Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General SPOILERS The missing companions!

Under the traditional understanding of D&D alignment, someone who is largely out for themselves is Evil with a capital E, even if they aren't into kicking puppies and children for fun. At best, Karlach may be neutral in alignment similar to Wyll and Gale. Which might be a step up from Lae'zel and Shadowheart, who basically hate every decision I make, but I'd like to have one good-tilting NPC in the party, you know?

My only issue with Karlach is that she seems to be wearing, what, ringmail? I just don't know what class she's supposed to be.

Lae’zel, Astarion, and Shadowheart are wearing their unique outfits from the promotional art but Wyll and Gale aren’t. It could be that all of the unique starting outfits for various NPCs, including this one, aren’t done yet.

I feel you there, seems like every decision I make I see "Shadowheart/Astorian/Lae'zel disapproves".

I'm guessing Karlach is likely a bard, based on the look of her gear. KInda also fits her snarky mouth. A barbarian is also possible given she is a Zariel Tiefling, but that would be a waste, honestly, since Tieflings are innate casters and barbarians can't cast while raging. A Barbarian is also unlikely to start with a crossbow, but the class kinda fits her dialogue about the war in Avernus.

Just a thought on (implicit) alignments, keeping in mind the current companions are mostly evil/ neutral and coming ones are likely good:
Astarion: Chaotic Evil (Vampires are usually lawful evil, but this fits better on a rogue running away from his master)
Lae'zel: Lawful Evil (as are all Gith)
Shadowheart: Neutral Evil (as is Shar)
Gale: Lawful Neutral (he seems the least evil of all current companions, imo)
Wyll: Chaotic Neutral (he loves kids and has a revenge story; seems like a standard renegade)
Minsc: Chaotic Good (known)
Karlach: Neutral Good (hard to believe, considering she is a tiefling with a snarky mouth, but maybe? Or maybe Chaotic Neutral (most Tieflings are Chaotic)? Note that bards are almost always neutral along at least one dimension)
Helia: True Neutral (for a Shapeshifter Druid) or Chaotic Good (a Selunite lycanthrope; would be an interesting dynamic with Shadowheart) or Chaotic Evil (a Malarite lycanthrope; highly unlikely given she was being bullied by kids)

I really hope Karlach is not a companion. I think she has the dialogue I hated the most. And it means we won't have a nice and friendly female companion. Damn... she cursed so much in that dialogue that in the end I just killed her.

Minsc is easy. A Tadpole hurt his memory, so would be easy for him to need to relearn his skills. With Barbarian class coming, he is perfect for it and with Boo being a space hamster the nautloid ship might have some really interesting interactions.

....Women don't exist for you. Not even virtual ones. *eye roll*

Not sure why you say that. I just think that specifically in BG3 the female companions are not very appealing personality wise. In the OG games the companions were much more friendly and appealing, even the evil ones. When I encountered Karlach in my playthrough she was dropping f-bombs left and right and it was that dialogue that really broke my immersion. She points her crossbow and bad mouthing four fully armed adventurers, and even after I talked to her and showed interest in her story she kept cursing and acting like an asshat. After a while I just couldn't stand her crappy attitude so I attacked.

I have nothing against woman. Quite the opposite, I would love to see more female companions in the game, and hopefully we will get to see them soon. I just hope that they will be more friendly than the ones we have now. How is it not okay to ask for friendly companions? why should I travel and put my life in the hands of people that resent me and give me snarky comments each time I approach them?

Those might be camp followers but they nothing suggests that they are full companions/origins

[quote=Hawke][quote=Spideyknight]According to this reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/j91427/somebody_on_rpgcodex_opened_up_the_main_game/ there are a few missing from your findings.


Hmm...something tells me we are missing parts of this puzzle. If they were camp followers where is the Maybe Halcin and Volo aren't forever camp followers but I imagine the skeleton is. Plus to the left of the Traveler's Chest is a covered Alcove that would be a perfect spot for a "."