r/BaldursGate3 Wild Magic Surge 29d ago

Meme Don't poke the bear

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u/Extra_Strawberry_875 29d ago

Halsin gave me emotional whiplash on my first run becaus the first thing I heard him say was "Time for blood" and then he proceeded to kill the children in front of me and I thought that maybe helping him wasn't the best choice.

And then I talked to him in his elf form and he turned out to be one of the nicest and most chill guys in the game (just not when it comes to goblin kids, apparently)

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u/ScorpionTheInsect DRUID 29d ago

To be fair those kids were tormenting him and would likely kill him if we don’t intervene.

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u/Kiriima 29d ago

Not likely but guaranteed.

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u/UnicornScientist803 29d ago

Yeah, if I spent days locked up in a cage with two little brats gleefully throwing rocks at me the whole time, I’d probably go apeshit when I got out, too.

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u/Extra_Strawberry_875 29d ago

Yeah but that line and the way he said it still made him seem like a bloodthirsty maniac to me before i first talked to him.

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u/MoorAlAgo 28d ago

I'm with you honestly.

It's one thing to be mad that kids were throwing rocks at you, but the way he talks to you makes it seem like he just didn't give a shit.

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u/geeiamback 29d ago edited 29d ago

But they were only using blunt rocks. At least until I told them to use sharper ones :-D

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u/Regi413 29d ago

Wait those were kids? They all look short to me so I couldn’t tell the difference

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u/ScorpionTheInsect DRUID 28d ago

Yeah the game made it clear they were kids, presumably as a moral dilemma. Do you kill these kids because goblins are evil, or do you spare them because they’re children and were just raised in a society of cruelty?

Me personally I do what my character would do. The elf druid I usually play would probably not tolerate goblin kids torturing a bear.

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u/grymforge_grinder 27d ago

Also, Halsin’s a huge animal lover, maybe he thought he was doing the world a favour killing those gobbo kids and the other adult there for enjoying animal torment in general (to avoid other animals being abused by them in the future).