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    • somasatoriS
      somasatori @Aria
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      @Aria You should play Dark Urge next playthrough, which creates a better option for the portal scene. 😄

      they/them

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      • AriaA
        Aria @somasatori
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        @somasatori said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

        @Aria You should play Dark Urge next playthrough, which creates a better option for the portal scene. 😄

        I’ve heard about that and was actually already planning to! Though it was less because of the portal scene and more because I heard that in addition to building a background out that connects you to a very specific part of the plot, it also adds in some additional cut-scenes and dialogue options to the romance I’ve been pursuing (Astarion). And like, really good ones that very much change the tone of some conversations.

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        • crawfishC
          crawfish @somasatori
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          @somasatori I’m specifically forgetting he exists in my draconic storm wizard playthrough. She’s already gone around and la dee dah what hole with an arm hanging out if it?

          I draw things! http://www.mahaldoodles.com

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          • bear_necessitiesB
            bear_necessities @Aria
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            @Aria said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

            @somasatori said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

            @Aria You should play Dark Urge next playthrough, which creates a better option for the portal scene. 😄

            I’ve heard about that and was actually already planning to! Though it was less because of the portal scene and more because I heard that in addition to building a background out that connects you to a very specific part of the plot, it also adds in some additional cut-scenes and dialogue options to the romance I’ve been pursuing (Astarion). And like, really good ones that very much change the tone of some conversations.

            Uggghhh now I have to try a Durge play through again lol

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            • AriaA
              Aria @bear_necessities
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              @bear_necessities said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

              @Aria said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

              @somasatori said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

              @Aria You should play Dark Urge next playthrough, which creates a better option for the portal scene. 😄

              I’ve heard about that and was actually already planning to! Though it was less because of the portal scene and more because I heard that in addition to building a background out that connects you to a very specific part of the plot, it also adds in some additional cut-scenes and dialogue options to the romance I’ve been pursuing (Astarion). And like, really good ones that very much change the tone of some conversations.

              Uggghhh now I have to try a Durge play through again lol

              Riiiiiiight? I was finally caught up to where I was at before The Great Campaign Wipe, just starting Act 2, when I found that out. And because I’m already playing a Seldarine Drow who, in my head, started vibing with Astarion because they’re both used to have the world see them as monsters just for existing…

              I’m over here like, “Ohh, god. Should I start from the beginning again if it will make this storyline better?!”

              Maybe. Maybe? There’s apparently still a lot of shit they’re working to patch or improve in Act 3, so I don’t think I need to rush towards the ending.

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              • TNPT
                TNP
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                After going through character creation again, I’m once more struck by how limited it is for appearance. There’s literally no customization in their looks and they’re not particularly attractive options. Seriously, freckles and vitiligo but you can’t change lips, eyes or mouth? It is 2023 right?

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                • somasatoriS
                  somasatori @TNP
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                  @TNP said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

                  After going through character creation again, I’m once more struck by how limited it is for appearance. There’s literally no customization in their looks and they’re not particularly attractive options. Seriously, freckles and vitiligo but you can’t change lips, eyes or mouth? It is 2023 right?

                  I’m playing a Dragonborn and am deeply regretting the experience because of how fuckin goofy it looks when they romance people. There’s a beefy Dragonborn dude making out with Asterion. He doesn’t have lips!

                  Somewhat related:
                  shadowzel.jpg

                  they/them

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                  • TezT
                    Tez Administrators @somasatori
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                    @somasatori said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

                    Somewhat related:
                    shadowzel.jpg

                    If you haven’t yet taken control of your party members during the post-grove party and gone around to talk to your other party members–

                    You should!!

                    Somewhat related.

                    she/they

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                    • AriaA
                      Aria @Tez
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                      @Tez said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

                      @somasatori said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

                      Somewhat related:
                      shadowzel.jpg

                      If you haven’t yet taken control of your party members during the post-grove party and gone around to talk to your other party members–

                      You should!!

                      Somewhat related.

                      Wait, that’s an option?!? My brain is immediately like, “Who can I pair up for the biggest dumpster fire drama scenes???”

                      Also, on the topic of Gale being a goddamn weirdo about romances…

                      (Super mild Act 1 spoilers that you will already know if you’ve spoken to Gale, like, twice.)

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                      • CobaltC
                        Cobalt
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                        Weirdly, the only weirdness I ever got from Gale was the grove party night. Where I had already told Astarion I’d see him later. Gale was like “we could have had a good night but while you have eyes for only one person in the camp”…

                        And I’m like I do??? Man, I’d be down for 3some.

                        I wish more games would allow for polyamoury.

                        Cobalt@Under the Stars
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                        • PavelP
                          Pavel @Cobalt
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                          @Cobalt said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

                          I wish more games would allow for polyamoury.

                          It is a thing in BG3, just not for everyone. No spoilers.

                          He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
                          BE AN ADULT

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                          • AriaA
                            Aria @Pavel
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                            @Pavel said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

                            @Cobalt said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

                            I wish more games would allow for polyamoury.

                            It is a thing in BG3, just not for everyone. No spoilers.

                            ^ It is absolutely a thing, just only under certain circumstances. To explain it without spoilers (IMO, though YMMV):

                            Basically you can romance multiple companions (as in the playable “origin” characters) at a time, up to a certain point. After that point in the plot, they will make you choose between them.

                            However, two of those origin characters have no issue with you sleeping with or in some cases having a full-blown relationship with other characters you run into later in the game. But they still won’t be cool with you romancing both of them at the same time.

                            If you want to know which characters are which, you can message me. I don’t want to accidentally ruin stuff for folks on the board.

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                            • SolsticeS
                              Solstice
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                              I feel like the narrator put it best. 🙂

                              https://youtu.be/JAjwwubCygo?t=54

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                              • CobaltC
                                Cobalt @Solstice
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                                @Solstice look, let me have my fantasy vampire husband. so tortured, so murderous. heavy sigh

                                …that being said I just murdered my way through the githyanki creche. I may sliding closer to chaotic evil rather than chaotic neutral. >_>

                                But vlaakith tried to kill me. she’ll get hers in the end.

                                Cobalt@Under the Stars
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                                Cobalt#[email protected]

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                                • Duke WhiskyD
                                  Duke Whisky
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                                  Thank you folk for sending your Dream Guardians over. This one might be a bit easier but am looking to also do Smash/Pass on characters as well.

                                  So if anyone wanted to share their characters, I’d be much appreciated ❤

                                  Current Projects:

                                  Twitch -> https://www.twitch.tv/dukewhisky

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                                  • CobaltC
                                    Cobalt @Duke Whisky
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                                    @Duke-Whisky alt text

                                    Personally, I think she was prettier before

                                    Volo took her eyeball out. That charlatan!

                                    Cobalt@Under the Stars
                                    cob.alt@Discord
                                    Cobalt#[email protected]

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                                    • AriaA
                                      Aria @Cobalt
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                                      @Cobalt There’s a few instances in the game where I really feel like a response of “Fuck you people. I tried to be reasonable, but now I’ve decided I’m leaving out your front gate, even if that means murdering all of you to get there.” is appropriate and even encouraged by the game.

                                      Also, if you’re in the githyanki creche…

                                      …And accidentally brought the entire monastery down by taking a certain item out of a certain place without completing the side-quest to get the thing that makes it okay to do that…

                                      Definitely talk to Astarion after revivfying him. His meltdown is amazing and hilarious.

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                                      • Duke WhiskyD
                                        Duke Whisky
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                                        I found out after a long rest, if you do nothing. You lose a party member. 🥲

                                        So turns out Shadowheart is pretty viscous but, damn, she looks so good in Lae’zel’s armour.

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                                        Twitch -> https://www.twitch.tv/dukewhisky

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                                        • TezT
                                          Tez Administrators @Aria
                                          last edited by Tez

                                          @Cobalt there was a super funny hilarious joke in here but I can’t get the spoilers to work right so you can just look in the edit history if you are curious.

                                          @Aria I had a lot of fun with that particular bit that you spoilered. I hadn’t realized I had missed the part as you mentioned, so I just thought that what happened to me was the normal course of things. When @Roz told me she was at that part, I eagerly crowded over to watch her play so I could see her reaction.

                                          Imagine the look on my face when she just put the crest in to the lock and the whole fucking monastery didn’t blow up with a three turn race against the clock to get out before it blew.

                                          she/they

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                                          • AriaA
                                            Aria @Tez
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                                            @Tez said in Baldur’s Gate 3:

                                            @Aria I had a lot of fun with that particular bit that you spoilered. I hadn’t realized I had missed the part as you mentioned, so I just thought that what happened to me was the normal course of things. When @Roz told me she was at that part, I eagerly crowded over to watch her play so I could see her reaction.

                                            Imagine the look on my face when she just put the crest in to the lock and the whole fucking monastery didn’t blow up with a three turn race against the clock to get out before it blew.

                                            I had actually solved the puzzle to get the thing to prevent the consequence, but was unable to pass the stupid checks to get into the room with the quest-reward. Like, every single one of my companions failed even after I hauled my ass to the other end of the monastery so I’d be able to go to camp and swap people out.

                                            Obviously I needed to know what I missed and was incredibly disappointed that I got neither the quest reward nor the hilarious Astarion meltdown dialogue options.

                                            astarion

                                            (Sulking, actually, but this gif will do.)

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