I would completely agree with you, @Raz415, were it not for the myriad counterexamples present within the game itself.
Lest we forget, the Gondians are successful in fixing this exact problem, for a literal army. The only reason why this is not possible for Karlach is because it isn't present in the game, having been (incompletely) removed at the last minute.
As for your other examples, resurrection of a skeleton is a far, far different problem than fixing an Infernal machine - which we do quite easily twice and would be required only a third time. In Mayrina's case, the Hag didn't even intend to try fixing her problem, being specifically set on inducing pain in all of those who ask for her help.
Editing for completness' sake, the case of Ketheric is clear-cut grief-induced hubris. An extreme example of unhealthy coping mechanisms, if you will, and it completely makes sense within the bounds of his character and personality. He loved his wife to death, he was equally loved by her, and the loss of both her and his daughter broke him and caused him to look for solutions in all the wrong places.
These are, indeed, both part of the universe of D&D, but when taken as a whole, they are barely footnotes to the immensity that is the rest of it.
I completely agree with you. These examples I gave were to illustrate just how desperate people are bring dead ones back. People would do anything to avoid death, even the rich and powerful. The LENGTHS people go to for staying alive is a big part of BG3 (and so it was in BG2 as well). Act 3 being subpar is just an unfortunate fact, but we have what we have for now. I'm certain Larian will make things better. The thing with Karlachs infernal engine is that it was crazy easy to fix it twice. It went about like this:
- OK imma hammer this metal exactly four times. Cool cool now you just have to install it yourself. "Oh my, where will we find a surgeon? thinks Tav" - Like this? (camera pans away, Karlach touches her robe covered chest) - Yep. All done. Maybe I come up with some ideas later! And later he doth come with new ideas. - OK, ready for round 2? - Yep! And then Karlach could hug people.
I mean... everything could have been done better. But you know what, this thread is living proof that even so Larian created a wonderful character that people love. I cried my eyes out during her dialogue after
she killed Gortash.
. What annoys me is that entitled people start accusing Larian of this and that while forgetting who brought them this game and this character in the first place. Yeah, by all means, give feedback. But making demands and biting the hand that gave an extra ending...
