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[BG3, act 3 spoilers]
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did Astarion's quest and kept him from ascending and convince him to free the spawn - I feel like Larian made a mistake of having 7000 spawn, 700 or 777 would've still been a huge number but it'd feel less like 'you just unleashed fangolypse' for the more utilitarian players
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honestly helping Aylin first and seeing Astarion's reaction to her being regretful/sad about killing Lorrokanan probably makes the denouncement better
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as... he knows what Nightsong felt but god damn the voice acting in the entire scene
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though there's a clear goof as the woman playing the gur leader is reading a line meant for Astarion
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love all the camp reaction is "We're proud of him, but don't tell him because he'd hate it"
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next is the House of Grief - that one I tried and had to abort since Viconia is hard, and I'd free Orpheus, while the Emperor does protect you all this time, the character I'm playing is absolutely not pleased that it's at the expense of someone else imprisoned (and also while he's :/ at Lae'zel still being monarchist, Orpheus will take down the
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known awful bitch Vlaakith
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so off to steal from a demon
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Also why he turns Emperor down when he made overtures
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(turns down Mizora because he hates the shady devil - and after that whole talk with Astarion about his autonomy, he suspect Astarion may not be thrilled with the idea as he does refuse to sleep with the drow twins after the chat
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the pushiness to take the astral-touched tadpole definitely doesn't win favors
Rama
Yeah I belive that the Emperor is well-intentioned but he has long since forgotten other people's right to autonomy
Rama
Which is a huge thing in this game
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Yep that's my read on it, and (basing my pc off of Harlock who is huge on autonomy)
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(even when it flies in the fact of all common sense)
Rama
I played an Ancients Pally who wrote him off as soon as he started the hard sell on ceremorphosis
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so yeah over time he goes from trusting/liking the Dream visitor enough it could be pushed to affection, to trust - then cooling considerably as a necessary alliance
Rama
...although she took the code L for not deleting 7000 vampires and just paid for an indulgence
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yeah the Swordbard is hard CG and cooled hard upon seeing Orpheus
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yeah (Again 7k is ridiculous, 700/777 would've still got the point across and feel less like 'possibly delete a city in a night of ravenous hunger)
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(As Swashbuckler is not in the game, Swordbard... really really works for Harlock lore-wise
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but yeah - he talks Astarion down by pointing out the ritual will bind him aka freedom isn't power, and the Netherese crown is definitely a
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'Okay, fuck Mystra but that crown is Bad news'
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as Gale as we've seen can be a bit of a idiot when it comes to awesome power
moontouched
gale just stepping on the rake again
moontouched
no no give me the cool superpowerful artifact i prommy i won't fuck it up again
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Yeah, Gale just has to Wizard
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yeah, ultimately Bardlock's gonna let Gale decide but hopes he doesn't fuck up again (after talking him down from going all in on pursuing the thing because 'Gale you have a history of fucking this up'
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Yeah I like Gale is genuinely a decent guy, he's just too much of a fucking wizard to not let things lies
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(again I love the end of non-ascending Astarion the camp just 'We know he'd hate it if we say we approve, so don't tell him'
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but yeah, bard NO like Mystra for telling him to go blow himself up for her forgiveness
Rama
Gale is in fact the most wizard
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(can't hate a guy who as a kid respond to his parents telling him he can't have a kitten by summoning a magical winged cat
Shard
I mean...who of us wouldn't have?
Shard
I have an elven cleric who is saving her pennies at the moment to get a tressym she met at an exotic pet shop. Or, rather, pay to have the tressym shipped to her because, like most cats, it decided to pick her. 
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aside I love all the cats in bg3
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if I had my way the entire camp would be filled with kitties
Rama
Hiss, I say HISS!
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the cat priest of Sharess
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I wanted to take the one with the weird dialect looking for mom with me
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Gotten the graveyard scene and the long chat afterwards
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weh ;-;
Rama
Why is Karlach the best girl in all of fiction
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Cripes the Shar fight is harder than the Raph one, and only end up with two deaths because I was dumb and didn't turn to TBM to move the moonlight from where Gale and Jaheria (both badly wounded) are standing.
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I let her decide what to do with her parents, and getting the hammer Emperor really wouldn't even be open to try to reason with Orpheus just soldifies the freeing him choice
Rama
Yeah Emps just...he is not willing to not be in complete control
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Emperor, buddy, pal - you're not helping your case, also stumble onto the moonrise cargo ship and the "Stone lord" men threatening guildies... gonna see if they react to Minsc being in the party
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Yep they do, the stone lord folks didn't believe him
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not me but LOL
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get wrecked Cazador
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annoying the toys questline is buggy, some rando civilian wnadered into the fireworks shop after the fight ended and now I can't go up the stairs without risking jail (like lol I can break out as my PC is about as good as lockpicking as Astarion) and in the hag quest I did knock out the mask victims but game treats it as if they died
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Also I'm annoyed Minsc's a high-dex little above average strength,
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those should be switch (I don't mind Int and Wis getting swapped because it better reflects his actual character, not very bright but stubborn as hell and surprisingly insightful
Rama
Yeah like I said I did the respec
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It wouldn't let me change his stats
Rama
It should, you just have to select Abilities on the menu while picking a class.
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Oh, you respecc with Withers
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that's the problem
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lessee... Ranger and fighter combo, Barbarian would be for rage but barbarian doesn't synergize with Ranger that well
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okay, four levels of fighter, rest with Ranger
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there, and mixing battlemaster manuevers and hunter for crowd-clearing abilities
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(and some added damage to strikes
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remains to be seen if Orpheus of the Comet will be better than Vlaakith but she is a tyrant that abuses her people
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Oh I met Tara, she's pretty
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(and stumble onto a dog abuser, would've loved to shank her
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come Tara come to the camp with us
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aaaand Halsin confessed,
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and really again, given some of his responses, I don't think Astarion would actually be okay with adding him to the mix
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he's definitely a Hedonist and probably was naturally inclined but it's clear a good chunk of it is a defense mechanism to deal with Cazador's games and the fact he had to be constantly going out and luring people, and as he mentions he has a hard time saying no