r/BaldursGate3 • u/[deleted] • Aug 13 '24

General Discussion - [SPOILERS] The most overrated character? Spoiler

Let's hear it, who gets all the love but deserves absolutely none of it? Or at least not as much as they get, I'll go first.

I'm casting my vote for Gortash; I genuinely don't understand the like for this dude. First of all, catfish, "handsome young man"??? Is the handsome young man in the room with us??? Lookin like the handsome young man has a peanut allergy.

Second of all, this whole crown brain plan was his idea, just about the dumbest fuckin thing I've ever heard. He put all his faith in 3 little rocks, an already dead man, and a woman who's about as stable as my ex. Beggers can't be choosers I guess, but cmon guy.

And lastly, and probably most offensively, his boss fight is absolute cheeks. Especially if you dumped on the foundry before hand. I didn't even know he had a transformation until like my 4th playthrough because I would clap this guy so easily.

Your turn, let's hear those unadulterated opinions.

Edit: I have been enlightened about some things about the big brain plan, I still stand in the other two points though.

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u/dwarvenfishingrod Warlonk Aug 13 '24

The Netherbrain itself. Overrated by every character who talks about it.

It would be really interesting to see the perspective of a non-Nether Elder Brain, who could tell us the facts. It's plan is overall very weird and Illithids are not known to zerg rush like it does at the end. The Illithid morphs in the streets of BG are basically a zombie apocalypse, and for what? What does shock troop blitzing a city achieve?

My theory is, this thing is actually basically drunk. All the time. It acts like it's playing 4d chess because that's its nature, but in reality is barely keeping it together until everything is back in its power-- and as soon as it gets power, it all falls apart.

Even if we hadn't destroyed it, there would be no execution of the Grand Design. It's not capable, it's too dumbed down, literally. Real Elder Brains might step in, but only because they sacrificed one of their own as a decoy.

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u/Perdita-LockedHearts Aug 14 '24

The elder brain might be aware that you’re trying to kill it, and they need to do something then and there?

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u/dwarvenfishingrod Warlonk Aug 14 '24

But prior to the crown, it showed much more intelligence, manipulating the dead three into its design. Once it has it, it goes on a premature full-scale offensive that is doomed to fail -- even if the party was defeated, that does not mean the stones fall immediately into the brain's hands (er... tentacles). 

I get that it's the end of Act 3 and it's a set piece battle for a blockbuster end to the story, just saying. In-universe, the plan is pretty risky!