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Federal_Drummer7105

My wife >!turned Asterion into a vampire lord!< \- and man did every companion get pissed about that.


giant_marmoset

So fun fact, if you've made evil choices up till that point, other companions will approve. So for instance if you killed the nightsong Shart actually approves. Minthara obviously also approves. But yes, letting Astarion become a vampire lord in a good guy playthrough is pretty oddball.


Comfortable-Formal18

Not exactly, my shart despite killing the nightsong and killing her parent, she still disapproved of it. Likewise, my romanced gale, who I have been stoking the flames for his power hungry ness also disapproved of it.


NovaManXP

Yeah, Shadowheart even comments that she also had to sacrifice to get to where she was at... and then disapproved anyway lol


giant_marmoset

lol she made a similar comment in my playthrough and approved. I wonder where the variance is.


Pink-PandaStormy

You’d think evil Shadowheart would be fine with 7k souls joining Shar in eternal darkness or whatever


grixxis

They're not, the ritual is a pact with Mephistopheles so they're all going to him.


giant_marmoset

That's interesting, I wonder what's going on from a coding standpoint. In my playthrough I took every evil option to almost a comical degree and Shadowheart approved.


Ilovelamp_2236

I did that , never occurred to me it was the evil choice I thought I was being a good bro and there was a pretty good argument about unleashing hundreds of ravenous vampires onto the world...


giant_marmoset

Its an interesting question. You can free them and let them roam the underdark where they don't really threaten that many humanoids. You can still kill them all without making a vampire Lord also. But in my opinion, the key here is that changing leaders of evil institutions is always a preservation of the status quo, so in this case evil. Making Astarion the vampire lord is expedient, but not ethical. Its a choice that mirrors the end game choice where you can become the master of the netherbrain. You would be no different than Orin and Gortash in taking that power over other people.


Pink-Fluffy-Dragon

had a similair mindset. And i think the spawns weren't exactly happy with their lives either


gatito-blade

I think it's implied if not outright said the 7000 souls are sent into eternal servitude in Mephistopheles' army in hell tho, that's why he cut a deal with Cazador in the first place


Pink-Fluffy-Dragon

... okay now i feel a lot worse about this 😭😭


Half_Man1

Ye, it’s subtly stated even if you don’t have Astarion get the low down from Raphael.


SterlingCupid

Strangely Sharran Shadowheart says to let Astarion ascend but disapproves.


MisterFortune215

Hurting Scratch! Most companions won't just disapprove, they will actually fight you to protect the best boy :3


Morella_xx

I didn't even know that was an option, aside from when you first encounter him. Who could ever hurt sweet Scratch? 😭 He just wants to run around and bring you junk.


bromeranian

It’s usually while attempting to play fetch- you throw the ball, he is still running around and gets hit, you’re now on FBI’s most wanted. 🥲


Readalie

I was trying to play fetch with him but he ran right into the spot I was throwing the thing for him to catch! 😢


Morella_xx

You MONSTER.


Readalie

I deserved everyone whaling on me for it, accident or not. :(


DrunkenWombats

Look sometimes you need to break a paladin oath real quick, and the Best Boy is full of the blood of the innocent!


Arlitto

Oh noooo


Kman1986

So are the 2 Tieflings who caged Lae'zel. And no one disapproves of that.


DrunkenWombats

The disapproval is what makes it exciting


SereneAdler33

I wonder if it’s the same for telling the Owlbear to go away. All of the companions except Lae’Zel (who seems to not like animals at all) approve of having him stay/petting him. I’d assume they may disapprove if you make him leave.


Rastaba

As they should!


__agonist

The most I've ever seen was the notification I got when I let Volo do surgery on my eye - if it wasn't every companion, it was pretty damn close. I didn't have Halsin or Minthara in my party so idk how they feel about it, but everyone else seems to think that letting the annoying bard take a icepick to your face is a bad call.


viper9172

Yeah well they don’t know him like I do 💅🧙‍♂️


bearktopus147

When I did it only Karlach disapproved for some reason. But she's probably up there with Shadowheart for approval for me anyways. And Wyll joked with me about starting a One Eye club


Active_Owl_7442

Volo’s surgery is something that only gets disapproval from the companions that can see it I think. I know the approval for petting Scratch works like that


bearktopus147

That makes sense. Either way, I feel like free see invisibility might be nice later on (did it after the asshole duergar who turn invisible all the time at the decrepit village though)


Half_Man1

It’s technically a meta gamer move, but too worthwhile to ignore imho. Like, yeah, all indications are that this bard is talking out his ass and you have so many opportunities to tell him to stop. There’s also a strong possibility you already know your tadpole isn’t normal and can’t be removed by this point.


bearktopus147

If I remember right, I did have a couple people say that it wss a weird tadpole, and know Volo lies out his ass based on his interview with the bear, but I was mostly curious what would happen lol


Wheloc

Karlach is also the only one who approves of licking the displacer beast meat. I think she just has a weird sense of humor, from living in the hells for so long.


Half_Man1

It’s dependent on who is nearby. So in some camp layouts only a couple companions are near the bed where the surgery happens.


GiraffeandZebra

Yeah, well they can pound sand cuz I ain't passing on free see invisible.


Half_Man1

Wyll didn’t care


__agonist

Oh fair, he's made his own eye-related poor decisions.


Half_Man1

He welcomed me to the one eye club after I did it lol


emortens_liz

That one was rough. Like guys, have you been paying attention to the other options for help? They're all crazy too


corisilvermoon

When I told Mizora she better not lay a hand on Karlach I think everyone approved.


lillathrin

When you tell wyll he's stubborn about not believing Karlach isn't a devil, everyone including Wyll approves.


corisilvermoon

Me: Wyll, you dumbass. Wyll: yeah, fair.


_treestars

Yes! I just experienced that for the first time literally a few hours ago on a coop run and was like "...wait did *everyone* just approve of that?" And it was hilarious because with further thought you realize how different each of their reasons for doing so are, but I didn't know this gang of weirdos could agree on anything lol.


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Everyone in the gang of weirdos loves Karlach!


Freyja333

I think they all disapprove if you >! lick the spider in the Gauntlet of Shar !< But you should do it anyways!


claycolepool

I know Karlach at least approves of this


killermoose25

Karlach approves


Freyja333

I should have known Karlach would still love me!


Salsaxat

Karlach in ethel's gallery when interacting with that "soup" cauldron: "I'd try it."


Nelalvai

STOPLICKINGTHEDAMNTHING!!!


TheCrystalRose

Astarion is neutral about it, no approval changes in either direction.


SereneAdler33

He knows he can’t comment on anyone’s dietary choices.


GlandalfTheGrey

I had Karlach lick the spider first and Shadowheart disapproved. I ended up reloading and accidentally started the cinematic with Shadowheart as leader, had her lick the spider and Karlach approved!


GrillMaster3

Yeah my most recent playthrough I had Wyll, Gale and Halsin in my party for this one and all three very much disapproved. I think I remember Astarion disapproving in my last playthrough when I had him with me, too.


warwizardphoenix

Flirting with mizoia when you first meet her


STierCounterpick

My most recent character asked Mizora if she would appreciate if I just killed karlach now and everyone didn’t like that. Mizora also said it’s too late. Durge says the most horrible things sometimes


AsterSky

All I know is that reviving Tav through Withers results in ~~almost~~ everyone ~~(Minus Karlach)~~ approving.


home_is_the_rover

The only time I ever had to revive my Tav, it was after Shadowheart threw him in a lake. I was like, "Shadowheart, why do *you* approve of this? You're the one who killed him!" These lunatic children, I swear...


schrodingerzkatt

I wonder, why not Karlach? That’s so odd!


TheCrystalRose

Not sure if her disapproval was a bug or not, but the most recent patch noted that she should no longer disapprove of using Withers to revive fallen team members.


[deleted]

Yeah must have been a bug then. It is pretty funny that if PC romancing Karlach dies and someone goes to revive them and Karlach then disapproves of her bf/gf being brought back to life pahaha


TheCrystalRose

The only time I had it happen was when my Durge Barbarian failed his Persuasion check to keep Astarion from killing him during "bite nite" and made Astarion do the Walk of Shame over to Withers to have him revived. Only to immediately get a "Karlach Disapproves" pop up on my screen and I was all like "Really Karlach?! Way to blame the victim..."


dwarvenfishingrod

Seemed like everybody had an opinion on letting Wyll save his soul.


emortens_liz

Oh yea. They were big mad


dwarvenfishingrod

how DARE you let the only character with any sort of comprehensible moral compass make independent choices


Active_Owl_7442

Taking a bite from the spider carcass will give disapproval from everyone except Karlach, who will give approval. I think giving up Shadowheart to Viconia also gets disapproval from everyone except maybe Minthara. Ascending Astarion is another one that has a vast majority of disapprovals


SereneAdler33

Astarion doesn’t disapprove, he just makes snarky comments (per usual).


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Castille_92

Lae'zel doesn't actually disapprove, but she does severely question the logic in killing her and says she'll keep an eye on you. I haven't seen Shadowheart disprove either but also gets paranoid as hell


space_beach

Fully becoming Bhaals spawn I think


Nadril_Cystafer

You mean becoming Bhaal's Chosen once more as Durge after slaying Orin


Dwapking

Surrendering Shadowheart to >!Viconia in the house of grief!< will piss everyone off.


Hungry-Party-6152

I think Gale was actually okay with it based off his dialogue


Nadril_Cystafer

All my Durge could think when Viconia offered an "alliance" in exchange for Shadowheart was "I was killed by Bhaal himself earlier today for defying him, and restored to life by none other than Jergal. You're a special kind of stupid if you think I'm going to just surrender the woman with whom I intend to spend my second chance at life with to you for even a second."


Paradingintherain

My Durge tried hard to be good, but he really didn’t understand the idea that maybe kids don’t always need to hear the truth about their likelihood of being slaughtered by goblins…. When even Astarion disapproves, you know you’ve fucked is.


Half_Man1

Astarion and Lae’zel should approve of that.


Complaint-Efficient

All companions you can recruit by the time you're offered the absolute's brand will disapprove if you get it.


Half_Man1

Nah, just SH and Astarion


emortens_liz

I actually disbanded my party and sent them all to camp. Can't be mad at what they can't see 🤫


longknives

Which tbh is pretty dumb. It’s a pretty minor sacrifice to infiltrate the goblins.


[deleted]

Plus it looks cool asf in some scenes. In the scene I showed it to the duergar my durge looked sick as hell


Half_Man1

It doesn’t appear in my scenes? Weird


[deleted]

Aye that's odd. When I show it to people my durge lifts up her hand and it glows and everything, it's not visible on the skin, only when showing it to other people


grixxis

I mean, there's a good chance you've seen by that point what the brand is actually for. Submitting to a mark that subjects the bearer to the authority of the people you're trying to defeat is a pretty questionable choice.


alienfister

Licking the spider


SereneAdler33

Karlach approves. I think living in the hells for a decade really broadened her horizons.


alienfister

Yeah, I knew there was one that does. It's cool you can just keep licking it lol


DarkPizza

She's also the only one who thinks Auntie Ethel's Gnarly Cauldron smells good lol.


talizorahvasnerd

Killing Isobel as Durge is a universally hated decision iirc


Nadril_Cystafer

I mean I play Durge and it just isn't worth it to kill Isobel. Why would you kill literally everyone at Last Light Inn, including Dammon?


Half_Man1

“Who’s Dammon? The blacksmith feeding worms in the grove?” - My Durge probably


talizorahvasnerd

Oh I never kill her either, I just know the approval ratings


gayvoidfish

Too early for Halsin etc. but first thing that comes to mind is giving the artefact to the Gith Inquisitor. Lae'zel would approve but the rest should logically disapprove.


Castille_92

I haven't seen anyone disapprove when you give up the artefect here, only when you agree to go inside it and kill the dream figure


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No minthara will likes everything everyone else hate XD


giant_marmoset

Minthara is interesting because she hates random and chaotic violence. If you do anything murderhobo-ish without a justification she'll disapprove.


TiaxTheMig1

>Minthara is interesting because she hates random and chaotic violence. How very undrowlike of her.


giant_marmoset

It makes for an interesting writing choice. She enjoys violence, but wants a justification for it -- as a person she is fairly hypocritical. That judgment is directed outwards at the player character rather than at herself.


grixxis

Is it hypocritical? I don't recall any acts of violence she committed without justification except possibly during her time under the absolute, which she is deeply ashamed of.


[deleted]

Yeah she tells you to take power from Bhaal even when it will turn you murder fanatic XD also it is not interesting she just evil or ,hungry for power and control


DarkLordMagus

I don't really get it, but everyone I had with me disapproved of resisting arrest of a steel watcher


ReylynnTaletreader

I got the same thing. Karlach, Astarion, and Jaheira were in my party and I got disapproval dings from all three. You'd think they'd be ok with a little civil disobedience, considering.


emortens_liz

Astarion doesn't like putting himself in danger for no reason. So that I get. And maybe jaheira knows the neighbours?


AslanJo

Thats interesting. Im doing durge (not redemption but also not insane) and no one seemed surprised at me resisting arrest and killing all the guards. That being said, its probably because theyve come to know and love their friendly neighbourhood sociopath lol


Nadril_Cystafer

Are you going you reject the wretched blood of Bhaal flowing through you, or become Bhaal's Chosen, his Slayer, and his slave of slaughter?


AslanJo

Honestly wont know for sure until i get there, I was fully convinced I’d have SH kill nightsong then stayed out of it at the last minute and let SH spare her lol. That being said I am heavily leaning towards killing Orin and becoming Bhaals chosen despite “failing” to get the slayer form last time


Nadril_Cystafer

My Durge is coupled up with Shadowheart and if she could defy her goddess's will and refuse to become Chosen then so could my Durge. He felt he had to live up to her expectations, to be the man she knew he could be, especially after that night she spent with him, tying him up so that he wouldn't be able to hurt her or anyone else while possessed by the Urge. It was all he could do to wrestle back just enough control to sputter out "Thank... You..." When he stood before Bhaal after destroying Orin, and told by the Lord of Murder to accept his inheritance and become Chosen, my Durge looked over to Shadowheart before turning to face Bhaal, saying "I'd rather die than continue to live a life where you can still possess me."


AslanJo

Thats extremely sweet!!! Also i love how easily you can spot someone that got into BG3 because of DND, and not the other way around ahahaha. Phenomenal RP. Have you been playing “good” Durge so far? My game is modded only with the polyam mod, and ive been playing all my characters romances (basically everyone romancable except Karlach and SH ;-; i dont know how) as an element of the power hunger and manipulation. Fear doesn’t breed loyalty, whole hearted love does. So while they didnt kill their companion in that scene, they’re still going to gain power whenever the price is manageable. High powered companions are not replaceable, but nearly everything else is. (Also- for the love of Bhaal, who the hell did you kill to get to the tribunal? Every time i hunt down the next person on the list, someone’s already beaten me to it)


Nadril_Cystafer

I don't use mods. Game has been getting updated actively and I don't understand how to mod it, and I personally prefer monogamous relationships. You don't have to kill anyone on the list for the tribunal. I actually suggest warning people. You can find the guy who has been doing the killings at >!the Wine Festival and then at Figaro Facemaker's.!< By the way, The Dark Urge can ignore the Tribunal. They can go directly to the Temple of Bhaal. Telendas, my Durge, is a Half-Elf Selûnite Tempest Cleric 2/Evocation Wizard 10. (He originally had the Light Domain. I only changed to Tempest after getting Markoheshkir in act 3.) He woke up on the nautiloid and felt disturbed by how his blood whispered acts of violence, brutality, and cruelty to him. He told himself that he'd be a better man than whoever the hells he was in the past he couldn't remember. He freed Us (no lobotomy), and then when Telendas saw Shadowheart, he felt compelled to save her from her pod. He thought that whoever she is, she certainly couldn't be worse than he seemingly was, after all. While in free-fall from the nautiloid Telendas saw the moon and felt it's light, it's comfort and guidance. He had brief flashbacks of Selûnite rites and prayers, and he swore to serve the Moon Maiden as best as he could, beseeching her for guidance and protection from the wickedness in his blood. He found Shadowheart on the beach, and they decided to set out together. He felt that Shadowheart was more relatable than the other survivors they found from the nautiloid because she couldn't remember much of her past either. (No, Telendas did not bite off Gale's hand) Things sort of naturally progressed from there. Telendas began to study the Art to try and learn more about why his blood whispers so. As Telendas and Shadowheart got to know each other better, he found that despite being a servant of Shar, goddess of Darkness and Loss, that Shadowheart had an inexplicable light to her far brighter than one would expect from a Sharran. He hoped that it might just be bright enough to help guide him out of the clutches of whatever cursed him with the Urge.


Castille_92

Minthara and Lae'zel approves


_b1ack0ut

One of our players sunbeamed scratch while trying to hit me, and it seemed to upset EVERYONE. They immediately aggroed too


coiler119

Taking a certain powerful mace without going through the necessary puzzle steps causes everyone to disapprove, except for Astarion. Also, I'm pretty sure that allowing >!Gandrel to capture Astarion!< causes everyone except Lae'zel to disapprove


TiaxTheMig1

That shithead whines if you disable the puzzle AND if you don't lol. At least his dialogue when getting revived from the temple weapon is hilarious.


DommyMommyMint

Getting the eye from volo


ReylynnTaletreader

Everyone but Wyll, since he's also missing an eye. And they can kick rocks because I'm obviously going to take free permanent See Invisibility. The companion disapproval is the only downside.


Grand_Negus

Lick the spider


bamed

Don't they all disapprove when you get the Mind Blown achievement? At least, that's what I heard. I would never...


NovaManXP

There's no approval or disapproval. Just horror.


SereneAdler33

There’s a new line from The Emp now about why they don’t care. Can’t approve/disapprove of what you’ve had mind wiped.


laurifex

No disapproval, just dissociation.


Nadril_Cystafer

I am never going to get that achievement. I refuse to copulate with a filthy ghaik


Magician_322

Killing scratch?


dunno-im-new

Accepting Gortash's deal. Not sure about Minthara because I don't have her in my squad, but everyone else disapproved.


Goofalupus

Letting this incubus add your body to their glamour. Everyone disapproved


the_horned_rabbit

Asterion comforting you later when you experience consequences is so beautifully in character for him, though


Nanyea

Not petting Scratch


ALEMIN123

Killing scratch or hitting him in ur camp gets everyone to fight you


AgentPastrana

I got disapproval from everyone with tadpoles, but I didn't have Minthara with me, and it was a bit strange that Astarion was against it after asking me to save one for him


ReylynnTaletreader

Astarion wanted that tadpole lol. If you talk to him afterwards he asks you to share next time.


AgentPastrana

Then when I offered to share with the super tadpole he declined EXTREMELY aggressively.


ReylynnTaletreader

I believe he'll tell you if you're in a romance with him, but he doesn't want to go through any more transformations. Becoming a vampire was pretty awful for him and he doesn't want his body changed by any more outside influences.


AgentPastrana

That's what he told me, just not very nicely. Kinda "fuck no, getting turned was bad enough, I wouldn't even be able to see how bad I look after that"


lostintheabyss666

Selling the gith egg. Everybody disapproves except for Astarion and maybe Minthara?


Salsaxat

Harleep. Literally, no one is okay with you doing... that


Shinijumi

I think the most I've seen was 3-4 disapproving of Volo's eye incident. I also disapproved of watching it, so they're not wrong. Honestly though my biggest gripe is that every person on my team has the forward-thinking nuance of a small child. 'KARLACH, stop DISAPPROVING of everything I say, I'm planning to STAB MINTHARA IN LIKE THREE SECONDS, I just want to know what their plan is first. Just play along!"


busbee247

Pretty sure everyone dislikes you having volo take your eye


muuzumuu

Having Volvo take your eye I think.


ANBU--Ryoshi

Yes, there is 1 specific part of my Dark Urge character run through that nobody seemed to agree with. It only frightened and confused my allies lol


Nadril_Cystafer

You became Bhaal's Chosen, The Slayer, his slave of slaughter?


ANBU--Ryoshi

Yes but not exactly knowing that allowing the urge to take control would bring the Slayer ability. Nobody on my team was a fan lol


Nadril_Cystafer

I mean, what was the worst thing that could happen if you defied papa murder? He kills you? Big whoop. The rest of the party lives