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    The Once and Future Champion (Baldur's Gate 3/Dragon Age) (Complete)

    For some reason, the last couple chapters got lost in my notifications. Excellent ending. Very satisfying. I was consistently amused at how often things become much easier when not confined to video game logic. Also, congratulations on finishing a fic! I know your muse has been fickle the last...
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    The Once and Future Champion (Baldur's Gate 3/Dragon Age) (Complete)

    Yurgir is a complete monster but given that he pretty much exclusively aims that monstrosity at the Blood War when he's not bound by someone's command to do otherwise, he's at least tolerable as an ally of convenience. And his last victims on the prime material were dark justiciars who are, uh...
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    The Once and Future Champion (Baldur's Gate 3/Dragon Age) (Complete)

    Besides, resurrecting Ansur wouldn't provide them any advantage they don't already have. If they need a dragon, Voss has two ancient red dragons at his command.
  4. BigBad

    The Once and Future Champion (Baldur's Gate 3/Dragon Age) (Complete)

    In at least one ending that I have seen, he does attempt to usurp Mystra and gets bitchslapped because ascended mortal or not, Mystra is a greater deity and even God Gale is not even close to her level. ETA: Found a link to one variation, an Origin Gale epilogue, I think...
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    The Once and Future Champion (Baldur's Gate 3/Dragon Age) (Complete)

    My read on Mystra is that she's still traumatized from her death. She knew that Gale was ambitious and susceptible to hubris, as any real wizard is. But when she was confronted with the remnant of the Karsite Weave, one of the few things that could kill her, she reacted like Gale had just...
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    The Once and Future Champion (Baldur's Gate 3/Dragon Age) (Complete)

    Warrior Hawke is a base Fighter until choosing a Specialization, upon which a Templar is a Paladin and Berserker and Reaver are both Barbarians. Rogue Hawke is, naturally, a Rogue. Honestly, all three of the Rogue specializations most closely hew to the Assassin subclass. Rogue Hawke has no...
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    The Once and Future Champion (Baldur's Gate 3/Dragon Age) (Complete)

    I got that same list from Shadowheart after romancing her with my Tav. She's just an animal girlie. To this day, I don't know why Minsc is a Ranger. Well, I get it sort of, because he has an animal companion, but he's almost the perfect Barbarian. He's a massively strong berserker with a low...
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    The Once and Future Champion (Baldur's Gate 3/Dragon Age) (Complete)

    Counterpoint: The Dead Three are extremely stupid, uncreative, and predictable. They are losers at heart. Their cleverness would be no obstacle at all to an elder brain. Getting access to an avenue to manipulate them would be a challenge though.
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    The Once and Future Champion (Baldur's Gate 3/Dragon Age) (Complete)

    Gortash has the same flaw that every man has who considers himself a logical and reasonable-minded fellow: the unalterable belief that he can persuade others of his correctness through reason and logic alone. Gortash has a number of quite logical reasons that the party should ally with him, and...
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    The Once and Future Champion (Baldur's Gate 3/Dragon Age) (Complete)

    I think the true downfall of the Absolute plot was Durge's betrayal by Orin and her replacing him in the Triumvirate. It cannot be overstated how much less stable and competent Orin is than the Durge was. Durge was capable of holding goals other than 'murder nearest person, repeat ad infinitum'...
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    The Once and Future Champion (Baldur's Gate 3/Dragon Age) (Complete)

    What's this? A soul yet untouched by tropespeak? Allow me to remedy this affliction.
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    The Once and Future Champion (Baldur's Gate 3/Dragon Age) (Complete)

    So, someone posted on reddit an excerpt from a D&D sourcebook about the gods. This excerpt specifically is about Bane and his tendency to possess handsome young noblemen rather than assume an avatar. "Any person Bane possessed quickly assumed the appearance of a handsome, black-haired man of...
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    The Once and Future Champion (Baldur's Gate 3/Dragon Age) (Complete)

    Ah, Gortash. Not even a little concerned about Momma K coming back to put axe to ass. Short-sighted. Tsk.
  14. BigBad

    The Once and Future Champion (Baldur's Gate 3/Dragon Age) (Complete)

    Beard so good they brought it back. You can select a basically identical beard for your Rook in Veilguard. As a matter of fact, you can basically completely recreate Hawke in Veilguard. They added his warpaint and Mage Hawke's champion armor as cosmetic collectables.
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    The Once and Future Champion (Baldur's Gate 3/Dragon Age) (Complete)

    I do like the game-canonical reason for Shadowheart's hair change quite a bit. It matches up perfectly with my experience with a number of young women who react to stressful personal revelations or life events with a self-inflicted change to their hair style and/or coloring. It allows them to...
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