What changes when you play as a origin character?

[Painted Pig]

I'm considering playing as Lae'zel in my next playthrough but I'm wondering what changes if you play as them rather then making a custom character

[justfaded]

Honestly not much. Just some more dialogue options but for the most part they won't voice their new lines, it's just like when you play a custom character.

[Hobocop]

Lae'zel's role in the nautiloid escape is supplanted by another githyanki fighter called Losiir. He dies in the crash, though.

Beyond that, you hit basically the same story beats as you would with her as a companion, but you have more complete agency over how things play out as opposed to needing to convince Lae'zel as someone else.

[Bluebeak]

Mostly a lot of dialogue changes. Also she verbally talks more in some of the cutscenes. You can also romance companions together. IE: Lae'zel/Shadowheart or Lae'zel/Astarion. You can also act out certain scenes that she was involved with. Like the part where she demands a Tiefling in the grove bow to her.

There's not a lot of differences that it feels like an altogether different playthrough compared to playing as a Githyanki Tav, but it's a neat feature that they let you do if you want to. And with Withers you can respec her if you prefer playing as a different class like Wizard or Cleric. (You can also do this when playing normally as well you don't need to be playing as an origin to respec them).

Different companions have different dialogue appear. Like Astarion has a different scene for every companion if you bite one of them for the first time. Karlach has a scene if you play as her and meet Wyll for the first time, and vice versa. Etc. The companion that probably has the most differences is Gale since his cat becomes a character you can interact with in Act 3.

[Painted Pig]

Originally posted by Bluebeak:

Mostly a lot of dialogue changes. Also she verbally talks more in some of the cutscenes. You can also romance companions together. IE: Lae'zel/Shadowheart or Lae'zel/Astarion. You can also act out certain scenes that she was involved with. Like the part where she demands a Tiefling in the grove bow to her.

There's not a lot of differences that it feels like an altogether different playthrough compared to playing as a Githyanki Tav, but it's a neat feature that they let you do if you want to. And with Withers you can respec her if you prefer playing as a different class like Wizard or Cleric. (You can also do this when playing normally as well you don't need to be playing as an origin to respec them).

Different companions have different dialogue appear. Like Astarion has a different scene for every companion if you bite one of them for the first time. Karlach has a scene if you play as her and meet Wyll for the first time, and vice versa. Etc. The companion that probably has the most differences is Gale since his cat becomes a character you can interact with in Act 3.

I'll Probably respec her into a ranger, the main reason I'm picking her is because she seems to have a lot of opportunity's to die so I want to avoid that by just playing her

[Teskal]

Originally posted by Bluebeak:

Different companions have different dialogue appear. Like Astarion has a different scene for every companion if you bite one of them for the first time.

I wanna see Astarion biting Karlach. I fear he burns to ashes...
(In my playthrough I did not get bitten by Astarion. He told me he is a vampire and never tried anything.)

How are the personal quests? Like Karlach engine issue if we play her? Or playing Laezel, does she still tell we need to find the creche as fast as possible?

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Teskal:

Originally posted by Bluebeak:

Different companions have different dialogue appear. Like Astarion has a different scene for every companion if you bite one of them for the first time.

I wanna see Astarion biting Karlach. I fear he burns to ashes...
(In my playthrough I did not get bitten by Astarion. He told me he is a vampire and never tried anything.)

How are the personal quests? Like Karlach engine issue if we play her? Or playing Laezel, does she still tell we need to find the creche as fast as possible?

Heartbreaking. Playing as Karlach creates probably the most heartbreaking version of Act 3 companion events. You get to see unexpected, maybe even rare, cutscenes. Which are going beyond what you know from all the other characters.

[Not So Serious]

Personally, I felt much more integrated into the story than with a custom character.

I've never really been a fan of the "making a character that you can pretend is you" deal that comes with custom character creation, so having a lineup of interesting characters to choose from with the Origins was great.
Playing as Shadowheart, being centrally tied to the main plot by having the objective "protect the artifact" which consistently came up during Act 1, and being tied closely to the Shar curse in Act 2, it felt like my character actually belonged to the plot. In contrast to a Tav playthrough where you're kind of just plopped in there and expected to fill in the gaps yourself.

[Jeff]

Not enough. I did a full Lae'zel playthrough hoping specific spots would reveal so much more and it didn't reveal much at all.

[Jeff]

Originally posted by Not So Serious:

Personally, I felt much more integrated into the story than with a custom character.

I've never really been a fan of the "making a character that you can pretend is you" deal that comes with custom character creation, so having a lineup of interesting characters to choose from with the Origins was great.
Playing as Shadowheart, being centrally tied to the main plot by having the objective "protect the artifact" which consistently came up during Act 1, and being tied closely to the Shar curse in Act 2, it felt like my character actually belonged to the plot. In contrast to a Tav playthrough where you're kind of just plopped in there and expected to fill in the gaps yourself.

If TAV is Dark Urge, the game is as immersive as it gets and everything is about you.

[Goblin King Jareth]

Originally posted by Hobocop:

Lae'zel's role in the nautiloid escape is supplanted by another githyanki fighter called Losiir.

"Losiir" (Loser) lol

Originally posted by Hobocop:

He dies in the crash, though.

lmao

[Cuddle_Rat]

Originally posted by Goblin King Jareth:

Originally posted by Hobocop:

Lae'zel's role in the nautiloid escape is supplanted by another githyanki fighter called Losiir.

"Losiir" (Loser) lol

Originally posted by Hobocop:

He dies in the crash, though.

lmao

Awh cmon I'm sure he's very capable, probably just rolled a nat 1.