Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Current companions/romance options

I watched a video last year saying that there would be at least 8 companions, so I am hoping with the EA's success that they are able to add more than 8.

KInda doubt it ... since every "companion" means origin character with his own story. :-/
Allready quite heavy comitment with 8.

But we can allways hope for certain characters to become something like those Mercenaries ... just companions without their own story as main character.
(Halsin, Minthara, Halsin, Volo, Halsin, Sazza, Halsin, Scratch, Halsin!!!)

Jepp, I support that the girls should get Halsin.

As for the guys... mmmh, how would a female Halsin look like? 🤔

Skimpy clothes - check. Good looking - check. She would have to be a bit more slender, but that's no problem. And morph into a cat or raven, not a bear.

Hey, some of the guys want Halsin too. Theres enough of him to go around

But also girls that don't want Halsin and are uncomfortable with the implication that only evil ladies like ladies.

Agree, I much rather have Alfira as a romanceable companion, than any of the guys (good or evil) for example.

Let Halsin have his own character & personality. If he's into girls, you'll have to play a girl. If he's into men, you'll have to play a man.

Ah, it would be a really good joke if they made Halsin romanceable - and only into men :P That would be so absolutely mean

All BG3 romances are available to both men and women, so no worries there!

Missed first of April opportunity there, Larian...

I would have agreed to it if they had made Astarion only for girls ^_~

They can have him :P

But I don't want to lose my murderhobo elf vampire BF...

Call me a sceptic, but Astarion seem much more like playersexual (or more like "anythingthatiswillingtoofferbloodsexual") than Halsin.

I agree that in Astarions case, bisexuality or homosexuality might fit the character. But again, the 'character' should decide himself. Don't write a character to fit a spot or some quota. Let the characters decide what they want Make them 3 dimensional, including players having to deal with rejection.

Agree ...
But it was mentioned in several other topics ...

You either please the group that wish to romance everyone without needing to think twice about wich character they create ... or the second group that wish to have as deep characters as possible. :-/

So far the game have quite many smaller or bigger holes ... after all you are theoreticaly (didnt try so far) to create even completely nonsencial couples. :-/
Like romancing Shadowhearth as Githyanki.
Or subjucate Minthara as, pretty much anyone, since they all should be "lesser races" in her eyes.

It's true, Astarion and Lae are more like bisexuals than anyone else. But I wouldn't say Halsin looks like he's 100% gay. x)

Halsin looks like a manly man. Like a 'bear' of a man. A man that likes bears, beer and bodybuilding. And cars, but don't tell the other druids.

Now I'm imagining Halsin in his bear form holding a beer.

I've seen some male Halsin fans! The bear joke is funnier in that regard.

I'm also a male Halsin fan. But more like ~best buddies, who drink beer with the Goblins, watch Volo squirm & rescue Minthara from the clutches of evil... before realizing that Minthara is the evil.