Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Thank You for Making Halsin a Companion!!!

Continuing the grand tradition of Faldorn and Cernd.

Yeah, I'm hoping too, because right now my count for an acceptable female romance option (not interested in male options) is precisely zero.

This is great news. You know, between Halsin, Jaheira, and the player character you can almost have a full druid party. Just need a druid Hireling to fill out the last spot!

Also dang. I wasn't expecting Halsin to go bearback like that on Astarion. I could bearly pull my eyes away. No wonder that squirrel could hardly bear to watch it.

The only thing i need to know now, is if our Tav-Druid can do the same and have some Bear-Bear action.

I'm happy for the fans and I think he could a cool character. Being level 5 and in a very short list of companions being a 2nd druid... that's another matter... fan service maybe isn't always the best thing to prioritise things that should be added to the game.

😊

Icelyn and OneManArmy on top of the world right now

I always knew he was Beorn to be Wild...

Funny. But it becomes clear the deep grief of one of the bears about the loss of Halsin. In the grove. Apparently he generally prefers to have sex in the form of an animal. But it would be logical then to limit the possibility of an affair with him only for druid characters who can turn into a bear themselves. It would look much more logical. For everyone else, limit it to the good old friendship.

Halsin appreciation post! (wanted to post a pic, not sure how...lol)

I feel a bit sorry for you Halsin fans, that he became a bad internet meme all of a sudden.

On the other hand, it was a great way to make people aware of a non-Origin, non-returning companion character. Maybe Larian will release a Halsin edition version of the game now!

We are living in 21st century ...

Either you die hero, or you become meme.
Sometimes both.

Yes, I wish they had left that part out!!! I am still otherwise very happy he is a companion, though!

In the trailer I saw a displacer cat in a cage (maybe at the carnival?). I was thinking that Tav, Halsin, and Jaheira might be able to sneak in and let any trapped animals out!😊🐈‍⬛

Well seeing how much it is talked about on reddit, how many videos popped up about the bear sex on youtube (I was searching for the PfH, since I hadn't time to watch it and youtube suggested me Panel from Hell bear sex - so that was probably a very popular search the last days.
So maybe it was a clever markteng move. Not my cup of tea, but I guess a lot of people are at least curious about it.

Yeah, I'm not happy about that scene being so public either because it makes it difficult for me to recommend the game to my irl friends if they google the game.
However, I am very happy about the resulting sales from media coverage of the game, especially for a CRPG, which is still a decidedly niche genre.

This would be so awesome! I'd totally drag Minsc along, he's a ranger, he'd be up for it, right?

I agree. Whether intended or not, it's going to be a good sales boost for Larian because the people who would be interested in a cRPG are also going to be the same people who won't care about this/like this/feel some sort of values compulsion to take a stand against the critics, whereas people who are offended would likely be people who were never going to buy the game anyway.

pretty much the only topic on the Steam discussion since the PFH. Personally I don't get the fuss but it seems to have motivated the axe grinders.