I’ve been playing the Guardians of the Galaxy game lately, and after realizing how similar Lae’zel and Gamora are, I know I have to reinstall BG3 for a Guardians playthrough.
STARRING…
- Tav as Petyr O’Quill, a.k.a. BARD-LORD - Half-elf, dual crossbows, high Cha/low Int. Torn between Lore for Cutting Words, or Swords for more pew pew.
- Lae’zel as Gamora, the deadliest woman in the
galaxySword Coast - All I really need here is modding her an emo haircut. - Astarion as Rocket - They’re both foul-mouthed and quick to anger. Their backstories actually have a lot of thematic similarity, being twisted into someone else’s weapon. Probably a Sorc to accommodate Rocket’s love of explosions, unless the Artificer mod is any good. Could have Shovel as a stand-in for Groot? I may try to mod him into a gnome so that he too is small and adorable.
AND MAYBE…?
That leaves one party slot, which I see going one of two ways:
- Karlach/Minsc as Drax the Destroyer - Big, gullible, excitable, destroys stuff.
- Minthara as Nebula - I feel like she’d have the same vibe in a good party. Dragging her around with the misfits I’m turning into begrudging heroes might make for great banter.
Suggestions on builds/mods/things to do for maximum chaos and therefor fun? Stories of your own weird themed parties? Arguments about my awful flarking decisions?
Minsc should be Groot since he is good friends with a small woodland creature that is a badass at warfare.
I 100% agree with Minsc as Drax, but you don’t get him until like the last minute of the game. I think you’re sleeping on Halsin as Groot.
Poor Gale, though. The Grandmaster?
I’m now imagining Jeff Goldblum as Gale and I kind of love it.
We’re reaching for characters at this point, but I suppose we could cast Shadowheart as Moondragon and Wyll as Adam Warlock for the lols if nothing else.
You might be onto something with Halsin & Groot… could rotate between him and Minthara until Minsc is available.
I mean, if we’re taking mods into account, why not just reskin the lot with assets from the GotG game and build their stats accordingly?
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I love the “Bard Lord” idea and would stat him as an unwitting aasimar w/ a bag of tricks (Lore for the secrets?) in a cosmetic “human” sleeve;
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Lae’zel is definitely Paladin of Conquest in this thought project (as much as a Punch Wizard is a “mage”);
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Astarion as a little honey badger gnome-thing is perfect NGL;
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Shadowheart might be better as Mantis for all the actual use she is, and the cleric tree (ie. “gods say ‘shush, mortals, shsh.’'”, et al);
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Wil would be hilarious played by Goldblum no matter what “character” he thinks he is;
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but to sleep on a Karlach & Drax in-party duo would be a travesty, if only for the candid banter between them;
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the rest should be discussed behind a spoiler tag, though.
Regardless, this sounds like a lot of fun! 🤩
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