Romance and Lich mythic path [spoilers ofc]

[Clown Fiesta]

It seems if you choose to become a lich, you cannot romance anyone - this is revealed SUPER late in the game (act 4), so by then you are stuck either with the Legend mythic or become a Lich and lose your love interest

not the end of the world but it's something I wish i had knew going into the game

also, the Swarm path is baddddddd, like you basically just eats up everyone and even though the power fantasy is cool, it's super depressing to play because all your companions leaves you and everyone you met (named NPCs) you can eat.

[Sador]

You can also become a golden dragon.

But yeah, it's annoying.

[Darx]

well you could have guessed that. who would have sex with a corpse?

[CloudKira]

But can't you simply romance a "hot" female lich? :)

Or one of your (un)willing undead followers? :P

Does turning into a skeleton eat up all the libido? Meeeeh.

[Storm]

Originally posted by CloudKira:

But can't you simply romance a "hot" female lich? :)

Or one of your (un)willing undead followers? :P

Does turning into a skeleton eat up all the libido? Meeeeh.

Which bone do you use to *ahem* bone? *puts on sunglasses*

[ChopSuey™]

Your libido is replaced with your drive for power. You're a lich for undead sake! Stop thinking like a horndog human and start thinking like a power hungry lich!

[LordAssault]

Originally posted by Darx:

well you could have guessed that. who would have sex with a corpse?

hmmm... Albedo and Shalltear? :D

[DocStout]

For me, this was a very effective scene in the story that was being told for my character making sacrifice after sacrifice for power, his tethers and cares falling away one by one until he barely feels anything and only leads the Crusade because he said he would, and might lose his power if he does not. (Not gonna spoil why here.)

After the loss of the love interest and the transformation scene, any time a companion quest makes them decide to sacrifice themselves or otherwise leave the party, they are replaced with a graveguard. Sort of a "you served me well, so I will assist with your concerns, but if you are lost pursuing your goals, I am beyond caring about such mortal considerations." I've... lost a few so far that way. I think the only living people in my current party are Ember and (corrupted) Arushelae. I think I am permanently down 4 companions, and could theoretically get 1 more back, but have decided not to.

[ChopSuey™]

^ Noice. I like.

[Storm]

Originally posted by LordAssault:

Originally posted by Darx:

well you could have guessed that. who would have sex with a corpse?

hmmm... Albedo and Shalltear? :D

A man of culture I see.

[Arcon]

I mean, you turn into a lich - skeleton and all baby. Lich, by definition, is void of all emotion and bodily feeling. Now RP wise, you could fake emotion - people do it all the time. But at the end of the day, when you're alone with your thoughts... you feel nothing.

Daeran by the way is the best NPC to talk to after your transformation. You can ask him now that you're a lich, is romance still on the table? He responds to something of the fact of "I can see us now, in a castle. You, bones gleaming white, me looking longingly into your eye sockets.... No, of course not, are you crazy? You gave up sensation and feeling for power. Me? Sensation and feeling are the only reason for me to gain power!"

The line he gives is better, but it aptly sums it up.

[DisTer]

Well, we could have a love totally platonic and based only on reason.

One of the weak points of the game is the lack of paradox or finesse in its mythic classes.

Despite the fact that I was LE before I turned into a lich, all the companions had me right and I had clearly done some GOOD deeds while being without a shadow of a doubt a hardcore crusader.

I become a lich and bam, I am evil incarnate, everyone hates me.

Having saved the widow and the orphan, angels, held heads against demons, killed a demon lord ? Nah, I'm really the worst monster ever.

[BoogieMan]

I guess some people think think you can't have a relationship without physical intimacy.

[CloudKira]

Originally posted by MAIN HERO:

Originally posted by CloudKira:

But can't you simply romance a "hot" female lich? :)

Or one of your (un)willing undead followers? :P

Does turning into a skeleton eat up all the libido? Meeeeh.

Which bone do you use to *ahem* bone? *puts on sunglasses*

Meh, the girls in Pathfinder are way to closed minded.

I never had problems boning girls while playing as Fane (skeleton dude) in Divinity Original Sin 2. :P

They were "boned" good and happy.

In Pathfinder there is clearly discrimination against people without flesh.

Corpsephobia!

[Total Overkill]

Originally posted by MAIN HERO:

Which bone do you use to *ahem* bone? *puts on sunglasses*

The tail bone... clearly

[Hacros]

Is it possible not to finish the transformation into a lich in order to continue with the romance?