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[dragonagitator]

It's canon that our Earth is part of the same multiverse system as Faerun:

(from the Ed Greenwood Wikipedia article)

So if the Emperor had connected the steering tentacles slightly differently, the nautiloid could have plausibly realm-jumped to Earth during the opening cinematic and snatched up some Earthlings, too... including YOUR author self-insert fanfic protagonist!

Just saying. ;)

[underprivilegedcactus]

Alternate Universe where Gale never gets out of the rock cuz someone from here got isekai-ed to Faerun who knows nothing about the plot and the game and decides NOT to mess with the obviously malfunctioning magic sigil cuz you'd never just grab a sparking appliance, right? If there was electricity arcing out in dangerous ways, you'd probably just leave it alone.

So Gale is now stuck in a place between places all because we were taught not to touch dangerous, broken stuff at a young age. Whoops.

[dragonagitator]

BG3 fanfic idea:

Modern Character in Faerun fic in which the author self-insert suffers from whatever chronic illnesses and disabilities the author suffers from IRL and Shadowheart inadvertently cures them all the first time she casts Lesser Restoration for something.

It turns out that you weren't that far off all those times you'd joked back on Earth that "God nerfed me by giving me [condition] because he knew I'd be too OP without it."

And all that extra effort you used to have to expend every day just to minimally function? That was like a lifelong intensive weightlifting program for your willpower because you were constantly forcing yourself to do things despite all the pain, fatigue, brain fog, nausea, etc. Once you're freed of the shackles of your chronic illnesses and disabilities, you're able to utilize that power in ways chronically healthy and lifelong abled people could never dream of.

Title idea: "Traded My Spoons For Knives"

Lore caveats: Lesser Restoration canonically cures the conditions diseased, poisoned, paralysis, and blinded. If you're missing body parts and want them back then you'll need to wait for the 7th-level divine magic spell Regenerate, which can't be learned in game because character progression is capped at level 12 but should be achievable fairly quickly in a post-game story because clerics and druids get access to 7th-level spells as soon as they hit level 13. If that causes you to inadvertently regenerate body parts that you didn't want back, the 9th-level spell True Polymorph can permanently (with your consent) change your healthy/whole baseline to something else. You'll need a level 18+ wizard to cast it, which Gale was before the orb since he was an archmage, and it's certainly plausible that removing the orb would allow him to bounce back to his old character level without needing to grind XP to get there.

(Inspired by memories of taking Adderall for the first time. That was a REVELATION, y'all. You mean I wasn't just stupid and lazy this whole time? This is what I can do when my brain actually works right? If my physical disabilities and chronic illnesses could also be cured/treated as instantaneously, I'd be unstoppable.)

(Also, how is it that as soon as I start writing my first attempt at fanfic, I start generating ideas for new fanfics faster than I can even write the ideas down much less ever actually write any of the stories?)

[dragonagitator]

If you're writing a "Modern Character in Faerun" author self-insert BG3 fanfic and want to eventually give your self-insert a D&D character class in a way that makes narrative sense, I encourage you to check out the Sorcerer subclass "Aberrant Mind."

It's not an option in the game itself, but our MCIF self-inserts are special snowflakes from another universe and we do what we want.

One of the possible origins for this subclass:

You were implanted with a mind flayer tadpole, but the ceremorphosis never completed. And now its psionic power is yours. When you use it, your flesh shines with a strange mucus.

SOUND LIKE ANYBODY WE KNOW???

The mucus is unfortunate, but it's better than dying, so I'll take it. Because the only things I'm good at (Excel, QuickBooks, GAAP, shitposting) aren't transferable skills in Faerun and definitely won't keep me alive in combat. Thus, I'll be asking Withers to respec me from Accountant to Sorcerer at the earliest opportunity.

[mopyerika]

Off to #smxconventioncenter. Decided to have my granny tag along with me since she likes books too. #mbif First time nya sa MRT :p (at SMX Convention Center Manila)

[doubledoseofsubetaslovin-blog]

Can't tell which staff member is a bigger piece of shit: the ever corrupt tyrant mbif or that shit talking, disgustingly personalitied cunt bucket Cranberry.