How Larian Studios Wants You to Play Baldur's Gate 3 

Omg, I feel like this would have been good info to have. Thank you!!! Yeager was and open hand monk! I’m making Mikasa into a gloomstalker assassin! Lae’zel is currently a battle master fighter! And Armin is an oath breaker paladin, however I may change his. He was late to the party and I’m not super happy with his build atm!!

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX thanks for the reply. I really enjoyed your story telling but wanted to know a bit more. My current run is actually using a dark urge Githyanki wizard so when I saw this video in my feed I had to watch it.

@@christinehede7578 well I appreciate it more than you know. Good luck and resist the urge, or don’t. Bwahaha!!!

It was my first time in about 4 play throughs not resting her on the nautiloid.

My first char was a Gith. Shadowheart stayed at camp...she was so annoying

@@tiagoleivas3495 it would’ve been more annoying to use her in combat :)

Ooof!! You’re absolutely right though. Almost every character is so well written. I’m working on part 2 right now and you almost forget how amazingly well Raphael is. I’m gonna have to dedicate a whole section to just him. Larian really created a masterpiece!!!

Hmmm, could be. Looks like that characters burning, but I have no idea who’d it be otherwise.

But did you romance her?

Looking forward to making it!!!

Thank you so much. I love BG3 so much and I think the best thing is to actually not watch anything else so that your play throughs don’t end up like everyone else’s so this means a lot to me!!!

lol what’s with the random crying emoji?!?!

Oh boy, guess I gotta get started on it now!!

Thank you. I think I only had 30 when I uploaded this video!!!

Make it 131 now.

@@bronzebow4235 ahhhhhh. Thank you!!!!!! This is so dang crazy!!

And thank you for watching :)

Thank you. Appreciate the love.

Thanks, listening to my voice while editing was one of the worst parts lol, but I’m glad it came out okay!!!

Ahhhh. Now I gotta get that going :)

Thanks for the comment. I’m still deciding just how evil I want to be. I will also be completing the plat this run so I will likely see all the outcomes and am super excited for them!!!

I appreciate that more than you know. Tysm!!!

Right next to Orin’s mother!!!

Honestly can’t wait!!!

I'm also wondering...how did a Githyanki become a Durge in the first place? Like...biologically speaking. (I don't want to spoil too much)

@@LeoTheDarkAngel well, when a momma and daddy Gith love each other very much… No but really, I’m not sure yet lol

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX It is mentioned in BG3 that Githyanki reproduce asexually by laying eggs tho 😄

@@LeoTheDarkAngel yes yes, I jest!!!

I appreciate the feedback!!! Ngl, I had no idea the canonical anything of the Dark urge and am just kinda having fun with it. Hope you got some level of entertainment out of it :)

Thanks. I’m sure I’ll figure out more as I go, but this is all so new to me!

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX right on! There's a lot of interactables for lore. Click all the things! xD

I appreciate you sooo much!!

lol but Aylin was was definitely justified!!!

I’m actually surprised more people didn’t say this. Because my initial idea was to focus on the Gith plight, I really wanted to show right away how much everyone really hated the Gith. Shadowheart just so happen to be the first person you run into!!!

Thank you!!!!

I completely agree with you. I had decided before starting a play-through that I was going to have a full Gith team and the rest just sort of fell into place. I’m sure that there are going to be things that I’ve locked myself out of, but I’m excited to see how that all plays out!! Good luck on your run btw!!

Yes, I agree, but you could argue it’s the same no matter what race you are. I do rather dislike the interaction with Vlakith though. It’s pretty much ignored the fact that we are Gith, even when you choose that option!!!

If you speak to the waking mind in the mind flayer colony it has the same voice lines as if you were playing a non gith tav and it calls you "some species of elf."

@@mandemarso I’ll have to give that a go when I get there!!!

He is a mean one!!!

Ahhhh I’m so excited for you. Come back and let me know the party you go with!!!

Yes, I think I am trying to do as much as I can in order to see the urge/gith responses, but I’m positive that you can literally go to the end of act 1 in under an hour after dropping from the nautiloid if you know what you’re doing. Loving the support. #githlyfe

Thank you!!! Was gonna do the run anyways and mouth custom high looked kinda evil so why not go for it lol

Literally could not agree more. There are definitely aspects that I would change, but I’ll be able to come back to this game in another ten years and experience again while being able to learn new things about the game and world. I compared it to Mass Effect in my review and while it is definitely more timeless than that series, it has some much character that if you invest the time, you will no doubt feel rewarded for your efforts!!!!

Ummmm, I’m playing on ps5. No mods my friend!!!!

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX 😳 Oh dear. It seems I've missed finding an important piece of gear.

@@hellsente7826 if you’re talking about Bae’zel, there was a glitch that got patched out where you could get Raphael’s armor.

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX Yes, I've never done that though. Is she wearing the Helldusk armor there when you have her in the prism?

@@hellsente7826 yes, sorry I thought you were talking about the dream visitor at first. You could knock out Raphael when he visited your camp in Act 1 and take all of the items he drops in his fight. I also don’t have to worry about gold because you could continually knock him out and get infinite gold. :) it’s also the reason I didn’t add a 4th Gith because I pretty much paused the update to get this lol.

This was the initial thesis for my video, that Larian made the narrative to revolve around the Gith, and I realize that the Durge run is more than likely not Gith, however everything about this run for me feels right, way better than my previous runs!!!

Thank you!!!! And I agree ;)

This was one of the exploits I mentioned at the end of the video. There was a glitch to knockout Raphael at your camp that got patched out while I was playing the game. Got that armor first though lol.

I agree about Shadowheart and Gale and I think that’s a disservice to the Gith. You can pretty much completely ignore the Crèche and are not punished for it. So much good narrative just completely avoidable.

I do recall a rather important Gith whom we may or may not be rescuing much later in the game ;) thanks for the comment!!!!!

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX Indeed, and he is tangentially important, but the focus of the story is certainly not on the Gith as the protagonists. You honestly get just as much "special" dialogue options depending on your class, or Deity, as you do your race... and most of the race options (unfortunately) fade out after Act 1. The Dark Urge will prove to be the main character, however, as the story progresses... and I would definitely suggest avoiding any speed play options if you want the whole story though, as so many conversations and random books/notes you can read will fill in much of the story that is left blank in a normal play through.

@@The_Real_Fomsie oh I know. I jest about the Gith. But I spent over 40 hours on act 1. It was really difficult trimming down all the options. There was roughly about 40 mins of footage cut from this video to keep it to a decent length. I’m going to be doing a lot of looking around, but I’m actually looking forward to a lot of options becoming limited!!!

​@@The_Real_FomsieI already knew Durge was the main character... but what really locked it in was on my first Durge run when reaching into a certain slimy hole in Moonrise only once didn't update Mig's quest to locate "meat sounds" and suddenly my party had bigger things to worry about than me licking spider carcasses....

This was 100% my goal. I understand that the Durge is more than likely not meant to be Gith, however, this allowed me to play the urge run while also exploring a narrative thread that I feel is under explored

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXXcanonically durge is a white dragon born, since when you aren’t durge you can find durges dead body (i don’t remember where but I saw a vid on it)

However I think this is a cool run and kinda makes me wanna do my own gith durge

@@padawanty1042 I will have to look this up. Sounds cool af!!!

Prolly somewhere in act 3

OMG am I saying it wrong. Not only is this embarrassing, I’m also traumatized because I still don’t know how to pronounce it than!!!!

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX just think of the yanki part prounounced the same as the NY Yankees lol. As a side note I am looking forward to act 2

@@lawrencefosterjenkins8216 oooooohh that’s definitely how Holly says it. She just said it exactly like how you described lmao.

Yes, I actually am not fond of that class which is why I went Gith for this run!!!

That….. actually a valid point lol!!!

It must be a NY thing!!!

It’s been really fun so far. There’s just some many options in character creation though :)

Hey, totally agree with not being able to play the game wrong lol. I actually made a review with an interview from Larian stating how they did everything they could to make sure you can finish the game no matter what you do obviously lending credence to that idea. The consensus on the Durge seems to align with your thinking. Without exploring the previous games, the point that I think made the most sense to me was how Gith reproduce asexually, meaning someone very important later would too have to be Gith!!! However, I’m seeing this through to the end lol. Act 2 has been crazy so far and I’m finishing up a few other projects while finishing act 2, but editing starts soon!!!

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX can't wait to watch! Please do see it through to the end. Regardless of whether or not I think it "fits" with the lore, I really enjoyed the video!

@@erikaannette7397 :)

I’m finding out if it does!!!!

I am wondering that, since the Dark Urge is canonically a Baldurian. Although I suppose Bhaal can do whatever he wants with his children.

@@bunnyboygamille it is as the gods wish!!!

I mean, I tossed the crown into the ocean and Minthra still got it soooooo :)

Thanks for the love. It’s on the way!!!

Her class is so bad. And to think we played our whole first play-through without changing it :(

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX If my friend isn't with us I'll leave her at camp forever

@@ChaoticUrges welp, it’s a little late for my run :)

Omg, was that because you were exploring everything?

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX not really... just a little mental disorder an urge that lets me start over again and again creating new chars to see every possoble dialoge and interaction , actually i try a new run so i will beat the game to, just a matter of time like with BG2 but back in the time there were no steam wich counted the time so pls dont ask how long this took ;D

@@wobatan8833 ha, this made me chuckle aloud. I’m like this with tv shows. Almost never finish the long ones and then when I decided I’m actually gonna finish it this time I usually restart just to not finish again. FML!!!

Gotta keep Bae’zel happy :)

Not just her dead, but many others as well. "Ch'mar, zal'a Vlaakith"

@@hellsente7826 literally the sound my garbage disposal makes!

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX Htak'a!!! ... you should hear what they sound like in BG 2 ;)

@@hellsente7826 both games are def on the list to visit!!! And I can’t wait!!!!!!!

Motivated!!! Other stuff in the works too, but working through act 2 now. Soooooon!!!

Oh, that is something I had no idea of. Thanks for the insight!!!

I do believe you may be somewhat right, especially since that’s the default class when you start a Durge run, but I wanted to explore my options with what I felt was the race that Larian wanted the player to see the game as!!!

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX not to mention the og not mdified dark urge I believe is the only one with a monologue just like any other origin character

@@DannyRayqu right, that’s exactly what I was saying!!!

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX I do get what you mean, but as a 1st time player of bg and any d&d it felt more for me that they weere establishing the Gith as antagonists, the 2ndary villains, with how Lazel treats you at first, all the gith interactions end in battle, the creche, the inquisitor, the 7 times Laz'el can betray you, the many times you are ambushed by them, how the good ending of Laz'el is literally abandoning her beliefs and her people, not to mention that if you sacrifice Orpheus the 2nd to last battle is vs Vas and the other Gith

@@DannyRayqu you are not wrong at all, however there are aspects of the Githyanki storyline that suggest that there is a rift between the truth that Vlaakith is telling and the actual truth. There is a bit of a civil war going on between them, and they already have an established history with the Mindflayers. Additionally, Laz’el goes through the most meaningful transformation throughout the game, a transformation that doesn’t only shift her perspective in terms of religion and gods, but her entire existence and a race of people. Now, all of that can be as flushed out or can end at any point based on how you play the game, and I do believe that the Durge is more than likely not Gith, but it was my first D&D experience as well and I felt that was the story they wanted told. 100% not meant to sway your thoughts or be the definitive answer, just my thoughts and opinions that can run side by side along with your own!!!

Act 2 is ending up to be way darker than I ever thought this run was going to be!!!

You are def saying words and the thoughts seem to be working in my mind!!

If you don’t share my secret that I went back and completely cleared of the crèche myself I won’t blame you for your choices :)

That’s why I felt it so important to include those discs in this video. Such a small overlookable trinket yet so important to the Gith storyline… eventually lol.

She is eating the souls of her own people to get this Godhood.

@@ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc all the more reason to make sure you explore and find those discs

I mean, you’re probably right, but if they had info on the crèche or how to remove the parasite. . . Maybe, and I mean maybe, we might fight some goblins for that info?!?!?

It almost doesn't make sense to go to the goblin camp at all. I justified it because after the cutscene with the Absolute's domination narrowly averted by the prism, and it being clear that Vlaakith (even if her Justil Kith'rak seems to operating against protocols) wills to collect that prism... the otherwise-clear goal of getting to the creche bears consideration, and the Absolute's agents also looking into "the weapon" and looking for the party AND being ghaik-tainted abominations ultimately complicit in the Grand Design tasks us in the name of our Queen and to solve the problem of what happens to us after we try to provide what she demands. Quick assassinations. Capture, question, kill, and move on. ... or at least that's the plan until fighting Ragzlin alerts and aggros the entire camp :( ( jump spells :) )

@@hellsente7826 that sequence of events does make a ton of sense!

I’m literally struggling with it so much right now!

Dark Urge doesn't have to be an evil playthrough. Throughout the game you have the opportunity to resist your nature and try to do good (not always successfully). IMO it's the most interesting way to play the game.

​@@tmage23 Sorry but choosing a character that kills Alfira and leaves Larissa alone is evil 😢😮😂 can never play the durge for that reason

I am going to try a non evil dark urge next

@@guilhermemelo3760 I’m still deciding where I’m going to go, but I hope you have fun!!!

Thanks for the warning, and I mostly agree. I do think there’s a possibility that the Gith could be manipulate the entirety of the situation and use it to gain Absolute supremacy, however I agree it is very unlikely. Just having fun with the unique playthrough!!!

The unusual nature of the Durge breaks the entire paradigm and allows other possibilities. ... possible spoilers... Known facts: -Durgeyani is a child of Bhaal, -Normal Githyanki reproduce asexually, -All of the Bhaalspawn, other than the main character, were slain in BG 2 (or in less accepted canon novels), -Other Bhaalspawn were brought back by Bhaal from his own essence after Lord AO reformed him, -Durgeyanki barely knows how to Githyanki and needs the Toad Princess to guide, -Durgeyanki claims that he had a Sa'varsh but Durgeyanki doesn't know what ascension or the protocols are or how to read Tir'Su, -Durgeyanki doesn't really know how to Bhaalspawn either, -Durgeyanki was referred to those in Moonrise as a "thing", but Orin as a person, -Durgeyanki apparently had some history in Baldur's Gate and played a role in forming the original schemes for the Elder Brain and the Crown of Karsus, -Durgeyanki would have needed to earn being Chosen by Bhaal before all the other options, -Also... ? My conclusions... The extraordinary situation of a Githyanki surviving outside of a creche in the Prime Material is something which basically doesn't fit anyway. Seems either Bhaal laid an egg, or he altered an egg... either way it wouldn't have been a normal hatchery process. Somehow Durgeyanki operated in BG while having the body of a Gith (and some of a Githyanki's skills and characteristics). So, magic to obscure appearances? Or really really backroom puppeteering a la Phantom of the Opera or Keyser Söze. Durgeyanki wouldn't have only the point of view of a Githyanki, and if they knew of Durgeyanki, they'd be Hshar'lak or an abomination and pursued. That could possibly have happened and led to an opportunity to steal the astral prism. After the creche though, Durgeyanki would also have insights into their own Bhaalspawn nature and have a much more individual perspective. After living and operating in Baldur's Gate, Durgeyanki would have as much basis for identity and perspective from Faerun/The Sword Coast and their actual Gith-ness not such a exclusive factor. This also explains how Durgeyanki almost always only talks in an English accent and in Common. Otherwise even with brain damage some memory of Vlaakith's will as a central motivating factor would have been present to Durgeyanki's gradual understanding of self. As a renegade Githyanki, and a creature of inherent violence, I wish I had seen if there were plotlines or conversations at the Society of Brilliance in BG... but she offended my princess, so the lady had to die and they should as well.

@@hellsente7826 I’m pretty much attacking this run with the same energy, just much less knowledge lmao!!!

Oh no. I wonder if because we beat it as a human the first time the difference in choices seems so substantial to me now?!?!?

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX And it just seemed like a story all about the NPCs to me you could have been anybody and it wouldn't have changed anything. Even when you get a dialogue option on religion or species it never seemed like it made any difference. Vlakath still chose Lae'zel not my gith that beat her in a duel and worshipped Vlakath. It felt like a hollow game that needed filled with undeserved awards.

@@stephend.c.5048 I’m genuinely sorry you feel that way, but I can totally understand where you’re coming from. I’m a huge rpg guy and am going to be playing Mass Effect or Cyberpunk for a new video while finishing this series. Is there an rpg that makes you feel more fulfilled in your choices cuz I’d love to hear about that or even play it!!!

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX I prefer character building roles compared to story telling rolls. The best I'd seen morality work is a Neverwinter Nights persistent world Dor Meglin had a server alignment always shifting as characters leveled or made sacrificial offering towards their alignment and when the server was in alignment with your alignment you received bonuses like a couple points of divine damage and whatnot. NWN also had a faction system groups would turn on you if you were violent towards a member. But stories and choices isn't something I care for otherwise. The only choices for a second run would be playing evil and having different NPCs with me tell me their stories and make me feel like the game doesn't have any story for another one of my characters. Well I could choose for the NPCs if they do what is right or wrong. That's I guess the problem with playing whatever and having a story but then why all the NPCs have stories put them in a game where you just play the one build the game is designed for.

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX What's sad about BG3 is it's so beautiful if only they raised it to epic levels and made it an open persistent world and no pause between turns. Like wow this game could almost be so cool instead of six years to make a game I can only play for one month? Mostly because I can't stand watching NPCs take their turns each for five minutes remember I'm wasting my time playing a dumb video game that needs that long to resolve a 30 second combat.

“It’s a double rainbow”

Hmmm, canonical to the Durge, or the TAV?

💪💪💪💪💪

I’m assuming that you probably have played a lot more BG or D&D, two things that we have done at all. I have played a couple of the ARPG BG games, and I don’t claim to be a master of the lore at all. There is so much to this game. I have also beaten the game fully twice and am omitting some information for the sake of the next two acts!!!

I feel that. 99% of the time I play the good guy as well, just wanted to try it out lol!!

what would an angry wolverine do?

Yeah, unfortunately this was pointed out to me shortly after the video dropped. I’m sorry that it bothered you that much but if it makes you feel any better at all, I firmly believed when recording that that was how it was pronounced. I’ve already corrected it for the next act so you have that to look forward to :)

To be fair, if you speak with the dead with the Absolutist corpse by the Death Shepherds in the Mountain Pass, he says "gith-yawn-key."

@@bunnyboygamille yeah, ummm yeah that’s totally the legit reason that I mispronounced it this whole time. Thanks for reminding me!!!!

@@XXxTonyDaTigerxXX I got you, man!

@@bunnyboygamille now I have to start another playthrough just to go listen to this.... alright, alright!

Easy answer would be not to be