Can a "good" MC keep "evil" companions in their party?

[Terrapin]

Obviously they can be in your party but almost every action I take gets a "Astarion/Laezekel disapproves" prompt. So what I mean is, will they actually get pissed enough to leave your group or even just become pissy companions?

Do you have any chance of completing their questlines if they are constantly disapproving?

[Lord Adorable]

You can absolutely keep them. If you balance out your actions by saying things they like you,ll eventually be able to influence them into becoming nicer people.

But if you piss them enough enough they,ll warn you. Keep annoying them after that and they eventually leave.

[Kyutaru]

Manipulative people can keep anyone happy. It's just what they do.

[Thadeus]

Funny how the good characters get pissed when you do bad stuff, but the evil characters don't care when you do good stuff.

Imagine an evil character going "Did I just see you rescuing that cat from a tree?! That is unacceptable! Change your ways!"

[DeadBeat61]

Originally posted by mania:

I wonder if it's possible to somehow convert Minthara to the side of good. I mean that has to be some sort of achievement.

Curious about this as well. I'm ride or die w/ the gobbos so she comes as a free bonus, but otherwise I intend to do mostly good. If she gets mad and comes at night to hit me with a stick like Halsin, I'm gonna start to get paranoid.

[Cetun]

Honestly a Question i struggle with myself. At some Point i want to Roleplay a Paladin. I worry a bit that the list of possible Companions for a dedicated Lawfull Good Character is a bit short. I am reasonable sure that i can justify to keep Astarion in the Party if i (in game) ever found out what he really is for example. Same with Shadowheart.

[golfan88]

Originally posted by Cetun:

I am reasonable sure that i can justify to keep Astarion in the Party if i (in game) ever found out what he really is for example. Same with Shadowheart.

I know good characters leave if you do evil things. I know you can kill characters. However I can't speak to staying strictly to a Lawful Good alignment track since there is no way to track that in game... I am more a Chaotic Neutral man myself.

I will say that you learn a lot more about your party, what the Artifact is, people's backstories if you ride just slightly on the good side of the evil line for alignment. I got a lot more information about both the Origin characters you mentioned that way and a lot more dialogue options.

If I was to suggest anything, I would say get the Disguise Self spell on a character and swap to drow or duergar when you are near evil NPCs and be yourself near others and you will see a dramatic difference and new dialogue options that will reveal new things in game. It made all the difference on some of my playthroughs during my 200 hours of Early Access game time.

Also interacting with the Origin characters during long rest periods or playing as them when you interact with certain objects or having specific combinations of them in your party during certain events... All of these have an effect on what you get on screen. Astarion in particular will reveal quite a bit of his backstory and "what he is" with interactions when long resting in camp. Patience.