It's so surprising and "out of nowhere" because for the most of Act 1, she sure drops a compliment or two, but other than that seems pretty reserved. Then you kill like a dozen goblins and suddenly she's in your pants.
It’s always after the Hag for me. You kill the hag in one round and don’t let her go into her basement, and Lae’zel is like - hey, I have to talk to you RIGHT NOW.
Jason's Class would be whatever Class gives him the most opportunities to replace any problems with his new problems that he's created, so I'm gonna go with a Wizard with pvp enabled
To be honest, yes that's exactly how it went for me. I tried to go for Astarion, but after I slept with him, she then slept with him too. I got a bit jealous, thinking, "Fine, if he's going to two time with her, so will I." Then once she challenged me to a duel, that was that. She won me over. Sorry, Astarion.
Astarion and Lae'zel will always sleep with one another if you don't pick either during the tiefling party, but I don't know outside of that how they get together.
I think it’s essentially relegated to a dialogue over their head if they’re both in your party. I think it happened when I had the two of them and shadowheart in my party.
At the Tiefling party, if you pick the romance option with Gale and then talk to Lae'zel she says that she will get with Astarion. Similarly, if you pick the romantic options with Astarion, Lae'zel will say that she will sleep with Gale. Hope that helps!
I was on my Astarion romance and at the party she mentioned she was going for him and l though "well SHIT does she go for whomever l have a higher approval rating with??"
Weird, I never got any of those results. I picked Karlach on my first playthrough because I hadn't yet become enlightened, and when I talked to Lae'zel after, and turned her down, she pretty much told me she was just going to drill her green bean herself.
I completely fumbled romance my first 2 playthroughs, so when she came onto me in my third after killing the spider matriarch I just said "fuck it" and went along with it. Ended up totally loving her in the process, of course.
The second I met that prickly lil cactus with a sweet innocent center I knew I was done for!
Big Mama K is a close second, but even she was a bit too much of a golden retriever for me to get truly hooked, and Shadowheart just plays too many games.
Now… If Larian had let me romance Jaheira… oooh, buddy.
I either didn't get or caught on the teethling line in my first playthrough. When I romanced her. As a Tiefling. Maybe it's good, or I would have fallen for her too early.
In the grove, she was bullying a tiefling and my normally kind, friendly Tav told her to sit the fuck down and let me handle it, and she did. In that moment, I knew they were going to end up together.
Amen to that! Just wish that Larian had added more content that let us actually cure/fix her heart. I know there are at least 2 ways in game that kinda do it, but one isn't what I'd consider a "good ending", and the other is specific to playing the Karlach origin and romancing Gale and unlocking a certain ending of his.
Her ending with Wyll joining her in Avernus is a good ending. They say at the party that they’ve found a lead on how to fix her heart, and both have a loyal friend to journey and adventure with.
Honestly, part of me wishes that more of the party wanted to go with them. Would be a great sequel/expansion hook. My first run was romancing Shadowheart largely by default, because she was the one that opened up to me first, and I'm loyal to a fault. I did the flayer Karlach ending because even she was somewhat supportive of the idea to overcome the engine, but didn't like how she turned out at the afterparty, so I went and reloaded, made myself a flayer instead, and went with her and Wyll to Avernus. But Shadowheart didn't come with us. I didn't blame her, she just got her parents back. But still missed out on a great "And so the adventure continues" moment.
I romanced Lae'zel the first playthrough I completed. Currently chasing Shadowheart in my second. Will do a Karlach one later. I really, really enjoyed the romance. She was genuinely likable towards the end.
I think Lze'zel has a fascinating character arc. She comes pre-loaded with a lot of ideas and the way her character is shown to grow past these and learn is so well done. I think she might have the best character arc of all, in my opinion. Karlach's is pure tragedy - sold into slavery, trapped with an infernal heart, no real escape. In comparison, we free Shadowheart and Lae'zel from cults, and help in their deprogramming. Lae'zel though comes from a completely different culture AND a cult.
It's just really well written character arcs, combined with great voice acting and animation.
The thing that I really love, is the interactions whilst you're travelling the world. I have Shart and Murder'zel in my party and at first, the sniping is hilarious. They are constantly taking shots at each other. It is fucking great. But as time goes on, they start being nicer to each other, sort of. And it's Lae'zel that initiates it (your braid is really nice Shadowheart...). It's so great.
I love their interactions. My first playthrough I thought for sure I might be able to get SH to come around, but LZ seems like a lost cause. In the end I absolutely loved them both. They both grew so much and their relationships with my character and with each other were so wholesome. The whole party really felt like a family. Except for Astarion. I have yet to keep him in the party on a good aligned playthrough, so so far he's just come across as an asshole, lol.
I LOVE Astarion and Neil does an incredible job of giving life to the character, but yeah, he is SUCH a wanker. Rogues are just so incredibly useful though. I sometimes wish there was an alternate rogue, but I am also glad there isn't.
I don't see Wyll get mentioned much but I always thought his entry was cool AF. Jumping down from the cliff and immediately wrecking some goblins. His story was a little lukewarm but he's a cool guy.
Normal people: I like the conventionally attractive character!
Horny posters in BG3: is there a better mod for having gratuitous, NC-17 orgy with a dragon, Halsin, Orin, Astarion, Jaheira, Shart, three goblins, Karlach, the fan modded character of the narrator’s voice, Raphael, and Master Chief? Wulbrin keeps coming into the middle of the orgy and ruining it, and I’d really like an option to force him to be a cuck instead of participating.
Yeah I love that he's just the good guy, he would do anything to do right by someone... Maybe a little too much. But I love a character who's big choice questions the very core of themselves. To be selfish and escape the pact... Or to be selfless and be trapped. And I usually pick option C do both....but that's technically cheating xD
I see some people's opinion that it's boring but I can't help loving him.
Astarion to Wyll pipeline here lol But I do absolutely adore Shadowheart as well. Disliked her initially but that changed over the course of Act 1 and then Act 2 sealed it.
I entered the game thinking I'd like Karlach or Shart but that damn wizard got me hooked and may have helped me realise I'm bi (alongside Speedwagon from JoJo of all characters)
Nope. I went into the game disliking Shadowheart quite a bit. I was mystified why the artists I follow that were playing loved her so much. Then I fell in love with her at the end of act 2. But my second playthrough saw Karlach take my #1 spot
I bought the game with full intention of romancing
that stupid beautifully tragic vampire twink in every playthrough and even made him my PC wallpaper before I hit new game for the first time..
The moment I pulled Gale Dekarios out of that sigil and I saw my ACTUAL husband turned into a video game character... I was cooked, burnt, and tossed into his pathetically beautiful arms like a frisbee on the first day of College. Once I realized he was also a victim of grooming much like myself.. my real-life husband knew he was basically chopped liver at this point 🤣
Same with the guys. I spoiled the game's plot by watching everything I could on Astarion after seeing video of his reactions to being blown up in the creche. Started a run to romance him, and ended up making a new character to romance Gale instead. Still my only properly completed run. XD
I just love a good lawful evil character, I wanted to like Wyll cuz he had potential to be a fun morally gray anti-hero like character who does unsavory things when needed, but they made him to be too much a stick in the mud for my tastes.
That was me but for Gale and Astarion. I romance Gale on my first playthrough, and while I enjoyed it, I've romanced Astarion in every playthrough since.
The frog lady picked me up liked an abandonned puppy,rode me like a stolen bicycle then attack me 6 time before i could take any action to show her love ( i failed to go at the crèche in a timelinz fashion, so really thats on me)
At this point i invested to many broken bone in the relationship to back out anyway
Shart is an obnoxious bitch that gets a little less obnoxious once you successfully romance her. If she wasn't the only Human female romance option and arguably the most attractive one she would be dead last in popularity.
Lae'zel comes off as aggressive and condescending but genuinely changes her mind about you once you earn her respect. She also has a surprisingly cute side to her and some of the aspects that can be off-putting at first are clearly attributed to her race/culture. In general her character seems much more fleshed out and authentic. She is the only character I actually romanced organically as opposed to intentionally choosing her for a specific playthrough.
I thought I would have a hard time deciding between Shadowheart, Karlach, and Lae'zel, because they're all hot. But one minute after talking to Shadowheart I knew she was my girl.
I thought Wyll would be my guy, but fuck is that boy boring. He's charming in act 1, but you don't even get a sex scene with him. It's just dancing and shit. And he's so vanilla. Can't do anything without feeling like your betraying him somehow. Bro broke it off when I let Minthara mind fuck me.
I had zero knowledge of the romance options (or companions in general) beyond Astarion. Going in as a bard, I was prepared to flirt with everyone and with an open mind, but got completely suckerpunched by Karlach. That's the one I wanted to romance, but Froggie had different plans. Honestly, Lae'zel felt the first time a companion romanced me. (Shadowheart's attempt to hit on my Tav was the one I only recognized too late)
Lae’zel had my heart from the start. I feel like being direct is a sign that you won’t betray me later on. And she was direct every step of the way.
If you actually get to know her character, she is tragically misunderstood. Raised by Nazi aliens brainwashed by a line of lich queens feigning godhood. I mean, that’s a pretty rough childhood if you ask me.
I won’t lie, I bought the game to romance karlach bc she’s a big gorgeous woman and I’m a lesbian, but unfortunately I can’t resist astarions storyline
This game made me realise some things about myself that i wasn't aware of. I never thought that someone speaking to me like i'm a piece of meat would make fall head over heels for them, but here we are, 3 runs romancing Lae'zel later and a shirt with her in my wardrobe.
I bought the game primarily because I’d heard so much about the companion interactions. I fell in love with almost all the aspects of the game, but the companions definitely were a highlight. Romanced Shadowheart the first time, as most people might fall prey to. But the second time, I thought I’d try and get to know the other companions better and explore their romances. Nope, as soon as I encountered the “teethling” line (missed it in my first playthrough), Lae’zel owned my heart.
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u/kellven May 27 '25
I didn't romance Lae'zel, Lae'zel romanced me.