Baldur’s Gate 3
Summary
Larian Studios ' latest patch up forBaldur ’s Gate 3was a heavy one , full of germ fixes , new clothes , and , most importantly , a playable epilog . While the majority of this conclusion is defined by the choices actor have made throughout their adventure , there was one bantam accession that everyone will get to enjoy . In an well missed line of new dialog , one rooter favored character was formally made part ofBaldur ’s Gate 3canon .
piece 5 forBaldur ’s Gate 3added some much - needed bug reparation , as well as fine-tune some of the armed combat to provide good counterbalance . One of the largest add-on was anew game mode forBaldur ’s Gate 3called Honour Mode , plan for an extra challenge as it only allow one save file cabinet . However , among all the mending and gameplay addition , one aspect firmly caught the fanbase ’s attention .
Baldur ’s Gate 3 is imposing in stature and its best mo are truly memorable , but some other result with scurf suggest an odd experience .
Bing Bong The Imp Has Joined Baldur’s Gate 3 Canon
Back in September 2023 , the UK basedDungeons & DragonsYouTube channelHigh Rollershosted the cast of Baldur ’s Gate 3 for a one - shot set during the events of the plot . The two episodes saw the mould gaming as theirBG3Origin charactersas Dungeon Master Mark Hulmes fill them on a journeying to save Tav . However , there was one NPC that watcher and the stamp immediately latched onto , an imp distinguish Bing Bong , who has now joinedBG3canon .
Who Is Bing Bong In Baldur’s Gate 3?
InHigh Rollers Presents : Shadows of Athkatla , the cast ofBG3joins Dungeon Master Mark Hulmes on a journey to save Tav from a mysterious magic spell . Hulmes does a fantastic job of integrating part ofBG3gameplay into theDnDgame , often in humourous slipway , such as trace that Tav has been lay away book and cup in their bag . The premise of why the Origin characters are on this escapade and removing the player character Tav from the tale are also very clever .
As the story blossom forth , the party finally find themselves in the urban center of Athkatla searching for response . After settle to split up , Lae’zel and Shadowheart end up at a store shout the Adventurer ’s Mart , draw as a fantasy supermarket . Outside was a little imp in a hat and accede tie who slides the door open for customers while shouting"Bing Bong ! "
The cast and the hearing were instantly in love life with the lilliputian demon , but no one more so thanJennifer English performing as Shadowheart . Immediately call up him a"darling , seraphic imp,“English adopted Bing Bong into their grouping as they continued to explore for clues . Bing Bong was n’t the greatest amount of help , as he did n’t speak much Common beyond"bing bong"but that did n’t stop anyone from adoring him as the one - shot go on to its second episode .
The only Common Bing Bong ever speak was"No com - adult male , only bing bong . "
In the few day between the two sequence , lover art of Bing Bong had exploded and there were already cry for Shadowheart ’s tiny new friend to be added toBaldur ’s Gate 3 . EvenLarian Studiosjoined in the playfulness with a post on X ( formerly Twitter ) , saying , " we ’re still think about Bing Bong . " Sadly , Bing Bong did not experience to see the end of the High Rollers ' second sequence .
Bing Bong met his end at the hands ofDevora Wilde fiddle Lae’zelas she set him on fire and threw him towards the enemy . With only a few strike points Bing Bong strike the terra firma and pass away , but his bequest continued long after the game had end . Mods appeared shortly after the 2nd episode aired , giving players the power to add Bing Bong intoBaldur ’s Gate 3such asMaestroMetty ’s Bing Bong Summon on NexusMods .
How Bing Bong Joins Baldur’s Gate 3
The impact Bing Bong had on theBG3community was braggy enough that Larian has now added him to the game – sort of . During the new epilogue place after theend ofBaldur ’s Gate 3,the company reunites six calendar month after the battle with the Netherbrain to catch up and swop story with each other . It is during a chat with Shadowheart that a conversant name can be hear as she discusses with the participant character what to babble to people about .
That roam scalawag that joined us - Bing Bong , was n’t it ?
However , this line might be miss by some , as it appears thatonly a romanced Shadowheart who turn her back on Shar has this dialog . The agency Shadowheart talks about Bing Bong inBG3suggests that the upshot of the High Rollers one - guesswork are not canon . Instead of explaining to Tav ( or perhaps the Dark Urge ) who Bing Bong is , Shadowheart ’s line paint a picture that she and Tav were the only ones to meet the tiny fiend .
As she says that she and Tav have squeezed a mass into the last six months , Shadowheart cite Bing Bong alongside Sharran assassins and other dangerous undertaking they have shared after the event ofBG3 . In this circumstance , it seems thatthis reading of Bing Bong is not the same one that was see inShadows of Athkatla . Whether it is a dissimilar scalawag , also named Bing Bong , or an alternative version of the fan favorite is n’t clean , but just get laid Shadowheart has gather him will be enough for some .
Bing Bong ’s comprehension inBG3 , even in such a small path , speak to Larian ’s loyalty to listen to its players . This goes in some way to explain whyBaldur ’s Gate 3was nominated in eight categoriesfor The Game Awards 2023 . Bing Bong bring together canyon and the epilogue as a whole is yet another example of Larian respecting players ' choices and agency .
The continued patches , red-hot fixes , andupdates thatBG3receives are correct Modern standardsfor the play industry at large . From giving players the option to slay multiplayer fellow to leave customization after character founding , Larian continues to answer to the feedback given . good of all , this is all for free , as Larian Studios has made it clear on numerous occasions that it willnever carry out microtransactions .
Patch 5 ’s epilogue is a majuscule example of a game ’s developer getting it ripe . Bing Bong joining canon is only one line in a wad epilog that sacrifice closure to many of the event ofBaldur ’s Gate 3 . But it is enough for many to get laid that Bing Bong is out there in some mannequin in the Forgotten Realms .
source : High Rollers DnD / YouTube , Larian Studios / X ( formerly Twitter),MaestroMetty / NexusMods
