I initially questioned why he didn't choose the dark urge origin if he wants to be as evil as possible, but perhaps he didn't pick it because he wants every evil decision he makes to be completely of his own accord and not some compulsion On third thought, perhaps he simply didn't see it in the first place
You say that, but it's funny because this is actually so damn true. This isn't the first time it happened. I can't remember of all the times his game decided to randomly break (and just his), but I remember it happened with the King Kong game as well.
@@TheDarkbluerock I dont want to be a player of that session, I already see it happening. I am roleplaying an important moment for my character, like a wedding, and here comes Kevin with his wild magic sorcerer, casting like, noxious cloud to make everyone puke for some reason, roll wild magic, roll a 7, explode by mistake in the middle of the wedding hall killing my in laws and sending my bride on a quest of vengeance by swearing a oath and becoming a paladin. Actually that sounds awesome.
God please let this go on for a million episodes. Your chaotic playstyle lends itself to so much content from this game. A1 work from the devs and kev(s)
@@zooli9 Nah, he's just lazy and didn't want to play the skelemans game of Swarm Tactics these D&D games fucking love so much. OMG Chult can go to Hell I hate that place in Neverwinter.
@@pedrovallefin8406 But being Stupid Evil is very on brand for Kevin. Except in that one city simulator game, he somehow bullshit his way through a bunch of scenarios.
I love how within minutes of reaching the first settlement, Carl has managed to antagonize everyone by murdering their lifestock, robbing a little street urchin, harassing the other children, stealing the sacred idol of the Druids and starting a race war, supporting the murder of a little girl, attempting to steal sacred texts and finally being locked up for his crimes only to break out of prison. And still he talks his way out of it. Kevin would be a DM's worst nightmare at a DnD table. He is lucky this game has a reload function XD
I didn't realize it was possible to be this bad... Very entertaining. I love the part where he walked by Gale, missed Lazel, and did stuff in the Grove that I didnt even know existed, yet he still didnt talk to Wyll. Dat 3 man party with an afk bard , an OOM cleric, and a rogue using a spear . 10/10
@@FoxyFoxlynI missed la zeal and she escaped her self and got herself killed at the entrance to the mountain pass so I used a scroll of revivfy on her and she came back to life. I thought for sure I missed her recruitment chance but no the game let me do that I was really impressed
For someone that's played the game since early access, it's interesting seeing how someone unfamiliar with the game and D&D is playing. And very entertaining.
@@Ellisepha I think there's some sort of Dark Urge if you pick enough evil options. I watched a challenge video and a custom character starting having Dark Urge events happening.
Could you imagine having Kevin at your DnD session? DM: you encounter a cow, but it is obvious that this creature is not what it seems..." Party: ... Kevin, the Bard: "I roll to Punch it."
I meeeeean... My party encountered some cows once and unanimously decided to slaughter them, gut them, and bathe in their blood while drinking it. Good memories.
My old dm still bitches about that time he accidentally gave us all a chance to kill a lot of children. We shoved them into a bag of holding! Which happened to be my bag of holding...i may also have been the one to suggest the method...as a monk! Good times
We all do this. Until we discover that you can see line of sight with the [shift] key, which opens up a whole new world. Now he is one of my favorite party members.
Just respec him out to Ranger doesnt even need to be the original class which is my fav part of this game. Running around with Paladin Gale and Shadowheart the Bard
I was personally a fan of when he met Ethel and decided "I immediatly trust this old woman with an Irish accent in a Swamp" And myself had already done this quest and rightfully not acceped anything short of a +1 to an ability score AND freeing the lady in the Hag's desperation that she only gets to leave while I have my cake and eat it too.
I don't think this is someone with no knowledge of dnd... I think it's someone with no eyes. You get a big 'level up' when it happens, its written multiple times on your screen... just goes ignored.
Kevin is a DnD genius, the way he uses the wisdom character AND the dexterity character to cast fire cantrips that are based on intelligence. It's also quite impressive how he managed to maneuver the map without picking up a fourth party member
Bard and rogues imo are the two most interesting classes to play. Bards because you can truly roleplay as a performer, and rogues because you can get into all kinds of hijinks.
I’ve been playing this game NONSTOP for the past two weeks, yet watching Kevin’s video helped me figure out the solution to almost THREE puzzles I was stuck on. I’m not sure how he stumbled upon the answers but thank you 😂😂
Using Astarion as a meat shield is so funny to me. That man is a wet paper towel, he's not even a glass canon he's a fucking cardboard canon, putting him in front of you to protect you from damage is as much use as a chocolate fireguard.
this isn’t meant to be disrespectful I just wanted to talk about this Demons and devils are entirely different species, and tieflings are debatably not devils, and most certainly not demons. Demons are chaotic, devils are lawful, and both are evil, but tieflings can be anything as their infernal heritage doesn’t affect their alignment. Also I find it funny that Kevin’s character is quite similar to an NPC my uncle made for a family campaign, except my uncle’s character is secretly a cambion who can, will, and probably has attacked everyone he’s ever seen. Except his father, for some reason. Their dynamic is kind of entertaining to be honest, just a tired lawful neutral middle-aged drow in the middle of a decades-long custody dispute and an evil bard who forgot how to tie his shoelaces and has probably burnt down parts of the nearby city… the secret keeping is on a whole new level with them. “Hey I gotta tell ya, I have murdered a person. Multiple actually.” “Considering you’re a cambion , makes sense.” “IM SORRY IM A W-“ Family gatherings are hell for them. Literally. The cambion adopted two fiends as his brothers and it escalated quickly. Also Lolth got involved and the drow is still scared of her. That campaign is a mess.
Woah man, that Dawnwhisper person who did the narration inbetween sure did an amazing job, I sure think that they deserve a lot of kind words in the comments for it!
22:20 looks like he found the tiefling hostility glitch. If Mol tells on you, they immediately go into combat after talking with the guard, regardless of if you succeed or not.
I like how the first thing Kevin does when he is making an evil character is to give him the ability to make friends. Only evil people have friends after all.
Its the other way around, evil people can afford to be evil because they have friends (usually the powerful kind). See how Jim Pickens consistently manages to get out of sitatuations that should send him to jail for life, without any consequences, thanks to his share charisma alone. Theres only so much evil you can do without friends, Kevin is an expert on this matter.
Well considering charm, make friends etc. are spells which force your own will unto others... I wouldn't say that the use of such spells are considered neither good or well mannered, it's just evil.
The narrator and parchment was a beautiful creative touch. Also even though it was a troll video, the events have played out completely different than other playthrough I watched, as well as my own. Awesome game!
Kevin instantly buys a shovel because he knows they’re never gonna get healed, but to be considerate he’ll dig all their graves and play them a fancy tune for their last moments. 12:50
The hardest part of this video is watching Kevin get annihilated while each of his characters have a glowing level up symbol on their profile pictures.
36:14 Ironically, letting Astarion drink a bit of your blood during "bite night" is actually the _best_ choice you can make in the long run to gain his approval and rock-hard loyalty. You get two opportunities to tell him to stop drinking, easy rolls, and he will stop. No need to stake him. The game also gives you two opportunities to _not_ do anything and let him drink you dry until you die.... then you only have yourself to blame. But don't worry, that's _not_ a game over, next morning you wake up groggy but alive. Either Astarion used a Revivify scroll on your or Withers brought you back, as Bite Night only happens once Withers is in your camp and is usually triggered by finding the drained dead boar with vampire bite marks on the road to the Blighted Village and then resting at camp. (If you never meet Withers the Lich at the Dank Crypt, he'l just wander into your camp like a stray cat soon after, because he is incredibly important as a camp follower as he can raise dead companions. If your approval rating with Astarion is high before Bite Night is triggered, he can also decide to "come out" to the entire grop in the middle of the day and admit, hey folks I'm kinda sorta, how do I put this... _a vampire!_ (teheh!) It's such a hilarious speech.
Also, you should've talked to Astarion in the morning after he tries to bite you to get more info on how he is a vampire spawn. But yeah, telling him to get lost during bite night, or asking him to only feed on animals (which is what his abusive vampire master has done, only allowing him rats and bugs) will not make him happy.
I have no idea how these triggers work, but on my third playthrough, Astarion just decided to tell us he was a vampire spawn after we killed Dror Ragzlin in the goblin camp. I didn't get any build-up for that one. In my second playthrough, I watched him sneak out of camp, found the drained boar, and then he tried to bite me. Not sure if I just didn't long rest enough in my third game or what.
Honestly, Kevin ignored Gale for the same reason I did: that looks dangerous, only I thought it was something to come back to because Ive played older rpgs...not that I was supposed to interact with it. I still slap his hand first, because he should clarify.
Kevin likes to pretend he's bad at video games, but stuff like this proves just how good he is. He managed to do so well without looking anything up. We knwo he didn't look anything up because he took a single long rest...
Oh, yes! Larian implied you could do things like betray your co-op allies (use that hide dialogue option well) and having such malicious, chaotic friends play would be AMAZING
@@molybdaen11 Haven't seen it done in practice, and I'm not sure how that looks (I think one side would still have to 'win', and what if your friend is elsewhere at the time you raid the grove or whatever). But from what I understand, conceptually that's the case.
I’m loving BG3 and I’m loving all the content coming out of it because it’s so open ended. Kevin’s playthrough is my favorite by far. Only Kevin could screw this game up so badly. Military genius
It's so interesting watching other people play BG3, I've been through this part 3 times already and I'm still learning heaps of new stuff watching Kev play
I've been playing since EA started, with at least 4 characters that have gone through almost all of the Act 1 content, and probably upwards of 15 characters that have gone through the grove at least, and I see and hear about new outcomes in the game during that act. Ever tried murdering Shadowheart at the beach, reviving her, and killing her again? Or casting speak with dead on a dead companion? Ever left the companions alone and seen what happens? There's so much that can be done. Utterly insane
Seeing Astarion just hanging out slightly behind Carl, just watching scilently as that bard goes on to do the most insane shit... Yeah, that's in character I think.
@@Cosmo_Samoyed Huh, didn't know that. The fuckin' intrusive thoughts are CRAZY dark sometimes with Dark Urge though. Had me laughing out loud when the narrator is saying such awful shit.
I'm surprised Kevin did not pick Dark Urge. It's not an Origin Character but a Background, it will allow you to be an absolute psycho. For example! When Gale is reaching out his hand (from the swirly purple portal that Kev ignore), a Dark Urge player can fantasies about cutting off his hand...and turns out, you did! And now you got Gale's Severed Hand in your inventory.
As a dnd lover, there's something incredibly fun and endearing about watching a newbie discover its weird ass mechanics for the first time in Balders Gate- reminds me of playing for the first time. Also I love how well the chaotic energy Kevin exudes goes with the game; I hope theres more videos like this! (Also incredible that Kevin, a natural born bard, actually picked that class!)
The "Dark Urge" character has a serial killer story line and you can still customize them. I think that would suit you a lot. It has tons of rich story and cinematics, and honestly it's super screwed up too. Reminds me of Jim Pickens.
This is quite an accurate Bard roleplay. DM: "ok, the Fighter attacked and the Wizard casted Fireball. Bard, what are you doing?" Bard, playing the lute: "THERE GOES MY HERO!🎶"
Kevin waiting so long to level up his characters is frustrating 😂 And I never even knew about the shadow druids storyline! That's crazy how big this game is! PLEASE continue this game, even if it's like Fable and you only play once a year!
I mean, I don't think his goal was to play the game well, so I don't think he even noticed the origin options much. Or knows what the Dark Urge entails. If he did, I think he would have gone with it though
One of my players already made me bluescreen by THROWING THE OBVIOUS MACGUFFIN INTO A PORTAL OF FIRE AND LIGHTNING I had to improv *so* hard for what came after
I’ve never seen anyone play this game less proficiently. Truly a marvel of not knowing what the fuck a single feature of the game is. You didn’t even level up. You shot a bunch of people at point blank range with disadvantage and got confused when it wasn’t working. You forgot to reequip your weapon and tried to fistfight Kagha as a level one bard. Astonishing (with love)
I decided to be evil on my first playthrough because I can never manage to do it (I feel bad for being mean to digital characters), and boy oh boy did some of the evil things give me ptsd. Love that Kevin has been enjoying the game as well! The game is long as hell but hopefully there might be a full playthrough someday!
I really relate to this. I don't personally enjoy doing true evil runs of games but I am really interested in the different ways of accomplishing the same goal and what kind of evil stuff it's possible to do in games like this, which is one of the reasons why I like watching Kev. He thinks of stuff I doubt I ever would even if I tried. 😂
I want an entire series of Kecin playing this game! It allows you to be legitimately evil in ways I haven't seen in other games and I wanna know how far Kevin will take it!
I desperatly hope that Kevin will revisit this game! It has so much depth in what you can do, he's barely scratched the surface. I've seen a lot of people play this game, but this video still had some things that were new to me, like the way he dealt with the guys in front of the crypt. This game is a playground and I want to see Kevin play more!
Downloading a bunch of Kevin videos (including this one) for a very long flight in a few hours so thank you in advance Kev for keeping me entertained through that haha
I really hope Kevin continues this as a series - there is so much more evil - I mean, sensible decisions Carl can make in the world of Baldur’s Gate 3. Will we see Shadowheart again? Will Astarion be Carl’s only friend? Who knows…?
Trust me all he would have to do is just put a message into the universe. As a dm I know anyone would jump to have him😢 I’m about to start a chaotic game and I just pray we can be have as chaotic as him
Please I need more of this! I've been obsessed with this game recently and my husband and I have cracked up over your playthrough. Would love a part 2 of this!
I forgot to comment this earlier but I really hope Kevin plays this again, there are so many funny and evil interactions in this game, Carl is also a really funny character, this video is one of my new favourites.
As a big fan of this game, it was hilarious and painful to watch you stumbling through it! :D You discovered some things I missed though, so you were clearly doing something right...
This has made me realize how much I need a Kevin DnD. Like there's plenty of online places to play (like "roll 20" and whatnot) so it's not insane effort as long as he can find folks.
"You're no thrall!" "Yeah I'm just Carl." Which interestingly enough is a distinct class from a thrall. They're two of the three broad classes in ancient Nordic society. Thralls (slaves), Carls (freemen), and Jarls (nobles).
there's a race called the lolth-sworn drow and there's so many ridiculous dialogue options unique to it that are just really evil. definitely worth a look lmao.
BG3 is like a proper open world D&D experience, but in a game. It's the only game this year that has managed to hold my attention for hours outside of the niche multiplayer rpg called Akanbar. I'd love to see Kevin try out Akanbar too, that would be amazing. Kevin get on that my man, you'll have at least two viewers and three of them will be me (it's in text so not as colourfully visually appealing for a video).
I initially questioned why he didn't choose the dark urge origin if he wants to be as evil as possible, but perhaps he didn't pick it because he wants every evil decision he makes to be completely of his own accord and not some compulsion
On third thought, perhaps he simply didn't see it in the first place
Have a great day! 😊
Kevin is the dark urge in Carl’s head
It's simply that Kevin himself suffers from the dark urge, so there's no need to put it into the game.
The last line is 100% what happened lol.
Oooh I didn't realize the Dark Urge was a background haha. I seen it so many times in UA-cam shorts I figured it was base game story details.
the fact that Kevin managed to break the animations before he even started playing is just on-brand.
You say that, but it's funny because this is actually so damn true. This isn't the first time it happened.
I can't remember of all the times his game decided to randomly break (and just his), but I remember it happened with the King Kong game as well.
WTF
Other Joe: "Our battle will be legendary"
I have played 400 hours of this game, seen that scene hundreds of times... i have never seen someone break it before this.
What’s funny is my game did the same thing with the animations when I started. 😂
Same here, this game is a bit of a buggy mess
Kevin not looting things, not leveling up, and equipping things without proficiency is more chaotic than his "evil decisions" lol
ikr
Not to mention walking up to enemies to try and range attack them,
oh lord, the pain.
Well, he proposed chaos and chaos we got.
Plus making spellcasters use weapon attacks instead of their cantrips and never making his rogue use sneak attack...
To be fair, if you've never played this type of game, the tutorial is really lacking. 😅😂
Kevin choosing "you have awoken me from my slumber, now I crave your blood!" for Astarion is... hilariously in character. I love it.
and then the "..they really were that scared of this guy claiming that.." the foreshadowing lol
Had me rolling 😂
LOL
I am BEGGING for a full playthrough. Make this a series PLEASE.
This game will allow Kevin to do anything he wants. The NPCs are doomed...
The npcs are doomed no matter what game Kevin plays
Even in games where you aren’t meant to torture NPCs, he’ll find a way.
A life with kevin is mercy and a bledding itself
Isn't that the case with all games?
No, they're pretty safe. The game lets him do whatever he wants. Evil in this game requires dedication.
Honestly, this just confirms my suspicion that Kevin would be a fantastic person to play dnd with
I don't want to be the DM of that session...
@@TheDarkbluerockI mean bards be barding 😂
@@TheDarkbluerock I dont want to be a player of that session, I already see it happening. I am roleplaying an important moment for my character, like a wedding, and here comes Kevin with his wild magic sorcerer, casting like, noxious cloud to make everyone puke for some reason, roll wild magic, roll a 7, explode by mistake in the middle of the wedding hall killing my in laws and sending my bride on a quest of vengeance by swearing a oath and becoming a paladin.
Actually that sounds awesome.
I can DM, my players also do weird shit
@@albertkaplan1673 holy, that took a wild turn😂
God please let this go on for a million episodes. Your chaotic playstyle lends itself to so much content from this game. A1 work from the devs and kev(s)
75% of the stuff he has shown in this clip, I didn't see at all in my playthrough lol
Every game should be judged by how chaotic kev can be in them
“I was hoping for a kind soul” line from Astarion is extremely hilarious knowing it’s in CallMeKevin video
In Astarion's eyes, he's an incredibly kind soul lol
I love how even when Kevin tries to play the villain he still plays the bumbling idiot who is malicious in his goofiness
Kevin forcing the skeletons through a narrow opening, making their numbers useless, was just the type of strategic genius I've come to expect
He is a military genius after all
Wait till he get his hands on a folding boat...
Also he used turn undeath on them - wished i had come up with that.
@@zooli9 Nah, he's just lazy and didn't want to play the skelemans game of Swarm Tactics these D&D games fucking love so much. OMG Chult can go to Hell I hate that place in Neverwinter.
@@BlackMoonHowlsI disagree. Kevin’s military genius is simply too complex for us
you have GOT to have a sequel to this, you have no idea how far your choices go, they get much...MUCH more entertaining
Seconded! Also this game let's you do some truly unhinged stuff that would make most other RPG's pale in comparison. 😅
The fact he's missed 3 companions and I'm pretty sure ruined the chance for another one of them will be very funny I feel
Kev is so used to being evil to no consequence that this game is throwing him for a loop.
Not like having consequences for his evilness would stop him, he just has to play it smarter. That is, finding smarter ways to be evil.
@@pedrovallefin8406yeah smarter... like Exp hacks!
@@pedrovallefin8406 But being Stupid Evil is very on brand for Kevin. Except in that one city simulator game, he somehow bullshit his way through a bunch of scenarios.
I love how within minutes of reaching the first settlement, Carl has managed to antagonize everyone by murdering their lifestock, robbing a little street urchin, harassing the other children, stealing the sacred idol of the Druids and starting a race war, supporting the murder of a little girl, attempting to steal sacred texts and finally being locked up for his crimes only to break out of prison. And still he talks his way out of it.
Kevin would be a DM's worst nightmare at a DnD table. He is lucky this game has a reload function XD
I love how he failed to find 4 out of 6 companions and is using Astarion and Shadowheart completely incorrectly.
How do you use them correctly?
@@Emil_StoltzAstarion is a rogue and Shadowheart is a cleric lol
Not to mention he casts Silence on *himself*, so Shadowheart can't even use spells...
@@stevierose8749 Indeed, that I know
I mean duh. But we aren’t here to watch him play the game correctly
I didn't realize it was possible to be this bad... Very entertaining. I love the part where he walked by Gale, missed Lazel, and did stuff in the Grove that I didnt even know existed, yet he still didnt talk to Wyll. Dat 3 man party with an afk bard , an OOM cleric, and a rogue using a spear . 10/10
additionally, 3 man party level 2 and a level 1 ? hasnt leveled them. Goes into swamp lol
Legend says, Gale is still stuck in that rune, waving his arm around for help, and La'Zael is now gathering dust in that cage.
@@FoxyFoxlynI missed la zeal and she escaped her self and got herself killed at the entrance to the mountain pass so I used a scroll of revivfy on her and she came back to life. I thought for sure I missed her recruitment chance but no the game let me do that I was really impressed
Rogue who also uses ranged attacks 3 feet away from its target so it has permanent disadvantage lol
For someone that's played the game since early access, it's interesting seeing how someone unfamiliar with the game and D&D is playing. And very entertaining.
Kevin, PLEASE make this a series. Carl can create so much chaos, we need to see it! 😂😂
I second this.
I third this. But also, I'm a bit surprised that Kevo didn't play as the Dark Urge - that'd so be him.
I fourth this. It would be so good
@@Ellisepha you dont need to be the dark urge in the game when youre the dark urge out of the game
@@Ellisepha I think there's some sort of Dark Urge if you pick enough evil options. I watched a challenge video and a custom character starting having Dark Urge events happening.
Could you imagine having Kevin at your DnD session?
DM: you encounter a cow, but it is obvious that this creature is not what it seems..."
Party: ...
Kevin, the Bard: "I roll to Punch it."
I couldn't believe it with this happened!!!
Yeah that sounds like every DnD party I've been in, except that it's everyone instead of one player and it _somehow_ works out.
I meeeeean...
My party encountered some cows once and unanimously decided to slaughter them, gut them, and bathe in their blood while drinking it. Good memories.
The cow explodes...
My old dm still bitches about that time he accidentally gave us all a chance to kill a lot of children. We shoved them into a bag of holding! Which happened to be my bag of holding...i may also have been the one to suggest the method...as a monk! Good times
Watching Kevin just faceplant through this whole thing and then somehow uncover the Shadow Druids by mistake was just... fascinating...
ive genuinely never seen someone mess up so many relationships this quickly in this game. it's honestly a skill
Kevin using the rogue without sneaking or sneak attacks and thinking he's the most useless is very funny.
Judging from a lot of forum posts, he's not the only one ;)
and making him use a bow at an enemy right next to him so he has disadvantage. I don't think poor Astarion is gonna live long 😂😂
We all do this.
Until we discover that you can see line of sight with the [shift] key, which opens up a whole new world.
Now he is one of my favorite party members.
Just respec him out to Ranger doesnt even need to be the original class which is my fav part of this game. Running around with Paladin Gale and Shadowheart the Bard
@@sleeplesshollow4216 Rogue is a better class than ranger, though, if you know how to use it. Ranger is easier, though, that's true.
It's so fun to watch someone with no knowledge of DnD play this game. The constant "What the hell is that!" never gets tired.
I was personally a fan of when he met Ethel and decided "I immediatly trust this old woman with an Irish accent in a Swamp"
And myself had already done this quest and rightfully not acceped anything short of a +1 to an ability score AND freeing the lady in the Hag's desperation that she only gets to leave while I have my cake and eat it too.
that was me playing the first baldur's gate, never again
@@datrtzhush3734yep me to, a long time ago, daamn
I’ve never played DND but I know a bit about it and this video just makes me want to play this game more
I don't think this is someone with no knowledge of dnd... I think it's someone with no eyes. You get a big 'level up' when it happens, its written multiple times on your screen... just goes ignored.
I have never wanted kevin to keep playing a game more, his energy works so well with the freedom the game gives
Played so chaotically that he lowkey did things I didn't think you could do in act 1
this is... utterly fascinating... I kinda wanna see him do a full playthrough, because... holy shit...
Kevin is a DnD genius, the way he uses the wisdom character AND the dexterity character to cast fire cantrips that are based on intelligence. It's also quite impressive how he managed to maneuver the map without picking up a fourth party member
PLEASE do a series on this game! The possibilities for evil deeds that are open to Carl are damn near endless.
I'd love that but no chance he does
Literally of COURSE Kevin went with a bard. Perfection.
Bard and rogues imo are the two most interesting classes to play. Bards because you can truly roleplay as a performer, and rogues because you can get into all kinds of hijinks.
Honestly with his personality it works perfectly lmao
I’ve been playing this game NONSTOP for the past two weeks, yet watching Kevin’s video helped me figure out the solution to almost THREE puzzles I was stuck on. I’m not sure how he stumbled upon the answers but thank you 😂😂
Using Astarion as a meat shield is so funny to me. That man is a wet paper towel, he's not even a glass canon he's a fucking cardboard canon, putting him in front of you to protect you from damage is as much use as a chocolate fireguard.
Finally a game where Kevin can play as a literal demon.
this isn’t meant to be disrespectful I just wanted to talk about this
Demons and devils are entirely different species, and tieflings are debatably not devils, and most certainly not demons. Demons are chaotic, devils are lawful, and both are evil, but tieflings can be anything as their infernal heritage doesn’t affect their alignment.
Also I find it funny that Kevin’s character is quite similar to an NPC my uncle made for a family campaign, except my uncle’s character is secretly a cambion who can, will, and probably has attacked everyone he’s ever seen. Except his father, for some reason. Their dynamic is kind of entertaining to be honest, just a tired lawful neutral middle-aged drow in the middle of a decades-long custody dispute and an evil bard who forgot how to tie his shoelaces and has probably burnt down parts of the nearby city… the secret keeping is on a whole new level with them. “Hey I gotta tell ya, I have murdered a person. Multiple actually.” “Considering you’re a cambion , makes sense.” “IM SORRY IM A W-“
Family gatherings are hell for them.
Literally. The cambion adopted two fiends as his brothers and it escalated quickly. Also Lolth got involved and the drow is still scared of her.
That campaign is a mess.
Apologies
Woah man, that Dawnwhisper person who did the narration inbetween sure did an amazing job, I sure think that they deserve a lot of kind words in the comments for it!
They were so good that I thought it was an ingame thing
@@satella8963same here, i was so confused when she said ”kevin”
@@satella8963 Thank you! +100 to ego 😊I'm one of Kevin's editors, but I voice act a little as well.
woah man, that Kippsoep person who works on the editing sure did an amazing job. I sure think people should leave them some nice comments!
@@Dawnwhisperdamn, you're really good!
I've been waiting for Kevin to play bg3 tbh, Kevin always seemed like someone who would be fun in a ttrpg
I think he’d probably enjoy a game of D&D even just as a side thing outside of YT
Your audience has spoken, we demand to see more Carl! This game is perfect for you.
22:20 looks like he found the tiefling hostility glitch. If Mol tells on you, they immediately go into combat after talking with the guard, regardless of if you succeed or not.
seeing how good this game is, a bit of "kevin" added to the mix should make it even better
I like how the first thing Kevin does when he is making an evil character is to give him the ability to make friends. Only evil people have friends after all.
Its the other way around, evil people can afford to be evil because they have friends (usually the powerful kind). See how Jim Pickens consistently manages to get out of sitatuations that should send him to jail for life, without any consequences, thanks to his share charisma alone. Theres only so much evil you can do without friends, Kevin is an expert on this matter.
Evil people buy friends. Like Instahoes and Tiktokers
Keep your friends close but your enemies closer
Well considering charm, make friends etc. are spells which force your own will unto others... I wouldn't say that the use of such spells are considered neither good or well mannered, it's just evil.
Considering all of my friends are dicks and they obviously have other friends besides Mr this makes complete sense lol.
"I'm going to be as evil as possible"
*chooses standard bard build*
Yeah, that checks out
This video was enlightening because I’ve never actually seen someone ignore shadowheart on the ship and I was curious what happens if you did.
"You can call me Shadowheart"
"I'm Carl"
That contrast had my dying🤣🤣🤣
The narrator voice doubling down on jokes never stopped being funny, kept cracking me up
Kevin is the literal personafication of chaotic neutral. He mostly does evil shit but sometimes does good things accidentally
Lol
As long as it brings chaos, Kevin will do it!
I think Kevin requires a new alignment... Maybe Chaotic Chaos?
@@Lunker_Dunker just chaos-aligned is a thing
If this turns into a series we will have stuff to watch while eating for a good while
The narrator and parchment was a beautiful creative touch. Also even though it was a troll video, the events have played out completely different than other playthrough I watched, as well as my own. Awesome game!
Kevin instantly buys a shovel because he knows they’re never gonna get healed, but to be considerate he’ll dig all their graves and play them a fancy tune for their last moments. 12:50
Larian: "We love seeing people play and stream our game!"
Kevin: *exists*
Larian: "Not like that."
Tbh, that's EXACTLY how Larian wants people playing bg3
Larian made the Dark Urge. Larian Knows what some DnD players are like.
Yep, I was gonna say that exact thing. He notices thing I wouldn't notice, doesn't min/max, rolls with the punches. Perfection.@@nymain3914
@@danieljames1868 what is the dark urge? Poo eating?
@@anegwalol wat
As a dnd player I can confirm this exactly how chaotic an actual dnd game is
The hardest part of this video is watching Kevin get annihilated while each of his characters have a glowing level up symbol on their profile pictures.
36:14 Ironically, letting Astarion drink a bit of your blood during "bite night" is actually the _best_ choice you can make in the long run to gain his approval and rock-hard loyalty. You get two opportunities to tell him to stop drinking, easy rolls, and he will stop. No need to stake him. The game also gives you two opportunities to _not_ do anything and let him drink you dry until you die.... then you only have yourself to blame. But don't worry, that's _not_ a game over, next morning you wake up groggy but alive. Either Astarion used a Revivify scroll on your or Withers brought you back, as Bite Night only happens once Withers is in your camp and is usually triggered by finding the drained dead boar with vampire bite marks on the road to the Blighted Village and then resting at camp. (If you never meet Withers the Lich at the Dank Crypt, he'l just wander into your camp like a stray cat soon after, because he is incredibly important as a camp follower as he can raise dead companions.
If your approval rating with Astarion is high before Bite Night is triggered, he can also decide to "come out" to the entire grop in the middle of the day and admit, hey folks I'm kinda sorta, how do I put this... _a vampire!_ (teheh!) It's such a hilarious speech.
Also, you should've talked to Astarion in the morning after he tries to bite you to get more info on how he is a vampire spawn. But yeah, telling him to get lost during bite night, or asking him to only feed on animals (which is what his abusive vampire master has done, only allowing him rats and bugs) will not make him happy.
I have no idea how these triggers work, but on my third playthrough, Astarion just decided to tell us he was a vampire spawn after we killed Dror Ragzlin in the goblin camp. I didn't get any build-up for that one. In my second playthrough, I watched him sneak out of camp, found the drained boar, and then he tried to bite me. Not sure if I just didn't long rest enough in my third game or what.
Honestly, Kevin ignored Gale for the same reason I did: that looks dangerous, only I thought it was something to come back to because Ive played older rpgs...not that I was supposed to interact with it. I still slap his hand first, because he should clarify.
Kevin likes to pretend he's bad at video games, but stuff like this proves just how good he is. He managed to do so well without looking anything up. We knwo he didn't look anything up because he took a single long rest...
Anyone else love to see RTGamer and kev play the multiplayer co-op of this game? And possibly the spiffing brit too
I don't think RT can play this, way too many spiders and no arachnophobe mode
Oh, yes! Larian implied you could do things like betray your co-op allies (use that hide dialogue option well) and having such malicious, chaotic friends play would be AMAZING
@@genevievec.8002 So one player can decide to help the druids and the other the goblins? Thats interesting.
@@molybdaen11 Haven't seen it done in practice, and I'm not sure how that looks (I think one side would still have to 'win', and what if your friend is elsewhere at the time you raid the grove or whatever). But from what I understand, conceptually that's the case.
I’m loving BG3 and I’m loving all the content coming out of it because it’s so open ended. Kevin’s playthrough is my favorite by far. Only Kevin could screw this game up so badly. Military genius
My favorite part of this is that closed captioning is writing "Carol" whenever he says Carl and its just so right.
"I need area of effect stuff" Left Gale in the portal. Classic.
Kevin not realizing that being up close makes ranged attacks more likely to miss is so funny.
It's so interesting watching other people play BG3, I've been through this part 3 times already and I'm still learning heaps of new stuff watching Kev play
I've been playing since EA started, with at least 4 characters that have gone through almost all of the Act 1 content, and probably upwards of 15 characters that have gone through the grove at least, and I see and hear about new outcomes in the game during that act.
Ever tried murdering Shadowheart at the beach, reviving her, and killing her again? Or casting speak with dead on a dead companion? Ever left the companions alone and seen what happens? There's so much that can be done. Utterly insane
I got a natural 20 at the swamp entrance check and was VERY confused why there were a bunch of goblins running around going "baaaaah".
*uses a ranged magic attack with the party rogue against an enemy within melee range*
"How could I miss this attack when the enemy is right there?"
Seeing Astarion just hanging out slightly behind Carl, just watching scilently as that bard goes on to do the most insane shit... Yeah, that's in character I think.
There's an origin called Dark Urge that opens up even eviler things, like kicking a squirrel for no reason.
You get that specific option on normal custom characters too…
with durge its not an option. you Will kick the squirrel@@Cosmo_Samoyed
@@Cosmo_Samoyed Huh, didn't know that. The fuckin' intrusive thoughts are CRAZY dark sometimes with Dark Urge though. Had me laughing out loud when the narrator is saying such awful shit.
Dark urge is on another level of evilness
@@Cosmo_Samoyedno the dark urge just instantly kicks the squirrel as soon as you interact with it. You don’t get an option to to choose.
I'm surprised Kevin did not pick Dark Urge.
It's not an Origin Character but a Background, it will allow you to be an absolute psycho. For example! When Gale is reaching out his hand (from the swirly purple portal that Kev ignore), a Dark Urge player can fantasies about cutting off his hand...and turns out, you did!
And now you got Gale's Severed Hand in your inventory.
I love the voice overs, they really add depth to the character, so we really FEEL what Carl is going through.
As a dnd lover, there's something incredibly fun and endearing about watching a newbie discover its weird ass mechanics for the first time in Balders Gate- reminds me of playing for the first time. Also I love how well the chaotic energy Kevin exudes goes with the game; I hope theres more videos like this!
(Also incredible that Kevin, a natural born bard, actually picked that class!)
Honestly, It's actually quite nice to see Kevin be playing a good character for once. As a DnD player he is not nearly as bad as he could have been!
watching kevin complaining about astarion missing when he's trying to shoot them with a bow from like two inches away is a trip
"Consider that a divorce" is a stroke of editing genius.
I couldn't do an evil playthrough, but I know you can, Kevin! I'm counting on you!
The "Dark Urge" character has a serial killer story line and you can still customize them. I think that would suit you a lot. It has tons of rich story and cinematics, and honestly it's super screwed up too. Reminds me of Jim Pickens.
Oh, yes, he needs to do a full playthrough as the Durge Jim Pickens
@@genevievec.8002 I would watch all of it. Funny enough, my name is Genevieve! Lol!
This is quite an accurate Bard roleplay.
DM: "ok, the Fighter attacked and the Wizard casted Fireball. Bard, what are you doing?"
Bard, playing the lute: "THERE GOES MY HERO!🎶"
Kevin waiting so long to level up his characters is frustrating 😂
And I never even knew about the shadow druids storyline! That's crazy how big this game is! PLEASE continue this game, even if it's like Fable and you only play once a year!
The fact Kevin didn’t go with the dark urge in his attempt to be evil surprises me 😂
I mean, I don't think his goal was to play the game well, so I don't think he even noticed the origin options much. Or knows what the Dark Urge entails. If he did, I think he would have gone with it though
No way he knew about The Dark Urge when he made the Carl, otherwise he would've, I'm sure
Imagine being Call Me Kevin's Dungeon Master. I would explode lmao
One of my players already made me bluescreen by THROWING THE OBVIOUS MACGUFFIN INTO A PORTAL OF FIRE AND LIGHTNING
I had to improv *so* hard for what came after
I’ve never seen anyone play this game less proficiently. Truly a marvel of not knowing what the fuck a single feature of the game is. You didn’t even level up. You shot a bunch of people at point blank range with disadvantage and got confused when it wasn’t working. You forgot to reequip your weapon and tried to fistfight Kagha as a level one bard. Astonishing (with love)
Kevin reloading to nring Astarion back from the dead when be was literally standing in the room to find Withers is...very on brand
I decided to be evil on my first playthrough because I can never manage to do it (I feel bad for being mean to digital characters), and boy oh boy did some of the evil things give me ptsd. Love that Kevin has been enjoying the game as well! The game is long as hell but hopefully there might be a full playthrough someday!
I really relate to this. I don't personally enjoy doing true evil runs of games but I am really interested in the different ways of accomplishing the same goal and what kind of evil stuff it's possible to do in games like this, which is one of the reasons why I like watching Kev. He thinks of stuff I doubt I ever would even if I tried. 😂
I want an entire series of Kecin playing this game! It allows you to be legitimately evil in ways I haven't seen in other games and I wanna know how far Kevin will take it!
In the past when Kevin had complete freedom to do what he wanted, it ended very badly for everyone involved
Yeah, but this isn't that kind of game. Here it's mostly going to mean it ends badly for him.
please do more baldurs gate 😭 i keep coming back to watch these 2 videos it’s so good
"HE MISSED! He was right next to him!" Yes Kevin you have disadvantage with ranged weapons in melee range
I desperatly hope that Kevin will revisit this game! It has so much depth in what you can do, he's barely scratched the surface. I've seen a lot of people play this game, but this video still had some things that were new to me, like the way he dealt with the guys in front of the crypt. This game is a playground and I want to see Kevin play more!
Downloading a bunch of Kevin videos (including this one) for a very long flight in a few hours so thank you in advance Kev for keeping me entertained through that haha
Good trip for you Bro.
I really hope Kevin continues this as a series - there is so much more evil - I mean, sensible decisions Carl can make in the world of Baldur’s Gate 3. Will we see Shadowheart again? Will Astarion be Carl’s only friend? Who knows…?
Kevin, running past the broken waypoint: "okay uhhhh I don't know what that is we're just going to ignore it"
- Gale disapproves.
- Astarion approves.
That disguise self trick is genius, yet simple and makes absolute sense, how didn't i think of that
Kevin REALLY needs to find a DND campaign to join, just once lol - also, leave ti to Kevin to show us EVERY outcome we've never seen lol
Trust me all he would have to do is just put a message into the universe. As a dm I know anyone would jump to have him😢 I’m about to start a chaotic game and I just pray we can be have as chaotic as him
Omg I need to see this now. The chaotic possibilities would be literally limitless
God I remember when he joined that one like army roleplay server thing it was glorious.
Get the animal talking perk if you don't have it! It's hilarious and opens hours of conversations 😂
I legitimately never knew you could walk around the "Sunlit Wetlands" like this. The devs really thought of everything. I love it.
Please I need more of this! I've been obsessed with this game recently and my husband and I have cracked up over your playthrough. Would love a part 2 of this!
I forgot to comment this earlier but I really hope Kevin plays this again, there are so many funny and evil interactions in this game, Carl is also a really funny character, this video is one of my new favourites.
As a big fan of this game, it was hilarious and painful to watch you stumbling through it! :D You discovered some things I missed though, so you were clearly doing something right...
This has made me realize how much I need a Kevin DnD. Like there's plenty of online places to play (like "roll 20" and whatnot) so it's not insane effort as long as he can find folks.
"You're no thrall!"
"Yeah I'm just Carl."
Which interestingly enough is a distinct class from a thrall. They're two of the three broad classes in ancient Nordic society. Thralls (slaves), Carls (freemen), and Jarls (nobles).
there's a race called the lolth-sworn drow and there's so many ridiculous dialogue options unique to it that are just really evil. definitely worth a look lmao.
I so wish he would play more, there are so many more bad decisions he could make haha
as soon as this game came out, I couldn't wait for Kevin to play it!
BG3 is like a proper open world D&D experience, but in a game. It's the only game this year that has managed to hold my attention for hours outside of the niche multiplayer rpg called Akanbar. I'd love to see Kevin try out Akanbar too, that would be amazing. Kevin get on that my man, you'll have at least two viewers and three of them will be me (it's in text so not as colourfully visually appealing for a video).
The fact that he found *none* of the other companions (or at least none on screen I could see in camp) is absolutely sending me 😂
“I’m going to be the most evil character” makes lute player who wants to make friends with everyone
12:11 Giving Astrarion a disadvantage by being too close and using an arrow, so he's very likely to miss and then blaming him for missing 😩😂
🤣🤣🤣