Any way to change companions appearance?

[Mrwhasyou]

If no, I hope they add it!

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

If not, modders will.

[Burntout]

Just started playing, but if you play with friends do the side characters go away?

[Metallicus]

The current companions look fine to me. Hopefully they will add a romance option for heterosexual men before release. Shadowheart isn’t bad, but I’m not down for frog romance with La’zel.

[MistuhG]

D:OS2 had a magic mirror in Act2 that allowed all characters including origin characters to change appearance. I would be very surprised if they didn't have something similar in BG3 at launch or soon after.

[Mosey]

Most likely, but it's impossible to say for sure since the ability to play from the start as one of the companions is inactive until likely the release of the game.

You can see the option to do so at the initial character creation, but you cannot click on it.

And since DOS2 let you edit the companions however you wanted at the start, it's logical to conclude this game will be the same way.

[Rusted Metal]

I believe hitting their head with a warhammer is the only way to reliably alter their appearance

[Ghost]

Originally posted by Burntout:

Just started playing, but if you play with friends do the side characters go away?

They don't go away, but you don't have to recruit them in the first place.

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by Metallicus:

The current companions look fine to me. Hopefully they will add a romance option for heterosexual men before release. Shadowheart isn’t bad, but I’m not down for frog romance with La’zel.

Before release? As in the 72 hrs early play before the release? Patch 9 is the last EA patch. And yes, there will be options to romance any of the companions, by whomever your char is. Not matter what gender they are.

[Rekond]

Originally posted by Burntout:

Just started playing, but if you play with friends do the side characters go away?

In some cases.
One of those cases is if its your solo campaign and your friends join your campaign and plays one of the EA companions, when you long rest you dont interact with them as much as when you are playing solo. Much less side character dialog, i.e. getting to know them and what they are about.

[Slynx Jewel]

you can already do it with mods. (for example mod that changes Shadowheart's ugly haircut is nearly must have imo)

[Tofu Somedank]

Originally posted by Metallicus:

The current companions look fine to me. Hopefully they will add a romance option for heterosexual men before release. Shadowheart isn’t bad, but I’m not down for frog romance with La’zel.

You could also do romance to drow whom is the 2nd goblin boss

[Zabu]

Guessing most normal people will probably play with mods that do just this. Hoping for some decent changes to Astarion to make him less posh and more normal looking - make shadowheart hotter and change her god awful specialization

[Lord Adorable]

Originally posted by Zabu:

Guessing most normal people will probably play with mods that do just this. Hoping for some decent changes to Astarion to make him less posh and more normal looking - make shadowheart hotter and change her god awful specialization

I dunno, Astarion seems pretty normal to me.

[Zabu]

Originally posted by Lord Adorable:

Originally posted by Zabu:

Guessing most normal people will probably play with mods that do just this. Hoping for some decent changes to Astarion to make him less posh and more normal looking - make shadowheart hotter and change her god awful specialization

I dunno, Astarion seems pretty normal to me.

Good for you - so dont use the mods?