Video summary
In the grand finale of *Baldur's Gate 3*, the party journeys to the Netherbrain, an evolved Elder Brain manipulated by the Crown of Karsus, which reveals its true intent was to use the Chosen as mere puppets for world domination following the deaths of Emperor Gortash and Orin. To defeat this entity, whose mind calculates moves faster than normal reaction times allow, the group faces a critical choice: either assimilate the Githyanki prince Orpheus into an Illithid form or find an alternative path. Shadowheart refuses to become a mind flayer herself, prompting Orpheus to make the ultimate sacrifice by destroying his own soul and body to assume the necessary form, wielding the Netherstones to deliver the final blow against the parasite and shatter the Grand Design.
The battle involves fighting through relentless waves of enemies, including summoned allies that have turned hostile due to domination effects, before the party enters the brain itself after neutralizing its physical avatars. Upon victory, Orpheus entrusts his legacy to Lae'zel, asking her to carry on the hope for Githyanki freedom, while the game concludes with multiple epilogue options allowing players to rebuild Baldur's Gate, celebrate their triumph, or explore romantic subplots with companions like Shadowheart and Astarion. A post-credits scene further hints at future adventures by showing an invitation from Shadowheart to a gathering of allies, suggesting that the story may continue in *Baldur's Gate 4*.
Beyond the immediate action, the narrator reflects on their extensive 500-hour playthrough, highlighting the game's rich narrative depth, numerous story forks, and the freedom to experiment with different choices without the need for constant reloading. Key moments from this journey include meaningful interactions with unique companions such as Minsk the scribe, Happy the hamster, Boo, and Shadowheart, alongside the resolution of the Lich Queen plotline and the securing of an alliance with Zerith Minara of the Githyanki. The narrator expresses a complex mix of emotions upon finishing, noting the game's robust D&D mechanics and its status as a "Game of the Year" contender, while acknowledging that they mostly resisted the Dark Urge path but did break their oath on a few occasions.
Ultimately, the experience leaves the narrator feeling empty yet hopeful about returning for an honor mode or co-op playthrough in the future, having identified specific favorites like Menthara for gameplay and Shadowheart for her story arc. The video concludes with a humorous note about being on a "cooldown" before potentially diving back into the world of Baldur's Gate, underscoring the profound impact the game has had on players who have spent hundreds of hours exploring its intricate web of choices and consequences. This deep dive into the narrative not only celebrates the technical achievements of the title but also honors the emotional connections formed with the diverse cast of characters that defined this epic adventure.
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So, we're back. We're finally at the
last episode, the finale of Balders's
Gate 3. This game has been amazing. Just
a little recap on where we were before
we got to here. We finished up all the
quest in the Balders's Gate area, act
three, except for we didn't do Dribbles
the Clown. We didn't go find all the
parts of Dribbles the Clown, but we went
and we uh we found Thumbbo. We went to
the uh Mystic Carrion. Whenever we did
that, we actually mind controlled him
and then we took him to Gortach and we
used him to fight Gortach and we kept
him with us like the entire time. Now it
is time to actually make it to
Boulders's Gate. Time to approach for
the the final battle.
>> Oh.
Oh. Morphic pool dock. Am I ready for
this? Once you enter this place, there's
no turning back. Did you tie up all
loose ends? I did.
Pristine darkness in every direction.
>> Yeah, it's okay. Frick tribles.
>> Silence, but for the gentle rhythmic
slap of water on rock as your vessel
cuts through.
No, they're going to die. Oh, wait. That
thing is huge. I thought it was like an
icicle.
Dude, swimming in plane armor. Dude,
this guy's jacked.
Hey, wait. I thought if you go in the I
thought I thought if you go in the
water, you die. All game.
An overwhelming force pushes into your
mind.
The brain.
It is here.
Born
through
quiet anomaly.
Erase.
Remove.
Exinguish.
Okay, so the brine,
it's infused with magic.
>> The brain is here.
>> The finale is here, Chad. The end of
Boulders get three. Pave my dominant
bones
>> mind broken.
Deathly silence.
The air is stale and putrid.
>> It's close.
Have the stones ready.
>> Your blood slows. Your senses strung so
tight they could snap in an instant.
You think you know why you are here?
You think you can atone for giving me my
power, child of ball,
by destroying me with the nether stones.
You are wrong.
Ew.
>> It's messing with your mind. Don't
listen to it. Use the stones.
>> Muster the full might of your physical
form. Throw in into breaking through the
brain's defenses. Well, I mean, I think
you got to do the one that like you spec
for. I got to do strength.
Giant form guidance
7 to 10 bonus. Okay, here we go.
All right, the advantage saved us.
By eliminating Kthri, Orin, and Gortach,
you have simply unbound me.
Exactly as I intended.
The crown is now mine to command.
Mine alone.
>> Don't listen to it. Focus on the crown.
>> Wait. Bow before the glory of the
Netherbrain. Submit to domination. Oh my
gosh. Wait. Frick. What did I do? The
crown is an unmissable target. Wait,
these are 25. These are DC25. Charisma
check. Nothing is immune to influence.
Determined to master the brain.
Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh, dude.
You placed the crown upon me in the
depths of moonrise towers.
And there I was born.
The crown is not my weakness. It is what
made me what I am. You brought the crown
to me. Bowser, thinking the army I
amassed with it would become yours. Your
plan was devious, your cruelty
unparalleled
and would have followed it were your
mind not destroyed by your sister.
But with you gone, the three pitiful
chosen thought like children in your
wake. I gave them power to harm one
another with. While I crafted my design,
I used the chosen while they thought
they used me. But the orders are now
mine to give.
>> I won't allow it again. Dominate it.
>> Another strength check.
Oh no.
Elixir of cloud giant strength.
I haven't used one all game. I think
it's time. 27 strength. Giant form
guidance. It's time.
Come on. Come on. Yes. Oh, yeah. It's
It's 20. It's crit. It goes a natural
20. I'm so dumb. I wasn't even Dude, I
was so locked in on hitting 30. I was
even thinking, dude, that's insane.
Freick, I wasted that elixir.
>> When the parasite entered your ruined
mind,
you became
my desire.
>> Who do you think to have been chosen
about the astral prison? I I need the
elixir for bowlers get for
>> knowledge of Orphus's power and the fear
of what it could do. When the chosen
sent my throngs to retrieve the prison,
who do you think let the emperor slip
its leash, knowing it would be the one
to bring you to me?
>> Were you a part of its plan?
I only needed one netherstone lucent
from the chosen's grasp to guarantee my
freedom.
You brought all three back to me.
In doing so, you have liberated me.
This was your role
and it is complete.
>> No, my role was a 20 loser. The grand
design.
>> We need to put a stop to this now.
>> Here. Strength check. Easy. Dominate the
brain.
>> What?
What?
No shot. I have to hit a nat 20. I I
just hit a You know, the chances of
hitting two natural 20s. It's 5% of 5%.
That's the only way. I have to get a I
have to get a natural 20. None of these
matter.
Actually, advantage matters cuz you get
two rolls. Prege
chat. It's time.
Frick.
It was so close.
Okay, it's fine. I've been stacking up
my inspiration all game. I have 18
inspiration.
Oh my gosh. No.
No. I can do I'm jump. Come on. Come on,
dude. I got 17, 18, and 19. It's just,
dude, it's baiting me, dude.
Oh yes.
No way. Hey chat, anything anything more
than four inspiration is unethical. I
was going to do it anyway, but anything
under four is that's dude. Insane.
Insane. Okay.
Dude, within four inspir was that three
inspiration? Did I do three or four
inspiration?
There's three. Wow.
Wait,
>> this is not over.
>> Wait, what happened?
Is that balls?
I have to pee so bad, but I can't pause.
Oh my god, dude. That's the same sky as
from the beginning of the game.
Wait, is he transforming a bunch of
people mind flares?
Oh my god.
Wait, what?
I rolled a 20.
I pulled you out just in time. The
situation is worse than I thought. This
is an elder brain no longer. The magic
of the crown has caused it to evolve.
It has become something more.
A nether brain.
>> A nether brain. You pulled me out too
soon. I nearly had it.
>> Do not exaggerate. You nearly died. I
saved you yet again. It has been
anticipating our every move from the
start.
I underestimated it.
We will need to rethink our plan. Okay,
so we are back inside of the prism,
which gives us the free Orpheus quest.
Now's our chance to break Orpheus free
of his chain to the Orphic Hammer. But
do we want to do that? Actually, minor
orbs on everything.
I have assessed our encounter with the
Netherre from every angle. I know why we
failed.
>> The problem was not the stones.
The problem was you.
>> Wait, what?
>> You can make only one move at a time.
But the Netherbrain calculates every
possible move at once. It knows what you
will do. It knows everything you could
possibly do. You cannot outmaneuver it.
To defeat it, you would have to think
like an Alithid. Better yet, be one.
Your mind is not capable of this.
Mine is.
You will give the stones to me. I will
assimilate Orpheus. And then I will be
able to leave this prison to face the
brain.
>> Assimilate him.
No. Now is the time to liberate him. Do
not stand against me. Would I be able to
wield the stones myself if I become
Ithan and assimilate Orpheus? What do
you mean?
>> I will consume his thoughts, his
knowledge, his brain.
>> So you would kill him. He is G's heir.
You'd be the Githani people's betrayer.
You'd be my betrayer.
>> I realize he is of some significance to
you, but he is of even more value to our
cause.
>> So hold on a sim. So you become Orpheus.
Would I be able to wield the stones if I
become Illan and assimilate Orpheus?
>> In theory, yes.
You have resisted such a fate so far,
and this would be a complete evolution,
and you will be an ellipid for the rest
of your days.
>> Is this I don't want to be elevated.
That's ugly.
>> To accept.
>> Do not take this step without consulting
me.
You decide all of our fates.
>> If we do not do this, all is lost.
>> Han, let's Okay, let's talk to Menthara.
>> To become a mind flare while retaining
your sense of self would not be a
sacrifice. It would be an evolution.
Embracing your illithid self may give us
the greatest chance of dominating the
brain and taking control.
>> Wait, she thinks I should do it.
>> What does Shadow Hart say? I suppose we
can't claim to be shocked. The Emperors
wanted us to embrace our powers the
whole time.
This is the logical final step. I can't
face the thought of it myself, though.
I've only just been able to start living
on my own terms.
I can't surrender that. You're the only
one who can make this decision.
>> What does yours say?
>> How convenient. that the key to our
salvation is the very corruption your
illicit friend has been asking you to
embrace all along
>> to take on the flare form. There must be
another way to defeat the brain surely
if not better we fight on anyway and die
beautiful.
>> That's true. I don't want to be ugly.
>> Mother G's only son has suffered long in
his prison. Refuse the emperor. Better
yet, crush his revolting skull and let
this prison be his grave. Then smash the
crystals with the Orphic hammer and free
the prince from his bonds. The comet
will guide us to a sure victory against
the brain. Chamar Salah Orpheus.
>> Dude, this is crazy. What if I make
Menthara the mind flare? Cuz she's all
about it. I mean, her brain is all full
of worms.
I trust you have aired opinions and
grievances and made your decision.
Are you ready to become a mind flareer?
>> I'm not going to be a mind flare. Not in
a million years.
>> Then you will have to trust me. You will
have to give me the stones.
>> I do not want to be a mind flareer. I
don't have to do anything you say. I can
free Orpheus. Chat, I think this is the
play. After everything I've done for
you, I thought you understood the value
of your freedom when you destroyed the
contract that bound you to deliver the
crown.
But now you insist on freeing the Gith
Yankee and risking everything we worked
towards. I told you the Gith Yankee
would only want to kill you for what you
are.
Still, you choose to break our alliance.
I had hoped for better, but I can't say
I'm surprised.
It was always in your nature to give in
to temptation.
Very well.
Since you will not work with me, you
work against me.
You leave me no option but to join the
nether brain.
Wait, what?
Wait, so he flipped like that?
>> And I'm sure the prince would be glad.
Wouldn't expect him to be very friendly
after an e captivity.
>> What?
That makes no sense. If you didn't do
what he wanted, what' you expect? I
didn't expect him to go with the guy
he's fighting against.
I have the orphic hammer equip. The
shackling strike is an ability for the
orpha hammer. I thought I thought it
wanted you to see the ability.
As the Githani prince takes his blade, a
silent cry pierces your head. It's
unlike any sensation you've ever felt.
>> You freak of a lifted. You fornicated
with a mind flare.
>> Whoa.
I honor Godard.
>> It seems we must be allies.
>> Not everybody was here for that stream,
man. We don't got to talk about it. Why
are you talking about it? The
>> prince of the comet gives true air. It
is an honor.
>> Do not patronize me. You rejected the
ithid when it no longer suited your
needs. No doubt you freed me because it
suits you now. I will neither forgive
nor forget your abuse of my powers. The
emperor held all the cards until now and
I freed you at the first opportunity.
>> That is false.
>> Okay.
>> You had the opportunity to surrender
yourself to my honor guard. They would
have given you a noble end.
Any worthy individual destined to become
Gake would have done so. My guard would
have freed me and I would have stopped
the Elder Brain before it evolved into a
Netherbrain. All that suffering,
avoidable
were it not for the choices you made.
>> Ah, let's forget about the past. I was
misled.
>> We will destroy the together and put a
stop to this nent empire before it
expands into the stars. The gake was
correct about one thing. The
Netherbrain's power is beyond us. The
hardest metal in the world would not cut
through its mind, for it is made of
thought itself. At this point, it will
take an olithid to unleash the full
potential of the Nether.
>> I am not becoming a mind flare.
>> Just as I was free,
I will do it.
I will become
illid.
I will sacrifice my soul for my people.
I will end the grand design.
>> My prince, you cannot. This is not your
burden to bear.
>> Oh man.
Chat, I cannot be ugly. Okay. The nether
break. I'm
>> picking one. Please.
>> You are a true hero.
>> To claim me,
>> my prince. No.
>> Even in my darkest hours, I knew it was
my destiny to save my people.
I could never have imagined this would
be the way. Give Kartav crushed.
Wait, he just said give me like give me
the business and he got it.
all to wield these.
Let us seek out the nether brain and
finish this.
Once the grand design is ended, kill me.
It is the very least you can do.
I kind of want to kill him
>> and end this illithic nightmare.
>> Han, I'm just curious
what happens if I What happens if I kill
him?
You are found.
>> You pop out. You pop out and you're
immediately right there like, "Oh,
my bad." Okay.
Why does my guy look bald in that shot?
Alex Rosa.
Oh my gosh.
Oh my.
Hello. Freaking epilepsy warning.
Bro, what?
>> Bro, actual epilepsy warning.
>> Inanious
fear.
>> It's dark.
You held the future of a people in your
hands. How dare you take our prince from
us? How dare you parade around this
abomination?
Silence your blasphemous tongue, Voss.
>> Voss,
give Kavash.
What?
Down.
The true air has spoken. He's
>> like, what?
>> No,
>> it can't be.
>> And yet it is. Orus took his form so we
could defeat the nether brain.
>> Orus,
my prince.
What's become of you?
>> The grand design must be ended. A
sacrifice had to be made.
>> The duty fell to me.
>> I am not long for this world or any
other. What of?
What of our liberty?
>> You underestimate your own people.
Their imaginations have kept the name
Orpheus alive for millennia. Bring them
my message.
Tell them my fate.
Some will doubt.
Some will mock,
but some will listen. And the spark will
be lit.
>> It'll be lit, bro. [ __ ] Get the freedom
means nothing. If the grand design comes
to pass, we need your help, boss. We're
wasting time. We need to fight and face
the nether brain.
>> This champion holds the key to the grand
design's end.
Answer to him as you would to me.
>> Your majesty.
>> I have spoken.
>> As you wish. I stand at the ready.
>> Your friendship, your constancy.
When I fell to despair, they elated me.
Thank you, my friend.
Shazai.
>> Shazai.
Now to the Netherbrain.
Let it be the first victim in the war
for the skies.
>> Your allies have pledged to help you.
You can summon them during combat with
the button.
Uh who's inside of there?
>> We have lost much already and we will
lose more before the day is out. But
even when the last soul falls, Boulder's
Gate will stand
>> for this big mattress. than just a city.
It is more than a place of opportunity
for those of mercantile spirit. More
than a place of refuge for those who are
lost, more than a home for friends,
loved ones, and adventuring souls.
Boulders Gate is a place where anyone
can find what they need if they're just
willing to fight for it. Today, Boulders
Gate needs us. Today, we fight for
You're late, friend.
This is the one you spoke of.
>> The very same. The champion we've been
waiting for. The one who will save
Boulders's Gate from ruin.
>> The fist examines your illithid ally
with suspicion.
He was not expecting the savior of
Boulders Gate to be accompanied by a
mind flare. Appearances may change, but
they do not mask the one within. This
one I know.
Observe with whom it traveleth.
Friends,
this mind flare will fight with thee. It
will save thy city and thy lives.
>> The fist eyes your
>> wise words, bone daddy. suspicion
softening to curiosity.
His hostility melting at the recognition
that there's more behind those eyes than
malice.
My steel is yours, and I'm not alone.
>> I have marshaled the best the flaming
fist has to offer. We will fight to the
last. The moon maiden silver light is a
shield in dark times. Today it is mine
to wield and I hold her sword.
>> Whatever strength I have to lend, I will
lend it.
>> I will make my city proud again.
>> You me once, friend. And now I'll carry
you.
>> You can count on me, little rabbit, and
your squiddy friend. I thirst for the
hunt. I'm in the mood to crack some
skulls after that [ __ ] in the temple
of Bal. The city watch will be glad to
oblige me.
>> Not sure what I have to offer a mind
flare if I'm honest, but I hope my words
of encouragement and reassurance will
strengthen your
resolve.
>> I want my city back, and I've brought
the toughest bastards from the guild to
get the job done.
My people have never hunted a monster
this large.
>> They are eager to join the crowd.
>> I don't know who this is.
>> Nature's servant awaits.
>> Glad to have you with us.
>> Not a moment too soon.
>> The air is
>> I don't remember her at all.
>> All eyes are on you. They're expecting a
speech. Something their hearts and put
fire in their bellies.
>> Oh, the girl. She was the girl lady. I d
I didn't remember her at all because I
only talked to her like two times and
like like she had like a total of like
four voice lines or something. Look to
Jihira. She'll know what the people wish
to hear. Embrace your courage and let it
guide you through battle. Don't give
into fear. Our freedom depends on your
bravery today. You're the guardians of
the city. The outcome of this battle is
not predetermined. It will depend on
your will to live. We will fight to
defeat the Netherrain. We fight to take
control of its crown to blood, death,
and slaughter. A fight well fought and a
brain well burned. Guys, I'm going to be
honest with you. Of all these six
options, every single one of them is
wrong.
There's only one correct option,
and that is to give it to Minkx.
We're going to give the mic to Minkx,
chat or Minsk. It's time.
>> There was a time when my hamster counted
every bootprint that I left behind me.
Whether it was in snow, mud or evil's
backside
who did this because he knows the heart
of Minsk
and he knew that a part of it was all
those many steps.
>> He's only talking to one person.
>> Rashiman
at home in could never count his time.
He's only talking to women.
>> So the number of steps soon became too
large for him to hold in his head.
Too large and too sad.
But now Minsk knows the number.
The number is none.
Because borders gate is my home
and it will not fall while Minsk and Bu
still stand.
>> You are still full of surprises. Ranger,
>> what is he talking about?
>> I could not have said it better.
>> But now that it is said, it is time.
Swords, not words.
Buttkicking for goodness.
Well said.
>> We'll prepare ourselves.
>> We'll be ready when you call upon us.
>> Nobody has any idea what M said. Nobody
has any idea what just happened.
>> Look at all the people we got. Yeah. I
didn't kill Isabelle.
>> Yeah. So, this is going to be big damn.
>> Fall back.
>> Matthew. Was that the emperor?
>> Be we have to keep running.
>> Is this how the city watched valiantly
defends its home? Mind
>> player. Mind player.
>> It's over.
>> There's a glimmer of something beyond
his words. But in a moment, it's gone.
Consumed with fear.
>> One last run, then we're clear.
>> One last run, chat. They can't end on a
loss. I wonder if anybody has done this
like stealth.
This this part of the like the end of
the game stealth. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. The
patrols. The patrols. The patrols. I'm
waiting for this to pass.
Oh frick.
Jihira. You lazy. Oh
my.
That was crazy.
I want to try and go around the red. All
right, it's game time, gentlemen. Okay,
I think I need to do nebulous black hole
right here.
Oh my gosh,
that was amazing.
Another
one,
dude.
What is the freaking body count? Okay,
I'm going to keep Orpheus away from
everybody. Arrow of transposition.
Nice. Call forth allies
here. We're going to call forth Dame
Alen.
It's your time.
>> I'm going right next to him in the misty
step. Action surge.
>> Hamster here and I
>> call forth ally. Hell stalker Yugear
of hell two come and serve a true hunter
>> silver harp squad. I'm I'm just going to
summon everybody.
Okay, cool. That was actually a good
play.
Dude, the end of this is so crazy.
Oh my gosh. Year might die. Jurg might
just die outright.
Booming blade on this guy.
I need some crits, man. I need some
crits, dude. She has four actions this
turn. Oh my gosh. Because Oh my gosh.
Yeah, we we had to jump in here to try
and save your gear. Damen Alien. So
yourself at a pillar that light
inflicting moon on on nearby foes per
battle. That's not even a action.
Okay, here we go. Year. Strike up a fish
blow on that poison target and deal an
additional 440.
Okay. Volatile cluster.
Okay. He went invisible. Okay. The
Harpers are here to help.
Okay. Good job, Harpers.
Pull them all down.
Okay. Call forth ally. We're going to
call for more allies. Summon Zorb, a
shape-shifting monstrosity that can
adopt the aspect of several monsters and
beasts. I think it's the ox. Okay, let's
try him. Let's put Zorb here.
Yeah, strange ax. There he is.
I beat this game three times and I
didn't even know about Zora. I just
thought there was an old ax. Yeah, dude.
It's uh it's kind of crazy watching
somebody else play this game. Like you
realize like how many things are going
on that you're like I just had no idea
that was a thing.
Okay, look. The emperor got all these or
not the emperor, the Orpheus got all
these guys stacked up for me. I'm just
going to knock them out. Knock them
down, dude. Look at this. Look at this.
My hamster hears and I obey.
>> Easy.
See,
like look, strange ax has 250 health.
No, sorry, 300 health. All right, Sand.
Oh, huge.
Imperity.
>> Dude, these the Harpers are getting
pumped.
Oh, two people stunned. Okay. Extract
brain. Look at the four realms. Critical
hit brain extraction.
Oh, this won't hit allies. Oh, that's
awesome.
Nice.
I'm going to throw this mine flare into
that mine flare.
And then I'm going to throw this mine
flare into that mine flare.
I'm going to stab this mine flare.
Okay. Nice.
All right. When it's looking good right
now.
Nice.
Hunt completed.
I don't know how Boo is still alive
actually.
Oh my god. What? Right. As soon as he
said that, he firealled him. All he
needed was like an offhand attack. He
had such low health and got nuked.
What?
No.
What the freak, man? Okay, finally. I
think it's my first time actually
getting a you
Wait, what? What are his abilities?
Wait, what? Why does his Why does he
have nothing on his OP bar?
But you go to action.
Pseudo pod. Lash out with a slimy grown.
Alternate form. Direwolf. Minotaur. Face
fighter. Shadow. Mastiff. I want to be
an ax.
Is it torren
gore?
Sick. Okay, I need to get down here and
I need to kill this other mine flare
before he kills Yur,
which I presume will be easy.
I was right. Cunning action. Fly down.
Can I do 217 damage here? Let's see. Oh,
no, I can't.
Oh my gosh, the misses,
dude. How many misses?
>> I will try to make it swift.
>> Okay, the mind flare's dead.
No shot. Survival one health.
Okay. Mistress of souls. Misty step.
Huge. Damn.
Oh my gosh.
Oh my gosh. I'm done. She's out of
combat.
>> That was most of them. Time to prison.
>> Oh my gosh. What a freaking encounter.
How long was that whole fight? Oh my
gosh. Okay. So, double iron doors here.
What's inside of here?
Hello.
The high hall. Confront the Elder Brain.
Oh, we're going to go see the Elder
Brain. That's right. That's right. Cuz
we killed Gortach. We killed Orin. Now,
it's time to confront the Elder Brain.
What is this? Another Nautaloid.
What are those?
>> One.
Bye-bye.
>> Concentration broke immediately.
What is happening?
Nautiloid air strike.
So we have to worry about that.
Oh my gosh.
Is that what that is?
Oh, it is. I don't know if this will
kill them.
Sneak attack. Critical hit. Perfectly
balanced strike.
Regular attack.
Booming blade.
Ooh, divine smite crit.
Invoker of ball.
Oh.
>> Okay.
Well, that was easy. are persistent.
You
have function.
Lead them.
Join us.
Witness.
>> Witness protection.
>> Witness the
desire.
Corsus' compulsion. Channel the stones
of magic. Control the crown of Corsus
and dominate the Netherbrain.
Are you ready to face the Netherbrain?
>> Is this it? Is this Is this game time?
This is it, ladies and gentlemen. Let's
make sure we are buffed. Elixir,
Bloodlust, Elemental Weapon,
Thunder.
Everybody has long strider. Okay, let's
continue. Elixir.
I have a feeling that this psychic
resistance is going to be important.
Elixir of Cloud Giant Strength, 27
strength. Elixir of viciousness. This is
the one I was looking for.
>> What's going on?
>> Okay. Sand elixir of viciousness. These
two have blood lust. Give Lazel
viciousness. All right, game time.
Heat. Heat.
There it is. The crown of Carus, the
sight of power, the sight of domination.
>> That is our target. Focus the power in
the crown. We may yet triumph.
The Emperor
the dream invaders. But these ones have
real skulls for the splitting.
Wait, so I have to fight a bunch of
Asphandinos.
>> I know you.
I know everything about you.
Your thoughts,
your feelings,
your weaknesses.
And so do they
crown you spell will be cast and it will
bend to your unbreakable will.
>> Okay.
Dominated red dragon.
1420 health. Oh my gosh. Just rub his
tentacles. I'm not going to do that. So,
I think our game plan needs to be a
nautiloid is on the way. It will appear
soon. Four turns remaining.
>> I'd sooner
as you wish.
>> I'm going to haste Menthara.
You know what, man? Maybe it's bless
time.
>> Call forth allies.
>> Action surge. We're going to call forth
more allies. Dame Alen.
>> Dame Alen. We have need of heaven's
boot.
>> We're going to spread out a little bit
more.
We have nine fingers.
Now
>> action surge. So we do another one. The
watch. I'm spreading out in game. Not in
real life.
>> The strange ox.
the Gur hunt wardens.
>> So there I was, fighting on the streets
of my city against some total mind flare
[ __ ] when suddenly an [ __ ] blows
a horn. Next thing I know, I'm on top of
the damn Netherbrain a billion feet in
the air fighting a [ __ ] dragon.
>> Welcome to Balders's Gate Cinema.
Cinema
should spread out a little bit.
I did a little heal for all the allies.
>> Lunar blessing. So, she has a moon beam
surrounding her. Okay, let's kill the
emperor.
Wait, what? How did she get stunned? Oh,
the shield that he had probably bonus
that alternate form direwolf minotaur
was kind of cool.
Okay, nice. They're all focusing on the
emperor, which is good.
Yeah, we paralyzed the emperor actually.
That was insane. Oh, there we go. Well,
that was not good.
I need I need shadow heart like in the
middle of the battle with like shadow
guardians or whatever, spear guardians
and just like blasting AoE heals. on all
the summons cuz like look, strange ax is
already at 130 health.
>> Fairy fire,
dude. He might actually get this cast
off, by the way. He might actually
survive.
I mean, it depends if we can survive
these. Okay, Thor is going to get our
hands dirty. We don't need no summons
from Enthora.
Holy
big damn off the rip.
What rings you got? Emperor
hit with the sonic overload. Hit him
with action surge. Perfectly balanced.
Oh my gosh.
Oh my gosh. The big damn
The emperor is dead.
>> And then the blood lust. You got four
actions
>> for so long.
>> The emperor is dead. Okay. Now I think
what I'm going to do is I'm going to add
in the silver harps and I'm going to put
them back here.
Harper's over you gear. Well, so my
thought process is if you have more
targets, that's more people to attack
individually versus like one big target
just to kill. I'm not going to lie, I'm
using all the all the freaking summons
just meat shields. is a cannon fodder.
Oh my gosh, everybody's getting torched.
Keep in mind, everything has bonus
actions because of the difficulty mod
that I have. They have bonus health,
bonus actions.
So, like this red dragon is like getting
to shoot like multiple fireballs or do
multiple whatever every single turn.
Same thing with all these guys. That's
why they're getting so many missiles.
Bonus actions. Bonus. Bonus actions.
Save tentacle whip. Oh, fair. I'm
running a sanctuary on him. So,
sanctuary makes it to where direct
attacks can't hurt him, but if it's an
AoE attack, it can.
Let's bring in your gear
to battle.
>> Her off hand strike for her.
Nice. Okay.
>> Improvised melee weapon. I'm going to
grab her. I'm going to smack this
tentacle with it.
Dude, Orvus is about to get is about to
already pull this off, I think.
Great weapon master.
Dream guardian is dead. Wait,
I didn't mean to move him. Wait, what? I
wasn't trying to move him. I
accidentally clicked and then he got
incapped.
Orvious.
Okay, Orpheus's turn is next.
That means you're going to get a full
channel off. Oh my gosh. We're only on
the We're only going through the first
turn still. Dude, this fist defender is
going to him.
>> Brain is weakened. This is our chance.
>> Okay, easy.
>> Cannot.
Will not.
>> Even bound, its will is stronger than
anything you've ever felt. The chains
shake, threatening to break at any
moment. It's vulnerable but not
defeated.
Use the portal. We will bring it down
together.
>> Absolute
freedom.
>> Its will is weakening. The brain is
almost defeated.
>> Can anybody go inside?
Oh man,
the unbreakable will of the nether
brain. Uh,
let's think about this. I mean, I don't
think I can stun it, can I? Nebulous
black hole extract brain.
Do you think I can stun it?
I have to roll over at 27. If you pass
the 100 DC check, it starts lower HP.
Oh, that that's the earlier one. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. From whenever we first
confronted him. Yeah. Yeah. That was
amazing.
So that's why he's less health.
>> We must enter. Destroy it from within.
>> Okay, Menar, you got this.
>> Booming blade.
I'm going to do this so you can see how
much damage I'm doing. Mind broken.
Can't use reaction.
is saving smites for Balders's Gate for.
Well, I don't know what's after the
Netherbrain, so I'm not trying to burn
all my spell slots.
>> My will is infinite.
It will break you.
>> Oh, frick.
Orb of negation.
I'm being negated.
What does that mean? March for negation.
Command flee.
>> Go for the eyes. Boo.
>> My hamster has died on godfish. You are
but a tiny crumb.
>> Dude, he's just running through the
tentacles.
Wait, how come strange ox is an enemy
now? And Dame Alen is an enemy. Why are
all these people enemies? Oh, she's
dominated. So, that is not an ox. It's
obviously an ox. Look at it.
She's trying to kill your gear.
The ax is dashing.
pseudo pod on lazil.
Okay.
Uh I need you to you need to mind blast.
Saved. Turret's armor class is reduced
by five. 15% chance.
Oh my gosh, it worked. Oh my gosh, it
worked. The 15% chance to hit. All
right, chubs. Let's do this.
Nice crit.
Nice. Oh my gosh, she just freaking
pumps. Okay, nether brain action.
More orbs of negation. marked for
negation.
Wait, Menara died.
I thought she was on a wait and and she
got knocked.
Okay, Minsk. It has to be you. It's got
to be you with a potion of speed, I
think. Speed speed.
Oh my gosh, I don't have any. And he's
this is marked for negation too. Wait,
this is now Oh, both of these are
marked. Oh no. Oh no.
Can I find path? Oh, I can't throw
things.
>> Go for the eyes. Go for the eyes.
>> Oh no.
Oh my gosh.
Here. Here's what we have to do. Paste
yourself.
Drop it.
>> It's the only way.
>> Misty, step into this.
>> Got to move.
>> I got a game plan. The final blow. 33
damage. Curriculum of strategy. Artistry
of war. Ready? Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom.
Boom. Boom.
Impossible.
Pain
terror.
Reconsider.
Assess.
Imploy.
Surrender.
There
at last
it is subdued.
>> Spare me.
Join me.
Wield me.
Become absolute.
>> And thus I honor my mother's legacy.
The grand design once again ended by my
line. The brain is on the cusp of its
final thought. And it's taking all of
Orpheus's strength to keep it there. An
opportunity perhaps.
The moment in which we make a new world
for ourselves.
Wait, Menthora is dead.
the face tracker. The face tracker trick
the face the character in game. That's
so funny.
Go ahead. Command the brain to destroy
all tadpoles and then itself.
>> My master,
I must obey.
I must end.
This is a good This is good.
hopes, nightmares, and the screams of
legions upon legions of unborns.
The pain rips through you, obliterating
all thought, all feeling. Your tadpole
burns in your brain.
Silence,
free of urge and worry. Your brain is
battered and bruised, but it is yours.
Yours at last.
Wait, what? Oh, down we go.
Wait.
No.
They're not going to be in Boulders Gate
4.
Marked foration.
Wait.
They're naked.
dude. They defeated the ilid the mine
players.
Everything you did, everything you
sacrificed,
it was worth it for this
>> to become the number one seafood colony
in existence. Squid for days
by the river
as fans the number one rap paladin.
Yeah, that is true.
Thanks. Thanks, Salvation.
>> No, Buu. This moment is for savoring.
There will be tadpoles to snack on
later.
>> Buu did not doubt us for a moment.
Not during any of our many failures.
>> The parasite. It's withered. Dead along
with the nether brain. I am cleansed. I
will never be a filthy gay.
Only my defense intended. Of course, he
did the unthinkable, and I'm grateful
for it. Even when my time in the prison
stretched out like eternity, escape
seemed impossible,
I never lost hope.
I knew that my destiny was to liberate
my people, to return to them triumphant.
I was wrong. It seems I can only fulfill
one part of my destiny.
My people will be liberated, but I
cannot return to them. Not like this.
You helped me destroy that abomination.
Now helped me destroy myself.
You must
>> wait what?
>> But first, Lazelle, I need your promise.
Carry my hope. Carry my burden.
Call my dragons
and cuos and rides to the astral sea.
Destroy black.
Release our people.
Be our future and our legacy. This is
your choice, Lazelle, not mine. I trust
you. Or I pass the persuasion check. I
mean, here's the thing. I also could
fail this persuasion check and see what
happens. Let's see what happens when you
fail the persuasion check. I have
already chosen a way. The way of
Orpheus.
Vlathth will fall and I will plant a
seed. From that seed, Gethani freedom
will blossom. Your will is strong.
Rastil. Your name will be etched in our
slates. You will be called Mulir.
Liberator.
>> Enough talk. Give me my freedom. Freedom
from this fall. You're a mind flare, but
you're still you, aren't you?
>> Yes,
but for how long? My mind screams.
It will never stop until it has slipped
away from me entirely.
I will not be gay.
I did what I did to save my people. The
rest is up to them.
Someone else must rise within the ranks
to lead the revolution against Vlackth.
Give me my freedom from this form.
Release my soul to the astral seas while
I still have one to call my own.
>> You may not be able to return your evil
or viewers, but you deserve to live to
see their future.
>> Dude, there's so many options.
>> You are right.
I may not be the one to lead my people,
but I can still bear witness to their
glory. I shall find a place for myself
in a corner of these realms. For even in
darkness,
the stars of Tunarath will shine upon
me.
>> That was an easy convincing.
>> You are a worthy ally.
The Githani will find they have a noble
prince in Orpheus.
If they do not slaughter him on site at
least.
>> Kill us.
I can never forget you. Your name will
be etched in our slates.
You will be called Mi.
>> What the You said. Wait, you said I was
going to be
>> You said that to me earlier.
>> How come? Hello. You just said that to
everybody.
I thought she was telling the dragon.
See how the dragons flee you, boo. Now
they know you stand as this plain's
protector.
>> With the Githoni gone, there's nothing
left but the silence of the city
smoldering,
waiting to be rebuilt.
>> What shall we do with our liberty?
Oh my gosh, there's so many options. I
think it's time we part ways. Let's get
out of this godforsaken city. We should
stay in the city, help rebuild it. I
think a celebration is in order.
>> There is much to do.
>> Party time.
>> But a drink might be nice. A seat would
be better.
>> A lot of people died so we could get to
this moment. Let's go find somewhere to
offer them a toast.
>> I don't know why. I know why. In my
head, I imagined fly like a G6 plane.
I was like, "What is the stupidest song
that could possibly start playing right
now?"
>> It's over and it's all because of you.
>> You were destined to become its rule.
Thanks to you, there will be no illid
empire, no death gods tyranny.
You have earned your place amongst the
legends of the sword coast.
>> It's the statue of Baldderon.
>> You are the savior of Boulders's Gate.
>> No, I did not kill Scratch. Scratch
died.
>> Babe, straight through the night.
Dreamless, thoughtless,
and almost entirely free. For the first
time, you feel alone.
Calm,
you breathe. Bal may have been your
beginning, but he will not be your end.
Of all those you killed in your father's
name, one lingers in your mind even now.
Alira, the bard of the Emerald Grove.
Her death weighs upon you still.
A burden you will carry for the rest of
your days.
But fortunately, you will not have to
carry it alone.
What are you? Hello.
>> I was afraid for the briefest moment
when I walked this morning.
>> What?
>> Didn't know where I was and I thought
perhaps it all been a joke.
>> What? Hello?
>> Stopping the absolute saving my parents.
>> Where did you get those clothes or lack
of? Then I realized I was in your arms.
We did it.
>> Everything's perfect. Almost. Anyway.
Almost. I can give it another try if you
like.
>> I didn't mean it like that. After
everything that happened
with my parents, with Sha,
I didn't think I was owed any happiness.
I did things,
things that fill me with shame. Now,
there's at least one person who doesn't
want me happy.
Sh.
I felt the wound last night while you
were sleeping
like some sadistic child de-winging a
fly.
She can try to twist the knife all she
likes. I know I can survive her worst.
Nothing she does can sour the fact that
I have my family again.
>> You finally finished the journey your
parents set you on. You guys want this
one? I feel like three.
>> You're right. I can always rely on you
to say the right thing. It's not an
exciting life that I lead, but I'd like
you to be a part of it. I doubt I'd have
anything at all if it wasn't for you.
>> What did you have in mind?
>> I'm hoping to find some place I can
settle down and stay close to my
parents.
>> Do we really like do taxes?
>> Uh, quiet where they can find peace and
gaze at the night sky. If that sounds at
all appealing, then I'll keep a spot for
you. It'll be just like old times.
>> Wait, I can't say no. I was going to say
no.
Chad,
>> stop looking.
Oh my gosh, it was a dream.
The world wakes to a new dawn
and we are here to greet it.
>> Not as conquerors.
There's no way. There's no way
I'm dying. It's so funny.
Oh, it's so funny.
I may Okay, I downloaded a mod to set
them all as like 100 reputation and have
see if they would like fight or anything
with one another, but like nothing
happened. So, I just like forgot about
it. I didn't like I didn't
So, it's got to be the mod.
Anyway, uh we can still conquer using
our own strength for us, not for Ball.
>> Yes, I would like that.
>> Oh my gosh, this is so funny.
>> No more gods or monsters. No devils or
demons to manipulate our fate.
>> Dude, this is so funny.
>> We reclaimed our freedom, though
everything was against us.
What would you do with it?
>> So funny.
A good ending. Paulie. Okay, dude.
That's so No,
>> I would have preferred to claim the
whole world when we had the chance.
>> I hope we get m dude. That'd be so
funny. We get m That'd be so funny.
>> We can put the Gondians back to work.
Rebuild the Steel Watch and march to
water deep with an unstoppable army at
our back and a song of conquest on our
lips.
>> The sword. Oh, he's not a romance.
Battlefield and Boulders Gate will be
the founding city of a new dynasty.
>> Dynasty.
>> My name belongs to my mother. So our
house will have a new name, your name.
And the world will learn to fear it. But
we can look to the future tomorrow or
the day after. Today, let us think only
of ourselves in this moment.
We have won a lifetime
>> television.
I can't say no. Wait, what the heck?
Chat, stop looking.
Stop holding hands.
Is it going to be anyone else? Jihira,
Minsk, Lazelle,
>> and Shadow Heart found your peace. Lazel
disapproves
with a pack of Lzel
>> disappelle
cuz Lazel already left
>> when you notice a letter among your
discarded clothes.
>> Wait, wait, wait.
Did it just say Shadow Heart? born
Shadow Heart found your peace, an
invitation to a gathering of the friends
and allies who stood by your side in the
fight against the absolute.
You waste no time in packing and set off
on the long road back to where all of
your adventures together began.
Wait, why is Le's hell back?
Thou w called here some from above.
>> For with thine bond,
together thou hast kept the wheel of
face spinning when it threatened to
hurt. Though thou were drawn far apart
in the months after the collapse of the
absolute, tonight fate renews thy bond
once more. Thou should take care to
preserve. It is a great weapon
wielded in the hand of good.
>> Go know one another once more.
>> Wonder if the gods are watching me.
>> Ah, it's the star of the show. Our
humble protagonist who forsook Bal to
save the city. Our skeletal friend will
be very pleased to see I found my way
here despite my invitation getting lost
in the post.
>> Uh you again evil. How have you been?
>> Busy as ever. Better that than the
reverse, wouldn't you say? Every major
publishing house on the Sword Coast has
been vying for my upcoming book on the
subject of our adventures together. I've
gotten quite good at replicating your
signature, so you needn't even bother
with the release form. You might help me
with the title, though. I'm considering
the hero and me.
You think
>> you could capitalize on history
repeating itself? How about the ball
spawn, too?
>> Come now. You don't want to be seen as a
mere sequel. Perhaps once the manuscript
is finished, you'd even be willing to
write a forward. Or better yet, I'll
write a draft and you can just sign your
name. Better still, I'll sign it for
you.
>> Ah, your success really has been
wonderful for my reputation. But you
mustn't let me hog your attention all
night, my friend. You've many friends to
chat to.
>> Shut up. This guy. Who's this guy? I
don't know who I don't even know who
this is, do I?
>> Oh, hello. Let me guess. You've got some
suggestions about the music choice.
>> You seem glum. I thought bars were meant
to be full of pep and joy.
I find it hard to summon up the
trademark pep these days. You have no
idea who I am, do you?
I thought Withers might have set the
stage a little.
>> Go on then. What's your name?
>> Mil.
Though, if the lack of song prayers is
anything to go by, that name carries
less weight than it used to. Musical
prayers were once offered to Menel, Lord
of Song, a minor deity whose worship
faded after offending the trickster god
Sir.
>> I'm washed up, I'm afraid.
>> I disagree. It's an honor to be
serenated by Malilla, Lord of Song. Oh,
they made him they made him look like
the actual composer for Boulders Gate 3.
That's cool.
>> You You know,
>> you're bloody right. It is an honor. I
The scribe picks an adventurer of
substance, of culture. What can I do you
for?
>> I'd like you to change the song.
>> Your wish is mine, etc. What song do you
want? Do
>> you have any new composition? Something
that's never been heard before.
>> Fantastic idea.
It'll suit the whole affair perfectly.
>> Plays freeird.
Happy horse son.
>> Breathe deep poo. The smell of hero
sings from every stone in this place.
Ah, to meet again where your journey
began, my friend. An honor for Minsk and
his hamster both.
Oh, and for happy also.
>> Uh, yes. Um, honored, of course.
>> Who is happy? Horson, it's great to see
you, Minsk. blue and happy.
>> See how your very presence snatches the
breath from his chest. And it is no
wonder. It is just this day that Happy
learned of your legend while we gazed
down upon the very city you saved.
>> He dangled me from the high hall upside
down for two hours.
>> The guild should not go creeping in high
places if they do not have the stomach
for them.
It is well for happy the strange portal
appeared when it did. Minsk's arm was
growing aome.
>> You're still chasing after the gill. I
thought you made a piece with them.
>> So I have. Though it is a piece made
more from blade and boot than it is any
sense of brotherhood. Nine fingers
forbade any looting of the Ilithid's
fleshy vessels. And so Minsk guards what
remains of the battle site even from
her. But where Musk might once have
thrown any sneaking scoundrels from the
tower top, now I tell them of you. How
you ruled the wickedness within. How
they might do the same.
>> Oh, it's like how you resisted the urge.
>> I'll rule it. I'll be better.
>> Oh, of course. It is still for Buu to
decide if they live or die.
>> Oh. Oh, God.
But enough my friend. I cannot tell your
tale if I do not know the whole of it.
Minsk and Boo would know where you have
been, what you have done.
>> Who cares? Give me a hug.
>> Embrace me, my friend.
And should your Philly squirming, know
that it is only Boo. Or perhaps the
buffet has gone bad.
Why do they hug like that? That's not
like a manly hug.
What the
Why? Wait, that wasn't like a manly hug.
That was like a
>> hamster.
>> That was like an embrace.
>> Wherever you go, boo too.
>> I'm missing all you guys.
>> No, my friend. Do not begin this. It is
too early in the evening for tears and
passing Buu around for the blowing of
noses.
>> He blows nose on Buu.
>> First, I must educate this sneak thief
on the company he keeps. Lazelle of
Giller, true child of Gith, and true
friend to Buu. Though she wilt and say
it is not so.
Shadow Heart. Two gods tugged at her
soul, but she managed to keep it all for
herself in the end. Wait, Boo, did she
do something with her hair?
And Mara,
yes, she's here also,
repenting of her wicked ways and
performing charitable acts, no doubt.
And finally, Jahira.
If this is a name you do not already
know, then not even Buu can save you.
Study them well, sneak thief, for the
best among them will be a guide for your
guild. Heroes who put this city before
themselves, who never fought or in their
duty, and more than this, who never
arrived to a party without even a gift
for their host. But who?
>> Go, my friend. Be among our friends.
There is much work yet to be done before
this one is fit to join them.
>> Yeah, I was about to say Minsk wasn't in
the party before Shadow Heart changed
her hair. So, why did he say that? Okay,
now we talk to Menthara.
>> Yes, my love. Are you done talking to
your friends? Can we leave?
>> They're your friends, too.
I think not. They may respect me or fear
me, but I do not think they like me.
>> Of course they. You're the life of the
party.
>> What makes me so? My quickness, my cold
heart, my cutting insights.
In truth, I have never enjoyed parties.
Although they do present the perfect
opportunity for a poisoning. Please
don't poison our friends. Manthara,
>> taste my lips. They are already laced
with toxins. None shall be spared
tonight. Not even you.
>> Did you guys hear Boo? Did you guys just
hear Boo? Why was Boo a hamster noises
while she was talking?
Wait, what happens? Is she going to kill
me?
Now go mingle, carouse, indulge.
Tomorrow we return to Balders's Gate and
our campaign to control the city's
undesirabs
continues.
We will need all of our strength.
>> Keep some of your strength for tonight.
My body is yours.
I always have strength enough for you.
>> Okay, that's your custom.
>> Just kidding.
>> Didn't expect to be nervous.
Seeing everyone here like this.
It's strange, isn't it?
Feel like I must have dreamed the last
few months.
Now I'm waking up back in camp with my
hair smelling like wood smoke and fallen
leaves stuck to my backside.
>> I wonder how that happened.
Your backside is fine. Trust me, I've
been checking regularly.
>> Oh, I've noticed.
Ever since I first slipped into my camp
gardens, I should think.
I hope we won't seem terribly boring to
everyone when they ask what we've been
doing this past while.
>> Dude, this is so funny.
>> The countryside.
I may have been expecting something
more.
Well, more
>> this guy. Dude, this guy's double
dipping, dude. He's double dipping. If
in doubt, I can always lie. We've been
slaying dragons, making
that sounds fun. Why haven't we been
doing that? Perhaps I'll shoe the cats
out of our room and scatter copper
pieces over the bed some evening and we
can play make believe.
>> Stupid.
>> It's fine. Already passed.
Shan must have sensed I was enjoying
myself.
>> Kiss it better.
>> You'll seize any opportunity, won't you?
>> This is so cringe.
>> But I suppose I've been giving you
plenty of encouragement.
>> Immediately,
that's so funny, dude.
Why? I feel better already.
>> S.
Are you trying to make me sleepy?
You know how easily I get lost in your
arms.
>> Have fun. Just don't don't wear yourself
out too quickly. I'm anticipating a long
night ahead of us.
>> And away I go.
>> That's fun. Really out here just trying
to get every gooner scene. Just can't
prove it yet.
Wait, nobody's stopping him.
>> A most welcome sight.
>> Tuck the legs up.
>> Friend, for two months, I trained the
Knights of the Comet. But to see your
face, it brings me even more pleasure
than taking a royal inquisitor.
>> Dude, this is so funny. It's good to see
you.
>> It's nice to hear it. It's taken a dozen
gishious talents, a few stolen scent
crystals, and two 10 days of effort to
conjure my projection.
Worth it, I'd say. I miss this place.
This
fa run.
>> I figured the Lich Queen would be dead
by now. What's the hold up?
>> We've spilled blood, gained a foothold
in the astral, but still we need allies,
and one beyond reckoning has made itself
known. Zerith Minarag.
>> Zerith Minarith. What's that? Nod your
heads as if the words mean anything at
all.
>> You need to pretend. I know the word
means little to you. Tractalor is the
capital of the Gizarai, an exiled
people. Once kin with mine until the
madness of civil war ripped up one's sky
into two. Al Gish sent word of the
rebellion to their god king Zarith
Minara gift through the cosmos. He's
agreed to parlay. It's fallen to me to
secure an alliance.
>> The best choice of the job. Your tongue
is as learned as your blade. played as
keen as ever. But it was you who showed
me that a proper victory doesn't always
require a razor sharp edge.
Sometimes a sincere plea is more
persuasive than a dagger against the
neck.
Minora Gith is an aesthetic. He reached
out in good faith. This is his way. It
is in this spirit that I must meet him.
And if he refuses,
I carry on. Gravity pulls me in but one
direction.
I am a warrior of the comet. My people
will be free.
Chuck, but you've heard that refrain
before. Zealous, bossy, insistent,
all part and parcel of my undeniable
charm.
>> When will I see you again?
>> Soon. When the comet has risen.
I miss this place. I'll be back one day.
The over god himself couldn't keep me
away.
>> Oh yeah, I gave her the egg. What
happens? What's the whole point of that
egg? What has become of the egg, Lzelle?
Has it hatched?
>> So it has. And a fine man the hatchling
would be. I call him son. Freedom.
He is with the mages of Zambardim.
I trust his care to no one else. Zhan's
destiny will be his own to follow.
Warrior, poet, explorer, scholar. His
way will be the way of the comet. No
chains to bind us. No lies to bury us.
Liberty will be the rallying cry that
unites our empire.
>> Uh, have you heard from word from
Orpheus since his departure? It seems
Gif's son has been lost to the shadows.
Perhaps one day he will step into the
light.
>> I somehow had two eggs. I had two G
Yankee eggs for some reason. Yeah, I
killed the lady that wanted the egg.
Okay, clothing chest.
Okay, that's that's got to change. Why
is there so many different underwear?
I thought it was bugged. It was bugged.
That's why I took it off for a second.
Dude, look, he's got Dude, he's got a
freaking shoulder holster for guns.
Okay, I guess I should talk to
>> One night is like any other. Thou art
the savior of Boulders Gate
until such time it requires saving.
>> That ass over here is one conversation
from ending the game and walking away,
but he's upset that he doesn't get to
take all his hoarder loot with him.
Absolute classic behavior. Maybe piss
off Withers one more time for good
measure.
>> I can't help but feel some things have
been left undone.
>> If thou could only see the paths of fate
untaken,
thy mind would surely break. Be glad of
thy chosen path. It is after all
thine.
Enjoy the realry of the day.
Thou deservest at least that much.
>> I've caught up with everyone. What comes
next? Have I caught up with everyone? I
think I did.
I talked to Lazelle. I talked to Jihira.
I talked to Menora. I talked to
Shadowart. I talked to Minsk.
>> What indeed?
Prick up thy ears and listen.
>> The balance of the world restored.
The balance of these lives, mortal and
otherwise, brought to a cut.
Hear me,
thou heroes, wast friends.
I have waited long to tell you these
words.
It is over
for now.
Thou played thy part in weaving the
fabric of fate itself. But for every
thread you sewed,
so did the gods unravel another.
>> Yeah, the chucks it in.
>> Sleep, rest, revel, but be ready
for thou mayest yet be needed.
Until we meet again, I wish thee every
possible fortune,
health, wealth, love, and above all,
problems worth solving.
to the hope of more adventures to come
to you
cinema
and the game is over.
Wow.
Wow, what a game, dude. What a game.
37
streams.
37 streams, chat. You are here.
30 Dude, this is the longest playthrough
of any game that I've ever played. It
has to be. Is this the longest? 37
sessions. Game of the Year,
chat. Game of the Year, chat. All the
mods and goofing around made it 10 times
better. It was so good, chat. Game of
the year. Yes.
>> Absolute cinema. Can you believe this
game came out 3 years ago? I got to keep
my word. It was awesome. Thanks for the
run. Thank you. What a run, man. Dude,
the thing with this game is like there's
so much random stupid like silly
interactions and there there's different
forks in the story and there's like a
hundred different options you can take.
A lot of the playthrough was like me
just being like, "Oh, I wonder what
happens if I do this." Like I I want to
do this, but I wonder what happens if I
do this or this or this. And then just
reloading and just seeing everything
just out of curiosity. It's so fun. And
even then, that's not even like you
don't really even see everything because
like I don't like go all the way down
the rabbit hole for all the other forks
the whole I'm just like, "Okay, I'll go
back to whatever I was doing." I would
say now that the game has been played
like this, like that would make
something like an honor mode or or like
a co-op playthrough with a bunch of
people. I think one it would be way way
faster doing it that way. And I also
think that uh cuz you're not reloading
constantly, you know? But yeah, no, I'm
so glad I finally finished it. But dude,
we're on we're on cool down. We are we
are 100% on cooldown for this game for a
minute. What was your favorite moments?
Oh man, the Kendrick Thor Shadow Heart
stuff and and Saving Dame Alen was
really good. That immediately comes to
mind. Bald 3. I would definitely put it
in like my my like list of S tier like
favorite games ever for sure. It's it's
definitely up there. Did you uh did you
fight ball or embrace it? I I did Dark
Urge, but I resisted the urge most of
the time. I think I broke I think I oath
broke like three times.
Games like this and games like Star Wars
Knights of the Old Republic. That was
the first time the first time I
experienced Dn D combat, the D20 system
directly. I should say directly because
a lot of times that stuff exists and you
don't know in a game or something,
right? But the first time I directly
experienced it was Star Wars Nights of
the Old Republic. Incredible. Cuz I'm a
math guy and I like the I like the
numbers and I like rolling the dice and
like I like doing all that, right?
Playing it in a video game for the first
time, not having ever played Dungeons
and Dragons before. Oh my gosh, it is so
fun. Like I love D and D combat and I
love like the principles of like how D
and D works as the basis to to build a
game off of because that's really what
it is. Like a tabletop game is is the
same thing as a video game. It's just
that like all the math and the dice
rolls and everything that occurs in any
interaction in a video game like let's
say you're playing like World of
Warcraft, right? You're playing you're
playing an MMO RPG. All that's just
occurring like instantly. So it's
slower. It's definitely slower because
it's like okay well I'm rolling the
dice. Did I did I hit attack roll? Okay.
A hit damage roll. Okay. You know,
stuff. It's like, wait, but like that
occurs like every three, you know, 3.8
seconds if I'm swinging a two-handed
weapon in in in WoW, for example. I
think it's super cool. How do you feel
after such a journey? Dude, I'm going to
be honest. I feel very uh I'm kind of
like, oh frick, it's over. It's kind of
crazy that it's over now. I'm like,
damn, it's actually over. Favorite
companion gameplaywise and how I built
her. Menthara
story-wise,
uh, Shadow Heart. Dialogue, Minsk. Okay,
here we go. Here we go.
>> There thou art
the dead three.
Thy faces gods, thy actions barely
worthy of the name. Did truly believe
thy ploy would succeed.
Did believe I would not notice.
Thou sought to bolster thy strength by
taking away the souls of mortals,
but souls
vanish.
>> Dead three is bane ball become mind
flares. Just think the other gods would
not notice.
>> Who's the other one? Gods thou may be,
yet thou hast proven thyself
fools,
everyone.
The supplication of Bane,
the whimper of Bal,
the death mule of Merkel.
Feld by mortals,
I overestimated thee.
They did not
vermin away.
Thou wil trouble us no more.
Wow.
Well, that's it,
chat. I feel empty. Chat, time to go
again.
Just kidding. I'm just kidding. Just
kidding. Chat, we are on cooldown. Okay,
we are on cool down from Ballers's Gate.
All right, we are on cooldown from
Balders's Gate someday. I will do I will
do an honor mode someday. How many hours
did you end on? I think it was something
like 160. Thank you guys so much for
watching Balders's Gate. It was
incredible. Unbelievable experience.
Clearly game of the year candidate.