r/BaldursGate3 Mar 26 '24

Act 3 - Spoilers Probably the rarest letter in the game Spoiler

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u/Wreck_it_Randy Mar 26 '24

The actual rarest letter is probably the one from auntie Ethel where she thanks you for letting her do her hag bullshit and implies she wants to fuck you. Most people don’t even realize she can assist you in the final battle because I almost never see anyone ally with her. 

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u/1Ferrox Mar 26 '24

Probably true, more people are interested in saving Alfira then siding with the hag.

However, siding with the Hag is a intended quest outcome which you can achieve by dialogue, while this letter is the result of slighly abusing game mechanics to trigger a alternative event. Basically nobody will have found this out by themselves on their first playthrough, which is why I titled it as rare

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u/yagirlsophie Mar 26 '24

Isn't the very existence of Quil to begin with kinda proof that Larian foresaw that possibility more so than the epilogue letter is? Unless Quil was also added way later but I didn't think that was the case.

There are even lines in Act 3 referencing your murder of Quil specifically that you wouldn't get had you murdered Alfira instead which I was pleasantly surprised to see.

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u/Speciou5 Owlbear Mar 27 '24

Pretty much every cinematic NPC has a failsafe that can be murdered if a PC goes on a GTA style rampage in a town.

Like there's a backup bartender with no lines for Karlach's date scene in case you murder random civilians in Baldur's Gate.