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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)

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If Baldur’s Gate 3’s Lae'zel Were Male Fans ‘Would Be More Forgiving’, Dragon Age Co-Creator Says (www.ign.com)

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The co-creator of the Dragon Age franchise has commented on the reaction to one of Baldur’s Gate 3’s main female characters, saying fans “always treated male characters with more forgiveness”.

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[–] kromem@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of the keys to writing a compelling arc is to start somewhere you can juxtapose against with where you end up.

Both of your characterizations of the characters may not remain the same as you play though.

Of course, the cool thing about what Larian did is that whether they do or don't depends a lot on player interactions and choice.

You may have a very shallow Lae'zel by the end of her arc in your game depending on both certain choices and the roll of the dice.

[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, I've been putting off the creche because I haven't wanted to deal with her. So knowing she at least has some sort of development beyond that gives me hope

[–] snippyfulcrum@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I won't say I'd consider her my favorite character by any means but I will say after I gave her a chance and actually had conversations with her, had her in my party and did the stuff at the creche she's (in my opinion) got some of the best character growth in the whole game.

Without going into details (and also because it is variable depending on how you go about things with her) she more or less starts out firm in her beliefs before slowly beginning to realize what she thought was the truth of her world ended up wrong and it changes her in a big way.

It's, in my opinion, really well done character growth if you chose to give her a chance.

~~Honestly though Karlach best girl.~~