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[anoras]

general - 1, 4 & 10

story specific - 10

romance - 2 & 3

companion au ask meme

answered 10 in general here, 10 in story specific here, and 3 in romance here !

general

1. Where can your Tav be recruited?  Are they first encountered on the Nautiloid, or in the Nautiloid crash region?  Or are they not recruitable until a later act?

She can be found outside the south/lower door to the Ancient Temple, below where the looters are arguing. She'll call out to you when you get close, and ask for your help. "Hey! You! From the ship!" > Speak to her "You were on the ship - like me. I saw you, walking around. You didn't help then, so you can help me now. Those looters up there, they have friends inside, and they stole something from me. Something important." > "What did they take?" "Something that will give them a nasty surprise if they open it. Just -" She is cut off by the psionic connection of your tadpoles. For a moment, your minds merge; you are her, and she is you. You are walking through a dense forest, a bear at your side. You're tracking something - something massive. Trees and brush lie broken and burned before you; you know the dragon is close, but you don't fear, you are not alone in this. You reach out, touch your companion's head, you both ready yourself for the fight. > "The bear?" > "How did you manage to lose a bear?" "I didn't lose a bear! They stole the bear - and they don't even know they took him. It's an amulet that he's inside. Please - I've had him since he was a cub." If you have Gale with you, he'll comment on the potential enchantment on the amulet she mentions and encourage you to help her.

4. What sort of general actions raise or lower their approval?

Generally she approves of helping people and doing good deeds. She has the folk hero background, so her approval tends to line up with what one would expect from that. She also disapproves of unnecessary cruelty, refusing to help when asked, or letting people die avoidable deaths (ie; major disapproval from letting Arabella die). There are a few points in act one where she approves of unexpected things - or says things that you wouldn't expect from a heroic type, or from a ranger. Particularly, she's very curious, and will approve of asking questions and finding out other people's secrets, but will disapprove of giving out more information than is absolutely necessary. - She approves of finding out Kagha's secret, and of telling Kagha & the shadow druids to admit what they were doing. - She will ask you to give her the Necromancy of Thay, and approve if you ask her why OR if you give the book to her without question. However, giving the book to her without question will start her on the path to accepting Vecna's influence. Refusing to give her the book will also net her approval, and she will thank you later as she "doesn't know why she asked for it. For a moment [I] wasn't in [my] right mind." - She approves of deceiving people who try to pry into the party's business. - She will disapprove of telling people about the prism. (Yes, even Jaheira.) - Though she won't approve or disapprove of asking her questions about her past, you will trigger her curse-reveal scene once you've asked and (forced her to) answer enough questions about herself. In that scene she'll approve of you asking what's wrong with her hand. After the choice in Rosymorn, her approval and disapproval will shift slightly, and depending on if she is dedicated to Lathander, or if she embraced Vecna's influence, she will approve of more openness (Lathander), or will sometimes value secrecy even over helping people (Vecna).

romance

2. Does your Tav need to be flirted with to start the romance, or will they approach the PC themselves if approval is high enough?

She will approach the PC herself if her approval is high enough! Her romance starts off as a casual hookup, and she'll be quite open about that.