Baldur's Gate 3: Christmas Gift - An Animated Short
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- The party is hunkering down for some well-deserved rest... But who is the crimson-robed figure awaiting in the forest?
Thank you to @mashed for working with us on another animation!
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I love Karlach sinking into the snow constantly..lol
Also shadowheart and astarion clinging to her to keep warm lol
@@xenonsan3110 I could totally see that happening lol
And her jet ski
@@prylosecorsomething3194 That she is struggling to even start LOL
She runs around naked and doesn't get cold. ^^
Yeah that looks about right.
I love how Karlach got literally what her "HEART" desired, so she literally gets engine oil, she's always getting screwed on the semantics for this whole heartless kerfuffle
Omg I just got that thanks to you
Oh wow, that's pretty sly.
What got me was the "Come to DADDY!"
Bruh, no way I got this only now 😭
@@joswald9160this woman makes me question if I want her to be my daddy or mommy...
Honestly? I am down for both
Taunting us with a 6 person party, thats the gift we all really want
There’s a mod on Nexus where you can do that
@@auzcakez7860 sweet, thanks :)
@@auzcakez7860yeah but it wildly unbalances the gameplay lol. You just roll through everything because you have everyone along
@@thedoomslayer5863 difficulty mods can allieviate it a bit. maybe lower the amount of xp recieved could help. bg1 and 2 devided the xp evenly between the characters which helped balance the difficulty curve depending if you played tall or wide, at least in bg1
@@thedoomslayer5863there are mods to increase difficulty. I personally hate difficulty increases by +AC/Save/Attack/HP method, and i haven't played in a while. I hope there's a "more monsters or replace monsters with stronger ones" mod (replacing a few goblins with bugbears for example)
There's so many little details that just do it for me in this masterpiece.
1: Karlach melting through the snow
2: Lae'zel watching Karlach melt through the snow.
3: Karlach being caked up.
4: Astarion and Lae'zel being the only one's unimpressed by Santa's bag.
5: Gale telling Lae'zel to stop licking the Xbox off screen
6: Wyll magically getting a foot stool to put his foot up when he opened the tavern door in classic hero pose
7: Astarion getting a 20 on iniative, posing in the mirror with the coat he looted, and then watching as the coat's reflection floated in the mirror 😂
8: Laezel making adorable eyes as she asked Geoff how he knew what to get her
9: Karlach's sharp teef right before she bit into the xbox's power chord
10: Shadowheart healing Karlach after she bit through the cord and Wyll checking up on her. Gale and Laezel hugging each other in fear of the mysterious box while Astarion didn't give a damn 🤣
11. Santa looking nervous when Gale says "all alone". (1:06)
12. Astarion drinks Swen Vincke's blood
Yes yes we know karlach (wrongfully) is the best girl NO NEED FOR HALF YOUR LIST TO BE ABOUT HER
-Shadowheart stan
13. Wyll doing the soyjack pointing meme
honestly at this point if there is a Netflix show, i would MUCH rather it be these animations over a live action. these are so much fun!
I would watch a netflix series of this on repeat until the universe died out.
100%, like it could be short ones like this without any larger storyline and I would still watch them. They are so much fun!
Hey, Netflix, you wanna have a contest with Critical Role? Go for it. The trick is doing a big ass poll/contest to see what Tav is made for the show.
I agree that it would be cool but let's cool our jets on dissing the live action. I think there is plenty of opportunities to be had Karlachinlaezelsunderwear between the characters Laezelsteppingonsomeonewithcamerapov and all the cool stuff Astarionmockingpeople like meeting the actors and stuff...LIVEACTIONMINTHARASIGNINGTHEBOOTSSHEBEATSMEWITH. Lots of opportunities.
I think I’d prefer a more realistic art style (in terms of proportions-think Avatar or the Vox Machina show) but I definitely think BG3 would be better suited to animation
Blown away by how much you all love the work we've done with Larian on these shorts 🥹 Working with Larian is a dream and it's so much fun working on these with them together. Special shout out to Emily, Molly, Tom, the amazing voice actors and the whole Larian family. Always ready for another adventure with the gang! ❤
You guys never cease to amaze me
Please never stop doing these 💜
Thank you so much for making it. This is amazing.
Legit amazing, great work as usual
Seriously yall have been killing it
The idea of Wyll being the only hero in their group, dragging them on quests is perfect
He is the Blade of Frontiers! Of course he's the hero!
Every party needs at least 1 good moral compass, or nothing would get done…and this party is running on the bare minimum.
@crowsenpai5625 Exactly, we're the glue that seems the party on track and out of jail.
Well his desire tells me he lusts for Mizora.
@@02091992able I mean, can you blame him?
On the shot of everyone beaming with anticipation over the bag, Astarion and Lae'zel both look unimpressed, then glance at each other. They know it's too good to be true, setting up Lae'zel searching one side of the camp while Astarion checks the other.
Details are great.
“This shit is stinky and sus”
Seeing Lae'zel's eyes sparkle with joy is one of the best moments of this entire short XD
Geoff is the best gift giver.
It especially pairs well with her grumpy voice and line delivery XD
Geoff, how did you know!?
I'm so appreciative of how the VAs are happy to participate in things like this 😊
I mean it’s their job so…
@@eduj Yes, but you can tell they are having fun with it as well.
@@urazz7739its cslled coice acting. They have to sound this way.
@@edujNo it’s not, they were free lancers.
@@edujThey don't HAVE to lend their voices to some random cartoon thing. They did their jobs with the actual game already.
This is how you can tell they liked being their characters
Shadow hugging Karlach like a heater, just gold😂
Dont forget Astarion siting haha
@@PaladinodoCerradooficial Even Karlach not enough to warm Asta🤣
Petition to make Geoff a official companion.
PLEASE
It warms my heart any time I see a Geoff Peterson reference.
No no, not before Bing Bong
Ah, the BG3 player base. Even if it DOESN'T have a pulse, we'll demand it be a companion.
What? ya never played as a necramanca befa?
I'd pay money to watch an animated series, with the original VAs, of these guys. I love them all SO much! Also, Shadowheart singing "Healsss!" at the end, after Karlach bit the cord, is so funny to me! lol
The voice actors have just way too much fun with these characters, and I am completely here for it.
Hell yeah, agreed
I love how at the end Karlach's response to something she doesn't know is to bite it
And laezels is to lick it. I guess taste test is what it takes to be adventurous
@@502jackalstoplickingthedamnthing!
@@502jackallaezel doesn't know the thing in my pants, so....
The Goku method of solving problems.
@@blackjacktrialShe really is a frog girl
I love how there’s no “Tav” but they are in a “Tav”ern. Very clever, Larian
Aside from that, it's a very common trope for RPG characters to hang out in taverns anyway.
The earlier shorts kind of imply that Gale is the player character in this particular party.
tav owns the tavern obviously
@@GaldirEonai Well, Durge (who is likely the canonical Tav) did show up in another one of these, but Gale does seem to be the de facto leader, yeah.
No matter how many times i hear it, Astarion's "Oh for Fuck's sake" still cracks me up 😂
Gale: "Don't even think about licking this."
....
Lae'zel: *slurping background noises*
"Stop that"
Oh god damn it. The party cameo from last time and this one near the beginning with the yellow magic user, blue and pink haired armored people and the tall dark skinned red head are flipping Sonic refrences.
Good to see someone else noticed the cameo from Team Sonic.
I love these because of the implication that Gale is the de facto party leader when there's no Tav around, which is honestly as it should be, because it means we get Tara too.
He's the most level headed to be fair
@@apache8795IDK, the barbarian makes some great arguments such as [ROAR!]
@@jackhazardous4008 Also [Eat Cable]. If Gale can eat shoes why can't she chew on it
Tara would make a PERFECT Chrismas dinner!
Well, according to Larian stats, he is the most popular origin character to play as, so it makes sense
Please, we need a animation series like this!!!!
Why not go even beyond? Do something like Critical Role did. A TV show in this style, like Vox Machina.
@@ThePariahDarkI would love to see their backstories, each an episode long. That gives us a full season when you add up all ten companions!
I would even pay for it.
Not in this style, but yeah.
@@cameronmcewen7192 Yeh, I was thinking more serious for sure
Gale casually fork-and-knifing a magic boot 🤣🤣🤣
shadowheart snuggling karlach 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Seeing Tomato’s, Juniper’s, Joefudge’s and CrownDM’s characters at the beginning was nice surprise :)
Yeah same it made me really happy to see that
Thank god Turg is wearing a paper bag on his head.
Yeah! I've only watched clips, I should watch the full thing cos Brett is a cool DM, but it was a really cool cameo to notice. Who are the other characters in this scene, they look like cameos too but I don't recognise them?
@@thestormwizard6447 I don't know most of them, but the top right table is Sonic's team. They appeared in the Launch Party short too.
@@SerLagsalot which Sonic? Not the blue hedgehog right?
I love Lae'zel licking in the background and Gale just "Stop it" 😂
The voice acting is superb in this, it's deliberately more hammed-up to fit a cartoon, but not to the point of being distracting or making the characters unreckognizable.
Karlach taking a bite out of a plugged cable is so random lmao. And I believe Gale has had enough companions licking suspicious items XD.
I also wanted to add that Wyll pointing at the glowing light in the distance is referencing that meme isn't it hahaha.
Karlach likes to eat weird things, she is the only one who approves of you licking the spider corpse, and then she even comments something about “is that beef” 😂 I assume when you’ve lived in Avernus, food options are limited so you try whatever you can find 🤔
2:59
lae'zel : another mysterious box
gale : don't even think about licking it
lae'zel licking it 🤣
10/10
It makes me really emotional to see a game treated with passion like this. I hope it becomes a trend in this muddy times on the industry. Thank you sincerely, Larian!
This goes to show that Wyll is the main character and hero of the story lmaoo.
At first I’ve always found him very boring, until playing the game as him through his eyes. He legit has hero plot armor
As for everyone else, this short perfectly catches each of their characters wonderful. I can’t stop smiling hahaaaa
Never thought I'd see Lae'zel jumping in Gale's arms, but here we go
Also, I love how Astarion is constantly shivering and freezing. Then again, he's a vampire spawn and probably doesn't have any body heat to warm himself with. Him cuddling with his body warmth opposite Karlach was both hilarious and adorable
And is that Shadowheart using the prism as a rubik's cube in the beginning?
I love how chaotic they all are. 😂 Larian and all the VA’s did such a wonderful job on this game and all these little treasure you bless us with. ❤
the way Karlach started melting the snow at 0:54 made me cackle for like 5 minutes lmao
Omg, I can't get over at how precious laezel looks when opening her gift
this shows how much we need an entire show animated like this covering the events before during and after bg3.
We need an oficial series with this cast. Something like Vox Machina will be amazing. Or even shorts. I just know I need more.
Ok, seeing as the party are able to touch Karlach without burning to death, I can assume that she's either had her engine repaired, or it's so cold that it's balancing out her internal heat.
Seriously, can't Karlach just take a long sabbatical in Icewind Dale? Seriously, her and the Companions of the Hall would get along.
The group NEEDS to be in a movie.
Preferably an animated one with the va cast
Tommy's a good kid at heart
If this was made into a series, I would watch the crap out of it, as I'm sure so many others would.
The fans are BEGGING for more of these I need more BG3 animated in my life😭🙏
Karlach melting the snow she walks over is absolutely hysterical
Karlach sinking into the snow made me laugh, Lae'zel *watching* Karlach sink into the snow made me laugh so hard I choked 😂
Astarion's "Oh ffs" gets me every time
This is just perfect. Karlach melting through the snow, Gale munching on a Boot, Astarions "Oh for fuck sake", Astarion and Shadowheart using Karlach as a heater, Karlach munching on the power cord. just so on point
This was PERFECT!! Thank you Larian for making not only the GOTY, but the best game I've ever played! 5 playthroughs in 4 months and still can't put it down. I hope you can include Minthara, Minsc or Jaheira in the next ones! Have a merry Christmas and fantastic New Year! 🥰
Larian Studios 10/10 -Please consider doing an animated series with these characters. I would watch a thousand seasons.
This would be the best Saturday morning cartoon. I'd watch every episode. Astarion steals the show everywhere.
Dear Larian, All I want for Christmas is a full animated series of this. ❤ I would watch the hell out of that show.
I love the tiny detail of Karlach melting the snow
I did not notice the”red robe” detail until the third watch through when Astarion was modeling it in front of the mirror…
0:32 Wyll: What are you all sitting around for? We're not done yet!
Astarion: Of, for (bleep) sake!
I feel like we need a whole show like this😂
I like the sonic and gang reference in the beginning at the tavern
The bottle Astarion holds out at 0:26 is from 1972. Since it's It's 1492 DR in the D&D timeline, this must refer to Earth years. Toril is written to have a connection to Earth. Earth's time measurement is about 630 years ahead of Toril's. So, as of Baldur's Gate, it's about 2122 on Earth.
Astarion has had that bottle for 150 years. He cracked it open for this special occasion and then threw it on the ground.
It might also be when Larian Studio CEO and founder Sven Vincke was born( 5/30/72)
@@michaelgarner4423 I know that, the comment is mostly a joke.
I’m not a dnd player so I didn’t get the meaning of the joke
1:01 Mommy Karlach
That karlach cake when she reached in the bag though
I really enjoy these, they pack so much humor and are so much better than regular trailers.
shadowheart clinging to karlach is possibly my favorite image ever. i want to do an origin run just so i can make them fall in love
0:43 Soyjack Wyll LMAO
Larian could actually make tv show if they wanted.
As long as they do it right.
Now all I want is a 12 episode season of the adventures of our favorite party from Faerûn in animated form.
1:47 Hearing Karlach say “come to daddy” really awakened something in me 🤣
LMAO you can hear Lae’zel licking the Xbox in the background 💀💀💀
1:36 I love that even Larian proves it is canon, for us fans of our origin Wyll's more... tempestuous playthrough choices.
They truly understand us *WyZora* shippers!
Feels -hotter than Avernus- good man 🥲
These are the *slightly* more serious game equivalents to the Manscaped ads, but I think these are the best advertisements ever.
Astarion constantly being on the verge of freezing to death is taking me out 😭
I want a whole show with these guys. If Vox Machina can get one, why not them?
Wyll got a pretty good gift not gonna lie.
I want Astarian's "oh for fuck's sake!" As a ringtone/notification setting!
"Don't even think about licking it" lol I missed that one before
Karlach should've gotten magical coolant instead of engine oil
Karlach holding the elves is so accurate
I need a Netflix serie of this !!!!
I'll never get tried of watching this
As someone who is currently falling in love with your game (and characters!), I must say, this is PERFECT! 😂 It has all the cute social interactions, chemistry and humour I so love! Every character is so cute in this! You can't leave one unattented for even a minute! How Lae'zel adores her present and how you can hear her offscreen, licking the x-box despite Gale's plea, haha.
Astarion's "For Fuck's sake!" is adorable (though him being adorable in a way is his thing, I guess), as is him freezing (it's nice if someone else shares the freeze!) and sitting on Karlach's knees, hahaha! With Shadowheart on her other side, love it! Or Wyll, with his present. Or Gale, adoring Tara. Gosh. I could watch a whole series of those! It's so well balanced.
And how do you get all these outstanding voiceactors? Even the Santa-Elf is awesome!
Thanks for your hard work, love it a lot.
0:36 - this alone is worth a couple awards for Neil! Absolutely killed me!
Omg! 0:09 Looks like Sonic, Tails, Amy and Knuckles formed a party! Larian, you rock!
Karlach slowly sliding down as she melts the snow, with absolutely no reaction from anyone, is so incredible.
And right before that, everyone is walking on top of the snow and Karlach just wading through it waist deep with no effort. That was great.
It's my favourite part of the short
Seeing someone with the same PFP gave me a stroke.
@@knightclub9668 Fellow Ferry enjoyer
Lae'zel seems to notice...and thats all she did
I love how despites Gale's comment, you can hear Lae'zel licking the Xbox in the background haha. I really want a mini series by Larian now.
STOP LICKING THE DAMM THING
She's licking it BECAUSE he told her not to
She can't let Gale tell her what to do
I think gale wanted to lick it himself 😂😂
STOP LICKING THE DAMN THING
STOPLICKINGTHEDAMNTHING
That “Oh for fuck’s sake!” Is such a perfect encapsulation of Astarion’s entire character in a single exclamation.
The amount of pettiness in his voice kills me every time lol
Had to replay it like ten times haha. It is perfection.
I felt that in my soul. Makes me think of being at work and people being needy. 😂
I get this from him a lot. He hates me ha.
So is “My gods, I’m beautiful” 😂
I can never thank these voice actors enough for giving life to these characters
This is awesome, thank you Larian team and all cast and Mashed, you're all amazing, we need more puhleeeaaseeee
They seem to do them every time there is a new console version, so here's hoping for Switch! 😁
@@tylerboyce4081I don't think that's technically possible.
@@zachplummer625 yeah the game is way too big to work on a switch I think
I love you guys so much 💕
@@tylerboyce4081BG3 on the switch would make the console actually melt
I love how you guys are embracing the boot eating memes
ikr and that
"don't even *think* about licking it" xD
Gale eats clothes, and that's just facts.
What are the origins of this meme? Is it because of the need to consume mágical items?
@@bernardoheusi6146Yup
@@bernardoheusi6146 yeah
The fact that Karlach isn't bothered by the cold and is just melting the snow everywhere she touches is so awesome to me, well done!
Karlach is just that hot
It made me laugh. The gags only last for like 2 seconds.
The cold never bothered her anyway
Meanwhile poor Astarion is so cold already it doesn't help his constitution at all so you have Karlach heating him up because she runs hot enough for herself, him and Shadowheart. XD
Also ultimate snowstorm snuggle buddy :3
I love the implication that Wyll is permanently carrying around a footstool in case he needs to make a dramatic proclamation
I didn't even notice the footstool lol
@@amelianyquist1215Wyll is such a bard sometimes.
Should have been a literal soapbox
Give me more animated shorts of the party going on more dumb and fun adventures.
Yes, WE DEMAND IT !!
Why stop at animated shorts when it can be a show?? Vox Machina style maybe?? The Narrator can even come back to voice some of the NPC's 😁
@@IneffableChild I will NEVER say no to more Amelia Tyler.
I 👏🏻 Demand 👏🏻 A 👏🏻 TV 👏🏻 Show 👏🏻 Dammit. I know they have the funds.
we all know, we were all the source
And if they don't, we will provide!
If they didn't they could crowd fund it easily
but hear me out what if instead they use that money to make more awesome content and maybe even a better sequel!!
@@KandeeKushLarian is unfortunately done with BG. Won't be any expansions. Their next game is gonna be something different.
Astarion fawning over himself despite only being able to see the coat in the mirror was so funny
OMG I missed that the first time! Good eye!
Its a good coat...
And later he says, 'gods i'am Beautiful'
He cant even see himself. and that fits so perfectly.
@@OonalovesAstarionssimpleplan "I don't need a reflection to know this looks fabulous". Yes , I'm pretty sure Astarion loves looking into mirrors even if he doesn't have a reflection.
I love how Gale eating shoes is now made 100% lore accurate
Sole food
@@thunderspear2251 does make you wonder if he prefers his stake overdone to the point it's rubber
Is this a reference to the cast playing DND and that gag about Gale's stylish shoes Astarion couldn't stop looking at?
Or is this a joke about him eating random magical shit
@@thedoomslayer5863
Well, probably both.
@@thedoomslayer5863 him eating enchanted items. Officially he's supposed to absorb the weave in them making them useless but pretty much everyone I talked to about this game says that Gale eats their shoes, gloves, armor etc. So this take being on the official channel makes it extra precious
Jesus, rehire the cast and make this an official TV show. I'll subscribe to whatever platform you put it on. I love you all at Larian Studios! Thank you for making gaming fun again.
I second that. ❤
They will be forever on the list, do not worry.
Seriously, would love to watch a show like that between seasons of Critical Role's animated stuff.
Please let this be the Netflix show….
Was going to comment the same thing. A Larian-backed BG3 animated show with the original cast would be the only thing that could get me to give Netflix money again. (and that's saying something because I've somehow managed to fight off the urge despite the YYH live-action looking pretty solid)
Gale playing with Tara stole my heart. And Wyll's reaction to the signed picture of Mizora made me howl 🤣 I would watch a full animated series like this
Definitely check out Legend of Vox Machina if you haven't already.
@@nomercyriding new season is taking too damn long
@@thedoomslayer5863 It's understandable we didn't get any promos or trailers back in Oct/Nov because of the strikes, but I'm shocked we haven't heard anything in the past two months. Maybe the strikes delayed a lot more than we thought? Or maybe Amazon is making them wait an extra month to give Hazbin Hotel some breathing room?
Seeing Lae'zel being happy when receiving a mindflayer head in a jar somehow made me feel wholesome
Because she looks like a kitty!
At that moment we were all Geff
I thought it was the Githyanki equivalent of getting a toy you used to have as a child, considering how every Gith is sent out as a child and can only return with a Mind Flayer's head
I know right it also so odd hearing that voice and seeing it come from someone who is happy.
Geoff's a real one
I love that Gale tells Lae'zel not to lick the xbox and yet you hear her continue to do so in the background
STOPLICKINGTHEDAMNTHING
@@legoolass3 Exactly! xD
"Stop"
"Don't--"
"Stop that!"
Get the spray bottle, bad Lae'zel bad.
Karlack biting the power cable is pretty great to.
"Don't even think about licking it" I love when they know and embrace what their fandom enjoys.
and she's definitely still licking it from the sounds lmao
That spider corpse was a nice bit of humor in a pretty serious dungeon.
STOP LICKING IT
stop that
stop it
"STOPLICKINGTHEDAMNTHING!
I would pay a lot for an actual animated BG3 TV series. Like, goddamn, these send me to tears every time
I'd like to see it as an office comedy.
If only a certain Brazilian rain forest company that was already involved with funding D&D shows was around
It's carbot, and it's every sunday.... 🤔
Karlach's unrepentant monch on the cord is peak Barbarian and I love it.
Okay, Asterion sitting on Karlach's lap to keep warm feels like one of those things he'll deny ever having happened but Shadowheart and Karlach will never let him forget it. Commercials are allowed to exist if they are this fun. 10/10 love this❤
He really is a cat lmao 😂
Shadowheart clinging to karlach too is cute
@Somerandompokemon I ship Shadowheart and Karlach cuz of stuff like this lol
@@eviltoad746Yeah they're kinda like a happier Gideon and Harrow from The Locked Tomb series of novels imo
Y’all just really need to go ahead and make this an animated series. It would be very successful.
Yes please!
I’d watch the fuck out of that 😂
*having an arcane flashback* YES PLEASE
Astarion's disappointment at 0:35 had my sides hurting from laughter. These are AMAZING.
oh fer FUX sakes 😭
Bit like my disappointment this ended up an Xbox reveal
The only thing missing was and "But enough talk, have at you!"
@@chriswalker3257you still got an awesome animation out of it. What more do you want?
Upset Astarion is best Astarion lol