Video summary
The video chronicles an intense and tactical gameplay session in Baldur's Gate 3, focusing on a critical quest to save several NPCs trapped within the submerged Iron Throne facility before time runs out. The player begins by investigating the death of Holly Dilford at the hands of a submersible weapon linked to Lord Gortash, eventually leading them into an underwater prison designed to control Gondian workers and house political prisoners like Duke Ravengard. Upon entering this dangerous environment, the party faces overwhelming odds including displacer beasts, dread masters, and various aquatic horrors while managing limited turns to rescue everyone before the structure collapses or they are consumed by Umberlee's forces. The player utilizes a highly optimized strategy involving Minthara with haste potions and flight abilities to traverse vast distances quickly, allowing her to pull enemies down for massive fall damage and execute powerful area-of-effect attacks like sunbeams while keeping key allies safe from domination effects.
As the rescue operation intensifies, the party must navigate collapsing corridors filled with hazards and hostile mobs that resemble entities from Final Fantasy VII, adding a layer of nostalgia and chaos to the combat encounters. The player demonstrates exceptional resource management by stacking movement speed buffs on their characters using potions and spells like Cunning Action and Longstrider, enabling them to dash across large gaps and reach trapped civilians in record time. Key moments include freeing Omeluum from his cell, saving Duke Ravengard from mind flayer influence, and extracting a fishman who was caught in the crossfire of an accidental explosion caused by Astarion's misstep up a ladder. Throughout these chaotic sequences, the player relies heavily on Lae'zel's high mobility to reposition allies out of danger zones while dealing with enemies that have multiple actions per turn, turning what could be a hopeless situation into a masterclass in tactical positioning and spell usage.
After successfully saving all trapped individuals including Duke Ravengard, who regains his sanity but remains wary of the lingering influence of the Absolute, the party is forced to make a moral choice regarding their prisoner: either execute him as demanded by Umberlee's servants or spare him despite the risk of being dragged into the depths. The player chooses to save the man, defying immediate threats and earning gratitude from Duke Ravengard who promises his support in future battles against the Absolute. This victory allows them to escape the sinking facility just as it implodes underwater, marking a significant milestone in Act 3 where they secure crucial allies for the final confrontation while uncovering deeper conspiracies involving Gortash's secret prison and its role in controlling both Gondians and the city of Baldur's Gate itself through threats like Umberlee.
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Okay, where are we so far? So, we're
here at the Water Queen's house. I don't
really know what that means, but I know
that these people are dead. I know these
people are dead, and we're trying to
find what killed this girl, Holly
Dilford.
Okay, so it says in the water, find the
poisonous beast's master. This is the
big metal beast in the water.
So, it said there was a big metal thing
in the water that
attacked the girl and killed her.
Mhm. Okay, Lae'zel, I'll pick this.
Thanks, Wyll. Storm. Okay, decks. Slight
of hand, slight of hand. Proficiency and
expertise.
Let's give her a little bit of guidance.
And it's easy.
Oh!
What?
Ripper, Cuddleface, Snarl, Snap, and
Gissle.
What are these?
>> No butt is safe from Boo.
>> A butt?
Nice.
Shadowheart, hit him with the flame
strike.
Githyanki.
One.
Miss, miss.
>> Serene she might seem, but nature has
claws.
>> And of course, Minthara.
>> Suffer.
>> Okay, so why were there five massive
wargs in here? I thought it was doing
House of Hope. I'm trying to. I don't
know where to go for it, though. I think
we do this quest cuz we're already here
before House of Hope. Well, I don't
understand what the point of any killing
any of those things was.
>> Oh.
Basement. Flim Cargo's basement. Weird.
Block.
Tension block.
Oh. Well, let's go ahead and start with
giving a haste to
Minthara.
And then here we go. We're going to go
with the eyes. Boo.
>> I'd sooner spit in his
eye, but as you wish.
>> This guy has 300 health.
Seeking blood, Dread Master of Bane.
Pretty strong. And then I'm going to
bring you in.
Heat metal, the weapon dropped. Infernal
longsword. Ice storm.
Okay, cool.
Okay, Minthara OP time.
She has a haste. All right, chat, you're
ready for Minthara to pop off? Booming
blade.
Okay.
Minthara How do you They're missing when
she's prone.
True striker what?
Nice.
>> Oh, I have an idea. I have an idea.
Dude, look at how many actions these
guys have, by the way. You see how many
actions these guys have?
Oh, range has disadvantage on prone.
Raise a fallen helm horror with all of
its hit points. Counter spell.
Oh my gosh. Because she has two actions,
so she just cast it twice. Okay, look at
this. I'm going to try this.
Thorn whip.
Wait, can I pull these guys down? Yeah,
look at this. Thorn whip, thorn whip.
Ready?
Get over here. Oh!
That did 41 damage. No, it's 25 plus 41
from the fall. That was sick.
Dude, Minthara.
Animal.
Oh my gosh, displacer beasts.
Uh, wait, isn't Shadowheart just got
dominated? Oh, no. Okay, dude, this is
actually turning into a very sketch
fight. Go over the eyes, boo.
Okay.
I had to do that to break the dominate.
I think I need to go for the big kill.
Wait. Oh my gosh, I have them all lined
up for a sunbeam.
I just blinded Minthara.
I thought Minthara couldn't be blinded
because she's a drow elf or something
crazy.
Ah, whatever. I'm just going to fly over
here.
Nothing personal, kid.
Holy crap.
Chat, that was insane.
Infernal Warhammer
Infernal Longsword, Shield of the
Undevout. Wait, there's like some Wait,
1,400 gold? Okay, there's some crazy
loot on these guys. Who's this guy? Red
Hammer, the Divisor.
And this big metal thing is what killed
the girl, right?
>> Oi.
What's this?
You ain't supposed to be down here,
mate.
>> You spot a curious metal contraption in
the water.
A submersible.
>> That's what killed the girl. That
submersible. Why is it here?
>> The only port in this whole bleeding
city that matters.
Now,
why are you here? Did Gortash send you?
>> Uh you killed one of those servants of
Umberlee and now they want you dead.
>> Oh, yeah? And are you here to make good
on that?
>> Uh I just want to know what I just want
to know what happens in this port.
>> Nothing without Lord Gortash's go-ahead.
I transport whoever he needs taken to
the Iron Throne. It's an underwater
prison.
Most secure in the realms. Lord Gortash
keeps them Gondians there, collateral to
keep those working in the Steel Watch
Foundry under control.
>> I need to get to the Iron Throne.
>> Do you now?
Boss never sends anyone that away but
prisoners.
>> I'm meant to go. Trust me. Persuasion,
please. There's something I need to do
in the throne, something Lord Gortash
does not need to know about.
Okay.
>> Oh.
The jabber is on you.
>> The jabber is.
>> Look, I don't want any trouble, but I
know what Gortash is up to. Some mad
[ __ ] in there. I'll take you in,
but look,
there's some bad [ __ ] going down in
there.
You don't want to get involved.
Neither did I, but it was them or me.
I'll get cat warmed up.
Get in when you're ready.
>> Okay, in the hatch we go.
So this thing hit the girl while she was
underwater or something and then it
killed her.
>> Aren't you the inquisitive adventurer,
digging and diving where you don't
belong?
>> Oh.
>> I thought we were friends.
>> What the hell is this place?
>> The Iron Throne.
A ruin from the city's dark past that
could become a template for a brighter
future.
It is the most useful tool for
motivating my Gondian workforce.
Key to the construction of the Steel
Watch that keeps the city safe. But like
all tools, the moment it ceases to be
useful, I will break it.
Thanks to your trespassing,
that moment may have come.
Return to the city,
find Orin, and claim her netherstone as
you agreed to do.
And then I will forget this
transgression.
>> Your conscience pricks.
You did agree to an alliance, after all.
But then again, what honor need there be
with someone like Gortash? How many
people are trapped within?
How many lives will be lost?
>> Dock at the Iron Throne. All right,
let's dock.
>> That was a mistake.
When the corpses start to wash up on the
shore, remember,
you could have prevented all this.
>> After the martial death bot, yeah.
Wait, what?
What's up, Drew Brees?
Wait. All right, so this is a place from
Baldur's Gate 1.
Cult.
>> A cold, suckering wetness grasps at your
mind.
A voice familiar to you from the
Underdark wraps itself around your
brain.
>> You must act with haste. Duke Ravengard
is held within these walls. He must be
extracted.
>> Oh, wait, this is where the Duke is. Oh.
Okay, so we have to save Duke Ravengard.
Tell me what to do.
>> Duke Ravengard is held in the security
wing.
Be careful.
There are many hazards. This structure
is collapsing.
Act with speed.
Act with efficiency.
Good luck.
>> Dude, this is like the
the submarine in Final Fantasy VII.
Wait, where are these people? Oh,
they're down here.
Wait, is that friendly Obelia Tubbin?
Wait, what? Bubbling emergence. Yeah,
let's dash everybody on this one. Uh,
wait, sa- Wait, what? These are Final
Fantasy mobs. Wait, this is literally
like the the submarine in Final Fantasy
VII, where you can you grind mobs that
look exactly like this. Escape to the
submersible dock where the Iron Throne
collapses. Five turns remaining. Where
is the submersible dock?
Wait, how
Wait. Wait. Oh, we got to help Omellum
and then we have to help Okay, hold on.
Okay.
I'm going to put a haste on Minthara.
I have 21 m of move speed.
So, if I go double, 42 m of move speed.
So, if I free them, do they just on
their own, do they just go away?
>> Hey,
get me out of here.
>> Okay.
Lock pick.
Oh my gosh, are you serious? I have a
plus nine, man. Let me try again.
No way.
With plus nine?
Oh, thank god. Okay, okay.
Oh, there's a door lover.
Off-hand attack to the lever.
Huge.
Okay.
Dude, I with the Oh my gosh, she has so
much movement with a long strider and
dash and fly. She's going everywhere,
man.
Huge. Dude, Minthara is an animal. Dude,
she still has how much movement left?
Oh, she only has a tiny little bit of
movement left. Okay, so I'm going to
keep her here. Okay, good job, Minthara.
With a big big time with a hard carry.
And then, she has gift born fly. So, she
has a fly on her boots.
Drink one of these, Lae'zel.
Okay, so she has a speed for she has
haste for three turns and then she can
fly for 10 turns. Okay, if we go down
here we can save these two and then
Omeluum. Okay.
Dude, I actually think I'm going to own
this thing, man. This is my first
You guys said there's no way I get this
on the first try, but I think you guys
should need to freaking learn to be
believers, man.
Dude, nice I knocked him.
Oh, it doesn't actually knock him.
Action surge.
Okay.
So, clear here, clear here.
Enemy there. Okay, now S'var turn. Okay,
I'm going to drink a potion of speed for
S'var as well. Lae'zel will get them and
then go here and then S'var goes here.
Let's go dash.
Okay, what am I at now? 48 movement.
Okay.
Action surge. Booming blade.
Massive crit.
Oh, I should have done the level three.
No shot.
Okay, so this is Duke Ravengard right
here? No. Where is Duke Ravengard?
Man, I don't know if I need the other
two, man. I'm just being honest.
I got to give her spirit guardians in
case things get dicey cuz she has to
defend herself. Okay.
Oh my gosh, look the reaction critical
hit on a reaction.
Nice with a A
Means attack on bound. Oh, they're
coming for him.
I could have just finished these two
guys if I if I was more greedy.
Or I was more like kind of
liberal with the usage of the spell
slots.
>> Get running, lads.
Oh, thundering Oh, oh, oh.
Ew.
Huge huge spirit guardians, come on.
Warcaster.
Come on, the warcaster is kicking in.
Saving throw, saving throw.
Huge saving throws.
Riposte, big riposte.
Paralyzing kings.
Save, we got this first one saved.
I thought she was going right down.
He's He's always making a run for it.
Thin dough.
Oh, no. Oh, no.
Oh, no. Okay, Lae'zel.
The the pop off's got to be right here
right now, Lae'zel. So, she has speed
and bloodlust right now. Once per turn,
when it kills an enemy, it gains five
hit points and an extra action.
Cleave.
Okay.
Action granted.
Dude.
The pop off of a lifetime.
Insane.
I'm going to fly
to this guy
to this Ahogakin.
Another attack. I got to get on the
other side.
Action surge.
Actually, I get three attacks from
fighter.
Two.
A three.
Nice.
Omeluum. Okay. So, this is the Okay, I
got to save this guy here.
Flying over here. The only one in a bad
spot is Shadowheart.
She's kind of in a bad spot.
Like, I'm pulling out all the stops. I'm
using all my potions. Asphand
I'm going to use a bonus action pommel
strike on him.
Duke Ulder Ravengard.
Uh here's what I'm going to do. I'm
going to go lay on hands.
Civilian. There's just dead civilians
here. Can I loot them?
Dude, look Look at how much movement I
have on Asphand right now, by the way.
48 movement speed. I think the default
is nine. Like, I've been just stacking
all the potions and all the haste and
everything on him. Wait, why don't I
just give her sanctuary?
Sanctuary. Easy.
Saved.
Okay.
Okay, we fly here. We fly high, no lie.
You know this. Okay, keep flying, keep
flying.
Pull the lever Kronk.
High security vault number six. I
already got this. I already lock picked
it.
It just Dude, it goes it goes through
the glass and into the ocean.
Okay, they're making it. We're doing it
guys. They're getting saved.
You got to give them Oh, Duke Ravengard.
Duke, you got to give him what's for
right here.
Get your revenge.
Journal update, retrieve Omeluum. Okay,
Omeluum is a retrieved and now we fly
high. Yeah, yeah, I'm going to go
cunning dash. I forgot that she had
that. So, I go cunning dash and then
Okay, she's just flying over there. So,
that that way I can help, too.
Cuz cuz I cuz I helped them there and
then I help them here. Oh my gosh. Dude,
this is so tactical.
Okay, so you're saved. You're saved.
That's so cool that they brought you to
a place that sunk in Baldur's Gate 1. Or
I guess it was from Baldur's Gate 1 and
it's like been used as a prison ever
since and it sunk. I think that's pretty
cool.
Misty step. Okay, Astarion's coming in
to save the day. Booming blade.
Give it to me.
Miss. Okay.
Executioner.
All right.
Dude, can I push him Can I throw him in
the ladder?
Frick.
Why was he in the way? That was his
fault. He would It wouldn't let me go up
the ladder.
It was a Oh. uh
He wouldn't get out of the way. How's
that my fault?
I loved it in this cannon. Minx ran to
the exit, picked up a gnome in the way
of the ladder.
He was just trying to save Diamond and
in the process killed somebody. Let's
see how this works.
Teleport to submersible and take
the fishman with me.
Okay, I take a fishman with me to the
submersible.
All right, Omulum is here.
Okay, these guys just start dashing
aimlessly. Okay, you have one turn.
No, she doesn't make it in the one turn.
Oh, oh, she made it. That was sick.
Saved.
All right.
We did it.
>> Duke RavenGard approaches you looking
confused.
>> He's Tag
home, but under my protection now, just
like you.
His mind is his own again.
>> I'm
free.
In my own mind again, wholly.
I will not take it for granted. You
acted quickly, decisively, and
compassionately.
I, nay, all of us owe you no less than
our undying gratitude.
>> What are you going to do now?
>> My thoughts are my own now.
And my purpose certain.
I will wait at your camp.
We can speak more there.
>> Okay.
Wait, where's the uh did the fish man
come or no? All right, no fish man, but
that's okay. That was so funny.
>> Your world's heir, I owe you a great
debt, Sunjaid.
One I shall repay.
When I return to the surface, I will
alert my colleagues at the society.
Find me there,
and I will offer you what aid I can
against this evil.
>> He's going to give me aids?
All right, well, looks like
it's all said and done.
>> I'll get to your camp.
>> So, he's I'm going to meet him in camp.
What about the dwarf man? What happened
to the driver?
>> You
You were to administer Umbelli's
justice. Instead,
you conspire with the abomination.
He who sickened our bar with blood so
black the sea itself chokes.
>> Gods, they're not.
You have to help me.
>> Wait, what?
>> Step out out the way. Protect him, and
Umberlee will swallow you whole.
>> The hell?
Don't do me with a good time.
Um
he wasn't responsible for the
destruction of the harbor.
>> Your lies won't save you.
Give us the abomination or be counted as
his ally.
>> Oh.
Chat, the choice is yours.
He's all yours or I won't let you
execute this man.
Wow, it's close. You have to click on on
If you're on Twitch, is it there's an
extension on the screen. You have to
click on the click on the screen on
Twitch. This is the one time I will ever
respect the democracy.
>> Then you've made your choice.
You supplicate to the ocean or you are
sucked down, down, down. Wave servants,
destroy them.
>> May you wake with your lungs full of
water.
>> Okay.
Why are we saving this loser? Because
chat said?
Because chat told me to.
>> Soul breaks the hearts. Mace breaks the
bones.
>> What?
That was a stupid line. That doesn't
even make sense.
Holy
Lae'zel.
Soul breaker?
>> Nice.
Nice. Oh my gosh.
>> Another day, another fight.
>> Sick.
>> Gods, what a bloody day.
>> What a day.
>> a nap, and a holiday.
Thanks to you,
I'll live long enough to do all three.
Here.
Least I can do.
>> Yo.
>> You decided tomorrow's IRL? I haven't.
>> into even more trouble.
>> We saved Redhammer from wrath of the
water queen. You received nothing.
Journal updated. Gather your allies.
Grand Duke Ravengard is grateful for us
saving him from the absolute's clutches.
He will stand by our side in the final
battle. Okay, I I have to go talk to
Grand Duke Ravengard.
>> Open up.
>> That's so funny. I kind of accidentally
found Ravengard cuz I was planning on I
was trying to do that other quest to
help these people that I just killed,
and then I ended up finding Ravengard in
the process. The dude, I'm telling you
this game is so good, man. This game is
just like it's crazy, man.
All right, let's go talk to Duke Alder
Ravengard. Okay, dude. Dude, this has
been a crazy session. Even even as a
short one, it's been so good.
>> The world spins as Ravengard's dizziness
flows into you.
>> His mind is his own,
but the elder brain touched him deeper
than most.
He must stay here.
He will need time to recover.
The voice is gone,
but I still hear its echoes.
Reflections
of reflections.
God's damn God task.
>> I want to speed run first.
>> He'll suffer for this. I'll drive Bolvar
and Saurfang straight through his belly.
>> The freak? Grand Duke, you're in no
condition to fight.
>> I am all the Raven Guard.
As long as I draw breath, I will cut
down
>> You're parasites to me.
Pain splits your head and you hear a
distant voice, a whisper of a memory.
It calls for you.
All of you.
>> I saw your mind.
A thing still in me.
And there's one in you.
I don't understand. Relax your mind.
I will show him.
>> Let the Emperor reveal your memories or
refuse the Emperor and tell Raven Guard
to trust you.
Ooh.
Let the Emperor reveal your memories.
>> Raven Guard gasps as his thoughts
consume yours. He sees everything.
The Nautiloid journey, the perilous path
to Moonrise, the Astral Prism,
and the Emperor within.
>> By the gods.
My life hinges on a mind flayer's whim.
And Baldur's Gate hangs from its talons.
It seems the fate of the city lies in
your hands.
Please,
promise that you'll be the shield that
defends,
the sword that slays,
and the hammer that rebuilds.
Be our champion.
>> I will defeat the Absolute and defend
this great city. You have my word.
>> May the Triad guide you.
As you wish.
>> Let's talk more. Leave. Man, this Act 3
is great, man. Okay, let's take this
hold of the Underdark or the Undercity.
A greasy, smelly climb up. Wait. So,
this was here the whole time?
Wait, the whole time?
This was here and I didn't realize it. I
just didn't I just didn't go there. Oh
my gosh, so I could have been here for
and I would have never had to
Oh my gosh, that's crazy. Dude, I'm
telling you the level design of this
game is so good. It it's just it's it's
it's uh cinema. Actual cinema. Yeah,
dude we I mean this is a really good
session of Baldur's Gate, man. This was
super super good. Uh
I mean just kind of knocking out a
little bit of extra. Just kind of trying
to chip away at the game. I think we are
a few sessions out from finishing it.