#i didn't really answer the question lmaooo i guess daeran and arueshalae are the ones who are literally always in my party

[fluorescentbrains]

who are your favorite companions in pathfinder? 😊

i really went off about every single companion so putting my answer under the cut lol

i really like them all! i do think some of them are better written than others... for example i’d like lann a lot more if the game actually let you call him out on being a sexist lol. and i love arueshalae, but the way she’s written kind of exasperates me because she acts like such a naïf when i think she should be a lot more savvy, being a former demoness who has skinned people alive and such. i still like both of them tho.

i did NOT expect to like daeran but i ended up romancing him because his predicament intrigued me and i enjoy the drama. his personal quest is off the shits and i’m obsessed with him. i can’t wait to find out what exactly is going on with that.

similarly i thought camellia was boring until she started acting creepier and creepier and it turned out she’s basically a girl version of jack the ripper. now i’m obsessed with her even though the character i designed probably should have executed her for the atrocities djjdfskdfdfgfhh it’s such a shame she’s “straight” i want to have fuckd up homoeroticisms with her.

i think all the evil companions are great in general tbh they kind of span the whole spectrum of villainy/jerkishness/derangement. i’m SO sad i fucked up and had to kill wenduag because i didn’t pick the right dialogue in act 3. regill is a much more palatable evil in that he stays in his lane and only commits atrocities against his subordinates who willingly follow him but he’s still a very sinister guy. and sexy. i would like to have fuckd up homoeroticisms with him as well. i understand why he’s not a romance option but man....

i guess i find greybor and sosiel the least interesting but i definitely don’t dislike them. well i might dislike greybor a little bit lol i find his “i simply can’t be blamed for working as a hired killer i’m just the knife” schtick annoying.

as for seelah nenio woljif and ember, 10/10 no notes. woljif’s character arc really stuck with me because it would be so easy for a PC to give up on him for being a flake, but he needs someone to truly stick by him and keep believing in him before he becomes a loyal friend. ember’s philosophy of absolute forgiveness could have come off trite but i think it’s executed really well and makes her fascinating as a character. i love that the typically amiable seelah clashes with her over this philosophy. similarly, nenio is goes far beyond the cookie cutter mad scientist trope into being GENUINELY wackadoodle and i love that for her. i think arueshalae and seelah should kiss also.