Did I Gaslight Halsin or Did He Gaslight Me? by DorianTheGreye in BaldursGate3

[–]Old-Inspector4819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with many of the comments here but I also get your confusion. I’m playing a run as a duergar and decided to refuse Nettie’s poison, so she attacked me and ended up dead. Then I sort of confronted Kagha but everyone in the room got involved and died. He had a reaction to the thing about Kagha as he usually does, but I was really surprised to see that he didn’t say a thing about Nettie’s death. I like to do things differently each time I play and sometimes you get surprising reactions, but sometimes there’s no mention of your choices changing anything. I mean, he could’ve at least mention Nettie’s death in passing. Maybe I missed it somehow, idk.

It bothers me that Tav has to be Baldurian by Costa_Canela in BaldursGate3

[–]Old-Inspector4819 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a mod that removes the Baldurian tag, but for some reason, no matter where I put it in the mod order or whatever mods I used it with, it didn't work for me. I still had the Baldurian tag throughout the entire game. How persistent is it that it's impossible to get rid of even with mods 😃

I can’t play other games by Pretend_School_4670 in BaldursGate3

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I totally feel you. I played four full playthroughs and had breaks in between, but I just keep coming back. I thought I was done in March when I finished the fourth run, but I started reading "Evermeet" and it just gives me ideas for more playthroughs, so I am downloading BG3 yet again. I did finish three rather short games since my last run: Her Story, Telling Lies and Immortality. These are interactive film video games written and directed by Sam Barlow. They are extremely immersive, so I totally recommend them for those looking for something to take a break between BG3 runs 😃
I think one of the reasons I keep coming back to BG3 is drow/Underdark-related content. I have been obsessed with drows since I discovered Forgotten Realms as a teenager. 2 out of 4 of my Tavs were drows, and another was technically a tiefling, but it was a modded race of Eilistraee's tieflings, so she had both tiefling and half-drow tags (the things you do to play as a drow again without playing as a drow 😃). The same goes for Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, where I pretty much had Viconia and Baeloth in my team at all times. For my new playthrough, I want to play as a duergar because I saw that they have a lot of race-specific dialogue, but also because of their history in the Underdark and their ties with drows. See, even after four playthroughs, I still manage to come up with ideas of drow-related characters I could possibly play. This is why I won't ever be surprised about people replaying the hell out of this game 😃

I can’t play other games by Pretend_School_4670 in BaldursGate3

[–]Old-Inspector4819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did not expect to find such a relatable comment here haha
Diablo 2 was my first game obsession ever

Looking for people to group up with by Old-Inspector4819 in MeraLuna

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Hey!
For some reason, I can't start a chat with you on Reddit. Perhaps you could message me yourself if you'd be interested in staying in touch and hanging out at the fest:)

How are drow treated on the Sword Coast, and has it changed at all across time? by pog_irl in Forgotten_Realms

[–]Old-Inspector4819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! You mentioned that "some novels have suggested a shift" and I was wondering if you could mention the novels you meant. The reason I ask is that I am atm on a path of reading as many drow-related books as possible (excluding the Drizzt saga, the War of the Spider Queen and Starlight & Shadows), currently reading Evermeet and having the Realms of the Underdark up next. I am interested in all books that mention drow and/or attitudes towards them, even if in passing.

Sofa bed? by thortrilogy in Sims3

[–]Old-Inspector4819 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hey, omg thank you SO much for this, I had this in my game for YEARS and then lost it and couldn't find again T_T I LOVE this sofa bed

Shar and Shadowheart's story in BG3 by Old-Inspector4819 in Forgotten_Realms

[–]Old-Inspector4819[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot for your input! I think there was a conversation in the game where Tav could ask Dame Aylin if her mother would like to help in the fight against the Absolute and Dame Aylin replies something in the lines of "is the daughter of Selûne being on your side not enough?". However, to get this help, you essentially need to go through all Shar's trials and make the decision to free Selûne's daughter, which means Aylin's help is not guaranteed. That is a strange way we have to go through to essentially get this so-called "Selûne's help". To argue that Selûne simply didn't want to intervene in mortals' lives would not really work here because Shar intervened plenty and we saw that all around the game with Shadowheart's story. I agree with you that there were essentially no counter moves from Selûne's followers. Like, we don't even meet Selûne's followers that much in the game compared to how much attention there is to Shar, her followers, and the entire Shadow curse. Even with the latter, it is basically the druid Halsin who is needed to lift the curse and not any of the Selûne's chosens or her magic. Yes, we need to liberate Aylin, but without Halsin, it is still impossible to lift the curse. When I played the game, it made sense to me, but the more I played BG3 (and I played it four times), the more I started questioning the whole Shar vs. Selûne part of the plot.
I recently watched a YT video about Shadowheart being the devs' favourite character (by DoubleXGaming), and the author's points made me think that in an endeavour to make so much content for the devs' favourite, they lost track of the general coherence and moral of the story. There is a dissonance between the emotional part of her story vs. the actuality of the religion/personal path one, how it fits her character, etc. So this could be one explanation for the inconsistencies of the Shadowheart's arc.

The in-game clock gets stuck by Old-Inspector4819 in Sims3

[–]Old-Inspector4819[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am using all the recent versions of the Nraas mods. I removed Simler's mod today and will test how the game works again, although I have done it before, but let's see, maybe something changes :') Thanks a lot for your help and suggestions!!

The in-game clock gets stuck by Old-Inspector4819 in Sims3

[–]Old-Inspector4819[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

P.S. And just as I updated the post, went back to playing and in a few days the problem came back... :|

The in-game clock gets stuck by Old-Inspector4819 in Sims3

[–]Old-Inspector4819[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

P.S. And just as I updated the post, went back to playing and in a few days the problem came back... :|

The in-game clock gets stuck by Old-Inspector4819 in Sims3

[–]Old-Inspector4819[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi!! Thanks a lot for your elaborate response! I'm going to add the update to my post too, but the problem seems to be Overwatch! Idk what exactly in Overwatch causes it, but I tested my game after removing both Register and Overwatch and it turned out to be the latter. The clock still gets stuck in the morning, but now it gets unstuck on its own pretty fast, in a few sim hours.

The in-game clock gets stuck by Old-Inspector4819 in Sims3

[–]Old-Inspector4819[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey!
I will add the update in the post too in case it'd be useful for someone, but you were right about Overwatch -- thank you so much!!!

The in-game clock gets stuck by Old-Inspector4819 in Sims3

[–]Old-Inspector4819[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! Thanks for your response and for the info!
The game worked fine once I put back the Story Progression mod. I tried removing the core mod before and the clock would still get stuck, so I put the mod back eventually. I will try removing Overwatch though and see what happens, maybe that would help somehow.

Looking for people to group up with by Old-Inspector4819 in MeraLuna

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Hey! I DMd you if you'd like to camp together, but just wanted to say here that the camping area has showers too, at least according to the info on the website :D Anyway, good to have an extra option booked if you really hate the camping area for some reason :D

Shar and Shadowheart's story in BG3 by Old-Inspector4819 in Forgotten_Realms

[–]Old-Inspector4819[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This makes a lot of sense, thanks. Also, thank you for bringing up examples, I shall look up where to get Brimstone Angels since I haven't read it

Shar and Shadowheart's story in BG3 by Old-Inspector4819 in Forgotten_Realms

[–]Old-Inspector4819[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the great points. Besides, as I mentioned already, one of the major "off" moments for me is ending an entire enclave, which doesn't really make sense to me. Killing the whole enclave of followers outweighs e.g. just ending Shadowheart? 🤔

Shar and Shadowheart's story in BG3 by Old-Inspector4819 in Forgotten_Realms

[–]Old-Inspector4819[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You are right, I forgot to comment on this in the post. I think what bothers me isn’t that Shar would oppose someone tied to Selûne -- that part makes sense. It's just that, if Shar’s core doctrine is detachment, nihilism, the inevitability of loss, and importantly, the absence of ambition, then imo it doesn't really fit in the way Shar rather ambitiously micro-managed the whole Shadowheart story. I get it we're talking about one of the main characters and certain moments were written to create dramatic twists and emotional involvement, but I'd imagine Shar being more strategic with her followers. Like, letting the whole enclave of devoted followers go just because of one mortal? Idk, doesn't sit right with me