A player in Baldur’s Gate 3 has good RP reasons for his immoral decision to wipe out the druid grove. MeinMMO reveals to you what is behind it.
Warning, spoilers: The article contains story spoilers about Act 1.
Recently, a player in Baldur’s Gate 3 made an unconventional decision regarding the druid grove that called into question his moral principles. The choice of the druid grove’s fate is one of the first presented to players in the world of Faerûn. Instead of saving it, this player decided to wipe out the druid grove.
This role-playing experiment led him to a surprising conclusion: slaughtering the druid grove and the tieflings actually had its own, albeit questionable reasons – not just to recruit Minthara.
Why a player in Baldur’s Gate 3 destroyed the druid grove
What reasons does the player mention? The player named illbebahk explains the reasons for his immoral decision on Reddit. He tries to play his Dark Urge
as neutral by making neutral choices. In doing so, he sought a way to get rid of the pesky parasite. To achieve this goal, he realized that a journey to the Towers of the Moonrise
was essential.
After his encounter with Halsin, he explained to the player that they needed to reach the Towers of the Moonrise
. Halsin also asks for help in eliminating the goblin leaders – which the player declined.
In this context, illbebahk writes:
[…] If you don’t know that you are very powerful, you would definitely not agree to murder three leaders and wipe out an entire camp of goblins. And at this point in the story, you are without memories and around level 4, so I tell Halsin that I can’t help but take the path of
illbebahk via RedditUnderdarkas he suggests.[…]
After some further adventures, including in the Underdark, it turned out that the path to the Towers of the Moonrise
was blocked. The shadow curse made crossing difficult. The solution was: to obtain a moon lantern.
In his desperation, the player waited for Nere, a prisoner with a moon lantern, to die. But when Nere finally passed away, it turned out that his lantern was broken.
Nere revealed (talking to the dead) that Minthara could offer a safe passage to the Towers of the Moonrise
. The player returned to Minthara and learned that she would grant him this favor if he helped her with the raid on the druid grove. There is also the option to stay out of the conflict and keep your hands clean.
Regarding his decision to support Minthara in the destruction of the druid grove, he explains.
Obviously, from a gameplay standpoint, I have options, but from an RP standpoint, I don’t really have much choice but to venture through the shadowlands myself. So the drow lady [Minthara] it is.
illbebahk via Reddit
Probably most players are reluctant to recruit Minthara and raid the grove, for various reasons. If you choose this option, Wyll and Karlach will leave your group. Gale must be convinced to stay in the group. Additionally, you must kill innocent tieflings, causing you to lose them all.
How did you decide? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
