Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion What would you have preferred instead of the Emperor?

My issue with the emperor isn't that he is the one protecting the party, it is that unlike with Daisy you cannot avoid the interactions with him, and that these interactions are nonsensical. If you end up antagonistic towards each other in one conversation, next conversation, both the emperor and my character are acting as if nothing happened.

If there needs to be a plot device of a character, that has to accompany the party to protect them, then I'd prefer this character to be a neutral entity, like Withers.

Or the protection could be purely mechanical, based on the proximity of the prism. In which case the party would be protected by Orpheus, but you would not need to interact with him, and the only choice you make towards the end is whether to free him, or not. Of course, this would mean there would be no "someone has to turn into a mind flayer" plot twist, but frankly that would be a bonus.