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[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Anyways Astarion disliked that.

Baldur's Gate 3 included a That Guy character that's there just to complain about helping other people and being nice. Kind of a nice authenticity touch.

[–] abc@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Haha to be fair that's pretty much all of them in their own ways - except Gale, who falls in love with you instantly basically provided you're a wizard and - in my experience - don't outright condemn a goblin to death.

spoiler for like act 1Shadowheart, after saving the Druid Camp, came up to me in camp and went "wow I never thought I'd care about refugees" and I was like "huh?? what? you haven't cared about the druids or the refugees at all throughout this entire quest. I've literally only seen Lae'zal get pissed at me for wasting time and not finding the creche" but I love her so......I can change her

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Karlach had been pretty cool with all of my decisions. I-was-saying

arm-L 🔥 sicko-fem 🔥 arm-R

[–] Blep@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Kaarlach is like the only party member who doesnt have or need a real growth arc

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

She's cursed by the fact that she (plot spoilers)

spoilercan't escape the fate she was stuck in from the start of the game. She stays in Avernus or she dies.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

spoilerShe can also volunteer herself to turn into a squid if you've killed the emperor and freed Orpheus. This was before the announcement that there'll be new endings for her.


[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Shadowheart spoilerThat kind of mismatch thing is part of her story and pays off eventually. It's not impossible to figure out, but doesn't get explicitly revealed until Act 3 depending on your decisions.


[–] EmotionalSupportLancet@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m not saying it’s good, but he only is that way because

spoilerHe spent over a 100 years after being enslaved as a child (half-elf, he was a child by their standards) and tortured and assaulted. His morality is basically defined by: does this bring me closer to being free or closer to being recaptured. Not good, but within context it’s understandable even though it shouldn’t be defended.

TLDR: I can fix him

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I knew that. In fact I call him That Guy because he was in my party and I enjoyed his That Guy energy even if he was pouting a lot about my heroism.

I still stuck up for him and even let him have a bite. He was sort of my frenemy.

Huh, I never considered the possibility of a npc having pc “that guy” energy…. That rules tbh

[–] booty@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That makes me think of Dragon Age: Origins. By the time I'd had Morrigan with me for like an hour I was already sick of her "why aren't you being EEEEVIL" thing

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Astarion was much more bearable than Morrigan. I never got the appeal of that character. At all.