BTW. For the record, I never said I LIKED the idea of him being Jergal. I'm just guessing based on the evidence that he is.
I honestly don't care. I never use Withers' powers because he isn't needed. Plenty of revivify scrolls that work days after someone dies. It's much less expensive... And that only IF I die. He's like a lawn ornament at Halloween to me.
And if you don't like him, psst... Don't open his sarcophagus. 🤪
He shows up automatically under certain circumstances iirc. You are also robbing yourself of one of the most useful EA utility items if you don't open it, and potentially missing out on a
ton of unrelated content as a result.
So I think 'just don't wake him up' is far from an ideal solution. And this all doesn't really address the critique of 'why did Larian write a scenario where you are introduced to one of the most important characters in the setting right out the gate in Act I only to go all 'pay no attention to the
ancient god 'lich' standing off to the side in your camp' and utilize him as a debug vendor?
Lots of assumptions here, and the point I was making was if you don't like Withers just don't open the sarcophagus. There's no denying he's a great safety net should you actually run out of revivify scrolls, but rather than having the option to kill him because you don't like him, why do you open the sarcophagus to begin with? Poke around in a crypt and raid a tomb, and you're asking for some undead thing to haunt you. I'm just saying.
But as far as him being one of the most important characters, I'm not so sure he's THAT important. That's what I mean by assuming here. I think he's meant to be mysterious and for people to wonder what this strange corpse thing wants with you, but is he super important to the story? Probably not. But then, I'm just assuming also. None of us really knows.
Regardless, I think his inability to die is a key element of his character. Whether he is Jergal or not, the fact that he can't be killed seems to be important to who he is.
