Bg3 Hot Take Edition

[u/Feeling-Classroom729]

I'm feeling spicy and I want to hear some of your hot takes about the game. Perhaps, I'll see the game from a fresh perspective and/or learn something new.

There's no limit to the hot takes you can share.

I'll go first.

Despite Araj's negative reputation, I think she's one of the best merchants in the game. In act 2, she carries the risky ring and the ring of free action, which is already amazing. But she also offers unique elixirs in act 2. In act 3, she sells sanguine explosives, which is basically a level 4 fireball that you can buy for less than 20 gold. Getting the unstable blood condition from her in act 3, can also be powerful if you build around it. The +2 to strength is super powerful if you're willing to torture Astarion, but even without that, she's still an amazing npc. She's a little pushy with Astarion, but she ultimately accepts his no. So, I don't stay mad at her.

I don't think completing a "good run" automatically makes your character good aligned. Basing your decisions around not making your favorite npcs sad is not a sound moral compass. I think there are more morally neutral people out there than people are willing to admit. It isn't a bad thing to be morally neutral. Jaheira is canonically true neutral in the older games, and people love her.

[u/PervyelfTahk]

My hot take is just.. we need more.

Fixing Karlach completely where she doesn't have to return to the hells would be amazing. Or.. if you can't fix her, at least move into the house of hope (cause I always clear it ) with her and Hope. :)

Being able to deceive the Emperor would be nice.. I mean I passed the roll for him not to get the details of my chat with Raphael, but two seconds later down in the lobby he learns I have the hammer and plan to free Orpheus and is pissed about it.

if wizards of the coast wasn't so greedy we would get more sequels of equal love and dedication from Larian, but sadly they're greedy shits and Larian will never work for them again :/

Evil playthrough would be awesome with some goblin /hobgoblin or other evil races. Raising the druid grove isn't that great if you're gonna lose two of your characters :/ (Karlach and wyll)

[u/AcrosticBridge → u/PervyelfTahk]

Being able to deceive the Emperor would be nice.. I mean I passed the roll for him not to get the details of my chat with Raphael, but two seconds later down in the lobby he learns I have the hammer and plan to free Orpheus and is pissed about it.

Yeah, he's still listening in, lol. I didn't wind up sticking with it, but it's absolutely my favourite progression of that scene because I literally forgot I'd deceived him in the seconds it took to go downstairs and talk to Voss.

What you have to do is not mention it after you pass the deception check! (Eta: I don't actually know if Lae'zel mentions it to him no matter what you say.)

[u/PervyelfTahk → u/AcrosticBridge]

lae'zel can't pass a deception check to save her life blurted it out first second saw voss if I recall lol