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Does the Assassin's Alacrity ruin Surprised? I am consistently sneaking up on a group of opponents, getting in my surprise attack, and then combat starts (restoring my action from Assassin's Alacrity) and the enemies are not surprised (e.g. I do not get a free round).

Though that seems unlikely given Divinity not really having any sort of "Drow".

I suppose if Malady shows up again, she might be desired (She's very much a hot mommy character)


I mean, that's kind of fine though?

Like, they're not making a Dating Simulator. So it shouldn't really be expected that everyone will have a romantic partner they wish to pursue. Nor should it be a major priority for them to pander to everyone with their characters.

Heck, if we take Mass Effect, I had no desire to romance any characters in game 1 or 2, none of them appealed to me (I only did so in a single playthrough of Legendary Edition simply to get the achievment for romancing in all 3 games). It didn't really hinder my gameplay at all to simply stay friends with the cast (Which was fine. ME2 characters were well written enough that I enjoyed them. I just didn't care for any in a way to push for a romantic relationship)

The goal should be simply to make good characters. Ideally with diversity because that allows players to explore the world more, with unique perspectives based on companions races (For example, how Lae'zel provides more of an insight into the savage ideology of the Githyanki). Not simply make the most romancable characters.

I think while sex does bring appeal to a game, it shouldn't come at the cost of the core aspects of the game and developers shouldn't have to abandon their vision to pursue sex.

Larian did a great job in Original Sin 2 by having diverse companions (Which appears to be what they want, given the quote mentioned in the OP of this thread), without the need to sexify them. I don't think it's necessary to abandon that simply to bring in people only really interested in the sex and who don't care as much about the actual characters or exploring the unique perspectives of a diverse cast.

Just putting out some thoughts as a BG3 author for functionality I'd like to see in Divinity. These are not demands, they aren't even complaints, just things I'd like to see added.

- Actual, legitimate OR functionality that isn't DB_LogicOr
- The ability to identify and handle items based on rarity. I have a script-based loot randomizer and would love to be able to guarantee an enemy or trader has X of Y rarity.

This is all I can think of for now, anything else is either possible with a workaround or something that seems so specific to my shenanigans that it's more likely to make me look stupid asking for it than being actually helpful to the general author community.

So, the question is, when the hell are they going to include a native UI text size into the game directly? Or do we keep having to download the mod from people who have coded an external program for it? @Larian can we get some help on this for those of us that aren't that great at modding?

I have yet to fail, or see anyone else doing a playthrough fail, the alleged Intelligence check in the Shadow Cursed Lands to be told pixies are malicious tricksters, even when it's someone with Int as their dump stat at 8. Does anyone know what the DC of this check is?