Explain to me why people like Karlach?

[noisyturtle]

An annoying upbeat Zoomer who looks like a demon. She is the worst, her background and story makes zero sense, she does not vibe with the game's tone, and she talks like an Instagram Influencer.

Why do people like her?

[CharChar]

dommy mommy

[wiccangamer]

noisyturtle původně napsal:

An annoying upbeat Zoomer who looks like a demon. She is the worst, her background and story makes zero sense, she does not vibe with the game's tone, and she talks like an Instagram Influencer.

Why do people like her?

I agree, maybe i'm too much of a boomer, but Karlach does feel and sound way different than a D&D character in "this" world of BG3. I do have to caveat this and add that BG1 and 2 have characters that break the norm. Like that one companions that quotes Molnty Python's quest for the Holy Grail.

https://youtu.be/HDwy6isQNkE?feature=shared

https://www.reddit.com/r/baldursgate/comments/tvipq8/ren_stimpy_in_baldurs_gate/

So that being said, Karlach sounding like an influencer, and breaking the 4th wall etc. isn't necessarily out of the norm for the Baldur's Gate series.

I do miss having a choice of 20+ companions tho, when we are limited to 11 I feel like we are stuck with characters we don't like.

[Etteragic]

Draekore původně napsal:

OP has clearly:
A: Never seen her dance when the party is idle; and
B: Forgets that Karlach was a soldier that LITERALLY fought in Hell for years. Talk to anyone that spends any time in a military outfit and you'll find a Karlach.

Imagine fight in the hell for years, as a soldier, and still talk like a californian b*tch. Definitely something to be admired

[Grumpy]

Etteragic původně napsal:

Draekore původně napsal:

OP has clearly:
A: Never seen her dance when the party is idle; and
B: Forgets that Karlach was a soldier that LITERALLY fought in Hell for years. Talk to anyone that spends any time in a military outfit and you'll find a Karlach.

Imagine fight in the hell for years, as a soldier, and still talk like a californian b*tch. Definitely something to be admired

Yes i think it's called being creative.
Because having a soldier with ptsd and always serious is kinda of a hassle.

[kirill-busidow]

Etteragic původně napsal:

I believe Shadowheart is the most popular romance option in the game

Because she is only feminine companion out of females.

Oh, the freedom of choices.

Want Strong Independent Women for romance? Plenty for choices. Want femine female, you are stuck with Shadowheart, no other option.

No wonder she is most popular.

[super_jqp]

OP has a point about her not fitting the scope of the game. But neither does Gale nor Wyll if you take him at face value (which I personally don't because he's a weak-willed ♥♥♥♥ with daddy issues)

The former attack dog of a fallen angel sounds too OP for a lvl 1-12 adventure. Just saying.

[Grumpy]

kirill-busidow původně napsal:

Etteragic původně napsal:

I believe Shadowheart is the most popular romance option in the game

Because she is only feminine companion out of females.

Oh, the freedom of choices.

Want Strong Independent Women for romance? Plenty for choices. Want femine female, you are stuck with Shadowheart, no other option.

No wonder she is most popular.

Don't know about others but i adapted my romance to my Tav, a quiet ranger who is quite fond of secrecy so Shadowheart was an evidence.

If i had played a warrior, a standfast Tav would have gone with Lazael and a light hearted one would have choose Karlach.

And of course Evil durge is going with Minthara but Good durge would have choose Karlach too for strong arms and caring words i guess :)

[Zaelle]

She's fine design-wise and her backstory, etc., but her dialogue and the constant swearing are very immersion breaking. I wish they had given her made up curses in the same vein as what Lae'zel uses and not had her act like she's a student from NYU who can't wait to post her next TikTok.

[chaosdemon122]

Runic Tunic původně napsal:

You call her a zoomer but she talks like everyone who grew up in the 70's-90's lol Weird how it seem to always default to the newest gen, even though excessively saying ♥♥♥♥ has been a staple for teens and adults for decades now.

She's fine. I think the fact her vibe is so opposite to others is kinda the point to her character. She's honest, obnoxiously good, and fills that muscle head/protective mom vibe some people are into. I honestly have a harder time understanding the appeal for Lae'zel, despite how much I enjoy her character arc.

***Insert Cartman*** "What's the big deal? It doesn't hurt anyone. ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥."

[kingonads]

noisyturtle původně napsal:

An annoying upbeat Zoomer who looks like a demon. She is the worst, her background and story makes zero sense, she does not vibe with the game's tone, and she talks like an Instagram Influencer.

Why do people like her?

How does her background and story make zero sense? She is a Tiefling who grew up on the poor side of Badlur's Gate, and was pretty much sold into servitude to an arch devil in the first level of hell. Where she got REALLY good at killing demons. She is a pretty simple character. Nothing more than what she appears to be. Which makes her fun. She is like that jock that never really grew up.

[jazz3601]

quite simple me like muscly demon

[Stevey The Ex-Eevee]

explain to me why you like the games you like instead of blocking people that disagree with you.

[SIX]

sick duck původně napsal:

I refuse to talk with her and if I replay the game I will not spare her life. Her talking irritates me.

I'm killing her on sight next time.

[Ryzilynt]

SIX původně napsal:

sick duck původně napsal:

I refuse to talk with her and if I replay the game I will not spare her life. Her talking irritates me.

I'm killing her on sight next time.

insightful

[Kaldrak]

She does an idle dance animation and hums to herself. Also calls me beautiful, lol.

It's the simple things, really.

To be slightly more serious, the voice actress for Karlach played the main character in a game called "The Excavation of Hob's Barrow." And as soon as I learned that, I HAD to find Karlach.