can't romance gale

[superlloyd]

I have 100 in Gale approval!
And I was planning to romance Gale from the start!
I never had the option to romance Gale.. :(
In Act3 now, so probably too late.. sucks though....

[seeker1]

You must be lying, Super, Gale is a sex-addicted hornymonster that molests every player in the game, especially if they/Tav happen to be male.

... (insert sarcasm emoji here) ...

,,, because, of course, the people claiming he tries to romance (and/or have sex, but the sex follows after the initiation of the romance) everyone in the game, or even especially every guy, are LYING.

... you can definitely avoid Gale's romance whether Tav is male or female, check his Romance guide at bg3.wiki, like all the other romances you can and might miss it .... and you did.

[Piperbird]

If you're in act 3, I think it might be too late. There are a couple conversations in act 1 where you need to choose the romance options to start it.

[northernwater]

Sorry I can't help here ... I space bar through the dialog so fast I confuse the game sometimes. Must be the "weave".

[Inquisitor Firebrand]

impossible all gale camp scenes are romance scenes even declining his magic practice scene in act one still results in this romance scene
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3409981481

[northernwater]

Do half-orc tusks cause problem ... asking for a friend.

[seeker1]

Cause problems with ... what, exactly?

Hitting spacebar at light speed is an option to play the game ... perfectly valid.

But if you're warping through the game's dialogue menus so fast you totally and obliviously failed to notice that you just clicked on telling Gale your undying love for him ... please don't be shocked he reacts "romantically" to you later .... it's on you, not Larian.

[Favonius]

I'm afraid it's too late in act 3
What could have possibly gone wrong?

Spoilers :
In act 1, you can manage easily enough to have high approval just by giving him the magical items he wants. That triggers the 'magical demonstration' scene where your Tav can express his/her interest to more intimacy
In act2, there's this night cutscene under the stars when you can engage into a relationship.

But this won't occur if you are already engaged with someone else (flirting with someone else is ok i think). That's the most probable reason in your case.
Maybe there are other conditions that can lock you out of this cutscene.

Of course at some point you have to pick up the propper dialog options to trigger a romance, but these are more than obvious. If you say 'no' it's a"no"

[northernwater]

Originally posted by seeker1:

Cause problems with ... what, exactly?

Kissing of course?

[EricHVela]

The first time I deliberately went for Gale after many playthroughs, I got to Act 3 and there was some mention of missing the opportunity. It was quite surprising given how the forums keep making him the posterboy of harassment.

I had to read a guide on how to get the Astral Arachnogale Gymnastics scene. Worth it for the laughs, though.

[seeker1]

Originally posted by northernwater:

Kissing of course?

Nope.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7ZOn2r2TVgo?feature=share

[Hobocop]

Originally posted by Inquisitor Firebrand:

impossible all gale camp scenes are romance scenes even declining his magic practice scene in act one still results in this romance scene
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3409981481

Misinformation. The lead up to the actual romance sequence where he beds you or where he just hangs out talking about his feelings about it potentially being his last night to live start the same way.

[northernwater]

Originally posted by seeker1:

Originally posted by northernwater:

Kissing of course?

Nope.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7ZOn2r2TVgo?feature=share

Now if they only had little half-orcs I'd be happy - maybe we could call them quarter-orcs or something.

[merolodon]

Originally posted by seeker1:

You must be lying, Super, Gale is a sex-addicted hornymonster that molests every player in the game, especially if they/Tav happen to be male.

... (insert sarcasm emoji here) ...

,,, because, of course, the people claiming he tries to romance (and/or have sex, but the sex follows after the initiation of the romance) everyone in the game, or even especially every guy, are LYING.

... you can definitely avoid Gale's romance whether Tav is male or female, check his Romance guide at bg3.wiki, like all the other romances you can and might miss it .... and you did.

you probably ddnt play it on release

[Hobocop]

Originally posted by merolodon:

Originally posted by seeker1:

You must be lying, Super, Gale is a sex-addicted hornymonster that molests every player in the game, especially if they/Tav happen to be male.

... (insert sarcasm emoji here) ...

,,, because, of course, the people claiming he tries to romance (and/or have sex, but the sex follows after the initiation of the romance) everyone in the game, or even especially every guy, are LYING.

... you can definitely avoid Gale's romance whether Tav is male or female, check his Romance guide at bg3.wiki, like all the other romances you can and might miss it .... and you did.

you probably ddnt play it on release

No longer relevant because it's been patched for over a year.

[seeker1]

You are correct. I couldn't, because IIRC the Mac version was released a month later.

And no, I never played Early Access.

So I'm not saying people are wrong that claim Gale acted "different" in the release version of the game, but that appears (despite what some claim) to have been a bug, and NOT intentional.

In any case, it seems to have been fixed in early patches. I never saw this "other" version of Gale.