Lae'zel and the Gith egg question

[DragonMaster]

Ok now I just ran into something new in regards to Lae'zel and the Gith egg you pick up in the Creche. Lae'zel says something along the lines of don't give it to that something lady keep it and we can raise it. Now do you give it to Esther or kill her and keep the egg? Does it eventually hatch?

[Tax evasion]

It hatches, but only if you give it to Esther AFAIR. You find it again in act 3.
I believe you can give it to Esther without immediate consequences (apart from it hatching, obviously).

[Tresh]

If you let Lae'zel keep it, she will tell you that it hatched and she's making sure the child will be raised well and get to choose his own destiny. His name is Xan, afaik.

[hermit0wl]

Originally posted by Tax evasion:

It hatches, but only if you give it to Esther AFAIR. You find it again in act 3.
I believe you can give it to Esther without immediate consequences (apart from it hatching, obviously).

Giving the egg to Esther does in fact have some consequences in Act 3.

[Tax evasion]

Originally posted by Tresh:

If you let Lae'zel keep it, she will tell you that it hatched and she's making sure the child will be raised well and get to choose his own destiny. His name is Xan, afaik.

Does this happen in her epilogue ? Never seen that interaction before

[BionicDance]

Originally posted by Tax evasion:

Originally posted by Tresh:

If you let Lae'zel keep it, she will tell you that it hatched and she's making sure the child will be raised well and get to choose his own destiny. His name is Xan, afaik.

Does this happen in her epilogue ? Never seen that interaction before

It does, but you also have to very specifically ask her about it, even if you romanced her.

Unfortunately, you never see the kid. Like a lot of things, BG3 handles it in exposition with no accompanying visuals, which is kind of annoying, but whatchagonnado.

[Estevan Valladares]

Strange that. Gith eggs does not hatch unless in the right environment which Laezel, alone with your group, cannot provide. One would not think they would go to the lengths they do to build a hatchery if their eggs "hatch" eggs like chickens' by sitting on it, or like turtles' by burrowing it.

[Gamerzilla]

Originally posted by Estevan Valladares:

Strange that. Gith eggs does not hatch unless in the right environment which Laezel, alone with your group, cannot provide. One would not think they would go to the lengths they do to build a hatchery if their eggs "hatch" eggs like chickens' by sitting on it, or like turtles' by burrowing it.

The only 'condition' needed for gith eggs to hatch is to be on the material plane, where time flows normally. The creche is built to protect them, and so the gith warriors that are forced to stay on the material plane to guard them will have a safe place to live. The only thing the Githyanki do different is mental conditioning of the unborn infant to ensure loyalty >.>