Larian Studios Forums Divinity General Discussion Are we going to see an Imp companion?

Just speculating/suggesting/hoping based off the Q&A from a few months ago, with this response from Adam (writing director).

"Where do you feel the writing lacked in BG3 and how do you plan to improve it for Divinity?

I'd like the companions - and other characters - to feel like a more natural part of the world. I love the BG3 companions but the nature of their story means that they're mostly displaced, strangers in a strange land (some of them are returning home, but they're in unfamiliar territory as the game begins). I'd like to see how far we can push the diversity of companions and their stories even farther."

We've seen from the trailer and comments about playable races that Orcs (or Half-Orcs, but I hope full Orcs) are very likely to be a playable race. Imps I expect will too far a stretch for a player character for a number of reasons, but companions are often an area where cRPGs can break the rules of their character creation options, and an Imp companion would be a bold choice.

Given the story will likely relate to Chaos in some significant ways an Imp companion would be an interesting option, being both a natural part of the world and the story, as well as really pushing the diversity of the companion options. Along with orcs it would really push out the racial diversity compared to the prior game.

Edit: Also players loved Shovel in BG3. So why wouldn't they expand on that!

It's possible but who really knows.

ZixZax could reappear as a companion of sorts. Possibly acting like Withers or Volo, being a source of information or utility.

Or we could get an actual companion that's an imp who can aid us in battle (Having a romance arc would probably be a bit weird... But then again, I've seen people thirsting for Sazza...)

Honestly, I could even see a potential for having imps as a playable race. If they do a sort of soft origin for races (I.e. Unique racial prologue) and some unique racial interactions with various factions and NPCs.

But it's really kind of up in the air as far as speculation goes.

Imps are generally well ostracized in Divinity. Their connection to demons, their inhabitation of Nemesis plane (As opposed to Rivellon) and their general savagery make them undesirable to interact with by most races. So it would be easy to justify not including them.

It all comes down to what Larian chooses to do.

Well, Shovel obviously has her uses, but she didnt have too much dialogue, so I'm not sure if I can reasonably agree that she's specifically beloved.

About the question if Divinity will have Imps again, well, maybe even Larian doesnt know that yet.

"It all comes down to what Larian chooses to do." "About the question if Divinity will have Imps again, well, maybe even Larian doesnt know that yet."

I can see why these forums are such a popular place to discuss stuff!

I would love to see orcs, imps, dwarves, lizards and undead as companions.

But going by BG3 we'd probably get 5 elves and a human.

I mean, what do you expect?

You ask "Are we going to see an imp companion?" and the answer is simply "It's up to Larian"

There's not much else to discuss about that. We have absolutely 0 information about the game, the setting, the story or anything to begin speculation.

Which is why this particular forum is not very active. There's just nothing to discuss besides the singular trailer and people's early wishes.

Once we get more information about the game, discussions will heat up as people will have something to base speculation off of.