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You can change Viconia's alignment if you romance her. Doesn't happen until Throne of Bhaal, so you have to wait a while, but it can definitely be done without the helmet. Unfortunately there is no way to stop Jahera from being an annoying nag.

The problem with game design is often that there are features suggested that for example "add immersion" that create a lot of additional work and waste a lot of limited resources, but dont actually improve the game as a game.

Full simulation of a city is one of those. A shopkeeper who is open 24/7 and never moves from their spot may not be realistic, but its hella convenient for the player.

I thought, I might revive this thread.

Some newer characters of mine:

Ylva Ravenshade: she is the black sheep of the noble family Ravenshade and she pretty much cut ties with her family after her sister got murdered because of some powerplay her uncle had with that recluse noble Szarr.
She became a true crime columnist at the Baldurs Mouth Gazette and actually found a taste for solving crimes. She and some of the not corrupt flaming fists (Devella, Valerias unhappy partner among them) teamed up on numerous occasions and she was allowed to write about it.
She was abducted after a friend of hers, Olenna Toryl (my tiefling detective) asked her for help in finding out about a Bhaal cult in Baldurs Gate. That creepy friend of her editor, some guy named Gortash, didn't like it and she got warned to investigate further ... which of course made her investigate further. Both she and Olenna got attacked in the streets at night and woke up in the nautiloid.

Her class is lore bard and instead of playing instruments, she is a storyteller. In a modern AU she would probably be a youtube true crime storyteller, but one of the more respectful ones, that focus on crime solving and being respectful towards the victims families.

She is a gold dwarf (I looked up what dwarf Ravenshade is, but the wiki only said dwarf, but I think, gold dwarf makes more sense here)








And here is Holly Brambleweed, lightfoot halfling and natural explorer.
She is working for the natural society in Waterdeep (which I just made up, but since Waterdeep has everything basically, including temples of nearly all gods and different schools and universities, I felt, it fits) and specialises in field work. Classwise she is a ranger/land druid.

The last expedition brought her and her colleagues to the outskirts of the the so called Shadowlands. They were trying to find out about the changes in flora and fauna there, but instead run into a group of cult followers of the so called Absolute with drows, goblins and hobgoblins among them. In the following fight, a lot of her fellow explorers died, but she was taken in unconscious and woke up on the Nautiloid.
She will be delighted to be able to investigate the Shadowcurse later on and help Jaheira, the harpers and Halsin and Thaniel restoring the lands.






I also did a new playthrough with my half Gur / half high elf Inara Vargoba, since I'm in a monster hunter mood, while reading the WItcher books for the first time and I finally found a face/hair combo for her, that fits, what I had in mind for her.
She was taken by the nautiloid while helping a halfling bard, that got bitten by a werewolf (yes, Helia is canon for me) to deal with the curse. I imagine her a bit similar to Geralt in the regard that she doesn't just kill every creature, that is considered a 'monster' but will try to find out, if they are really evil or not. Funnily enough I created her without knowing much about the WItcher universe, so her turning out to be a female Geralt in some regards was purely by accident.
She romances Wyll, which I found fitting, fellow monster hunters and such. She will also be searching for her Ciri, Helia, since she didn't know, what happened to her and if she was abducted too.
The companions remind me a bit of the companionship in Baptism of FIre, similar dynamic and such.
Inara is less grumpy than Geralt, on the contrary, she is pretty open and friendly.

I’d say just pick Shadowheart or Gale for your first run—they’re easy to vibe with if you’re coming from Fallout or Witcher, and their personal stories pull you into the world without overwhelming you. Origin characters also let you experience the full narrative Larian wrote, which is half the fun. Don’t overthink builds; BG3’s forgiving as hell. Just play someone you’d actually enjoy talking to (or arguing with) for 80 hours

I'm pessimistic about this. It took them nearly four months to "fix" the corrupted save issue, without any explanation or temporary workaround provided. Who knows if the next hotfix will come, or when it will arrive.

All Caps 'yelling' put aside, I really wouldn't mind if Larian went a bit out of their way to undo or change whatever they did to permanently break the Visible Shield mod (and all mods trying to accomplish the same thing.) There's currently one mod that sort of works around it by turning the shield into a weapon (https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/18667) but it doesn't work with other mods which adds shields.

This mod is so important for style and fashion and it's sad to see it gone and ignored :c

Update: Part 2, Chapter 18 is now published. The Hellraisers attack Nevrik's Keep, hoping to save Karlach's heart of flesh. But what trap(s) do the devils have in store?

BG3.5 - Hellraisers (Fanfiction)
Baldur's Gate 3.5: Hellraisers - an original fanfic story that is a sequel to Baldur's Gate 3 Fanfic: The Afflicted. It picks up immediately after the events of Baldur's Gate 3 as characters from the previous fanfic - Fiovay, Kai, Aelun, Vlyn, and the other members of their party - travel to Avernus. Their quest is to save Karlach but also to hopefully find and rescue Darson, Aelun's father, from the clutches of Demogorgon.

Here is the link to the blog site: https://baldursgate3hellraisers.blogspot.com/2025/10/baldurs-gate-35-hellraisers.html

Thanks Taril your right! I thought about it a bit and pretty much figured it out. LoL Thanks again!

Danke dir für die Info 😊.

Beim nächsten Mal durchspielen (wird wohl noch ein paar mal passieren 😂) werde ich Screenshots machen und aufschreiben, wo der Satz kommt.

LARIAN!
Please make the version v4.1.16995620 available on Steam though Game Versions & Betas.
Only Patches 7 and 6 are curently available there.



Let us play the game, while you work on the next Hot Fix.

I forgot one more mod : You need to change Gale's voice to female. There are a few versions that you can use here : https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/2702

I used voice style A myself.You can find YT vids where you can listen to all of them and select the one you like most.

Some further encouragement :


Before BG3 I never installed a mod for any game, so it was all a completely unknown for me also. It turned out to be quite straightforward and I have about sixty mods active now. Here are a few tips to get started :

In order to install Nexus mods, there are 2 ways. One is a tool from Nexus itself, which is called Vortex. People who use this say it automates and simplifies everything. People who don't use it say it often makes wrong decisions and screws up. I don't knowh how good it is, because I only used the other, more manual way with the BG3 mod manager.

That is an executable you can download, and I suggest you check out one or a few youtube video's that explain the interface. They're not long video's, it really isn't rocket science.

When you get BG3MM running, you can use this program to download and install script extender (in the menubar "tools" item). That will also automatically update it if needed.

Then you're all set up to install your mods. Go to the mod page in Nexus, read the description attentively, as well as the requirements. Then go to the "files" tab and download the file(s) needed to your PC. Normally these are .pak or .zip files.

So my procedure is then to click on BG3MM menu "file->import mod", select the downloaded files. The names of the mods now appear in the right pane of BG3MM.
Then to activte them, you drag them from the right to the left pane and set the loading order right. Mods are loaded one after the other, so if there are dependencies or overrides then you need to drag themup and down in the list. For the 3 mods you need I don't think it's a thing, but I would put the enhanced edit mods first and the galepal mod after them. The voice mod is a bit special, it goes directly to an override section. No need to do anyhthing more for it.

Then, and this is the thing that most beginners (me included) forget, you must go in menu "file" and click "save order" and espcecially "export order to game". If you forget that last one nothing will happen.

And that's it. Just one more thing. I said it before, but can't repeat it enough : Read the description. Nothing so annoying for the modders as users that complain there's a bug, it's not working, but they didn't do what the description told them to do.

With the mod installed, Gale automatically gets the female body type 1 and the standard mods look. With the enhanced edit mod you can remodel it immediately. You don't need to go to the magic mirror. There's an icon in your command bar that you can click at any place to start the procedure.

In my current PT, I have a normal Tav, but run an all female squad, so these are (from LTR) Wyll, Astarion and Gale.

I have a lot of experience creating 3D models for industry and want to try my hand at a visual mod but not sure what is possible.
Let's assume I want to make a "monocle" mod.

1. Are there anchor points on the character's eyes so that my monocle can clip on those?
2. If not, can I create them?
3. Would I have to do something special for each origin character?
4. Would it work with other mods, eg additional hair styles?

I think the best way is if someone who knows more about these things tries to imagine (and walk me through) that they are implementing a monocle mod and what is easy to do, what is hard to do, what is impossible.
EG: I imagine a real physics simulation of the monocle chain dangling would require access to the game engine, which is something maybe Larian do not allow?
(On the other hand, I've heard about flopping genitals...)

Would appreciate any discussion about this

Why yes, having characters that one gets emotionally invested in is the ideal. Unfortunately most games dont have those.

The worst example to me is TES. I mostly just played Morrowind. Oh sure, this character is a Paladin. But he's actually evil. And this is a Necromancer. Hey, he's actually quite nice. Everyone was sort of neutral in that game, everyone was dispassionately grey. Additionally you had no group, so that was even more impersonal and boring.

The game that made me most emotionally invested was Baldurs Gate 2. Namely Imoen, Aerie, and Keldron. To a lesser degree also others, like Minsc and Jaheira. Aerie also has the by far best romance I encountered in any game. Viconia would probably be fun, too, but having an evil character in the party is a true PITA. I did like the evil characters though, they have all been really funny.

Charaters in BG1+2 that have been evil have been really evil, and characters that have been good have been really good, and even the neutral characters had a clear personality.

Despite the fact I didnt liked them much, BG3 actually still has the second best game romance I ever encountered. The "romance" in Knights of the Old Republic was just seven dialogues. I mean I always did it anyway, but it was very superficial compared to Aerie. The "romance" in Neverwinter Nights 2 was one dialogue at the very end. Like ... wtf ?

A story that provides variance definitely provides replayability, so I'm certainly all for that.

I have the exact same thing after 16.2. the game keeps crashing no matter what I try. Both through DirectX and Vulkan, and through direct launch. Tragedy, I hope Lariani fixes it soon. I have a Nvidia RTX 4060 graphics card with new drivers and it keeps crashing. I also filled in the Nvidia overlay, nothing helps.

This may not fix your issues but it permanently fixed very similar symptoms for me. In my case, newer Alienware Laptop very similar to your specs except Nvidia GPU. Never had an issue before. But once I started playing BG3 on this system started to see the very random flashing black screens that I never had before. I finally found a thread that discussed certified video cables and because they were only about $20 each I bought them on Amazon and installed them as soon as I got them. Never had a flashing black screen ever again. BTW before that I even replaced the cables with the cheap junk I usually buy just to save money. The cables made all the difference in the world for me. Hope this helps. Again, the key was high performance certified video cables and I never looked back.

I have this exact same bug. I'm in Act 3, have already spoken to her in the sewers, and off she went on her merry way.

Quest is still stuck on "check up on arabella" and she's gone from the sewers.

Never had crashes prior to the recent hot"fix" patch but now all my saves are crashing right when they reach 100% loading. PC/Steam modded and unmodded saves. I've gone through all the "fixes" I've found: cleaning cache, verifying files, I've even reinstalled the game twice in the past week.

Please update on when these bugs from the recent hotfix will be addressed.

If you have the Japan version, that could be the cause. It has no crossplay because of censorship.

The recent hotfix has made the game unplayable for many people across platforms- issues include drop in FPS, saves not loading, frequent crashing, multiplayer not working, etc. These issues are expressed all over reddit and on this forum. I myself have sent in 2 bug reports to Larian and haven't heard back yet. Any update from Larian at least acknowledging an issue would be very helpful

Where did you get the ability to fly from? Did you unequip a magic item or change your spells? Did you equip armour that interferes with spell casting? Some context would help.