History Headscratchers / BaldursGateIII

* In the beginning of Act 3, how do Orpheus's honour guard members manage to create a portal to get out of the Astral Prism and attack the protagonists in their camp? If they can do that, why didn't they and Orpheus escape the Prism long ago? Also, why did Vlaakith even decide to lock the honour guard inside the Prism? She had a reason to keep Orpheus alive, but that reason doesn't apply to the honour guard, so she could've just killed them. Then Orpheus would've had no one there with him to help him escape.

** It seems to be so because a warlock's magical powers don't come from years of studying magic rather than from a pact made with a supernatural entity. So instead of devoting themselves to mental studies they could have honed their physical prowess and fighting skills.

** It seems to be so because a warlock's magical powers don't come from years of studying magic rather than from a pact made with a devil. So instead of devoting themselves to mental studies they could have honed their physical prowess and fighting skills.

** It seems to be because a warlock's magical powers don't come from years of studying magic rather than from a pact made with a devil. So instead of devoting themselves to mental studies they could have honed their physical prowess and fighting skills.

* In the beginning of Act 3, how do Orpheus's honour guard members manage to create a portal to get out of the Astral Prism and attack the protagonists in their camp? If they can do that, why didn't they and Orpheus escape the Prism long ago? Also, why did Vlaakith even decide to lock the honour guard inside the Prism? She had a reason to keep Orpheus alive, but that reason doesn't apply to the honour guard, so she could've just killed them. Then Orpheus would've had no one with him there to help him escape.

** Karlach: Neutral Good, possibly Lawful Good. Definitely the most good-hearted member of the main party. Doesn't have an inherent distrust for law/prder, unless the ones at the top of the chain of command are evil assholes.

* I've noticed that warlock isn't as [[SquishyWizard squishy as other mage classes]]. Why is that, exactly?

* Why didn't the Oathbreaker Knight retake his oath despite being reformed?

* Why is the Dark Urge's bloodlust only directed towards innocent people? Shouldn't urges that chaotic be more indiscriminate?

** Wyll: Lawful Good. Really, could have pursued a career as a Paladin instead of a Warlock.

* What's the most likely alignment of each Origin character?

** It seems like the authors didn't want to confuse the casual audience with two names for what's effectivelly factions of the same species, so they made Orpheus and his followers still be Githyanki, even though they feel more like Githzerai.

* Something's off about [[spoiler: Orpheus.]] Githyanki monks are almost unheard of, and his behavior is extremely bizarre by Yanki standards. Not only is he willing to be cordial and work with outsiders [[spoiler: he's willing to become a Mindflayer to stop the Netherbrain if you dont want to.]] He also seems to have no intention of being the genocidal space conquerors his mother intended his species to be and is instead focused on looking inwards to help repair the state of his species. This is the same exact reason why the Githzerai split from Gith, the game doesn't state exactly when he was imprisoned for all we know this could've happened before or directly after the race split. The first Vlaakith could've imprisoned him on Gith's orders and there's at least one theory that suggests he's the son of Zerthimon. It should be noted though that he considers Gith the "Queen of the One Sky", whether he uses that title as a means of honoring her or as an ideological statement is unknown. For how much the game put emphasis on the Githyanki its odd how there's little to no mention of the Githzerai (the reference in the Mindflayer colony was weak), you can't really talk about one without mentioning the other. Similar with the Baneite cult this screams cut content.

* Something's off about [[spoiler: Orpheus.]] Githyanki monks are almost unheard of, and his behavior is extremely bizarre by Yanki standards. Not only is he willing to be cordial and work with outsiders [[spoiler: he's willing to become a Mindflayer to stop the Netherbrain if you dont want to.]] He also seems to have no intention of being the genocidal space conquerors his mother intended his species to be and is instead focused on looking inwards to help repair the state of his species. This is the same exact reason why the Githzerai split from Gith, the game doesn't state exactly when he was imprisoned for all we know this could've happened before or directly after the race split. The first Vlaakith could've imprisoned him on Gith's orders and there's at least one theory that suggests he's the son of Zerthimon. It should be noted though that he considers Gith the "Queen of the One Sky", whether he uses that title as means of honoring her or as an ideological statement is unknown. For how much the game put emphasis on the Githyanki its odd how there's little to no mention of the Githzerai (the reference in the Mindflayer colony was weak), you can't really talk about one without mentioning the other. Similar with the Baneite cult this screams cut content.

* Something's off about [[spoiler: Orpheus.]] Githyanki monks are almost unheard of, and his behavior is bizarre by Yanki standards. Not only is he willing to be cordial and work with outsiders [[spoiler: he's willing to become a Mindflayer to stop the Netherbrain if you dont want to.]] He also seems to have no intention of being the genocidal space conquerors his mother intended his species to be and is instead focused on looking inwards to help repair the state of his species. This is the same exact reason why the Githzerai split from Gith, the game doesn't state exactly when he was imprisoned for all we know this could've happened before or directly after the race split. The first Vlaakith could've imprisoned him on Gith's orders and there's at least one theory that suggests he's the son of Zerthimon. It should be noted though that he considers Gith the "Queen of the One Sky", whether he uses that title as means of honoring her or as an ideological statement is unknown. For how much the game put emphasis on the Githyanki its odd how there's little to no mention of the Githzerai (the reference in the Mindflayer colony was weak), you can't really talk about one without mentioning the other. Similar with the Baneite cult this screams cut content.

* Something's off about [[spoiler: Orpheus.]] Githyanki monks are almost unheard of, and his behavior is bizarre by Yanki standards. Not only is he willing to be cordial and work with outsiders [[spoiler: he's also willing to become a Mindflayer to stop the Netherbrain if you dont want to.]] He also seems to have no intention of being the genocidal space conquerors his mother intended his species to be and is instead focused on looking inwards to help repair the state of his species. This is the same exact reason why the Githzerai split from Gith, the game doesn't state exactly when he was imprisoned for all we know this could've happened before or directly after the race split. The first Vlaakith could've imprisoned him on Gith's orders and there's at least one theory that suggests he's the son of Zerthimon. It should be noted though that he considers Gith the "Queen of the One Sky", whether he uses that title as means of honoring her or as an ideological statement is unknown. For how much the game put emphasis on the Githyanki its odd how there's little to no mention of the Githzerai (the reference in the Mindflayer colony was weak), you can't really talk about one without mentioning the other. Similar with the Baneite cult this screams cut content.

* Something's off about [[spoiler: Orpheus.]] Githyanki monks are almost unheard of, and his behavior is bizarre by Yanki standards. Not only is he willing to be cordial and work with outsiders [[spoiler: he's also willing to become a Mindflayer to stop the Netherbrain if you dont want to.]] He also seems to have no intention of being the genocidal space conquerors his mother intended his species to be and is instead focused on looking inwards to help repair the state of his species. This is the same exact reason why the Githzerai split from Gith, the game doesn't state exactly when he was imprisoned for all we know this could've happened before or directly after the race split. The first Vlaakith could've imprisoned him on Gith's orders and there's at least one theory that suggests he's the son of Zerthimon. It should be noted though that he considers Gith the "Queen of the One Sky", whether he uses that title as means of honoring her or as an ideological statement is unknown.

* Something's off about [[spoiler: Orpheus.]] Githyanki monks are almost unheard of, his behavior is also bizarre too. Not only is he willing to be cordial and work with outsiders [[spoiler: He's also willing to become a Mindflayer to stop the Netherbrain if you dont want to.]] From what we know he is the son of [[spoiler: Gith]] but who's his Father? Considering that he makes no mention of being the genocidal space conquerors his mother intended his species to be and is instead focused on looking inwards to help heal their fractured species he must've at least taken a page from Zerthimon's book.

* Why does Lae'zel have a scimitar in promotional material, but starts out with a longsword in-game?

** There's plenty of evidence around for Withers being [[spoiler: Jergal. Not an avatar or a chosen, but the god himself. That would pretty much make him a reality warper, yes.]]

* How is Withers able to change your class? Is he some kind of RealityWarper?

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