Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion [END SPOILS WARNING] Addressing Karlach (PLEASE PUT SPOILERS IN TAGS)

Yes. Folks have considered that. I've mentioned it in this very thread. There are other things which would work too.

Started a second "good" playthrough (with Drow-LoreBard) a few hours ago, am still arrived at the "blighted village".
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Karlach is already Member of my "Crew" and cleared some things with Wyll at the Camp, Wyll also just met his "Patron" just before the recent "LongRest". All the Dialoges in the Camp around this very Point at the "Timeline" of Progress through the Game points toward a "default" romantic relation between KArlach an Wyll (propably for the Case, that the PC itself does not interested in any romantic relations toward any of the two)... from this "Perpective" regarding of possible KArlach-Endings, the choice to go to Avernus together with Wyll seems the "good" Ending-Option for KArlach in Larians narrative "Line of Sight"...So i have low expectations regarding her more "fiery, poignant" Ending, especially if the PC build up romantic relations to Karlach...

^All the dialogues I saw

This. This is all I was hoping for!
The companion endings are too brief and a we needed SOME kind of closure even if it is open ended.

For those people that don't know, a new patch just dropped and with it came a 'new' ending for Karlach. And when I say new I mean an extension of a existing one (which isn't a bad thing in itself). But oh god, Larian really came back with a vengeance. If you missed the cringe from DOS2 you're gonna love it, if not...

That new scene is cringe inducing.

I really like her new ending, I think larian did a great job here to give credit where its due, the music was really fantastic and overall it gave me the closure and send off I needed for Tav and Karlach after the 100 hours I spent with them, perhaps one day they will look at adding an ending that fixes her heart but what Patch 2 adds is a great start. good job Larian.

To be honest the update is exactly what I expected on such a short notice. So thank you Larian for listening and for picking our girl to be the first one to recieve an extended epilogue.

Still strongly holding out hope for an opportunity to use the leads the plot offers (no use in recounting them again I think) for a happier ending sometime later, perhaps in the Definitive Edition, because that plothole is still incredibly frustrating

But as far as less than a month post-release updates go, I think this is a great start. For now I'm honestly content with storming Hell. For now.

I mean, the expansion of this ending so that it's not so abrupt was indeed among the things asked for. So cheers to that.

(but please let me do my best to save her too.)

Unlike others I'm still feel unsatisfied... She still has no good ending, just one of her ending more brutal now, but that`s still a bad ending.
They say that it`s the ending "that she deserves", so they say that she deserves going to Hell, deserves not get cured? What did she do to deserves that? Especially when some characters that truly acted badly can have better end for themselfs. That`s just sound wrong.
Even if it`s ends a little more better now, im never stopping saying that she deserves not this, she deserves a Good Ending!
Maybe they give her a new quest line in DE, but with this "we heard and add a new ending" thing now i have doubt they even return to work with her character ever again.

Yes exactly, this ending is what I hoped for in current state of the game. Thanks a lot Larian

This is also a good promise for possible expansions, definite edition or dlc to update or rework the final part of Karlach's story, . But again thanks Larian for listening and understanding players feelings.

Question: is this ending possible if I have romance with Karlach and in the same time I helped Wyll to be Blade of avernus, or this is still 'bugged' and I have to prevent Wyll to complete his quest?

Thanks

As far as short term solutions go, this is at least an OK stopgap. I'm still feeling very unsatisfied that there's no true resolution to her issue, and that all we keep getting are "Well you can headcanon what happened after you went and that everything worked out". I still do want a proper ending that consists of fixing the engine using the many options that we're presented with throughout the game.

Okay so I just made this account to share my opinion on the "new" epilogue for Karlach.
Lets be honest, if Swen decided to just shut his mouth and not say anything about it, it wouldnt have been as bad as it is now. Why would he say something like " the happy ending she deserves" "a lot of people are going to be happy with this"

And then they throw us this weird cutscene in our face, badly animated and a whole flippin 15fps running scene - amazing!

Also what is that weird decision of having her smoke out of nowhere? She basically shared her entire lifestory/background with me but never mentioned smoking at all, so why would she keep that a "secret"? This is just so fucking off to me..

Overall YES they reacted to our feedback and made the "effort" to patch in a "new" epilogue - even tho, lets be honest, couldve been made by an edgy 15yo intern with barely any experience in the animator field

It really left me with a sour taste in my mouth and my hopes crushed, because the way they also Patch in multiple new lines regarding Karlachs fate just proves she really is intented to not be saved at all

Well there goes any motivation I had to continue and finish my first play through with her. Saying it’s the “ending she deserves” proves to me they had zero intention of giving her a happy ending. Lead them on with lots of false hope, then smack it away at the last minute. Fantastic writing! /s

You speak right from my mind.
This "new ending" feels like some they think that give her a couple brutal cliche (like smoking from nowhere) and pafos just make this end more good.
They said that she deserves it... Deserves not be fixed? I`m really wanna know what she doing in her past for deserves this... Maybe something even more evil than And we still have gondians problem and no 3 act (or any act) questline problem. I know it`s need more time for work and release, but why they just dont take more time and add really "new ending that she deserves and make people happy" later? If they are planning to do it anyway - that`s okay, but im betting they just let thing how it is now and forget about Karlach at all.

It's definitely better than it was...


Now is it the ending she deserves? No. But it is certainly an ending we deserved as players of a very lengthy story with some measure of closure. So, I view it as a win.

hi everyone. a little offtopic question (well its still somehow connected to karlach):


i agree with my previous comment writers. i dont want to be disrespectful, this patch is a step into the right direction, hell this update gave me the motivation back to finish my save. still im hoping we get a true and new good ending (including some of the cut content & quests.)


still a small victory. lets celebrate (a bit)

This epilogue was meant to be there from the start, so I kinda feel like that Larian would have released it at this time even without community backlash. While it is a needed update, I still don't accept this as an 'ending she deserves'. Give us a true good ending, Larian. Fix her condition, be it in definitive edition or in a future patch.

(spoiler warning) Ok, so I've seen Karlacks new ending and I'm still disappointed... is it happier, yes, but its still so somber... why can't we just fix her and let her stay? :,(

New ending meh. Still better so thank you for quick patch, please fix questlines in the future.

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I'm happy with what we got, but disappointed it wasn't what I was expecting.

Please continue to monitor this thread, if anyone from Larian is. We would like some form of 'happy ending'. But, make us work for it!