Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players confused by \u201clore-accurate\u201d Elder Brain Larian StudiosThe Netherbrain is the driving force in the conflict of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, but it doesn\u2019t seem to be quite as smart as the lore would have us believe. The Netherbrain is the source of basically every problem in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. Sure, without it the Dead Three would still be running around trying to take over the Sword Coast, and the Githyanki would probably still be ruled by a fascist dictator, but these problems would be a lot simpler if you and half the country didn\u2019t have a tadpole wriggling around in your skull. As an Elder Brain empowered even further by the crown of Karsus, the Netherbrain should, by all rights, be able to conquer the world. The game spends two whole acts describing how powerful Elder Brains are; it\u2019s only via the powers of Orpheus and the goodwill of the Emperor that you can survive its call. Additionally, anyone who plays enough of Gale\u2019s quest, or listens to Raphael\u2019s deal in Act 3, will know just how powerful the crown of Karsus is. After all, it\u2019s enough to make Gale into a god. Surely an Elder Brain with that kind of power would be unstoppable. However, this is an area where Baldur\u2019s Gate\u2019s lore and the need for good gameplay clash. It wouldn\u2019t be very satisfying if the Netherbrain one-shot your entire party at the beginning of the boss fight, even though it technically should be able to. Some players on the Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 subreddit highlighted this, saying that the Netherbrain was stupid compared to a lore-accurate version. One player summarised: \u201cThe supreme intellect of a Nether Brain is nothing compared to a story\u2019s need for the plot to get to the end.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players confused by \u201clore-accurate\u201d Elder Brain Larian StudiosThe Netherbrain is the driving force in the conflict of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, but it doesn\u2019t seem to be quite as smart as the lore would have us believe. The Netherbrain is the source of basically every problem in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. Sure, without it […]<\/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-78846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78846","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=78846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}