Who knows what he was like before the Absolute got him though, we got to see Minthara and she's interesting - I don't see why Nere couldn't be as well.
That's right , Nere is under Absolute's control similar to Minthara. Would be good to have him as companion with his own story and vengeance to the Absolute on "evil" playthrough , especially considering that half of the companions are dead/ran away in tears in the first act.
I'm a villain enjoyer but Nere managed to be pathetic in a way that didn't endear him to me which... was kind of impressive. That's hard to pull off.
I agree, the guy literally refused to man up and own to his own mistakes, instead he started killing people for his own incompetence, I rather he'd killed them because of their mistakes rather than his own.
This scene after Nere's rescue hits the mark with dark elf's image perfectly : Nere arrogantly rushed forward , got trapped , and then , when rescued , he killed his slaves just because he could.
For players , who also wants to save gnomes too , there is an opportunity to choose right dialogues with Nere : gnomes will be free , duergars will return to Moonrise Towers and Nere will escape the Grimforge no longer as a slave to the Absolute. At this point his storyline ends just like that without anything , Nere just escape the Grimforge without a trace. He would be the perfect companion for "Raiding the Grove" choice with Minthara + his story has not yet been written , open space for a good storyline as a companion.
Im sure , Nere is cutted content from the release version. It feels like Act III was compressed on the release , there were no space in game for some storylines , good example - shadow druids line , you can not help them and interact with them , they just attack you without a bit of logic , refuse your help and then attack you, three against the grove... "smart decision" , especially when you know about their plan and choose the dialogues about helping them.
Hope to see Nere as a companion in future updates/dlcs !
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I could easily see Sazza as a goblin companion, for example
Why not , gobbos are fun lads in BG3. I chose Minthara and them in most of my playthroughs. This will be nice to have a few goblins as summonable creatures with some interactions/dialogues/funny phrases like "Shovel" , when we rescue them - Sazza & Fezzerk - in the Moonrise Towers in Act II.
