Originally Posted by Crimsomrider
I honestly do not think anything needs to be done about this. Their sexuality is up to the player to decide and therefore does not require anything done about it, as it would serve no purpose other than take away from the player's own roleplay they're trying to create by shoehorning an insignificant detail such as that. Certainly having them say something like; "I never thought about being with a [gender]." would only further alienate that roleplay.

And to me, everyone wanting to be involved with someone on the night of the celebration isn't that weird.

  • If you engaged and listened to every piece of dialogue with your companions, you'd know their motivations, desires and reasons.
  • They're all telepathically connected through the tadpole and they do overhear your conversations with other companions. Yes, they're equally as intrigued as to what goes on around the camp.
  • On the night of the celebration you've done an extraordinary feat where spirits are high and drinks are plenty. It makes sense to want to relax and indulge in such things on a special night.
  • Lae'zel in particular is very turned on after the battle and will participate in carnal pleasure with or without you.


I can provide in-depth reasoning as to why each and every companion finds you attractive that night as their reasoning and desires are quite obvious if you've participated in regular conversations with them.

Their sexuality is not up to the player when they expressly speak about sleeping with/being in love with people of the opposite sex to the PC and yet still want the PC too.

As for the night of celebration, I see where you're coming from but being able to rationalise it doesn't mean it's going to be believable for everyone, that it's going to feel right. No amount of explanation will make it make sense to me, I'm afraid.

I mean, I have an imagination, you know? wink I could make up reasons but I doubt many would believe them...and that's the thing about story-telling. It's about the percentage of people who will buy into it versus those who won't. Any plot point can have a reason but is it a good enough one, and if so, for how many people?

I could say that after years of keeping her secrets and being alone on the road with little memory of her past, Shadowheart finally allows herself to trust someone (you) and that, combined with the threat of turning into a Mindflayer and all the dangers recently faced, she decides to take comfort in your arms. But will you believe that? And will you believe she does that at the EXACT same time everyone else wants to jump in your bed? Not Gale's, not Wyll's, not Astarions...you and only you?

I think people take relationships at different speeds but that doesn't really happen here. It's unrealistic and increases the likelihood companions are seen as sexdolls.

As for the sexuality thing, like I said, that and the sexdoll thing could all be avoided by having romances started by the player. So simple from my perspective - such a little change. I don't need a power-fantasy where everyone wants to tear my clothes off on the same night and when it happened I laughed in disbelief. But that's just me.

Last edited by Mordenkainen; 12/07/22 02:33 AM.