On my first playthrough I made a badass woman barbarian, so I didn’t get to have Karlach in my party as much. So next I decided to play AS our awesome tiefling barbarian (avatar Karlach] to get the full experience.
But… it seems her questline and story moments are cut even shorter if you play as her? (which seems absurd…)
Instead of getting the gradual engine upgrade in which she can get a kiss, before she can fully touch, she jumps straight to getting a full upgrade to be able to touch, with no extra moments in between. Then, doesn’t matter who you’re romancing as Karlach, Dammon is the first person who touches you (you get no choice in the matter lol).
Her romance with other origins is full of weird moments where it seems the game ignores her storyline. I am romancing Astarion as Karlach (I know I’m into weird pairings, leave me be), and after a really fun and well written start during the emerald grove party, their story kind of falls apart. Dialogue suggest they had sex when they didn’t, Astarion has nothing to say when Karlach is told she is dying, and she does not get the “first time touched” moment with him. When they do touch, is like it’s nothing special and treated as they’ve already touched lots before (same cinematics and dialogue as custom tav). Since being alone and unable to touch for so long is a huge part of Karlach’s personal story and quest, the lack of this moment is very disappointing. Feels there’s a missing bit here.
I’m afraid to go through the entire game again to have the exact same content despite her story, and at the end Karlach and Astarion ending up of separated without as much as an acknowledgment lol. Like, Astarion runs from the sun, Karlach either runs to hell or dies and that’s it. That would be even more unfulfilling and just plain sad than her regular companion story… (cause here the REAL tragedy is never having been into the elf’s tight pants lol)
Did anyone else play as her, romanced other origins, and how did it go? Was there Karlach-specific moments?
Or did anyone else played avatar Karlach and noticed some strange story moments or other plot holes? I noticed quite a few, unfortunately.
PS: During the tiefling party after Emerald Grove, I went around camp to see how the origins romance options went around to see what would happen. Gale’s moment doesn’t change from custom tav story since there’s no touching involved. With Shadowheart there’s a moment they mention they wish they could touch but would be patient. I skipped Laezel cause she didn’t like me lol. And Astarion had a real interesting new dialogue for chatting up Karlach, so he seemed like the choice that’d bring more interesting new dialogue options in the future (which did not happen, unfortunately).
