And here my runs have been ranger, monk, ranger and bard. Gloomstalkers for life! I'm about halfway through my honor run over on Twitch, it's definitely not easy!
Some areas I found surprisingly easy compared to others that I feared. Then again I had a game plan setup for myself so that probably helped. Though using this to hopefully finish the "save all Tieflings" achievement.
1. Necromancer, 2. sorc/cleric/abdu wizard 3. 1 of each class for the achievement (this playthrough hurt my head but the build wasnt as bad as you would think it should be) this run i'm running a moon druid on honor mode, just clearing out shar temple in act 2 with best girl Minthara. Now that you can knocker our and have a "good" run but for some reason halsin wont leave her tent....
Some people just like to make characters. I have 1 complete playthrough but I have made probably 8 or 9 characters. Most of those don’t have much playtime on them at all
@@unfortunateimperial6019 nice, nice! I'll have to try it too I usually do 2 in rogue for the element of surprise with some fine chopping of kneecaps :D
@@ei492, if you're playing with a reach level 20 mod on PC, I would also suggest a three level dip into the Thief subclass for an extra free bonus action.
To be fair - The Astarion voice actor - got Voice Acting Game of the Year Award .. They're all good - but they can't all win. They were definitely acknowledged.
Gale being the most popular origin character makes sense, because hes the route for speedruns Edit: Seems a lot of people miss my point and dismiss my argument, let me clear something up. Many of the reasons listed, such as Gale's human race and wizard class, are valid reasons for him being common. However, most people looking for a self insert are going to use a custom origin for their initial playthrough, meaning those looking for someone they can project themselves onto aren't picking Gale, they're making customs. Another key detail is that speedrunners are a minority in the community and wouldn't have that much pull. While that is true, bare in mind that the run for this game is very short, and speedrunners will play hundreds of "campaigns" per person, which will inflate the numbers that they generate. Since Gale is likely on a similar level of popularity to other origins, the bump from the speedruns being done would put him over the edge as the most popular origin
@jamaljohnson4382 if people just wanted to play white male, they would likely just make a custom. Larian released an amalgam of all the most popular character creator options and it was just the fallout 4 protagonist
Really surprised La’zael is the least played character since she is the first you meet, fighter class is so OP and she has one of the best side quests and character developments in the whole game
Let’s all agree that Larian was setting out to make a fun and enjoyable experience. They deserve every penny for their efforts. Thank you Larian Studios and everyone who helped create this masterpiece.
Lazy company delivering an abslute unworthy 40% gameplay cut, a plot hole story that makes no sense and shits on the D&D setting, the characters look like made by some rule of cool powergamers who where cut down in power by an annoyed DM who stopped caring, most dialog is atrocious and the romances are worse than a reddit comment. If this would have been done by some small indi company, sure, good job. But a giant AAA company? Just a giant 'fuck you' you gonna buy and love it anyway, ignoring all the lies we told, because you are mindless zombie who follow and eat any social media hype. You can only pray that the gaming industry will ignore this and not exploit this stupidity even further and keep on delivering such lazy, halfbacked shit.
I thought for sure Astarion was gonna be the most romanced character, until I remembered this game is likely played by mostly men, so when all the female characters were the most popular, it made sense.
Reddit and Twitter are filled with a small, yet very loud minority. They are all a certain type of person. Flamboyant, bright colored hair, etc. You know the type.
this was my exact thought process as well, maybe the Astarion simps flooding my recommended says more about me than the actual population of people who have played bg3 lmao
Ngl I'm glad astarion isn't the most popular one, his fans are making the community less enjoyable for me. I literally just got a vid in my recs about how he is the only good option to romance and all female characters suck compared to him. For some reason most of his female fans are super misogynistic and "not like other girls"
Im disappointed our spicy red cinnamon roll doesn't get more love. Sure, you need to stock up on fire resistance potion, but she's such a lovable goof.
I don't have her, when I went and talked with her she said that I had to die because of what I did and I convinced her to not fight, idk if I'll be able to get her in future
Monk is actually a really fun class to play. Was a Tiefling Monk and it was pretty powerful. It's just so much more satisfying to take someone down with my fists.
@@user-pm3wk6lw6m it is. i think the reason though is because of frenzied throw. thrown weapons are really strong in bg3 so a lot of those builds will dip into berserker
They removed the exhaustion, made you instantly frenzy when raging, added frenzied throw, changed the frenzied strike All around some really nice changes that take the class from being ass, to bring really fun
Not really gale just romances himself lol you have to let him down to not outright be forced into romancing him shadowheart atleast requires a little bit of effort.
@@collincaperton6718 people keep saying that gale immediately tries to romance you but on my playthrough he didn’t even get close to that even though his approval rating was quite high
Considering I make it a habit to yeet all halflings and gnomes that I come across... I understand why they aren't played as much... I shapeshift into one when I need Karlach to throw me over a gap I can't jump before I get Misty Step. lmao
Larian Studios deserves every ounce of BG3’s success. They nailed every major category the gaming community has been asking for and they did it without being greedy. This game is nothing short of a 10/10 👏🏼
Halfling Monk here too! His name is Byiggon and my cousin and I are doing a multiplayer run (she’s a Githyanki Ranger). Byiggon has white hair and a white handlebar mustache lol. I’m doing a stupid multiclass though. He’s LV 1 Bard, LV 1 Rogue, LV 3 Monk so far - insane build lmao.
One of my friends and I are doing an honor run, and we just beat Grym last night. That fight really showed the power and stress of misclicking as both of our MC’s either ran into the lava or got downed by lava even though they were standing on the mould injector thing. We ended up cheesing it with rogue Shart firing away for 5 minutes from the bridge. Thank god for scrolls of dimension door!!
Also, what is cool about Monks. Normally only Finesse weapons draw from dexterity if it is higher than strength but if you're a monk. As long as the weapon is able to be wielded single handed and you are proficient with the weapon it draws from dexterity. That being if you are spec out for dexterity. Elf gets you longswords which in my opinion are the best sword class that can be used in one hand in the game. Really wish scimitars did damage more comparable to longswords rather than short swords. I just like the style of them. But their damage is terrible.
In order to balance out the ridiculous number of elf players, I must do a Pelinal Whitestrake tun that will entail me killing all the Elf npc’s in the game.
Most people don’t play clerics because Shadowheart is almost always in the party. I think the majority of the playerbase understands how insane clerics are by now. (especially since you can’t go 5 minutes without someone preaching the cleric-gospel)
Yesnt. I never play Cleric because i either have shadowheart in my party all the time, but thats honestly secondary. I LOVE how they changed some classes. Like, Paladin now really being a ClericxFighter, Ranger getting cool stuff now etc, while they didnt change much about the normal cleric ive known for years in the pen&papier. Well, because the Cleric never needed that and is pretty much the strongest class in 5e anyways. So its less a "sleeping on it" but rather a "oh look, they made other classes hold up better and ive got one cleric anyways all the time"
Laezel as last origin is crazy, her story is basically the main plot. She has some protagonist vibes. Also, very sad to have contributed to the Honor Mode death poll 😢
Been doing an Origin Lae’zel! Since folks playing Gith Tav have been saying you’re just second fiddle to Lae’zel, you get a much cooler Gith experience by just... being her.
It’s more fun to play as a custom Gith though. I played each origin and it’s genuinely more enjoyable to have them as companions. You gain a few perks and exclusive paths with origins, but you also lose a lot of what makes the characters so enjoyable to be around, the dialogue.
@@aegu4387 Cool! I wanted to do her run for some time now. I always feel like she is a bit misplaced as a companion. Segments like the dialogue with Vlakith and freeing Orpheus were just meant for her to be the lead.
@@silimarfrothbeard8661 Out of the companions I only played Astarion as main. And I get what you are saying. Really missed his jokes and banter during his playthrough =( I wish this game had more personalized dialogue for Origin Characters too, like DOS2 had.
@@candiedcrusader7841 all you need is the Tavern Brawler Feat and you're ripping through every enemy in front of you. And that's not even close to how broken a Monk can be in BG3
Or me with my gloomstalker ranger just silently obliterating everyone with a couple of well-timed arrows. Almost regretting doing that playthrough now because I can't experience it for the first time again.
Ive been playing RPGs since 2001. Star wars knight of the Old Replublic was and is one of my favorite ALL TIME choice based RPGs. I did not find another game that gave me that level of wonder until Skyrim in 2010. After, i didnt get it again until BG3 in 2023. I know there's dozens of AWESOME rpgs that have been released in the last 2 decades. None have given me the sense of escape and full immersion like those 3 games. It deserved every single reward.
Shadowheart being the most popular kinda makes sense when you consider that she's the first you pick up after the tutorial and she's super easy to romance.
I mean, you can be her saviour in the tutorial, freeing her from the pod. You garner up alot of approval with her just by doing that and traveling with her
@@Thz333 I'm a simple man, and Shadowheart appeals to the sort of future I tend to imagine for my characters of retiring to go live the nice quiet life out in the countryside and raise a family. Might not be for everyone, but it's most certainly to my tastes.
and her romance is the most rewarding for people who value long-term relationship. if s*x is your main priority and emotional bonding comes later then you'll be more interested in Lae’zel, Astarion or Minthara
Currently running Monk/Fighter and that shit been my favorite playthrough so far. It's fun attacking 6 times in one turn and hitting like a truck 90% of the time
Ranger (Elf) here, I may have Murdered Shadow heart, Lae’zel is in fact my most played origin character and love interest. Glad to be part of the few and proud
Nice to meet another member of Team Karlach (although, tbh im on my first playthrough & i am also itching to romance Shadowheart too cos she's such a sweetheart)
my first playthrough was a halfling monk. halflings racial bonuses were so good too, i can't believe it's one of the least played races and the changes to monk were MWUAH *chef's kiss*
I finished honor mode with one party member standing, had a 60% chance to land the killing blow. Took me about 30 minutes to work up the courage to click. Gotta love that golden D20 though.
Give the short races some love! Can recommend good aligned dark urge Gnome bard. Lots of fun, only caveat is that as a bard you're likely to want help against your evil changeling step sister.
It really surprised me he wasn't in the top 3 romanced characters. I can see him not being first as I don't imagine he's popular with the straight male players (wich I assume are the majority). I can also see Shart and Karlach being the top 2, but I never thought Lae'zel would be more romanced than Astarion.
@@ivorywine2627lmao I'm a woman and i romanced shadowheart cause I played as a straight male character. Why would you think that the reason why not everyone romanced astarion is because they are men?
@@slvaltva1392 I mean it's all just assumption in the end. I just imagine a lot of people played, at least partly with Tavs that are to some degree a projection of themselves, so it makes sense they'd project their own sexuality onto those characters (assuming they're straight men). Personally it also took me the first two act of my 1st playthrough to relax enough to start actually roleplaying as my character and not chose options based on the outcome I wanted. So that's why I came to that conclusion. Another explanation that is way simpler is that I got stuck in an Astarion echo chamber so it seemed he was more popular than he objectively was lol It could also be a bit of both
I'm really surprised how few play Clerics, considering Shadowheart is the most common Love Interest. I like to add at least one level of Selûnite Cleric because it just makes her love story that much more unique and adds so much dialog as Selûne is such a major deity in this campaign!
All that game time is from when all my save files were deleted and I had to start over 3 times 😭😭 Apparently they fixed some stuff so I’ll see if it is different this time. Love the game tho😎
on my current run (which I am on for over half a year now due to a series of circumstances) my Githyanki Sorcerer is dating Shadowheart, since I took my sweet time about getting Wyll to Karlach, but you being team Karlach shows you are a person of refinement and taste! :-)
First run: Dwarf Ranger with accidental Shadowheart romance (I thought I was just being nice, and things happened...) Second Run: Human Paladin, and Karlach Romance (...I really want a continuation, of absolutely fucking up Avernus). Third Run (Current): Tiefling Cleric of Selune. (Aiming for a Wyl romance cause I have heard he's a great character).
Current run for me is a Durge Half-Elf who is a Selûnite Cleric 2/Wizard 10 romaning Shadowheart. I'm in act 3 and I hope I'm ready to face Orin and free him from the Urge. If Shadowheart can defy Shar instead of becoming her Chosen, then so too can he defy Bhaal and refuse to become his father's Chosen.
And here my runs have been ranger, monk, ranger and bard. Gloomstalkers for life! I'm about halfway through my honor run over on Twitch, it's definitely not easy!
Some areas I found surprisingly easy compared to others that I feared. Then again I had a game plan setup for myself so that probably helped. Though using this to hopefully finish the "save all Tieflings" achievement.
1. Necromancer, 2. sorc/cleric/abdu wizard 3. 1 of each class for the achievement (this playthrough hurt my head but the build wasnt as bad as you would think it should be) this run i'm running a moon druid on honor mode, just clearing out shar temple in act 2 with best girl Minthara. Now that you can knocker our and have a "good" run but for some reason halsin wont leave her tent....
Rangers always get the short end of the stick, both in gameplay and aesthetics....
I’m at like 80 hours and only about to hit Act 3 but I’m in so much analysis paralysis
It can be tough! Act 3 has so much to offer, you got this - you can always play the game another go after this :) @@gaberobison680
When you realize around 15% of playtime is the character creation screen
Some people just like to make characters. I have 1 complete playthrough but I have made probably 8 or 9 characters. Most of those don’t have much playtime on them at all
I came to say the same thing lol
And Baldurs Gate one isn't even that complex
CC was like an hour and a half and I’m at like 120 hours and not that far into lower city
lol for real, I just hit randomize like 20 times until a character design looks cool
Not me creating 3 monks dwarfs in a row to punch enemies in balls...
Not at hero's punch balls in capes 🫡
You are the greatest among all of us
My monk halfling punching out entire groups in a turn is fun. (Haste, elixir of bloodlust, two fighter dip for action surge is fun.)
@@unfortunateimperial6019 nice, nice! I'll have to try it too
I usually do 2 in rogue for the element of surprise with some fine chopping of kneecaps :D
@@ei492, if you're playing with a reach level 20 mod on PC, I would also suggest a three level dip into the Thief subclass for an extra free bonus action.
Alright boys, we need to make a million halfling clerics to speed run this game with. Gotta bring those numbers up.
bro i literally play as a halfling cleric, they’re honestly a pretty cracked character, so 10/10 would recommend
I played as a Dueger Druid. Short royalty rise up 🎉
it’s funny bc halfling is one of the strongest races
@@UnuUO and they have luck, idk why they’re not played more
@@maybemablemaples2144 ME TOOOO :D
The questions:
“Fireball?”
The answer:
“Yes.”
How dare you not mention that 1.23 million have turned themselves into a sentient wheel of cheese
I‘m sorry WHAT?
Yeah... I think I missed that one...
How do you do that? I wanna become a wheel of cheese, then I‘ll feel real swiss.
@@chrotinelle5899 imma be honest, without spoilers I've been trying to find out how in the game for a while.
Im pretty sure its the genie person in the circus at the beginning if act 3 you gotta make him mad tho
Scrath hasn't been petted enough
100%
I modded the game so Scratch can be my romantic partner
@@TeamPlasmaSC:(
@@TeamPlasmaSCNo, way too far.
@Diabl05564 No its not. I can go even further!
Karlach really warms the heart! And the whole room!
i killed her my first few playthrough but i also killed wyll so i didnt know it was a quest
Amazing game. Enough credit isn’t given to the amazing voice actor that bring the characters to life. Laezel is amazingly voiced imo.
To be fair - The Astarion voice actor - got Voice Acting Game of the Year Award .. They're all good - but they can't all win. They were definitely acknowledged.
Laezel voice actress is amazing but the character is annoying asf haha
Everybody loves Lae'zel. Not every githyanki is on her level tho. Maybe that's why...
plus the way gith culture is shown to us so well really brings the world alive and makes it feel so much more real and immersive
Exactly. Everyone only talks about Neil because he won an award, but honestly everyone in the game was fantastic.
Gang, we might be a little addicted.
I haven’t even finished my second playthrough and I’m already thinking about my third 😅
@@lexxs8346 Same lol
Idk what your talking about I can stop whenever I want
Sorry I wasn't listening I'm currently creating my 15th character AND STILL FINDING NEW SHIT to do, kill, fuck, persuade.
I can stop whenever I want. Just not right now.
Gale being the most popular origin character makes sense, because hes the route for speedruns
Edit: Seems a lot of people miss my point and dismiss my argument, let me clear something up.
Many of the reasons listed, such as Gale's human race and wizard class, are valid reasons for him being common. However, most people looking for a self insert are going to use a custom origin for their initial playthrough, meaning those looking for someone they can project themselves onto aren't picking Gale, they're making customs.
Another key detail is that speedrunners are a minority in the community and wouldn't have that much pull. While that is true, bare in mind that the run for this game is very short, and speedrunners will play hundreds of "campaigns" per person, which will inflate the numbers that they generate. Since Gale is likely on a similar level of popularity to other origins, the bump from the speedruns being done would put him over the edge as the most popular origin
That explains it. Story wise, he's by far the least interesting origin.
@@jamaljohnson4382
astarion rn: 🧍♂️
@jamaljohnson4382 if people just wanted to play white male, they would likely just make a custom. Larian released an amalgam of all the most popular character creator options and it was just the fallout 4 protagonist
@@jamaljohnson4382Astarion is not white enough or not male enough?
@@jamaljohnson4382astarion has left the chat💀🤦♀️
Really surprised La’zael is the least played character since she is the first you meet, fighter class is so OP and she has one of the best side quests and character developments in the whole game
She look funny doe
Good character development I grant you that but her personality is so abrasive lol
For me its the voice actress. I like her voice, so i want to hear it more than the occasional grunt and 1 liner.
"ew I don't want to play an ugly character"
even though she is the CUTEST githyanki in this game
@@mokibuu Yeah lae'zel has to be like the best looking githyanki out of all of them. Idk why people act like she's so ugly
“Stole game of the year” eat your heart out Spider-Man
Let’s all agree that Larian was setting out to make a fun and enjoyable experience. They deserve every penny for their efforts. Thank you Larian Studios and everyone who helped create this masterpiece.
masterpiece.
massive overstatement.
@@DrDoom-fd2gvit's really not an overstatement, bg3 is without question the best crpg ever made
@@DrDoom-fd2gv just my opinion. If you don’t think so then that’s fine. It is one of the best games of the year for me.
Lazy company delivering an abslute unworthy 40% gameplay cut, a plot hole story that makes no sense and shits on the D&D setting, the characters look like made by some rule of cool powergamers who where cut down in power by an annoyed DM who stopped caring, most dialog is atrocious and the romances are worse than a reddit comment.
If this would have been done by some small indi company, sure, good job. But a giant AAA company? Just a giant 'fuck you' you gonna buy and love it anyway, ignoring all the lies we told, because you are mindless zombie who follow and eat any social media hype.
You can only pray that the gaming industry will ignore this and not exploit this stupidity even further and keep on delivering such lazy, halfbacked shit.
@@DrDoom-fd2gvactually it's an understatement
I thought for sure Astarion was gonna be the most romanced character, until I remembered this game is likely played by mostly men, so when all the female characters were the most popular, it made sense.
Reddit and Twitter are filled with a small, yet very loud minority. They are all a certain type of person. Flamboyant, bright colored hair, etc. You know the type.
this was my exact thought process as well, maybe the Astarion simps flooding my recommended says more about me than the actual population of people who have played bg3 lmao
@@Based_investor women. They're basically all women. Some with bright hair, some not. Oh and I guess gay men
same lol... and for a 'poster boy' character his in-game questline has very little relevance to the overall story, unlike SH, Lae’zel, Wyll
Ngl I'm glad astarion isn't the most popular one, his fans are making the community less enjoyable for me. I literally just got a vid in my recs about how he is the only good option to romance and all female characters suck compared to him. For some reason most of his female fans are super misogynistic and "not like other girls"
Crazy that monk is so underrepresented considering how OP they made them in bg3
Weapons...
@@dacksonfluxfists
Bro as soon as I found out Halsin widdles ducks in his spare time I was sold
Im disappointed our spicy red cinnamon roll doesn't get more love.
Sure, you need to stock up on fire resistance potion, but she's such a lovable goof.
Its just because her quest is so easy to get locked out of.
I don't have her, when I went and talked with her she said that I had to die because of what I did and I convinced her to not fight, idk if I'll be able to get her in future
@@shedaxz
Not in that playthrough.
If you attack the tieflings, you lose Karlach. The only way to get her is to side with the tieflings.
@@Jeezes718 then no karlach in my game xd
Who needs fire resistance when you have the blood of a dragon? :)
I’m disappointed Scratch has not been pet a billion times
*Owlbear
We gotta work to pump up these numbers
How tf you get an owlbear? Just started act* 2@Li_Tobler
I'm working on it. I pet him at least twice when I'm in camp.
(I wonder how many balls have been thrown.)
Challenge accepted
I guess you could say that the dwarf, Halfling, and gnome races came a bit short
...To Asmodeus with you
@bru9383 oooh, the Lust Lord, yes please... :D
@@autobotCRSHR nnnnnNNYYYOOO! TO HORNY JAIL!
@@bru9383 oohooohooohooohoooooo, even betterer, nyehehehehehehe! 🫠🫠🫠
@@autobotCRSHR SECURITY!!
Monk is actually a really fun class to play. Was a Tiefling Monk and it was pretty powerful. It's just so much more satisfying to take someone down with my fists.
Bro, githyanki monk is just so op, I mean I insta misty step into enemy mages and just stun all of them to death
UH-
Anothed Tiefling Monk homie!
I hired the halfling bard hireling, turned her into a monk and I throw her into the battle with my barbarian
Im on my first playthrough and I have Karlach as a monk/barbarian and she's absolutely disgusting at only level 6
Had a Githyanki monk run, was a blast punching 👊 everything, and everyone
Berserker is the #1 class for barbarians. That infographic is showing the #1 subclass for each class in alphabetical order.
E
As a long-time DND player it's bizzare to me cos usually Berserker subclass sucks, I believe Totem Warrior is considered the best one.
@@user-pm3wk6lw6m it is. i think the reason though is because of frenzied throw. thrown weapons are really strong in bg3 so a lot of those builds will dip into berserker
@@user-pm3wk6lw6m Larian modified the subclass. It is a lot stronger than the tabletop version.
They removed the exhaustion, made you instantly frenzy when raging, added frenzied throw, changed the frenzied strike
All around some really nice changes that take the class from being ass, to bring really fun
Shadowheart is just the easiest to accidentally romance lol
Not really gale just romances himself lol you have to let him down to not outright be forced into romancing him shadowheart atleast requires a little bit of effort.
And the hottest haha
Tbf she's pretty agreeable on most things when it comes to her opinions.
@@collincaperton6718
people keep saying that gale immediately tries to romance you but on my playthrough he didn’t even get close to that even though his approval rating was quite high
No. She average. Like taylor swift@@espiritupete
Can't believe halflings aren't getting the love they deserve
Considering I make it a habit to yeet all halflings and gnomes that I come across... I understand why they aren't played as much...
I shapeshift into one when I need Karlach to throw me over a gap I can't jump before I get Misty Step. lmao
Larian Studios deserves every ounce of BG3’s success. They nailed every major category the gaming community has been asking for and they did it without being greedy. This game is nothing short of a 10/10 👏🏼
Lol my run was a literal halfling Monk who romanced Karlach
Lmfao
My run was halfling cleric who romanced Karlach) We are like unicorns I think
I ran a halfling monk too. He was a beast!
My Durge Halfling Ranger romanced Karlach
Halfling Monk here too! His name is Byiggon and my cousin and I are doing a multiplayer run (she’s a Githyanki Ranger).
Byiggon has white hair and a white handlebar mustache lol. I’m doing a stupid multiclass though. He’s LV 1 Bard, LV 1 Rogue, LV 3 Monk so far - insane build lmao.
49 million scratches for scratch isn’t ENOUGH…WE NEED MOOOOOOORE
One of my friends and I are doing an honor run, and we just beat Grym last night. That fight really showed the power and stress of misclicking as both of our MC’s either ran into the lava or got downed by lava even though they were standing on the mould injector thing. We ended up cheesing it with rogue Shart firing away for 5 minutes from the bridge. Thank god for scrolls of dimension door!!
Monk is my favorite.
"Oh, you've disarmed me?"
Also, what is cool about Monks. Normally only Finesse weapons draw from dexterity if it is higher than strength but if you're a monk. As long as the weapon is able to be wielded single handed and you are proficient with the weapon it draws from dexterity. That being if you are spec out for dexterity. Elf gets you longswords which in my opinion are the best sword class that can be used in one hand in the game. Really wish scimitars did damage more comparable to longswords rather than short swords. I just like the style of them. But their damage is terrible.
Monk unarmed stun goes brrrrr
Yusssss. Team Karlach! ❤
Muscle girl appreciators rise up
Team Karlach reporting in.
Reporting in for karlach quality time duty.
Mama k is too cute 🥰 🥰
Fan of Mama K, reporting for duty!
"Wow, so many races and classes i can choose from in this fantasy RPG!"
Human
Male
Blond hair, blue eyes
Palidin
Lets go 😎
Based. Swap paladin with barbarian and that's literally me.
Well yeah, the FANTASY is the extermination and persecution of the other races :D
Meanwhile me choosing dwarf to experience what is like to be 5'9ft
Wundakin.
Supposedly the most common character created during the history of D&D is a male human fighter named Bob.
Genuinely shocked Astarion isn’t the most popular lover. He’s literally designed for it!
When you realize your demographic. Isn't the main demographic .
In order to balance out the ridiculous number of elf players, I must do a Pelinal Whitestrake tun that will entail me killing all the Elf npc’s in the game.
I'm actually shocked, as my first run was a gnome monk. There's something about taking down God's with my fist that's just satisfying lol
Stunning Ball Flick!
I went buff mustached human monk and dipped into barb once at 7 for rage, basically wanted to rp as a flightless viltrumite or saiyan lol
@@spicypuphboi2228I gotta know… did it work. How similar were you to a viltrumite
I’ll keep saying it, people sleep on clerics
Most people don’t play clerics because Shadowheart is almost always in the party. I think the majority of the playerbase understands how insane clerics are by now. (especially since you can’t go 5 minutes without someone preaching the cleric-gospel)
Yesnt. I never play Cleric because i either have shadowheart in my party all the time, but thats honestly secondary. I LOVE how they changed some classes. Like, Paladin now really being a ClericxFighter, Ranger getting cool stuff now etc, while they didnt change much about the normal cleric ive known for years in the pen&papier. Well, because the Cleric never needed that and is pretty much the strongest class in 5e anyways. So its less a "sleeping on it" but rather a "oh look, they made other classes hold up better and ive got one cleric anyways all the time"
As a life cleric main. I agree.
Don't you mean sleep *with* clerics, seeing as shadowheart is the most popular romance?
Of all the runs I've done I only benched Shart once
I alone contributed 200 of those years in character creation
Scratch has not been pet enough. Show him more love!
i do what i can :(
Laezel as last origin is crazy, her story is basically the main plot. She has some protagonist vibes. Also, very sad to have contributed to the Honor Mode death poll 😢
Been doing an Origin Lae’zel! Since folks playing Gith Tav have been saying you’re just second fiddle to Lae’zel, you get a much cooler Gith experience by just... being her.
It’s more fun to play as a custom Gith though. I played each origin and it’s genuinely more enjoyable to have them as companions. You gain a few perks and exclusive paths with origins, but you also lose a lot of what makes the characters so enjoyable to be around, the dialogue.
@@aegu4387 Cool! I wanted to do her run for some time now. I always feel like she is a bit misplaced as a companion. Segments like the dialogue with Vlakith and freeing Orpheus were just meant for her to be the lead.
@@silimarfrothbeard8661 Out of the companions I only played Astarion as main. And I get what you are saying. Really missed his jokes and banter during his playthrough =( I wish this game had more personalized dialogue for Origin Characters too, like DOS2 had.
What makes you think she's the main plot? All the character arcs are so interwoven that I don't know how any of them could claim the main plot.
I don't see how monk isn't more played its been one of my favorites so far and I've been bodying everything
Because monk is so incredibly weak comparatively
@@candiedcrusader7841 tavern brawler 6 monk 3 thief 3 fighter dunks on literally any class that it's not even funny.
And it's OP even without min/maxing
@@candiedcrusader7841 all you need is the Tavern Brawler Feat and you're ripping through every enemy in front of you. And that's not even close to how broken a Monk can be in BG3
@@candiedcrusader7841 it’s actually probably the most OP class in the game, it’s just kind of boring and not flashy.
For such a simple character creation it really does have a depth of its own
Druegar is the stongest stealth race. At will invisibility is game breaking
They are usually self inserts so it makes sense
I tried a gnome before, party memebers kept throwing me at the enemies, also the reason why we've failed all honor runs to date.
Maybe dont be so throwable then...
Stop looking so cute when ur being tossed idk
disguise yourself as dragonborn. problem solved 😂😂
And here I am with my cleric, spirit guardian dashing all my problems away
Or me with my gloomstalker ranger just silently obliterating everyone with a couple of well-timed arrows.
Almost regretting doing that playthrough now because I can't experience it for the first time again.
"8196 years in Character Creation"
"What even is Baldur's Gate? 😡"
Me being a halfling Ranger, “Justice for my short QUEEN!”
This will go into my book of grudges.
500 hours in and I haven't reached Baldurs Gate yet. I just keep making new characters
I chose monk cuz i thought beating the sh*t out of giant monsters with my bare fists was pretty cool, but apparently other people don’t feel the same
I love gnomes, halflings, and dwarfs, but the movement speed nerf is very noticeable after playing something like an elf
That's probably why they are so low tbh
Just bought the game and already team Karlach. The videos ive seen of her, clearly show her as best girl.
No surprise there. Gale is the only straight guy and Shadowheart is the most normal and conventionally attractive.
sorry to break it to you but no main character is straight and canonically everyone in faerun is bi
Ive been playing RPGs since 2001. Star wars knight of the Old Replublic was and is one of my favorite ALL TIME choice based RPGs. I did not find another game that gave me that level of wonder until Skyrim in 2010. After, i didnt get it again until BG3 in 2023. I know there's dozens of AWESOME rpgs that have been released in the last 2 decades. None have given me the sense of escape and full immersion like those 3 games. It deserved every single reward.
Me, a monk gold dwarf who's fucking laezel
Duergar supremacy
I hope more games do this. This is so fun to listen to and makes me want to play the game.
The Shadowheart surprises me the most
Imma create a dwarf monk now that spreads terror by just tackling everyone
Shadowheart being the most popular kinda makes sense when you consider that she's the first you pick up after the tutorial and she's super easy to romance.
I mean, you can be her saviour in the tutorial, freeing her from the pod. You garner up alot of approval with her just by doing that and traveling with her
And cuz ppl are so basic and shadowheart is so basic cute girl.
@@Thz333 I'm a simple man, and Shadowheart appeals to the sort of future I tend to imagine for my characters of retiring to go live the nice quiet life out in the countryside and raise a family. Might not be for everyone, but it's most certainly to my tastes.
Laezel is an old mexican lady, 75% of people killed kharlach, so there isnt much choice other than shadow
and her romance is the most rewarding for people who value long-term relationship. if s*x is your main priority and emotional bonding comes later then you'll be more interested in Lae’zel, Astarion or Minthara
I have played a Life Cleric and Light cleric... they both had the ability to absolutely destroy people while still healing the team.
Currently running Monk/Fighter and that shit been my favorite playthrough so far. It's fun attacking 6 times in one turn and hitting like a truck 90% of the time
Glad I can contribute to that number in the character creation screen because I left my computer on all night on the character creation screen,
I'm surprised Ranger is one of the least picked. I went ranger my first playthrough and it absolutely pops off especially at higher levels.
Team Karlach ❤️
Karla and Bae Zel for life
When you said karlach i Immediately subed, i like your style
Now these are the type of stats i like to see, it really puts it all into perspective
Monk and cleric being the least played is crazy cuz Monk is SUPER good in bg3, and Cleric is well known for being amazing all around.
Ranger (Elf) here, I may have Murdered Shadow heart, Lae’zel is in fact my most played origin character and love interest. Glad to be part of the few and proud
Nice to meet another member of Team Karlach (although, tbh im on my first playthrough & i am also itching to romance Shadowheart too cos she's such a sweetheart)
Laezel is my favorite romantic partner
I didn’t realize how much of freak she is until I unlocked more of her dialogue
Welp time to romance laezel
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It really surprised me
God I wish they would keep adding to this wonderful game
my first playthrough was a halfling monk.
halflings racial bonuses were so good too, i can't believe it's one of the least played races and the changes to monk were MWUAH *chef's kiss*
I finished honor mode with one party member standing, had a 60% chance to land the killing blow. Took me about 30 minutes to work up the courage to click. Gotta love that golden D20 though.
Imagine if one of the stats they include next time is how many times Alfira/Quill have been durged.
Alot of times, ley me tell you
Nobody will ever be as good as my flaming hot cheeto.
Give the short races some love! Can recommend good aligned dark urge Gnome bard. Lots of fun, only caveat is that as a bard you're likely to want help against your evil changeling step sister.
"84 Million Fireballs."
Team Astarion over here 😂
Monk is a banger class. First playthrough was a monk and I had a great time solving all my problems with punching
I love how out of 51,000 years playing the game, 8,000 was spent creating characters
I play a ranger in my first play through, and I love it. Why is it underrated
I’m so excited to play Balls Gay 3
💀
Aight I found out what to call the game when talking to my sibling 👍
Wow I was not expecting Gale. And I really would have expected astarion to beat out shadowheart
It really surprised me he wasn't in the top 3 romanced characters. I can see him not being first as I don't imagine he's popular with the straight male players (wich I assume are the majority). I can also see Shart and Karlach being the top 2, but I never thought Lae'zel would be more romanced than Astarion.
@@ivorywine2627 that makes sense.
@@ivorywine2627it took me wayyy too long to realize Shart was Shadowheart shortened please never call a human being that ever again😭😭
@@ivorywine2627lmao I'm a woman and i romanced shadowheart cause I played as a straight male character. Why would you think that the reason why not everyone romanced astarion is because they are men?
@@slvaltva1392 I mean it's all just assumption in the end. I just imagine a lot of people played, at least partly with Tavs that are to some degree a projection of themselves, so it makes sense they'd project their own sexuality onto those characters (assuming they're straight men). Personally it also took me the first two act of my 1st playthrough to relax enough to start actually roleplaying as my character and not chose options based on the outcome I wanted. So that's why I came to that conclusion.
Another explanation that is way simpler is that I got stuck in an Astarion echo chamber so it seemed he was more popular than he objectively was lol
It could also be a bit of both
I'm really surprised how few play Clerics, considering Shadowheart is the most common Love Interest. I like to add at least one level of Selûnite Cleric because it just makes her love story that much more unique and adds so much dialog as Selûne is such a major deity in this campaign!
Feeling unique as a tiefling monk
I'm only here to pump up the numbers for scratch
Ranger is amazing... 6th playthrough and tried it this week
Ranger is fun. My first playthrough was as a Beast Master Ranger 8/Thief Rogue 4 with akimbo hand crossbows. I didn't use a single tadpole
Seeing the character creation got me 😂 the rest of the game was amazing to play 🙌🏽
All that game time is from when all my save files were deleted and I had to start over 3 times 😭😭
Apparently they fixed some stuff so I’ll see if it is different this time.
Love the game tho😎
Honestly, that number for number of Scratch Pets is too low. We need to get those numbers up.
I wasn't expecting ranger to be one of the least played classes, it's so fun to play!
I’m playing a beastmaster right now and it’s a blast! The versatility the companions provide is awesome!
Monk is fire in bg3, such an improvement from the past
Considering Drow are also incredibly popular, I think it's safe to say Elves lead by a wide margin for "most popular species".
Not picking dwarf is a sign of low test
I love playing dwarfs, but the movespeed penalty is such a drawback, espesially if you wanna play barb
Now take into account the number of reruns we did
My short king, gnome cleric, trying to make moves on Karlach is apparently an anomaly. 😮
Halflings are going to be more popular as they're one of the best picks for honor mode
COWARDS, ALL OF YOU!
The BEST romance is OBVIOUSLY the Emperor.
Star wars back here like just do it take the power of the tadpole Luke
Not me out here with a deep gnome cleric.
on my current run (which I am on for over half a year now due to a series of circumstances) my Githyanki Sorcerer is dating Shadowheart, since I took my sweet time about getting Wyll to Karlach, but you being team Karlach shows you are a person of refinement and taste! :-)
You play Gale to speedrun parts of the game, I play Gale so I don't have to constantly skip through all his dialogue
We are not the same
😂
First run: Dwarf Ranger with accidental Shadowheart romance (I thought I was just being nice, and things happened...)
Second Run: Human Paladin, and Karlach Romance (...I really want a continuation, of absolutely fucking up Avernus).
Third Run (Current): Tiefling Cleric of Selune. (Aiming for a Wyl romance cause I have heard he's a great character).
Current run for me is a Durge Half-Elf who is a Selûnite Cleric 2/Wizard 10 romaning Shadowheart. I'm in act 3 and I hope I'm ready to face Orin and free him from the Urge. If Shadowheart can defy Shar instead of becoming her Chosen, then so too can he defy Bhaal and refuse to become his father's Chosen.