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alicelufenia · 9 days

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So Emma Gregory guested on the latest episode of Samantha Béart's "It Takes A Village", they had a fantastic talk about acting as a career, and especially Emma's experience with radio and audiobooks, and how she brought that to her performance in Baldur's Gate 3.

They also answered some questions from chat. Shout out to @lutethebodies (2:08:16) and @ilikedetectives (2:09:37) for your questions, great effort to try and ask about Minthara's romance and [SPOILER] Dark Urge rejecting and getting killed by Bhaal! Unfortunately she either didn't remember or preferred not to comment too much, but she did say that she feels Minthara would be surprised, and "extremely upset", so take that as you will I guess.

There was also a question about her opinion of Larian making it easier to recruit her in a good playthrough, and I absolutely love her answer!

I was in two minds about it. There was a part of me that thought it was a shame, because it's a game and she's not human, and sometimes in games you get to do things that you wouldn't dream of doing in real life. And then on the other hand I also really appreciated people wanted to play her and were tired of turning her into a sheep or whatever <...> I don't want to weaken the complexity of Minthara or the complexity of playing the game. There's a little element of me thinking that may have been done slightly. But at the same time <...> it's also great, so both.

Obviously her first point that it's a game goes without saying, it's nonsense to place any judgement on someone for how they play it, but it can still come down to a difference of preference. "I prefer to have Minthara along with Karlach, Wyll and Halsin, and I'd rather not juggle a murder sheep to do it" is a perfectly fair thing to want out of the game.

Where there might be more contention is saying that a good playthrough recruitment weakens the complexity of her character. And honestly, I think she's totally right.

First, it bypasses most of her act 1 scenes. You can knock her out without even talking to her. When you meet her again in act 2 she's being actively tormented by the cultists and the Absolute, and after freeing her she comes under protection of the Prism. That much is the same in both cases.

But by siding with her and especially if you romance her, you can discover what it means for her to be shielded from the Absolute. And it's not like breaking free of mind control—the experience is akin to a crisis of faith. You wouldn't even notice unless you talk to her in the aftercare scene.

I just don't think that comes across as strongly in a Not Killing the Grove playthrough, so personally, if you want the most out of her story, you're doing yourself a disservice by going the knock out route.

And, as someone who did it herself, it's not exactly like you're barred from a good playthrough after killing the grove. It'll just be a good playthrough without the tieflings and not as many companions. I can personally recommend it, if you want Minthara's act 1 story but don't want to go full evil durge or whatever.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate 3 #emma gregory #samantha beart #samantha béart #podcast #it takes a village #bg3 minthara #minthara #minthara bg3 #minthara baenre #nightwarden minthara #minthara romance #queue

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grape-eating-vampire · 3 months

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alright, it's done. i finished it.

this is the third and final part of things that happened in my first bg3 playthrough ever that I found so funny that I put them in my notes (spoilers below)

let me start this by saying I have only cried twice in the 155 hours it took me to complete this shit. however, I have almost-screamed at the characters more times than I'd like to admit. but first here's stuff that happened since the last one of these posts I made:

after killing Orin I went around Baldur's Gate for a while and did odd sidequests, including

clearing out a haunted house and sidelining to kill a stinky man in a wardrobe (and drag his body to a guy two streets over)

entirely ignored Gale's quest to look at a book because I kept getting arrested there after having killed the boss mage guy

I also foolishly though this wouldn't have any consequences. oh boy was I wrong

went to see a underwater prison, got told off by Gortash, decided to explore it after killing him, and promptly forgot to do so

killed Gortash! fuck that guy the only good thing about him is his fancy robe

tried to recruit a dragon called Ansur, found out the emperor is Balduran (????????? honestly I was shocked)

killed said dragon and felt like I was playing skyrim all over again

found a letter ("Dear Ansur") by Balduran/the Emperor. this was the first time I cried. I could still cry.

patch 6 came out! that was yesterday and I spent about 10 minutes trying out new kisses and sitting on Shadowhearts stool in camp (she now says "I'm glad you decided to join me" or something like that when you do)

went pretty much straight to the underground pool thing where the brain was supposed to be

failed abysmally to Dominate The Brain™

got pulled out by the emperor and had to start beef with Lae'zel because I had also forgotten to care about Orpheus and the hammer from the House of Hope

admittedly, I didn't really forget, I just didn't want to spend any more time with Raphael than I absolutely had to

my +14 persuasion saved the day once more and Lae'zel was fine with the one hope in her life getting his brains sucked out

went off to fight the brain once more. my game crashed twice trying to load that cutscene.

met all my allies! I forgot how many there were actually, and I only called on two of the groups later on

fought a lot. like a LOT lot.

got to the Netherbrain and kicked it's ass*

*had to reload about 3 times and try again because Minsc at level 12 was stuck on 100 hp for some reason and kept fucking dying

finally managed to kill the fucker! had Lae'zel deal the killing blow which seemed very fitting

more cutscenes, but this one actually didn't crash the game, I got to look at some beautiful unloaded walls and stuff instead

Lae'zel left right after we got to the haven. understandably so

remember how I ignored Gale's quest? well he didn't blow himself up like he inteded earlier, but he left to becOME A GOD????? I cannot fucking deal with this man

Karlach on the pier. this was the second time I cried, but unproportionally much so

Wyll left with her for Avernus, the little cutscene of them arriving there made me feel a bit better

Astarion had to leg it because of the sun (sorry)

Shadowheart didn't do much of anything during all of this, neither did Minsc, Halsin or Jaheira

decided to go help kids with Halsin, seems to fit my character (eventhough I really didn't roleplay so much)

we got an epilogue! yippie!

caught up there with everyone, except Lae'zel (who was there via the fantasy version of zoom) and Gale (who was there via the fantasy equivalent of a voicemail)

tried to hug Gale, couldn't, almost cried again but managed

also met a tressym who I recognized from fanart as Tara. I don't know why she was there, we never met her before and Gale hadn't mentioned her either

read a LOT of letters the party had received. barely kept my composure at the Gur's letter to Astarion

Withers did a cool speech and the game ended

after all of this and so much more that I didn't take notes about, I can confidentially say that Baldur's Gate 3 is the best video game I have ever played, and within it's genre my favourite ever!

I'm also emotionally devestated, especially after these final parts (but in a good way)

that's all, thanks for reading!

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #orin the red #enver gortash #astarion #gale #wyll #karlach #lae'zel #shadowheart #jaheira #minsc #withers #bg3 spoilers #the emperor #ansur #bela rambles

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hyperanaemia · 4 months

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Sorry, I don't mean to disappear for months, but I've been getting back into reading comics after taking a super long break to play bg3. So, I've finally gotten around to reading the Knight Terrors: Robin issues that have been sitting in my 'to read' box months after they've been relevant. I’m sure everyone else had a bunch to say when it came out but here’s my two cents.

The issues just really fall flat to me. Like, I wasn't expecting a two-shot to be a deep dive into Tim's dead-dad trauma or anything, but I do feel like it misses what the core fear/horror that surrounds Jack's death is.

Like, the KT issues posset that what Tim fears the most is failing to save people, with his dad's death being the figurehead of that. That this failure is what makes him unworthy of being Robin. I'm not going to say that isn't true, that reasoning definitely factors into Tim's trauma. But it also just feels basic to me.

Like, 'failing to save a loved one' is one of the most basic superhero tropes at this point. I'd be hard pressed to think of a hero who hasn't failed to save someone they know. It might as well be a rite of passage.

(In fact, here's a panel of Tim thinking as such about his parents in an issue literally called Rites of Passage.)

Also, Tim has already had a 'crisis of faith' arc after failing to save someone with the character of Eldon Adams (Young El). It had a very big impact on Tim and the fallout of that lasted for several issues.

Identity Crisis certainly has its flaws and at times I question the need to kill off Jack in the first place. But, to me anyway, Jack's death is beautifully written and manages to tie his and Tim's decades-long storyline off in an interesting way.

The important point to make about Tim in relation to all this is that he chooses to be Robin. He was never picked, he was never fated, he was not born to do it. Robin is something he actively chooses to be. At first, it's an easy choice to make. Tim reasons that since his parents are off doing their own thing it won’t be an issue if he’s gone all the time. But, as time goes on, Jack starts spending more time at home, wanting to spend more time with Tim. The issue "resolves" in this instance by having Jack's time get taken up when he starts dating Dana Winters. But this tension continues to be a major subplot throughout Tim’s series. Tim and Jack’s already strained relationship is constantly made worse by Robin.

Tim feels guilty that his duty as Robin keeps getting in the way of his relationships. Tim's friends like Ives and Ariana are constantly stood up or brushed aside. Anything that ties Tim to the normal life he used to have is always being balanced against Robin. And for as much as Tim tries to maintain it, for as much as he says his normal life is what keeps him grounded when push comes to shove Tim always ends up choosing Robin.

The thing that makes Jack's death different from all the other parental deaths in the Batfam, and the Identity Crisis did right, is that they made it a direct consequence of Tim choosing to be Robin. Bruce's parents were killed at random. Dick's were targeted in a situation outside of his control. Jason's mother was killed for her involvement with the Joker, which started before he even met her (and his dad with Two-Face).

Jack was killed because his son was Robin. In Identity Crisis, Jean Loring targets the family members of heroes. She never would have hired Captain Boomerang to kill Jack if Tim wasn't Robin.

(Obviously, none of this is to minimize any of these characters' pain or to say one is worse than another.)

The added twist of the knife is that Tim had been spending that week with Jack instead of helping everyone find the killer. It's the one night that Tim chooses to go out as Robin again that Jack is killed. If Tim had stayed just one more night, even just one more hour, he could have saved his dad. And Jack lets him go because he knows how important Robin is to Tim.

This is more of an aside, I love this sequence of Tim ripping off his Robin uniform. Like obviously the intention is that Tim can't be seen wearing it when the police arrive. But the subtext to me reads that Tim is ripping Robin off, this thing that's come between them at every moment. Tim, before he even knows if Jack is alive or dead, doesn't want Robin to come between them anymore.

And Jack's death is something of a 'point of no return' for Tim. Before this, many of the people who know Tim is Robin have pointed out that he could always return to a normal life if he wanted to. Tim himself believes that he'll probably retire being Robin at some point. (I have my own thoughts that aren't relevant here about how that's more about him being practical as opposed to his genuine wish for his future, but I digress.) But after this, Tim is locked into the vigilante life. There's nothing normal he could return to. If he can’t be good at this, then what was the point?

KT Robin just feels uninspired. It doesn't try to extract what makes Jack's death unique or interesting. It just picks the most surface-level takeaway you could have from it. Like, it's not just about being not good enough for the job. It's losing everything because you chose to do this job and you still don't know if you're good enough to do it.

#sephs comic reading tag #tim drake #jack drake #my 'in order' reading list has me around the start of Cataclysm right now #and it's been a few months since I've read Id Crisis so forgive me if I'm misremembering anything

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kalcat-sketches · 29 days

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Feel a little late to the party, but here's my submission for @tav-dex

This is my first bg3 character I made and finished the game with, Qistana. (More about her under the cut)

About

Qistana was born and raised in Menzoberranzan, but ran to the surface around 70 years ago. She doesn't like to talk about that time of her life

She's not a devout worshiper of Ellistraee, but does consider herself a member of her faith and will pray to her when feeling stressed or overwhelmed

Carries a huge chip on her shoulder and holds a heavy grudge against Lolth and any who follow her. This anger is part of the foundation of her Oath.

The markings on her face are symbol of her paladin order. It's been awhile since she's checked in with anyone, having split from them temporarily to pursue "personal goals".

Her Dream Guardian took the appearance of a once close friend from her paladin order. While it was a face she trusted subconsciously, seeing it in person took her completely off guard and left her wary about the guardians true intentions.

Relationships

Best friends with Wyll, doesn't like his dad but respects Wyll enough to stay civil in interactions with the Grand Duke. Would have killed Mizora if it wouldn't have also killed Wyll, still took swings at the bitch when she stayed in camp uninvited.

Romanced Shadowheart, didn't think anything of Shar until they reached the Shadow Cursed Lands, and then became increasingly concerned about what becoming a Dark Justicier really meant. Incredibly relieved when Shadowheart made her choice to turn from Shar, and was more than happy to start a relationship and help find her parents.

Astarion and Qistana barely tolerated each other for Act 1 and part of Act 2, but the two gradually gained mutual respect and considered themselves friends by Act 3. Despite the animosity between them, Qistana immediately put Cazador on her list of "Assholes that need to be killed" when she heard about him.

Meta Stuff

Originally made for a co-op run with my best friend, remade for a solo game when I started coming up with backstory and she began living rent free in my brain (we still haven't finished Act 1 in that co-op game RIP)

Never broke her paladin oath in all 3 Acts, though looking into oathbreaking I think it should have happened after/during the seance with He Who Was in Act 2. I think I got very lucky with my dialogue choices.

I'd like to play another run with her again (prob at a higher difficulty) but I need to finish my Durge run first

(Thanks to @bareee for the template, it finally gave me the motivation to draw my girl!)

#please feel free to ask more about her #I have spent more time on this drawing than I have on any other I've done #I kinda half-assed the background but considering I don't typically do backgrounds I'm saying it's fine #Tav-Dex #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 tav #bg3 art #bg3 drow #d&d drow

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cococowboah · 8 months

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BG3 is the first piece of media where I literally can't decide on a favorite pairing.

I love Astarion with my Durge, I think canonically Astarion fits best with a Durge.

But I started an Astarion origin playthrough and it's my first time playing with Gale as a companion (because Clyde kinda accidentally killed him and has been dragging his severed hand around for 100 real life hours now,) and I'm definitely falling for him now and think he'd be super sweet with Astarion, so I thought I had it all set that I'd be romancing him.

But then we meet up with Wyll again and, the feels, early on with Clyde I was so damn tempted to cheat on Astarion with him because he's so goddamn perfect and I just

THIS GAME HAS TOO MANY DADDIES.

More than anything in my Astarion playthrough, I wish I could have them both. I don't know how I'm gonna choose, might just go for whoever goes after Astarion first.

IDK, I might have to turn that future Gale x Astarion fic into a Wyll x Gale x Astarion fic just to satisfy that poly bug in my brain. It's my first time shipping a throuple and I have no regrets XD

#gale x astarion #durge x astarion #bg3 #wyll x astarion

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margridarnauds · 9 days

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1 to 7 for the ship questions for Malla & Minthara?

(some of those might be obvious with the BG3 context but, well. I have not played it, and I'd like to hear your thoughts anyway 😊)

LET'S GO LESBIANS

How did they first meet?

In canon, Malla met Minthara when she was infiltrating a goblin camp (as a, like, triple agent) , trying to get to the bottom of the Cult of the Absolute. Outside of canon? I have a faint notion in my head that, since they were both nobles in Menzoberranzan at the same time, and Minthara was some sort of celebrity, belonging to the most powerful noble family, and Malla is a high level assassin ALSO belonging to a powerful noble family (that Minthara's family even wanted to make an alliance with at one point)...they would have crossed paths at some point and possibly had a one night stand. I like to think of Younger!Malla, worried for her sister rotting in Arach-Tinilith Academy, drowning her anxiety in a bunch of meaningless sex at a party (best way of honoring Young!Kitrye -- sneak into a party without permission) and meeting with Younger!Minthara and the two of them having very, very torrid sex in their formalwear, where it could have turned into a genuine relationship but neither one of them was ready for that yet so it stopped at really, really good sex.

2. What was their first impression of each other?

Both of them were very impressed by one another/respectful of what the other was capable of doing. Malla had absolutely heard of Minthara, as per #1, even if they might not have met until the goblin camp, she'd heard of this really brilliant, ruthless, beautiful military commander of House Baenre who is a Paladin of Lolth and was very intrigued, because Malla likes powerful, competent women who can top her. I like to think she had this massive file on Minthara, because, if there was ever a time when House Baenre and House Symryvvin were at odds, she would absolutely take down Minthara. She might have seen her from a distance at the odd party, even if she didn't...see her at one as per #1, and she might have had a minor celebrity crush. Minthara was absolutely interested in Malla as someone who was ALSO incredibly competent, especially with the mystique that the Szarkai have for Drow. Like, you're a commander who's used to leading trained Drow soldiers and being followed without questioned, now you're stuck with this ragtag group of goblins who aren't stunningly competent, and then you meet this OTHER Drow, suddenly, who is not just competent, sharp, and is offering you everything that you want, but is also from a specific class of Drow who are renowned for being elite infiltrators. She was suspicious, absolutely, but also very intrigued.

3. Who felt romantic feelings first?

Oh...God. I think that depends on how you define "romantic" and how that even works for two Lolth-Sworn Drow. Again, I think that Malla had some sort of odd...respect/celebrity crush for Minthara before, which wasn't particularly deep, but existed. But after their formal "meeting" in the goblin camp? There's a lot of initial lust, absolutely, but I also think that they both DID start the process of falling around the same time? Minthara had hoped that Malla would rescue her from Moonrise Towers and Malla, meanwhile, saved Minthara after Kitrye girlsmited her (even though Lolth, her own goddess, would have demanded she kill Minthara) and then rushed to Moonrise Towers to be with her, so really, they BOTH Uhauled this relationship.

4. Did either of them try to resist their feelings?

After sleeping with Minthara the first time, in her run Malla tried to slut around with Lae'zel (and flirted voraciously with Shadowheart) -- she really wanted to go back to her Fuckboi Lesbian ways, only to realize that she'd caught feelings bad for Minthara and it hadn't been just a fling. Obviously, in her "canon", since Kitrye is my canon run and Malla didn't join Kitrye until much later, she didn't sleep with Lae'zel there, but I do think she might have slept around a little bit after her first time with Minthara or, barring that, tried to downplay it.

...clearly, it didn't work.

5. What would their lives be like if they had never met?

Minthara would have been dead -- either from the wounds Kitrye gave to her or Ketheric executing her in Moonrise Towers, or else her mind would have been obliterated. She'd have never broken free of Orin's control over her, never would have broken free of the Absolute, and would have died betrayed and alone, one more nameless casualty.

Malla would have...I don't want to say NEVER broken free of Lolth, because I think that, even in AUs where she never met Minthara, she MIGHT have, because she loves her sister, and Lolth demands she either sacrifice Kitrye or be punished. But she wouldn't have snapped so magnificently. And her relationship with Kitrye in the later part of her run is specifically BECAUSE Minthara had started eroding her loyalty to Lolth. (Malla's two favorite people in the world both are enemies of Lolth, so she HAS to be at least ambivalent by a certain point.) Minthara really helped break her out of the idea that she was a weapon, and all she could be would be a weapon, gave her a sense of self that she didn't really have before, or else that she'd lost when Kitrye went to the surface. In some ways, you could say that their ultimate endings, if they hadn't found one another, would have been the same -- either dead or having a death of personality.

6. What was their "flirting stage" like?

It's very much...the two of them sizing one another up, highlighting what the other can do for them. If Raphael and Kitrye's dynamic is a tango, theirs is military strategy, it's dueling, it's dancing around one another even though both of them were hooked from the beginning, drawing things out to see who gives in first because neither wants to admit weakness. It's Malla selling herself as a weapon, highlighting all that she can do and inviting Minthara to inspect her newest weapon...which involves Minthara extensively looking at Malla's impressive arm muscles and toned body, all while Minthara tries to stay professional. It's Minthara calling Malla to discuss strategy late at night, when it's just the two of them, and them talking until the candles burn low and both of them retire to their quarters, even as they both linger when saying goodbye.

7. How do their friends and family feel about them as a couple?

Kitrye actually approves of Minthara, which is funny because of how things started off between the two of them. She's genuinely happy to see that Malla found someone and that she's happy, it's all she ever really wanted for her. Minthara will never be a Good Eilistraean Girl, but she DOES give Malla a reason to live outside of Lolth's favor, and that's a victory. It's actually very funny because Kitrye had a TERRIBLE crush on Minthara's Uncle Gromph when she was a child, which Malla teased her relentlessly for, so now Kitrye can tease *Malla* about *her* Baenre.

#oc: Mallathalra

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buhtercups · 19 days

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How I expected BG3 to go:

Romance Astarion since he's the most popular character.

Definitely romance Halsin and sit on his giant c***.

Romance the ladies of the game when bored.

Fun game to pass the time with no challenge whatsoever.

What actually happened when I played BG3:

The game is challenging and unlike any I have played in years. 👀

Astarion just wants to be friends and has zero interest in me or my Tavs (so far).

Shadowheart won my heart and I had my first kiss in-game with her.

I wasn't even mad she broke up with me because she didn't want to be poly with Lae'zel.

Lae'zel demanded to have s*x with me and I was like "f**k it why not". And it was very passionate 🔥

Then we took it to the next level and I became the reason for her bruises.

I was legit furious when Lae'zel broke up with me in Act 3. And heartbroken she chose her evil Queen over me. 💔

I've realized that I prefer the female characters of the game and have little to no time for the men (Wyll annoys me and he's overhyped, Gale irritates the sh** out of me and is also overhyped, I'm not romancing Withers hell to the no, Halsin got kidnapped so I can't romance him right now).

I was forced to kill Karlach because of my bad choices and I have deeply regretted it. Never again!

I'd romance Karlach as one of my Tavs, she seems like a fun partner!

Even though Minthara's a lunatic, I love her also.

To make a long story short, in BG3 I am a bisexual with a heavy preference for women.

#bg3 #ramblings #buttercup #tav 1

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nuclear-frog · 2 months

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BG3 Playthrough 2 Complete!

This run took only about 140 hours.

I played a half-elf monk this time and I romanced Halsin (her hair is supposed to be black but I couldn't get it to look darker).

Withers called me a sad, lonely loner for a long time because I didn't want to sleep around. Very rude. I would think a god would be familiar with the concept of slow burn. Combat was so, so much easier since I understood what different class functions were - and by the end, I was a force to be reckoned with! I had so much movement I would just go along a line of enemies. Stun! Stun! Stagger! Prone! No turn for you! Astarion on cleanup behind me. I saw many different areas of the game that I'd never seen before!

First playthrough, I took one step into Ethel's swamp and Gale saw it was disguised by an illusion and full of enemies. I noped out of it and forgot to come back. This time, I waltzed straight in and had to kill Aunty Ethel immediately… because she did not take kindly to me stealing her AMAZING toad teapots. I simply had to collect them all. I need a display case.

I found Kagha's suspicious letter and did nothing about it. :) Mayrina's brothers were killed at some point, but I was able to save her and guide her to mourning in a healthier way by not zombifying her rotting husband. I stumbled into the Zhentarim hideout and they decided my vibes were off so I had to kill them pretty quick, too. Which seems unfortunate because I think they were probably selling something neat. Oh, well. I recruited Minthara! I was surprised by how insightful she is. I like her a lot, even though her dialogue was pretty broken the entire playthrough. I recruited Jaheira before the siege of Moonrise so I could keep her alive this time. She is a gem.

Since I had Jaheira, I booked it to the Guildhall to get Minsc. Jaheira, Minsc, and Ninefingers have silly banter. I made Jaheira question my sanity by agreeing with and encouraging the simple, righteous himbo. As a monk, is it any surprise I would vibe with the "punch first, ask questions later" mentality?

I'm so glad I can play along with him. Briefly considered multiclassing Minsc into a druid.

Found Mayrina again in Baldur's Gate! She had a much healthier mindset as well as a nice new wool coat (I had to help her again). Also Aunty Ethel came back but she did not have any more toad teapots. :( Found a note from Grandpa Ketheric in the Steel Watch Foundry regarding one of the constructs from the arcane tower in the Underdark. "Gortash, you like these things I don't understand, take it and be happy. Kids these days and their toys. Why, back in my day, there was none of this metal servant nonsense--" Yadda yadda old-fashioned something something zombies blah blah…

I actually fought Viconia and friends this time. My first playthrough, they brought out bonechill and darkness and I simply decided I'd rather invisibly pickpocket the wizard in the back for the key and teleport out after. This time, I cleared everyone out pretty easily and met Nocturne, an old Sharran friend of Shadowheart's. That and Viconia's weapons? Worth it. My epilogue party was crammed full! I had all the companions and even decided to save Volo again despite my better judgement. I can't spare someone like Valeria but leave Volo to die, can I? I got a few more letters than last time! My favorites were from Nocturne and the young Harper Geraldus.

Next playthrough? I'm thinking sorcerer…

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #bg3 minsc #bg3 halsin #bg3 jaheira

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curiousserpent · 3 months

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hi for the fic wip meme I'd like to know a little abt playing 5d chess with a single braincell. also what magpie is

1. Playing 5D chess with my single braincell

This one is fresh and the one I have been working on the most lately (or at least I was before I fell into some sudden hole of writing about my own little deranged guy being a little deranged. Whoops.). I have once again roped my partner in crime and fearless writer of first person pov @awondrousway into it after basically going insane in our chat about how the bugged bg3 ending where Raphael gets the crown even if you killed him in some instances actually made perfect, consistent sense with how his character had been written. They fixed the bug (again, in the recent patch I think???) But the idea had already taken root and despite me absolutely lacking the brains and patience to even fathom a game longer than uh 5min I still set out to write this with my usual confidence in my skill to bullshit and vaguely write around things! It's been a blast, mostly because my newfound passion is writing Haarlep being an annoying nuisance, and there is ample opportunity for it in this. It kind of ended having a weird structure with parts being the scenes from the game, parts being journal entries (which my friend wrote because idk how to first person lol) and the rest being a little bit of bg/reaction between the devils. I'm enjoying it greatly, but I'm struggling a bit with the final chapter structurally and uh...have simply become so distracted with completely unplanned things last week it's been untouched for a while lol.

2. magpie

Which brings us back to my never-ending gm wip pile xD there was that time where we could not stop writing thievery AUs. Which was all nice and lovely except that there wasn't enough angst in them for me! So I started one that dissolved in tragedy and spiralling, and this is one of the early scenes, before shit hit the fan. Magpies have always been my favourite birds, especially as a child due to their reputation for being little thieves...hence the title ;)

#basically if i ever uploaded anything with a good ending you can safely assume i have an abandoned angst version of it lying around-

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unreadpoppy · 5 months

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Odd numbers for end of the year asks :)

Thank you for the ask! Also, I'm tagging @inaconstantstateofchange because they also sent me some of the questions here, so i'm killing two birds with one stone

Song of the year?

I'm gonna say Cirice by Ghost, because this song is so freaking good.

Favorite musical artist / group you started listening to this year?

Even though I began listening to Ghost at the end of last year, I'm putting them here because it was the only like artist/group that I discovered and kept listening to.

TV show of the year?

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, because it was the only one memorable enough for me.

Favorite actor of the year?

If I could, I'd say everyone who worked on BG3, but if I have to pick one, it's Andrew Wincott.

Best month for you this year?

January, when I got my driver's license and still had hope that this would be my year.

Something you want to do again next year?

My internship.

How was your birthday this year?

Very mixed feelings. My birthday is very important for me, but the week leading up to it, I was so miserable because of family matters + people being mean, and also like I threw a party that was fun but made me so dissapointed in many people I had considered friends.

What’s a bad habit you picked up this year?

I didn't pick it up this year but it came back with a vengence which was nail biting. Last year I actively tried to not bite my nails, and I did well for many periods of time, but this year, just nope.

Post a picture from the end of the year

I'll post the most recent picture I have on my phone which is this:

What’re you excited about for next year?

Graduating college.

What’s something new about your place of residence (room, home, or general location) now vs the start of the year?

Dad build me another shelf where I was able to put my stuffed animals and dolls on.

If you could send a message to yourself back on the first day of the year, what would it be?

Girl, this is not gonna be your year, and it's gonna get down right horrible once july arrives. Also, many of your "friends" will show that they don't really care, so prepare yourself and remember to always keep your actual friends close.

Did you create any characters (in games, art, or writing) this year? Describe one

To be honest, I think the only characters I really created this year were Elize and Nyx, and since Elize got 23 chapters of a fanfic to be described (and also she was a shameless self insert) I'm gonna talk about Nyx. She was created for a dnd campaign that originally was not going to happen but then the DM turned around and brought it back and it will happen next year. She's a circle of the stars tiefling, she's got darkish blue skin with many white freckles, she's was taken from her home as a child and trying to find her parents, she dropped out of college, and she loves bears, she's a healer, and I'm excited to play her.

#ask games #ask answered #thanks for the ask!

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twooshort · 9 months

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My disaster BG3 playthrough

Of all the small things, Mol ended my first playthrough. (spoilers kept after the break)

So I began play as Lae'zel, because I initially thought that would be the only way I'd have her in my party. Buuut, I also wanted to limit my choices a bit, so as to not be tempted by too likeable characters. I wasn't going to juggle a camp of 6+ people in my party when I had a clear goal in mind.

(I don't know why, but I guess I'm stupid.)

First off the bat, I "knew" that Shadowheart (bae) had to be in the party due to the artifact (not strictly true it seems), but what the hell, I can be her BFF despite her initial aversion to gith. I'm sure there's no massive gith/Shadowheart plot point later, right?

So the creche was... interesting. I tried playing the lojalist, but even the Guardian seemed to be on the up and up about Vlaakith, who could've guessed? Voss??

Also, I didn't need no stinking rogue, I knew the game was about to drown me in lockpicks and disarm kits, while I could get an astral skill bonus to dex skills on demand. My plan for Astarion was gonna be steak, except I sort of fumbled that biting scene and instead just told him to leave? No standing over his corpse in camp, but maybe he'd show up again later in Baldur's Gate itself. I'll never know.

As for the frontline, my team of Lae'zel, Shadowheart, Gale and Wyll needed no more muscle, so Karlach had to go. Wylls fancy new clothes were *not* worth it. I also triggered the burning inn without realising it was a timed event, so while I dealt with Zhentarim errands Wyll suddenly says that the inn must've burned down by now and his father with it?! My man, you got to tell me these things, I had an artistic slave to buy.

After some more misadventures, like defeating a golem without hammers and having most of the Grymforge denizens kill themselves, I made it to Last Light and who jumps to my rescue, but Mol?! I hadn't even met the little brat because I, um, didn't kill some harpies fast enough so the kid couldn't tell me a passphrase. I did rescue another kid though, mostly because I hate Kagha's face and didn't want to kill the tieflings, so maybe that was fine enough for Mol. (If only she wasn't playing a game with Raphael and if only I didn't say some things which sounded like encouragement.)

That did get me thinking though, like what if my actions had consequences for the story and maybe more characters would have more to say about some things?

And maybe I needed to play a little character so I could explore all those tight spaces. And maybe I was seeing a few too many gifs on tumblr about companions currently unavailable to me. So I opened the character creator to mull ut over, clicked random character a few times, and got a halfling ranger with The. Most. Kissable. Lips. Clearly the game has better plans for me. And this time I'm going to earn Mol's trust!

#baldur's gate 3 #my playthrough #lae'zel #mol

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athkatla · 9 months

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So obviously I loved baldur's gate 3 and it has reinvirograted my love for the BG series and I plan on going back and playing the first two again and then replaying BG3 with the other two fresh in my mind but my god did I have so many bugs in my playthrough!! I hope they are fixed by the time I replay it in a month or so!

specifics below the cut, spoiler warning for the full game!

My Journal just having premature information in it. With Arabella's parents in Act 2, it said she ran off and then it later said she rejoined us - before she had even ran off! Lol. There were other instances of it saying things before they happened or not updating correctly but I can't remember what they were specifically

In Act 3, Barcus and Wulbren were somehow both the leader of the Ironhand Gnomes even though I encouraged Barcus to usurp Wulbren and he did it lol. They both thanked me for making them the leader after doing the Steel Watcher factory questline, they both were mentioned in my journal as being allies due to being the leaders of the gnome, and at the end right before fighting the brain they were both in the little building with all my other allies and both spoke dialogue lol

I couldn't finish Wyll's personal quest because we successfully rescued his dad from the Iron Throne but he never showed up in our camp so Wyll just kept saying "yep my dad is back in camp can't wait to speak with him" and that's it :(

Speaking of the Iron Throne - I worked my ass off to save everyone before it flooded and my journal said I KILLED EM ALL! And Orin's letter said WAY TO GO BUD YOU KILLED EM ALL! No I didn't :(

I was unable to complete the Hag Support Group quest in Act 3 because when I confronted Auntie Ethel at the Mermaid bar thing she just turned into a hag and kept on bopping around and I was unable to throw Hagsbane at her because it wouldn't let me select her, it was like she was part of the background

My romance with Gale was also bugged, I had the same conversation with him twice for some reason

I had to break up with Karlach twice because I did it once in Act 2 and thought we were good and then in Act 3 I had the option again to break up with her because she still thought we were in a romance?! OK!

Shadowheart chose to free herself and kill her parents and somehow she still would have random lines about how the mark on her hand hurt and how Shar was cruel. Like girl we killed your parents to get rid of that mark, why is it still here!!

Also Minsc was just like, not recognized as existing! I rescued him, he was at my camp, and then was just absent for the final part of the game and he had no lines and wasn't even in the cutscenes at the dock lol. Not even in the background!

After Moonrise Towers when everyone is hanging out in the Tower, Halsin is standing next to Thaniel. Whenever I went back to my camp, Halsin wasn't there! In order to make sure he didn't get left behind when I moved to Act 3, I had to ask him to join my party, go to camp, and then kick him out of my party for him to stay in camp instead of being in Moonrose Towers

Also idk if this is a bug or just a weird choice but Karlach's death was offscreen? At the end after defeating the Netherbrain, Gale was like "hey where is Karlach?" and there was a narration saying she didn't have much time and then nothing ever again lol. So I guess me saying I'd be there when she died was a lie?! Maybe it would have been different if she was in my party when we killed the Netherbrain, idk.

I was also expecting to actually be at the party post-Netherbrain. Jaheira was like "hey let's have a party after saving the world" and I was like "yeah dude" thinking it'd be like Dragon Age Origins postgame where you can just go talk to your companions one last time and see what they plan to do next but instead there was just credits after my final romance scene with Gale lol. Like idk if that is a bug or a ~feature~ but I found it sad I didn't get to talk to everyone one last time :( Even in the original 2 Baldur's Gate games they had a little epilogue saying what everyone did, I miss that closure!

Idk I still love the game, I still think it's amazing, I'm very glad they're sending out hotfixes left and right and I look forward to playing it again once it's been patched up a little bit better in Act 3

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coffee-in-veins · 8 months

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As someone who (very casually) enjoys Eldin Ring, I am very curious what you think

thank you for the ask! ^^ that was quick xD

well, then, i hope you won't be upset about what i have to say about it. i genuinely love it from worldbuilding perspective and it looks cool and thrilling more often than not. other things, though...

for the context, i did my best to like it for like casual 80 hours or so, playing very slowly, very cautiously, and probably very inefficiently, because i would often just chill at the location, so those hours mean almost nothing. i managed to kill the grafted guy, the moon lady, got to meet Ranni (god i remember at least one name from it all without cheating!) and got to the point where i was supposed to get into the autumn plateau which name i won't remember even if you torture me.

and this is my first gripe with the game. this one is more of a personal struggle, so take it with a grain of salt. i struggle quite a lot with remembering names, both irl and in media. i remember visuals, i remember voices, i remember plots. but names? beats me. hell, i only remembered Dis and Rey after like half a year of a deep dive into DD, if it gives you any perspective.

with that explanation out of the way, comes the gripe itself: most of the time, i was completely, utterly and hopelessly lost who were those people, whom they wanted killed and where they wanted me to go. my quests would go something like this:

"Go fight General Radahn!" someone said. I think I saw their helmet, twice, and I remember they are a blacksmith. probably. i remember the voice tho. they are genuinely nice to me, so i'd probably do it.

however, not a single braincell rumbled in that head of Tarnished of mine as i sat in front the screen and looked at them blankly: "Who?"

but the NPC already continued: "They are in Caelid!"

not a drop of recognition. "Where?" okay, i sit and think frantically, i have a map, maybe it has parts named, maybe i won't have to wander for half an hour before giving up and going to the wiki again...? no? well, fuck, maybe some locations are named? right! locations. jackpot, some have 'caelid' in them. ah, the red poison swamp! dude, why didn't you say so? on my way!

me, meeting Radahn: aaahhh, that big dude on a tiny horse! sure! from the promo! wait, who asked to kill him again? and why?

and that was every time. there are dozens of names and places and they all are deeply connected and you somehow are expected to keep it all in your head or make notes on a piece of paper, idk. call me whiny, or call it an aesthetic (put a pin into that, we will return to it later), but wouldn't it be convenient to have something like bestiary that Witcher 3 had, with a tab for people you met or heard about? nothing too concrete, hell, this series is know for being frugal with explanations but... like, something, so i don't have to keep wiki constantly open and ready to alt tab to understand who am i talking to and who are they talking about.

and while we're talking about dialogues, BG3 made me understand how much i need a tab where i can re-read recent dialogues. if not to understand things better with all the ye old-english-y words some of us filthy non-eng speakers have no idea even exist, then to see how those names are spelled so we can search them in wikis later.

and have you noticed a thing which is going like a red string through all of my writing? wiki. hell, i'm writing all of the above using wiki because i still don't remember how those people are called. you get used to it just to know who's who. wanna laugh at me? because i was so stressed out by the first bosses, i completely blacked out at the first boss, only seeing vague shapes, and i genuinely thought that Godrick and Morgott were the same guy for the longest time because i was stressed out, didn't have enough time to look at them and was frantically thinking of moves and skills instead of actually watching the cutscene with proper attention. it didn't help that they both spoke with similar tones and in a ye old-english-y way, and were in the same location. so yeah, you can imagine my confusion during the game later on...

there's one thing, though. constantly checking names in wiki makes you feel like it's fine to check other things too. and, Io and behold, before you know it, you're just tired and grumpy and look up where the hell are things you need, quests you missed, resource nodes... and suddenly, the best part of the game (exploration) is gradually chipped away, without you even noticing.

i mean, i had to look up how the horse is called and I love Torrent to bits, even if he is as responsive to controls as a DD2 bangwagon that was put on two very greasy, very non-cooperative pigs on skis. which is another gripe of mine, but the poor guy is so abandoned in the second half of the game, that it's genuinely depressing.

which brings us to my second most gripe in the game: menus. remember that aesthetic pin? let's get it out. menus are a genuine pain in the ass to navigate, they don't respond to mouse (oh, we're gonna return to that. oh, we're gonna...), and for the first thirty or so HOURS i wasn't aware there were other tabs in the inventory. genuinely. i simply wasn't aware. i hovered the mouse on tabs, they weren't scrolling, and knowing that this is primary console game, i didn't pay much attention to the keys besides those, assuming (rightfully, as i thought) that those were for consoles to switch tabs. forgive me for my 'pc master race' mentality, but i'm not used to things in the menu not being responsive to the mouse. so some of the quest items you see in there somewhere? any tab after keys? nope, i didn't know they existed.

remember painting quests? i loved those. but also i had no fucking idea you carried a copy somewhere in the bowels of the inventory tab. thus, like the moron i was, i would come to them, make a photo of my screen on my phone, and try to go around, keeping the photo up on my phone as a reference. or go back to the actual in world painting to check. my frustration was immeasurable and my pain was immense. or maybe you wanna find the weapon you just looted and see if it is of any use? pff, good luck, hope you remembered its name or how it looked, or didn't have anything in your inventory, else get ready to go through a warehouse of other gear you carry. not to mention that sorting on those is extremely non-intuitive. why are lantern and looking glass and prattling pates in one section but wraith calling bell and mimic veil have separate ones? why is horse whistle with flasks and flasks 2.0? why are memory of grace with the flasks and horse whistle? am i missing something?? genuine question.

quick side note while we’re at the topic of prattling pates, should i even mention how notoriously convoluted the better ending for my sweet boy Boc is…?

not to mention that 'Switch display' option is very... unexplained, to say politely. it turns out you can see how many runes exactly is Golden Rune [7] - if you switch the view. because having explanation of 'use to gain many runes' on one screen totally gives you a hint that it would say 'use to gain 2500 runes' in another.

i mean i get it. the series has a reputation. it is dark souls 4, 5 and 6 with a new coat of pain (or maybe paint), it has to be hard, you gotta 'git good', you have to fight for every sliver of lore and then listen to 12 hours of youtube explanations anyway just to have a semblance of understanding what's going on. but - and this is an important but - there's a difference between working for the lore and being unable to understand what the hell you looted and not being aware you can actually know how rune [6] 'many' differs from rune [9] 'many' without trying to go and use it and make a table with those orrrr - say it with me! have the wiki opened.

also the fact that nowhere does it say that spirit ashes can be summoned only in specific areas AND you need a bell you need to get later on somehow bumbling into Ranni is simply false marketing. i took twin imps as my trinket and boy ho boy, lemme tell you someone was pissed for the first hour of the game...

which brings me to creme de la creme of my gripes. the controls. pc port is... well it exists, and i still haven't recovered from that. it makes you extremely aware from the word go that you're not the target demographic. that you're unwelcome here. that no one looked at it and thought: huh, we have battles where we expect Tarnished to get on and off Torrent mid-fight, so how shitty of us would it be if we make Torrent summon be "F + [arrow up]" for keyboards? you know, so the player would have to get their hand off the mouse. mid-battle. naaah, that would work just fine, ship that bad boi as is! oh, and make it non-mappable too. they have keyboard with 75% keys being unused? who cares! it mirrors gamepad, and that is what truly matters.

i said it once when a pal of mine let me use his acc and try Dark Souls. i think it was the third one...? well, my experience was - 'i'm not fighting the monsters, i'm fighting the game'. and it's pretty much the same for Elden Ring. did you know there's a power off hand attack? i didn't. did you know there's a way of switching your weapon to hold it in two hands? i didn't did you know you can make it on the fly? i sure as hell didn't. did you know your RH attack is bound to your LMC and it fucks your brain when you play because here it plays role and you can fuckup by using weapons in 'wrong' hands? yeah, that i experienced a plenty.

do you know how i know all those? i plugged in a gamepad and oh god all of the mapping makes so much goddamn sense! i had to reverse-map things because i only played FF9 with a controller, and was extremely uncomfortable with it in a non-turn-based game. which left a taste of bile in my mouth.

loading times are awesome thought. i dunno how they achieved that, but that's hella impressive for a game this big.

i ended up liking the world. vistas. lore that people dig into. but this game isn't for me. not because i'm not interested but because i have a setup they clearly don't care about. and it's okay, i guess. but i have too little free time to spend it fighting not the monsters the game sets in front of me as a challenge but the game itself

hope it wasn't too convoluted ^^'

and thanks again for the ask! :}

#my shoebox of letters #They don't even know how belts work || the saltmines

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themadchemist · 9 months

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Finished my first BG3 playthrough the other day and man I LOVE this game!!!

I love how how there are so many different ways to handle certain situations and fights. It's probably the first time I played a game like this and it was so much fun!!!

I was actually really worried about all the different options and stuff but after spending 110 hours on this game, it wasn't really that bad, on the contrary, it was amazing!

I'm going to start my 2nd playthrough tonight, this time with a Drow Paladin/Warlock (my first was a High Elf Archfey Warlock and I have to say, Eldritch Blast is busted lol)

Here's my elf girl who looks more like a lotr elf than I wanted to lol

And my Drow boy for my 2nd run whom I've already fallen madly in love with

Spoilers under the cut, mostly for the companions' stories.

First of all, the main story. It honestly wasn't THAT great. Like it's not bad or anything, just nothing too special imo. Just goes from finds a cure, fight the 3 bad guys then fight the big gross thing. The 3 chosen were a bit interesting (ok, maybe just Gortash, mainly because he's so pretty lol) like I honestly considered allying with him but 1. I couldn't do this to my girl Karlach 2. I really wanted his robe and I doubt I could've gotten it without killing him XD (I ended up not using it at all but still).

As for the companions' stories, they were GREAT. Astarion, Shadowheart and Wyll were the best imo, Lae'zel has actually really grown, Gale's was good but not as good as the others tbh (and somehow he still managed to grow on me so much that I considered going for him instead of Astarion. I obviously didn't but damn Gale, go easy on me, my poor heart can't take it). Karlach and Halsin's stories were the weakest imo but maybe that's just me being salty about their endings...

For romance, I went with Astarion and Halsin and they're just so sweet 😭😭😭 Halsin has that gentle giant energy and he's just so easygoing. Definitely the kind of guy I'd go for irl lol. And Astarion. Man, he's AMAZING!!! I'm really happy with how his story turned out, a bit disappointed with his good ending, especially when there seems to be a way in d&d to cure his condition, but I'm happy with his story all the same. Like, he's kinda still his "magnificent basterd" self but he also grows so much throughout the story, he becomes softer, more sincere and most importantly, he's actually free and learning to be himself again, to genuinely love and care and to open up and show vulnerability and just ughhhhhh I love him so much and I honestly wish Cazador's death was even worse. He deserved much worse for what he did (and because his fight was soooooooo annoying).

Gale is another one that really broke my heart at one point and I was so ready to fist fight Mystra for him 😭😭😭 like at the end of act 2, he was actually ready to die and it was pure torture to see him like that and just 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Shadowheart was another one that I really enjoyed, I went from just liking her to wanting to punch her to absolutely loving her. Like in act1 it was fine, funny at times but she really got on my nerves in act2, especially in the gauntlet of shar, like I get that this is where she's supposed to achieve her goal and become a dark justiciar but going Lady Shar this and Lady Shar that at everything started to really annoy me at a certain point but all that annoyance got thrown out of the window when she freed the Nightsong and turned her back on Shar. Like, that must've taken a lot of courage and honestly I was impressed. And then the whole thing with her parents... Damn, Shar really is evil. I chose to free them even though it meant she would live with the pain of Shar's curse for the rest of her life. Like, this was one of the few times that I broke the rp and chose as myself. Overall, her story was amazing (fuck that fight with the mother superior though. All that darkness was pure hell for my party of casters).

Wyll's story really surprised me ngl. I was expecting the boring heroic guy but he turned out to be so much more. The whole thing with Karlach and then his father. This time I chose to sell his soul to Zariel for help to rescue his father but I wonder if I can still rescue his father even after I break his contract. And he gets free bonus points for the fact that his story ended in fighting a dragon. Dragons are always a good addition to any story lol.

Karlach's story had so much potential but it felt like it was cut short. There were a couple of ways to solve her engine's problem, like the gnomes in the steel watch foundry who were working with infernal iron and maybe Dammon. Idk, it was all a bit disappointing honestly. Like she died in my playthrough and no one noticed until she was gone and damn I feel like I'm going to cry again just thinking about it 😭😭😭 overall, best girl deserved so much better.

Speaking of Dammon, him, Rolan and Alfira are my children, my babies, I reloaded the fight with Marcus like 9 times just to save Isobel, not for her though I didn't care about her at the time, but for them. I'd defend them with my life. Like I can't describe the fear I felt when I learned that Rolan left the inn, like my reckless son better be safe or I'm quitting the game. And then the rage I felt when I found him in the wizard's tower but his face looked bruised, like whoever did this to him, their days were numbered. No one hurts my baby like that. And then I saw Dammon and Alfira around the city and I was so happy they were safe and building good lives for themselves.

Back to the companions, I was surprised that you couldn't talk to the tiefling refugees as Halsin. I don't understand why tbh. He took them in and let them stay at the grove, sure he left for a while and left Kagha in charge which led to the whole problem but it's not like he was to blame for that, he wasn't there and he stopped the ritual as soon as he got back. Unless I missed something, I really don't understand. Also, he's another character that suffered from a short story, one that felt more like a side quest even and after that, he was just there... But I'm glad I had a chance to have my big cuddly bear elf man who loves ducks and honey around (also his lines after the romance are just perfect. I love him so much).

And lastly, Lae'zel. I don't really have that much to say about her since I've only used her a couple of times for her personal quest. Although, I admit I didn't expect her to make such little fuss about opposing Vlaakith. Although that was probably all for nothing since I accidentally doomed her people to following a false queen by siding with the Emperor. In my defense, the Emperor was protecting me the entire time, I barely knew anything about Orpheus and the Emperor, despite the concealed truths here and there, wasn't entirely bad. He didn't stab me in the back in the end or force me to do anything bad AND if it weren't for the Emperor someone from the party would've had to become a mind flayer so idk... I wish there was a way to keep the Emperor and rescue Orpheus but oh well... Also, the idea that Balduran was fighting to protect the city even though no one really knew that was cool. (also, I made the mistake of making my Guardian really pretty so I couldn't bring myself to betray him even after he showed his true colors. I blame the option to hug him for this. I only wish he could've kept that look around me...)

All in all, I really enjoyed the game. Act 2 was probably my favorite. Will start my 2nd run tonight, excited to see the Drow reactivity they talked about since the elf was just there, just some person lol

#frankie plays bg3 #bg3

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burgertaco6 · 4 months

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okay guys, its that time again on "what the hell are they yappin about". a day or so ago i got BG3!!!!! heres how it be goin i wake up to the most handsome looking entity of evil i have ever seen and HUMMINA HUMMINA

after that i made my character, shes a blue dragonborn as i highly dislike playing as human characters and big lizard funny, shes an offensive support druid storm proceeded to brutally kill off every single enemy she saw in lizard fashion and gave one of the local mindflayers the dragon rizz stare before falling to her death

the tutorial goes on yadayada fight kill thing find friends, i get ahold of crypt peepaw who i love alot bc he reminds me of my dad in a weird way, slay on peepaw

my and the posse help slaughter the goblins outside of the tiefling hideout where eventually we discover the druids, storms like "omg sick!! more druids" but their leader is a bitch, storm makes sure to call her that in a more wise way as she heavily dislikes her and her opinions about wanting to imprison a child (and yknow kaghas racism)

after finishing calling kagha a bitch we head to the doctor, where we're heavily confirmed about the leaders whereabouts AND that we're a ticking time bomb to turn into some hot powerful mindflayers (which tbh i wouldnt mind if i did)

off to the road we go!! along the road i camp for the first time due to running out of short rests and we're basically a rock throw away from death, storms trying to sleep when she gets the best vampire hickie in her life (and the first one), but that vampussy was too good and she died (had to use a revive scroll)

pale twink boy said sorry which i happily forgave him as having a vampire on the team is fucking awesome and now he has the bonus action to bite, which can count as attacking twice if he's sneaking around

with that as of right now, im currently in the goblin ruins trying to get volo out of jail, yesterday i stopped there since my game crashed and i decided i'd been playing long enough lol to help end this post, heres some very pretty pictures i managed too take of storm, i based her to look like a rainy cloud as from her electricity <3 shes got plasma in her eyes

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #hehe dragon lady go brrr #someone please spoil when i get to kiss a mindflayer on their beak/mouth #getting a little TOO silly and quirked up with the sauce #i can fix him and i did #mods strike this guys house with lightning and thunderwave him off a cliff

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