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Is it just me or is the whole Karlach romance EXTREMELY well done? I know I'm a big ol' weird softie and your mileage may vary, but it had me laughing and crying and cheering!

I just couldn't help but feel her frustration, be touched by her love for my fictional avatar and her giddiness the morning after is one of if not THE most touching example of infectious giddy happiness I've ever seen in a game, he'll in any fiction at all!

Hats off to the the team who created, drew and brought to life the visual aspects of the character and to Samantha Béart for a masterful achievement in voice acting!

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[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Karlach's probably my favorite character so far in the game... Not only in personality and... Assets. But she has also carried my ass through every combat encounter I've had her in so far... Too bad (SPOILERS for a thing in act1)

!When I killed kagha, the other druids killed dammon, so idk how to progress her storyline now!<

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

DEFINITELY my favourite too!

And yeah,

spoilerI'm pretty sure you can't progress her quest without Dammon, so you'll have to load an earlier save (if you have one) and do your best to protect him or talk down Kagha so there's one less shadow druid to fight

[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I do have a save... 6 hours ago

Man, if only there was a scroll that can revive people, wouldn't that be a craaazy idea

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There is, but you have to convince people to follow you around like lost puppies before you get to decide whether they live or die. D&D logic 😂

[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't really know D&D rules... As I've never played D&D before, but it did feel kinda strange to be holding a scroll that can revive people an be to not be able to use it... To revive people

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's very close to completely arbitrary, I agree..

[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Btw, do you happen too know what the fck I need to do to help Gale? Like, he vaguely mentions what happened to him and this Mythra and their whole backstory together, but I have no clue where I need to go...

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You mean how to

::: spoiler Complete the main quest without blowing him up? :::

If so, I dunno. Haven't gotten that far yet. Until then, he'll ask you for exactly what he needs once he has a high enough opinion of you, which SHOULD be pretty early 🤷

[–] goobermembson@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you find Elminster in the mountain pass during act 1?

[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, I decided to go through the underground before I go through the pass

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

It's not DnD logic, you can revivify a mosnter if you want to, although it only works if they died a minute ago max, and you can use another spell to make that last longer. Also, revivify costs diamond dust. It's BG3 logic.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would have been interested in seeing it but my save was completely hardlocked out of it. In contrast to basically every other character she never ever came on to me (middle of Act 3 currently).

I must have done something in the wrong order, I've heard others have had trouble with it as well.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I was at the beginning of Act 3 when I realised that I had irrevocably missed out on it. I had to start a new game from scratch and follow a guide, but it was absolutely worth it!

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The romances could do with a bit of an overhaul, in my opinion. Feels like several of them have weird pacing, and so many characters go from 0-100 in the blink of an eye. You say a single affirmation to Halsin and he acts like he's been in love with you his whole life and you're soulmates. Dude, I just offered you a drink at a celebration out of common courtesy.

With every other NPC being so horny it's actually been refreshing to have Karlach just behave like a buddy in my playthrough, but in general for the Karlach romance to be so fiddly you need to follow a guide to not lock yourself out of it just sounds... poorly implemented.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's fiddly for sure, but the payoff is more than worth the bother IMO 🤷