Does the party in BG3 skew Evil, or am I confused?

[Majere]

So this is throwing me a bit. It doesn't seem that BG3 actually tells you character alignments, but so far I've met an evil Demihuman fighter, a High Elf who worships a very evil god, a warlock enslaved by a demon, and a dhampir who bizarrely seems to be the most pleasant of the bunch. I assume Wyll is meant to be Chaotic Good or something, but still it looks like you're being pushed towards Evil if you want a cleric, a tank, and/or romance options that don't come with a helping of sausage.

I mean, I'm trying to be tolerant but literally the first thing the Gith did once I found her again was try to make me slaughter a couple of innocents, so that ended poorly for her. (It didn't help that she had some armour I rather fancied...)

Are they going for the whole idea that alignment is more a personality trait, and you're supposed to tolerate it and gently bring people around, or something like that? It really seems that good-aligned characters are thin on the ground at the moment.

[MeatGolem]

I wouldn't count out SH just yet, just sayin. These people come off as repugnant and arrogant but as you start to get to know them and start to influence them, you'll be surprised at how much they have grown on you.

Kind of like the game is telling you to not judge people based on your preconceptions and open up your mind to those different than you.... woah mind blown.

[RakiaTime]

Karlach, Wyll, Minsc and POSSIBLY Gale are good, Jaheira and Halsin, being druids, are neutral, Bae'Zel, Shadowheart, Minthara and Asstarion are evil

[Recjawjind]

Gale: Definitively good
Karlach: Definitively good
Wyll: Definitively good, though with a decent bit of darkness in there

Shadowheart: Very gray, can go either way with her imo, at the start leaning evil though
Astarion: Vampirespawn, by nature evil
Lae'zel: Drinking vlaakiths kool-aid, definitely evil at least at the start

[Lepakko]

Originally posted by RakiaTime:

Karlach, Wyll, Minsc and POSSIBLY Gale are good, Jaheira and Halsin, being druids, are neutral, Bae'Zel, Shadowheart, Minthara and Asstarion are evil

Im not sure if you can say Shadowheart is evil. Mostly her rep go down when doing evil stuff and when doing nice stuff it go up. But she isnt pure good either.

[RakiaTime]

Originally posted by Lepakko:

Originally posted by RakiaTime:

Karlach, Wyll, Minsc and POSSIBLY Gale are good, Jaheira and Halsin, being druids, are neutral, Bae'Zel, Shadowheart, Minthara and Asstarion are evil

Im not sure if you can say Shadowheart is evil. Mostly her rep go down when doing evil stuff and when doing nice stuff it go up. But she isnt pure good either.

okay lets switch it up, Shadowheart is closeted good, Gale is evil

[RakiaTime]

Originally posted by Recjawjind:

Gale: Definitively good
Karlach: Definitively good
Wyll: Definitively good, though with a decent bit of darkness in there

Shadowheart: Very gray, can go either way with her imo, at the start leaning evil though
Astarion: Vampirespawn, by nature evil
Lae'zel: Drinking vlaakiths kool-aid, definitely evil at least at the start

personally i trust Gale as far as i can throw him....which considering he's a skinny ass wizard is probably quite far but still, he's a shady ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[Recjawjind]

Originally posted by RakiaTime:

personally i trust Gale as far as i can throw him....which considering he's a skinny ass wizard is probably quite far but still, he's a shady ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

I strongly disagree. I know what we can thusfar know about him from early access, and nothing hes ever said or done makes me doubt him.

[MeatGolem]

Maybe you just haven't gotten the right dialogue trees then. I dunno, try different classes and behaviors.

[Kyutaru]

Gale is an academic. You can't trust him at all. He just acts the appropriate way to gather the most support as is only logical. But go against his code in any way and it's "I will incinerate you" and other direct threats past that casual smile. He's an ambitious sort that got into major trouble because he wanted to deal with the research of ancient EVIL shadow wizards.

[Stone IV]

Just go Drow.

[MeldinX2]

I acually think that some of the characters might be able to go either good or evil depending on the influence of the player.

[RakiaTime]

Originally posted by Recjawjind:

Originally posted by RakiaTime:

personally i trust Gale as far as i can throw him....which considering he's a skinny ass wizard is probably quite far but still, he's a shady ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

I strongly disagree. I know what we can thusfar know about him from early access, and nothing hes ever said or done makes me doubt him.

thats how he gets you, Gale is BG3's Yoshimo

[Yojo0o]

Originally posted by RakiaTime:

Karlach, Wyll, Minsc and POSSIBLY Gale are good, Jaheira and Halsin, being druids, are neutral, Bae'Zel, Shadowheart, Minthara and Asstarion are evil

Druids haven't been inherently neutral since 2e. Jaheira definitely skews good in all but assigned alignment in BG1-2. We'll see what Halsin's values are as a full party member.

[katzenkrimis]

Originally posted by Majere:

So this is throwing me a bit.

It doesn't seem that BG3 actually tells you character alignments.

Forget alignments.

No point in making predictions about this game until you've finished your first playthrough.

That's the only time that you'll be correct about anything.

Otherwise, it'll be one mistake after another as you try to nail it down.

Things can change at the drop of a hat. Deception, confusion, foolishness.

I wouldn't trust any of these crackpots.

[Kyutaru]

WotC is moving away from alignments anyway. They too often create confusion, like "why is the evil people so nice and friendly and helpful?" Because that's what evil people do...