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Baldur's Gate 3

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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)

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[–] [email protected] 178 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

The cheeks also say "left cheek" and "right cheek" lmao

EDIT: Does the neck say "Larian"?

EDIT: the full neck is "Larian Studios", amazing

[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 years ago

I want to be so fucking angry but that's just clever.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 years ago

There's a bug report somewhere I bet.

"Face tattoo puzzle regression: only default text shows"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago

They kind of broke the fourth wall with Karlach. It'd be epic if there's an NPC out there that bursts out laughing when they see those tattoos.

[–] [email protected] 116 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You motherfucker. I was sat here for a minute like "Wait... whats the joke? I guess the image is loading... Oh you bastard."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Note, that's not the joke, wikia images are just weird. For whatever reason the ?cb=whatever bit causes hotlinking to fail. Stripping that leads to an image of a ...bouncer? from the show Gravity Falls with face tattoos reading "head" and "chin" https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/gravityfalls/images/3/35/S1e3_works_for_me.png

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

I was gonna post the same thing!

[–] [email protected] 77 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Clever. Less chance for …. Cultural misunderstandings in some markets.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

True. I just had this whole image in my head for one of my characters. He had those tattoos and got them when he started worshipping Bhaal. Meanwhile they're just like... infernal IKEA instructions. Dunno whether to shake the hand of someone at Larian or slap them.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Imagine doing some elaborate deal with Raphael for the promise of greater power through understanding of infernal runes only to get this fucking translation done.

I would die laughing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Definitely fist bump

[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Back in high school I invented a runic language like this and I used it to cheat in German class. I was always drawing fantasy/scifi scenes on my notebooks and I would write all the German verb declensions into the scenes, like on Thor's chest or the side of a spaceship or whatever, and then have the notebook on the floor while taking the test. Straight As in German and now I can't fucking speak German.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

now I can’t fucking speak German.

I took German for two years without cheating and I can't speak German, either. Classrooms are the worst places to learn languages, period.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

At some point I switched my games from German to English, my English skills probably improved more in the first two months of doing that than in the 4 years of classroom English I had before then.

I've heard similar from the people who took French or Spanish as ellectives, it seems schools are the worst place to actually learn a language (I'd say including your native one, I learned more about German in Philosophy class than in German class)

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

What an enigma you represent.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Underrated pun. Nice.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

I hope you can at least still speak the ancient runes of the Chicken Lady.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

That's a pretty genius way to cheat, impressive.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Guter Trick, trotzdem schade eigentlich.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you still read and write in your runic language?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I can't even read and write English any more.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Don't have any tattoos, myself, but now I kinda want to have "shoulder" runes on my shoulder. In case I ever forget.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You wake up, Durge style, and look around. Don't remember your name. No idea what you are. All you know is that you've been marked by infernal runes, engraved into your skin.

You search high and low and after much effort, and months of travel, you eventually stumble across a demon who is willing to trade a favor. In exchange for you making him a sandwich (with the crusts cut off), he will translate these hellish symbols.

"Shoulder."

"W... what?"

"It means shoulder."

"What the hells does that mean?"

"I don't know. I'm not the one who got the tattoo. I'm an infernal being not a psychic."

"But... why the fuck would I get tattoo of shoulder? It makes no sense!"

"In case you forgot?"

"Bruh. If I forget what my fucking limbs are called I'm pretty sure I have other matters that are going to be more pressing."

"Mmmike mmmwat?"

"Mother didn't teach you any manners?"

(Devil just chews, staring you in the eyes)

"Oh yeah. Of course. Well, wanna try that again?"

(big swallow) "What other matters would be more pressing than discovering the names of your various body parts?"

"Like wh... forget it. Okay. Well now what am I suppose to do."

"I dunno. Did you add mustard to this?"

"Yeah, it's a little extra zing. I mean I revolved my whole new personality around discovering this. I thought it would lead me to the secrets of my existence. Of who I was. Of what I went through. Of why I ended up here in the first place!"

"Huh. Well you should have made a deal for that."

"Fucking what."

"Well dude, I'm a devil. While I may not be a psychic, I can hook you up with one pretty easily."

"... Oh my sweet and sour Bahamut, what do you want?"

"Got any chips?"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've always kind of wanted one that says something like "I don't know, I don't speak Japanese" in Japanese

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It doesn't have to mean anything as long as it looks cool. I'm gonna get me a tattoo that says "Japanese tattoo" in Japanese, would probably look like this: 日本のタトゥー

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I have none, not don't desire a tattoo, however if pressed I'd do a Lorem Ipsum tattoo because, I'd like to meet people that got the joke.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

Top tier trolling. Simply marvelous.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

Peak immersion

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

At least it doesn't say Damaged, or HaHaHaHa.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

I think I finally know what tattoo I want.

"Left arm"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

that's what the tramp stamp says.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Missed opportunity for a “Drink your Ovaltine” reference.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

"A crummy commercial?"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

That's brilliant! If you been following Larian since Divine Divinity, this is classic Larian lol

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Also, "left cheek" and "right cheek"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

foolish mortals think this is some kind of game.. those labels allow the demons to take possession of you.. that's the point of writing the words in their language.. they can now use that face like a puppet..

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What do you think he says when people ask him what they mean?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

"I'm not sure but it's a step up from everyone asking me about numbers." ~Mason

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

metal as hell

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

This is how I name characters and places when I write

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I translated this as:

"burt is a slave driver and is going bald too"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Dare someone to get these tattoos irl

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

that's hilarious

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago