Originally Posted by kanisatha
Originally Posted by Sozz
Originally Posted by kanisatha
I myself have wondered about this, OP, but I'm afraid I have to agree with both @Boblawblah and @Abits. As much as I would LOVE for SH to be a Selunite (given that I want my all-good party), if this is how it happens then that would seriously alienate me.
Don't get me wrong, the Selunite angle is really only something I added because of scuttlebutt on the forums, and isn't really necessary. I was thinking more along the lines of @JandK with the return of SH memories making her a much more cruel person, possibly one conflicted by her experience in the party having to re-reckon with a past persona.
Sure. I get that, and SH going in that direction would actually be okay with me because it would only reinforce my already negative views of her and justify me ending up taking her down.

OTOH, if they had made her a good-aligned character/Selunite right from the get-go, that would've have made me extremely happy because then I'd have my healer slot in the party filled perfectly for my paladin/champion of Lathander-led party.

But what I REALLY hate is this Larian mentality of trying to make every single one of their companion characters someone who has some secret plot twist. That's their go-to writing hook, their writing device through which they write every single one of their companions. That just turns such characters into lame cliches. One, or a few of your characters having some secret surprise twist is fine. Every single one having something like that is just aggravating and annoying and stupid. I interpret this tendecy as having a set of weak writers who cannot just let their writing stand on its own merits as good, quality writing. So they need to throw in these silly writing shenanigans to cover for weak/poor writing skills.


So I'm half with you and half not, because there are plenty of examples of it working either way. It just comes down to how well it's told. And to cut to the quick, as much as I would like it to be otherwise, 5e is not low fantasy, it's not even very Tolkienesque, it's heroic fantasy from level 1. Our characters are ultramarines among the peasantry.

Last edited by Sozz; 21/10/21 07:45 PM. Reason: quote added
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