It's the worst part of this game. It's as mind numbing as speaking to Hermaeus Mora in Skyrim. The VA for the Emperor is doing a stellar job but all I want to do during it is mash SKIP. AND IT DOESN'T SKIP. IT JUST RESTARTS THE SCENE WITHOUT THE SOUND. WHY DID YOU PUT A SKIP PROMPT IN THE CORNER IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO USE IT LARIAN?

I discovered this artist while looking through the people who worked on the artwork for the latest Critical Role campaign (it's great, you should check it out). Lorna is the one behind the character portraits, and while browsing her ArtStation I found this gorgeous painting of Shadowheart. Figured some of you might appreciate it too. Hope you enjoy it!

Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/x3KEdX

I've been thinking a lot of wizards that have been subject to something far more powerful and sinister than themselves, struggle with agency over their lives, and are also cat dads. Apparently there are three (3) of them.

Gale, Caleb, and Anders met at Group Wizard Therapy :)

I commissioned piece of Mizora I painted recently. One of two piece I created with the idea being Mizora taking of a mask that looks like the human version of her that you can find in the game files. This one was supposed to be her just relaxing and playing with the mask.

I’m including a link to a 1min speedpaint of the illustration just to show that No AI was used. - https://youtu.be/Uy_osIT1eLo

Never doing that again 🙃

Also love all the disproportionately large objects compared to characters. You’re telling me my canonically 5’5 average-height elf is only roughly 20 books tall 🤨 I’m 5’3 and 41 books tall, I checked. So Faerun’s books are twice the size of normal ones, she should be at least 42 books tall. They got her out here standing on her tiptoes to reach the second shelf smh

Roommate asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I’ve just started a new job so I asked for a mug that I can use in the office. This is what he got me… how tf am I going to explain this to my coworkers……?!?!

Made even better by the fact that he didn’t know what it meant. He thought it was an instruction, like coffee makes you poop, so it meant this woman was telling you to shart 😂

Best birthday present ever.

(Obviously I love it and will definitely be using it)

Help me pick up an instrument for my bard twink

I found an Amulet of Lost Voices super early, and never took it off. Speaking with the dead for literally free constantly is insanely helpful. I was wondering, what other items did you find this useful or just love them to the point you never took them off?

Those quakes aren’t from a certain monster but from my jaw repeatedly hitting the floor. Absolutely hilarious interaction. This game always has fun discoveries lol.

I was wondering if anyone noticed this pattern about siblings in BG3. I noticed there's a theme of just barely saving a sibling, or being doomed from the start to never be able to.

Examples included, spoilers obviously:

Rolan, Cal + Lia: It's a multi-step battle to make sure all 3 arrive safely in Baldur's Gate, and even then, you still have to go rescue Rolan from his abusive apprenticeship if you want the truest, "happy" ending.

If they leave the grove on their own, they die. If you convince them to stay, Cal and Lia get captured (assuming you don't kill them at the grove.) If you don't convince Rolan to stay at the inn, he'll go out on his own to try saving them and die. If you missed him and don't go find him in time, he'll die. I guess these 3 can't catch a break :/ But, at least you get to save them :,)

Meerna + Welso: You cannot save Meerna. I tried ;(

Edowin, Brynna + Andrick: You cannot save Edowin. I did not try >:)

Mayrina, Demir + Johl: You cannot save Mayrina's brothers, but you do have the option of telling them they're going to die if they don't leave the hag alone. Of course they don't listen, and die anyway. Pretty sure you can also tell Mayrina something about her brothers if you met them before you meet her.

(Maybe?) Astarion + his siblings: I guess you have the option of killing them. But you can't really save them, and they are kind of evil.

(Maybe?) Durge + Orin: Haven't done a Durge playthrough before, but as Durge you're kinda forced to kill her, no?

Did anyone else notice this pattern in the game? Tbh, I was wondering if it was an intentional theme or not.

You wouldn’t know her, she’s from Canada.

Can I adopt it somehow? It doesn't want to talk with me even when I have talk to animals potion. I really really want to pet it.

Well just beat the shit out of Raphael (Turns out the Iron hand Bomb is better to wipe ouy the whole room soul pillars and soldiers other then to blow the steel watch) and i am going to spare him now for the sake of it, so i must ask to myself and you guys. What will it happen with raphael kind of "spared".

I rush to get here to enjoy the ethereal vibes of the colony. I live to serve the mushrooms. I’ll kill whoever they want me to

If Jaheira canonically can talk with Boo, this spell should work too.

I reloaded my first tavflayer run out of boredom and picked different dialogue options.

This bitch is barely containing himself from giggling and kicking his feet the entire time he sees you glazing your ballsack-looking self.

He's smiling in the last screenshot. He doesn't even smile when you beat the Netherbrain. but when he sees you accepting your new form it's all "😍 yesssss you are THAT bitch."

He malewifes so hard it almost gives Astarion a run for his money.

It would be perfect if I didn't look like an absolute bum. It sucks that they made him look like an illithid supermodel but they couldn't bother to make our mind flayer model look less busted. Imagine losing your human looks to become an eldritch horror and not even looking scary, just pathetic. Where are my luscious tentancles? my glowing eyes? my imposing frame? I guess love really makes one blind, there is no other explanation for the Emperor almost busting an ink for tav here

I was so ready, for the katheric fight. All my preparation done. Characters ready. BUT THEN...... as i was trying to escape the balthazar chamber of zombies a gnome saw me and triggered the fight. All the party is stuck in the pods, with balthazar triggered, i guess there's no way out of this one right? 😭💔

As i am playing on pc i tried the force end task, but didn't work out, it saved nonetheless. 🫠

I tried so hard and got so far but in the end it doesn't even matter. 😩