You did have Heavy Armour proficiency, it was under the Sub Class Proficiencies lower down. So that's good you stayed with the low Dex build with that as the expectation.
Whether or not you have heavy armour proficiency as a cleric depends on what domain you choose. By default, it's just medium, but the proficiency is prevalent enough that the clerics starting equipment has an extra option to have chainmail IF you do have the proficiency
Mage armour sets your AC to 13 + dex, which IS an increase of 3, assuming you aren't wearing armour, which in game is now just a prerequisite for the spell instead
Baldur's gate and Baldur's gate 2 have stayed my favorite games of all time. I know they are fairly different from each other but I like them both. I played Baldur's gate 2 with just about every race and class combination and every party makeup. I replayed that game so many times and it's still gold. I can't believe how many bugs were in the game when I first played it. Even after the expansions and patches it still had a lot of bugs but man that game was so good. Can't wait for this.
* 4th ed was an outlier. It was designed to be a pen & paper video game. They succeeded at that goal, but failed to make it feel like D&D. It was good to attract new players but also lost a lot of old players. * The Seldarine are indeed the Elven Pantheon of Gods. Lolth was cast out ages ago and the Drow fled to the Underdark. Surface Drow are rare in the standard Forgotten Realms timeline. Eilistraee is the most well-known 'good' Drow god(dess). Glad she's an option in the game already. * The Gith were a people enslaved by Mind Flayers. They rebelled & escaped, one of the few that have ever succeeded. They split into two cultures, the Githyanki (more evil) & Githzerai (monastic). * The ship is a Spelljammer, capable of traversing the gap between planets and even stars. The classic Mind Flayer design is called a Nautiloid. * I too have always pronounced drow as 'drau'. But, the word comes from norse/germanic languages and has become another word in English - troll. That kind of implies that we're wrong about the pronunciation. That said, I don't plan on changing. :D * Imps are devils (quasits are the demon equivalent).
@@robcampion9917 yeah, I just look up baldurs gate 3 and the first 5 or 6 are tiefling playthroughs and like only one of them doesn’t use a default character 😂
@@dylanbailey6965 I must admit I'm waiting for them to add paladins. I first played one in the original BG and have played them or their equivalent in every rpg since.
man that mindflayer larvae scene is what I imagine a modern day SMT nocturne would have done with it. gotta love the eye horror always there to make you shiver.
@@bartman26 I know it is and it's 100% the wilhelm scream. to be more exact its at 24:45. But I put 40 so u have time to listen. It's when the second soldier gets teleported. On the right side of the screen.
I am so excited for Baldur's Gate 3 but I can't really justify it right now while doing my master's degree as I know it will be a huge time sink. So I guess watching you play some of it will be the next best thing? Cheers.
@@Lucillevt4011 That sounds about right with what the lead designer said would be available in Early Access in the livestreams. But it's still a big commitment I'm SHOULDN'T make right now, even though I want to.
Can't wait to stream this soon. Played BG1 and 2 back in the day and currently also running an online 5e game. Been waiting for a quality 5e game and this looks very exciting!
The more i am excited about a game, the more i make an effort to skip early access and wait for Full Release. Even more so in story heavy games. This one will be hardest so far.
Meanwhile as a Pathfinder fan, I wonder if/when we get our first 2nd ed ruleset PC game with a ton of character customization options... only to have a TPK after the first fight. I know Owlcat is making a second game, but it will use 1st ed Mythic rules based on one of its adventure paths, neither of which doesn’t have a 2e revision yet.
this has got me so hype, haven't upgrading my pc in for ever but this one is gonna make me bite the bullet. I'm almost as hype as I was waiting for FF7R and that's saying something. Pls Quill, make ALOT of these.
Oh Wow, I just stumbled across this, I had no idea a new Baldurs Gate was coming out. Now I'm so stoked about it having loved the other two. I got kind of deflated to hear you say this is a pre-pre-release and now I'm twitching about on my seat wondering when the release date is. Finally a decent game to play! That opening was so gross, yippee!
Dang dude you got this out FAST and I'm glad because based off of this video I will decide whether or not to buy this game right now or in the future. I will update the verdict when I finish the video!
Press embargos are setup so that reviewers/content creators usually get access a few days early but can't post until a particular time (in this case, 1pm Eastern today). Make the content less rushed and messy, which is nice!
19:00 my suspicion is this "dream character" will be used in a questline as disguise of the devil or to present the player with a hard choice. Or just to replace a "you into males or females" question. It's a smart and more interesting way to do it than a select menu.
I really enjoyed your reactions! Im one of the people who will have trouble getting through the starting area - I'm so squeamish! BUT its very on brand for the series... baldurs gate 2 was pretty gross but it was easier when its all pixels.
OMG SO EXCITING Btw, THANK YOU for mentioning that this is pre early access. SO MANY who have made vids on this, have made huge, sweeping, overly dramatic judgments re how the game "sucks" because it's "limited" or "missing" stuff. Uh, yeah. It's NOT DONE lol Also, very glad to watch another fan of Larian and Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, who is excited to see what Larian does. Instead of hearing a bunch of "Well, this isn't really Baldur's Gate or DnD, because Larian will just make it Divinity 3" * eyeroll * This is very much Baldur's Gate 3. Way further in, especially since the latest big patch, there are TONS of characters, lore, easter eggs, that are specifically BG. I hope to see you play more in the future! My entire family has been playing it for months lol Very fun to test out different types of characters
Drow: Loth (he new name forgot old) was the lover of the Elven god Corellon who betrayed him and the elves so she and her followers were banished or forced to move to the Underdark. Today their are drow who follow Loth (Most) but a smaller faction that does not but still, for the most part, follow the dark elf gods (mostly children of Loth): most evil except one.
let me tell you berk, you've missed a lot since the time of troubles and bhaal spawn, the celestial spheres realigned, or our view of them shifted, abeir and toril collided and split again, death and rebirth of multiple gods and a spellplague with celestials dropping thru the nine hells to feed their king. all neatly tied into elemental chaos with a bow.
@@AbstractTraitorHero beware the ancient tomes of the fandom wikipedia, weak minds might be lost in the pages for countless time. For reference, the bhaalspawn left Candlekeep in 1368 DR (:
Quill18 it's set 100 years after Baldurs Gate. Your subclass gave you Heavy Armor proficiency. On a side note it's fun to see you reacting to the intellect devourer with your preconceptions as player instead of reacting like maybe your character would. Remember your character knows nothing, you've chosen the healing subclass and a good god and just killed a "helpless" creature afraid for its life asking for help =)
I play 1e every week. It's a whole different game when your just some guy assailed by monsters with no abilities or cantrips and an overwhelming sense of dread as your systematicly surrounded by gelatinous cubes singing about how lemony fresh the dungeon is.
I get that you meant it was the worst that you've ever seen in a video game in a body horror sense. But I had to laugh. I don't think I'll ever again be as horrified as when I saw Luca Blight in Ryube. Dear god, the horror.
Haven't finished the video, so you might have already realized this. Either in this one or another that you have already recorded. But because you chose the Life Domain subclass for Cleric you get Heavy Armor proficiency. Never really understood the thematics of that, but it's definitely nice to have.
Hey quill, how about you do 3 playthroughs of the game: - first is now - second as a different class/character in early access - third as another different class when game is out I assume there are classes, and I know BG have companions (I assume BG3 has them too), but your main class will probably give some difference in play style.
Illithids are the frickin coolest. I'm just trying to imagine what I'd say to a DM that threw a solo level one into a nautilus lol So far, I'm loving the game. Just like in D&D, choices have consequences.
omg omg omg so tempted to break my own personal rule about never doing early access or alpha/betas again... so tempted.... must .. resist. Think I'll wait for the full game to drop but OMG Quill so glad you are covering it!
I bought divinity original sin 2 early access and I never regreted it got a solid 60 hours out of it was better quality than most games these days with good replay value totally plan on buying this soon
pokemark17 plus I think they’re going to add more of the classes and races while it’s still in early access, more replay value to be added even before the full release hopefully
pokemark17 I agree, I got divinity in EA too definitely worth it. Waiting for BG3 install rn lmao. With larian you know you’re getting quality, plus with all the cash they just banked in damn near crashing the steam store they’re going to have a lot of resources to finish this game with.
So glad to hear someone with a reasonable opinion of 4e D&D. I can understand preferring another edition to it, but the blind hatred of the edition is really just terrible. Nobody realizes just how influential some parts of it were on 5e. It had its share of problems, sure, but you'd hardly know that online
Planescape took to between the plaines. But Spelljammer took you between the Crystal spheres (all the different campaign worlds). The mindflayers where quite promement in that.
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tomorrow: Baldur's gate III, NOW IN VR...
*quill sweats in fear*
You did have Heavy Armour proficiency, it was under the Sub Class Proficiencies lower down. So that's good you stayed with the low Dex build with that as the expectation.
Never clicked a Quill video this fast!
I just seen this video and you are not wrong
Whether or not you have heavy armour proficiency as a cleric depends on what domain you choose. By default, it's just medium, but the proficiency is prevalent enough that the clerics starting equipment has an extra option to have chainmail IF you do have the proficiency
Didn't take you for a Baldur's Gate fan. ;)
CapinKirk1701 sounds more like a D&D fan to me, bc that’s basics.
It looks like your sub-class gives you heavy armour proficiency
Quill's reaction to the mindflayer larvae going in his character's eye was my reaction. Creeped the fuuuck out.
Love your pure enthusiasm and the reactions! Been looking forward to this so much
"oh no, it's not going in her ear." ACCURATE
Baldur's Gaaaaaate-me-the-hell-outta-here!
You can purchase the key to the gate for an extra 30 dollars
Mage armour sets your AC to 13 + dex, which IS an increase of 3, assuming you aren't wearing armour, which in game is now just a prerequisite for the spell instead
2:55 OMG its the Goa'Uld from Stargate! xD
lol, your reaction to the pre-character creation scene!!!
Baldur's gate and Baldur's gate 2 have stayed my favorite games of all time. I know they are fairly different from each other but I like them both.
I played Baldur's gate 2 with just about every race and class combination and every party makeup. I replayed that game so many times and it's still gold. I can't believe how many bugs were in the game when I first played it. Even after the expansions and patches it still had a lot of bugs but man that game was so good.
Can't wait for this.
* 4th ed was an outlier. It was designed to be a pen & paper video game. They succeeded at that goal, but failed to make it feel like D&D. It was good to attract new players but also lost a lot of old players.
* The Seldarine are indeed the Elven Pantheon of Gods. Lolth was cast out ages ago and the Drow fled to the Underdark. Surface Drow are rare in the standard Forgotten Realms timeline. Eilistraee is the most well-known 'good' Drow god(dess). Glad she's an option in the game already.
* The Gith were a people enslaved by Mind Flayers. They rebelled & escaped, one of the few that have ever succeeded. They split into two cultures, the Githyanki (more evil) & Githzerai (monastic).
* The ship is a Spelljammer, capable of traversing the gap between planets and even stars. The classic Mind Flayer design is called a Nautiloid.
* I too have always pronounced drow as 'drau'. But, the word comes from norse/germanic languages and has become another word in English - troll. That kind of implies that we're wrong about the pronunciation. That said, I don't plan on changing. :D
* Imps are devils (quasits are the demon equivalent).
Thank you for writing a comment that was well-written, accurate, and obvious that you know your stuff. Pretty rare these days.
Nice to see someone not playing a warlock and a Tiefling.
For real every other playthrough besides quill and eso is tiefling
@@dylanbailey6965 I found most of them warlocks as well, not all of them tieflings though.
@@robcampion9917 yeah, I just look up baldurs gate 3 and the first 5 or 6 are tiefling playthroughs and like only one of them doesn’t use a default character 😂
@@robcampion9917 hopefully when the game fully releases we’ll see some of the classes that aren’t in the early access
@@dylanbailey6965 I must admit I'm waiting for them to add paladins. I first played one in the original BG and have played them or their equivalent in every rpg since.
hahahahaha i loved the reaction to the mind flayer worm thanks you made my day quill
The flying who looks like it's out of the spelljammer setting. I wonder if we get some beholder ships too.
dont usually watch lets plays. but yours is very enjoyable! cheery and excited and knowledgable about the game
man that mindflayer larvae scene is what I imagine a modern day SMT nocturne would have done with it. gotta love the eye horror always there to make you shiver.
The screen tears strangely in the intro scene, is it capturing unruly or is my desktop just misbehaving?
i was going to ask
Looks like screen tear due to trying to run beta code at high res, and also trying to capture it.
The cutscene was fine for me in person -- I think it's because of a frame-rate mismatch with my recording settings in OBS.
@@quill18 good to know thx
This is hte content I love from you quill..you can hear the excitement and enjoyment as its going on.
For anyone wondering, its not gods that determine proficiencies, its Domains.
A war cleric comes with heavy armor prof, a life one does not.
Life does actually, *light* does not. This is from a d&d nerd
As soon as I heard that Baldur's Gate 3 was in early access, I immediately knew quill18 was gonna be putting up videos.
Episode 1 - otherwise known as "The one where Quill is really squeamish".
24:40 The wilhelm scream! (spelling might be incorrect)
that's not the wilhelm scream this is "the" wilhelm scream ruclips.net/video/r6JK-gRELI0/видео.html
@@bartman26 I know it is and it's 100% the wilhelm scream.
to be more exact its at 24:45. But I put 40 so u have time to listen. It's when the second soldier gets teleported. On the right side of the screen.
Omg! I am so psyched for this! Thank you Quill!
Hey quill, just so you know that entire mind flayer intro is 100% D&D cannon. And you just saw they reproduction cycle.
Me before watching intro: IDK if I want another game like this.
Me after watching intro: OHMY GOD!!!! SPELLJAMMER STUFF!!! MUST HAVE.
My favourite Canadian gamer playing my most anticipated RPG ever? Gimme a sec, gotta settle in with popcorn
"Lolth's evil bullshit" hahaha, I love how well that sums up Lolth.
I am so excited for Baldur's Gate 3 but I can't really justify it right now while doing my master's degree as I know it will be a huge time sink. So I guess watching you play some of it will be the next best thing? Cheers.
I heard for the early access as of now they only have chapter 1 released and theres only about 25 hours worth of story content
@@Lucillevt4011 That sounds about right with what the lead designer said would be available in Early Access in the livestreams. But it's still a big commitment I'm SHOULDN'T make right now, even though I want to.
I was soooooo excited to see this pop up! I have more than 2.2k hours in BG, BG2, and DOS2, and want to play this sooooo bad.
Can't wait to stream this soon. Played BG1 and 2 back in the day and currently also running an online 5e game. Been waiting for a quality 5e game and this looks very exciting!
Would very much like to see Quill do a full playthrough of this one! There's no way I have time to play it, but I can put it on in the background!
The more i am excited about a game, the more i make an effort to skip early access and wait for Full Release. Even more so in story heavy games.
This one will be hardest so far.
yeah, I'm probably gonna try to take a chill pill on this too
I'm so with you on that intro quill!! Omg that's just....
I love this. but... when the little voice said 'we are here. we are trapt.' it gave me the willies and I bugged out. Great Vid Quill.
Can't believe how good this looks...
Through the cutscene I’m just thinking “breath Quill, breath” he was talking so fast hehe.
Meanwhile as a Pathfinder fan, I wonder if/when we get our first 2nd ed ruleset PC game with a ton of character customization options... only to have a TPK after the first fight. I know Owlcat is making a second game, but it will use 1st ed Mythic rules based on one of its adventure paths, neither of which doesn’t have a 2e revision yet.
Build your own waifu as part of character creation, I guess?
As long as you want her to have a face like that @20:39
Ow this is amazing. He's actually going through all the detail *sniffel*
That's MY BOOOOY!
Yikes, didn't expect the eye and brain stuff :D
Ah, d&d edition wars. 2e is still my favourite. Had the best settings. (Dark sun, planescape, spelljammer, ravenloft and more.)
It also had the best rules.
I'm a 5e guy myself, but spelljammer is my favorite setting.
Go for the eyes, Boo!
this has got me so hype, haven't upgrading my pc in for ever but this one is gonna make me bite the bullet.
I'm almost as hype as I was waiting for FF7R and that's saying something.
Pls Quill, make ALOT of these.
Just past 37:00, "Who is talking to me, and can I get them to stop" sounds like my inner dialogue at a party. This is an odd party though.
Oh Wow, I just stumbled across this, I had no idea a new Baldurs Gate was coming out. Now I'm so stoked about it having loved the other two. I got kind of deflated to hear you say this is a pre-pre-release and now I'm twitching about on my seat wondering when the release date is. Finally a decent game to play! That opening was so gross, yippee!
Dang dude you got this out FAST and I'm glad because based off of this video I will decide whether or not to buy this game right now or in the future. I will update the verdict when I finish the video!
Press embargos are setup so that reviewers/content creators usually get access a few days early but can't post until a particular time (in this case, 1pm Eastern today). Make the content less rushed and messy, which is nice!
@@quill18 Boss I'm buying it. I imagine many others came here to make that decision as well. Glad Larian gave you early access.
19:00 my suspicion is this "dream character" will be used in a questline as disguise of the devil or to present the player with a hard choice. Or just to replace a "you into males or females" question. It's a smart and more interesting way to do it than a select menu.
I really enjoyed your reactions! Im one of the people who will have trouble getting through the starting area - I'm so squeamish! BUT its very on brand for the series... baldurs gate 2 was pretty gross but it was easier when its all pixels.
OMG Quill... I looooooved that reaction there at the beginning
Waking up in pods, captured by aliens, then have some foreign object inserted to our body...
Are we playing as a freaking Tenno?
So happy you got to it!!
Just bought it, got the download running while I leave for work. Hope I can play it when I get back.
A real D&D player, who sees an intellect devourer and goes "nope"
OMG SO EXCITING
Btw, THANK YOU for mentioning that this is pre early access. SO MANY who have made vids on this, have made huge, sweeping, overly dramatic judgments re how the game "sucks" because it's "limited" or "missing" stuff. Uh, yeah. It's NOT DONE lol
Also, very glad to watch another fan of Larian and Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, who is excited to see what Larian does. Instead of hearing a bunch of "Well, this isn't really Baldur's Gate or DnD, because Larian will just make it Divinity 3" * eyeroll *
This is very much Baldur's Gate 3. Way further in, especially since the latest big patch, there are TONS of characters, lore, easter eggs, that are specifically BG.
I hope to see you play more in the future! My entire family has been playing it for months lol Very fun to test out different types of characters
In the Forgotten Realms, Sehanine Moonbow is considered a fey aspect of Selune.
I hope this continues on as a full lets play or even a stream
Drow: Loth (he new name forgot old) was the lover of the Elven god Corellon who betrayed him and the elves so she and her followers were banished or forced to move to the Underdark. Today their are drow who follow Loth (Most) but a smaller faction that does not but still, for the most part, follow the dark elf gods (mostly children of Loth): most evil except one.
let me tell you berk, you've missed a lot since the time of troubles and bhaal spawn, the celestial spheres realigned, or our view of them shifted, abeir and toril collided and split again, death and rebirth of multiple gods and a spellplague with celestials dropping thru the nine hells to feed their king. all neatly tied into elemental chaos with a bow.
I...is there any good place to read a chronological order of shit and all the lore
@@AbstractTraitorHero beware the ancient tomes of the fandom wikipedia, weak minds might be lost in the pages for countless time. For reference, the bhaalspawn left Candlekeep in 1368 DR (:
@@inphuriated Fandom is a pretty bad company doh
"Setting up a romance character" heheheheh....
5th Ed you get heavy armor for certain types of clerics. Life, Tempest, War, etc. Some don't get it though.
I've been replaying divinity 2 also. Very fun. Going to wait for this to fully release then i will pick it up.
Quill18 it's set 100 years after Baldurs Gate. Your subclass gave you Heavy Armor proficiency.
On a side note it's fun to see you reacting to the intellect devourer with your preconceptions as player instead of reacting like maybe your character would. Remember your character knows nothing, you've chosen the healing subclass and a good god and just killed a "helpless" creature afraid for its life asking for help =)
Great episode!
Cheers, Ivan :D
Baldur's gate was the 2nd game I ever owned (wolfenstine 3d was the first). I quite excited for this.
Top 5 Best Game Intros. Just need to know if I need to play the first two prior to jumping into this gem as a BG virgin.
You can play and enjoy this with no knowledge of BG1 or 2.
😂 love how grossed out you were for a lot of this video lol
I play 1e every week. It's a whole different game when your just some guy assailed by monsters with no abilities or cantrips and an overwhelming sense of dread as your systematicly surrounded by gelatinous cubes singing about how lemony fresh the dungeon is.
Thanks for the video, Quill. Hope that in the future they add Dragonborn, as well the rest of base classes and even more arquetypes.
I get that you meant it was the worst that you've ever seen in a video game in a body horror sense. But I had to laugh. I don't think I'll ever again be as horrified as when I saw Luca Blight in Ryube. Dear god, the horror.
@Quill18 the scout is "Scout Harding"
Haven't finished the video, so you might have already realized this. Either in this one or another that you have already recorded. But because you chose the Life Domain subclass for Cleric you get Heavy Armor proficiency. Never really understood the thematics of that, but it's definitely nice to have.
Ah hah! I was looking at the *gods* and wondering why none gave Heavy Armor prof. Forgot it was from the Domain.
@@quill18 Yep, in 5e your choice of God has no mechanical impact. It's just flavor.
I was having dinner during that intro, tyvm!!!
Oh man watching this while downloading the game. The game can unexpectedly be pretty...gory. 🤯🧠
10/10! What I was looking for...
HOLY HECK it's here!!! Baldurs GATE 3 !!!
I was hoping the early access would be discounted but no such luck and 80 is a bit much for me. I will have to experience this through the Quill.
Hope you play a lot of this
12, so no artificers? Maybe they'll add that and more in a dlc later on.
Certain domains give you heavy armor. I know War does, but I forget what else does.
Hey quill, how about you do 3 playthroughs of the game:
- first is now
- second as a different class/character in early access
- third as another different class when game is out
I assume there are classes, and I know BG have companions (I assume BG3 has them too), but your main class will probably give some difference in play style.
24:30 Exposing one's giant cephalopod usually goes about this badly. Err, at least that's what a friend told me.
Quill you have a character sheet older than I am
Only youtuber I want to watch playing this. Pogged!
Illithids are the frickin coolest. I'm just trying to imagine what I'd say to a DM that threw a solo level one into a nautilus lol
So far, I'm loving the game. Just like in D&D, choices have consequences.
omg omg omg so tempted to break my own personal rule about never doing early access or alpha/betas again... so tempted.... must .. resist. Think I'll wait for the full game to drop but OMG Quill so glad you are covering it!
I bought divinity original sin 2 early access and I never regreted it got a solid 60 hours out of it was better quality than most games these days with good replay value totally plan on buying this soon
pokemark17 plus I think they’re going to add more of the classes and races while it’s still in early access, more replay value to be added even before the full release hopefully
pokemark17 I agree, I got divinity in EA too definitely worth it. Waiting for BG3 install rn lmao. With larian you know you’re getting quality, plus with all the cash they just banked in damn near crashing the steam store they’re going to have a lot of resources to finish this game with.
@@Nugz_Bunny yeah downloading it now too there meant to be adding a lot in ea including multiplayer
pokemark17 oh yeah man I’ve got a full squad waiting for the MP to drop. I hope they add the GM mode from divinity in full release
him mentioning scout harding kinda made me cackle cuz i thought that too and then he said it
I’m with you with that Quill I just found out that there was a Baldur’s Gate 3 they steam email.
I play 5e but we never use the stock settings. So this will be my introduction to the forgotten relms
Thanks Quill
So glad to hear someone with a reasonable opinion of 4e D&D. I can understand preferring another edition to it, but the blind hatred of the edition is really just terrible. Nobody realizes just how influential some parts of it were on 5e. It had its share of problems, sure, but you'd hardly know that online
I think the phrase you were looking for Quill is "4th edition is the black sheep of D&D"
Also tell Demonac we need more Tales videos please
the way you pronounce drow is funny. do you also row row row your boat too?
Dr. Cthulhu, OD - Resident Optometrist for Baldur's Gate
Planescape or what was it called where you travelled between crystal spheres?
Planescape took to between the plaines. But Spelljammer took you between the Crystal spheres (all the different campaign worlds). The mindflayers where quite promement in that.
Ah yes, Spelljammer.
Probably you perceived it, but you do have Heavy armor proficiency, it is because of you domain. Life domain concedes this proficiency.
Heavy Armour is available with a cleric domain choice I think it's war.
26:07 Cephalopod racing