This sounds like somebody’s Saturday RPG session recap. Larian have managed to capture the spirit of this quite well!
What are some fun (non-spoilery) moments you’ve experienced?
Possible Act 1 Spoilers re: Goblin Camp
I managed to get into the Goblin Camp temple without killing anyone outside the big front doors. Once inside, I ended up killing everyone. When I tried to walk back out the front door, everyone went hostile. I ran back in and they didn’t follow, which was odd, but okay. I didn’t think I’d be able to beat the mass horde outside in a giant melee battle, so instead I blessed, bard songed, and sanctuaried Asterion and gave him the misty step necklace. He walked outside by himself and was beset by everyone, but he managed to dash, misty step, and hide his way to safety. From there, he poked around the edges, picking off single foes with his long bow and causing some chaos before sneaking back into the shadows. On my third probe, though, I got careless, and it looked like he might get overrun. Then the other three emerged into a now empty courtyard with the goblins all looking away. Wiped out the rest of the goblins and cleared the whole camp. Ultimately, my favorite part of this whole thing is imagining my PC bard telling Asterion inside the temple, “So, I know you’re not going to like this, but I’ve got a plan to get us out of here…”
The eye surgery part felt kind of weirdly out-of-place for some reason, not that he’d attempt it, but just how slapstick it was on-screen. In a tabletop game for D&D it’d make sense, but the only reason I went all the way through with it was for the thing at the end of it that I knew about. There’s been bits of humor all throughout, that part though just felt odd.
Felt authentic to the tabletop experience where shenanigans like this always happen, even in the middle of a serious game. You always have that one person that keeps pushing after being asked “you sure you want to do that” multiple times.