#sussur greatsword

[scalpelsister]

Thank you so so much @red-nightskies for doing this stunning commission of Feilan!! If you guys get the chance to, you guys should absolutely commission Emma, she will knock your socks off 🩵🩵🩵

[spellshite]

Dame Aylin: [smites the shit out of Lorroakan]

Lorroakan: [does that awful reflect and kills her]

Me: hold on, is that possible? He reflects ALSO smites? Not only spells??

[elfboypussy]

playing into the guild artisan bg by equipping shit that i forged myself and looking like a dripped out doggy while doing so

[blackjackkent]

Quick pass back aboveground to finish out the last wilderness quest Rakha is at all interested in, which is the masterwork weapon. This is less because any of the available masterwork weapons are interesting to her personally and more because she is not enjoying walking around with a piece of sussur tree bark, because that tree made her VERY uncomfortable.

Originally she planned to give the resulting masterwork sword to Lae'zel (perhaps as a bit of a peace offering after how weird their friendship has been recently) but unfortunately it's shittier than her existing githyanki greatsword. So Karlach gets to have it in camp which probably makes her happy, so that's nice.

[coreene]

A Gift

Pairing: Astarion x Fem!Tav

Rating: General Audiences

Word count: 380

Summary: orelei creates Sussur Dagger and gifts it to Astarion. Happens after the tiefling party, before Astarion’s confession.

Tags: fluff.

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We had the Sussur bark now and a lazy day today so we made a break for the surface. Astarion was already pouting because he was missing the sunlight. And who could blame him, really? It was a crime how great he looked under it.

The design for the weapon wrote that it could only create a sickle, a dagger or a greatsword. Only person in our group who was using a great sword was Lae’zel and she was happy with her weapon, and no one really preferred using a sickle. The place around the village was secure, especially now that goblins were scattered. Shadowheart and Karlach made way to the grove for supplies and Astarion and I made our way to the forge. I was happy it was only the two of us as this was the perfect opportunity to give Astarion a nice new dagger as a gift.

I followed the blacksmith’s instructions and created the Sussur dagger. Astarion was waiting outside of the basement, taking in as much sun time as he could. I found him perched on the roof when I finally made it outside. I sat down next to him as I gave him the dagger.

“Sussur dagger - a little something to remember our day in front of the tree.” I said winking.

“Oh, my love – like I can forget it.” He spoke giving me a quick kiss. He went to examine the dagger immediately. “This is perfect. Much better than this one.” He said showing me his old dagger before he discarded it as I laughed.

I thought I saw a furrow appear on him when he looked at himself on the blade’s reflection but it was gone very quickly. “I’m glad – you can make people bleed even better now.” I said with glee, nudging his shoulder playfully, not thinking much on it.

We stayed on the roof. I placed my head on his shoulder as he held my hand in his palm, interlocking our fingers. I knew he didn’t want to return back to the Underdark just yet so we stayed there, in a comfortable silence, watching the sun go down. I closed my eyes to sunshine, taking in the warmth of its rays, enjoying Astarion’s company.

from chapter 14 of Lorelei's Journal

[natjennie]

mmmm idk if I want the sussur dagger or the greatsword... the sword would make karlach even more of an absolute beast but the dagger is a big step up from my rapier for example. but I'm the only real dex based party member and I'm multiclass rogue/ranger and use long range stuff wayyy more often... someone make a decision for me....

[ithinkthiswasabadidea]

Un fucking believable to me that my tiny little elf ranger can wield a godamn GREATSWORD

Like I just made the Sussur Greatsword and she's??? Proficient?? In this super fucking powerful weapon (along with literally over two dozen other weapons)

Rangers stay op 💪😤

[serregon]

the sussur greatsword is underrated she’s so pretty look at her

[swordbisexual]

Miss ma’am has been carrying the sussur greatsword and wearing the warped headband of intellect (dyed to match the rest of her look tyvm) since act 1 this run and you know what? Good for her.

[maestrosigma]

people really wanna complain about Gale consuming really valuable items, as if you can't just give him any random thing and he'll be just as happy. like if he ate your sussur tree greatsword that's on you, girl i got by with random magic rings i'll never use

[trupowieszcz-moved]

sussur greatsword ftw. the dagger was pretty but kinda mid and i cant even imagine how shitty the sickle must be. unless the sickle has some hidden potential but i literally didnt even see a sickle anywhere in this game

[horsyunicorn]

Thought you'd seen the last of me? Here's more questions for you! At the "get to know your Tav game", for EMERALD: 1. favorite weapon, 5. guilty pleasure, 7. greatest strength, 9. favorite smell, 13. hidden talent, 16. comfort food, and 17. comfort person. Cheers 💖💖💖

ty 💚💚💚

Favorite weapon

Moonlight Glaive (but Sussur Greatsword is a close second)

5. Guilty Pleasure

staring at Halsin's arse when she thinks SH isn't looking

7. Greatest strength

Determination in the face of unspeakable odds.

9. Favorite Smell

lilac. she also likes orange.

or SH's hair

13. Hidden talent

Ice-skating! Lae'zel did not believe her when she revealed this. So she commanded Gale to freeze a pond and proceeded to demonstrate the fastest way to fall into a pond which, though in the middle of spring, was for some reason ice-cold. SH poked her with a healing spell but it was Karlach who gave her a blanket, and then a hug for good measure.

16. Comfort food

Roast apples. SH, staring glumly at a closed heavy iron pot on the campfire: I do not understand. We should spend as little time as possible making camp. Who knows when these tadpoles will turn on us and transform us into monsters. Lae'zel, on the opposite side of the fire: ... I agree. We should hasten to discover a cure. We should not tarry cooking some sweetened fruit. Emma, admonishing them with a wooden spoon: the recipe is 6 green apples with a touch of nutmeg steeped in water for one hour, lads. No faster.

17. Comfort person

Halsin!

[ialdabaoth-eviscerator]

BG3 Powerful + Lore-Friendly Karlach Build

Also for my next playthrough. Taken from YouTube user Chaotic Loot

BARBARIAN

Abilities: 16(14+2) / 14 / 16 / 8 / 10 / 10

2: No options

3: Subclass: Wildheart: Bear Heart.

4: No options

FEAT: Great Weapon Master

5: No options

6: +PALADIN, OATH OF VENGEANCE

All levels from this point on will be Paladin.

7: Fighting Style: Defence. This build ignores spells entirely, so just take whatever.

8: Head to Withers and respec.

Abilities: 16(14+2) / 14 / 14(13+1) / 8 / 8 / 14

These abilities leave one point floating. Don't know where that goes.

RESPEC LEVELS: 3 Barbarian, 5 Paladin.

FEAT: Great Weapon Master

9: No options

10: No options

11: No options

FEAT: There's a lot of good options but he goes with Polearm Master. Sentinel is also good

12: Either no options or take another level in Barbarian for one last feat.

RECOMMENDED GEAR:

ACT 1: [weapon option] Sussur Greatsword (The way to get this is a little too convoluted to describe)

[weapon option] Skybreaker (found inside a heavy chest in front of the entrance of the Arcane Tower)

Harold (gotten from Zarys in the Zhentarim Hideout. I think she gives it to you if you do her quest but she also drops it if you kill her)

Grymskull Helmet (dropped by Grym)

[helmet option] Haste Helm (found in chest in Blighted Village, outside next to a wagon)

Adamantine Scale Mail (Made at the Adamantine Forge)

Ring of Protection (Reward from Mol for completing Steal the Sacred Idol)

ACT 2: Cloak of Protection (sold by Quartermaster Talli at Last Light Inn)

Halberd of Vigilance (Dropped by Lann Tarv at Moonrise, or sold by him after earning favor with Z'rell and asking for help). Best option esp if going with Polearm Master feat.

[another weapon option] Defender Greataxe (I'm 99% sure Quartermaster Talli sells this at Last Light Inn)

[spellshite]

Animated armour kept downing Gale every time I got him back up (and useless Shart wasn't able to reach him to heal him bc even if she had "mass healing word" in ker prepared spells it didn't appear in the panel to use it) so Lorroakan died and he didn’t dunk on him bc he was downed and only around for the cutscene.

Or there was another way to dunk on him, I wonder? Should I roll a bit back and redo the battle or leave it as is (anyway, I'm glad I kept the sussur greatsword with me)

[blackjackkent]

Heading towards what I thought was a quick loot pickup west of the House of Healing when suddenly:

I totally forgot I even had a psionic detector; it's the thing Kith'rak Voss gave to us when he dropped by the camp to enlist Lae'zel in his rebellion.

And then literally one step forward and the battle popped.

Five githyanki starting out of the shadows at us, led by this lady:

W'wargaz, of course, was the Inquisitor back at the creche who we ended up beating the shit out of. Clearly the news of our bad behavior in Vlaakith's house has spread.

Honestly a bit surprised they made it all the way out here, though - and haven't been consumed by the curse. Pity they want to kill us; they could probably teach us some tricks.

Decent fight. Current strategy of choice is having Gale cast Haste on Karlach and then just letting her go to town on everyone. Four back to back Sussur Greatsword attacks with 18 STR from a raging tiefling with full damage resistance will put a damper on anyone's day.

Hector pointed out that it does seem like Voss wasn't lying to them - or at least his word was good regarding what the psionic detector does.

The ch'r'ai was carrying "Royal Orders" which were very short and to the point:

I think we can safely say Vlaakith doesn't like us anymore. Sorry, Lae'zel. (Although realistically I think Lae'zel has fully comprehended the situation at this point; she just doesn't like it and doesn't want to talk about it.)

Some pretty spiffy new armor for Lae'zel too:

[chuthulhu-plays]

[ID: a screenshot from Baldur's Gate 3. The created player character is standing between Karlach and Lae'zel, both of whom have drunk Elixir of the Colossus, so they are twice as tall as normal and have a blue-white glow, most distinct around their eyes. End ID.]

The theme of my woodland cleric playthrough is making as many Elixirs of the Colossus as possible so I can tear the Sword Coast apart with my trio of giant wives

[ID: A screenshot of the Grymforge boss fight. Karlach and Lae'zel are standing either side of Grym, collapsed in the lava, attacking it with the Everburn Blade and the Sussur Greatsword respectively. End ID.]

This is how 98% of fights went until I figured out how to reclass Shadowheart as a paladin. My cleric is still extremely squishy.

[ID: a screenshot of the party standing by the Blood of Lathander contraption in Rosymorn Monastery. Shadowheart, Karlach and Lae'zel have all drunk Elixirs of the Colossus and are twice as tall as normal. End ID.]

Never talk to me or my three giant wives ever again