#there is also an evil romance option

[silver-horse]

I'm actually thinking about trying Pathfinder Kingmaker at some point in the future and attempting to romance Tristian. Given that he's practically the definition of a pretty boy, I bet he copped the dudebros usual brand of dickery when the game came out initially.

hmmm... I dunno, I don't think that's true. I have not seen hate towards him on reddit. He is straight, so maybe that's why. He can't bother the gamerbros while they are playing with a self-insert male character. I've even seen a few of them say they've created a female character to romance Tristian because they thought his story was interesting. Tristian is a very good aligned character and I would say the "bad boy" types are more often hated. He is also extremely innocent and awkward during the romance so that probably only makes male gamers like him. Lol

Anyway imo he just doesn't match the type of character you are talking about.

If you are interested in a romance which actually bothered the straight male gamer community, I recommend Octavia-Regongar poly romance. Those two are a joined deal. They are a bisexual couple and while it's possible to break them up, that doesn't have the best result. Ofc that bothered some because they wanted to romance Octavia alone and they wanted to suffer no consequences for separating the couple. Octavia is more popular compared to the straight female option, Valerie, who is a lawful neutral fighter. Meanwhile Octavia is a fun loving chaotic good rogue-wizard. Valerie not having a huge appeal is also the reason many chose to play with a female character and romanced Tristian. That way it's still a straight romance but with a character they liked more.

Personally I like both the Reg-Octavia romance and the Tristian romance as well. It's also possible to start romancing Reg-O and Tris as well and they will only ask you to choose later.

[musubiki]

balor 🥰

[gladiatorcunt]

han solo wants what atton rand has

[moghedien]

If I don’t romance Minthara soon I am literally going to die

[requiemforthestars]

Being back in the Dragon Age fandom has awakened something long asleep within me, which is a seething deep, feral hatred and disgust for Cullen and dismay at the way everyone in the fandom is head over heels for him. Literally it's as fresh as it was on the first day. Truly, things you feel at 15 years old do not wane.

[grapecaseschoices]

things i'd like from bg4 or any similar future games

I think BG3 is very detailed; but I would really like it if the backgrounds had mattered more. Or at least for every one. I heard if you're a drow/half-drow noble you get special dialogue with Minthara. But why didn't my Folk Hero!Tav with Wyll [or just in general?] Or my Outlander!Tav with Karlach? I love that your character gets special interaction with all and sundry, at times, re: class and race. But backgrounds make a charcacter. I don't need details. Just a bit of a nod. At least within the camp.

This brings me to point two. I wish there was a way to get friendship points. It is so strange the characters can be 'meh' about you, dislike you [and strongly], but high to exceptional bonds trigger romance. What about close friendships or growing into a family?

Speaking of, I definitely would have love some down time chatter. It is so strange to me that you get a 'this could be our last time in camp' but don't do anything with it. I appreciate the tiefling [or goblin] party. I love the idle banter on the road. But why not a couple of casual fireside chats. As a group?

I love Halsin but the fact that he is the only one we can have a polyamorous dynamic with, is bull. I'm fine with not every character being into polyam -- but maybe research more before diving into it. I am 90% sure Wyll would've been okay with Polyam - a triad too! - if it was Halsin or Astarion [maybe with Lae'zel but I have to play further to be sure]. I could see Astarion and Shadowheart swinging a 'v' dynamic, and being the best [or worst for Tav's sanity] of metamours! Maybe it would have been a hassle for coding to fit every configuration, but we deserved at least a COUPLE of Tav x Origin x Origin loving.

Also, I think we should have been able to encourage - or maybe it could have happened sans MC involvement - the npcs getting together.

[theautistichalflinghole]

Listen, am I happy that you now get to rule the world with your SO and be evil together? Of course, evil couple takeover for astarion and minthy romancers, especially when they egged you on to do so, makes much more sense. However do I miss the tragedy of a characters who thought they were finally free and powerful being ultimately betrayed by the one they loved? Having thier love become corrupted and warped into something cruel as thier lover perpetuates thier own cycle of violence and abuse? Yes absolutely

Also yes I know this change is old but I've been busy ok

[mokeonn]

Currently I have so many bg3 saves bc I refuse to delete my old ones that will likely never be finished (first ever gameplays, not optimized, everytime I open one I get overwhelmed and stop), but also because I keep making new games with the specific purpose of romancing a certain companion, seeing special dialog, doing a specific style of run, or getting an achievement on steam.

[squuote]

my friend has thrown me into the jaws of stardew valleys and I gotta say this game is fun for all the reasons no one told me ever. tf you mean there’s a wizard and yet people only focus on the dating/marrying part????

[thecrowandtheraven08]

I’ve been thinking about how unhinged my lovely Tav, Cassian the Lolth Sworn Cleric, can be. So for fun, I thought I’d share some of the fun, weird and mostly fucked up things they’ve done along their journey. Spoilers for Baldur’s Gate 3 from Act 1 to Act 3 under the cut. They’re normally making better decisions I swear. Also general warning for violence and some sexual themes

- Said “fuck it” and agreed to letting the hag take their eye because surely they could kill her either way. If she could take the tadpole, and all they lost was their eye, they figured it would be worth it. They chose to lose their pink eye due to it reminding them of their mother

- After saving Mayrina, they offered to say a few words for her dead husband. They proceed to say how this was Lolth’s will and that he basically would have died no matter what. Mayrina, in fact, did not like this

- Used the wand to bring back her husband as a zombie, only to refuse to give him to her and has decided to find uses for him (aka brought him into battle as a meat shield)

- They did not bat an eye when Astarion wanted to kill the monster hunter in the swamp. In fact, they knew the moment that this man brought up hunting a vampire that he had to die. Uses his cross bow to this day while still not being proficient

- Got Loviatar’s Blessing

- Gave Astarion the Necromancy of Thay book because why not

- Persuaded the ogre’s to work for them for food and occasionally gold. Every time they asked for gold, Cassian would convince them that they’d get it “next time”. When confronted by them later before leaving, Cassian then threatened them into leaving. They never gave them any gold

- Stole the Githyanki egg and gave it to the lady wanting it

- Argued with Vlaakith and nearly got everyone killed because of it

- Helped Mol cheat against Raphael in chess and managed to get away with it

- Could tell that Jahira had put a truth serum in their drink, and decided “I’ll still drink this. Why not”

- Decided to help He Who Was bring judgement upon Madeline. How they decided to do this was to intimidate her into stabbing herself repeatedly. It was the punishment her friends had gotten, so they deemed it fair that she do the same. He Who Was took back his body and was upset at the new stab wounds, so they fought. By all this, Cassian was only upset that they had to kill the raven

- Stuck their hand in a weird, fleshy wall

- Convinced the Orthon to kill his whole group, his displacer beast and then himself somehow. They aren’t sure how that one worked themself

- Somehow managed to convince the weird doctor guy and his nurses to also kill themselves. They just didn’t want

- Also convinced Ketheric not to fight them when down in the colony. Went straight to the Myrkul boss fight after confronting him down there

- Stole so much from the temple they offered to help in Wyrm’s crossing

- Immediately got into shenanigans by trying to steal shit from the nobles, but only Gale got caught

- Helped a little girl use a necromancy spell to try and resurrect her brother. Instead the whole graveyard was resurrected. The first of many graveyard shenanigans

- They sex in the graveyard. They do not regret this

- Dug up a grave in front of the child of said dead person. Stole from the grave. The child and the lady watching over the graveyard weren’t pleased

- Stole from someone’s family mausoleum because if they’re looting graves why not

- Again tried to steal from a grave and got attacked by Kobolds??? Cassian is no longer welcome in the graveyard

- While wearing the gloves they promised to get for a lady, they convinced her that they didn’t have them and when she asked them to pay, they threatened her. They did not have to pay

These are just the ones that I remember. This game has been so fun and wild. The drow options can be so wild

[getmenaced]

I do have slight beef with the god Gale design.. just slight beef. I actually really like the chrome skin thing I know people clown on it. My only problem with it is that he still has regular skin texture so it just looks kind of weird? Like they should have smoothed his ass out. Controversial but I think they should have gotten rid of his beard too, or at least made it a different color than his skin because it like exactly matches the color of his skin which changes his whole face shape. Maybe they should have made both his hair and beard black? But honestly I think they should have just lasered his face and completely smoothed him to make him look weird and inhuman, since the whole tragedy of God Gale is that he was soooo human before and now hes not. I like his stupid outfit though. And I like that his balls are out under it as well.

[socksandbuttons]

anyway i wanted to draw this out but if i do youll never get it Lunara kidnapping Nice Eclipse and Nice Eclipse just somehow surviving cause Lunara decided this is a NEW game (and then becomes very attached to this new Eclipse cause he acts funny.)

[waluigisgaybf]

RIP I DELETED MOST OF MY OLD SAVE FILES ASIDE FROM A FEW SAVES ID LABELED THAT ARE ROMANCE CUTSCENES

AND I JUST REALIZED I WANNA SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF ASTARION ASCENDS BUT NOW IVE DELETED THOSE SAVES LMAO

[blujayonthewing]

worrying about 'is it mean of me not to discourage my friend getting too carried away with shipping our blorbos if I don't know that it's likely to actually happen in canon :\' but then remembering this same friend, as a DM, was once like 'oh my god [NPC] has a huge crush on [my PC], he's down SO bad 😏' but then had that npc FULLY DATING another PLAYER CHARACTER by the time the (rest of the) party went back to the city he lived in

[ladymacbethshusbandsboyfriend]

I’ve tasted the good shit and now I can’t go back. If you want me to play a game from now on you have to prove there’s at least ONE gay little vampire or I won’t.