Was Ellyka meant to be apossible companions?

[northernwater]

The dialogue has you asking her to join the group but she refuses. Makes me wonder if there were more plans at one time.

[Metallicus]

I think it was more of a joke base upon her line about ‘What? Just follow you around?”

[FunkyMonkey]

Originally posted by northernwater:

The dialogue has you asking her to join the group but she refuses. Makes me wonder if there were more plans at one time.

I like to think that she may have been an option for a companion but was dropped at some point of development, yeah.

[Detective Costeau]

If she was ever meant to be a companion, the idea was dropped early enough no ne's found any hints of it like they have for Helia.
My guess based on her dialog is it's a joke about the trope in a lot of RPGs where you recruit someone for your incredibly hazardous mission after knowing them for five minutes.

[northernwater]

I had not heard of Helia. Interesting.

[Raz]

Originally posted by northernwater:

I had not heard of Helia. Interesting.

https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Helia

Woulda been an Origin Halfling. Our Werewolf Origin to go hand-in-hand with the Vampire one, and would have been possible to be infected by her. Wish they didn't drop her. Would have loved to be a werewolf in my game.

[Mike Garrison]

I'm sure that was just a joke they tossed in there.

[northernwater]

Perhaps, but I don't see the joke.

[Mike Garrison]

Originally posted by northernwater:

Perhaps, but I don't see the joke.

I can't help you with that issue.

[seeker1]

Originally posted by Raz:

Woulda been an Origin Halfling. Our Werewolf Origin to go hand-in-hand with the Vampire one, and would have been possible to be infected by her. Wish they didn't drop her. Would have loved to be a werewolf in my game.

She never got added to the game, but there's a bunch of werewolf shapeshifting mods now based on how her ability would have worked. Well, and of course, the ones you run into in Cazador's palace.

Many of your companions have .... drawbacks that make you consider about leaving them in the party, the possibility that Helia could have bit and turned OTHER party members into werewolves might have been hers. (But then, depending on your level of control over the shapeshift ... I mean if you transform uncontrolllably under a full moon, it''s less desirable).

Interestingly, of course, Brinna Brightsong, the Withers zombie, is a female hobbit bard, much like Helia would have been.

[Raz]

Originally posted by seeker1:

She never got added to the game, but there's a bunch of werewolf shapeshifting mods now based on how her ability would have worked. Well, and of course, the ones you run into in Cazador's palace.

Yeah, and their animations when applied to a MC is quite jank because they lack animations for things such as climbing up and down ladders, transforming from person to beast, and sometimes the attack animations break. it sucks.