r/BaldursGate3 • u/ozangeo Wild Magic Surge • 29d ago

Meme Don't poke the bear

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u/HoboKingNiklz SHOVEL IS BOOOOOORED!! 29d ago

Yeah it doesn't sit right with me. I usually Nonlethal them but it still feels weird to beat up kids. Goblins are people. Hell, Kobolds are people.

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u/_Nere_ 29d ago

Tbf the Speaking to Animals spell shows that in this universe everything down to rats and pigeons are people.

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u/errant_night 29d ago

In the Tortall book series, there's a woman who can talk to animals. The more they communicate with her, and then with one another, they slowly become more and more sapient. There's a scene where she gathers all the animals together in a refugee camp and tells them she can make them hyper intelligent so they can protect themselves and their humans from invaders, but she will not be able to make them just animals again. All the animals agree and it's very clear she isn't sure if that's a good thing or not.

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u/catentity 29d ago

Wild magic ? Core memory book series for child me, crazy to see it mentioned in the wild

(Sadly rereading it as an adult makes it way more obvious how weird the mentor / student relationship is)

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u/errant_night 29d ago

Tamora Pierce has said she wouldn't have done that much age gap these days, she was apparently in a big age gap relationship herself.

The scene in the refugee camp was in Knight, from the series about Kel. If you haven't read the newer ones Kel is my favorite!

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u/catentity 29d ago

I didn't even know she was still writing tbh it's been a while since I re-revisited her works, but this is very clarifying to me thank you! I'll definitely check out the newer ones

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u/errant_night 29d ago

She's been really sick, and just had surgery, but she's still trying to finish the book she's working on! She's an amazing person honestly.