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Favorite minor/side character? (lemmy.world)
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The main cast aren't the only great characters in this game, who are your favorites?

I loved Alfira (Rebecca Hanssen) Isobel (Mia Foo), and Zevlor. All 3 were great casting choices but I can't figure out who played Zevlor. Any idea?

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[-] Ethalis@jlai.lu 29 points 1 year ago

Don't know if he's a side or a main character but Raphael reallys stole the show for me. The character, the writing, the voice acting, everything was just perfect about him.

In terms of actual minor characters, I really liked Omeluum as an early proof that a mind flayer can have its own personality and doesn't have to be part of a hive mind.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I really liked him, too! I saw an interview with him where he talks about his song and how he sent it to friends unprompted haha

I'm torn about the writing for Omeluum but not his character exactly...I just feel like the emperor would have something to say about it since he says he's the only mindflayer to escape. They should have met in game imo

[-] teft@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe they both kill other mindflayers on sight since they would assume the other mindflayer is controlled by the Absolute?

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Since the emperor is in your head all the time, you'd think he'd be able to figure out that Omeluum is free when he tries to remove the worm for you.

Not the biggest plot hole or anything, I just expected more from that line.

Also to be fair - I've stolen the egg in every game I've played not knowing that it prevents me from seeing Omeluum in act 3. So I might be totally wrong with my assessment

[-] teft@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Steal the egg but also kill Esther. Then you can get the money for the egg from the Society and Omeluum still lives. Alternatively sell her the owlbear egg. She doesn't know the difference.

[-] Pronell@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I sold her the owlbear egg, then she got angry at me (can't remember why) and I knocked her out and took the egg back.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Raphael gives me Ian McShane vibes.

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[-] Glide@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago

I know it's late enough in the game that it's a big whatever, but I really wanted to keep Hope. She was just exactly the kind of chaotic positive-but-insane energy I needed in that chapter of the game, and while I buy her personal conlusion, choosing to join you would make a lot of sense too.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I liked her too! House of Hope is a top 3 "dungeon" for me.

[-] Tyr_Raidho_Othala@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

House of hope was my No.1 abuse mechanic

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

You mean it's abuse to spend all my spell slots summoning and buffing with everything I have and then taking a bath before every encounter??

I planned to abuse it before leaving but I'm sorry to report that the faucet stops working after the last fight.

Also sorry to report that the restoration pod that worked similar at the end of Act 3 isn't there on Tactician difficulty..

[-] teft@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

Wait is that bath not one time use like the regen plants in the nautiloid?

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Bath is unlimited use up until you beat the final fight!

The pod before the courtyard fight at the end is also unlimited use. And the one before the final fight is single use

[-] Fafner@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago

Fuck, I ran his whole place on a single long rest.......

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That just means you'll get to abuse it when you replay on tactician :)

You don't need the spell prepared anymore after you summon something so you can get real cheesy with it.

[-] cdipierr@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Alfira is such a big one. I know it's an easy choice because of her Weeping Dawn scene early on, but this girl has "Get in the Party" written all over her. Tragic backstory! Thirst for Adventure! She's a Bard; I need a Bard!

I'm only to Moonrise Towers so far; there may be more I've yet to encounter. Wulbren was a big letdown, I've been looking for him since I accidentally flung his friend off a windmill. I was hoping to find a fun gnome inventor, instead, he's just kind of a prick who doesn't even care I helped all his friends in the Underdark!

[-] BigWumbo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

You can actually recruit her into your party in act 1 if you’re playing as the Dark Urge! Just talk to her in the Druid grove and then long rest before progressing the tiefling quest line

[-] cdipierr@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I heard about that, and then you get to do a collaborative art project. This game truly is amazing.

[-] teft@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

Paint by numbers is such a bard like activity. You just know she approves.

[-] Oldmandan@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

spoilerYou monster.

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[-] Ashtear@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I want to get to know Alfira better, but I'm so damn annoyed that

act 2 spoilerI've played through acts 1/2 three different times and she's died in a different way each time 😭

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Wulbren's story is interesting and it's slightly different depending on the windmill scene. I dislike Wulbren was a person but like him as a character and that our stories intersect but he has a completely different objective

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

The fairy trapped in the lantern. "I'm gonna murder you so bad!"

[-] scholar@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Mol is a stand out character in my opinion, charismatic, ambitious, a natural leader. She's going to be the terror of the sword coast one day

[-] Glide@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

On that topic, I was really disappointed with the way her story just kind of... Went away? After the attack in act 2 and the subsequent conversation with Karlach, I was incredibly invested in Mol's story, helping her, and helping Karlach save what she sees as a small her from some of the pain she suffered.

But then we got to act 3 and I literally didn't find any story threads to continue with. The previous problem presented solved itself off-screen, Mol flipped from "I will kill for these kids" to "who?", Karlach never brought it up again, and there was no noteworthy dialogue with Mol other than "buy some stuff or fuck off".

Act 3 felt like it had a lot of unresolved story threads, early ends, and bugs resulting in the aforementioned problems, but this one really stands out to me. It's like I watched someone set up a whole domino sequence, flick the first one, and 70% of the way through a domino missed and the builder just told me that was supposed to happen and left.

[-] bouh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

So, spoiler, but you can find her contract with Raphael in the house of hope. Then you can go back to her and give her back. This turns her into an ally at the end that gives you a very powerful buff.

[-] Glide@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I had actually heard that giving her her contract causes her to just get pissed at you and do nothing. I'm not clear on what the strange conditionals there are, as I simply didn't find the contract (even though I swear I found everything and then some in the House of Hope) and am working entirely on second-hand experiences.

Still feels incredibly lackluster, tbh. Tying it to a companion (side?)quest via Karlach, or at least letting Mol half admit to you what happened and prompting a quest log entry or... something, could have made it feel far more significant and meaningful.

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[-] CryptidBestiary@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

She's not so much my favorite side character, but the Hag is one of my favorite villains. She is just so creepy and evil that her network of misdeeds were so well crafted and written. The only issue that I had with her was her appearance in Act 3. I was excited to see who "M" was in Baldur's Gate but was actually disappointed to see it was Ethel instead. It was kind of obvious she was shoehorned in Act 3 in the last minute.

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

God I was so tired of the forest when I got to her bright and cheerful beach I was so relieved. >!Only to pass a perception check...!<

[-] Doublepluskirk@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago

Shovel. She's chaotic evil through and through, and I love her. She just wants to murderize and is bored with anything else (except arson). Hearing her maniacally shout "it's fisting time!" and "I'm gonna eat your babies!" Is still making me chuckle into act 3.

[-] teft@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

+1 for Shovel. She's a rude little shit and I love her. Between her and Astarion I spend a lot of my runs laughing.

[-] Oldmandan@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

In terms of extremely minor one-off characters, He Who Was was very cool. I was sad when he didn't show up in act three. Just a random Shadar-Kai warlock of the Raven Queen chilling in the Shadow Cursed lands, delivering warped justice to the dead, and collecting their tormented memories and emotions to sustain his queen.

[-] MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

::Spoiler :: I loved the way his posture changed, when He spoke as the soul of the darf

[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

First time I met him, he said to punish the hell out of her. So I naturally had her suffer the same fate she inflicted on others. He was surprisingly upset about that. Dude you said to deliver harsh justice! But apparently somehow I'm the psychopath?

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 1 year ago

IIRC there was an entire Raven Queen/Shadar-Kai plotline planned out but ended up cut, I assume he is all of it that actually ended up in the game.

[-] Oldmandan@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I could see that. She's got some thematic ties to Karsus, shares a home plane with Shar, and has a portfolio revolving around lost knowledge (ie, a potentially attractive avenue for recoving an amnesiac's memories) giving options for a subplot around her to resonate with a couple different origin characters. (And could potentially serve as a more "benign" (for certain definitions of the word) source of power to Wyll, if he wanted to retain his powers but escape his contract with Mizora.)

[-] teft@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

He Who Was

I've never once seen this NPC and I've played through 7 times now. Where is he? Just a general area so I can go wandering.

[-] Oldmandan@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, as the other commenter mentioned, wander around north of the Shadowed Battlefield waypoint, make sure to explore all the nooks and crannies at the edges of the map, you'll find his campsite eventually.

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[-] bouh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Iirc it's east of the last light inn in act 2. Between the mountain pass entry and the underdark entry to the area.

[-] bouh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Raphaël song was so awesome! But it's kind of the main cast I guess?

I love Isobel and Aylin. I love Hope too! I wish there was more with her but I don't know yet if I missed some stuff or not.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Popper! I want to take him from the circus and keep him in my camp.

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