Baldur's Gate III Announced - ...and it's coming to Google Stadia and PC

[40 Year Old Boomer]

Gale is PLAYERSEXUAL not gay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUVmY2xUoVk

 

[Rick's Beef Wellington]

Gale is PLAYERSEXUAL not gay.

Thanks for the CLARIFICATION.

A man who has sex with a man is gay, there aren't 80 layers of sexuality like women invented for themselves. I play male PCs, a male NPC opens his asshole for me after I ask him if he knows where Shadowsweetie got off to, he's gay.

 

[The Fair Lady]

Oh, I had a feeling about the Echos and took them out immediately before wailing on Savok. Orin was easy once I hit her with a Malic coated blade. Then I just let her attack my PC while my party took out everyone else and I just chugged healing potions until everyone else was killed. And yes, mind-breaking her was very satisfying.

Speaking of satisfying pre-battle talk.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bggjwo-J5Ic
This one I’m not gonna go through what it takes to get the option though.

The Farslayer was really easy for me because I just Misty Stepped and double Dashed to him, and then when he warped all the way down to the floor, I just immediately jumped down next to him because I was wearing that necklace that gives you increased jump/permanent Feather Fall/a raven morph.

Orin was a little tough at first but I got her by casting Wall of Fire and then just surrounding her with summons. Magic Missile also melted her Unstoppable buffs super quick.

I haven’t reached Raphael yet but I’m looking forward to facing him since I’ve heard nothing but good things about his fight.

I kept trying to be sneaky with the Farslayer by using invisibility and whatnot before initiating the fight but nothing was working and I just couldn’t deal with him anymore. First time I outright cheesed (or rather avoided) getting through a fight. Doesn’t help that the camera is absolutely horrendous during this part.

 

[SIMIΔN]

Then, a lot of folks are familiar with Flaming Fist Marcus who tries to kidnap Isobel. Sometimes he'll just straight up annihilate her in a few hits before you ever get a chance to retaliate.

That one fight can radically change your Act II experience.
It isn't the end of the world if he kidnaps Isobel.

Astarion is obviously bi with a male lean.

I read him as functionally asexual due to abuse.
But anyway, I think he still fulfils the common female fetish of seducing a gay man.

 

[JamusActimus]

But anyway, I think he still fulfils the common female fetish of seducing a gay man.

Yeah weirdly enough women love him.
I noticed two video explaining why he's the best husbando on youtube actually

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

Orin was a little tough at first but I got her by casting Wall of Fire and then just surrounding her with summons. Magic Missile also melted her Unstoppable buffs super quick.

I haven’t reached Raphael yet but I’m looking forward to facing him since I’ve heard nothing but good things about his fight.

I kept trying to be sneaky with the Farslayer by using invisibility and whatnot before initiating the fight but nothing was working and I just couldn’t deal with him anymore. First time I outright cheesed (or rather avoided) getting through a fight. Doesn’t help that the camera is absolutely horrendous during this part.

I’m just finishing up the House of Hope and about to fight him myself.

That one fight can radically change your Act II experience.
It isn't the end of the world if he kidnaps Isobel.

I read him as functionally asexual due to abuse.
But anyway, I think he still fulfils the common female fetish of seducing a gay man.

Yeah weirdly enough women love him.
I noticed two video explaining why he's the best husbando on youtube actually
https://youtube.com/watch?v=kVwn9xTDzDM:189https://youtube.com/watch?v=_Dv4N6oMHLE:3986

Technically all the characters are bi so your PC can romance them. But yeah, considering a lot of Astarion’s seduction techniques came for Cazador making him go out and seduce people to capture spawn and he hates being used like that, I can see why people would debate it.

I just enjoy being able to poke fun at him when he starts acting sassy or condescending. Having him and the PC friendly-snipe at each other is pretty entertaining. He’s like a smarmy best friend or something.

A lot of women really love having a “sassy gay best friend” , and this version you can fuck, so…

EDIT: The funniest thing about the Marcus fight is afterwards if you beat him and come back to the inn later, you’ll see they just dumped his body out the window and left him there because “fuck that guy”.

 

[Sniperwoof]

Karlach like all companions is playersexual but her dialogue and interactions seem to indicate she has a strong preference for women.

Froggy's people do the warrior race thing and choose their mates based on strength as the deciding factor above all else including gender according to her dialogue

 

[Cheeseknife]

Thanks for the CLARIFICATION.

A man who has sex with a man is gay, there aren't 80 layers of sexuality like women invented for themselves. I play male PCs, a male NPC opens his asshole for me after I ask him if he knows where Shadowsweetie got off to, he's gay.

The other thing that bothers me is that even if you want to be in a normal (hetero) relationship with someone, your romanced companion will still be open to orgies.

 

[Oddjob OTP]

The other thing that bothers me is that even if you want to be in a normal (hetero) relationship with someone, your romanced companion will still be open to orgies.

Pretty sure it varies, IIRC I hit Laezel with Halsin's proposition to get her reaction and she said I could fuck the bear if I wanted but she was uninterested in being an active participant in sharing me.

 

[Cheeseknife]

she said I could fuck the bear if I wanted

That's another layer to this issue. Companions being okay if you cheat on them.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

Karlach like all companions is playersexual but her dialogue and interactions seem to indicate she has a strong preference for women.

Froggy's people do the warrior race thing and choose their mates based on strength as the deciding factor above all else including gender according to her dialogue

And based off her comments when you encounter Karlach, SH’s really into muscular women, or just big muscular people in general

Also very into BDSM if you let that one guy whip you.

Gale’s ex is a goddess, so…there’s that.

 

[blablabla]

im glad i stopped playing this faggy shit

 

[Rick's Beef Wellington]

The other thing that bothers me is that even if you want to be in a normal (hetero) relationship with someone, your romanced companion will still be open to orgies.

"Playersexual" is honestly the stupidest shit I've heard, it's total game designer loneliness where they never touched a girl and think everyone wants to fuck absolutely everyone else constantly. You're right, the only option not available in games like this are a hetero man and woman just wanting to be together.

In any case, best D&D game in decades, game of the year, wish it were less desperate and horny. Once I get the enthusiasm up for another run I want to go all hirelings or mercenaries or whatever they're called now, avoid that altogether.

 

[The Fair Lady]

Speaking as a woman, I can break down Astarion's appeal to us into three basic parts:

1. The whole seductive vampire trope

2. His snarky personality

3. His tragic past (women have natural nurturing instincts so it's easy for us to care about him) and the way he gradually softens up to show the real him if he's being romanced

Even for female players who don't romance him, as @SteelPlatedHeart pointed out, he has big "sassy gay best friend" vibes. So yeah, Astarion being popular with women makes perfect sense.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

"Playersexual" is honestly the stupidest shit I've heard, it's total game designer loneliness where they never touched a girl and think everyone wants to fuck absolutely everyone else constantly. You're right, the only option not available in games like this are a hetero man and woman just wanting to be together.

In any case, best D&D game in decades, game of the year, wish it were less desperate and horny. Once I get the enthusiasm up for another run I want to go all hirelings or mercenaries or whatever they're called now, avoid that altogether.

Eh, once you make it clear you’re not into them that way, they tend to completely drop it.

 

[Cheeseknife]

Speaking as a woman, I can break down Astarion's appeal to us into three basic parts:

1. The whole seductive vampire trope

2. His snarky personality

3. His tragic past (women have natural nurturing instincts so it's easy for us to care about him) and the way he gradually softens up to show the real him if he's being romanced

Even for female players who don't romance him, as @SteelPlatedHeart pointed out, he has big "sassy gay best friend" vibes. So yeah, Astarion being popular with women makes perfect sense.

I can't wrap my head around the idea that women are attracted to gay men.

 

[Manul Otocolobus]

I can't wrap my head around the idea that women are attracted to gay men.

They tend to be fit, well groomed men that are completely non-threatening because they have no interest in raping women. Women can generally trust that whatever they are saying it is not because they want to fuck them.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

They tend to be fit, well groomed men that are completely non-threatening because they have no interest in raping women. Women can generally trust that whatever they are saying it is not because they want to fuck them.

A lot of women will also really want what they can’t have, so to speak.

 

[FatalTater]

In my mind Astarion is gay as gay can be, but straight for pay. I mean, look at the interaction with him and the person from his past you find in Cazador's dungeon. Does that seem straight to anyone?

Also why in hell does the lil' hoebag feel the need to walk into fire all the damn time? If we're travelling through an area and there is the slightest smoldering grain of sand, this fucker is all about standing on it. Stoppit! Bad enough they all splash in acid like it's a rain puddle. I am the only adventurer with enough sense to watch where I step. smh

 

[Shidoen]

Unoriginal but I made a dark urge half-orc frenzy barbarian called Durge Hellscream.
Minthara is best companion and love interest for my fury incarnate.