So, about the Emperor... [spoilers]

[arrgh]

The fact that he is Balduran seems so... idk, unnecessary? forced? out of nowhere? I mean the one guy who helps us and happens to be an illithid is also the guy who founded the damn city? Isn't it a bit much?

On a side note, when he joins the Netherbrain in the end if you refuse to give him the stones[/spolier]... dude has zero integrity, lmao. I mostly enjoyed the writing in this game, but this character is kind of a mess, really.

[Wiegs]

You might want to put some spoiler tags on that before you get publicly executed

[cfehunter]

I'm not sure he joins the Netherbrain willingly.
Remember, you freed Orpheus and the only reason any of you are able to resist is because of Orpheus's power. I gather Orpheus just stopped giving The Emperor his protection and he fell back under control of the brain.

[suprpiwi]

every companion in this game is forced lol. they're all "special"

[arrgh]

Originally posted by cfehunter:

I'm not sure he joins the Netherbrain willingly.
Remember, you freed Orpheus and the only reason any of you are able to resist is because of Orpheus's power. I gather Orpheus just stopped giving The Emperor his protection and he fell back under control of the brain.

Could be, but Orpheus is still bound at that moment, and supposedly the Emperor still has control over him until he leaves the Astral Plane? I'm not sure though.

[cfehunter]

Originally posted by arrgh:

Originally posted by cfehunter:

I'm not sure he joins the Netherbrain willingly.
Remember, you freed Orpheus and the only reason any of you are able to resist is because of Orpheus's power. I gather Orpheus just stopped giving The Emperor his protection and he fell back under control of the brain.

Could be, but Orpheus is still bound at that moment, and supposedly the Emperor still has control over him until he leaves the Astral Plane? I'm not sure though.

The only way The Emperor fights you is if you free Orpheus, and Orpheus has every reason to *hate* The Emperor. So if you free Orpheus it makes sense for him to not protect the squid.

[Xigua]

Originally posted by arrgh:

The fact that he is Balduran seems so... idk, unnecessary? forced? out of nowhere? I mean the one guy who helps us and happens to be an illithid is also the guy who founded the damn city? Isn't it a bit much?

On a side note, when he joins the Netherbrain in the end if you refuse to give him the stones... dude has zero integrity, lmao. I mostly enjoyed the writing in this game, but this character is kind of a mess, really.

>Imagine not siding with him after all he did.
I think the one without integrity here is you.

[arrgh]

Originally posted by suprpiwi:

every companion in this game is forced lol. they're all "special"

Minthara seems okay as a character. She's just messed up, got captured, tadpoled, messed up again, and then discarded. Nothing special about her in that sense.

[arrgh]

Originally posted by Xigua:

Originally posted by arrgh:

The fact that he is Balduran seems so... idk, unnecessary? forced? out of nowhere? I mean the one guy who helps us and happens to be an illithid is also the guy who founded the damn city? Isn't it a bit much?

On a side note, when he joins the Netherbrain in the end if you refuse to give him the stones... dude has zero integrity, lmao. I mostly enjoyed the writing in this game, but this character is kind of a mess, really.

>Imagine not siding with him after all he did.
I think the one without integrity here is you.

Bro, he literally tells you in your face that you're his puppet and that he manipulated you the same way he manipulated Stelmane.

[yuzhonglu]

But who is manipulating who? At the end you can enthrall him and become the Absolute.

[Doctor Zomg]

put spoiler tag, ffs. Just mouse hover over the title can reveal kinda huge spoiler

[Xigua]

Originally posted by Doctor Zomg:

put spoiler tag, ffs. Just mouse hover over the title can reveal kinda huge spoiler

The game has been out for weeks now, your fault for not finishing the story yet.

[カミナ]

Originally posted by cfehunter:

I'm not sure he joins the Netherbrain willingly.
Remember, you freed Orpheus and the only reason any of you are able to resist is because of Orpheus's power. I gather Orpheus just stopped giving The Emperor his protection and he fell back under control of the brain.

He joins the brain before you even free orpheus and doesn't even wait to hear orpheus out. It makes no sense.

[Prometheus]

puts spoilers, also puts spoiler in first line so that you read it as soon as you mouse over while scrolling...

[.]

It's really stupid.

Especially since the moment he leaves he should get instantly assimilated by the netherbrain.

[GorishiDan]

Originally posted by arrgh:

Originally posted by suprpiwi:

every companion in this game is forced lol. they're all "special"

Minthara seems okay as a character. She's just messed up, got captured, tadpoled, messed up again, and then discarded. Nothing special about her in that sense.

Minthara's story seems very unfinished. which is weird for a character that requires you to ditch 2 (potentially 3) other companions just so she can be added to your rooster.