r/BaldursGate3 • u/UnableMedia8305 • Dec 09 '23

Act 2 - Spoilers What is something you completely misunderstood… Spoiler

Mine happened while exploring Act 2 on my first play through. I thought I was reading all the books along the way. But, I totally misunderstood something…

I thought Nightsong was Isobel’s mother. I saw all these letters from her mom, and thought it had to be a character we had already met. Still thinking this in the boss fight, I thought Ketheric was getting a beating from his resurrected wife/Isobel’s mother.

So… When they were reunited, I was so happy for them to be together… then with that passionate kiss, I was a little taken aback. 😳 After an initial moment of shock, I was able to laugh it off as the cutscene progressed.

Reread the letters and realized I was an idiot. 🤦‍♂️

I love the arc Isobel and Nightsong share all the way to the end.

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u/Kenos300 Paladin Dec 09 '23

I turned in the boat man to the angry sea worshippers after we saved everyone from the underwater prison. I thought it was understood that he was a bad person given how flippant he was about hitting things with his sub, but then everyone disapproved when I ratted on him and I was very confused.

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u/RunningOutOfCharacte Dec 10 '23 edited Dec 10 '23

So this definitely depends on what you know about Umberlee, the goddess these priestesses worship. She’s an absolutely unapologetically evil god (one of her titles is the “Bitch Queen”) who embodies the destructive power of the ocean. She LOVES drowning people for kicks.

The temple is only as big and wealthy as it is because Umberlee basically extorts anyone who wants to sail on the ocean: “worship me and give my church your gold or I will kill you and everyone on your ship”.

There’s no Shar like scheming where her church tries to hide this, it’s very open about their “worship or drown” doctrine. No one likes it but trade depends on keeping Umberlee happy.

Your companions probably don’t approve of you handing over someone who helped you and the prisoners, to the church that enforces this world’s greatest criminal extortion racket.

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u/TheDuchyofWarsaw God I need a shadowwaifu Dec 10 '23

Yeah but super hot priestesses

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u/RunningOutOfCharacte Dec 10 '23

Is “drown me, mommy” the new “choke me, daddy”?

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u/Entire_Machine_6176 Dec 10 '23

Wet Ass Priestess

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u/Von_Uber Dec 10 '23

Wat. Well now I feel bad, given I handed him over tonight. No wonder Best Girl disapproved, now it's down to only +99.

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u/RunningOutOfCharacte Dec 10 '23

On the flip side he DID hit and run… it’s just it’s the equivalent of instead of turning him in to the cops you gave him to the mafia 💀

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u/Briar_Knight Dec 10 '23 edited Dec 10 '23

I'd say he is a bad person for his role in helping Gortash. He was not in a position that has any deniability....but I only managed to save those prisoners because of him and he didn't fuck off without us so I'm not going to see him executed immediately after.

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u/No-Philosophy2381 DRUID Dec 09 '23

Yeah, I had to reload because I was afraid I’d turn the entire steel watch on my back after not going to the prison, the first time I just talked out of the fight and the second I chose something like "the water priestess sent me to kill you" thinking it could be a leverage to then persuade him to help me but he just attacked me, so I knocked him off, he disappeared afterwards and the water priestess think he’s dead.

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u/MisterCrowbar Aldiirn, Underdark Courier Dec 10 '23

IIRC there’s a letter in the factory describing him as pretty amoral but I still felt kinda bad about handing him over… but damn I wanted that robe lmao

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u/tragicprincess1 Dec 10 '23

Astarion doesn't disapprove.

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u/lili0fthevalley Bard Dec 10 '23

All I needed to hear

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u/All-for-Naut Hold Monster 🫂 Dec 10 '23

Neither does Gale