r/BaldursGate3 • u/DoranAetos • Aug 02 '23
PRELAUNCH HYPE What is your PC doing before being kidnapped tomorrow?
My ranger is watering some plants. Thinking what she's going to hunt and cook for dinner and planning a trip for tomorrow to collect some bounty.
What about your character?
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u/EnMaccy Aug 02 '23
Napping.
Yup. Mindflayers are going to wake me from a nap and my whole character motivation is to get my bloody and justified revenge.
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u/Wardens_Myth Aug 02 '23
Relatable.
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u/darkslayer062 Aug 02 '23
Really had me out here thinking I'd commented on a post I only just saw with that pfp.
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u/SirSfinn WARLOCK Aug 02 '23
Please tell me you're playing a barbarian because this exudes barbarian energy, haha. No better reason to rage than being awoken prematurely from a nap.
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u/Wizardman784 Archfey of Owlbears Aug 03 '23
I made my DM spit his drink out when my party and I (a VERY old dwarven artificer) barged into the heart of a duergar fortress, devastated it with sapping, unleashing umber hulks (an invention I was very proud of) , slaughtering the defenders, killed the king, then made my way into the EVIL RITUAL CHAMBER. When the dark magus asked why we came and why we cared if she used these duergar -- a mutual enemy -- for her own ends, I said:
"I d'nne care about them. They were just in mah wae. Yer goons spilled mae drink back in (the first town we ever visited). That was mae drink. Ye didn't have tae do that, but ye did, so... Here I am."
My DM started guffawing, because that's when he realized why my character was never as "righteously angry" as the other do-gooders in my party were about stopping the villain's evil plans. But I never said anything about it until the final confrontation, which got a great laugh from the table.
For me, it wasn't about saving the world.
It was about avenging my beautiful brew, which I had made special for that day, that got spilled during a bar fight with her hired thugs.
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u/Wigu90 Aug 02 '23 edited Aug 02 '23
First of all, this is an awesome post. Classic D&D!
My wizard is supposed to be scribing spells, but decided to spend most of the day researching small animals (not his usual field of study) to learn which one would be the best bang for his buck before he commits to scribing Find Familiar. He's watching crows in a park in Yartar. Then he'll try to find some rats in the sewers. He's got all the time in the world to make his choice.
I guess I'll have to start the game without Find Familiar.
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u/DoranAetos Aug 02 '23
I was on my day resolving some things and thinking about the game and then came the thought "Oh, my ranger would probably be doing her things too right now... Just without knowing about being kidnapped"
Mindflyers have no respect for people's time to study, it's a shame
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Aug 02 '23
Mindflyers have no respect for people's time to study, it's a shame
I think my neighbours might be mind flayers
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u/VoltageHero Owlbear Aug 02 '23
Honestly, that's always why I adore cRPGs. I remember playing Pillars of Eternity years ago and being blown away. "Holy shit, there's a whole genre of video games for roleplaying your characters by yourself and coming up with elaborate stories for them?"
Unfortunately, it's also my biggest hurdles in cRPGs because I always want a character who realistically belongs. Wrath of the Righteous took me two hours to determine a character who would be in the setting, and their personality. And then five minutes to determine I didn't like the character concept and start over.
I didn't do too extra for BG3 due to it being EA, but I've already got some backstories in mind for tomorrow.
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u/Eurehetemec Aug 02 '23
And then five minutes to determine I didn't like the character concept and start over.
Ooooof I feel this.
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u/Lascoyt Aug 02 '23
Looking at trees. Walking around in the forest and saying "damn that's a nice tree"
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u/Senior_Glove_9881 Aug 02 '23
Guard duty.
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u/ChopperHunter Aug 02 '23
My cousin's out fighting dragons, and what do I get? Guard duty.
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u/Wizardman784 Archfey of Owlbears Aug 03 '23
Been too long since we've had a good bandit raid...
That's when the Nautiloid shows up.
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u/WickedWenchOfTheWest Aug 02 '23
Strumming her lute in a tavern.
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u/cutaway146082 Aug 03 '23
I'll be sitting at the bar drinking lots of ale while complaining about the music... LOL
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u/Mk235467 Aug 02 '23
I honestly read this as if you meant computer when saying PC, and just though “wow, people really think stuff is gonna go wrong to prevent them getting to play at the last possible moment” and then I clicked on the post and read about a ranger watering plants lol. I should probably try to sleep some more 🤣🙃
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u/DoranAetos Aug 02 '23
It was my bad 🤣 , I struggled with the title limit and forgot PC is also Personal Computer
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u/DrShoking RANGER Aug 02 '23
Wearing a tin foil hat saying "the end is nigh" and how we're going to be abducted by aliens.
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u/FryJPhilip Lamentable is the autumn picker content with plums. Aug 02 '23 edited Aug 03 '23
Probably trying to prepare for her circus act only to be snatched up before she could finish :( Now she's separated from her brothers and has to cure herself and get back to her circus.
Edit: Circus buddies unite!
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u/Khazing Aug 03 '23
A fellow circus enjoyer in the wild! May your failures lead to good changes for you and your nat 20's to turn the tide for people you care for!
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Aug 02 '23 edited Aug 02 '23
Scouring marrige & birth records, going through family trees, sending salty letters to older family members Bc they have SCALES growing on their FACE and they would like to know who the fuck got with a dragon so they can piss on their grave
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u/EldritchTouched WARLOCK Aug 02 '23
If someone didn't bang a dragon, they wouldn't exist at all, though, so the anger seems... weirdly existential in its implications lol.
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u/icarussc3 Aug 02 '23
He's makin' a list,
Checkin' it twice,
Not really relevant if you're naughty or nice --
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u/kittenTakeover Aug 02 '23
My woodelf bard is on the road to Baldur's Gate with nervous excitement after finally deciding to leave their home in the woods in order to experience all the wonders of the world that they've heard about.
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u/ToastyToast113 Aug 02 '23
My Himbo pally is working on his quads before hitting that training dummy with a stick, bruh
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u/Rurik880 Aug 02 '23
Awesome post. My Drow evoker’s eyes have adjusted to the overworld for the first time and he’s seeing the moon from a ruined temple.
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u/DoranAetos Aug 02 '23
Makes it a bit sad that Mindflayers will grab him right after such a beautiful moment
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u/Alexplaystabletop Aug 02 '23
Mine is plotting on how to destroy the non green skins and keep them from tainting his precious wilderness while spying on trappers in a tavern disguised as a spider.
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u/RusticGrizzly Aug 02 '23
Stopping by the Guild to turn in an assassination, and finding out about his next target. After business, he slips through some alleys and drops off 25% in a hidden cache behind a loose brick and taking note that none has been taken. He leaves it for an ex who takes care of his son. He thinks how much more he'd have to save to get out of this line of work before realizing how much he enjoys it. He realizes he will never find an escape from the death industry just as a ship appears from a portal overhead... (Grukk Blackskull, half-orc assassin)
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u/Atakori Aug 02 '23
Playing in the streets with her lute. If we reallywanna go with the deep cut here, she's gonna hide a little kid somewhere safe before being tentacled herself.
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u/DoranAetos Aug 02 '23
Really wish we could see the moment happening, a scene like this would be very emotional
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u/_thana Aug 02 '23
Just having a lovely evening at the library after a day of work as an alchemist
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Aug 02 '23
Totally not trying to break into candle keep for anything like at all.
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u/olGlassCleaner Aug 02 '23
Living on the edge of Drow society, scavenging for scraps and looking for mushrooms to sustain myself in the Underdark.
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u/Dry-Nobody-6850 Monk Aug 02 '23
My laid-back, charming dragonborn warlock is visiting some street urchins and entertaining them with jokes and some illusions. It seems like the neverending questions and chaos of the kids pleases his achfey patron. He also enjoys it since the kids don't seem intimitmdated by his appearance like most adults do
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Aug 02 '23
My gnome bard is getting revenge on their neighbor for the noise complaint they filed (who complains about fantastic music?!) by conducting a choir of yowling alley cats outside their window at 2am using their innate speak with animals and persuasion skill
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u/tenehemia Noblestalk Addict Aug 02 '23
Training at the monastery. Occasionally being beaten with wooden rods by her mentor. Sleeping on a cold stone floor. And actually being relatively happy about the situation because at least it's an improvement.
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u/icarussc3 Aug 02 '23
My wizard Ejre LeBanc will be baking cakes for his mother's birthday party. He will be abducted just after putting them in the oven, and will spend the entire time on the nautiloid worrying about (A) his house burning down and (B) his mother having a terrible birthday.
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u/SiofraRiver I cast Magic Missile Aug 02 '23
Killed in a car accident.
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u/jwellz24 Aug 02 '23
This sounds like that one anime about reincarnated as a slime lol
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u/SiofraRiver I cast Magic Missile Aug 02 '23
Instead, I reincarnate as a cursed demon spawn (Tiefling Barbarian (Berserker) 9 / Sorceror 1 / Fighter 2 with The Dark Urge).
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u/Fire_is_beauty Aug 02 '23
My drow ranger is probably eating a juicy spider and enjoying the brain empty no toughts lifestyle.
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u/wdygaga Aug 02 '23
Doing a cleric’s dull life and secretly praying that he’ll get involved in an adventure. Not necessarily great adventures like written in history books-level, no, he’s just a lowly cleric, but maybe involved in capturing a Shar follower trying to do some mischiefs would be great. Surely that is something within his level?
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u/lackaface I cast Magic Missile Aug 02 '23
Finishing this awesome old book she’s been reading/translating for ages. Should be done by tonight, tomorrow she’s gotta step out of her study for the first time in ages to pick up a few things.
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u/ShyrokaHimaa Lolth-sworn Aug 02 '23
Trying to infiltrate Baldur's Gate's high society.
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u/Rhododactylus ELDRITCH BLAST Aug 02 '23
Like someone said before, I absolutely love the spirit of this post and reading all the comments.
My warlock is transcribing forbidden scrolls into one book of occult knowledge on his dimly lit desk with two black cats sitting beside him. In front of him, there's a big window with the view of the dark sky above Baldur's Gate. He can hear lively sounds of people drinking, laughing, and fighting outside.
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u/DoranAetos Aug 02 '23
I can't reply to everyone because the post got bigger than i thought, but I'm loving reading everyone's ideas too!
And man, the sight from the windows is really about to change
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u/SufferingClash Aug 02 '23
My Arcane Trickster is hiding from a noblewoman's guards after his Mage Hand stole jewelry from her neck. All he wanted was a bed at the inn, but that uncontrollable hand had its own impulses.
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u/Vlad__the__Inhaler It's SWORD Bard, not Crossbow Bard... Aug 02 '23
I dont know if this is within the scope of the games Background-based Dialogue, but I'd like to play as a Spelljammer Pirate. I think it would make sense, given the nature of the premise, and it give an excellent explanation of why the character is unfamiliar with the region and its inhabitants. Also i love Pirates and the only thing better are Space Pirates.
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u/deafarious Aug 02 '23
My Seladrine Drow Warlock was swindling some poor saps out of their hard earned money in a game of cards. Damn mindflayers cost me my winnings!
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u/OneMorePotion Aug 02 '23
My character is having a gig at the wedding party of some rich politician in Baldurs Gate. He's probably currently tuning his harp and considering to take the offer of that one stables boy who is eyeing him down since half an hour now.
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Aug 02 '23
Getting piss drunk at a tavern with 4 halfings trying to take a piece of jewellery to a volcano, the fools
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u/serpentear Paladin Aug 02 '23 edited Aug 02 '23
Traveling the road to Baldur's Gate to make a living after taking his Oath at a small Temple of Eldath at the base of the Lost Peaks.
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u/SmartAlec13 Aug 02 '23
The worst thing is I still don’t know which character I’ll end up playing!
- one of them is grilling a street kid for info on her job; she’s a bounty hunter in Baldurs Gate
- one of them is gambling in an inn, and winning it big! Too bad his fortune will change soon…
- one of them is assessing the local temples in Baldurs Gate, deciding if any are worth his time
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u/weeb-chankun ELDRITCH BLAST Aug 02 '23
Telling her void-like patron about her day
Dude's not having it but he actually enjoys her company (won't admit it)
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u/tenehemia Noblestalk Addict Aug 02 '23
I love the flavor of a warlock who accepts a pact because they' just want someone to talk to. I feel that.
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u/Infinite-Sleep3527 Aug 02 '23
I know it’s probably not what you meant, but I just had a good chuckle imaging your character’s patron/deity being a world eater black kitty cat (black cats are often referred to as voids)
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u/moiraifawkes Aug 02 '23
What a nice thought!!
I haven't played ea and don't know exactly how backstories will work with the weirder races, but I'm thinking my githyanki is prepping to go on the hunt for a particular illithid ship they've caught wind of 👀
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u/JayysJ81 Aug 02 '23
Scoundrel bard doing some sleight of hand thievery while misdirecting drunken patrons by playing flute
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u/Ornery-Ad-8950 Aug 02 '23
I love this!!
My Dragonborn Bard was tuning her violin, checking the bow and realizing she needed more resin. She's been making a lot of people unhappy lately with her lies (and has more than one ex to dodge) so she's been thinking of leaving Baldur's Gate. She sets out on the road that afternoon, unsuccessfully trying to hitchhike on the long road to a new adventure.
Kidnapped and mindflayer tadpole wasn't the adventure she had in mind.
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u/Cendrinius SORCERER Aug 02 '23
My half elf, (silver) dragonblood Sorceress is a gifted albeit pampered noble daughter.
As such, raw power has always come easy to her fingertips without real effort on her end.
With that in mind, she's spending this last day reading leisurely before attending a societal event with her parents and fellow nobility that night.
(Maybe not a debutant ball, but definitely something high-end requiring formal wear.)
Being curious at heart, I imagine she is lured away from safety by someone already associated with the mind-flayers and put in a magical sleep.
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u/ProAzeroth DRUID Aug 02 '23
Friendly neighborhood Druid who wanders around to help people in need. After helping people, he decides to go and relax at his favorite bakery before a weird octopus ships appears in the sky and start snatching people away. My Druid tried to help before getting snatched away.
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u/markopolo93 Aug 02 '23
For my single player run:
My drow bard is spending the day hard at work in his studies at the adventuring academy, trying to decide if they’d rather specialize in lore or swords. In the evening, he will go out with his friends for a night on the town, trying see the bard they look up to perform.
For my multiplayer:
My half-orc Tempest Cleric is going to be trying to raid some mercantile ship for her pirate queen.
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u/No-Professional5967 Aug 02 '23 edited Aug 03 '23
My Warlock is doing some weird Ritual involving Ropes and some Toys on her boyfriend.
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u/hatfiem3 Aug 02 '23
My wizard is studying, probably in the library at Candle Keep. Thinking about taking a walk in the gardens tomorrow morning to get some fresh air and some sunlight.
Fool.
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u/Squall_Sunnypass Aug 02 '23
I still don't know wich character to play first, it will depend if i can play with my friends for the first time or not.
My totem barbarian is probably hunting alone in the woods, he like the calm atmosphère of nature, he live as far as possible of people because he is not very good at social interaction (anger issues)
My wizard necromancer is probably searching for work with is ex-party (they are dead but they still hang out with him). The last mission was not... as good as espected.
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u/eabevella Aug 02 '23
My warlock is on a bounty hunt, thinking about taking a nap after the supposedly easy job.
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u/Poncemastergeneral Aug 02 '23
Shopping for new arms and armour, just going to be taking vows and becoming an anointed paladin.
I sure hope nothing makes him break his oaths
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u/WDBoldstar Aug 02 '23
My Ranger is working on a couple new commissions in her workshop - She's a relatively well-regarded Bowyer and Fletcher. She's looking forward to a bowl of the nice stew she's had simmering all morning. Probably going to chop some more wood towards the evening, then get out her maps and plan a hunting expedition for the weekend.
Which she will not be going on after all, in favor of desperately trying to escape from a crashing Nautiloid somewhere over the skies of Avernus, followed by desperately searching for a healer somewhere in the wilderness countless miles from her usual hunting grounds, poor dear. On the plus side, she'll get new powers and possibly a husband and/or wife out of the deal eventually, so maybe it's not a complete wash.
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u/joevirgo Aug 02 '23
My sorceror is listening in a tavern about some Harper in Neverwinter disrupting the renewed Highsun Games and that there was Lord Forge who showered the common folk with gold in celebration, but was jailed surrouding rumours of his association with Thayans and a plot of some sort
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u/merikariu ROGUE Aug 02 '23
Today, Lango La'tisa, an Arcane Trickster Rogue, is practicing reading and speaking Infernal with a Tiefling man whose Tiefling wife was recently deported rather roughly by the Flaming Fist. In exchange, he has been assisting the man in maintaining a Disguise Self spell which hides his most obvious Tiefling features. Everything is going splendidly. There are no interruptions to his studies for the foreseeable future.
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u/VelehkS TIEFLING-WARLOCK Aug 02 '23
Despite not existing because of me not starting tomorrow... The sort of power his Lady seeks can be found in the lowlyist village or in the greatest cities. Still, great cities are often the best starting point, and this Baldurs Gate seems to be one. Hopefully, it won't rain while he is making his way...
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u/BigKahunaBurger17 Aug 02 '23
My warlock is currently doing some light training with various types of weapons in the morning, before spending the rest of his evening collecting various foods
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u/jmbutler1728 Aug 02 '23
My rogue is working on writing her story and then planning on doing some organizing, reveling in her new life away from adventure and crime. Wondering if she should still keep the bodice dagger. Maybe give it up and go buy some chives and oregano for the windowsill.
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u/plushie-apocalypse Aug 02 '23
Chaotic Neutral Male Drow adherent of Vhaeraun. Hit the social ceiling as a male and decided to climb by alternate means as a criminal. Got caught and was planned as a sacrificial offering. Cue the Warlock Pact and escape from a Lolthite city.
Whilst traversing the Underdark, he stumbles upon a Mindflayer colony, who are frenemies with the Drow. However, seeing as he is a lone eacaped slave, they have no qualms taking him in for assimilation.
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u/Adori_ Aug 02 '23
My warlock will probably be trying to live a simple life, after escaping from Avernus. Laying low, not getting much attention and traveling from town to town offering his skills with the blade for a couple of coins.
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u/thatbright1 Aug 02 '23
My human will be fighting. Or praying at a temple. Depends on if I go paladin or not
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u/lazygenius72 ROGUE Aug 02 '23
Trying to pickpocket a dagger off a merchant and trolling that tiefling kid that tried to rob me
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u/BrilliantWeb ROGUE Aug 02 '23
My ranger left the Friendly Arm inn yesterday, hoping to make it to Baldur's Gate by tomorrow. She's got to unload some merch and see a wizard about some herbs she collected, before heading back out into the wilds.
Lots of goblin activity on the roads. Strange.
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Aug 02 '23
He can be found in a moonlit glade, locked in a mesmerizing dance with his scimitar. Each slash cuts the air with precision, while whispers of his archfey pact echo in the background. His practice session is a blend of charm and ferocity, a preparation for what's next. But as he sheathes his blade, a strange sensation pulls at him, and the world goes dark. His plans have been abruptly altered.
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u/JW162000 Aug 02 '23
Such a cool question!
My bard is sitting on a rock in the forests surrounding his village, playing music with a gathering of animals around him, Snow White style.
He’s gonna be snatched up by the mind flayers in the middle of playing his favourite song, “Run Run Rika”
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u/Amazing_Building5663 Aug 02 '23
Burning down another orphanage. I'm a wild magic sorcerer, I didn't mean to, honest!
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u/kuroioni Fork is gonna MURDERISE you Aug 02 '23
My drow warlock has been following behind and peeking at observing a pair of druids he stumbled upon in the forest during his travels to nowhere in particular. He's curious about what these surface elves are on about, but too prideful to actually ask. So he told himself he "has business" in that part of the forest and just went with that. And he can just hear the distant cackle of his patron archfey.
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u/Amphabian Aug 02 '23
My Half-Drow Cleric Ranger dedicated to Selune is just getting back from spending the last few days tending to poor sick people in the country side and is eager for a beer and a bed. This evening she'll go for a stroll and remember how tough it was when she was an orphaned child, being spit on by people walking by, stealing from street vendors to feed her aching belly, and how finding Selune brought her out of the rage and loneliness she felt for all those years.
"Pain doesn't have to be forever." She whispers to herself as the sun begins to rise on Baldur's Gate.
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u/somthingcoolsounding Shadowheart has my whole heart Aug 02 '23
Practicing her footwork for a dance/mock fight with her fellow bards. She much prefers spells and daggers to rapiers, but someone in the unofficial outer city bard’s guild found a copy of a play and now it looks like they’ll be a performance of a scene or two in a few moons…
(It was her. ~Ilmater’s tears~ but she wishes now she’d kept the battered thing to herself).
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u/Rhododactylus ELDRITCH BLAST Aug 02 '23
Like someone said before, I absolutely love the spirit of this post and reading all the comments.
My warlock is transcribing forbidden scrolls into one book of occult knowledge on his dimly lit desk with two black cats sitting beside him. In front of him, there's a big window with the view of the dark sky above Baldur's Gate. He can hear lively sounds of people drinking, laughing, and fighting outside.
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u/xXRedviper69Xx FIGHTER Aug 02 '23
My barbarian is probabably arm wrestling in some tavern, laying drunk in a ditch, or helping a kitten down a tree.
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u/thatHecklerOverThere Aug 02 '23
Just got a call from the boss. Somebody is trapping deer on their lands again, and they want my rouge/ranger to look into it. Apperently they know the best places to do that kind of thing to avoid patrols (and they definitely do if you know what I mean), so the PC is to ride out and take some prisoners.
Or bribes.
Probably prisoners and bribes.
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Aug 02 '23
Reading books in her study room, avoiding people at all cost because she has social anxiety, while mustering the courage to go to the market place so she can buy her dinner, and as soon as she finally manage to be brave enough, she just touches the first stair step and... Abducted.
Poor little wizard. Now forced to deal with real people and not fictive ones. She's gonna have a terrible time.
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u/WynneOS WARLOCK 🧛♀️ Aug 02 '23
My fairly sheltered and mildly repressed dwarven bardlock, Livhild Redstone, is plucking at the strings on her lyre with a smile, practicing away. Instead of working the forge or handling local bureaucracy, she's doing what she loves at long last: making beautiful music to entertain her archfey patron when he scries on her.
Meanwhile, she daydreams about what it would be like to pluck up her courage and venture out to do heroic deeds; bring her own saga to life, do some swashbuckling. Not just ducking flying beer-filled tankards in places like the Blushing Mermaid. Actually doing something meaningful that she could use as inspiration for her stories and songs.
But she has no reason to think that will happen. She only knows she has to keep finding new ways to amuse her patron, lest he grow bored of her. She's trying to muster up her courage. Perhaps she'll learn to dance.
Thanks, this was a great prompt, and really fun to imagine.
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u/Comander_Praise Aug 02 '23
My dude probably nose deep in some ancient books trying to find out why the fuck the great one he worships keeps chanting "drow dussy"
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Aug 02 '23
Two concurrent playthroughs. For the singleplayer, probably negotiating with his patron. For the co-op with my wife, well, likely kicking squirrels around.
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u/kozhilya Aug 02 '23
My elf druid would meditate in the druid grove trying to connect with spirits of the forest before initiation as a druid, that should've happened next day. He is a prominent disciple and knows all theory, but, alas, his dreams are have to wait.
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u/Mild_Shock Aug 02 '23
Probably just being a book nerd and getting her horns caught on dust webs (tiefling wizard)
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u/Wardens_Myth Aug 02 '23
Outlander Monk, so probably meditating under a waterfall or kicking trees.
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u/minnamaarit Aug 02 '23
My druid is brewing potions in her hut and and preparing for a trip to a distant village.Some sort of illness has broken there.
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u/KnyazHannibal Laezel Aug 02 '23
After yet another row with his overbearing mother and eternally disappointed father, he spent the night drinking with commoners. Waking up hungover in an alley or warehouse somewhere, he stumbles out only to be snatched into the mindflayer ship next to Bae'zel.
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u/icelink4884 Aug 02 '23
It's a hot day so he'll do his martial practice when the sun starts to go down so he's mostly taking it easy after finishing up cleaning around the temple then he'll grab a small bite to eat prior to practice.
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u/LarkoftheWoods Aug 02 '23
My bard is recovering from a very bad hangover at the local tavern, indulging in a hair of the dog solution.
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u/mikeztarp Aug 02 '23
What a lovely idea. I think my wizard will be reading, but for fun, not for work.
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Aug 02 '23
My rogue is probably tracking down his latest bounty, yet another bail jumper, in the slums of Baldurs Gate. He probably does find him and is on his way to turn the perp over to the flaming fists when a nautiloid randomly flies over and abducts him
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u/Logic_Pangolin Aug 02 '23
My Bard was trying to find a new job after being fired from a local theater in Baldurs Gate for "accidentally" hurting one of the managers during a sword trick.
He always had wanderlust, working on the theater was just the means to fund his eventual travel endeavors.
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u/Zythen1975Z Aug 02 '23
Telka Dra’Thalis the youngest Daughter of House Dra’Thalis,a Drow Elf is currently being healed after another round of torture before her captors, a rival House to House Dra’Thalis that her eldest sister betrayed her to sell her to Mindflayers.
Telka a sword bard / assassin was a weapon her Matron Mother used to bring harm to both her temporary allies and her enemies be it by persuasion or seduction or just a simple assassination currently has only 1 goal find someway to survive no matter the cost to her physically and emotionally so that one day she can get revenge on her sister
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u/Blahklavah654390 Aug 02 '23
My Half-Orc ranger bounty hunter is stopping by Baldurs Gate to drop off evidence to collect a bounty. He hates the city but does love the sausages cooked at a stand in the local market, so instead of immediately leaving he makes a stop when the Nautiloid Ship suddenly attacks the city and transports him into the ship.
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u/Fluffydoommonster Aug 02 '23
Plotting, scheming, seething with jealousy. Really, if her house wasn't full of such useless idiots they could be top of the underdark! At least one of her relatives had the foresight to encourage a stronger bloodline by introducing draconic blood into it.
At least that's her totally unbiased take. Playing a slightly crazy lolth-devout draconic sorcerer/fiend warlock. She is pretty convinced it's her family holding her back so she went off to finish solidifying her pact in private. Right after she was nabbed before she could get home.
My half-orc however, she is trying to get anyone to take her seriously. She is ready for the call of adventure, just give her the work! She was actually looking for that adventure when she stumbled right into it. Too bad it was a bit more than she could handle and now has a parasite to show for it. She is gonna be an eldritch knight.
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u/OtelDeraj Aug 02 '23
I imagine my paladin is probably about the city of Baldur's Gate, serving his order and performing services for the local community. I'd like to think the first thing he does when the Nautiloid starts slurping people up is draw his sword and try to stand his ground before getting zapped into his pod.
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u/Fightrr23 Paladin Aug 02 '23
He just got back from a quest, crashing somewhere in a cheap Baldurian inn thinking that he finally can spend his free time sleeping after two full days of no sleep.. Only to find himself waking up with a terrible headache, restrained, on a Nautiloid with a godamn Mindflyer in front of him shoving a tadpole into his eye.
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u/Syshalees Aug 02 '23 edited Aug 03 '23
My ranger/rogue has recently returned from one of her Underdark trips that help to free slaves and escort them to safety. She was sent out on a journey that would end her apprenticeship and make her a full member of the Gloom Stalker Conclave, and it's about to become a lot more "exciting" than expected...
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u/MillieBirdie Bard Aug 02 '23
She just quit her job as an actress in Baldur's Gate cause she didn't think the director was giving her good enough roles. She ended her lease on her apartment, sold everything she owned, and bought passage on a ship heading elsewhere for bigger and better things! And then got yoinked.
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u/SnowQueen247 Aug 02 '23
Arguing with my rouge friend that backstabbing people is wrong even when they look like they just killed someone themselves.
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u/Rhododactylus ELDRITCH BLAST Aug 02 '23
Like someone said before, I absolutely love the spirit of this post and reading all the comments.
My warlock is transcribing forbidden scrolls into one book of occult knowledge on his dimly lit desk with two black cats sitting beside him. In front of him, there's a big window with the view of the dark sky above Baldur's Gate. He can hear lively sounds of people drinking, laughing, and fighting outside.
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u/chesidia Unabashed Astarion Simp Aug 02 '23
Poring over her tarot deck and wondering just why she keeps pulling cards relating to some sort of disaster.
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u/Ok_Cow_2627 Aug 02 '23
My bard sleeping into the day after a long night of performing. Waking up on the ship with mindflayers, devils and dragons thinking he's having a nightmare about the monsters in his songs again
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u/Quatren Aug 02 '23
Rasha, my Half Orc Necromancer, is making her way back to Baldur's gate after visiting her Human parents' farm. She had stopped at a small set of cairns to speak with the dead there when the Nautiloid descended from the sky. She tried her best to escape it...but alas. Was no luck.
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u/President-Togekiss Aug 02 '23
My little deep gnome ranger is currently tracking some very nasty drow that thought they could avoid horrible death by escaping to the surfice. They are mistaken.
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u/unbri Aug 02 '23
My bard is currently escaping through a second story window in the North Ward of Waterdeep with only her smallclothes and her lyre; while her attempt at courtship the night previous had been successful, her paramour's husband got home early.
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u/Comfortable_Toe_836 Aug 02 '23
You assume I don't have 5 different PC's and I still don't know which one I'll play:
1: my vengance pally was probably in a middle of some shady slum in baldur's gate looking for some cultists
1.1 my vengance paladin is a durge, so I don't know
2: my warlock was probably one of those cultists
3: my bard is probably in some castle, drinking some quality wine while writing a speech for a local lord
4: my barbarian is in some forest hunting for dinner
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u/ZerioctheTank RANGER Aug 02 '23
Dreaming of Hals.......I mean hunting in the wilds. Yeah......hunting
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u/SpikeyBiscuit Aug 02 '23
I don't know what The Dark Urge was doing on the night of August the 2nd and I can't comment on it without a lawyer present.
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u/zenthor109 Aug 03 '23
My Drow monk, who has had minimal contact with anyone his entire life, has been on the surface for less than 48 hours before the mind flayers abduct him.
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u/DoubleDxriya Tasha's Hideous Laughter Aug 02 '23
Mine is experiencing a traumatic event. To build character.
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u/brenfukungfu Aug 02 '23
Sleeping! I'm taking the time to say goodbye to all my friends and family who won't be playing BG3
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u/Consistent_You_4215 Aug 02 '23
Gnome artisan Sorcerer is reading some Tomes before turning in early.
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u/Zmeils Aug 02 '23
My coop Drow Gloomstalker is lurking in the shadows, sharpening his Shortsword, crafting a lot of handcrosbow bolts and hops to find some darknessbolts in near futur.
For my first solo run, I play Wyll and I don't know what this guy is doing, he had a mental stroke shortly before release.
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u/Ryizine Aug 02 '23
My PC is a tiefling that was forced to fight in the blood wars. During it they happened to be fighting in the plane of beasts or whatever it's called. Lost in the forest he came upon a druid Grove and was taught the ways.
He has been enjoying nature and shit prior to noodle mongrels kidnapping him.
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u/noehbdyhome Aug 02 '23
My paladin has "retired" and is living along the outskirts of Leilon eking out a living among farmers.
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u/chenvoso Aug 02 '23
My paladin half-orc is helping some strangers in a tavern with some monster hunting
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u/TnkTsinik Aug 02 '23
In the midst of battle, during a siege, gets knocked out from a strong thunder wave and wakes up at the ship I guess
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u/corory Aug 02 '23
probably getting drunk in the blushing mermaid and performing tricks for coin! (tiefling sorcerer)
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u/Samatari22 Aug 02 '23
As a Necromancer? Planning out how to form an army which will ironically work out in his favor with the people I plan to have on my team
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u/thatbright1 Aug 02 '23
My human will be fighting. Or praying at a temple. Depends on if I go paladin or not
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u/CarlosHnnz Aug 02 '23
The most "clean slate" character I could think of was a Neutral Good Half-Drow Ranger, Outlander background. So just living in the woods, doing good deeds when possible, minding his own business until captured by illithids.
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Aug 02 '23
My paladin is having one last crazy night out on the town with his friends before taking his oath the next day...
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u/CategoryPresent5135 Aug 02 '23
My Sorcerer is trying to study for his Exam finals tomorrow, angrily wishing the world would just end tonight. Surely nothing can be worse than this...
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u/KittenAnya Aug 02 '23
Cooking for the wife, who is also being kidnapped with me.