Originally Posted by RagnarokCzD
Originally Posted by gabrielled
at least Halsin is an archdruid
As far as i know he isnt ...


I'd be very surprised if in the more accurate lore version he WASN'T a high level druid, if not an archdruis. Probably not a Great Druid, but one of the top three of the Circle? Arundel from IWD was level 14.

Considering that reincarnate is a fifth level spell, a tenth level Halsin (which is not even a full-fledged "druid" but rather an "initiate") should be able to cast it, and offer it as an option with the caveat of "we have no idea what race you'll become". Lae'zel will be horrified, Wyll may not really care, dunno about Gale, Shadowheart may not care, and Astarion will be horrified that he'd lose his pretty face that he can't remember. It'd feel very weird to have initiates leading the grove, though. And Kagha at one point had the title archdruid.

A lot of game mechanics I'm willing to ignore in the spirit of "this isn't tabletop" but if one considers the plot as a novel all sorts of weird things start happening, like why aren't more elves having absolutely allergic reactions to the drow PC or Minthara. Astarion, being a racist high elf noble git that he is, should've made a few comments, if not outright flip out. Elves, especially high elves, absolutely hate the drow that borders on obsession. Or why Shadowheart wanders around a Sharran temple, surrounded by broken Sharran stuff, and doesn't quite get that she's in a Sharran temple until way later. Even if what we suspect of her is true, she should at least recognize all the empty circles and black circles that are on every surface. Also not sure why you can be a cleric of the Dead Three. Last I checked they weren't much more than glorified mortals that don't die. Who's granting their spells?

But for me, the "there are solutions but we will just withhold it from you for no reason" is the biggest plot hole. I want a reasonable explanation as to why having Astarion bash my PC's head in then someone bringing the character back from the dead isn't a viable option, and I care about these things since this is an RPG. Bioware and Obsidian would've addressed the issue.