i totally agree with you all. made a reddit post about this topic myself a few days ago. i still hope the whole karlach story was rushed and this is not the intended storyline.
anyways, i want to share my take for the good ending (i didnt complete act 3 so far, lost motivation; so there probably will be some lore/story complications:
- up to act 3 its basicly the same like now - some scenes would be the same in act 3 (date sece or the dryad scene in the circus) - my idea starts either when... A) ...we met dammon in baldurs gate; he has an idea but needs the engine of a steel watcher B) ...we talk to a steel watcher; it will regonize karlachs engine as its own (i think, through some comments on reddit, that this scene is already in the game) in both cases we now know, that gortash has somehow repaired/inproved the infernal engines so they wont explode in the ""real"" world
===> skip forward to gortash-fight (i assume that he has a second phase like thorm too) - before phase 2 starts, we get a dialogue with gortash: he offers his crystal shard and the secret about the infernal engines, as some kind of apology to karlach, in exchange for his life (insight check if he is honest about the offer) *** - we then have two options: 1.) karlach kills him; fight ends OR phase 2 starts (this would be the "defualt"one/doesnt require a persuasion check) 2.) try to persuade karlach to accept his deal => the deal is done, karlachs engine wont explode; gortash excapes ### => to escape baldurs gate safely, gortash needs a distraction: he lets his steel watcher run amok; we then have to kill them, after the fight we see many dead innocent (if you want someextra dram, add dammon to the dead)
===> skip forward to after the final fight - before the ending slideshow (like in DoS2) we have a dialogue with karlach where we can decide if we join her on her hunt after gortash - if we chose this path we then have different ending slides: 1) karlach hunts gortash alone 2) karlach and tav hunts gortash as partners (if you romanced her)
!!!the whole distraction part can be ignored; i think it would fit since this would give karlach another reason to hunt gortash; also for this i took inspiration from lohse´s questline from DoS2
lohse is possessed by a powerful demon. before the final fight you have the chance to weaken him. but to do this you have to blow out hundrets of candles, every single one represents one soul/human
[*** for me gortash seems like someone who likes power and want to rise in the ranks, but most importantly he wants to live. maybe you could kinda compare him to petyr baelish? alternativly just scrap the dialogue part; after the fight we cast "speak with dead" and can ask him about the evil plan (for more details) or about his improved infernal engines.]
[### "but blook, how do you know that gortash isnt lying/really regrets what he has done to karlach?"; well, we know that gortash is a smart guy. so he knows, that if he want to survive, he has to offer something bifg, especially to karlach. so why not give her the "cure" for her engine and deguise it as an apology, so hopefully gortash gets in good/better terms with karlach.]
here you go,a good ending for karlach. dont even have to credit me, larian if you choose to use my idea
here 2 questions i have, which is still unsolved. maybe someone can help me here:
1.) when i completed the transsition to act 3/baldurs gate and the forced rest you have to do, ive got a new dialogue option: "we didnt had some fun time for quite a while." (not 100% translation). then karlach said something about "maybe the realationship cooled down a bit".
since this moment i wondered if i missed a romance-chance? i could imagine after the fight against ketheric thorm, but i am pretty sure i didnt had an option there. until then i only got 2: 1.) the kiss after i had to cool her down and 2.) after dammon fixed her the second time (in my case at the beginning of act 2, should be possible in act 1)
2.) what are the requirements for the date with karlach in act 3? do i have to enter a specific building before resting?
thank you very much for reading and helping with my questions. and dont forget: #JUSTICE FOR KALRACH
