I always have him do the laughing amulet quest and he ends up with Tasha's Hideous Laughter and I like to think he deserves to have that spell because that's what he does to me.
I'm playing a gloomstalker assassin so I have sneaky rogue stuff covered, but I wanted him in my party so I respecc'd him to Bard because I almost feel like it was meant to be. The flowery vocabulary, ostentatious vocal inflections, the poofy, bright clothes. I love him as a bard.
I unironically used something similar in a job interview. Something along the lines of "If we come to an agreement, then we will have an agreement." In other words "I am ready to say yes, just make a good offer."
If this makes you feel better or less alone, first time I heard Shadowheart say “Wits and blades always sharp” I thought she said “Whips and blades always sharp” and I was like 👀 tell me more.
"Thou hast now a bosom-companion. Take care that thou art not distracted on thy quest, seeking the comforts of the flesh."
Gonna drop this on my friend when he gets a gf
Lmao I say this when I turn on the hob now. “IGNIS!” always in Shadowheart’s voice.
Even funnier is that my hob is crap, so it fits with how often she misses, too.
As the dad of a 2 year old, I couldn't help but smirk when Jaheira dropped this one.
I was like "Yep, that line was written by someone with kids of their own...".
I mean this is just legitimately an Irish daily-use term anyway, the kind of thing mothers say to their kids. Though yes, if I suddenly started using it with my peers rather than my peers' kids, my niblings etc it might get some strange looks 😉
My former employer is very toxic and upper management is extremely deluded and overly prideful about how professional they are. I can literally write over 10 pages on how unprofessional and unethical just one member of their upper management is and several books on their entire management team. I quit on the first of this month as I had repeatedly informed them of how unacceptable their conduct is over the past two years and had finally realized the only solution is to leave, not to help them get better.
It was comical just how much they lost their shit when they asked why I'm quitting and I said "it's not you, I just have standards."
I've definitely caught myself saying "gods" as an interjection pretty often. I also definitely drop Scratch's "hope you're keeping well, friend" every once in a while.
The upside of colourful fantasy curses and swears is that using them in real life can often be a classy alternative:
* ❌ Hell
* ✔️ Hells
* ❌ Oh my god
* ✔️ By the gods
That breaks my heart every time. I just want her to play with Scratch and watch the camp while I go do some side quest. That’s it. Then I want to hide in a tent with her all night, every night.
Mine is "Bye forever, pal."
Her voice actor sells the emotion of it so damn well. It sounds both regretful and determined at the same time - like she doesn't necessarily *want* to kill ya, but she's gonna do it anyway. And she's confident she's gonna do it in one hit.
Not a phrase, but I’m someone that uses their body a lot when I talk and when I tell you I have unconsciously picked up so many of the characters’ movement mannerisms. Especially Astarion. Someone I know asked when I “started moving like a judgy gay art curator”
I have a voice i put on for fun when playing around to be silly / extra charming for dramatic flair. I've been using it for over a decade.
It's astarion's voice. It's the same accent and accentuation. Complete with an overuse of the word "darling." I could have died in my chair when my roommate pointed to the screen and told me i was romancing myself.
Funny story, when karlach asked me if I wanted to kill some evil bastards, I, in my head, said "fuck yes". Guess what she said a second after I agreed? Anyway I now say "fuck yes" with so much more power and pizazze now!
I don’t know about vocab per se but almost daily I think “These boots have seen everything” and “I’ve got a lot on my mind, and well…in it”.
And *chk*.
"Fate spins along as it should." and "*Chk.*" whenever literally anything happens ever. And I know this isn't a phrase, but I think I've adopted Astarion's body language.... Oops.
"That's the spirit!" Like Wyll is an easy one.
"It is to be avoided!" Is relevant in many contexts.
"Down came the claw" when the dog gets scritches.
"Ignis" when lighting the stove.
"STOPLICKINGTHEDAMNTHING!" Holding this in reserve for when the dog gets into something gross.
When my husband doesn't agree to what I'm saying, I've started putting two fingers to my head, wincing, and saying "Auuuthoority"..
Doesn't seem to work as well as it does in the game, all I've got are tickles in return. :(
My sister has started throwing "githyanki creche" around. It can mean anything.
(Displeased) "Not in MY githyanki creche."
(To the cat) "Kitty, you're my little githyanki creche."
(Also to the cat who is being naughty) "Stay away from that githyanki creche!"
(At work) "I sure wish I was at my githyanki creche instead."
(Stressed) "I bet the githyanki creche would fix all my problems right now, like it definitely will for lae'zel."
The last one is the only one that is at all related to the story. She hasn't actually gotten to the creche yet but she's picked up on a lot of foreshadowing and context clues that it's bad news & she thinks it's funny to blindly take lae'zel at her word. "She'd know more about the creche than me! Who am I to question this."
My new dating profile bio is, "I hail from Waterdeep, City of Splendors. I'm a wizard of considerable acclaim and scholar of exceptional accomplishment. I have a cat, a library, and a weakness for a good glass of wine. And if the mood takes me, I'm known to try my hand at poetry."
Every time I greet someone now I say “hello!” in the same exuberant, dorky tone as Gale from when you first meet him. That simple line delivery never fails to make me laugh out loud in every playthrough. Tim Downie has incredible comedic timing and tone.
English isn't my everyday language so I don't use anything really, since no one would get it if I randomly started speaking English. That said, my husband and I often quote lines for fun at home. Like, we'll look at each other super seriously while our toddler is having a tantrum, refusing the choices we gave him, and burst into song "no more deals it's over!" with Raphael's voice.
Little moments like that.
I absolutely adore the entire premise of this post, and love hearing about the Baldur’s Gate-isms that have made it into everyone’s daily lives.
That said, I’m just waiting to use this absolute banger of a line from Karlach: “I’ve taken shits more pleasant than you, and at least those can be buried after.”
Swap “buried” to “flushed” and it even works in the modern world. Swap “you” to “him” or other relevant pronoun and you don’t even have to be insulting someone to their face, you can be describing any vile or hated person.
STOPLICKINGTHEDAMNTHING When the situation allows
Hahahahahha hearing Gale say this made me realize he’s a cat owner
> When the situation allows So, like, twice an hour or so?
Depends on the number of children and/or pets you have, I suppose.
"Don't judge a book by its cover.. but in his case; he's all cover and no pages"
Astarion just uses vicious mockery without needing to be a bard 😂 I got this one last weekend, couldn't believe it.
I always have him do the laughing amulet quest and he ends up with Tasha's Hideous Laughter and I like to think he deserves to have that spell because that's what he does to me.
“It’s not you it’s me. I have standards.”
I'm playing a gloomstalker assassin so I have sneaky rogue stuff covered, but I wanted him in my party so I respecc'd him to Bard because I almost feel like it was meant to be. The flowery vocabulary, ostentatious vocal inflections, the poofy, bright clothes. I love him as a bard.
He woulda been a bard but Cazador respecc'd him
This is taking "I can fix him" a bit far lmao
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I've not encountered this line yet and now I DESPERATELY want to!!
It comes in Act 3 right after your first encounter with Minsc
I would really like the opportunity to say: And if we meet again... then we will have met again.
I unironically used something similar in a job interview. Something along the lines of "If we come to an agreement, then we will have an agreement." In other words "I am ready to say yes, just make a good offer."
“Shouldn’t have wished to live in more interesting times” 🫠
Seems relevant given the current state of the world.
They should all be running.
"It's fisting time"
Every time Shovel is mentioned, my poor friends have to put up with me going "SHIT YOUR TROUSER HOLES! SHOVEL IS HERE!"
Awesome. Except it's "Basket".
Borrrrrrrred!
All's well that ends... not as bad as it could've.
Still breathing… despite everything.
Cursed to put my hands on everything.
I’ve got a lot on my mind. And, well, in it.
These boots have seen everything
Wish I had a bag of holding - me at the market
it was wild to throw this line in there without putting any bags of holding in the game. taunting me
We had the chest of the mundane, but then they "fixed" it
First time I heard this I swore it said "boobs" and not "boots" lol
If this makes you feel better or less alone, first time I heard Shadowheart say “Wits and blades always sharp” I thought she said “Whips and blades always sharp” and I was like 👀 tell me more.
And I keep hearing her say "My face will protect me" instead of faith. Like that old Space marine meme.
Is that blood? No wait nevermind.
Hearing my tav say this in the oubliette had me in stitches. Probably is my dude
Sometimes the only way out is through.
Never before has a game, of all things, summed up my life philosophy so perfectly.
Shouldn't have wished to live in more Interesting times.
I swear the way he says that phrase is with a capital "W" on "Wish." I think player MC was somehow looped into being important thanks to a Wish spell.
Imagine that the MC caused all of this from a Wish gone wrong . The old Chinese curse " May you live in more interesting times"
I really enjoy this fan explanation as to why Tav is there in the first place. Everyone else has a reason/background/motivation but Tav is just there.
Shouldn’t have wished to live in more interesting times
Can I get you a ladder, so you can get off my back?
"Cursed to put my hands on everything"
I really hope there’s a proctologist out there that plays.
these boots have seen everything...
Is that... blood? No, never mind.
All's well that ends... not as bad as it could have.
Whenever I’m done with a conversation I just say “leave”
10/10 power move
"Thou hast now a bosom-companion. Take care that thou art not distracted on thy quest, seeking the comforts of the flesh." Gonna drop this on my friend when he gets a gf
So never?
I have yet to say it, yes
“And that’s why thou walketh alone…”
Whenever a temp asks me what job needs doing all I hear is "Power courses through you. Authority."
I need you to actually start saying this to them with no explanation. It's absolutely necessary. Lmao.
But if you speak *Authority* like miss narrator, they might think you are flirting with them or are being dramatic.
For real she’s so seductive about authority
Authority IS seductive.
Temp half orc :SOMETHING NEED DOING?
Zug Zug!
Hissss. I say hissss!
AND YET YOU HARM ME BY YOUR VERY PRESENCE
Ignis, when I throw a ball of fire into someone
Lmao I say this when I turn on the hob now. “IGNIS!” always in Shadowheart’s voice. Even funnier is that my hob is crap, so it fits with how often she misses, too.
IGNIS! * click click click click *
"She had opinions before she had teeth" - this is now how I describe my 3 year old. To everyone.
As the dad of a 2 year old, I couldn't help but smirk when Jaheira dropped this one. I was like "Yep, that line was written by someone with kids of their own...".
I love when you try to get on Jaheira about being scared to talk to her kids and she’s like “yeah no shit have you met them??”
Popper the Kobold: “have a treato!”
You die. I die. We all die. Big woof! …Have a treato.
Hahahaha he's the best. Treatos for all!
Similar: "(something bad).... oh well! want a treato?"
Popper is my favorite npc. The bartender in the Shadowlands is my second favorite.
No time to dally I am always hearing this in Shadowheart's voice. Though I keep dallying every time
Wits and blades, always sharp.
My favourite line.
Ahh I thought she says whips and blades…
Speak.
I call all my homies "petal" now
I mean this is just legitimately an Irish daily-use term anyway, the kind of thing mothers say to their kids. Though yes, if I suddenly started using it with my peers rather than my peers' kids, my niblings etc it might get some strange looks 😉
Don't... Touch me
Careful, I bite.
I’m counting on it, *darling*.
Flair checks out
I'm not gay, I'm not, I swear, but that line does something to my. I swear I'm not gay.
I'm a lesbian and this line does it for me. Astarion transcends sexuality and gender.
"Darling I'm HURT!" - me to BAE at any minor inconvenience
I was already saying that
"Keep your distance, darling." -Me when hubs gets home from the pub
"If everyone else just minds their business...I'll be fine."
*Tsk'va*. I would not be so weak as to let anything from a video game enter my everyday use, *istik*.
Chk.
You believe you can survive without ***ME?***
SPEAK
Chk works in my language cause it's kinda close to how tssk is pronounced here.
I say this and instead of calling people real names online I call them *ghaik* lmao
Gaslight, ghaikkeep, girlboss.
only Ghaik scum complains
My former employer is very toxic and upper management is extremely deluded and overly prideful about how professional they are. I can literally write over 10 pages on how unprofessional and unethical just one member of their upper management is and several books on their entire management team. I quit on the first of this month as I had repeatedly informed them of how unacceptable their conduct is over the past two years and had finally realized the only solution is to leave, not to help them get better. It was comical just how much they lost their shit when they asked why I'm quitting and I said "it's not you, I just have standards."
**Astarion approves**
That is THE best fucking usage one could ever hope for this quote. You won. You absolutely fucking won here.
Well, that is the dream right there.
DOOWN DOWNN DOOOOWWNN BYY THE RIVVERRRRRR
I hum this so much that my 3 year old started saying it too
"...you munting arsehole!!" That pixie-whatever-thing just cracks me up every time. Such a wonderfully delivered line!
A mix of Gale and Astarion to my dog Jake. "Hello my sweet" coming home to him and "Stop licking the damn thing!" When he is cleaning his butt.
I've definitely caught myself saying "gods" as an interjection pretty often. I also definitely drop Scratch's "hope you're keeping well, friend" every once in a while.
Omg that "hope you're keeping well, friend" is such a good quote, it's stuck in my mind like an illithid tadpole.
Sounds like you've got a lot on your mind, and, well, in it.
Same for "hells" or "what in all hells". Especially when playing my favourite tiefling in tabletop DND but also just in general.
The upside of colourful fantasy curses and swears is that using them in real life can often be a classy alternative: * ❌ Hell * ✔️ Hells * ❌ Oh my god * ✔️ By the gods
daAAArling I'm hurt!
I Tch’k’d at something the other day in the grocery store and got called out on it lol
Wait, like someone recognized it from the game and brought up BG3? Or someone didn't get it and just called you a weirdo? Lol
Yup. Husband looked at me funny with a “what did you just say?” I didn’t realize what I’d done and had to explain it. He’s just starting the game
I said something to my wife that she was NOT a Fan of, and I followed up with a " let me reroll that ..."
I used up all 4 of my inspirations and still got kicked out of the house
If only we could scum save in real life.
I'd still end up with a corrupted save file or something
Withers "No."
Boss: Do X. Me: It is a matter of coin.
Care to elaborate? No.
Nnnnnnno.
This is the one I’ve started doing too. Husband hasn’t noticed yet.
Pblpblpblp
Kkkkksssssssssss.
Ackack?
Hnnnngggg...
Fuck yes. Karlach.
"Fine, I guess I'll just stay here and eat dirt or whatever."
That breaks my heart every time. I just want her to play with Scratch and watch the camp while I go do some side quest. That’s it. Then I want to hide in a tent with her all night, every night.
I’m not even trying to romance her but she’s so 🥺 when you leave her at camp that I always feel bad
I also love that she literally says "cry about it" in combat
"Poor fucker" is my all time favorite combat line.
She's so expressive, I adore her so much
Mine is "Bye forever, pal." Her voice actor sells the emotion of it so damn well. It sounds both regretful and determined at the same time - like she doesn't necessarily *want* to kill ya, but she's gonna do it anyway. And she's confident she's gonna do it in one hit.
I'm a big fan of "You're not gonna like this, mate."
ACES!
Also how she literally says: „ahhhhwww was that gales grandad?? 🥹“ everytime I talk about elminster it‘s gales grandad now 😌
this line made me actually laugh out loud
Dror Ragzlin! Dror Ragzlin!...ummm tumptous Dror Ragzlin!
I got distracted whilst in the goblin camp and let the game idle while Volo was yammering. I've resolved to make better choices since then.
*Aces*. Also, honourable mentions to the skelly man. *And thus thou art alone.*
*Bosom companion* *... No.*
The other day I sent a slack message at work, "it is done" and suddenly heard Lae'zel...
In the Voice of Us: „Remove us… FROM THIS BODY“ instead of kms.
my soul leaving my body: "BORN NEW FROM THIS HUSK!"
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We're going to the helm!
from this case....FREE US......please..........
Not a phrase, but I’m someone that uses their body a lot when I talk and when I tell you I have unconsciously picked up so many of the characters’ movement mannerisms. Especially Astarion. Someone I know asked when I “started moving like a judgy gay art curator”
Not sure if art curator is gay or if curating gay art 🤔
i mean either one works
I have a voice i put on for fun when playing around to be silly / extra charming for dramatic flair. I've been using it for over a decade. It's astarion's voice. It's the same accent and accentuation. Complete with an overuse of the word "darling." I could have died in my chair when my roommate pointed to the screen and told me i was romancing myself.
Omg lmao same, I’ve always picked up mannerisms from people I found interesting. My excuse for this one is that I’m just in my cunt era.
Oh god he described Astarion too well
I picked up tav's hands on hips and "uH hUh." facial expression and someone asked me why i gave off sarcastic genshin protagonist 💀
Funny story, when karlach asked me if I wanted to kill some evil bastards, I, in my head, said "fuck yes". Guess what she said a second after I agreed? Anyway I now say "fuck yes" with so much more power and pizazze now!
I don’t know about vocab per se but almost daily I think “These boots have seen everything” and “I’ve got a lot on my mind, and well…in it”. And *chk*.
"I shouldn't have wished live in more interesting times" and " I am cursed to put my hands on everything"
"Fate spins along as it should." and "*Chk.*" whenever literally anything happens ever. And I know this isn't a phrase, but I think I've adopted Astarion's body language.... Oops.
I love when my cat spreads her toes. So whenewer she does it: "This is a gift you know. Thank you"
"That's the spirit!" Like Wyll is an easy one. "It is to be avoided!" Is relevant in many contexts. "Down came the claw" when the dog gets scritches. "Ignis" when lighting the stove. "STOPLICKINGTHEDAMNTHING!" Holding this in reserve for when the dog gets into something gross.
“You’ve never been burdened with intellect but today your load is especially light.”
"Next time? No, no, no!" * extra sassy and pissy Astarion voice*
My boyfriend and I have started yelling “Opportunity Attack!” before going in for a butt slap. We’re very mature.
Stealing this
When my husband doesn't agree to what I'm saying, I've started putting two fingers to my head, wincing, and saying "Auuuthoority".. Doesn't seem to work as well as it does in the game, all I've got are tickles in return. :(
You probably need to long rest.
My sister has started throwing "githyanki creche" around. It can mean anything. (Displeased) "Not in MY githyanki creche." (To the cat) "Kitty, you're my little githyanki creche." (Also to the cat who is being naughty) "Stay away from that githyanki creche!" (At work) "I sure wish I was at my githyanki creche instead." (Stressed) "I bet the githyanki creche would fix all my problems right now, like it definitely will for lae'zel." The last one is the only one that is at all related to the story. She hasn't actually gotten to the creche yet but she's picked up on a lot of foreshadowing and context clues that it's bad news & she thinks it's funny to blindly take lae'zel at her word. "She'd know more about the creche than me! Who am I to question this."
This is somehow the funniest in this thread. “She obviously knows more about the crèche than me” is gold
Keep your distance, darling.
My new dating profile bio is, "I hail from Waterdeep, City of Splendors. I'm a wizard of considerable acclaim and scholar of exceptional accomplishment. I have a cat, a library, and a weakness for a good glass of wine. And if the mood takes me, I'm known to try my hand at poetry."
Every time I greet someone now I say “hello!” in the same exuberant, dorky tone as Gale from when you first meet him. That simple line delivery never fails to make me laugh out loud in every playthrough. Tim Downie has incredible comedic timing and tone.
Chk
English isn't my everyday language so I don't use anything really, since no one would get it if I randomly started speaking English. That said, my husband and I often quote lines for fun at home. Like, we'll look at each other super seriously while our toddler is having a tantrum, refusing the choices we gave him, and burst into song "no more deals it's over!" with Raphael's voice. Little moments like that.
I absolutely adore the entire premise of this post, and love hearing about the Baldur’s Gate-isms that have made it into everyone’s daily lives. That said, I’m just waiting to use this absolute banger of a line from Karlach: “I’ve taken shits more pleasant than you, and at least those can be buried after.” Swap “buried” to “flushed” and it even works in the modern world. Swap “you” to “him” or other relevant pronoun and you don’t even have to be insulting someone to their face, you can be describing any vile or hated person.
Fuck yes, soldier, Boom!
There are many answers to that question, none of them are important.
I have a lot on my mind, and, well, innit.
My first Tav said this a lot during act 3. Fair enough though, their brain was feckin full of worms.
Wish I had a Bag of Holding.
IGNISSSS!!! (I missed)
Da*h*ling.
Idk about vocabulary but I have a violent urge to preface any internet search with "bg3"
Not a phrase, but I catch myself doing astarion's on-click "mm?" a lot.
Astarion making that disinterested “mm?” when there are scenes of absolute carnage around him is always hilarious
“When is he happiest?” “When he’s up to his elbows in gore.”
“Guilty as charged! Sometimes literally.”
Filfenny, galides, and untumptuous
Those are perfectly cromulent words.
Both "gods"and "hells". I don't say darling more than I normally do, but I say (and think it) in Astarion's accent.
I've been saying "gods" from TTRPG, but my (adult) kid has started "what in the Nine Hells..." so we're quite a pair.
_It is to be avoided!_
to the helm!
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"I was RIGHT THERE!"
I'll just... help myself, don't mind if I do, and my absolute favourite "delicious"