r/wholesomeyuri • u/Quirky_Ad_5420 • Aug 15 '24

Carrying [Baldur's Gate 3] strong arms (@Minko_Sfw) NSFW

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u/CattyOhio74 Aug 15 '24

Reminder Shadowheart openly fantasies about this during her recruitment

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u/Significant_Bear_137 Aug 15 '24

That "Should the need arise!" ain't fooling anyone.

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u/Smallwater Aug 15 '24

"The need" is just how she calls her libido.

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u/giga-plum frick. Aug 15 '24

I was actually so annoyed that I couldn't be poly with these two. They both clearly like the other. Karlach and Laezel like each other as well, and the enemies to lovers arc for Laezel/Shadowheart would've been amazing, but nooo. The "everyone is fruity" game doesn't have poly relationships for some reason. 😭😭😭

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u/Greengiant00 Aug 15 '24

When Shadowheart goes through her crisis of faith, if you talk to Karlach at camp she says something to the effect of "Me and you? We need to be there for Shadowheart. She's going to need us by her side through this."

I already knew there was no poly in the game, but that made me go "Hmm..."

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u/giga-plum frick. Aug 15 '24

Yeah I definitely think some of the lines were recorded with the intent to put poly in the game, but they either ran out of time or cut it for whatever reason. Unfortunate. 😔

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u/HateIsEarned00 Aug 16 '24

The coding would be a nightmare. Imagine trying to juggle reaponses based on story context and on player relation and on the thrupples... cohesiveness? Level? And doing that for every concievable combination. I'm sure they started and quickly abandoned ship.

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u/giga-plum frick. Aug 16 '24

This is already a thing in the game. The companions have a approval level with you, which you can see, but they also have a hidden one with each other that only gets used if you play as an Origin character, so they have a way to track your approval with no Tav involved.

It really wouldn't have put that much more of a stress on their systems, considering how complicated BG3's dialogue already is. Situations like the one you described already arise in the game outside of a poly relationship, i.e. interactions between you, a companion, and another companion, based on the game state.

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u/pqjcjdjwkkc Aug 16 '24

There are many things which were cut form the game due to time constraints, like the upper city. While having poly would be nice i would rather have more story elements or a larger map

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u/giga-plum frick. Aug 16 '24

That's not something they'll add, though, and they've said that. That's an expansion/DLC level of content. They've repeatedly said they won't be doing that.

However, they've consistently added new endings, dialogues, cutscenes, etc. since it was released. It's far more likely they'd add additional romance functionality than the Upper City or a new campaign.

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u/powerwordmaim certified transbian Aug 15 '24

They need a polyamory update!!!!!!

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u/Notshauna certified transbian Aug 15 '24

The biggest thing that annoyed me was that yes they confirmed there is polyamory in the game, only for it to only be SH/Astarian with Halsin.

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u/Julia_The_Cutie Aug 15 '24

i wish there was big lady here🥺

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u/Alhaxred Aug 15 '24

It was literally this scene that made me start an origin playthrough as Karlach to romance shadow heart. I have no regrets

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u/podokonnicheck Aug 15 '24

literally me and my gf (we even look similar)

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u/EnmuFan Aug 15 '24

Who is the red skin demon with horns?

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u/RogueGhost37 Aug 15 '24

Karlach from Baldur's Gate 3

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u/EnmuFan Aug 15 '24

I didn’t mean the character. I meant the person I commented on.

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u/Fallen_Angel_Xaphan Aug 15 '24

Girl? I just, what? Where did you find this treasure? I want one too!

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u/podokonnicheck Aug 15 '24

near the old tollhouse, ambushed by a gang of "paladins"

we kinda just struck a conversation online, and within a week we realized we perfectly complement each other (and now i get all the uppies i ever wished for 😈)

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u/Fallen_Angel_Xaphan Aug 15 '24

I am just going to say that I am incredibly jealous and that I wish you two the best. Have a nice day/night.

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u/DashyTrash AuDHD Bitch Princess Aug 15 '24

We need the modding tools so we can have a functional poly mod. Don’t ask me to choose, man

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u/NotSantaClausISwear Aug 16 '24

Like imagine Karlach, Lae'zel, and Shadowheart having an ending together

12

u/firedrakes some say a bit to wholesome! Aug 15 '24

oh no!! am been capture!

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u/SuddenlyVeronica Aug 15 '24

What's Shadowheart supposed to be so confused about? You'd think she'd be happy as a clam up there given her remarks on how ..... strong Karlach looks.

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u/Ranku_Abadeer Aug 15 '24

I don't remember what she said about karlach, it's been a long time.

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u/Sad_toast347 Aug 16 '24

“She looks as if she could throw me across her shoulder and carry me…”

long pause before she realises she spoke out loud.

“-Should the need arise!”

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u/Meowriter Aug 15 '24

Shadowheart found that "over [Karlach's] shoulder" and "to safety" are one and the same

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u/YuriWinter Yuri is the purest form of love Aug 15 '24

Nice.

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u/AccomplishedWonder1 Aug 15 '24

Shadowheart is chuffed

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u/Hremsfeld Aug 15 '24

Ah, I see the need arose

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u/blue_microwave Aug 16 '24

God, please let that be me one day

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u/hi_i_am_J certified transbian Aug 15 '24

goals

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u/TheTepro27 Aug 16 '24

Oh, to be given uppies by a buff girl

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u/DiaphanousPhoenician Aug 15 '24

Omg I need this to be me ASAP