#my dark urge astarion romance is going to be in my solo dark urge run

[sebastard69]

Evil Barbie, my Dark Urge I started in a multiplayer campaign. She's multiclassing into every class, and fully embracing the Urges.

[logarithmicpanda]

(Spoilers for BG3)

So I'm doing a solo run of Baldurs Gate 3 and I am sooooo conflicted on the romance. When I got the game I thought for sure I'd pick Astarion because vampire guy with a tragic backstory is right up my alley, but...

I find him insufferable xD literally all I want to do is to bully him and then step on him

I wish the game let me gain approval from just making fun of how vain he is, but anyway, that ship has sailed (I might still romance him in my multi game but I'm also. Playing considerably more of an asshole in that multi run lol)

In act 1 I got intrigued by Karlach but also Lae'zel who proved to have surprisingly charming moments. Karlach told me she was fine with me having my thing with Lae'zel while her overheating problem was going on, so I did, but I've actually grown really fond of Lae'zel too.

I'm now earlyish in act 2 and have to choose for good if I want to be with Karlach and I feel like a massive dick already because it's clear she has big feelings.

Its like she's a labrador puppy. She's cute and fun and I like her buuuuut Lae'zel has moments where she's just so unexpectedly soft that I get weak lmao.

And this game is so fucking long I don't want to do a third run. And I don't think my multi run character is a good fit with Lae'zel and Karlach met a tragic fate in that run

And I don't want to install mods.

Ugh.

Send help

*polls results not contractual

Please do not spoil me I am not farther than early act 2 in either of my runs

[sandstormdrawz]

a lovely mutual asked about my tavs (@beecreeper 💛) so now I have an excuse not to shut up about them

my own personal tavs on my solo runs arnt much to talk about I was still kinda learning the game, just two teiflings.

I don’t have any lore about them cause most of them were jokes

The dragon born and teif were Jackie and Bard (my friend was doing a Jack of all trade run and I was following a dumb joke about a bard character named Bard Simpson) Jackie is romanceing Shadowheart and Bard is Laezels weak little bf. no extensive lore but  they are both evil and pretty much only Laezel shadowheart Astarion and Gale are alive there. We’re going for the bad ending in everyone’s story. bard is an embrace the urge dark urge (sorry Isobel)

I have a drow named Mulrhune she’s an oath breaker paladin whose romancing minthara, they share a playthrough with my friends Gnome/custom goblin Rasben we’re going for a good playthrough and Rasben is a resist the urge durge

My most recent playthrough is probobly one of my favourites where I Have a big dumb Dragonborn berserker named Blacklung (a play on words with Shadowheart) blacklung is romancing Wyll cause he deserves a cute Dragonborn bf who will beat the shit out of mizora (also I like the parallels between Balduran and Ansur except with a happy ending)

My friend playing a reflavoured halfling draconic sorcerer named Defnota Kolbold as they were very upset at no kolbold playable race 

[idontunderstandwhydoyouneedmyurl]

Its late and I can't sleep so have some fun facts about my tav

Her name is Katrice Taventridus Elwoyzorwyn (el-wuh-zor-win), she's a half wood elf wizard (nobility background) and as of the events of bg3 she's 55 years old. Her magical ability strength lies in elemental magic, namely fire ice and lightning. Her alignment is neutral good because she believes more in doing what is right rather than what is lawful, but only if she won't get caught

She grew up in Baldur's Gate in a very affluent family, she went to a magical academy and graduated at the top of her class in an effort to impress her parents (spoiler: it didn't work)

After Katrice graduated she tried to join her father's magical item importation business. He told her that not only did he not want her to join, but that if she did it would tarnish the reputation as an elven business because she was actually half human and an affair child

She decided (to prove to her dad herself that she could in fact do whatever she put her mind to, surprise biracial affair child or no, so she got herself a basic adventuring pack and set off for adventure. She then got zapped up by the nauteloid ship literally before she made it out of the main city gate

She's part of a playthru that I did multi-player with my wife who played a tiefling ranger (criminal background) named Valmaia, and we consider that our "canon" run. Katrice and Val butted heads a lot at the beginning but by the end of the game are good friends

She's 5'6", weighs about a hundred pounds soaking wet, and the only reason her STR is 10 is because I refuse to go lower on any stat at all ever

Katrice hoards scrolls and potions because "you never know!!" But because her potion bag gets heavy, she pawns it off on Astarion to carry.

She doesn't trust the dream visitor (who looks like her birth mom) and refuses to eat more tadpoles or to use the illithid power at all. Valmaia meanwhile is eating the tadpoles like candy. Modern day pickle giver vs pickle eater tbh

Katrice and Wyll end up falling in love over the course of the game, because they ran in similar social circles growing up. Because Katrice is twice Wyll's age, they never actually met, but they likely would've been childhood friends.

In my personal solo playthru with Katrice, I had her romance Astarion in a "I can fix him but maybe he'll corrupt me a little" kind of way, a "on my gods my parents would be SO disappointed in me for bringing home such a charlatan. Isnt that exciting" rebellion kind of way. (I'm now romancing him with my dark urge which is a whole other flavor of emotionally delicious)

Im playing with the idea of her birth mom (who went missing shortly after Katrice was born) having been one of Cazador's victims just for a little extra gut punch

She had to talk down shadowheart from killing the nightsong, astarion from committing mass murder so he can suntan, gale from trying to become a God, like that one meme of a guy struggling and tangled with three babies on leashes

After the events of bg3 Katrice is well funded as both a professional adventurer and recognized as a hero of the city, so she's able to buy a controlling interest in her father's company.

She also buys Cazador's mansion (since he's not using it anymore) and turns it into a tavern/inn that employs several of the vampire spawn that Astarion freed. They work and in exchange are given room and board and a safe blood supply from local butchers and donors. Astarion refuses to stay there but thinks the idea is hilarious.

Wyll, Valmaia, and Karlach went to Avernus to live in the House of Hope while they look more into a cure for Karlach. Katrice doesn't enjoy the long distance relationship thing but once she and Rolan set up a portal to the House of Hope from the top of Ramazith’s tower, its a little easier to go back and forth.

My wife and I are playing a 2 person DND style game where we're continuing this thread and are doing an Icewind Dale based story together, just rolling dice for how the plot goes. I'm insanely excited to keep going (and if anyone asks me about it ill just straight up share my campaign notes i love it)