Which companions are viable for an evil playthrough

[Quacksalber]

Astarion
Gale, apparently, although it doesn't really make sense imo
Minthara

Anyone else?

[Sister of Silence]

Shadowheart (as long as you're nice to kids and animals kinda) and La'zael

[Sterling]

Shadowheart - can be swayed towards being a very evil character in act 2.
Lae'zel - she favors ruthless decisions and doesn't really care about helping anyone.

Regarding Gale - it does make sense since he is a very egoistical dude despite the facade he presents outwardly. Hell, if you raid the grove he basically blames you for having a bad influence on him.

[Quacksalber]

Originally posted by Sister of Silence:

Shadowheart (as long as you're nice to kids and animals kinda) and La'zael

I got a game over for going what La'zael wanted, lmao, and I wasn't even trying to be evil.

[nightwalker83137]

Originally posted by Sister of Silence:

Shadowheart (as long as you're nice to kids and animals kinda) and La'zael

Well, that is already an issue having Shadowheart on an Evil playthrough, the whole slaughtering of the emerald grove. lol!

[Sterling]

Originally posted by nightwalker83137:

Originally posted by Sister of Silence:

Shadowheart (as long as you're nice to kids and animals kinda) and La'zael

Well, that is already an issue having Shadowheart on an Evil playthrough, the whole slaughtering of the emerald grove. lol!

All she does about it is get drunk at the goblin party.

[Quacksalber]

Originally posted by Sterling:

Shadowheart - can be swayed towards being a very evil character in act 2.
Lae'zel - she favors ruthless decisions and doesn't really care about helping anyone.

Regarding Gale - it does make sense since he is a very egoistical dude despite the facade he presents outwardly. Hell, if you raid the grove he basically blames you for having a bad influence on him.

I totally forgot about Shadowheart. Shame on me.

As for Gale, I just feel like his general demeanour and what he approves/disapproves doesn't sync with that side of him. I feel the same about Astarion, who disapproves of stuff that makes him come across as a massive hypocrite, although he only is one if you do the "bad" thing in Act 3. Are we just to assume they are both pretending to be people they are not?

[Sardorim]

Astarian, Shadowheart, Gale, and Minthara.


Lae'zel will die at camp to Shadowheart. Evil let's her do it.

[hainbane]

Originally posted by nightwalker83137:

Originally posted by Sister of Silence:

Shadowheart (as long as you're nice to kids and animals kinda) and La'zael

Well, that is already an issue having Shadowheart on an Evil playthrough, the whole slaughtering of the emerald grove. lol!

But she does not care about the Grove at all.

[Quacksalber]

Originally posted by nightwalker83137:

Originally posted by Sister of Silence:

Shadowheart (as long as you're nice to kids and animals kinda) and La'zael

Well, that is already an issue having Shadowheart on an Evil playthrough, the whole slaughtering of the emerald grove. lol!

Oops, lol. What does Astarion think of that, since he's also always pro animal friendliness?

[Torniquet]

Originally posted by nightwalker83137:

Well, that is already an issue having Shadowheart on an Evil playthrough, the whole slaughtering of the emerald grove. lol!

She's very goal oriented, will set aside her ideals if it you do anything that is deemed "necessary" and a lot of alcohol.

[Orion Invictus]

Astarion, Gale, Shadowheart, Lae'zel, Minthara, Jaheira, Minsc.

Keep in mind this depends on how "evil" you are. If you go full muderhobo, then none of these will be an option (since you'll just kill them). If you're smart, though, you can have all of these.

[Sterling]

Originally posted by EH!:

Originally posted by Sterling:

Shadowheart - can be swayed towards being a very evil character in act 2.
Lae'zel - she favors ruthless decisions and doesn't really care about helping anyone.

Regarding Gale - it does make sense since he is a very egoistical dude despite the facade he presents outwardly. Hell, if you raid the grove he basically blames you for having a bad influence on him.

I totally forgot about Shadowheart. Shame on me.

As for Gale, I just feel like his general demeanour and what he approves/disapproves doesn't sync with that side of him. I feel the same about Astarion, who disapproves of stuff that makes him come across as a massive hypocrite, although he only is one if you do the "bad" thing in Act 3. Are we just to assume they are both pretending to be people they are not?

Astarion comes across as a dude who has been through so much ♥♥♥♥, that he basically lost most of his empathy and stopped caring about anything, so I don't think that he pretends to be better than he is.

Gale, on the other hand, is really hypocritical with his holier-than-thou attitude not matching his own actions constantly. He also does not care about the consequences of his actions and tries to switch responsibility. The whole sphere of annihilation debacle, the aforementioned "you have bad influence on me, so I took part in the bad things" talk after the grove raid, the nuke option out of which he tries to worm his way out on the first occasion and finally, he is all about trying to meddle with the doomsday Netherese artifact again in the ending:)

[Beytran70]

Gale has to be convinced to stay with rolls, so he's not guaranteed.

[Quacksalber]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Astarion, Gale, Shadowheart, Lae'zel, Minthara, Jaheira, Minsc.

Keep in mind this depends on how "evil" you are. If you go full muderhobo, then none of these will be an option (since you'll just kill them). If you're smart, though, you can have all of these.

Minsc and Jaheira? Jaheira seems neutral, so I guess it makes sense, but Minsc? Do you just convince him you are being good? LOL

[Quacksalber]

Originally posted by Sterling:

Originally posted by EH!:

I totally forgot about Shadowheart. Shame on me.

As for Gale, I just feel like his general demeanour and what he approves/disapproves doesn't sync with that side of him. I feel the same about Astarion, who disapproves of stuff that makes him come across as a massive hypocrite, although he only is one if you do the "bad" thing in Act 3. Are we just to assume they are both pretending to be people they are not?

Astarion comes across as a dude who has been through so much ♥♥♥♥, that he basically lost most of his empathy and stopped caring about anything, so I don't think that he pretends to be better than he is.

Gale, on the other hand, is really hypocritical with his holier-than-thou attitude not matching his own actions constantly. He also does not care about the consequences of his actions and tries to switch responsibility. The whole sphere of annihilation debacle, the aforementioned "you have bad influence on me, so I took part in the bad things" talk after the grove raid, the nuke option out of which he tries to worm his way out on the first occasion and finally, he is all about trying to meddle with the doomsday Netherese artifact again in the ending:)

Yeah, I've got far enough in the game to figure out that Gale is actually just trying to do the same thing he did before again. Astarion annoys me by disapproving of helping slaves while whining about having been one, approving of being nice to animals while claiming he only fed on them previously, which he later also contradicts, and being really into scraps, except when it's with some annoying person. If his reactions were more consistent with someone who'd just given up caring, it would be better. I still think he's a great character in general though.