Topic: Baldur's Gate 3

I... Can't really answer that @Th3solution? At least not to a very knowledgeable degree.

Shadowheart seems a given regardless of what you do but I'm sure you could potentially mess up some of the others given the choices you can pick?

@HallowMoonshadow I'll just add on, I think placement wise it is fairly easy to discover all characters if you explore or follow the hints in the game itself, beyond that, you interact with all the characters in this game (companion or otherwise) as if they are real people rather than game characters, and I know you can do that @th3solution so really it's left up to the player themselves how their game goes.

It's hard to describe it, but it really is up to the player themselves to discover.

@Ravix Ah, I see. I was wondering just because a friend said he missed a whole character story arc because he killed or attacked that character early on. He did say it was fine and he didn’t feel like he got a partial experience because of it, so I guess it’s all good.

@Th3solution well, killing them will usually end any further interactions with them, I suppose. One of the many troubles with that kind of thing 😅

Have been rather busy the past week and finally made a decent dent into BG III.

Actually explored the Emerald grove. Saved the Tiefling girl from the druids, saved the Tiefling boy from the Harpies, got the contract for the... Nightsong(?) from the mercs, did a bunch of other small things.

Fought the hyena's & Gnolls on the road. That made me rather uncomfortable as I knew of Gnolls but did not know THAT'S how they came about.

Finally got Wyll after I made camp, defused the tension and got him a-ok.

Because I'm a Drow I've got it really easy with the Goblins and wandered into the blighted village without a problem. Persuaded the crap out of the Ogre to become my ally. Fought most of the spiders in the tunnels under the village. Ciara is dying to open that necromancy tome...

Made it to level 4 and just upped everyone's ability scores for now as I couldn't decide on any actual feats and skills.

That's about all the progress I've made so far with 15 or so hours I've put into it. Can't wait to play more

@HallowMoonshadow Reading all of that makes me want to replay the game, which I think I’ll do this weekend. It’s been on my mind a lot, too, as I’ve been playing Dragon Age Veilguard.

I got my ass kicked by those spiders in the beginning. When I do another playthrough I’ll try and think of some better tactics—I kept getting ambushed and poisoned and could never get properly healed or make any headway without getting attacked by more spiders, and unable to move due to the spiderwebs.

I went through the wall in the Blacksmith's and using the web (sending only Karlach over it) I was able to get the two creepy humaoidy spider things to come by themselves and get them before dispatching the two phase spiders as well @Kraven.

Upon scounting ahead and seeing the "Queen" spider down there I ran the other way as I still only level 3 at that point. But now that I'm level 4 I might see if I can do it now.