Update:
So I left Halsin alive because I wanted to taunt him after killing all the druids. Promptly forgot about him and never actually did so. He later showed up in my camp to ambush me in retaliation. Gotta take a moment to say this was an absolutely amazing scene. I'm still raving about it a day later. Really felt the consequences of my actions there. I do think the fight is undertuned, some suggestions to improve it: He shows up with two bears instead of one, and still summons his wolf companion, this puts him 4-to-4 (although it's weird Lae'Zel just stood there and watched just cus she wasn't currently in the party). He throws some good damage-y AOEs or crowd control AOEs on us. The bears have 5-10 more HP and more damage. And when killed in Wildshape he should turn back to his human form with the HP he had before Wildshaping like in 5E, this would definitely make him feel tanky.
On companion reactions to being evil: Astarion delights in it and actively complained about being good, but giggles like a schoolgirl when I do bad, I love it. Gale doesn't seem to care all that much besides some "Gale disapproves" popups, it could be better clarified through dialogue why he doesn't care all that much as he seems to be at the least a good guy, if not big G good. Lae'Zel does not care for anything besides githyanki related matters, you could stab a child in front of her and she would yawn, which sort of makes sense, but made her romance cutscene a little jarring. She went from "I care about literally nothing except githyanki and killing mindflayers" to "The way you slaughtered that tiefling was so erotic, I'm going to dominate you all night." which kinda weirded me out. Wyll I already mentioned is staunchly good and his leaving was quite good, although I still wish I could convince him. And Shadowheart, I thought she had a very well-done reaction to killing the druid grove as an evil cleric feeling guilt over evil actions. Complex emotions and interesting writing, although I still think she could be convinced to open up sooner.
I started to run out of traders after killing the grove and the goblin camp turning hostile and helping Glut destroy the sovereign circle. Really feels like playing evil is limiting myself in some aspects.
Also as a drow, I would very much like to be able to talk to Commander Maz'rin in the Underdark and help whatever evil drow mission she's on, the fact she gets hostile and her corpse doesn't even talk is sad.
Last edited by Synaryn; 12/10/20 06:19 AM.
