Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion Problems with Halsin's character, advances, LI and general character interactions, etc.

Yes, I completely agree. For me, the character became repulsive for the reason you pointed out. Also because of the mocap it's like the characters are looking right at you, their looks and facial expressions are more realistic than in non-mocap games. I really hate the way Halsin looks at me at the party (he was sitting at Orin's place for the entire third act, and I did Orin's quest the very last one to get rid of his presence in the camp). When someone stares at you like that, like Halsin does, you want to adopt a fighting stance, or at the very least, keep a decent distance from him, and not let him get any closer than blade's length away. Gale and Will don't have any problems - Gale doesn't bother Tav at all if she refuses to “watch magic”, and Will asks her to dance once and, after refusing, settles down. They act normal afterward, like friends, no nasty looks or anything. Halsin looks at Tav as if he wants to perform an act of a sexual nature with her, this can be uncomfortable for a female player. If Halsin would banter only in poly relationships, calm down after rejection, and the writers wouldn't try to “shove” him to the player even in the epilogue (in the epilogue there are a lot of flirtatious remarks from Tav towards him, with other companions this is not observed), and would look only at those who have an romance with him with such a look, the druids in the grove would be safer.