Karlach Or Shadowheart?

[DaniTheHero]

I'm not a aware of a Polygamy sort of ending regarding the two, and I'm having a tough time choosing between or I suppose more accurately choosing what would be a more "Canon" option.

There's also an issue here that you can pretty much complete Karlach romance right at the start of Act 2(And many others can even be done in Act 1), while Shadowheart seems to be an entire game worth of journey to complete.

Who do you prefer and why? Try keeping it as spoiler free as possible :)

[Tenacity]

karlach's good ending was cut with the entire upper city so she's out by default
maybe in definitive edition eh larian

[['w']]

If you want a finger up your ass, only one will be your choice.

[DaniTheHero]

Originally posted by Tenacity:

karlach's good ending was cut with the entire upper city so she's out by default
maybe in definitive edition eh larian

What do you mean? Is there no romantic conclusion to the Karlach route?
That's heavily disappointing.

[DaniTheHero]

Originally posted by |wilb|:

If you want a finger up your ass, only one will be your choice.

..What?

[Rex is back, baby!]

Shart has a better story. Kaert appeals better to the GenZ audience.

Shart feels more canon to me, especially after Act 2. If you're Lawful to True Good, go Shart. If you're Chaotic Good go Kaert.

[Jack ♠]

I've done both. Like them both, but aesthetically, and from my own preferences I like shadowheart more.

Idk about canon, but I think Dark urge + Karlach might be canon. Much more content with those two. Especially the ending where you can go to Avernus with her. Opens up paths for more DLC. That's just my opinion.

[Rex is back, baby!]

Originally posted by DaniTheHero:

Originally posted by |wilb|:

If you want a finger up your ass, only one will be your choice.

..What?

Kerry.
Tbf, Shart's into BDSM. So you have finger-to-butt or fresh bruising.

[Jack ♠]

Originally posted by DaniTheHero:

Originally posted by Tenacity:

karlach's good ending was cut with the entire upper city so she's out by default
maybe in definitive edition eh larian

What do you mean? Is there no romantic conclusion to the Karlach route?
That's heavily disappointing.

There is, if you play your cards right at the end of the game, you can Go to Avernus with her to find a way to cure her for the surface world with her engine.

[Tenacity]

Originally posted by DaniTheHero:

Originally posted by Tenacity:

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What do you mean? Is there no romantic conclusion to the Karlach route?
That's heavily disappointing.

The conclusions are as follows
Karlach becomes a mindflayer, the infernal engine calms
Karlach doesn't go to avernus, dies
Karlach goes to avernus without you
If you're playing with Wyll as your origin character, you can go to avernus with her
There's no solution where you're together unless you play as wyll and you're still going to somewhere she was willing to risk ceremorphosis to avoid staying in.
There's a datamined part of her quest in the upper city where the infernal engine can be permanently fixed and she can stay on the material plane indefinitely without being a risk to herself or anyone around her. This isn't implemented ingame.

[navigator4223]

Originally posted by Tenacity:

karlach's good ending was cut with the entire upper city so she's out by default
maybe in definitive edition eh larian

Wanted to write the same thing.

Game is crippled currently.

[DaniTheHero]

Originally posted by navigator4223:

Originally posted by Tenacity:

karlach's good ending was cut with the entire upper city so she's out by default
maybe in definitive edition eh larian

Wanted to write the same thing.

Game is crippled currently.

That's odd. I was under the impression that the game is mostly complete, with some lack of polish.
When Divinity Original Sin 2 came out from EA it went into definitive edition right away.

[Rex is back, baby!]

To note. A certain ending of Karlach ruins a romantic ending with Shadowheart.

[Tenacity]

Originally posted by DaniTheHero:

Originally posted by navigator4223:

Wanted to write the same thing.
Game is crippled currently.

That's odd. I was under the impression that the game is mostly complete, with some lack of polish.
When Divinity Original Sin 2 came out from EA it went into definitive edition right away.

Nah, DOS2 was out for around a year before the definitive edition update.
Act 3 is blatantly unfinished, like the acts 3 and 4 of dos2 before it.

[DaniTheHero]

Originally posted by Tenacity:

Originally posted by DaniTheHero:

That's odd. I was under the impression that the game is mostly complete, with some lack of polish.
When Divinity Original Sin 2 came out from EA it went into definitive edition right away.

Nah, DOS2 was out for like a year before the definitive edition update.
Act 3 is blatantly unfinished, like the acts 3 and 4 of dos2 before it.

Oh.. I wasn't aware of that..
Makes me feel like I should've waited a year then. Playing the "complete release" rather than replaying it and losing some of it's charm along the way.

[MrSoul]

Originally posted by Rex:

Shart has a better story. Kaert appeals better to the GenZ audience.

Shart feels more canon to me, especially after Act 2. If you're Lawful to True Good, go Shart. If you're Chaotic Good go Kaert.

Shart(love this btw), can work for evil chars too depending how choose with her story. This isn’t spoilers cos like well known fact of lore, shar is an evil goddess don’t forget.

Karry(autospell, but I’m just going with it) argue works for any good or even neutral char, but not evil per her opinion on them devils.