Karlach Disaproves of this? (minor spoiler)

[Vash The Stampede]

So theres a point in Grymforge where you have to choose to side with Nere or the Duergar Mercs. I assumed siding with the Mercs was the better choice, and when I did wyl approved of the choice but Karlach disapproved of it. I don't get that at all.

[Vicious]

I havent gotten to that part yet, so just shooting in the dark here, but Karlach used to be a Merc for hell, right? Maybe she just disaproves of mercenaries in general.

[Vash The Stampede]

Ya but she was also basically enslaved and this I believe is the path you take to freeing the gnomes, just seems weird to me

[SmashingQuasar]

Karlach is a former slave, if you side with slavers, she will disapprove.
I sided with the myconids, so everybody dies in this hellhole anyways.

[Tingly]

There are a good amount of times where companions will approve or disapprove but not say anything to indicate their logic and it's not obvious.

[[GRVTS]Fat Bastard]

Why side with either of them? Kill them all.

[Zaineph]

Karlach and Wyll are both alive at this point??? Wow things didn't work out that way for me

[Gameer4life]

how do you even side with the mercs?

[Zaineph]

I'm having trouble getting him out of the rubble. Any tips would be handy

[SmashingQuasar]

Originally posted by Zaineph:

Karlach and Wyll are both alive at this point??? Wow things didn't work out that way for me

I mean they are alive for me whilst Astarion and Lae'zel have been cold for a long time now.

[igor140]

The duergar mercs? I had already killed them... but my guess is that Karlach sees siding with the mercs is the same as promoting slavery. They're beating and killing the gnomes... the same kind of crap she dealt with.

@Zalneph: the easiest way I found was to use black powder chargers. If you throw them at the rock pile, the gnomes will back off. I needed to put three of them near the area, and use FIRE magic to set them off.

Two charges were not enough, and force damage (from Eldritch Blast) didn't work... not sure why.

There are three blackpowder charges in a hidden nook at the Grymforge site, near the docks where you first arrive.

[Zaineph]

@igor thanks my friend!

[Ki11s0n3]

I disappoint all the ladies, but they still want me.

[Vash The Stampede]

You have to either use smokepowder satchels or a vial you get from a gnome that got away and is hiding. To get to her you have to unlock the gate next to the gnome corpses by the river and find a button with a perception check. I redid things and got a third option to not pick a side which no one approved or disapproved of, but I saved the gnomes so I guess that works.

[Zaineph]

yeah that gnome blew herself up unfortunately.

[SnowNight]

many disapprovals is just 1 point so i usually weight the worth and context etc. sometimes even let them go to camp if i really dont wanna bother lol