I like to think a lot of the "forbidden knowledge that will drive you mad" in Apocrypha is just like. Knowledge of, including all relevant cultural context, memes from our real life.
Like imagine you're some poor bosmer, doesn't know fuck about any shit that isn't trees, and you stumble across a black book and upon reading it you are suddenly aware of the fact that Andrew Tate was owned by an 18 y/o on Twitter so hard he doxxed himself and got arrested for human trafficking. And you couldn't even tell other people about it. Of course you'd go mad
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ayo i found 2 pages with head angles of humans and animals, could be useful to anyone reading this
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AVID OBSERVER: It is cold on this rooftop, but none of the trees have a tall enough branch to get a good vantage point on Haven.
PERCEPTION (SIGHT): Mostly you watch folks run around doing errands. Some of Leliana's lot eye you every so often, but she has never brought up your rooftop times with you.
EMPATHY: Perhaps she appreciates having another eye in the sky?
AVID OBSERVER: There are changes every day, but a general rhythm that Haven follows. It's something like meditation watching it unfold.
LOGIC: It makes you feel like you are learning. But you are not sure what. There are so many holes in your memory, it could be anything.
RED STRING: ONE DAY IT WILL ALL PAY OFF, AND YOU WILL SEE! YOU WILL SEE THE BIG PICTURE, THE LINKS!! THE CONNECTIONS!!
EMPATHY: Or, this is a way to hide. From all the questions you can't answer. From all the strangers you're supposed to be saving the world with. A world you can't even remember.
YOU: You flop backwards onto the snow and stare up at the sky. Even away from the healed breach there traces of that Fade green.
THE MARK: You lift up your left hand to inspect it. It no longer hurts you. It tingles a bit when closing rifts, and it still shouts at you sometimes, as many things do. But right now it is quiet. Content to glow lazily in the filtered sunlight.
YOU: You drop your arm and close your eyes. Maybe you can sleep here and avoid having to do anything about reality collapsing or whatever
Enjoy some crying Kim Kardashian Kaidan;
I drew this while watching the movie Akira, and the whole time I just kept imagining him going "leave me alone!"
the more I play BG3 the more I miss the way Bioware games organize interactions between companions
It just felt - organic? Other games like Pathfinder are also pretty good, as there are multiple scenes where the companions interact with each other's.
But I miss the Bioware way. The only interaction in BG3 is Shadowheart and Lae'zel fighting, and I think that was it.
I remember that even in DA:O there was some stuff, mainly your companions interacting with your dog. Then DA2 had that amazing Aveline's quest, plus all your companions talking with each other's during actual player dialogue.
I feel like BG3 would improve the feeling a lot if it had all the party commenting during dialogues with npcs instead of one companion chosen at random, even if it would not be actual dialogue like in DA.
AND HOW TO FORGET DA:I??
Sera making pranks on the advisors? Josephine, Cassandra, Cullen and Leliana interacting? Walking in on Solas and Vivienne bickering about Cole, or Varric and Cassandra fighting? The cards night? It was just perfect.
just look how alive it feels
Hey,
If you're on mobile you can
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I made a web app to allow people to easily create all these FromSoft-style text overlays, free to use, for your pleasure
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I might've added the BG3 Art Book to my dnd assets stash
It's got stuff like the 5e players' handbook, the dm's guide, critical role's explorer's guide to wildmount, baldur's gate and waterdeep city encounters, 101 potions and their effects, volo's guide to monsters, both of Xanathar's guides, a bunch of other encounters, one shots, class builds, and other fun stuff!!