Why's the investigator at the temple a baby flying elephant?

[Cornelius Edgerton]

what the hell is that?

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Cornelia Edgerton:

what the hell is that?
what the hell is that?

A Hollyphant
https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Hollyphant

[cuentafallout7]

A hollyphant looked like a tiny little flying elephant, about 2 feet (61 centimeters) in length, with golden fur and wings.[4][3] Some who had encountered hollyphants claimed that their wings were golden like their fur;[5] others insisted that the wings were shining white.[4][3] Its small tusks appeared to be made of ivory.[5] There seemed to be variety in their eye color. Some hollyphants had amber to glowing brown eyes.[5] For others, their eyes displayed a rainbow of colors.[4][3]

They also had an alternative form that they could take, that of a large, 12‑foot-tall (3.7‑meter), bipedal mastodon with shaggy, black fur, huge leathery wings, and massive curved tusks. In this form, they weighed about 1,200 pounds (540 kilograms).[3]

In their small form, the golden fur of these elephantine creatures seemed to glow.[5][3] Because of the aura surrounding one, any good creature observing a hollyphant felt a fondness toward it, while any evil creature felt immediate loathing and fear.[5]

Some scholars made speculations that a hollyphant's appearance was a projection of some kind and that they were actually spirits with a different true appearance, since surely no creature would look so goofy in reality.[4] Hollyphants took great offense at such an idea,[4] and anyone who had ever looked upon them with true seeing saw only both of their elephantine forms simultaneously.

[victorvnv]

Haven’t you watched Dumbo? I think whoever created them was a big fan of him

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https://scryfall.com/card/clb/32/lulu-loyal-hollyphant

[gungadin22000]

Actually one of my favourite characters. A baby golden elephant flying by flapping his wings, speaks with the accent and cadence of an irritable government bureaucrat and yet nobody seems to find any of this weird in any way. It would be like going into your local kebab shop and find out it's being run by Chewbacca.

The fact that he drinks heavily and smokes a pipe is just icing on top.

[Dremall]

The adventure Descent into Avernus had a holyphant in it. Given BG3 is the sequel to that adventure it's only logical to come across one if nothing more than a call out.

[Popsicles]

Never liked holyphants. They incuded one in Descent into Avernus. Their reasoning was to lighten up the campaign. I killed her off when she first appeared.

BTW - YooJoo - if you are seeing this, I've admitted several times you were correct - it wasn't the same holyphant in BG3. :)

[Space Dog]

Really good question.

The game wasn't a cartoon before that thing appeared. So why switch styles suddenly? It also speaks like a cartoon character when Hollyphants are telepathic.

I did not want such clumsy comedy relief that destroys the game's atmosphere. It turns the whole Murder Tribunal of Bhaal into a stupid joke.

And she appears right after the painted ghoul clown on the streets. The beginning of Act III flopped hard.

Tip to Larian: if you want to lighten up the atmosphere, you can do comedy relief with human or any other PC race characters without changing styles. Use a Jennifer Coolidge type character.

[Fyre]

Later on you find their diary and learn why they got kicked out of Mount Celestia and yes, it's because they're an annoying drunk with a big mouth and lots of opinions.

They're a celestial being, inherently good-aligned and generally awful to be around. Any more questions?

[Fyre]

Originally posted by Space Dog:

Really good question.

The game wasn't a cartoon before that thing appeared. So why switch styles suddenly? It also speaks like a cartoon character when Hollyphants are telepathic.

I did not want such clumsy comedy relief that destroys the game's atmosphere. It turns the whole Murder Tribunal of Bhaal into a stupid joke.

And she appears right after the painted ghoul clown on the streets. The beginning of Act III flopped hard.

Tip to Larian: if you want to lighten up the atmosphere, you can do comedy relief with human or any other PC race characters without changing styles. Use a Jennifer Coolidge type character.

Tip to you: Stop giving advice to people infinitely more talented and successful than you.

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Space Dog:

Really good question.

The game wasn't a cartoon before that thing appeared. So why switch styles suddenly? It also speaks like a cartoon character when Hollyphants are telepathic.

I did not want such clumsy comedy relief that destroys the game's atmosphere. It turns the whole Murder Tribunal of Bhaal into a stupid joke.

And she appears right after the painted ghoul clown on the streets. The beginning of Act III flopped hard.

Tip to Larian: if you want to lighten up the atmosphere, you can do comedy relief with human or any other PC race characters without changing styles. Use a Jennifer Coolidge type character.

"You Bhaalist ♥♥♥♥!"

Yup, sounds like a cartoon character alright.

[MrsJekill]

Originally posted by Fyre:

Originally posted by Space Dog:

Really good question.

The game wasn't a cartoon before that thing appeared. So why switch styles suddenly? It also speaks like a cartoon character when Hollyphants are telepathic.

I did not want such clumsy comedy relief that destroys the game's atmosphere. It turns the whole Murder Tribunal of Bhaal into a stupid joke.

And she appears right after the painted ghoul clown on the streets. The beginning of Act III flopped hard.

Tip to Larian: if you want to lighten up the atmosphere, you can do comedy relief with human or any other PC race characters without changing styles. Use a Jennifer Coolidge type character.

Tip to you: Stop giving advice to people infinitely more talented and successful than you.

Money does not measure success and never will...

but you are right that space dogs comment was unnecessary.
I don't know why people want to act like a game specialist.

[hermit0wl]

Originally posted by Space Dog:

Really good question.

The game wasn't a cartoon before that thing appeared. So why switch styles suddenly? It also speaks like a cartoon character when Hollyphants are telepathic.

I did not want such clumsy comedy relief that destroys the game's atmosphere. It turns the whole Murder Tribunal of Bhaal into a stupid joke.

And she appears right after the painted ghoul clown on the streets. The beginning of Act III flopped hard.

Tip to Larian: if you want to lighten up the atmosphere, you can do comedy relief with human or any other PC race characters without changing styles. Use a Jennifer Coolidge type character.

A change of atmosphere is to be expected when you move from wilderness and cursed wastelands to a vibrant metropolis

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not enough time for this elephant in the game, it would take at least 2-3 investigations to discover the character

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by MrsJekill:

Originally posted by Fyre:

Tip to you: Stop giving advice to people infinitely more talented and successful than you.

Money does not measure success and never will...

but you are right that space dogs comment was unnecessary.
I don't know why people want to act like a game specialist.

It's currently one of the most purchased and played on Xbox. It is one of the highest rated games on steam. It has pretty reliable concurrent player count even months after releasing, it swept the GotY awards and the Golden Joystick awards in a year filled with great games, in addition to having the best monetization practice you can have in a game, meaning you buy it and you own it, no extra charges, no missing content, no microtransactions at all.

It is simply the most successful game this year, bar none.