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BG1 and BG2 didnt get DLCs. The whole term wasnt invented yet, and the very concept wasnt around either. The internet had started but you wouldnt really get your games over the internet yet.

DLCs are typically low efford expansions that are really expensive for what they are. Like, you add a single especially pretty armor design. That took what, maybe a manweek to make ? At best. And you charge $10 and sell like 100,000 of these, if its a game that sold millions of times. So bam, a million in profit.

OK many DLCs are better, but they are still typically like one adventure and you still get the same insane amount back.

BG1 and BG2 got expansions which added about half as much as the base game, and they did cost about half as much as the base game. It was a perfectly fair deal.

06.06.2026. A few years later it's still bugged.

Ironically, when she's an NPC in camp, she can be buffed but the moment she's recruited as an active companions, she's suddenly not an ally.

A new clip from Aurora Winterstar. You may not like the music or her Bard Tav, but I find the depiction of the companions and monsters amazing.



And hah, using the adamantine forge to maka a guitar plectrum instead of weapons or armour. I think Larian would approve.

Yes, it is true, it might be placed more in excess to Honor mode, not in between.

It also might require some tuning to be well balanced - for example amount of "reload penalized experience" might not be fixed - but it could be non linear and adapt to when exactly and how frequent it happens. But, there also might be some more issues with this basic idea.

I will take a look at this "Brutal Difficulty" mod, it sounds interesting, thank you for bringing it up.

Have you tried rolling back the driver to the previous version (596.49)?

@OP There are Gobbo mods you may take a look. They are not perfect but I recommend them:


Reginald's Goblin Race or Simple Custom Races (via "Shapeshifter" Background)

Goblin Companions (Followers via Background)

Sazza Evolved (as a playable Pseudo Companion)

Alfira Joins The Party

There are quite more...