#honor mode

[a-tangled-mermaid]

Oh my GOD 😭 I'm trying to play honor mode on bg3 but this shit is too tragic.

Here are the steps to regretting every decision you've ever made in a game without the option to reload a previous save.

1. Broke your oath on purpose bc you wanted to be an oathbreaker 🤪

2. Decide Oathbreaker paladin isn't as fun as you wanted it to be and reclaim your oath for 1000 gold so you can respec at Withers into a bard or something

3. Make Astarion pickpocket the Oathbreaker knight because 1000 gold is a lot of money ok.

4. Astarion successfully pickpockets the gold, but unfortunately the Knight catches him after the fact because he's apparently not chill about being stolen from like Withers is.

5. Oathbreaker knight uses crown of madness on companions and they start rocking your shit, and for some reason uncrowned-ai-Gale just keeps casting featherfall on everyone.

6. Knight crowns Gale. Oh good! He'll just keep casting featherf-- WHAT IS GALE DOING!?

7. GALE STARTS CASTING ACTUAL COMBAT SPELLS EXCLUSIVELY AT SCRATCH AND THE OWLBEAR CUB

8.SCRATCH IS DEAD AND THE CUB IS ON LOW HEALTH SO YOU GET OUR ASSES INTO GEAR AND KILL THE KNIGHT, HOPING IT ENDS THE COMBAT

9. The knight is dead, but the cub is frightened and won't stop attacking. You keep healing him but the ai companions you don't control are still treating it as a hostile enemy. You don't have access to calm emotions. You use two sleeping potions and the little fucker saves against both of them.

10. You have Lae'zel throw Wyll off a cliff (bc you're near the creche) just to get him to stop attacking, but it's too late because right after that ...

11. HALSIN KILLS THE OWLBEAR CUB

12. Just to reiterate: HALSIN. KILLS. THE CUB.

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[dustin-redfin]

A Closer Look at Why SweetDream's Images Feel Real

Most of the realism debate in AI companion apps comes down to one boring-sounding word: consistency. Anyone can luck into a single striking image. The harder problem is making the same character look like the same character a hundred times in a row, under different light, in different poses, with the same little quirks you set during creation. That's the lens I used when I sat down with sweetdream.ai, and it's where the platform quietly separates itself.

The looks you dial in during setup actually carry through. I picked specific features, a particular vibe, even a backstory and personality, and the generated photos respected those choices rather than averaging them into a generic stock face. The texture work is what sells it up close, natural skin, believable hair, eyes that track instead of staring blankly through you.

I'll be measured here because I dislike hype. SweetDream isn't magic, and no tool is flawless. But weighed feature by feature, the photo and video output is the strongest argument for calling it the best AI girlfriend platform right now, and the realistic voice calls and context-aware chat only reinforce that. If you care about images that genuinely resemble your AI companion, start there and judge for yourself.

[dustin-redfin]

Originally drawn: 26 June 2025

It's been extremely funny/sad that this method has worked several times

[dynamicducks]

I did it!

I finally beat Honor Mode!

I may have overbuilt my characters a little but in the end it doesn't matter cause it's done! I know it's not a major accomplishment but Im proud of this at least.

[missfortunetherogue]

Honour Mode Run Fails

Or, how my poor impulse control shot me in the foot 😆

Two amusing fails today in my HM playthrough, one of them was a setup that no actual DM would have subjected me to and the other was 100% impulsive button mashing.

Karlach is now an Oathbreaker Paladin - no take-backsies

So get this - I finished up the Gauntlet of Shar and circled back to gank Balthazor in his lab because I haaaate fighting him in the Shadowfell. Astarion kicks things off with a clutch sneak attach crit, and the rotten old necromancer tries to run. Karlach landed the killing blow (Oath of Devotion Paladin) and...breaks her oath?! I guess because we started the fight sneakily?

We long rest, Oathbreaker Knight is still in camp since you retain the option to change your mind and try to re-pledge your oath. I'm running through my morning routine, the last step of which is for Astarion to bite one of the hirelings so he starts the day with his Happy buff. Andddd Mr. Oathbreaker aggros on the whole camp.

(Poor Scratch is so scared!)

So uh... no take-backsies on the oath breaking I guess? He was level 12 and had almost 300 HP so I was nervous for a sec he'd wipe the floor with us, but he was down after one round and another sneak attack from Astarion.

Shadowheart Went Dark

Look...do I know, as a rational-minded person, that HM runs are not the time to try new things and take risks? Yes. Did I choose the shiny new dialogue option unique to me as a cleric of Selûne?...Also yes. I trusted you, Shads! I should not have, but I did! Rather than go the usual persuasion roll route I chose the Selûne option that told her to let the Nightsong live because Shar would never stop demanding sacrifices of her. She looked me dead in the eye and then stabbed Dame Aylin. FAFO at its finest, now everyone in the inn died and I gotta live with that 😭

Gonna go touch grass now or something, I need a break after that letdown.

[catwithkeys]

Gotten back into daily BG3 the last few days. Gale origin playthrough, honor mode.

Just took out the House of Grief and man, that was easier than Ansur 🫠

[crowwolf]

I'm finally in Act III of my BG3 Honor Mode run. So far, I've...

(Spoilers below the cut - DO NOT look if you don't want spoilers)

failed to save the owlbear cub, he stayed aggro and even though I knocked him out, nada

Made a deal with the Hag the free Mayrina. You'd think that'd be ok, except I'm an OATH OF VENGEANCE Paladin - now I'm an Oathbreaker Pally.

I meant to knock out Mynthara so I could get her - nope *oops*

Failed to save Isobel, lost EVERYONE at Last Light, except Jaheira. This was the day after losing my cat - finding His Majesty wrecked me.

Failed to save the Portal and lost Halsin, lost Thaniel, failed to lift the shadowcurse (that hurt).

I did save Rolan...in Act II. He sided with Loroakan afterwards cause I forgot to talk to him first 😭

Manged to knock out Minsc, only to accidentally run by with my moonbeam armor - no Minsc, no Boo, no Jaheira (THAT one hurt, bad).

Came to the last turn in Iron Throne and barely got Omeluum (phew)

BUT some of the fights are much easier than I expected, some of them are massive bitches. I've also got well over 100k and no where to spend it, so yeah. That's with buying high end gear and the 10k statue.

[cyanicdoodle]

DAY FOUR OF OUR BG3 HONOR RUN with @z00lea

Finishing Act 1.5

[the-hymn-ofdeath]

Going to fight Orin 💀 wish us luck