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8:39am on Thursday, 14th August, 2025:
Anecdote
I've been replaying Baldur's Gate 3 recently, and yesterday I finished it.
As usual, I managed to get Jaheira killed by accident, with Minsc a subsequent casualty. Astarion left the party when I wouldn't help him become head vampire. Nevertheless, I succeeded in recruiting all the factions I wanted to recruit, albeit being unable to summon them for the final fight. I didn't give any characters more parasites to increase their mind-flayer powers (even the one who changed into a mind-flayer). I also didn't spend any of those coins that give Karlach some kind of boost, as I never remembered I had them. Oh well!
This time round, instead of playing as a sorcerer, I played as a ranger. It's the same as a sorcerer except you shoot people with arrows instead of magic missiles. My always-there party members were Lae'zel (because she can hit people three times per round later in the game) and Shadowheart (because otherwise I'd have to be a healer myself). I mainly had Karlach as the fourth, but swapped her out for one of the others when I needed to advance their quest. Shadowheart was my love interest, because she was ever-present and, unlike Lae'zel, isn't Lae'zel. I wish she didn't have a distracting scar on her face, though. You're a healer, Shadowheart! Heal it! Oh, and stop moaning about being unable to speak to your dead parents when you have a literal Speak With The Dead spell in your armoury!
I enjoyed this run through, though, and it had a nice new epilogue at the end where you get to meet your party members six months after you've won. I won't be playing it again any time soon, though, as its replayability suffers because of the limited number of companions; I suppose I could take the evil route next time, which would net me some different ones, but that doesn't appeal.
Right! Time for something new now. Let's see what's awaiting in my Steam wishlist....
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