Baldur's Gate 3 modder creates its most hellish spell yell: On-demand testicular torsion

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Gale falls to the ground as the player casts the Testicular Torsion spell on him.

In what is surely the apex of both Baldur’s Gate 3 modding and my news writing career, a creator named Estgamers has developed the foulest fanmade BG3 spell yet: the foul hex ofTesticular Torsion(warning: that link may not be work-safe depending on how cool your work is with both the concept of testicular torsion and medical diagrams of it in action).

If you’re (mercifully) unaware of just what testicular torsion is, it’s basically the medical name for literally getting your nuts in a twist. Or one of them, anyway. It occurs when “the cord (called the ‘spermatic cord’) which carries blood to the testicle becomes twisted,” saysCambridge University Hospitals, and I’m given to understand that itreally sucks, causing intense pain that can require surgery to fix.

It’s also the superpower of theTesticular Torsion Wizard, a memetic mage who goes around scrunching up the underparts of his… foes? Probably his foes. The meme actually got its start in D&D, say the good folk at Know Your Meme, so it’s really only appropriate the spell should make an appearance in BG3.

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