Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion Jaheira deserves better [ACT II SPOILERS]

Yeah, I mean in that conversation she pretty much says she's got the situation handled right, and then if you defer to her better judgement but things go totally sideways, it's a bit of an ignominious end lol. Instant reload there. Does Karlach comment if that happens? I can't remember. Do we get a "Nooooo!" from Karlach, like Arka gave back at the Gate? I think we're probably under pressure to keep pressing forward, so I guess not, but I kinda expected her to go full Drizzt mode from BG1 ya know. Like just really tough as nails to take down, or at least as badass as that tadpoled Flind we met back in the first Act right? Or Nere? hehe

I haven't played the game on Explorer yet, and haven't played Balanced in a while, just Tactician now, but does anything different happen there? Probably not I suppose, but it would be funny if the player could say "Alright you do you Jaheira" and then she just slays like the whole Tower by herself while the Harpers chant her name! hehe

Jaheira I think should be hexed by a curse of the Absolute, and we see that happen, like where Thorm casts a spell at her. Something that knocks her down a peg, and this could explain why she's coming into the party at the level she is. Could work for anyone I guess to explain that going down. Or maybe the prism somehow does that? And we get a throwaway line there, something simple to keep it on target.

Perhaps the Astral Prism interferes with other forms of divine intervention like Druidic magic too, and so this is why Arch Druid Halsin also joins up at a lvl much lower than would make sense for an Arch Druid. Angle there would be that just being near it has some kind regression effect to explain what's happening mechanically to all the companions compared to their origin stories, but doing that in-universe. Could probably be mcguffin'd all around that way via the prism, all it would take is a one liner from somebody. MIght as well be Jaheira? But for Jaheira, specifically if she's not joined up under our watch, she could be doing some fireworks there. An Elemental form maybe? Just to leave us with a wow, before she jets, then catching back up to us again later.

ps. A different roof... from a different run. If she was somehow just chilling on a roof later with random cats that would make sense. Raised by Harpers and back in the mix, or something similar.