Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback So you can have Bear sex but....

As far as I'm concerned they've been doing a good job of balancing in that so far we have four confirmed male romance options and four confirmed female romance options and they are each open to characters of any race or gender. It works for me.

It's good to know that Karlach is good-ish, I suppose that fits the bill as to a good aligned romance option and I didn't immediately think of her so thanks

As for Shadowheart, well she is evil. As someone has pointed out if you are an active member of a cult of death you can't really be a good guy. Also, I have dated many women in my younger days and have a wife and I can tell you without exception no woman (or man for that matter) wants to have someone try and change their core beliefs as part of a relationship. Friends can argue and try and persuade each other but in a relationship that's poison.

I think in the game's situation, changing someone's beliefs is actually on you. The devs even said that based on the choices you make, your companions will either like it or not. They will also choose to either stay with you or leave but at the end of the day it will all depend on the choices you make in the game. That also means that just because someone is "evil", it doesn't mean they will stay that way. You might be able to change them based on your choices.

Fair enough. Not exactly what I was getting at but okay.

I think the issue is you keep emphasizing "Straight" guys wanting only good aligned females. For example, Shadowheart could be made to be good based on the choices you make in the game. The developers have said this can be a possibility in the game, again based on your choices.

Look, I get what you're talking about Greg and can be sympathetic to it, but some of the language you use undercuts your point. From a certain perspective, it would be nice if the women romance options in the game had a greater diversity of alignment, given Lae'zel and Minthara are evil dominatrix-types, Jaheira is reaching the end of a half-elf's lifespan, and Shadowheart could be evil-aligned, someone like yourself might feel like Karlach is your only option.

I think you can make this point without some of your other statements.

I'm not sure if he just enquired for himself, with the background knowledge lesbians exist. I've seen people speak as the Representative of All Straight Dudes Everywhere, and this doesn't feel authentic without the 3 paragraphs how x "looks like a man"

Karlach is a secret agent from hell!! Be careful. :)~

They did say in the live stream that Karlach is good aligned and wants to make a positive impact on the world

Plus I got the impression most companions can have their alignment shifted somewhat over the story Shadowheart specifically based on the theories on her backgrounds. But even if it isn't true from talking to her I do get the impression she isn't as heartless as she like to make out.

This game definitely has a more diverse playerbase than being 94% straight dudes. Don't know what the actual demographics are, but there are too many women and LGBTQ+ members on the forums and subreddit for the playerbase to be almost entirely straight men.

This is a serious question and not meant to be sarcastic: How much did you play in EA with Shadowheart in your party?

Regardless of the spoilery stuff that I won't get into as you encounter certain objects and places, her approval responses make it pretty clear that she isn't evil.

Scroll down on this page to see a list of come of her approval and disapproval moments. https://baldursgate3.wiki.fextralife.com/Shadowheart

Agreeing completely with you here.

She was with me all the way in two of my act I play-throughs. Adolf Hitler liked puppies too you know.

All the romance companions we've encountered so far in this game are suffering from some sort of magic/otherwordly/undead/demonic curse/mark/artifact/whatever. I don't think their world beliefs matter as much as what they've been pushed towards by the circumstances of their past, except in Astarion's case probably forgot how to be 'normal', and in Lae'Zel's case Githyanki are far from the friendliest race. Its perfectly plausible that we're allowed to influence them by helping them with their problems and hence nudge them towards a different path.

I don't see Lae'Zel suddenly becoming romantic and blowing you kisses, but Shadowheart's date is probably the sweetest out of entire EA content we've got so far, and she approves of all your good choices similar to Gale, with the only difference is that she wants to get rid of the tadpole asap. If thats not good at heart then I don't know what is. Who cares what god she worships right now.

First off, the hitler joke made me chuckle out loud, so thanks for that

Second, I don't want to delve into any particular real world examples, but there a plenty of people who follow intolerant/evil religions and are not themselves evil.

Third, I would like to understand what exactly Shadowheart did in your playthrough that screamed "Evil!", because I didn't really encounter it. Other than a couple selfish moments, she has definitely erred on the side of nice/good. Heck, on my evil playthrough I had to work to convince her that killing the druids was a good thing, she was not okay with it by default. Which I think speaks to Larian's goals of us being able to guide how our companions think and feel about us and the world.

Karlach is not evil.
Shadowheart is probably NOT evil

Although I just don't think it's a good idea to date your co-workers. You really need to look outside the workplace for these sorts of things.

I don't believe Karlach is evil. In fact she seems like a sweetie!

There are certainly strong hints in Early Access content that a relationship with Lakrissa is a possibility. I certainly hope so!

Yes Karlach is a victim of her race and was literally sent to hell for being born that way... wyll in the other hand is happy to make deals with evil and lie about while claiming to be a good person

The intrigue with Wyll is if his self image does not match his actions... or if he's duping people on purpose.

I feel Larian made him considerably darker with that intent to kill Karlach. That prisoner he tortured? Doesn't seem so OOC now