The Trials and Tribulations of Playing a Gnome in Baldur's Gate 3...
A.K.A. The Adventures of Raven and Skye
I decided to try my hand at playing solo multiplayer. That is...creating two custom characters to play together. And so far...let me say...it is an absolute blast! With occasional hilarity!
Day 1 -
Raven wakes up with no memory (I was fresh out of originality when it comes to names. Don't judge me...)
Raven meets Skye...who is much taller than she is (I'll repeat the stipulation that thou shalt not judge regarding the lack of name originality.)
Skye is judgy. I mean, that squirrel came right at her! How could they not have seen that!
That's ok. If they want to be Judgy McJudgerson...well, two can play at that game...
Anyways...it's been so fun to play these two together! I can't wait to keep going. I had thought I would miss out on ambient banter, which I am as I only have two of the actual companions out at any given time...but my two characters have been chattering away! That was completely unexpected! One will react to the other's dialogue choices...or one will make a passing exploration comment and the other will also have something to say. I love it!
They also have a wonderful sibling vibe going on. Raven (she/her) is a Durge Assassin who hasn't quite figured out how she feels about the world. One minute she might be nice...and in another, not so much. Skye (he/they) is a Cleric of Talos who is very JUDGY (according to Raven). In all honestly, they're just a bit full of themselves.
Raven will definitely be romancing Astarion (BECAUSE GNOME). The man doesn't waste any time. Third long rest and he's already trying to bite her! (It really was very early early in the game...they hadn't even gotten to any of the random drained boars yet and he was only at like 10 approval).
Skye I think will be romancing Gale. I had originally intended for them to hit it off with Karlach, but there are definitely some sparks with Gale. I dunno. We'll see what happens when we pick up Karlach. Skye has always been about putting Number 1 first...and power...and BEING JUDGY (again, according to Raven)...so Gale might be a great fit. We'll see!