Gale Dekarios, for many reasons, is one of Baldur's Gate 3's most iconic characters. The slightly awkward Wizard of Waterdeep is prolific in combat, a great companion, and has some wicked one-liners. Plus, he's the former lover of a literal goddess.
Of all of Gale's legendary lines, actor Tim Downie says there's one that he's asked to repeat more than most. However, he says that he wishes the character's death sounds got more airtime, simply because "they hurt."
Speaking to the Fall Damage YouTube channel, actor Tim Downie, whose first and only video game role was as Gale Dekarios, revealed which line he's asked to repeat most. "Stop licking the damn thing is obviously an absolute firm favorite," he told the channel, before recounting what it was like recording that specific section of the game.
Path of the Skull Collector sounds like an awful lot of fun.
"It was the most surprising for me, actually, when I did it, as well," he said. "We recorded it quite straight, and then the very last take we did, I just imagined talking to my own kids, if they just kept doing something like that [licking a spider] or picking something...
