Baldur's Gate III - Spoiler Edition (please read updated OP)

Larian called those characters origins for DOS2 too and they didn't have a different tutorial outside interaction matching the origin you picked (they have their own game spawning storyline though).

The jump looks like Phoenix Dive from DOS2 with less particle effects. I expect it to change, he used it at certain places where the existing climb up/down on things should be usable. Seems more like a workaround to some engine limitation right now.

I expected them to implement all the core classes. They just aren't going to be ready for early access (only 6 are anyhow). They took the time to revamp the Ranger and I don't see why they would have focused on that instead of implementing the classes that didn't need rework (just because of a bunch of people have to cosplay as Drizzt...). 

Monk and Barbarian are easier to do than Paladin, Bard, Druid and Sorcerer mechanically. The Paladin can only be finalized once all the content is in-game considering the validations required to see if you break the various Oaths. Sorcerer requires a lots of unique gameplay features that affect their spells to work so I wouldn't be surprise if that's late too. Bardic inspiration is problematic too.

Super encouraged by this latest reveal.

I can't wait to get my hands on this game. That cute little halfling in the demo that was available as the PC has my name written all over it, and the story looks super intriguing so far. Very excited!

Well this is looking really great, I'd never heard of this company or their games before so i wasn't sure what to expect.

They seem to be doing their best to do a faithful interpretation of d&d 5e rules and lore.

And they're doing the kind of multiplayer i like - the kind where you and a few friends can play/enjoy the story together and interact with it together. Bioware really disappointed me when they revealed that anthem was seggregated into solo story sections and multiplayer combat instead of further developing the group story interaction they had in swtor.

The dialogue system is different than anything I've seen before. ( *I denied hearing anything*) Though i suppose it allows you the freedom to imagine/ roleplay what your character would actually say.

Can all players choose between a custom character and a preset/companion character when doing multi player I wonder or only player 1?

Yup, if you want to play a blank-slate character, you'll choose custom. If you want a Geralt-type character you'll choose their "origin characters." The beauty is that you get unique dialogue choices for that character if you want to roleplay as them.

  

Monk aren't simpler in term of gameplay, they just reuse a lots of stuff that will be developed for other classes (example: Way of the 4 Elements KI abilities are mostly Wizard's spells) and DOS2 already have unarmed attacks animations including spinning kicks. 

A druid is mentioned in the preview gameplay the press saw (you can see it the mention in one of the video I linked). It would be surprising if it's not already in, just not ready for EA. And yes, Wild Mage Sorcerer is totally a Larian thing.

If they add a Paladin origins, I expect it to be based on the Oathbreaker. 

Like I said previously, I expect all of core classes to be in the game at release, it's pre-alpha so some of them are probably still in the design stage and only 6 are ready for EA. They don't even have all of the combat rule system in place (example: reaction is limited to attack of opportunity right now, but Swen said they wanted to support more).

In DOS2 early access, the first build was missing like half of the skill line and talents (the one there mostly came straight from DOS1 too) and not all the races and origins were available. They played around a lot with how the turn-based worked too. These things were added overtime until the game released and the DOS1 stuff was replaced. I see the same thing here, a lots of stuff shown was placeholders from DOS2 or using things developed for DOS2 (i.e the weapons special skills are lifted from DOS2 and most of the spell animation use DOS2 animations).

The game will looks quite different a year from now and it might even have a longer EA than DOS2 (which was about a year).

You can have 4 players each playing a different preset character or custom ones. If you have less players, the remaining party slot can be occupied by one of the AI companions. 
Depends what the voiced cutscenes are about. If it's tied to the character predefined origins, custom ones probably won't have those, but if it's about main quest stuff you'll have them. If vampire spawn is something a custom character can be, the "blood sucking" related cutscene will be in for them too, not just Astarion. If you make a custom character you can recruits the preset ones as companion and help them do their personal quest, yes.

Astarion is chaotic evil according to MMORPG preview so his dialogue choices (labelled Astarion) all fall into that alignment.

I'm hoping for a class/subclass that is good at buckling swashes.

Rock, Paper, Shotgun made a video that explain a few things about the game system. It shows someone I haven't seen anyone mention too: Astarion's master (he sound very old fashioned).

So you'll meet "tadpole" enemies with special powers too. 

I saw someone complains that BG3 wasn't following BG1/BG2 themes of hidden enemies and whatever you become evil or are born evil.­..but looks to me that it is, you're just not tempted with godly power with a chance of turning into the mindless Slayer ...your tempted with tadpole powers with a sure chance of turning into a Mind Flayer (or maybe not).

Someone will try this and validate if the claim is true...or not.