And then the bigger druid who's in charge of the region comes and kicks you out. The druid can, not only because the druid has authority, but the said druid can probably wallop the upstart. The druidic order isn't tree-hugging lets-be-friendly order. It tries to imitate nature, so challenging to gain a seat is not that rare.
I dont argue he cant ... i just dont quite feels like he have to. :-/
I mean if everything in the grove is running smoothly, druids from there have a little weaker, but wise and respected leader that never caused any throuble to anyone ... why kick out competent leader and replace him with some moron, just bcs he is stonger?
I understand that is may seem "natural" to proove your domination through raw power ... for animals.
But there is more than just strength aspect to concider, when thinking creatures that are just mimicing nature are concidered ... after all, not much animals are fighting "just for presige/fun" ... there allways is some deeper motive.
a pretty powerful team of eclectic collection of super-powered people (a vampire spawn, an extremely famous adventurer/hero, and once-beloved of Mystra herself) can be wiped out by a level 5. If the other party is feeling lucky, they might challenge you at level 2. And you can lose.
Well the thing is ... they are not so super-powered actualy.
I mean yes, Astarion is old ... REALLY old ... But thats it.
That is his whole expertise ...
All he ever did was to appear on some culture action, charm some foolish noble lady and then lead her to his masters lair ... and i dont made this up, that is what he said to us.
This kind of life, no matter how long it is, dont give you much "adventuring experience". :P
Wyll ... i mean, yes he told us that he fighted hordes of incredibly strong enemies ... but once again, thats all, only HE told us ...
I know it might seem little odd that for one companion im quoting his own words as proof ... and for other i use them as disclaimer ... but concider others ... Goblin by Windmill, Spike, that Flaming Fist captain ... they all know him personaly, and they all concider him useless poser ... maybe those stories about his heroic deeds should not be taken too seriously.
Also, note what Volo did out of that attack on Grove gate.
Gale ... well, this story should be self explanatory.
Since his orb consumes magic, i believe it dont sounds so unbelievable that he simply lost most of his power bcs of that.
Some might question why is he even able to cast any spell ... and i dunno, i dont created that character, but if i had to guess ... i would say that as we level, he slowly learns to get control over how much he is able to restrain it.
The only companions that is supposed to be stronger than they actualy are ... are funny enough Shadowheart and Lae'zel ...
Lae'zel spend her whole life training and teaching to be as effective soldier as possible ... that is whole life purpose of her kind ... yet her power is exactly the same as any other fighter we create and technicaly lower than most fighters we meet.
And Shadowheart just finished (not sucessfully tho) secred mission to obtain the artefact, so she should not be so lame logicaly.
Someone SHOULD have mentioned it. If Shadowheart passes a skill check, she can identify that the ruined temple is Jergal's, so she should know the Myrkulite symbol (after all, Myrkul lost his church much more recently than Jergal, so I'd think it's in the basic clergical education). Astarion can definitely do a skill check in Risen Road's blood symbol and say "hey, that looks like Myrkul's symbol".
NO argue about that.
This plot hole could've been solved in many different ways.
1. Nettie/Halsin telling you that the Netherese magic makes your head shatterproof and fireproof. This would make me laugh hysterically.
2. Gale not being able to cast True Resurrection and not wanting to give it up to a cleric of Shar. Larian defeated this idea by allowing anyone to use a scroll. I first thought it was a bug because it felt so odd seeing Lae'Zel use scrolls.
3. Have Nettie tell you that you will permanently lose part of yourself if you go through with this headbash/resurrection process, as the infection is too far along (which IS a caveat in this tadpole extraction procedure). You still get the option to go along with it, but you will be bumped back to level 1, and level progression takes twice the amount of XP.
4. Tadpole mind-controlling you to say no if Nettie/Halsin offers the solution. You make a skill check of 20 on Wis to say that you want to hear more or yes or any confirmation to further the extraction procedure plot. Good luck.
1 - I see you disclaimed that one yourself.
2 - Gale have no way to want anything, since in situation you even learn about existence of that scroll ... he is kinda too dead to interfere.
3 - I kinda like this idea ... but if the procedure would be sucessfull, you would potentialy create even whorse plothole ... why would anyone who would undergo procedure stay with your party? O_o
4 - I like this idea a lot! I mean that part when tadpole controls you ... that is brilliant! ... the rest come to same problem as 3
