Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion Alighment restricted companions - why even?

Why such stupid limitations?
I remember playing Paladin in BG2 and I could recruit all evil companions without ever falling or doing evil.
Yeah, they might b*** and moan and there would be friction and you could boot them out. They might even leave EVENTUALLY unless you convinced them to stay. One of them (the dwarf Korogan IIRC) would even challenge you to a fight for party leadership.

But at no point was the player blocked from having a companion in my party because I refused to slaughter a bunch of people I never met.

?? There are no alignments in this game, if what you mean is if you choose to side with the goblins several of the companions will leave? This is the same effect as in BG1 / 2 that if your reputation fell too low good and even neutral companions would leave.

The only companions that seem to be exclusive are Halsim or Minartha.