The Story Of Baldur's Gate 2 - Supercut 

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Could always just play BG 1&2! Ya know, since they're some of the best CRPGs of all time.

Yeah it was a character I was using for the LoB playthroughs originally

I think it has been stated by Larian themselves that it is, but in true DnD fashion and a wise choice by Larian, they made it possible to make your own Char and run with it. Still the 3rd act without Dark Urge is just not the same. It kind of feels less personal and gripping

Whut?

@@Albtraum_TDDC I haven't played the game but apparently there's 3 endings in BG2. Ascending to divinity OR Embracing the essence of Bhaal or staying a mortal.

@@Albtraum_TDDC what's whut?

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​@@theunhappygamer1744 ok

Best villain in all of games and his voice is a massive part of that

Literally

It also helps you in Throne of Bhaal

That's false, you actually need intelligence to convince him not wisdom, trust me I had 19 wisdom but that wasn't enough to convince the beholder.

I think it's to keep congruency with the series. It is titled shadows of Amn so it does keep geographical integrity.

Watching this after hitting the end of Act 2 in BG3 and I’m blown away how much was already there in BG1 and 2

BG1 is solid but a little more open. BG2 is more focused in its main story and its great coming right off of 1

It took me years but I’m now at the final chapter. It’s worth it

At the start of bg2 she only want quiet and peace yet she will follow you to litteral hell and back if you need, must protect her at all cost

Heya! It's me! Imoen!

Yeah I would have loved an option to let Bodhi keep Imoen’s soul in exchange for her becoming an ally against Irenicus. Kinda just made no sense that she betrays you after you’ve shown nothing but loyalty. Lazy writing I guess.

That's awesome. Where are you giving the lecture, and is it something that can be viewed online @Triston?

Man, im a teacher and i would be a very happy one if my classes where about DnD and Baldurs Gate.

The same for me, love that! ❤

Those latter changes were so much for the better lol

@@makisbizarreadventure4669 Vader being Luke’s father, yes. His romantic interest, who kissed him on the mouth turning out to be his sister? Not so much…

It's the Unity Engine that does it, I've only had success with just reloading the game when it starts

@@MortismalGaming In Poe 2, I’ve noticed the ingame v-sync does a decent job, not perfect, with frame pacing. Better than g-sync, frame limit or no v-sync.

Wait, there is a mod connecting bg1 and bg2 into a singular game?

Check the copper coronet inn that's where most of them go

@@MortismalGaming I have other problem. In korgan quest doesn't trigger dialogue when I am near a tomb where Kaza books are stolen.

A little late, but Jaheira waits outside the Harper enclave on the docks.

Maybe just watch someone's recap of 3 as well

Stays mortal, married jaheira, later becomes a grand duke of Baldur's Gate before being murdered by the real last bhaalspawn in Baldur's Gate. Leads to the resurrection of Bhaal anyways.

​@@MortismalGaming If Gorion's ward chose a mortal fate than there couldn't have been any vestiges of bhaal's essence left in him so he can't be the one who turned into the slayer when killed in "murders in baldurs gate" so it had to be viekang, but again doesn't really make sense either. How could he have escaped Melissan? as she, according to forgotten realms wiki, "cured" him of his teleporting affliction when he came to Saradush, because that's exactly where she would have wanted him to be. To perish there in the siege. Yeah sure he could possibly have escaped, but seems pretty far fetched to me. She managed to lure all the remaining bhaalspawn to their deaths except the protagonist and embodied the collective essence of bhaal. (She lured gorions ward of course but was defeated ultimately was my point) All in all, Wotc's additional writings are definitely at odds with the original games. Throne of bhaal was meant to be the *conclusion* of the bhaalspawn saga but they just kind of retconned that because no no we need to milk this story further to sell dem books. Imo video games: canon, Wotc: fan fiction.

@@maxion5109 You can cause Viekang to teleport by casting Fear on him ingame. Amelissan didn't really cure his teleportation weirdness, I think she just made him incapable of feeling fear through normal means, which the spell sorta bypasses. And I'd imagine Fear is one of the spells you'd cast once you break through the gates to help push the attack, so... Adds up imo, even if Abdel's party didn't cast it on him themselves. And I wouldn't say that Bhaal's essence within Abdel is entirely gone. He lived to be 134 years old as a human fighter. He didn't forsake his nature as a literal demigod, he just sealed up his divinity. Also it's been stated, that Bhaal existed as a vestige of sorts, kinda like Myrkul in Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer and manipulated Viekang and Abdel into finally resurrecting himself fully as a deity.

​@@MrKoraboras i'm not too familiar with Viekang's story other than from the video games so i guess it's technically plausible that he escaped the siege of saradush. But i have to disagree with your point on Abdel. Gorion's ward gave up his divine essence to be sealed up on mount celestial, forever preventing it from soiling further souls. He willingly gave up his power to live out his life as a mortal being, free of the taint. Any description of Bhaal still being present in him would ruin the spirit of that ending. One is ether free or not free, there's no in-between. If you whatch the throne of bhaal mortal ending video i think you'll see my point. That's why this other stuff about viekang is also at odds with it. Kind of ruins the narrative about bhaal's influence finally defeated by having this guy still running around. No bhaalspawn could have eluded deathstalker Amelyssan the blackhearted. What you're describing sound to me to be either from the novelization that was released alongside the games or what has been written *after* the games by Wotc or others, not from the original baldurs gate games. The novel was widely criticised by fans for not being consistent and accurate to the games original story and spirit. The same goes for Wotc betrayal at baldurs gate, so at this point i view the video games as a completely separate entity not connected to official Dnd lore. Hence my comment about everything that's written outside the game's story is fan fiction. For me the original baldurs gate games is the canon bhaalspawn saga and at the same time the quintessential forgotten realms storyline. No other DnD module or story comes close, not before and not after.

​@@maxion5109 The divine essence here is 'divinity'. The right to take a place among the other gods. Doesn't change Abdel's race, doesn't change his father is Bhaal and doesn't sever that connection - hence why he lived for over a century as a non-magic user and was still strong enough to battle another bhaalspawn. (bhaalspawn being a subrace btw) And yes, I'm talking about post-game stuff, when it comes to the second and third paragraph. First one is from the game itself. The games and the writing were both stated to be canon, just separate canon btw. Saying the Bhaalspawn saga is the quintessential FR storyline is a bit much tho. The game is cool and the storyline as well, but it had little consequences to Faerunn, just about a couple countries in the Sword Coast got slightly ransacked, it's not something you NEED to know about when you play DnD either.