Instead the game ASSUMES I know shar and ASSUMES my character will be outraged by Shar. I have a literaly bug elf trying to murder me and a vampire that is trying to murder me. Shar worshippers? Who cares!
The only reference early in the game is about Shar being a memory stealing goddess. Big whoop.
This. What is the totality of information can we acquire about Shar BEFORE you're expected to have the conversation with SH? Is there anything other than that Owlbear-cave-shrine?
If there are books and religion checks and dialogue that accurately explain who Shar is, then okay that's one thing (though I'd still argue for a religion check, asking SH who she worships upon meeting her, and/or basic pop-up text describing the commonly known facts about Shar and other key-terms in the world). But if it's truly as Eddiar says, and the party is only given like one line about Shar, then even the folks who are arguing for "Larian not hand-holding us" should want more available information.
