#The Underdark is Going Well

[mariana-oconnor]

[swordmaid]

my hag romance murder mystery au turning to magistrate astarion working with executor shri’iia we kind of like that development

[sovonight]

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[beaft]

a random OC ask for you (for chanterelle): what is your OC's favorite memory?

also: if they were dropped in a random city for a day with a pouch full of gold/relevant currency and no obligations whatsoever, what would they be doing?

oh what a nice treat! i love to receive random OC asks <3 thank you!

favourite memory... i think maybe one time his elder sister took him out of the city on a little daytrip to explore the underdark - or at least, some of the less everything's-trying-to-kill-you bits of it - and he brought along a sketchbook and a bag in which to collect Interesting Things, and had filled them both by the time they got home, and for weeks afterwards he had dreams about glowing flowers and clouds of spores and the weird, bioluminescent creatures that kept appearing and disappearing out of the corner of his eye. he nearly got eaten by a hook horror at one point. it was the most exciting thing that had ever happened to him.

(i think most of his memories of his sisters are happy, actually - he was the youngest one and the only boy, so they made a big fuss of him until their mother discouraged it.)

for the second ask: he's not much of a city person, but i imagine he'd either make a bee-line for the nearest library or he'd find an apothecary and bother the owner with questions about where did you find this, what does that do, what happens if you mix x with y, and so on, cheerfully oblivious to the queue building up behind him. and after that he would head for the food market and go absolutely nuts in the confectionary department. the idea of "free samples" is a novel one; he's amazed to discover that these stallholders are just giving food away for free, and doesn't realise you're meant to just eat one or two, as opposed to the whole tray.

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

Karlach is very very nice tree and I am a squirrel heh

If you need help with the game just ask because before BG3 I had no idea about the playstyle either-

god yeah me too, i want to climb onto Karlach's back and hang from her shoulders she is my favorite and i love her

thank you!!! i'm very slowly getting the hang of it (not that i'm good by any stretch), but i'm having fun!!

[cldhrbour]

[ 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 ] : sender takes a hold of receiver's both hands. - @recitedemise

the elevator SHUDDERS to a halt. gates opening with a screech. the only sounds that broke an otherwise agonizingly quiet ride from grymforge to. . . well wherever the hells this was taking them. their friends begin to file out of the small space , and as serana begins to follow suit she feels a hand reach out and clasp to her own. keeping her from moving. a silent beg. please. talk to me. i did it for you. i only ever did all of this for you. and when she looks back , those eyes like fire gazing into warm pools ( they remind her of chocolate or more appropriately the polished wood of a walnut bookcase lit in ambient firelight ) for the first time in a couple days her resolve cracks. just enough. just enough for him to pull her in ; he waves the party to keep going , that they'd catch up , and he keeps her here by encompassing pale fingers within his own.

she refuses to look down at them , no she's holding his gaze. because all it is , is proof. veins black with tar. tips of his fingers darkened and she knows it's only worsened over the hours. ( a battle with some spawn sent by harkon had ensued on the way here and she watched him so closely. would purposefully cast before he could. still without a word spoken to him. ) he'd notice by bringing her close that there was a significant change in temperature. he'd see , even in the dark that now surrounded them as they neared the shadowed lands , the pale stone sitting pretty in the gentle dip between her collar bones. THIS. CURSED. THING.

you've battled with yourself these past few days. you've wanted to RIP IT OFF and throw it into the molten fires of the forge because maybe , by the blood just maybe the fates would be kind enough to pull the weave from between it's melting molecules and give it back. drip a few measly droplets back into his well. but you can't , can you ?? because if that doesn't work you've wasted what he's given up and you could never do that because you ───

he sings songs of apologies. waxes on about how lonely the past couple of nights were without her there. they're pretty words. if he were a bard , they'd tug sweetly at her heartstrings. " gale , please. . . " how could he not understand ?? this isn't what she wanted. as gracious as the gesture was , as they all had been , if she'd known the cost she'd never ─── " it was never about what it was. . . gale. it was about what it meant. maybe to you it was a kind gift to a friend ─── " something done to show how much you care about someone , how much you listen. " ─── but to me. . . now all i can think of is the LOSS tied to it. "

a hand pulls from his grip , gently and delicately , reaches up to cup the cheek of her sallow-skinned wizard. he's fading , there's hardly any light behind his eyes anymore and your heart so full wails inside. " i don't want . . . gods gale i would have NEVER asked for a trinket to keep me warm , nor a spell to see myself again , nor any other moment you've given me if i knew it was at the cost of you. it's a price i'd never pay. " and you took that choice from me. ever since the night. that one. where they traded the most delicate ice lace. when her hands pressed the dirts of coldharbour into his. it wasn't about the magic. it never was. no , this was about two souls lonely and desperate for someone to understand. two people who only knew value of what others wanted from them. two wielders of magic , no matter its source , just sharing a moment together. falling.

silence again. they hold to each other , fingers grasping tightly. ( she'd press kisses to each one if she could , how she was desperate to take the pain away. to give him back that which he holds most dear. ) here she feels a moment in the space between them , a flicker as if the weave were finally giving out. her forehead presses against his , thumb running along the dark shadows beneath his eye , trailing down the delicate lines and she wonders if she'll ever see them grow brilliantly purple again. lips whispers away from each other. his name echoes around them. breaking the tension. like the snap of a piano wire. were they to take a couple steps and peer out of the elevator they'd see their friends. and in the dark , in between the small semi-circle the group had made ─────

───── there stood a rather elderly man giving the most gentle wave.

[kirbyddd]

i think it's getting to be time

[eldrichthingy]

Thank god for the camera tools mod. It can be (and it is) extremely fucking irritating but at least now I can stare at Astarion close-up for a fucking hour. I'M UNWELL?? The way his eyes are so soft and he's slightly smiling when you have high approval? 😭 My baby :')

[unholylevitation]

oh my GOD. I picked a Night Orchid and was like 'oh, Shadowheart said this was her favorite!!' and clicked on her and THEY LET TAV GIVE IT TO HER.

I hope my drow is endlessly thankful for the Game I'm bestowing upon her. Especially since her other wife is not pleased about this underdark shit.

[atomskdluffy]

I finished Baldur's Gate 3 tonight, and I am almost completely satisfied. It was a spectacular game! A lot of thought and patience goes into it, especially when you play like I do with mods that expand the party and my insatiable need for loot. The story and the characters are all beautifully written, and I can see how there might be thousands of different ways to play it! I think the only addition I could possibly ask for is for something at the very end, one of those sequences where the narrator tells us what each character in the party goes on to do after the credits roll. Other than that, I am quite satisfied with how it turned out! I got the endings I wanted, the mods I used upped the quality of life to the max, and I had so much fun playing! If you have the time for a game as involved as this one, I absolutely 100% recommend it!

[blujayonthewing]

how do I keep going through baldygate regions completely bassackwards

[naturally-dazed]

im like +50 hours in & im not in act 2 yet

[sun-marie]

With all the animal interactions in BG3 and how surprisingly well Ruathym has passed his Animal Handling checks, I really like the idea of him multiclassing as a ranger down the line 👀

[antiqua-lugar]

making a quick round up of my bg3 OCs while getting rid of useless saves, not only I have managed to create an LI for everyone but apparently I am romancing astarion, lae'zel and gale twice and wyll THREE TIMES.

[trevisos]

replaying xar is forcing me to confront their timeline in a way i don’t want to do rn.