#bg playthrough

[fuckitwebhaal]

[ID: Transcription reads: Khalid: "I don't want to seem, eh, c-confrontational, but c-could you be a little less, well, uh-- uh evil?" Kagain: "Keep on talking that way and I'm gonna stuff yer mouth full o' horse dung."]

this too can be yaoi

[artofshilo]

playing BG3 with my girlfriend, who dont we all show up in all the cutscenes though :(

[wrenhavenriver]

[y-rhywbeth2]

Ah yes, other weird symptoms of being the child of murder. Funky murder auras. Also freaking out every diviner who tries to scry you, it's hilarious. All seers who gaze into the nature/future of Bhaalspawn immediately go "Oh, FUCK NO. BYE." This dude is the only one who's calm about all the violence and bloodshed promised in your aura:

Hermit: "Eh? EH?! Wow, you're really hard to look at." Charname: "Your insults are misplaced. I only wished to speak, and you could have simply said no. I will leave you." Hermit: "Wait... I'm sorry, but you have miscontrued my meaning. A bit blunt I am at times, but I shall speak plain if you wish. I meant that your aura is hard to look at. It is exceptionally volatile. You are at odds with yourself in a most literal fashion. I've not seen another such as you, though I get the feeling that your type does not live exceptionally long. I would predict a violent end for you, but I can see nothing of your future. It would seem that your coin is on an edge*."

*There's a thing in Faerûn; the holy symbol of the goddess of luck is a coin, and it's said Tymora flips it whenever a person is born. The way it lands decides whether you will be lucky or unlucky in life. A coin that lands on its edge - such as Charname - is a soul that is unaffected by the whims of gods and Fate.

[tethys-the-aquatic-sea-godness]

I was having fun then this happened

[little-tyrant-gortash]

Hahaha so I went to character creation while I had my dinner and clicked Dark Urge and checked the Dragonborn specs specifically set for them and

You do realise they've sun coded Enver with all the gold/radiant spells while they originally intended the Dark Urge to be

A FUCKING FROST DRAGON

...not me imagining that Durge had to spit ice on Enver's hands when he was working with infernal metal and burned himself by accident fffdhjkgfdhgkljk...

I'M FROTHING AT THE MOUTH

THAT'S THE FUCKING SONG OF FIRE AND ICE IN BALDUR'S GATE THERE Y'ALL

(I've heard a rumour they're considering making Enver romanceable for Durge in a future update/DLC so I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed it comes true one day VERY SOON BECAUSE I HAVE A MIGHTY FUCKING NEED...)

[starakex]

"Dark Priests are generally frowned upon in the supressed modern societies, but then we suddenly become a valuable asset when you're facing eternal darkness. Well your survival is none of my concern."

[verved]

i hate burning myself out on a fixation

[serenfire]

finished the bg3 ironhand gnome plotline today and was wondering about the pulse of the fandom so i checked and

turns out almost everyone who played this game is a coward!! doesn’t see that bg3’s commentary on violence can be about resistance by any means necessary to the point that you turn the knife on every single one of the people you once called friend

[h20milk]

the pained paladin and the pale elf.

[lethalhoopla]

The new trailer has injected hype straight into my veins (rip everyone who is tired of Varric narrating trailers feat. Solas, but I'm a sucker for both) and the art is just gorgeous as always so I took screencaps - figured I'd share in case anyone else wanted them!

[wildflower-otome]

[wrenhavenriver]

I am glad you told me, though. I’m glad you...trusted me enough.

[y-rhywbeth2]

My favourite diviner response is probably Arkushule (who I am assuming, by a specific word used earlier in the text, is a Gur) simply for how she responds when she realises exactly what you are.

Charname: "I see no harm in a little divination on your part. Here is my palm. What does it tell you?" Arkushule: "Let's have a look now. Interesting. Though you live a hard life now, your hand tells of a softer existence not long ago. I assume that you have just recently taken to the road?" Charname: "That much is true, yes. Do go on." Arkushule: "I thought as much. Let's have a little closer look now. back down your life line. I see a scholarly influence, and you are well educated. You had a mentor who was a great sage? Perhaps of considerable power as well?" Charname: "My foster father Gorion was a sage, and a bit of a mage as well. Go on." Arkushule: "You had a reasonably happy childhood with him, aside from being a little difficult. My my, but you were quite the little hellion. Wonder where that comes from? Let's see what we can't learn about you back before this Gorion. Further back I see... I see... Merciful gods! Iseealongandhappylifeforyouandyours. 10 gold, please, and I'll be on my way." Charname: "What? What is it you saw?" Arkushule: "I saw nothing! You will live long and enjoy life, and I will be going now! Back from me!" Charname: "You must tell me. Please, dear lady!" Arkushule: "I have told all I am going to. Stay back from me! Your life is none of my affair!" Charname: "Please, I don't mean to be rude. Just tell me what your vision revealed." Arkushule: "Stay away from me! I warn you, I'll not let you near me!"

And then she screams and starts attacking you, trying to kill you in a blind panic. On the plus side, you don't have to pay her this way.

I also like the implication that Bhaalspawn toddler temper tantrums are a nightmare to deal with. Having had experience with full room demolition scale emotional dysregulation from aggressive young children (and as somebody who was one)... yeah. Give Gorion a raise, I bet neither Bhaal nor Alianna ever paid child support. I mean I know they're all dead, but still.

I think there's a milder version with a seer in Tradesmeet in BG2 where the lady realises what she just read and just goes "please never speak to me ever again."

[thunderboltfire-art]

Oath of the Ancients + Protection feat = Ultimate Mother Hen Experience.

[little-tyrant-gortash]

The Gortash hireling is kind of strange, but so, so good. I just wanted to see if it works - it does -, then I dismissed him and he went:

I feel so bad now. 😭 I'm sorryyyy come baaaack 😭😭😭