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I weigh rewards above morality in my side quests, and I love a good pixelated goth GF as much as the next gamer. In fact, I would say the only thing more important than scoring the best loot possible is doing whatever it takes to secure a shot with the resident emo thirst traps of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. I understand the tenets of the game. I understand that there are things that must always be done\u2014opportunities that must be taken\u2014and yet\u2026 Forgive me, my fellow Baldurians, for I have sinned. You may be thinking this confession has to do with Minthara. She is the quintessential evil goth GF, after all, but no\u2014when push came to shove, I had no problem slaughtering the innocent men, women, and children of Druid\u2019s Grove to make Minthara happy. This transgression came later on in the game, and it came with no reward\u2014no necessity to justify my actions. How have I sinned, exactly? Simply put, I\u2019ve gone soft. I\u2019ve broken the cardinal rule that all opportunities for scandal must be capitalized on in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. I\u2019ve had my heart and desire for chaos melted by the hottest thing this side of Avernus\u2014Karlach. A woman you can look up to Let me set the stage for you. I\u2019m on my second playthrough, the one where I failed Minthara by neglecting to murder dozens of refugees. This time around, I\u2019m running a Sorcerer. That\u2019s relevant because running a Sorcerer really just means trying not to die while your girlboss of choice (Lae\u2019zel or Karlach, not Shadowheart) handles everything. As will always be the case, my girlboss of choice is Karlach. I knew that from the moment I first cast Enlarge on her during the Grymforge Guardian fight. Who needs a \u201csecret weapon\u201d when you have a 30 foot tall Karlach? Hell, who needs anything when you have a 30 foot tall Karlach? Anyway, I\u2019m in Act Three now, and Karlach hasn\u2019t left my mind or my party once. I\u2019ve just reached a certain brothel outside of the city of Baldur\u2019s Gate, but not before stirring up a phenomenal deal of trouble while \u201chelping\u201d track down a killer beforehand. I step into the brothel for\u2026intel gathering\u2026and strike up a conversation with its owner, Mamzell. She\u2019s a nice enough lady, but I\u2019m only half listening until she mentions a missing persons\u2019 case that I have inadvertently already solved when I was stirring up that trouble I mentioned before. I explain as much to Mamzell, and she offers me a reward. Yes, it\u2019s the kind of reward you expect might be offered in a brothel. Twins. Two of the most beautiful, sultriest, gothest twins you\u2019ve ever seen in your life. A Drow brother and sister, wearing about six square inches of clothing between them and wanting nothing more than to do whatever I ask of them. Does that mean a three way? A solo romp with either or? A group adventure? I don\u2019t know exactly, all I know is that it\u2019s every gamers dream come true, and it\u2019s fallen right into my lap. \u201cUse your imagination,\u201d one of the twins says to me after I ask what she was getting at after pointing out that my partner and I are both present. Then, it hits me. My partner. As I mentioned, in this playthrough (and in life), I\u2019ve fallen head over heels for the giant flaming cinnamon roll from hell named Karlach. In this playthrough (sadly not in life), I\u2019m keeping warm at night by sharing a tent with that flaming cinnamon roll. What would she think of all of this? A lesson in romance I\u2019ve got a couple of years experience in the dating field, and while it wasn\u2019t easy, I was able to learn a thing or two about being a good partner (get ready to take notes). If a pair of sexy goth twins ask if you and your other half are game for an orgy, it\u2019s better to ask for your partner\u2019s opinion before you commit to anything. So, I do exactly that. And what does Karlach say? She says it\u2019s not really her vibe, but I\u2019m welcome to do whatever I want. Spoken like a true bundle of hellfire and wholesome love. I spend a moment trying not to imagine what Karlach plus two goth GFs (yes, I know one of the twins is a man. He\u2019s still a goth GF\u2014I don\u2019t make the rules) would have looked like together\u2014I know it would just make me sad at this point. I\u2019m about to tell the twins we only need a reservation for three, and then I notice something. Karlach doesn\u2019t mean it. She\u2019s way too sweet to ever say it out loud, but she would be heartbroken if I take the twins up on the offer. I can see it in her eyes\u2014it\u2019s subtle but as loud as a raging barbarian once you notice it. So what do I do? Well, first, I Quicksave in case of buyer\u2019s remorse. But THEN, I march right up those tantalizing Drow twins and tell them that I\u2019m not the least bit interested. I\u2019m brave too, so I only cried a little bit while doing it. Now, here is why the horse I\u2019m on after this is so damn high and why I might be objectively a little bit dumb. I knew that my actions here wouldn\u2019t actually affect my relationship with Karlach. She did give me permission. I also knew that I wouldn\u2019t be rewarded in any way for turning down the offer. This wasn\u2019t some secret test\u2014Karlach isn\u2019t that kind of cinnamon roll. No, all of the cards were on the table, and I still decided to refuse the twins. The pith of all Why did I refuse? Well, damn fine writing, I suppose. As much as I jest, I did genuinely find myself empathizing with Karlach and not wanting to contribute to the history of betrayals that the poor woman has suffered. Larian managed to write a character so compelling that I chose fictional, no reward empathy over fictional, no consequence degeneracy\u2014and I truly didn\u2019t know that was possible to do. I think one of the highest marks of quality in a game is being able to incite a totally willing suspension of disbelief. When the writing and design can cause players to ignore the fact that none of these characters actually have feelings. When the people and stories are so compelling that they feel like friends, enemies, and lovers. I\u2019ve encountered plenty of games with beautifully complex and heart wrenching stories, but I really have not played anything else that does characters quite as well as Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 does. Now, I did use that Quicksave I mentioned before to see what would happen if I did take the twins up on their offer (for science, of course). Still,\u00a0 I\u2019d like to think that it\u2019s my exceptionally strong character that made me ultimately lock in the choice of loyalty, and not the fact that I found the black screen narration with the twins to be totally underwhelming compared to Karlach\u2019s romance scene, which I can replay at any time using the other Quicksave that I secured back in Act Two (for\u2026science).","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-08-013536-e1699425628563.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023081"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023081"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1023487,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023081\/revisions\/1023487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1023082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023081"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=1023081"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=1023081"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=1023081"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1023081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

{"id":1023081,"date":"2023-11-08T04:46:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T09:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?p=1023081"},"modified":"2023-11-08T08:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:03:57","slug":"i-chose-loyalty-over-a-spicy-offer-in-baldurs-gate-3-and-it-was-its-own-reward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/baldurs-gate\/news\/i-chose-loyalty-over-a-spicy-offer-in-baldurs-gate-3-and-it-was-its-own-reward","title":{"rendered":"I chose loyalty over a spicy offer in Baldur’s Gate 3\u2014and it was its own reward"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m a simple man. I weigh rewards above morality in my side quests, and I love a good pixelated goth GF as much as the next gamer. In fact, I would say the only thing more important than scoring the best loot possible is doing whatever it takes to secure a shot with the resident emo thirst traps of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. <\/em>I understand the tenets of the game. I understand that there are things that must always be done\u2014opportunities that must be taken\u2014and yet\u2026<\/p>

Forgive me, my fellow Baldurians, for I have sinned. You may be thinking this confession has to do with Minthara. She is the quintessential evil goth GF, after all, but no\u2014when push came to shove, I had no problem slaughtering the innocent men, women, and children of Druid\u2019s Grove to make Minthara happy. This transgression came later on in the game, and it came with no reward\u2014no necessity to justify my actions. How have I sinned, exactly? Simply put, I\u2019ve gone soft. I\u2019ve broken the cardinal rule that all opportunities for scandal must be capitalized on in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3<\/em>. I\u2019ve had my heart and desire for chaos melted by the hottest thing this side of Avernus\u2014Karlach.<\/p>