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[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 59 points 10 months ago (2 children)

In my playthrough (which I'm still working through so no act 3 spoilers please), I couldn't figure out how to open the pod she was in at first. I ended up shooting something overhead which fell and put caustic brine everywhere. When I finally opened the pod she jumped out and immediately died to the brine. I've never actually heard her speak πŸ˜…

[–] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

#blessed

She’s insufferable.

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

counterpoint: my character had sex with her

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago

When you CAN fix her

[–] gianni 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

lmao exact same thing happened to me

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 2 points 10 months ago

Glad I'm not the only one who couldn't figure that out lmao

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 48 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

On one hand, maybe having the child maltreatment victim crack jokes all the time would be a little inappropriate. On the other hand, that describes like 4 people I know.

On the other other hand, one Astarion is enough

[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 35 points 10 months ago (6 children)

It really surprised me that Astarion is so popular.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

MFers be horny

[–] tehevilone@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hands down my least favorite companion.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

He has a growth arc

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

High/prominent cheekbone, pale, aristocratic, twink, tends to go over well

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Same, though I have to say when I let him have a little blood and he went too far, I forced him out of my party on my first play through. But oh boy is he necessary on a Dark Urge play through. The dialogue is just so worth it.

[–] bestagon@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

He just a tumblr sexyman

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Astarion has a ton of charisma.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Astarion rizzing me up fr

has backshot potential

-actual Discord messages from my heterosexual male cousin that made me feel like my brain was melting out of my ears.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 10 months ago

Ah, yes, heterosexuals. We have dismissed this claim.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago

Sarcasm is my go to cope so, make it five.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

You think happy people are funnier than me?

Seriously though, having every character in a DnD party trying to crack wise all the time, even when it's objectively wrong, is just true to life.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I still don't like Shadow heart. 🀣

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 10 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I thinks she was cool. I liked almost all companions, especially Lae'zel, Gale, Shadowheart and Astarion. I disliked Karlach, and Wyll was meh but not terrible. I didn't get to play Minthara though because I didn't know she was a companion and killed her in Act 1... πŸ₯²

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Huh. Karlach was easily my favorite.

I always liked hanging out with the punks and metalheads though.

I've known entirely too many people that had the real life personality of Shadowheart and Astarion to really like them though. Gael and Wyll just seemed like entitled shits; not the worst, but not great people.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

My girlfriend and I reloaded like 3 times to save the npc that progressed the quest to save karlach.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'll be honest, I don't even remember who Minthara is, so I definitely didn't get her either.

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Dark Elf evil paladin leading the charge to destroy the druid camp. Most people dont get her as a companion

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 2 points 10 months ago

Oooooh got it! That's cool actually I had no idea. I imagine she's pretty mutually exclusive with some of the others.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months ago

I didn't get to play Minthara though because I didn't know she was a companion and killed her in Act 1...

Oh my gosh, you too? I swear there are so many of us 😭

I'm doing a co-op play through with friends, and one of us accidentally started combat with her and killed her. We didn't even realise we were missing someone until Act III where there's a visible empty spot where she clearly should be and we googled the roster of companions.

[–] Whorehoarder@lemmynsfw.com 30 points 10 months ago

Release the sass-cut

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

I can fix her

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 19 points 10 months ago

We were ROBBED

[–] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So now Shadowheart is easily the most agreeable companion in the game since she approves of everything good or bad you do as long as it does not involve Shar or Lae'zel.

[–] Pooptimist@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

She's still sassy af

[–] hand@lemmy.studio 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I killed her on the spot (goblin camp) after she refused to give me the artifact and leave me alone lol.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago

You can get the artifact with no problems at all by telling shadow to wait in camp

[–] noxy@yiffit.net 7 points 10 months ago

She was worse??

[–] oxideseven 5 points 10 months ago

Was that dev me?

When it was first made available to the public I played about an hour or 2 and then stopped so I didn't spill the game. My one big take away was that I really hated all the companions, especially sheart.

I'm glad how well written they all ended up.

[–] snowsynth@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

I killed her when getting to the nightsong lol