right now, i wouldnt be happy with that decision in terms of your suggested karlach epilogue. like you said yourself, it would be the easiest and (imo) thee cheapest way to ""fix"" the ending problem. i want to earn the good ending and not get it simply narrated to me. but to be fair, i would change my opinion about that depending how exactly the epilogue would look like.
following is an example of an epilogue i would be fine with (if larian would uses your suggestion):
===> i assume that 1) karlach and tav are in a romance, 2.) wyll were joining them and 3.) the brain was defeated - after 6 months every companion meets in a tavern, then karlach, wyll and tav arrives - then the typical "long time no see"-scene happens (aka everyone greets eachother; asking how karlach can be here; buying drinks; you get the point) - then A) each companion narrates their own epilogue or B) only tells the beginning and then wither continues => example: laezel would talk about how succesful their revolution are [***]//shadowheart talks about how her life is, now that her parents are back//.... - after every other companion ha dtheir epilogue, its finally time for karlach, tav and wyll to tell their story/epilogue => instead of them simply talking about it (or wither narrating it), we would fade to black and then had a last "epilogue-battle", where we e.g. would fight in an arena and get karlachs heart as a reward for winning (i dont know, something like that) IMPORTANT: this "epilogue-battle" wouldnt be something only for karlach, but for any companion, which tav romanced; if tav romanced laezel, they would had a battle against gith, who are still loyal towards vlaakith
- after everyone had their epilogue, its relativly open what larian could do. maybe a potential teaser for a DLC or just a happy "everyone raises their mugs"-scene
in conclusion: if larian saves karlach in the epilogue, i want to A) earn it and most importantly B) i want to see/play the scene. i hope you know what i mean. thanks for reading my coment.
[***] === i never played laezels questline, so i dont know if she can get a "good" ending if orpheus becomes a mindflayer (and therefore noone of your companion)
