Shadowheart was so out of pocket, coming at Lae'zel knives out! lol
She got a rude awakening on the first night out for sure. Second time around we realized they could be persuaded to go along to get along hehe, but yeah, their sparing and trading jabs and barbs in the early game was a highlight.
I like the idea of interrupting little side reels where the companions are engaging with each other. Sometimes bickering, sometimes just doing amusing little whatevers to make it more of a setpiece that we interact with. All those suggestions sound fun. Sometimes if we walked up to Lae'zel she should just hand wave us away with a Tsk'va, but then it focuses on banter between Shadowheart doing something with Astarion, that sort of thing, to mix it up. I think the idea of party leader could also be fun, like where we can let the camp descend into chaos or try to exert influence and be all micromanagial about it hehe. Like telling Gale we need that cookbook, and start pulling weight. Or maybe Shadowheart comes around with some tea that we should drink to forget our pains, with a clerical angle, Lae'zel balks of course, that sort sort of stuff. The idea of the characters sort of training each other is also cool I think, where if they hang around each other long enough they maybe synergize and pick a favorite so you get natural pairings over time, maybe sometimes unpredictably. The dysfunctional party is my favorite trope, I think it would be a fun excuse to bring back all the actors and just really lean into it for whatever expansion. The characters are pretty established now, but they could probably riff for the cross companion banters with little short scenes and camp interludes amongst each other. I think it would have worked better as the 5th wheel if a 4 person party, or just 6 wheels at a time maybe, cause then they could lean into it a bit more, but that's a different thread I guess.
