Baldurs Gate 3 - Why You Should KILL KARLACH (Devil's Advocate)

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In this video, we're going to explore why you should kill Karlach in Baldur's Gate 3. We'll be looking at this through the lens of a devil's advocate - since sparing and recruiting her is the obvious good choice. There are some compelling gameplay and roleplaying reasons to kill Karlach and fulfill the will of the Blade of Frontiers (Wyll).

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All Comments (21)
  • @benry007
    The blood war is Devils vs Demons. In a weird way its actually beneficial for the material realm as it distracts two groups of horrible creatures. If the eternal war ever ended it would be devastating for humanity.
  • @rickc-arelsii6276
    Leave it to Dan to be play the absolute worst person in a game so I never have to. Thanks Dan. 😆
  • @letstec
    There is actually another dialogue option with the paladins. If you have Karlach in your party but instead of taking her into the house let her wait outside, the Paladin will again try to persuade you. If you lie and say that you haven't met Karlach and believe him, he mocks Karlach for her poor choice of allies and pulls his blade in the name of Zariel as apperently there are scouts nearby, which have seen you.
  • @robinstheles
    While I am planning to have multiple playthrough of this game where I roleplay characters with different "views on things" yeah, nah there will never be a playthrough where I kill Karlach 😂
  • Wow, you just explained in detail why it’s a terrible idea to kill Karloch. Her death isn’t worth a “I’ve been to Hell” T-Shirt. At least now I know.
  • @TheGerudan
    Karlach is just the coolest group member I've met so far and damn is she a beast in combat. Killing her is really a bad choice if you don't want to go a really evil route.
  • @LadyAmalthea0615
    I love Karlach. She's just so damn likable. I can't kill her. She sat down beside my PC in camp last night, told her what a good friend she was and then proclaimed "I wanna ride you till you see stars", lol. I burst out laughing and thought, well that escalated quickly.
  • @truhalos
    Fun fact, if you play as tiefling with the subrace of zariel you also can tell he is lying
  • @ianlyons5495
    You do realize that fake paladin of Tyr actually serves Zariel right?
  • @couldarstrolm6969
    If you really want to be evil there's more to be done with her You can romance her, convince her to turn herself into a mindflayer to fight the absolute and in the 11'th hour, turn on her to dominate said absolute. She turned herself into a mind flayer for nothing
  • @gunnervine
    you can still have her as a companion if you kill her. just carry her severed head around with you and talk to her whenever you want.
  • @passerby5
    You don't have to guess the motives of the "paladins" hunting Karlach. Use Talk with the Dead on the corpse in the tollhouse, just beside the lady merchant, and you'll know who and what they are.
  • @AllaMortify
    Waiting for him to do a Dark Urge one. That's an absolutely nuts playthrough.
  • @chaost4544
    The cold calculus is Wyll's drip doesn't supersede Karlach's hotness.
  • @PROPHYZ
    I took her head the moment I saw her - greetings from a Vengeance Paladin.
  • @nastynatethe3rd
    The interaction between Karlach and Wyll changed my mind. I was originally going into this cold and planning an evil playthrough but then this shit happened and I'm like "Damn...I can't do it". The idea of the woman (who is admittedly a total muscle mommy) who is literally going through hell to be able to do more than just survive but to LIVE is done with A+ writing and then we have Wyll who looks at that and goes "If I let her live then I'm fucked but this is the right thing to do so fucking bring it on bitch"! This showed Wyll wasn't just a pompous ass with an ego but that he genuinely is trying to do the right thing and is willing to take the hit if needs be. Gotta respect that energy.
  • @cat81702
    I've accidentally found Karlach without Wyll in party (of course I've met him during the goblin ambush, but then just sent to the camp). I've sent Karlach to the camp as well. And guess what -- once I've went to the camp, they had a similar "I should kill you" scene, but when I convinced Wyll to spare Karlach nothing happened with Wyll. Probably Mizora shows up only if Wyll is in the party, or his quest was initiated. But here both Karlach and Wyll were just chilling at the camp.
  • @maxmichalik4938
    I'd love it of you were to make more videos about unusual choices that most people wouldn't make.