Every Origin Character Has The Same Story

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

They're cosmetically different, but essentially, Larian wrote one story for every companion and then just changed the details - gave it a different coat of paint - for each one.

[Airows]

you dont even own the game bro stop lying

[Eguzky]

Ah yes, because the vampire spawn wanting to get stronger than his sire is the same as a Githyanki who wants to remove the tadpole because she hates mindlfayers.

They're mirror images! /s

[DontMisunderstand]

What if I told you there are only actually 7 stories that have ever existed?

My point is, ignoring nuance is incredibly reductive and leads to wildly asinine conclusions.

[Fine And Dandy]

Y'know despite all the stupid posts from anti-woke chuds on this forum, this might be the stupidest post I've read yet. Good job, OP.

[Brian Sirith]

Publicado originalmente por Airows:

you dont even own the game bro stop lying

Oh he does. Haven’t been on the forum much have you? :P

[Malaficus Shaikan]

Yes?
This has always been the case.
Origin characters are only different in that they had lives before the created them.
Where tav doesnt have a life outside of being from baldurs gate.
Even the dark urge has people who know them.

[igor140]

Astarion is male... Gale is male... "Gale" even RHYMES with "male".... I get it: they really are identical.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Publicado originalmente por DontMisunderstand:

What if I told you there are only actually 7 stories that have ever existed?

There are five origin characters, so why did Larian cntrl-alt-v the same story to all of them?

[Ferrkon]

Sooo you don't know what "Theme" is, right?

[Jeysie]

Having your characters share a theme is not exactly a new concept.

So far there seems to be a general theme of the Origin characters being in thrall to a more powerful being that doesn't care about them/is using them but it's fitting for the overall storyarc.

[Lexter]

I feel the same, couldn't really get in to the game before even getting in to the city. Its like every character I met is unlikable in some way and/or has a dark secret that is bringing them down. Being a Vampire, having to take magic from items, having some other dark power inside... i understand that it is to make them more interesting but since neither of those really felt likeable having a party of those people around really took away from my character role play, since I had no real backstory. Their story overshine my blank slade.
Soon i found myself skipping the story and ignoring lore and at that time I knew the game would just be a uninteresting time sink for me. Maybe in a few years i give it another chance...

[wagg40k]

Publicado originalmente por Pan Darius Loveless:

They're cosmetically different, but essentially, Larian wrote one story for every companion and then just changed the details - gave it a different coat of paint - for each one.

We don't agree on much, but we agree on this.

They're all fundamentally the same with a different motif. Each companion is meant to be the protagonist if you choose them as a character, so no matter what, whomever you aren't playing competes with you for the stage.

[Wild Child]

Classic D&D. The group of companions need a common goal to justify why such a group composed of seemingly conflicting alignments and backgrounds would be traveling and working together. They're stories are very different. It's the hook that is the connection. Classic.