Baldur's Gate 3

Well she's canonically a callous soldier who believes that murder to purify the bloodline is not just acceptable but good and a bigot towards anyone not of that bloodline, including the PC, so maybe some of us prefer other companions for legitimate reasons? Not that there's anything WRONG with wanting to keep her around for RP or entertainment purposes, of course 🤷

In contrast, the blazing inferno with a heart of gold (or of hell-machine if you want to get all literal about it) that is Karlach is both my favourite video game character in years and ideologically consistent with the character I'm playing, at least in my first playthrough.

Laezel is fucking awesome. Give me brutal honesty over whatever shadowheart is doing. I've been lied to enough in my life. MC is a more chaotic self insert and the gith story is my priority.

I get that Fae'run has racial abilities built into its design, but ya'll real in here trying to defend indoctrinated, active brainwashing and racism.

Lae'zel is your weak of ego, racist uncle; everything different offends her, and any evidence that she is wrong must be conspiracy. Even when faced with everything Vlaakith is doing wrong, you're met with a series of mental gymnastics: "No, it must be the Doctor!" "Well it has to be THIS Creche, they're lying about Vlaakith's wishes!"

Even when you finally get through to her and she agrees to turn on Vlaakith, she spends the entire next act droning on about her new favorite religious figure/political leader. She's functionally incapable of living for anyone other than a perceived god-king, and I'm shocked that doesn't genuinely disgust more people.

I liked her right off the bat. I don't know if she is meant to be super likeable, but she is a gith... Having been a huge fan of Planescape Torment almost solely because of a big conversation between a githyanki and a member of a race that is the exact opposite of the gityanki that explains the ins and outs of the blood war and with an absolute torrent of lore and background to the race in question, Lae'zel is pretty fucking spot on for what I expected from such a character.

I kinda feel like people who have no history with Star Trek would have the same thoughts toward Klingons as they do Lae'zel if some Star Trek RPG came out and got a bunch of new potential fans to try it. So many people I've talked to about BG3 have never once played D&D and know nothing of Forgotten Realms. Such a player definitely wouldn't understand why Lae'zel behaves the way she does, and you wouldn't get much context unless you actually pushed through with her story.

As for mechanically playing with her in the party... She is just a fighter. Arguably the least interesting class. And with all the other good melee focused classes, I really only had her specifically for story cuz fighters are kinda lame. All they really do is swing weapons. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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I use Lae'zel for my evil run, but she does have kind of that evil cat vibe. Like how every cat not only acknowledges it is a cat, but somehow feels that it is the epitome of what it means to be a cat.

Also, as I think it's pointed out, githyanki are canonically space Nazis. Early in her character arc there is definitely the notion that she is only helping you to help herself and that she has no problem with "final solutioning" you.

Lae'zel is fantastic though. Battlemaster Fighter is great and you can fairly easily get a whole ton of Githyanki exclusive items that make get a complete beast.

Also an ambush has an undead patron warlock NPC, so I wonder how much of that class is in the game.

She sounds like a fun character, after the intro, first bumped into her at "the bridge", couldn't deal with the dragon peeps at the moment so I thought the situation would stand still until I intervened... well, resouding nope on that.

She ded, wouldn't even talk to me with undead talking spell. Failed her hard.

Actually meeting the character some time next playthrough is something I'm looking towards

In Planescape: Torment Dak'kon was absolutely my favorite character. I really wish WotC would explore the other half of the Gith people.

Reading the unbroken circle of Zerthimon lined up philosophically for me, and seemed to (at the time, like 1999) line up with Bhuddist philosophy which I was reading then too. Typical teenager in the Christian south looking for alternatives.

I have the rune of torment as my only tattoo (just the basic symbol, not TNO's personal additions) for a few reasons, but to this day I can look at it and be inspired by Dak'kon's words.

Endure. In enduring, grow strong.

Lae’zel is great. Some of you people have very bad thoughts.