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**mostly migrated to Bluesky** 23, she/her, bg3 ocs sideblog (icon by daisparkx) (main blog: veil-nebula)

[squidgang]

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hello and welcome to my baldur's gate 3 brainrot blog! on here I go by squid or veil informally, and if I'm spotted in your tags I'll show up as @veil-nebula, because that's my main blog hehe. here you'll find a (presently) disorganized array of lore posts regarding my 3 bg3 ocs, referred to internally as the "squidgang", attempts at virtual photography, and someday mayhaps some fanfiction (stay tuned). I love participating in tag games and my dms and asks are WIDE OPEN if you want to infodump about your ocs <3

YOU 🫵, YES YOU! Let's be mutuals ;P

*at any given moment I am minthara-pilled and drowmaxxing*

character sheets and playlists for my ocs below!

[zaudrathir]

Eilistraee's Manifestaton

Tools: ReShade, Otis_Inf, Lighty Lights, QSAT, Pretty Particles, Moth VFX Mods: Coranzan’s Outfit, Face/Hair Mods, Dye

[mogruith]

@sadpsionicist I wanna print out your whole tag rant and give it a hug, I really loved seeing this in my notes so, so much. But I'm grabbing just this part of it so I can address it 'cause you're definitely picking up something I put down that I didn't think anyone would notice. Thank you so much for these tags, they made me so happy.

I wanna nerd out a bit about what you picked up.

For the record, I know it just seems like sad little drow meow hours to some, but this is a significant moment in his story. This took me about a month of sporadic attempts to capture the idea I had in my head.

So, the hair is the beauty of the technical wonder called hotsampling using the Otis_Inf Tools for detail, and then IGCS_DOF for the depth and smoothness of the details. THE COLORS!! Thank you for picking this up. 😭 And to even go to the extent of picking out the colors!!

First of all, I am not one for editing in Photoshop, I don't really have the vision for what I can do with a shot in post processing, so I really try to make the image entirely in BG3 with lighting tools and ReShade.

So for this, I very specifically set up two pinpoint lights to shine in his eyes to reasonably match the color of the moth, partly because I like a uniform color palette so an image doesn't come off as too busy. I don't have a direct before and after, as this shot took me days of iterations to attempt, some with and without that light. Here's a without:

And this is adding the pinpoints, for comparison.

By the time I got to the shot I posted, I realized a lot of the expression was lost in shadow so it got brightened overall. In a slight tilt of the camera, it is a little more obvious

And there is an intention behind it as you have surmised, besides the samey color palette. To those who don't know his story, this is Eilistraee manifesting to him as a swarm of moths after tearfully venting his frustration with trying to join her clergy for over a century and being rejected for the crime of being a man (things that simply happen in canon).

The idea is that she IS there despite her apparent absence, and HE does manifest her will in the world, despite not having had the rank.

Seriously THANK YOU for picking this up. I mostly did this for myself but it is SO SO rewarding to know that you took a deeper look at this and found what I was putting down.

Seriously, thank you.

[munni-art]

I love him

[w-low]

[alinamghart]

I love this interaction between them. Minthara is among my favorites when it comes to the banters. I swear that woman only has to look at Gale for a vein to pop on her temple kek.

[helical1206]

[fortesnic]

Happy early Father`s Day to my Tav’s hardworking single Dad.

This comic was based on a comment I got about Tav Skjære’s background in the BG3 subreddit. I hadn’t thought about my Tav’s old man as a wizard until that point, but a drow baby learning to walk with the aid of a mage hand was too cute to not consider.

[mercymaker]

Thorien was a rogue-bard with a charming smile and plenty of laughter on his lips. He left many maids and shepherds lovestruck wherever he travelled, especially when he sat at a harp and filled the space with the most gentle singing.

[bravelittlescrib]

We NEED Drow tradhusbands. House Patron from down the street making TikTok videos about how torturing underlings is a woman’s job and men need to stay in the kitchen where they belong

[lutethebodies]

We interrupt this homebrew worldbuilding weekend for a tender Cannor x Minthara outtake from this session in his previous playthrough. Thank you for the indulgence.

[hermes-daf]

Deep voiced mermaid hmmmm

7/8

Karlach here

Lae'zel here

Astarion here

Wyll here

Shadowheart here

Gale here

You can find it as a print in my store !

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I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

[maudstermash]

took a break from Rogue Trader stuff to help @majorasnightmare design their hexblood bardlock, Dia <3 (who will hopefully join a Descent into Avernus campaign very soon)

she's OUR oc now !!!!!!!!!!!!

[pavusprince]

Happy Birthday @mogruith !! Thank you so much for being such an incredible friend and making fandom something enjoyable again. You’re one of the sweetest, most talented people I’ve had to pleasure to know. I love you! 💜💜

Under the cut is a maskless version. Coran looks naked without his face paint but he’s still very pretty. Plus who would complain about a naked Coran?

[mercymaker]

who was i when i last drew breath? who had my heart when it was still beating?

▬ 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐄, the protagonist of 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗮, a tavstarion story

[starlightweave]

Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Recs: Romance~

In celebration of the 2 year anniversary of the most influential event of all time, the first day I played BG3, have some mods that fix and improve BG3's amazing romances :3

My mod recs: bug fixes, QoL pt 1, QoL pt 2, QoL Combat

Kisses: In case you somehow don't have this one already. Adds spells of companions’ unique kisses, including: their unique endgame kisses (missing Halsin's tho ☹️) and unique epilogue kisses.

Hugs: Adds a spells that let you hug characters. Includes I think every hug animations: Gale, Astarion, act 2 romanced Astarion, Shadowheart, Karlach, Halsin, God Gale, the Dream Guardian, and (limited) reverse hugs for short races.

Aeries' Gale Dekarios - Hugs Kisses Voiced Dialog: Adds a dialogue option to romanced Gale to access 8 kisses (his 4 epilogue ones, 2 from Wyll, and 2 from Astarion), his epilogue hug, and Shadowheart's hug. All these romantic actions are accompanied by dialogue, so while you can access all these thru the above Kisses and Hugs mods, this a is a more "natural" way of getting them. NOTE: this requires a compatibility pak if you have Lesser Restoration.

Astarion Confession Dialogue Edit: Incorporates elements of his Yugir confession (the famous "nice simple plan" line) to his Araj confession, adds the ability to both ask him what he wants to do + tell him we can be together w/o sex, before hugging or opening your mind him.

Astarion Kisses Revamped: Because why does spawn Astarion get only TWO kisses 😭!? Restores a third unfinished neck kiss found in games files, improves camera angles on his vanilla kisses, and stops his "I'm all point ears, love~" dialogue from vanishing after you defeat Cazador.

Astarion's Graveyard Scene Extended: Adds new additional shots to his act 3 romance scene, so you can see extra details as part of normal gameplay. This does include The Leg Thing B)

Astarion Act 3 - "But you're MY leaking blood-bag": For Durges romancing Astarion: ensures he always says this excellent line if Durge tells Ethel "I prefer to think of myself as a leaking blood-bag," in act 3, even if you saved Mayrina in act 1 (which normally makes this inaccessible in vanilla)

Karlach's Romance - Better Hot Date: Allows you to ask Karlach all 3 questions during your date, plus adds in some unique dialogue options for different classes, backgrounds, and races.

Firestarter - Karlach Romance Overhaul: Restores Karlach's bugged pre-tiefling party romance scene, allows the scene to happen after the party in case you didn't have enough approval at the party, and adds in a chance to start the romance (or kiss her if already dating) when she gets her 2nd upgrade.

Astral Pain - Lae'zel Romance Debuff: For weak istiks who want to remove the debuff they receive after getting freaky with the frog wife (you can do it in vanilla by using lesser restoration, but Lae'zel will disapprove 😂)

Minthara's Alurlssrin: Since Larian NEVER fixed the bug preventing the lovely follow-up dialogue after Minthara calls your bond alurlssrin from appearing, our patron saint of BG3 Modding hyperspacetowel did 🙏

Minthara's Poison Kiss: Bumps up the chance of getting your first poisoned kiss from 1 in 100 to 1 in 10, so you can learn that your hot drow wife loves u so much she poisons u 🥰

Missed Connections - Shadowheart - Truly Connect: Fixes the bug that prevents you from starting a romance with Shads after the tiefling party if you did not have enough approval at that party, or if you had the goblin party instead.

Missed Connections - Shadowheart: Fixes the bug preventing Shadowheart's act 3 romance scene if you missed your chance to learn that she likes night orchids and can't swim.

Ex-Sharran Swimming Lessons: Unlocks Shads' act 3 romance scene if Dark Justicier Shadowheart saved her parents.

Wyll's Act 3 Romance Tweaks: For those who choose to end Wyll's romance scene with cuddling, this tweaks the camera angle so you can actually see the cuddling!

Dark Urge Tweeaks: Some restored banter and improved companion reactivity for Durge, including new cinema sequences featuring your romance partner actually being upset about resist Durge dying.

Lesser Restoration: Previously recommended for its MANY bug fixes, wanted to highlight its romance improvements/fixes here: unlimited endgame kisses for Astarion, Halsin, and Minthara; fixes bugs preventing Karlach's pre-tiefling party romance scene; fixes bugs preventing Wyll's act 2 dance even if you did not flirt with him at the party (perhaps not an improvement because you WILL have to break his heart 😭); stops romance related banter from playing prematurely (such as before your partner's act 2 or 3 scene)

[fortesnic]

Sneak peek of a somewhat longer thing I’m working on about my Tav’s backstory.

The older Drow is his pops. Once he realized his ambitious Matron’s latest baby had the same light rosy eyes only he possessed amongst her loverboys. The thought it was his tormented him, and couldn’t bear the thought of his son becoming yet another sacrifice no one but him would remember or care.

Since my Tav grew to look like a carbon copy of him, his parental spider senses were right

[pooziqoroyal]

The restless siren