At first I thought he was kinda being an attention hog which is within Astarion's character to be fair but it seems like he just knows how to play more than everyone else & is flexing his experience.
@@5-Volt It helps to have someone like this, especially when they know to back off a little and let the rest of the crowd pick up on it. Kind of like a way to show people what you can do at the table.
I mean, Astarion wasn't about to be pushing her into anyone. He walked into a flaming wall, and she helped. :D She earned her half. The thing that totally cracks me up is Wyll next to her while she is staring Astarion down....staring at him in the exact same way. Hahaha
Keep in mind that while a part of crime is the skill necessary, the major aspect is the risk - and in a situation like this, Karlach's taking the brunt of that.
For some reason I always had an impulse of saying "Ethan Winters" every time I saw Astarion, like, pushing out the E, subconsciously. I never knew why, until I looked up the voice actor.
The odds of Neil having a hand in writing Astarion are fairly high. It would be more accurate to say there is a lot of Neil in Astarion than the other way around.
@@CyberBeep_kenshi still need to finish my first playthrough so I can actually experience Astarion in my party (may have told him off after he tried to knife me so I haven't played with him yet)
It's also a very cleaver way not the get caught lying. You ask if they know a place: if they say no, then the thing is from that place, and if they say yes, the thing is from another place
@@ArgentumFox I mean, kind of. But it doesn't really make sense unless you craft a solid connector. "Have you heard of Baldur's Gate? Well, Molarion from Neverwinter tried to emulate the Baldurian style with the superior craftsmanship from his home town." "Have you heard of Baldur's Gate? Well, Molarion learned there half a century ago before refining his craft in Waterdeep and Neverwinter. You should visit his shop there, his commissions are to die for."
Right! He's kinda behaving like a grouped character in the background during a dialogue scene. Not saying anything, just giving his honest non-verbal reaction.
Sam's look at Neil was so in character after he brushes off giving her half of the coins was weirdly in character 😂 it's not even intimidation, you can imagine Karlach looking at Astarion like "you owe me"
This is NOT what I was expecting. I'd seen advertisements for the voice acting cast of Baldur's Gate 3 to play, and I just assumed it would be the video game in 4 player multiplayer. I was not expecting it to be Critical Role style actual table top D&D. This is fantastic! Now I'm left thinking how amazing it would be to see "ahem" Minsc's voice actor as one of the crew, and not as DM.
She was TRULY in character to add that little “reminds me of the old days with Gortash”! All of a sudden the in-game Karlach/Gotash feud reappeared in my mind, with an extra reimagined scene where she was covering Gortash’s tricks and shenanigans in the streets, how Gortash might’ve made some witty jokes and how she would’ve completely trust the man. Suddenly because of this I can almost feel her sadness and pain after she was betrayed by him and the bitter rage when she confronted Gortash twice in the game. Everything just clicked because of this simple line! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Makes sense, too, since Karlach is this deep red tiefling that naturally becomes a center of attention. You can do a lot in that moment of distraction.
Neil Newbon REALLY loves doing Astarion's more dickish moments, doesn't he? XD And that look from Samantha when he was like "I don't know what you're talking about" was also great XD
I'm convinced if they had had more time Astarion would literally have been "Tav can wait, I want to go to the fashion show!" Like, he'll make sure that Tav is saved and everything, he'd just vibe in Athkalta for a couple days
You don't understand charisma if you think him having 10 is wrong. You can find someone funny and charming while absolutely not trusting them. Charisma is not how likable you are but it's about your ability to interact with others. Ast is a vampire and a thief, the former giving him an aura that automatically makes people not trust him and the latter giving him, err the same. Ast is socially awkward and also a bad liar which would give him a low charisma score. On top of that others know he puts himself first. He acts in a way that accurately shows his charisma stat.
With this and Love Is a Legendary Action, I now desperately want a BG3 spin-off that just focuses on Astarion and Karlach going on various hilarious misadventures.
The companions in Athkatla become the stereotypical D&D players: "Bars! Shops! Steal stuff! Brothels! Steal more stuff!" I mean, this could've been straight out of Order of the Stick. 😂
It would be so cool to get professional make up/Special effect designers to make up this whole cast and have them cosplay their characters. It truly is their voice that carries my love for each character.
After watching Neil play BG3 and steal a nuke right from under a fire spell ready gnome girl during a cutscene, I'm sure he'd be able to pocket few coins from some merchants with ease.
Hi, I'm a few weeks late, but if you're still interested - this is from a series on youtube! It's called "Baldur's Gate 3 Cast play DnD," hosted by High Rollers DnD. I believe there's two sessions, and I'm pretty sure this is the second. Really fun to watch! I would absolutely recommend
Omg Astarion and Karlach are my favorite companions, this just made me smile so hard and giggle. I love this, I want to watch the whole video, if anyone has the link lol. 😂❤
Lmao!! Brilliant uses another town name other than Baldur's gate "Never Winter" Boy's did his homework........impressive. No wonder he won awards dudes on it like a duck on a June bug.
No, you've imagined this. (Yes, they are releasing a couple videos with the VA's playing their characters in an adventure to rescue "Tav", the player-character.)
This is the mostly-good squad tho. There's very few scenarios where you can get her _and_ all of these lovely people. AFAIK Wyll and Karlach will leave _immediately_ if you massacre the druids.
*cough* By the time they're in Baldur's Gate, which is surely the only place they could be meeting this crowd of rich merchants etc., Karlach is not going to be burning anyone!
This is a technically noncanon side quest. Tav was attacked by a powerful magic and the Act 1 group had to find the source in order to free then so they could continue with their journey. It's a very fun one shot that created a lot of memes (Astarion getting distracted by Gale's boots, Shadowheart adopting an imp named Bingbong, at least the latter of which ACTUALLY gets a shout out in the game!) it's honestly very fun and funny
@@Lord-Farquaad As far as I'm concerned they aren't really being credited. Placing a tiny disclaimer in the description is the same as the small print on products. Stealing other peoples content is just shitty more so when your not making it very clear where the source of the clip / content is from.
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Astarion's VA is definitely getting into the spirit of DND.
Yes, he's a DnD veteran and even guessed what game he was auditioning for before they told him.
I feel like he's done DnD before the way he's been playing tbh
@@N7_Spectres I think Neil used to upload his rpg sessions to his youtube channel so yeah, he aint a first timer
At first I thought he was kinda being an attention hog which is within Astarion's character to be fair but it seems like he just knows how to play more than everyone else & is flexing his experience.
@@5-Volt It helps to have someone like this, especially when they know to back off a little and let the rest of the crowd pick up on it. Kind of like a way to show people what you can do at the table.
Karlach's just like "so... you gonna share?" 😂
And Astarion just at the end gives up and share. XD
Yes, but without the question mark.
You know he's gonna share. Especially after that douchebag merchant insulted her.
@@CrimsonfanggI agree, it wasn't a question
I mean, Astarion wasn't about to be pushing her into anyone. He walked into a flaming wall, and she helped. :D She earned her half. The thing that totally cracks me up is Wyll next to her while she is staring Astarion down....staring at him in the exact same way. Hahaha
Karlach got bumped into a random person and then stares at Astarion until he gave her ten gold.
Easy money for her ^^
Keep in mind that while a part of crime is the skill necessary, the major aspect is the risk - and in a situation like this, Karlach's taking the brunt of that.
Just typical barbarian and rogue shenanigans 😅
Astarion’s VA Neil looks like he’s just having fun and slowly becoming Astarion 😂
Well, he says he's permanently gotten Astarion's giggle now
he's much better than Astarion imo
Slowly? 😂
For some reason I always had an impulse of saying "Ethan Winters" every time I saw Astarion, like, pushing out the E, subconsciously. I never knew why, until I looked up the voice actor.
The odds of Neil having a hand in writing Astarion are fairly high. It would be more accurate to say there is a lot of Neil in Astarion than the other way around.
Damn. Dude was BORN to play Astarion.
the casting was beyond brilliant
@@CyberBeep_kenshi still need to finish my first playthrough so I can actually experience Astarion in my party (may have told him off after he tried to knife me so I haven't played with him yet)
maybe astarion is him?
he even LOOKS like Astarion, dammit!
@@ewok40k😂
"Have you heard of Baldur's Gate? Well this is from Neverwinter."
🤣 So extra, in the best way
It's also a very cleaver way not the get caught lying. You ask if they know a place: if they say no, then the thing is from that place, and if they say yes, the thing is from another place
Glorious xD @@ArgentumFox
@@ArgentumFox I mean, kind of. But it doesn't really make sense unless you craft a solid connector.
"Have you heard of Baldur's Gate? Well, Molarion from Neverwinter tried to emulate the Baldurian style with the superior craftsmanship from his home town."
"Have you heard of Baldur's Gate? Well, Molarion learned there half a century ago before refining his craft in Waterdeep and Neverwinter. You should visit his shop there, his commissions are to die for."
@@DrZaius3141 makes sense if you succeed the charisma roll xD
@@DrZaius3141 astarion only has 10 charisma, its the best he can do lol
Karlach waiting for her share and Astarion simply giving up and say "Fine here you go"😂😂😂
I can honestly see this in bg3 too xD. But agreed
Rolled Intimidation and got herself a nat 20 lmao
Astarion being Astarion and stealing everything that isn't nailed down or at least trying to :-D Quest? What quest? Shiny!
Astarion is really pretending to be Neil Newbon xD 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love that both Karlach *and Wyll* are staring Astarion down for trying to keep the proceeds to himself.
Right! He's kinda behaving like a grouped character in the background during a dialogue scene. Not saying anything, just giving his honest non-verbal reaction.
After watching Neil's BG3 streams, I'm not surprised. I'm waiting for Astarion to try to steal Gale's boots.
That Karlach stare though, like "Save it, sweetheart. Gimme"
ikr, priceless
Karlach is Astarion’s big sister 😂
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE SAME AHAHAHAHA
Karlach is everyone's big sister.
nah she’s my wife
Well no..
Karlach is everyone’s big sister. Might be why I can’t imagine romancing her… she just gives big sister vibes too much.
Sam's look at Neil was so in character after he brushes off giving her half of the coins was weirdly in character 😂 it's not even intimidation, you can imagine Karlach looking at Astarion like "you owe me"
This is NOT what I was expecting. I'd seen advertisements for the voice acting cast of Baldur's Gate 3 to play, and I just assumed it would be the video game in 4 player multiplayer. I was not expecting it to be Critical Role style actual table top D&D. This is fantastic!
Now I'm left thinking how amazing it would be to see "ahem" Minsc's voice actor as one of the crew, and not as DM.
He has been player character on Dimension20 at least once. He's in Escape from Bloodkeep, Dimension20 has the episodes of it on its youtube channel.
@@mehrihart4987he’s not is he? Matt mercer is but I’ve not seen Neil.
She was TRULY in character to add that little “reminds me of the old days with Gortash”!
All of a sudden the in-game Karlach/Gotash feud reappeared in my mind, with an extra reimagined scene where she was covering Gortash’s tricks and shenanigans in the streets, how Gortash might’ve made some witty jokes and how she would’ve completely trust the man. Suddenly because of this I can almost feel her sadness and pain after she was betrayed by him and the bitter rage when she confronted Gortash twice in the game. Everything just clicked because of this simple line! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Makes sense, too, since Karlach is this deep red tiefling that naturally becomes a center of attention. You can do a lot in that moment of distraction.
Neil Newbon REALLY loves doing Astarion's more dickish moments, doesn't he? XD And that look from Samantha when he was like "I don't know what you're talking about" was also great XD
Seeing as these two are my favourite companions in the game, words cannot describe how happy I was that they split off together lol
It's not a real DnD session until one player completely diverts the whole quest to attend a fashion show.
I'm convinced if they had had more time Astarion would literally have been "Tav can wait, I want to go to the fashion show!" Like, he'll make sure that Tav is saved and everything, he'd just vibe in Athkalta for a couple days
that was exactly the reaction i has hoping for from karlach
"It reminds me of the old days with Gortash" 😂
Merchant: i lost my Wallet!
Karlach: Cry about it😂
Every time Neil says "Darling" my heart flutters I s2g
Neil newborn is an absolute joy to watch
Okay but Wyll.....oh my god is he handsome!!
There's a reason why Neil won a Golden Joystick for his portrayal of Astarion - he's fucking brilliant
i love that the voice actors love being their characters this much everything ab this game is just *chefs kiss*
4:30 Best "don't give me any B.S.," ever.
Yeah, the biggest joke of BG3, that Astarion only has CHA 10.
Which....kinda makes sense in a weird meta way. Don't think there was one who played the game and didn't think he was sketchy.
@@kayleighbrown459it’s cause he’s devilishly handsome
@@SalamiCellar
He.....he is pretty ngl.
That's just him trying to convince you his charisma isn't high, and you fell for it
You don't understand charisma if you think him having 10 is wrong. You can find someone funny and charming while absolutely not trusting them.
Charisma is not how likable you are but it's about your ability to interact with others.
Ast is a vampire and a thief, the former giving him an aura that automatically makes people not trust him and the latter giving him, err the same.
Ast is socially awkward and also a bad liar which would give him a low charisma score. On top of that others know he puts himself first.
He acts in a way that accurately shows his charisma stat.
I want to put Scanlan and Astarion in the same room and pray I left protection in there
Scanlan: ANOTHER FUCKING VAMPIRE?
Fun clip! I really love basking in the joy of people getting into their character and having fun with D&D 😁 Thanks for sharing!
The way GM rolled so casually and I sweat and pray for 2 minutes every time I roll in a video game.
I hope these never stop coming! Absolutely love every second of their DnD sessions. I adore every single actor/character in this room ❤
Please someone make the part from 4:15 to the end an animatic, that's so funny XD
Neil is just loving every moment of being Astarion! ❤
The blade of Frontiers is Jacked!
😂😂😂😂 "biggest shit-eating grin on my face" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The DM was so freaking good! Without him it would'nt have been so fun!
I had the biggest smile on my face this whole clip!
With this and Love Is a Legendary Action, I now desperately want a BG3 spin-off that just focuses on Astarion and Karlach going on various hilarious misadventures.
If Samantha looked at me like that, I would cave instantly.
The companions in Athkatla become the stereotypical D&D players: "Bars! Shops! Steal stuff! Brothels! Steal more stuff!" I mean, this could've been straight out of Order of the Stick. 😂
im convinced if neil didnt become an actor hed be a really good robber and thief.
You know how some roles just naturally fit a person, like they were waiting their whole lives to play a certain character? That's Neil / Astarion
ohhh No; Neverwinter Clothing line coming soon🤣
I like how Wyll's VA reacts when Mark mentiones Sune and her Temple, bro knows what's up there
Funny looking at the rest trying to understand and keep up 😂
after finishing honour mode, this is the first time i saw their real faces, now i can finish my adventure
Having played the game makes this so much more visual in my imagination LOL
Lae'zel voice actress kind of looks like her character.
Samantha's (Karlach) glare absolutely kills me.
It cracks me up Gale's VA looks like a youth pastor.
I love this so much
Asterion VA got the assignment of the game right, lol
Karlach with the puppy dog eyes
That look Karlach gave ..lol
LOL, If they end up actually going to fashion week...
It would be so cool to get professional make up/Special effect designers to make up this whole cast and have them cosplay their characters.
It truly is their voice that carries my love for each character.
I feel like playing DnD for the first time is an actor’s paradise.
Karlach didn't do much, but still got paid lmao
The STARE she gave him xDD amazing
Ayyyyyyyy, HighRollers clips!!!!!
no bc the look they gave neil I would literally shit myself in that moment. intimidation nat 20
it is impossible to find a better Voice Actor for Astarion.
After watching Neil play BG3 and steal a nuke right from under a fire spell ready gnome girl during a cutscene, I'm sure he'd be able to pocket few coins from some merchants with ease.
Karlach is amazing, very cool story line, emotional, romantic, I went to the hell with her :) In my second run I try to get Shadowheart :D
Wyll was falling asleep this entire game hahah
yoo I have the same dice bowl Astarion's VA does.
The look at 2:13 😂
Neil legit looks like the only one enjoying being there... XD
I dont't have a tadpole in me, I'm not ghaik, but damn that voice.
Did Astarion just give his real name to someone he had pickpocketed??
The dude will probably just assume Karlach robbed him 😂
Omg, he’s so naughty, love her response.
omg what is this PLEASE I am going to watch the whole damn thing
Hi, I'm a few weeks late, but if you're still interested - this is from a series on youtube! It's called "Baldur's Gate 3 Cast play DnD," hosted by High Rollers DnD.
I believe there's two sessions, and I'm pretty sure this is the second. Really fun to watch! I would absolutely recommend
“The middle class is average”. Spot the kid who went to private school. ;)
Fr. Like this is just Brittain he's describing.
Omg Astarion and Karlach are my favorite companions, this just made me smile so hard and giggle. I love this, I want to watch the whole video, if anyone has the link lol. 😂❤
Lmao!! Brilliant uses another town name other than Baldur's gate "Never Winter" Boy's did his homework........impressive. No wonder he won awards dudes on it like a duck on a June bug.
Wait high rollers did a special?
No, you've imagined this.
(Yes, they are releasing a couple videos with the VA's playing their characters in an adventure to rescue "Tav", the player-character.)
Oh honey, youre late lol
i dare to say they are missing Halsins VA...
Y’all should add Mintharas VA
Wholesome )
Easily the highlight of the first part
are you familiar with Baldurs Gate?
ofc.
Then this is from Neverwinter
:DDD
Xenoblade to bg? You're really just covering all my interests!
i am literally seeing astarion clone
Cute!
Sad no Minthara is involved 😭
I find the lack of minthara disturbing.
I need her to threaten every npc 😭😭😭
This is the mostly-good squad tho. There's very few scenarios where you can get her _and_ all of these lovely people. AFAIK Wyll and Karlach will leave _immediately_ if you massacre the druids.
These are Origin characters only. I wanted Halsin.
Evil paths are rarely canonized because they leave no space for D&D lore to expand.
You can take the neutral path and ignore the druids btw@@romxxii
Neil Newbon😍as beautiful as ever)
I'm not a fan of Astarion, ...but THIS DUDE I SWEAR.....
Did the voice actors also give their faces and motion-captured the expressions of their characters, pray tell?
I think so yes.
absolutely. you can see it especially clear with gale's actor, his microexpressions and hand gestures are literally the same as gale's
is it just me or does lae'zel's VA actually kind of... look like her?
Is Astarion's VA a giant, or is Karlach's VA smol?
I think Neil is around 6'3 like me 😊
Neil ❤❤❤❤ ugh I want him to be my man 😢
Where is my character?
GALE!!! He has tried to f*ck my character!!! :D That s not good
Neil Newbon is a natural, the other actors aren't half-bad
I love the guy who plays Astarion. Someone needs to tell him he can fix his eyebrow game a lot. He keeps them to thin & shaped
*cough* By the time they're in Baldur's Gate, which is surely the only place they could be meeting this crowd of rich merchants etc., Karlach is not going to be burning anyone!
For this particular one shot, it took place in Athkatla if I'm remembering correctly. So it wasn't following the game.
If you take out the cleric in Light Inn, she will be
This is a technically noncanon side quest. Tav was attacked by a powerful magic and the Act 1 group had to find the source in order to free then so they could continue with their journey. It's a very fun one shot that created a lot of memes (Astarion getting distracted by Gale's boots, Shadowheart adopting an imp named Bingbong, at least the latter of which ACTUALLY gets a shout out in the game!) it's honestly very fun and funny
I call foul, nobody can touch karlach, shes kind of on fire.
That's the point. They each took a point of fire damage, which caused a distraction gave Astarion advantage on his sleight of hand check.
Put High Rollers in the bloody title at least kinda fucked not crediting them.
They're credited in the videos description.
@@Lord-Farquaad Which no one actually reads basically a non credit. Should be in the bloody title of the video.
@@tonyharrison2112 you're comment is about them not being credited, they were.
@@Lord-Farquaad As far as I'm concerned they aren't really being credited. Placing a tiny disclaimer in the description is the same as the small print on products. Stealing other peoples content is just shitty more so when your not making it very clear where the source of the clip / content is from.
@@tonyharrison2112 you can be concerned all you want, they were literally credited lmao.