The chosen companion is female light brown beast tamer forest gnome sage ranger Frida. Frida start with abilities STR 13 DEX 15 CON 11 INT 15 WIS 12 CHA 11. Lae`zel is companion in mind flayer ship but then isn't the time to when you are able to defeat githyanki close mountain pass before update In update version Lae`zel spawn right after Gale, Astorion and join you. The goblin attack close to the gate on tieflings and humans happen with Lae`zel this time. Things is peaceful and enhanced after. You are supposed to go north, enter the grove, talk with them what is happening currently and find things to complete. But there is nothing stopping you from going west to goblin camp, ally yourself with goblins, drows and kill Halsin before you enter the grove. This sequence breaking screw up quests and conversions. I did no more fights after fight close grove entrance to to make it to worg pens. Doing this make you go to level 3 when you reach goblin camp quick from entering area XP. Companions killed Halsin and Lae`zel picked up 1 Halsin. Baldur`s Gate 3 is very flexible with saving progress. You are able to save anytime except during conversions. You are able to load any of many saved status and ongoing events in areas the time you saved. You are able to load saves anytime except during cutscenes. You are able to have infinite saves. If you fail ability check you keep loading save to when you succeed. This make you able to succeed any ability checks that you don`t have to get max roll that`s higher then your modifier max. I utilized detect thoughts INT check with Frida to overcome goblins in blighted village and goblin camp with no fight. Lockpick box items doors and intelligence checks has often succeeded in 1 try. If you don`t kill Halsin, talk to goblin priestess and Minthara you keep actions. I went west close to halfling trader and entered priestess quarters door in goblin camp. I skipped fighting the 2 minotaurs and bulette with jumping. Just Lae`zel had to make it to myconoid colony and other companions fast traveled to waypoint. Sell all items you don`t need in fight, buy, utilize useful items like elixir of hill giant strength and smoke powder bombs. Glut being able to revive the minotaur the temple outpost killed as spore servant ally is useful. Minotaur doesn`t begin with max HP. But when you drop health potions you are able to select them at ground with minotaur and be healed to max HP. I surprised attacked duergar with minotaur at beach. All companions died except Frida. Frida couldn't leave with boat during combat but i fled combat with Gekh duergar alive. I did go to camp, to underdark beach again and saved. Then just Frida and her beast did sail away with boat. You are supposed to kill all duergars at beach before sail with boat but i didn`t need After going to camp and to underdark beach Glut spawn where you are. I failed the duergar boat charisma check many times and did keep hearing no way a mushroom killed Gekh. Get her fellas. With 2 HP i often was defeated immediately when duergar began and hit Frida. When you always succeed ability check if you keep load save i did do so. Duergar think i killed Gek but i didn`t. I anchored sequence breaking at grymforge before i been to and talked to any humanoid and got any quests in the grove. I resurrected Gale, Shadowhearth and Lae`zel at grymforge with Withers. I did collect idol of shar, did make it to ancient forge in grymforge and fought armor enemies in day 2. Before the first mind flayer tadpole guardian cinematic happened. Then my action was spent and i had to end the day.
