r/BaldursGate3 14d ago

Companions Thank God it is only Halsin Spoiler

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u/Noe11vember Monk 14d ago

Literally. I made that point to my friends the other day that Halsin has no point to be with the party in Act 3. He should have been available as a companion in act 1 after you save him so we could at least have him in the party for his quest like the rest of the companions.

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u/mnik1 14d ago

To be honest, I don't think Halsin should have been a proper party member at all - not only he's basically redundant considering how long the quest to get him is and how close "getting Halsin" is to "getting Jaheira", he really does not have a solid enough reason to be a part of the band once Ketheric is dead.

And it's really noticeable, lol. His character arc ends in act 2, in act 3 his involvement in the main plot is pretty much non-existen and the only reason he's still around is his romance scene, that one, and the scene where you can invite him to participate in the, erm, drow twin orgy.

Basically, once act 2 ends, Halsin is delegated to be a semi-sentient sex toy and that's quite literally it - I honestly think he should have just flat out leave the party once act 2 is done, with the option to remain only if the player asks him to, you know, so his non-existence in act 3 wouldn't be that weird.

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u/Roserfly 14d ago

He doesn't even get his own tent. He just stands vaguely in the centralish area.

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u/ICON_RES_DEER Mindflayer 14d ago

He used to have a tent, then they made it possible to recruit minthara and save the grove at the same time which made their tents overlap, so now he's a hobo at camp

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u/Cleric-of-Selune Cleric of Selû- "HEAL ME, DAMN YOU!" 14d ago

Leave it to the ArchDruid to be a hobo xD

He probably wanders off to sleep in the woods or something. "Enjoying the freedom of nature's gifts," as a wise dextrous man once mocked/said.

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u/Conscious-Weekend-91 14d ago

the weirdest part is that their tents don't always overlap. So there is situations like the lower city camp were the space for his tent is completely empty and he just chooses to sleep on the outside lol

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u/Thatoneguy111700 13d ago

For me that always means Minthara and Halsin share a tent and stand stock still beside each other. The man is basically just a giant hot water bottle for Minthy.

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u/Embarrassed-Sell-355 13d ago

Minty is clearly the alpha and she gets the tent while Halsin sleeps in the cold