Datamining discovers doomed Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 NPC was planned to be companion Larian StudiosEvidence found in the game\u2019s files suggests that a beloved Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 NPC could have been a party member. The party roster in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 underwent a few changes in development, with people like Ketheric being planned as a companion despite him being a major villain. It turns out that one of the most popular NPCs in the game, Alfira, may once have been planned as a playable character. Technically, Alfira does join in a Dark Urge run, but only so the player character can brutally murder her in the camp, preventing her from going on any adventures. The evidence was uncovered in a post on the Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 Reddit that shows Alfira has approval ratings for certain conversations, which are usually reserved for party members. This was found via a mod that reveals all approval rating results in dialogue. Alfira as a party member makes a lot of sense, as Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 lacks any Bard party members. She also has a lot more backstory than other NPCs in the game, along with an interesting character design, making her a perfect fit as a companion. Unfortunately, it seems that any plans to make Alfira playable were squashed early on. Much like the other cut Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 concepts fans have discovered, it seems that Alfira\u2019s role was diminished to make room for other things. Hopefully, the day will come when modders manage to turn Alfira into a full companion, one who can fight alongside Tav like the rest of the group, or who can survive her terrible fate at the hands of the Dark Urge, taking on a whole new role in that storyline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Datamining discovers doomed Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 NPC was planned to be companion Larian StudiosEvidence found in the game\u2019s files suggests that a beloved Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 NPC could have been a party member. The party roster in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 underwent a few changes in development, with people like Ketheric being planned as a companion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}