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tethys-the-aquatic-sea-godness · 4 months ago

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One other thing that bothers me in the Bhaal plot of BG3 is that they made it sound like Bhaal created his Bhaalspawns as... servants? Puppets? And that's never been the purpose of the Bhaalpsawns? Ever? Every new Bhaalspawn he created in BG3 is counterproductive to his plan.

Bhaal knew in advance he would die, so he divided his divine essense into many mortal vessels. Then he charged his faithful (cough) high priestess Amelyssan to ensure every Bhaalspawn was killed after his passing, so that his power could be returned to him and he could be reborn.

Thats' the plan. A plan that's impeded, not helped, by more Bhaalspawns. It means splitting more of his essence.

Bhaal never wanted those spawns, he never intended to keep them, he never wanted a 'perfect child', they were fuel, born to be consumed for his return.

And that Larian has to make their dark urge the one true most *specialest* Bhaalspawn is just... pathetic. Can't find another word for it. They're trying to push aside Gorion's ward entire storyline, two incredible previous games, just to shove in their perfect, most special Bhaalspawn of all Bhaalspawns. And what flesh and blood of Bhaal is the Dark Urge made of? When Cyric killed him, he didn't have a mortal body, he was possessing one. Is the Dark Urge made of the dead flesh and blood of the guy he was possessing? Doesn't feel that special, but sure, go ahead.

I'm not saying their main charatcers shouldn't have been special somehow, it's part of the salt, but they should've have made it special with their own story. Not by trying too hard, and failing, to match the previous two games. I don't know, make the main character special reguarding something Illithid? You know, the supposed main focus of this game?

And yes, they do fail. The original game gives you the opportunity to become a god, in this one, your great evil achievement would be to be to work for a god. Congratulation, you've got a job. The one where you control the brain would be the only one where you truly achieve your evil overlord dreams. Surprise, surprise, that's the one connected to Illithid plot, not the Bhaal plot. They can do good work when they're not trying to one up their predecessors.

#baldur's gate 3 critical #bg 3 critical #bhaal #rant #such a rant #venting #why the ever loving fuck would bhaal want more bhaalspawns #it weakens him #ffs he's not mystra picking chosens left and right #he's already a rather minor god dividing his power more than it is isn't a good plan #i finished a game with custom origin #and honestly the more i see and learn of the dark urge #the less i'm interested in finishing the game I started with mine #why would organic matter even be necessary to create a bhaalspawn #wouldn't the fact that the du is made from dead matter make them some form of undead #or some kind of homonculus #also suspending my disbelief for a sec and pretending this whole flesh and blood thing isn't nonsense #can't the du be considered a clone of bhaal #since they're supposed to be made from his organic matter #seriously bhaalspawns were a clear simple concept #the du has so many plot holes it's an emmental cheese #YES the overall game was good #ffs i don't have 700+ of gameplay on shitty games #but it fails hard in some places and it's like nobody cares #well guess what i do #and i won't shut up just because 'the overall game is good'#YES the previous two games had flaws #they happen to have been made by humans #but NONE of those flaws are something a mod can't fix #none of those flaws ruin characters or storylines

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