Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General A curious gap in conversation options

I find it a little strange that you don't get the option to pro-actively ask "so what were you doing when the squids kidnapped you?" It seems like an obvious topic of conversation at camp, akin to prisoners asking their cellmates "what're you in for?" Given the companions we have so far, I don't necessarily expect an honest answer in most cases (my personal guess would be Shadowheart says "none of your business", Astarion lies, Wyll deflects, not sure about Gale (my suspicion is not answer but less bluntly), and Lae'zel gives a straightforward and honest answer (probably "training"). Even the dishonest and evasive answers would reveal something (and maybe give you a chance to do a mind probe for a bit more information), and it would also give an opportunity for your MC to say what they were doing (making them a little less of a cypher).

This alone would make it a good dialogue option.

It's definitely a thing that's been going through my head. Comparing notes about our respective kidnappings would seem like an obvious thing to do for anyone at all curious about what the mindflayers have been up to. Especially when it comes to folks like Lae'zel - where the heck was she when the squids got her? How did they get her? Was Gale in Waterdeep - did the squid raid go that far? How long has it been since everyone was kidnapped? It must have been a good amount of time since


I don't understand why no one's asking these questions.

You do get to ask Shadowheart that question, but only when you first meet her. And yes, she says it's none of your business.

I think everyone who was stuck in the pod was not aware of the passage of time, so it is very possible. Lae'zel seems to be fresh out of creche, which apparently is not that far off from where the EA happens?

As for Astarion,

Now this is really a relevant subject. I for some reason thought that the squiddie-raids had not been taken much further out of Balder's Gate at all since the game forces the player to be Baldurian...


Now that is intriguing... Truly.

Thatks, I think, one of things I really miss in Larian writing. All the best RPGs I can think of, might not always be the most reactive, but give player more space to express and define their characters. If we don’t have a complete amnesiac/haven’t seen the world blank hero, being able to add a little bit definition goes such a long way to create an link with our hero.

PoE1 had such a delightful opening. On top of our country of origin and background during the character creation, you get a nice conversation going with your tutorial companion, where you can further define your background, and some of those choices can even pay off with unique flavour lines to pick.

Lae'zel's creche is



Well, yes, Astarion himself tells you that

Not necessarily.

There's a lot of speculation here that I don't see a need for. Astarion's explanations make sense; there's no reason for him to be evasive and no indication that he's trying to be.

What Astarion tells you is speculation on his side, though.

Concerning the vamps


I imagine by now a lot of that has changed though.

Astarion's speculation is based on his knowledge of the parties involved, which is pretty extensive, and everything he's told us about them is consistent with his explanation. Note that he's not surprised


In any case, my original point was that the party is about ten days' journey from Baldur's Gate, yet it's only a few days after the crash that someone from the city arrives on site. There's no time for news to have traveled so far and for someone to have followed up on it by normal means. Is it a plot hole, or did the abductions happen quite some time ago - long enough for an extensive network of agents to be deployed - or



That would be interesting. Apparently there are factions of some sort involved in the future story,

Hmm maybe. How about this


Damn Larian needs to release a patch. I'm fanfic'ing now. Lol

Those explanations are as good as any! We really don't have much information at this point. Astarion says it himself in datamined content,

This thread is fascinating! Now I can't wait for the next part in Astarion's story.

I imagine that Cazador would have noticed immediately that Astarion was missing, and would send out someone to track him. Surely as a vampire lord of considerable power, he has plenty of influence far and wide, and magical means of sending messages. Also, by the time I ran into the monster hunter in my game, several days had passed (maybe not 10 but at least a week's worth of Long Rests) so to me the timeframe was believable.
I will however have to find my save game and re-play this bit to uncover the conversation everyone is talking about!

Personally, I'd like a little more native language peppered throughout conversations as the main character based on character creation. The occasional curse or exclamation in battle or as a reaction in dialogue would make things feel a little more immersive.

Try as I might, I could not re-create this conversation where
How did you guys even get this bit of information to reveal itself in the game? :O
Seriously can't wait for more of the story now.