I like that goes nicely with his uh with his like face painting as well all right you know let's go with that cool uh makeup not gonna do makeup I did experiment with a little bit like it looks cool but it also looks kind of with the purple especially it looks kind of uh evil and I'm not going evil if anything with him being who he is kind of aloof and uh he understands rules but doesn't necessarily follow them if I were to put them on the alignment chart he's definitely chaotic but he's he's uh he's either neutral or good I think so he's not he's not evil uh in terms of his hair again so many options some options that don't necessarily fit him and many options that do fit him I'm going to go with if I can find it again uh nope not this one like I wanted something that felt like a little unkept uh but also you know like it's like it's feigning uh being in control and there was a really good there was a really good option over here I mean this one's pretty good the foxtail but that wasn't it I'm sure I'll find it eventually um there are just so many options here not the top not the knave braid no it was man there are so many options though it's it's quite wild but I think I found it the Arabelle ribbon yes so again you can see he understands what a fade is supposed to be but he's not very good at maintaining it he's got you know the semblance of a line over there that he's kind of keeping a track of but overall kind of unkept and the uh the little bun back over here is also kind of messy you know uh I like it I think it says a lot about his character and his uh beard as well is a topic of great discussion um I was thinking that we could give him something a little bit bigger uh something a little bit more you know braided or something or maybe something with little tassels but uh I kind of I kind of like the feeling of this again a little unkept not too organized he doesn't spend the time to braid it or anything he's too busy I don't know picking flowers or something to focus on his uh his aesthetic as it were and no reference to his uh his background maybe that says something maybe that means something uh but but no reference to you know the medals or anything like that so I quite like this judicious it's called we'll see if he lives up to that but there you have it folks there you have it that is they are Thrills spend a bit of time with character creation over here despite me already having run through it but I wanted to give you guys an idea of exactly who we are what we're playing as and what that might mean as far as um you know decisions we make during the campaign again if you're ever feeling like a call I've made doesn't quite line up then I want you to call me out I want you to go actually that wasn't really in character and I can course correct because I love staying on top of RP like that it is my I love it it's an absolute passion of mine I'm big on tabletop I'm big on crpgs as well but yeah dude's looking good I'm feeling pretty pleased with the overall setup over here this is not a face I'll grow tired of after 20 hours of play or anything so with that done yeah it's time to proceed character name they are Thrills I quite quite pleased with this quite pleased with this nonetheless Let's uh have the Thrills begin shall we right of course I gotta pick a guardian all right it's okay I got a plan for this I thought we were ready to dive in and start right there we're gonna go with an elf we're gonna go with an elf and I'm not gonna spend too much time uh making those less randomized appearance a couple of times and no no I still want an elf I wish I could pinpoint certain specifics all right well am the reason why what an elf is maybe this is why he has an inclination towards uh the woods and the trees and the Glades and all that good stuff um very uh very uh what's it called like dichotomous with our Dwarven selves right um I don't know what the guardian is or does like I said my exposure to Early Access was minimal uh and I kept it minimal on purpose so I don't know what this means and I love it we'll find out together now I believe we actually dive in and Venture forth [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign laughs [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign all right here we go again somewhat familiar with the immediate opening acts of course but uh Curious what's changed because they were mentioning a lot of things that changed even in act one so I I wonder about that but uh yeah our first objective is to find our way off the nautiloid we've been abducted by mind flares and infected with some kind of parasite we need to find a way off this ship and hopefully we're able to accomplish that in today's episode because that'd be a good uh a good good spot to to get to uh what do we got for your mind flare pod nope we got nothing there anything at the nursery over here this is the pool that thing came from the the parasite now Rising behind your eye oh uh yeah investigate the pool again I'm I'm the Curious type right so if the opportunity comes to investigate I shall investigate come on baby hey all right good stuff off to a good start get that plus one in there God I love these animations the casing is fragile slightest touch could cause it to crumble reach toward the pool well if nothing else that's taken care of all the parasites hopefully let's take a look at this mind flare see what he's got on him amethyst don't mind if I do what else we got looks like this is a relatively empty space let's go ahead and what we don't need to restore uh so let's not let's not do that let's head on through the sphincter as it were and uh see what weights ahead I believe this is yeah okay I vaguely remember this we've got another a little Goblin over here for me buddy what you got from some gold don't mind if I do just taking a piece of goblins their habits and histories Splash into your mind very well what do we have here oh okay just sitting down very well just take a take a breather take a moment over here buddy uh what else we got runes slates got some Rune slates into your mind news much living being as [ __ ] very well what do you got for me nothing what about you also nothing I wonder if they're all kind of connected fair enough back over here we've got a tablet check this out and years of humanoid history elves dwarfs humans and more flash behind your eyes very well okay a lot of learning to be had over here again you know tapping into my uh curiosity and intelligence but I do believe yes there's uh something to interact with over here head on up and see what's going on yeah I can hear you buddy I could hear you go and check this out mirnaf you've come to save us from this place from this place you'll free us the exposed brain Quivers in expectation please before they return they return all right who am I talking to a man or a brain a newborn you from this husk you realize you're talking to an intellect Devourer a minion of the Mind flares who abducted you I don't like that I think you're past the point of saving tell me what to do you sound afraid why or simply destroy the brain okay you sound afraid why it's a newborn does this fall under something that I want to uh protect or no I'm I'm leaning towards no you sound afraid why [Music] oh I think you're past the point of saving tell me what to do remove us from this body from this case free us oh man all right let's uh let's inspect the exposed brain over here come on baby plus one dc10 oh okay fair enough that was closer than I expected we got this we're okay a swelling of the brain causing pressure where it strains against the shell of the skull [Music] all right now again I gotta put myself in the shoes of Bear right I'm curious I want to know what this thing is I'm familiar with the uh intellect Devourer it seems but uh I imagine I've never seen one in this kind of a position or in this kind of a situation I could attempt a cerebral extraction staying mindful of the swelling I could gently prize the brain from the skull or I could try to break the skull ah breaking the skull seems too violent for bayar over here until you know maybe further down his uh his character development but let's try a cerebral extraction staying mindful of the swelling when I said he's capable of medicine I wasn't necessarily thinking surgery but uh but here we are let's try it got Advantage as well so hopefully this will work out well you have a decent chance are you for real oh plus three we're good cool that was close forgot about my plus three on wisdom but that's good success get this bad boy out the brain lifts from the skull do you notice an opportunity you could [ __ ] the strange creature making it more subservient should it prove a threat oh control over other things mutilate the brain that doesn't sound very happy go lucky spare the creature any injuries might weaken it and you know leave it to die so perhaps foolishly I shall spare it [Music] our freedom is ours friend the creature pauses listening something behind your eyes ceases in recognition [Music] all right what's what's up what's at the helm what's the hell the brain tenses as though querying and unseen advisor do you not hear it they will not survive here we are needed to navigate we are needed to leave this realm all right let's go I don't know if I want to go with him well sure I'm I'm here to help all right let's go or an intellect Devourer oh he's actually part of our party ah interesting okay fair enough the um thing to note by the way is that I will from time to time as you may have already noticed make sub-optimal decisions and that is because I'm role-playing and role play comes above all else when it comes to uh to these kinds of games for me Min maxing is fun for some and to be clear I have zero judgment on folks who min max like that is absolutely a valid and viable way to play uh it's just not my preferred way to play I like making decisions that fit the character that are sometimes not optimal that is sometimes straight up bad decisions but they're characterful because that's how you end up with you know hijinks but not forced hijinks you're not just making a situation happen for the sake of making what happen you end up with one because your character has flaws and they don't get things right all the time so that's something to note as you uh as you follow along with this uh with this playthrough folks as we move further along as well holy hello come on going here oh right of course this moment foreign this is your end you had throbs and your skin Visions Rush past a dragon swing a silver sword and a flash of your face seen through the strange woman's eyes [Music] what is this [Music] you understand who blesses me this day together we might survive what made you think I was a thrall we carry unless we are cleansed bodies and Minds will be tainted and twisted within days we will be gay mind flayers yeah it sounds problematic so we're turning into mind players there must be something we can do we then we find the helm and take control of the ship for that thing it will remain tame as long as it believes we are thralls may be of use in the fight to come [Music] all right well that's different this used to play I remember this this used to play very differently you used to be able to sneak up to this spot and and hide and stuff I remember this and the layout's completely different too oh wow they weren't joking when they said they changed the opening act and also it's kind of cool that uh the uh the intellect Devourer was remarked on in that cut scene I'm I'm really because again that could have played very differently if we hadn't interacted with it and hadn't extracted it and it wasn't there you know how would that play out if that was the case anyway uh it is the case and what can we do over here we got claws four to ten damage 24 plus two slashing what else jumping disengaging hiding Claws and that okay fair enough Let's uh what are we dealing with here 6 hp 6 hp and 6 hp across the board is an opening fight so I'm sure it'll be easy let's bring you up to here buddy get some work done oh got a lot of work done apparently straight up killed that guy uh and let's go ahead and pull back I'd like to keep this guy alive if possible don't want him to get surrounded and and murdered but that's your turn done before we go now to you yep done over here as well beautiful nice and easy uh pull back a touch just because we can and that's your turn done and up to Bar can we get all the way there we cannot nor do we have range capabilities so why don't we go ahead and uh perhaps just group up with uh lazel a little bit and usually sure it's a can trip so why not beautiful oh that like subtle glow love it yeah let them come to us and the turn there come through buddy I mean it nice it's not even gonna get to vr's turn because either the elective hour or a laser is gonna get the job done yeah there you go shouldn't have popped this lately but again it's a cantrip it's fine I'll take that compliment incinerated mind flare potion of speed caustic bulbs skull and avoid bulb take all thank you check out what these imps have got as well a scimitar straight up Scimitar okay fair enough grab that don't mind me if I do what do you got for me buddy we got a hand ax got some dead thralls another imp down there what am I looking at no one took any damage or anything like that so that's good oh light crossbow um take that oh we got the dead thrall over here some gold what's up top over here looks like there isn't much to explore in this general area oh did I yeah I've already checked you out checked everybody out over here and this is where we came from or would have come from yes correct all right head on over we can restore if we need to but we don't need to we've got a dead thrall up there to pick things up from as well button take a peek over here it's more gold can't complain about that and we've got this imp back over here as well I don't think I yeah go for it don't need restoration but hey why don't we pop in there anyway sure it doesn't do anything for us but hey it is what it is another dead thrall over here cool take all that just investigating if we actually need to change our armor or anything out right now but no no we don't ocean of healing don't mind if I do and let's head on up as I see our objective is up over there escape the nautiloid right be pushing through parties coming with us saving makes me nervous let's push through let's push so it's just the opening act I doubt things will go horribly wrong right off the bat here though shouldn't speak too soon what do we have here nothing without knowing it's all right we got something going on over there all right what are these sigils because I'm obviously I want to touch something what's going on here or Arcana checks how hard are these another mystery oh man I mean let's go for it [Music] okay okay so three buttons three sigils that one's aggression I don't know what those two are all right very well let's let's see what's going on over your sacrifice cultist and someone back there as well let's let's investigate these sacrifice cultists first just in case totally unresponsive all right well what do you got for me buddy backpack another thing to touch up there flickers in his eyes but he seems totally unaware of his surroundings that's a completely lobotomized or Celtic cheese okay what's going on over here she's not a straggler she's a Survivor just like us um yeah look for a latch that might open the lid again we try to help people unless it breaks our moral compass the construction is too alien nothing looks familiar this ship is crashing do you intend to die for a stranger to a degree yes the pods stuck fast I can't free you or I'll go look around there must be some way to get this thing open yes absolutely some time can be spent on this find that contraction next to the Pod they did something to it where they sealed me in hurry please yeah let's check it out oh boy the console appears dormant hey look for a switch your release the mechanisms are completely unrecognizable at first get it maybe empty socket well we'll take a look around we'll come back in a bit we'll come back in a bit I don't think hitting is going to solve the problem not gonna blow you up we've got a backpack over here what do you got from some gold and some malachite Don't Mind If I Do let's take a peek over here so this way to escape the nautiloid so we'll go up that way oh and there's stuff here it looks like yeah manuscript we got some Relic queries all right what do you got for me which is appear in your mind a brain I get Yankee Warrior and centuries of Darkness and that's just us was this dark mind all right I'll take it this thing is locked gonna not pick it up and add it to Wares and take it with me yes I can all right good stuff and this burnished necklace as well Don't Mind If I Do yep all mine no one else is using it I'll gladly take it sure I'll find uh find a use for it okay so what's going on over here because if that's the way to escape to not Lloyd I want to check what's happening up over here and see if there's any solutions available to US ah gold key hmm and a scimitar okay that key might be for The Relic query we'll take a look later woman is trapped inside the pod she doesn't notice you oh she's done for I think what do we have here another button to push some dead thralls a chest a slave mind uh before we push the button let's take a look around gold bottle and rune strange energy buzzes no no details there let's take them all for the time being trolls ah there you go okay cool pick the slave mind up and let's take a look at this chest oceans of healing Don't Mind If I Do all right I guess we could push this button curiosity getting the better of me um I I don't remember what it does genuinely I don't remember what it does place your hand on the console as you place your hand on the Pod you hear something presence connected to the Pod commanding the person inside to change [Music] all right okay that may have been a mistake how if we are not purified this may be Our Fate now we gotta get out of here that that was I'm not waiting around for that to happen to us no no I am not born mind flayer stares at you weak and dazed a I don't know if I should like destroy it or something let's leave it be uh she mentioned that as long as we pretend to be thralls us will be on our side so for the time being let's leave it be and let's let's step out of here I do believe we have a solution for the other uh pod over there though you know I imagine I'd be a little concerned that whatever I think the solution is might actually cause that very same change over here however however I seem pretty confident about my uh my solution so let's go for it let's go I think we've got this insert the Rune into the socket console comes to life will it free the captive or transform ER like that other unfortunate wow how many uh how many variant readings are there were there like if we hadn't experimented with that we wouldn't have that reading we'd have a different line that's kind of cool I I always love those little things where you go hang on a second how could this be different anyway uh let's take a closer look at the powered up console just to be safe all right this should be I don't want to call it easy but we got it all right good stuff we got the plus one on top of that good clean success over here take that 17. the pulsing glow and organic lines of the device make it seem more like a beating heart than a machine this device is different from the one that caused the other captive to transform perhaps it will open the nearby pod all right that feels relatively convincing place my hand on the console you feel a shittiest squirming in your head parasite then discomfort Fades and another sensation washes over you connection Authority interesting illited and wisdom will the Pod open we got A plus three from our wisdom difficulty class two I mean this should be super easy go for it oh my God that was a lot closer than I had any right to the Jesus Christ I really need to stop taking these things for granted it's it's literally a dice roll after all I play tabletop I know I I should yeah thank you you feel the biomechanical brain of the console process your command and yield to it shiver runs across your mind you feel sated oh come on At Last I thought I was done for get on your feet Shadow heart I thought that damn thing was going to be my coffin thank you your mind lurches into her thoughts her gratitude is mixed with wariness because you have a gift with you dangerous company um we're in a dangerous situation yeah dangerous company is what you need in a fight yeah Fair Point looks like there's plenty of fighting ahead let me come with you we can get off this ship and watch each other's backs along the way I think that sounds like a good idea did you feel what I felt just before we were in each other's heads yeah I wanna I wanna know again I could see it as a player but as a character you feel what I just felt before we were in each other's heads I did it must be because of those parasites they put in us but that will have to wait are we going to help each other or not yes absolutely let's get going I am bear thrills one moment what was yeah what was that trust me and chatter we need to get to the helm now she's right oh I'm not so easily convinced but all right and a touch of XP there she gained a lot more than this I guess she was playing catch-up probably for for XP but let's uh get a move on I don't think there's anything left over here we've messed with the manuscript already no one needs any healing we're all topped up yeah feels pretty good feels like we're ready to move on over now to the uh escape the not only to the to the to the helm as it were what we got here another restoration fair enough don't think I need it still keep on creeping on let's go once inside do as I say who put you in charge I'll Trust my own judgment chain yeah for real I don't know what that means but for real like we don't need friction right now who knows what's ahead come on here we go oh [Music] connect the nerves of the transponder we must escape now do it we will deal with the cake after we escape connect the nerves nerves [Music] all right what do we got over here we got the Mind flare we got the Lesser imp we have a lesser Els bore another lesser imp that's all oh no we got Commander zulk as well 150 HP that is really tempting to take on isn't it that's really time to take on we got 15 turns to reach the transponder before the nautiloid crashes so if we move extremely quickly we might be able to pull this off but I don't know we do have I think as full of party as you could have at this point in time so maybe we try it uh the Mind flare is on our side but you know took a pretty decent beating already all right let's take care of these lesser imps that are near us first we have this hell's board with 8 HP and the uh the imps with six let's send you up over here get the job done nice and easy yeah good stuff uh that's your turn almost done but let's go ahead and creep up this way again just trying to rush up over there if possible I would love to uh to eliminate command result there if possible and your turn next up is our good friend here we can get in there and we avoid this trouble is that going to cause us pain it is fire all right in that case ah right we can't we don't have independent turnovers or anything um suppose I could hop as a bonus action so if you use that bonus action I can go in I can't use the pommel strike if I do that but I will still be able to do a regular action so if I jump making sure it's a bonus action jump get on over to here and get the strike in avoid being set on fire shall we good stuff good hit and I should be able to keep moving a little bit up to there let's go cool I believe that's our turn oh we got a bit more movement left go for it as far as you can go and our turn there you next can't get up to there we do not have range capabilities with you what do we got here Shield of Faith guiding bolt okay uh resistance sacred flame charm person disguised self blessing of the trickster guidance inflicted wounds and healing word um guiding bolt is a spell it would take a spell slot it is not a can trip unfortunately we got sacred flame it's uh that's a can trip okay 18 meter range should be able to hit you well let's move up as well well actually we can get the hit first let's go for it 65 chance I'll I'll pull the trigger let's go [Music] all right fair enough keep moving up yeah that was unfortunate but and your turn there I think we're good Shield of faith I don't think we need that we don't need healing word yet either no I I could actually shove uh Hazel further up ahead if I wanted to I think I don't know how much damage it would cause but uh let's let's leave that be despite their friction let's leave that b and the turn there they are let's pull you up as far as we can go and I say we oh you know what I could okay if I pull up to here I could use Thorn whip hypothetically eyes just too far away so let's go ahead and pop uh sheleighly then I could also get the fog going so I could push up I suppose but now let's let's go and get Shelley over here that'll help us cause a bit more damage as we move up I really hope I'm pronouncing that correctly I'm gonna have to say it a lot more we do have caustic bulbs and avoid bulbs to use acoustic bulb might come in handy 1d4 acid damage throw it to coat it the coat the target the ground or anything else nearby in Caustic brine might be worthwhile but for the time being and the turn some damage out here not like that you guys gonna pop a shot Gonna Miss okay good stuff we're okay we're hanging in there get you as far as who can go I suppose which isn't very far truth be told you still at Max HP and our mind player over here is not looking too good we might need to abandon this uh this plan 14 turns left can you get up there no but you do have range capabilities though you do have range capabilities and you've got Rush attack charge forward attack the first enemy in your way possibly pushing them off balance might be for when we get a little bit closer but yes let's uh creep up as far as we can then we'll pop a shot from here and we reach as we can 30 High defense yikes that bad eh that bad ah go for what else are we doing apparently getting a critical hit okay I'll take it don't need second wind nope um no we don't need that Palmer strike we gotta be a lot closer for that fair enough so that's your turn done I believe could have dipped in the fire I suppose on route but I wanted to close the gap and just cause damage per turn as quickly as possible so and the turn there you're up next let's head on up to you're sure and I think we'll pop another sacred flame again it is a cant trip so should be okay here 40 65 percent I mean geez let's try and hit this guy again let's try and hit the Imp again come on God damn it that's okay we're fine and our turn there over to bear get you let's take a look at this hell's bro I wonder what it's got for me nothing great cool so let's move you up to here I figured we were right next to it so we might as well because there's nothing else we can do I could pop a fog Cloud up in this general area it'll blind us we can't attack from range but we should be able to sneak in the fog Cloud get close to the enemy and hit them with melee and perhaps distract this lesser imp as well so it decides to come down this way as opposed to up over here allowing us to just proceed I don't know what it would do for our mind flare though and I wonder how it'll affect uh command result but I say we pop the trigger I say we try it go for it really love the um really love the effects yeah so he has been blinded as well all right fair enough and the turn there don't know how to live my life how did you okay don't drag him too far away I gotta I gotta keep him close to me everyone's telling me to ignore him we got 13 turns we got time transponder is not too far away it's kind of far away actually yikes okay but he's he's on Route let's go and we go if we keep missing then I might have to reconsider let's get past him let's go and your turn there pull you up oh disadvantage right because we're blinded let's try it let's try it go for it got the hidden good stuff good stuff uh pommel strike as well bonus action let's go got a crit on that love it okay cool down to 119. uh let's keep you put over here you can come through what do we want to do over here Firebolt and trip 1d10 fire damage it's an action do we have any bonus actions we could use Shield of faith guiding bolt again that's a spell sacred flame action really hoping for other like bonus action ways of getting damage out there but all we got is our our main hand attack or concussive smash 2-7 damage potentially days is the target I guess I could try for that sure all right roll up concussive smash nine percent woof of course I'm gonna miss that pull you up this way a little bit and your turn there not much else we can do Shield of faith no and you turn there is all that matters up over here let's get this task completed good stuff and let's move in this general direction blinded as well this may be a bad idea stuff good stuff less good all right go for the hit I'll take it got him sub 100 so there's that still 12 turns to go they put turn you around uh yeah go with the stab it's tough and pommel strike I wonder about now we're good we're good did I shove you knocked him around got him blinded again I suppose um the Gap closed let's go can't be standing in this fog shouldn't have shoved shouldn't have shoved come up this way go for the hit damn it when we might need to get a move on no choice but to keep going and let's go in from here here we go again oh bit of damage all right cool sub 90 okay okay all right okay end the turn there I don't know if I can like if I shove him up that way no luck Athletics failed and the turn there the damage there okay stepped out so he's not blinded anymore and I can probably chase him and end up not blinded too uh let's get an attack over here let's go can't miss buddy you can't miss pull you up to here we're good Wonder or the seven damage nah stick with this I've got my last rate as well try that actually go for it if we get the hit and that could be quite helpful or we'll miss cool sounds good well you're up this way can't believe I'm so focused on this um yeah let's go for the regular strike one to ten damage two to seven damage try the five six percent chance to hit probably just too close pull back a little bit 25 chance to hit it is just a can trip why am I uh well I'm trying to fix what isn't broken should have just kept uh swinging for peace try and come up from uh this side get a hidden good stuff good stuff we're getting some work done 61 HP okay 11 turns to go yes good stuff if he can keep causing that much damage we might actually be able to pull this off though the Mind flare is almost taken care of as well gotta be careful about that oh man you can't miss you turn there just trying to figure out if there's absolutely anything else I can uh I can do right now to help out that last rate again just a regular main hand attack I suppose all right go for it oh man no need these hits to land come on thirty percent this is rough time we push my luck again time to push your luck again indeed let's go come on come on that's not good that was about that was a bad turn that was a bad turn across the board there oh now he misses too oh what is this oh we gotta get out of here we gotta get out of here so this guy's almost our mind player is almost dead and we got reinforcements rolling in with 82 HP what each I'm guessing yeah it's time to move nine turns remaining not a chance there's not a chance all right let's go it was worth a shot we tried we tried it was worth a shot that's your turn done you can't uh oh you can Dash let's make our way over cool and and turn there victory away oh God so we were so close can you can you do it is the question I don't see why not you've got opposable thumbs taking a chance here all right here let's hit and like hit and move right that makes sense oh no hurry before they strike oh or imps oh that's not good and another hellsworth okay that's really let's let's move up we got to stay focused over here take that thank you very much it's creeping up that way too and your turn there down over here I mean we can't get up here and hit so we might as well take a swing over here or I guess I could use a fire Bolt fine I think it's time to get serious over here maybe the Mind flare will get the job done maybe the Mind flare will die let's go up to there Pop That Fire bolt up over here I'm thinking Let's uh let's hit you just because you're further away wow that was good that was good and your turn let's Rush up and I wonder actually if I pop and Tangle somewhere down here as these guys roll up maybe they can fly though so I don't know I don't know all right we're moving up and the turn there hope for the best he's gonna miss we didn't stand a chance we didn't stand a chance a couple of bad dice rolls there and now these guys rolling up as well God damn goes the Mind flare and now he's coming after us [Laughter] I I think we might be able to skip past these guys and just get the job done here eight turns remaining that's not the part I'm worried about I'm worried about him turning his attention to us and uh and these guys rolling up as well okay let's see what we can do over here to the transponder let's go tell me you can get it done damn it all right it's okay it's not too late not too late let's let's attack the Lesser hellsborg clear the path over here um and end your turn there sure you should hopefully be able to Oh okay that's not great what if I Rush attack you how much time does that do again four to seven might get the job done got the job done and now we can keep moving as well a little bit closer right it's a little bit closer and your turn there Shadow heart I wonder inflict wounds use up a spell slot like that or is it time to leave I could get a fire bolt down over here and then try to get out of here 25 chance to hit what else are we doing with our action though right [Music] hey you actually got the hidden cool and now let's go we're in some trouble over here and your turn they are are you going to try and topple this guy 40 chance you know what let's go for it let's try it damn with a glow I thought we succeeded but not he saved we're okay or I mean we're not okay he's okay let's uh let's get out of here let's get out of here and turn there this guy's gonna keep chasing or no they're not I got seven turns he's all the way up over here we took a touch of damage there you're almost down but I can't get these hits can I let's go and let's see what we can do here yeah see we're gonna keep missing there's no point there's no point let's let's let's deal with this transponder over here we're in trouble otherwise she's almost down already let's get out of here so close we were so close the Helms Helms aimeda made it in time [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you as you wake the tadpole squirms in your skull check myself for injuries other than the infection you're more or less intact a miracle given everything you've been through but it'll all be for nothing if you don't find help soon the tadpole is a death sentence and the clock is ticking you need a cure all right ladies and gentlemen we are on the ravaged Beach taking things off in Earnest over here that though is going to be where we're going to call it a session gone a little bit over our usual hour mark that I like to keep these two and chances are sessions will do that from time to time considering this is a crpg and you never know when you find yourself in the middle of an interesting moment that you don't want to just let go of obviously but this feels like a good spot to stop for the time being folks if you enjoyed this episode if you'd like to see more Baldur's Gate 3 on the Channel please don't hesitate to hit the like button and leave a comment down below again if you have any thoughts or opinions on our character on how he could evolve or play out over time if you have any thoughts on the rping or in my 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Length: 73min 40sec (4420 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 04 2023