Well, my initial reaction is disappointment. No dwarf, gnome, or halflings in the party in BG 3 it seems.
Honestly, I was hoping for something a little more...different? Asterion is already a murderer, and the whole 'evil entity tagging along' thing reminds me of Lohse. I feel like Larian might be trying a bit to hard to make a 'unique' character, but at the same time in danger of returning to some of the same tired old troupes.
This could easily turn into cliche & edgy 'lol-evul' nonsense if Larian isn't careful.
What? Oh HELLS no. Just... no. If this is really true and what's happening, then I genuinely could not be more disappointed. Another evil companion? No, that absolutely sucks, I hate it. And I feel more visceral frustration and anger about it than I ever imagined feeling about the final reveal. I thought at most I'd be mildly disappointed that the final origin wouldn't be from a short race but this? This feels like a slap in the face to anyone who wants genuinely heroic companions and they stick us with what appears to be the most overtly villanous and evil companion yet.
The goblin seems quite voodoo, especially with the ending art in the video. I suspect the dragonborn isn't overt evil, but was dominated. But that's just me.
What? Oh HELLS no. Just... no. If this is really true and what's happening, then I genuinely could not be more disappointed. Another evil companion? No, that absolutely sucks, I hate it. And I feel more visceral frustration and anger about it than I ever imagined feeling about the final reveal. I thought at most I'd be mildly disappointed that the final origin wouldn't be from a short race but this? This feels like a slap in the face to anyone who wants genuinely heroic companions and they stick us with what appears to be the most overtly villanous and evil companion yet.
Hey, Gray Ghost, if you ever need a truly good companion, I am always there for you!
The goblin seems quite voodoo, especially with the ending art in the video. I suspect the dragonborn isn't overt evil, but was dominated. But that's just me.
Isn't that just Lohse though at that point? Good character sporadically possessed by evil murdering entity?
Wyll and (possibly according to datamines)
Shadowheart and Asterion
already have 'passengers'. That's not even counting the worm that all origins have. We are looking at eight party members (all origins plus Minthara) who have the latter affliction. Do half the origins really need to have another voice talking in their head as their gimmick?
Thank you for the offer Neprostoman, I appreciate it. If it turns out that he was dominated and mind-controlled, I would be okay, that would be interesting. But I frankly don't have the faith in Larian's writing to believe they'd go for that as oppsed to "whoa! Edgy serial killer so cool!" So I hope that I'm wrong at least.
The narrator of that video is addressing an “investigator.” Nobody thought that the investigator is the origin character and the goblin-Dragonborn serial killers are their personal story rival and villain?
Not jumping to conclusions is a proclivity worth developing. It saves a lot of wasted mental energy.
Actually no, scratch that. It seems that the detective is the murder victim.
It does seem that the Dragonborn is being mind controlled though. Perhaps the tadpole broke the mental manipulation.
Regardless, the point is it’s too early to catastrophize about it being an evil origin. Just relax and see what comes.
