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- So, yeah, let's just dive in

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and take a look at-
- Please

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- What this box of wonders has in store.

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- We're selling this after, right?

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- Yeah, it's going right
up on eBay right away.

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(upbeat music)

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Hey everyone, Carolyn
Petit with Kotaku here

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and we have got something pretty special.

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This huge box that you see
here is the Collector's Edition

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of Baldur's Gate 3.

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The items that come with this

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really help to cement the connection

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between Baldur's Gate
3, the computer game,

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and Dungeons and Dragons.

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Naturally, the person
that I wanted here with me

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as we look at the Baldur's
Gate 3 Collector's Edition

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is Kotaku's Alyssa Mercante,

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who knows absolutely nothing-
- Nothing.

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- About Dungeons and Dragons.
- Nothing.

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- So let's just to dive in

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and take a look at-
- [Alyssa] Please.

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- What this box of wonders has in store.

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- I feel like I'm like your Vanna White.

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This is how I feel.
- [Carolyn] That's right.

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And this envelope is really
gonna contain a lot of the,

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I think the goodies that come
with the special edition,

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the limited edition.
- [Alyssa] Oh.

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- [Carolyn] So let's take a look here,

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Alyssa, at some of what we have.

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- Is that a bandana?

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- Let's, we'll get to
that in just a moment.

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So first of all, of course,

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you've got a Certificate of Authenticity.

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Now, Alyssa, yes.

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Let's take a moment to look
at and appreciate these.

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- Oh!

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- So Alyssa, I don't
know if you know this,

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you are an animal lover.
- I am.

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- You're very much an animal lover.

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There is a particular spell
that players of Baldur's Gate 3

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have been using a lot.

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- What is it?

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- It is called Speak to Animals.

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And with that spell,
actually in Baldur's Gate 3,

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you can talk to-

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- Any one of these guys?

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- Yes. Well, I don't
know about all of them.

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Some of these look more demonic.

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I have only gotten a
little ways into the game.

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You have no doubt heard that
people are falling in love,

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literally, with the party members in-

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- Who took a sticker?

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- Somebody took a sticker perhaps.

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- Well I wonder who could
have taken a sticker

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and who it was.

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- Okay. So yeah, Alyssa, I don't know.

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Have you watched, say
on TikTok or anything,

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the any of the love scenes or sex scenes

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in Baldur's Gate through your-

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- Is that, is this the one

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that everyone's sluts hard over for?

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Is that Astarion?
- This is Astarion, right?

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- See? I know stuff.

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- I do rather like that, you know.

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- This here is a Mind Flayer.

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They are the sort of
extraterrestrial evil villains

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who, early in Baldur's Gate 3, abduct you.

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One item that comes with the set

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is this key chain that is a tadpole

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or an illithid parasite.

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And what happens with
this in the game, Alyssa,

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is that they burrow into
the brains of every,

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of many characters.

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Let's move on to what I think
may be the coolest inclusion

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as a DND fan.

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So a series of character
sheets of DND characters.

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So Alyssa, why don't you maybe
take a look at these now.

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Obviously in Dungeons and
Dragons, the tabletop game,

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and in Baldur's Gate 3,

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your strength, your
intelligence, your charisma,

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all of these scores are,
you know, very important.

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But what I really love
about these character sheets

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is that they don't reduce the characters

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to just the that collection of stats.

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They prominently feature the stats,

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but they also have a good
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about the characters including
details about their backstory

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and their flaws and
their personality traits.

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To me, it's just a really
really neat inclusion.

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You know, Baldur's Gate, the city,

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and the whole world of Faerun

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in that Baldur's Gate 3 takes place in

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has a really rich history.

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And so..
- It's gotta be what that is.

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- Well, this is a, a really
spectacular art book,

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artwork from Baldur's Gate 3.

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This is not the kind of

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flimsy art book-
- [Alyssa] Can I smell it?

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that you sometimes see related to games.

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It is like a truly gorgeous-
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- And really in-depth art book.

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Not only does this art book feature art

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of like the characters
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of the game,

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but it also talks about how
the art team on Baldur's Gate 3

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really drew on our existing
like architectural inspirations

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and artistic inspirations
from different cultures

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and different, you know,
locales around the world.

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So this is the, obviously,
the, physically, the-

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(Alyssa laughs)

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Oh Lord.

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Sorry, Larian.

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But what we have here is
a very dramatic statue

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of a Mind Flayer there,
yes, being attacked.

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Very dramatic. Very, you
know, detailed, I would say.

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Very impressive.

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And, of course, perhaps my favorite though

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physical inclusion would be this hefty D20

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that comes with the
limited edition as well.

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Pretty cool item. 19!
(Alyssa laughs)

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Damn it!
- That's good, right?

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- That is very good.
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- That is almost a critical hit.