been playing Baldur's Gate 3 lately and having a blast running a little gnome warlock named Mayhew! he gets into shenanigans on the reg, some of which i intend to draw. like so:
a few sessions ago, there were these cool masks lying unattended on a table in Auntie Ethel's teahouse lair. just sitting there, waiting to be worn! i am not one to pass up an opportunity.
now you might say, "sky, wearing masks a hag left for you to find sounds like a terrible idea" but actually it turned out great
naturally i am blaming it on an in-character decision and not the fact that i press buttons first and ask questions later. poor Mayhew, really earning that low WIS score 馃様 maybe he'll learn restraint one day
sketch and chatter under the cut!
The sketch! It came to me as a complete idea, more or less.
I am very into moments where a character's will is suborned and they turn on their friends. "Light them up, pretty" moments, to be Caleb Widogastian about it. So, it was a very interesting experience to have this decision backfire so spectacularly! I've been playing Mayhew as someone who will take risky gambles for power -- after all, he's already made several dumb gambles that paid off; that's why he's a warlock.
When I beat Ethel, the game actually handed the conversation to Lae'zel, not Mayhew. I like to think that was because the entire party decided his judgement couldn't be trusted. This was smart of them because right after that he drank one of the hag's potions ("it says parasite! maybe it gives me powers") and permanently debuffed himself to 7 strength. 馃槑 only the best decisions are made in the saturdaysky household
Anyone have a near panic attack after realizing they accidentally brought every companion with a Big Baddy Agenda to the Big Baddy get-together? BECAUSE I SURE DID.
Sure-maybe the game made it look like they were all level-headed and making rational decisions, but offscreen? Preeetty sure Greygold was the only person keeping those knuckleheads from blowing their cover.
And one last tribute to the mechanically useless rope GreyGold carried around, you know, Just In Case.