What happens if you never met Origin characters in Baldur's Gate 3

Shadowheart sure is more willing to discuss the artifact when you act like you don't want her around.

i can see emperor cursing while manually hauling that artefact to your backpack across the plains like a snail

The Shadowheart interaction is pretty much a frustrated Dungeon Master stopping just short of yelling at the players to "take the hint and bring her into your damned party already! ... Fine, there's something in your pocket now. No, don't roll, it's just there.'"

Really just shows they couldn't make it without you. Karlach was right, Lae'zel was a force of nature, the only one to manage herself more or less.

This has to be the saddest playthrough. Thanks for seeing what happens.

'Blessed mother smite the obstacles in my path'....*locked wooden door*

The Lae’zel one is so funny. The devs are like “PLEASE NOTICE HER. HOW HAVE YOU NOT NOTICED HER.” As an IRL dm I feel this pain. Haha

"Shadowheart was last seen standing alone outside the Goblin Camp"...chilling

Did my first play through without ever encountering Gale. Always wondered when I was going to meet that magic man.

The reason Astarion is zombie is because Cazador got so mad at him for escaping his control that he flayed him so hard he died

I watched my brother kill Astarion at the very beginning because he was doing a solo honor mode run, then carry his body in his camp chest all the way till the beginning of act 3, then revived him and it played the dialogue as if you revived him right after killing him in act 1 except everything was super bright like you were speaking to Astarion in heaven or something

Its really interesting seeing how much they put into Lae'zel traversing all of act one and into act two on her own almost a shame we couldn't see most of the other origin characters trying to make it on their own

lae'zel lying there on the ground in the shadowlands nearly brought a tear to my eye. she's so capable and so full of determination and agency. they did such a good job with her character. i love that she comes to the realization that vlaakith is lying on her own (when you talk to voss at camp). you can let her make her own decisions and she usually comes out on top. given, she does kill innocent people but tbh i don't really fault her for killing people when she's been raised by space nazis and bred for war. her capacity for growth and change is immeasurable though. such an amazing character. i'm sure she could come to similar realizations about the sanctity of life and the value of innocents.

Lmao Mystra’s ultimate plan for Gale failing because he died in a random portal on a random cliffside, not even making it anywhere near the netherbrain is funny asf Might as well just hold on to that netherese bomb instead😂

Astarion objectively has the worst fate of the bunch while the others simply die. One could argue that Gale might come close what with him being trapped alone in that portal but poor Astarion was most likely tortured for days or weeks before potentially being sacrificed. That's the reason I could never do a completely solo run. I refuse to let my favorite character suffer more than he already has.

I think Zombie Astarion is the most cursed thing I’ve seen in this game.

It’s weird how much more effort they put on laezel over all the others. She is the only to truly have her own path when ignored, and also the only one to have a dedicated cutscene on the endings.

I know that in early access, Larian had Shadowheart attack you at camp if you didn't recruit her inside the Nautiloid, on the beach at the door of the crypt, or in the druids' grove. It is interesting that Larian changed it for the full game.

It is interesting to see that, Tav has a really critical role to play, which actually brings these origin characters together, and literally decides on their fate. Giving players this responsibility and power makes the game even more immersive.

Something about everyone, except Lae'zel, just waiting for you to help them is just so funny. Karlach stands there bleeding for days; Wyll's important missing to hunt the dangerous devil is on hiatus; Gale is stuck in a portal for all eternity. And Shadowheart on her important mission for Lady Shar, now minus the artifact? Just waits for death I guess. I still wonder how Astarion made it to Baldur's Gate tho. Did he actually manage to get there on his own? Was he captured by Cazador's lackeys and brought back? I refuse to believe Astarion might be the most competent of the bunch 🥲