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thatqueercookie · 6 months

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"I'm going on an adventure!"

So, I'm playing Baldur's Gate 3, as I said before. I've decided to keep a screenshot aided journal of my adventure since everyone's game and main character are different. This will be part Tav's (my character) internal narrative, part my own reaction, and part review. I'm about 14hrs into the game. The rest will be put under "read more" for spoilers and length.

So, Tav, half drow rogue, who's first plan is always to bullshit himself into or out of a situation, get's kidnapped by a Mindflayer ship. We know this. It's happened to all of us.

The first character I encountered was Lae'zel. On first impression. I like her. She's a firebrand. And she allied with me instead of killing me, even if she doesn't seem to like me much. She said these tadpoles the Mindflayers put in our brains will turn us into Mindflayers.

Luckily we realized the "tadpoles" they put in our heads made us psychically linked.

When we got further into the ship we found a woman still trapped. Shadowheart. Now, personally, I'm not a fan of this name for a humanoid. Shadowheart is a horse name. But she's very pretty so I'll let it slide.

Lae'zel was clearly more concerned with self-preservation than do-gooding. Normally, self-preservation is Tav's #1 priority as well, but when it comes down to clear right and wrong... Well, he just couldn't live with himself if he left someone to die, now could he?

Boy, did I have a hard time finding out how to release her her though! I had a friend jump on Discord and guide me. It's hard to get used to how movement and camera angles work in this game.

Now I forgot to take screenshots for a while after this.

We fought our way through the ship, it crashed, yadda yadda. I seemed to make a connection to the injured Mindflayer as the ship went down though. He gave me this... look.

I landed near Shadowheart on the beach. And here's where I fuck shit up momentarily. At our first waypoint, there's a locked door to a crypt. And what do I do as Tav, the show-off? I pick the lock. And I take us somewhere we're really not supposed to be yet. Instantly, there are traps everywhere. Perception rolls caught most of them but, damn. I disarm the traps.

Further into the crypt we find a door with no handle and no lock that has a voice coming from behind it. I have no clue how to open it nor can I find a puzzle, a spell, or a key. I give up and take us further into the temple. It isn't until we're past the monk's corpses and I've pushed a button I really shouldn't have pushed and a horde (and I mean a HORDE) of undead were lunging at us and the screen said OUTMATCHED that I realized how bad I'd screwed up.

I reloaded from a previous save but got lost again and encountered some thieves fighting over loot in a chapel. Naturally, they engaged. By the time I'd lost the battle 4 times, I'd done the math and realized this fight couldn't be won by two people.

Anyway, I consulted a guide and found out I was doing the Wilderness backwards.

I doubled back and met up with Astarion on the cliffside. Now, I really wish I got screenshots here but I forgot.

He'd cornered one of the Brains and he wanted me to kill it for him.

I said, "You look capable enough, do it yourself"

The second I turn he attacks me. Holds a knife to my throat. Oh, but you couldn't do that to the brain?

I deftly roll away from him. I explain to him what's happened to all of us and now he's kinda flirty. Well, knife to the throat is gay first base.

I wouldn't find out what second base was for him until later.

In the crashed ship we came across a dying Mindflayer. I actually felt sorry for it for a moment. Maybe it was the look it gave me as the ship crashed. I could sense its thoughts through the worm in my head. But it was manipulating me. I'm sure. So, I put it out of it's misery.

We found Gale in a portal on a cliffside. I can already tell this guy will be good for morale. Despite Astarion's reaction to him.

We followed the path until we found Lae'zel being held captive by some Teiflings. Probably never seen her kind before.

I bluffed that they should leave her to me and they ran off. I did tease her a bit before I let her out though *pats my gremlin* (she likes it)

Further on we got into a battle with some goblins at the gates of Emerald Grove. Where we were introduced to a new ally.

That's Wyll. Blade of the Frontiers. I won't get to talk to him until later though.

Inside there was a battle of another kind. Teifling refugees versus the resident Druids.

And they're not too fond of Drow either.

We made camp for the first time and, frankly we should all be exhausted. But still we stay up to talk (which is my favorite part)

I really like how they all look dressed down as well as the romantic lighting and the camp designs.

Astarion asked how I'd like him to kill me should the whole tadpole situation go south and, frankly, I'm onboard with that idea. Rather die than be that. I chose the knife. It's quick if you use it in the right spot. That... interested Astarion? Maybe he was turned on.

Shadowheart overheard the conversation and completely agreed.

She also said that the Mindflayers told her she'd be a beautiful weapon. I told her it was a compliment. She saw right through that.

Tav flirts with everyone but doesn't expect anything to come of it. If someone actually responds earnestly, he goes dopey-faced.

Oh, but what's this? Astarion is sneaking out of camp at night? Why, whatever for? lol

The next day in Emerald Grove I ran across an urchin selling fake lucky rings. Tav grew up a pickpocket himself, so he gave the kid some advice on how to run a better scam and showed him a little slight of hand and while I was doing that HE ROBBED ME. Now I have to find the urchin ringleader, Mol to get my stuff back.

There was a bard in the grove trying to get our story of the goblin battle while adding some *ahem* flourish of his own.

I'm really impressed with the facial expressions in this game. They're very genuine.

Unfortunately, there is a power hungry madwoman in the inner sanctum. When I walked in she was about to execute a child for minor theft.

Luckily I convinced her to let the girl go but, Hells, calm down!

Now, something about this triggered something in Shadowheart. I asked her about it when we stepped away but she didn't want to tell me and I didn't want to pry so I let it be.

#kit plays bg3

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