THIS IS PERFECT FEL LITERALLY ONLY EATS PEOPLE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST GONNA HAVE TO BE IN MY IMAGINATION WHAT A FUCKING DAY FOR THE PARISH WHATA DAMN TREAT
“Why would I ever trust the word of an Oathbreaker?”
“It’s unwise to trust a bloody Sharran”
To:
“Why hello, Lover, that sounded more debonaire in my head, I admit”
“I am yours, my Heart”
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Aaaand I’m finally in Act 3 (fucking finally) with my Oathbreaker Paladin Durge run. I can only wish I’m talented enough of a writer to write a fic for these two I swear-
ah yes, gripe #23649 of my evil playthrough-palpatined shart into becoming dj shart, a seriously op shadow monk, did nothing to sway astarion from ascending and made him a necromancer death knight. even fel went full bhaalspawn and ended up with the most finger-licking bleeding build i ever did see. but minthara? NOTHING. no companion quest. not a damn thing. instead i just made her an illithid warlock build with emps armor and some funny glowing helmet w tails that i found somewhere and i felt nothing for this bitch. took great pleasure in nudging the other two down their evil paths and cackled when everything went according to my big evil plan to take over the world but i felt absolutely nothing building minthara it was quite upsetting she really killed my whole orchestrator vibe...
Sometimes it baffles me that Minthara is regarded as the most evil companion when she is the only one who doesn't even really do anything. The only time we see Minthara do anything evil is the grove raid. However, consider that she was literally being mind controlled, we can't exactly fault her for it. I mean, she spells it out pretty clearly for you. She did not have the capacity to fight against the Absolute's commands.
But once she joins your team, she does nothing. Literally. She does not actually do anything evil. She suggests evil. She encourages evil. But she doesn't do anything evil. She actually does what you tell her to do. So if you are doing evil, then she is doing evil and she will be ecstatic about it. If you are not doing evil, she'll bitch about it, but she'll stand by your side and begrudgingly not be evil. If anything, you are the greater evil as she is only doing what you are doing.
You have to tell Astarion not to ascend. You have to tell Lae'zel to stop worshiping her obviously evil god. You have to tell Gale to give up on the crown. You have to tell Shadow not to kill the Nightsong (under the wrong conditions). You have to convince Wyll not to kill Karlach. But, what ledge does Minthara ever stand on that you have to tell her to back away from? Like I said, she doesn't do anything evil herself and thus, there is never a moment in which you tell her not to do the evil thing.
"But, she wants to become Absolute." No, she wants you to become Absolute and she'll rule by your side. If you choose not to become Absolute, she'll bitch about it, but she moves on. Either way, it was a win-win for her.
This is why she needs a companion quest. She needs a moment where we can tell her "Hey, Minthy, stop being a jackass and don't do the evil thing." I need to see how Minthara would actually rationalize doing an evil thing herself and how she would try to convince you to let her do the evil thing. I need to see how she would rationalize your pleas into not doing the evil thing. I need to see how that moment impacts her development.
the only thing i love more than impeccably made characters with full backstories and yards of lore are these fuckin guys
O'sha and Your Dad have my entire heart
“broken builds” this. “use the orb” that. you fools. the true best strategy to beat honour mode is to encourage safer and smarter decisions throughout your adventure by roleplaying as none other than faerun’s central authority on occupational safety and workplace accident prevention legislation
the accuracy is disgusting every time i go to the shops the single Hot Topic that we're all discussing is whether or not its safe to start up our gardens or not
im doing it this month come hell or high water i've an entire lawn that needs digging up and reseeding its disgusting an eyesore i want FLOWERS and TO SIT OUTSIDE IN THE SUN WITH A CUP OF TEA AND MY CAT
Kept thinking about this line the last few weeks every time it was sunny out lol 🌩️🌨️🌦️🌪️⛄
[Video description: a line art only animation of Gale of Waterdeep. He looks up at the sunny sky and happily says "lovely day, this!" Then he looks suspicious and continues "for now..." After a moment clouds come rolling in, a strong wind starts blowing and heavy rain comes pouring down. At the top is written: "western Europeans in spring:" /End video description.]
something that is so funny to me is the solution to the "why does Durge have amnesia" subplot
no mystical curse, no magic potion, not a spell, no elaborate divine retribution for your failures.
no, Orin just got a really sharp stick, poked a hole in your skull and and got you an improv lobotomy . and put a worm in there
and every character who gets a chance to examine you basically goes WHOA there chief your brain is fucked up. like. thats just straight up brain damage. i cant fix that
thanks to everyone who sent theirs on, you're all absolute dotes and I really do appreciate your help in these trying times <3
*Hammers 'Free (bad) Art' Sign onto front lawn* PSPSPSPSPSPSPS
EDIT: Thanks to everyone who sent in their babies I will handle them with care <3 I think I have enough to be getting on with for now, but if you don't mind waiting a while, you can absolutely still send them on and if I find myself in a similar position again I shall come knocking!
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hello please help me get back into gear with art send ur tav/durge and some kind of description (lest I get their personality wrong) and I will puke up a sketch for u thanks