Companions Leaving thy Party Because of Low Approval

[@comicstrider4851]

what armor mod are you using?

[@restlessteela]

I have a playlist of most of the mods I use on my channel ♥️ but here's what I used in this particular video: • Basket full of equipment (nsfw) • Githyanki armoury • sl*tty menswear • Astarion's gear

[@comicstrider4851]

@@restlessteela Thank you!

[@stroen828]

@@restlessteela 3rd one is crazy

[@centralunit100]

@@stroen828 We don't kink shame here brother

[@pranjalidwivedi2288]

​@@restlessteela What's the face your tav is using?

[@harlanlewis1999]

Gale: "I'd wish you a bright future, but since you cannot escape your own company, that would be a futile gesture." DAAAAAAAAAMN🔥🔥🔥

[@Chloe11501]

Gale doesn’t need to cast fireball to roast his enemies 😭

[@Mark-fc7tu]

Very original.

[@MrJustonemorevoice]

Stealing that one! XD

[@GedenWilbur]

Yeah I was like... "Damn Gale".

[@seesaweffect8095]

imagine being annoying enough that ur companions actually prefer getting enslaved into a cult than keep travelling with you

[@xenohazard]

damn its just like real life.

[@vergodagoat]

@@xenohazard…wot

[@allenalexander2700]

@@xenohazard u ok

[@westenev]

TBF to get these endings, you have to literally go out of your way to offend these characters.

[@Super-wx6br]

This is just me irl

[@rjai5003]

I like how Jaheira and Minsc are a package deal and if one of them leaves, the other does too

[@KaptainFalkon]

It's possibly a reference to Baldurs gate 1 where some companions were LINKED and had to recruit both and dimiss both since they're legacy characters.

[@Freddonitro]

Ride or die type beat

[@OtakuFanGirl]

Same with recruitment. in my co-op game Jaheria died in Moonrise thanks to terrible AI and AOE damage. We couldn't reload so just kept on. When we finally got to Minsc and he was in our mind he saw Jaheria's fate and attacked us. There was no saving him or recruiting him. It was sad and angering.

[@Funkopedia]

They've known each other for 120 years, even went through 2 whole games together already.

[@runaasmr]

In BG1, Jaheira was paired with her husband who was her exact opposite. When one died, the other cried out. Minsc was also paired with a Witch. So now they just have each other.

[@lukesguywalker]

This is silly, but it's pretty funny to me how they just kinda sprint away from you after giving you their speeches.

[@Geini0]

I know it’s so they can quickly go off screen but I thought the same seeing that 😂

[@pogen7279]

Everyone being mad disrespectful: Wyll and Halsin: “I wish you well”

[@maryhales4595]

Wyll and Halsin both broke my little heart. This is why I can't do a chaotic evil run 😭

[@The482075]

When they turn nasty, you can fool yourself into thinking you had no part to play. When they remains well intentioned, you know you've messed up.

[@muaoribia4140]

That's ENFJ for ya

[@LukasRamsey]

I found Minthara's dialogue surprisingly heartfelt and respectful as well. She's not really mean at all. Just... straightforward.

[@serenehearts326]

@@LukasRamsey She's not mean? Did you skip her dialogue in the first part of the game 💀

[@TheBellaOfBaritone]

"I figured you a half-wit. To think, I overestimated you." Damn...I didn't realize the Savage Attacker feat applied to insults too.

[@Flamesbytheriver]

This is gold 😂❤

[@Earlierfour]

From the moment i met Lae,zel she was an asshole I'm so glad I left her in that cage in act 1 😅

[@a.m.pietroschek1972]

I did, one MOD auto-gave such feats to my Half-Orc Rogue.

[@drago3036]

Karlach is the one that most breaks my heart, because she seems so hesitant to do it. And the way she talks about wanting to be a force of good in the world is exactly how i would phrase it myself.

[@HellqueenRoz]

I think of Karlach as one of if not the most sincerely good and kindhearted companions in the entire game. Even otherwise good-oriented companions like Gale and Wyll are decent folk but compromised by outlandish ambition and an absolutist outlook on morality respectively. Karlach doesn’t really aspire to anything bad. She doesn’t want to become a god or an ascended vampire or serve as the right hand of a horrible tyrant. Tav can convince the other companions to ultimately see the error of their ways and embrace a kinder path but Karlach never wants any of that. She wants to live free and have the life and choices that were stolen from her by Gortash and Zariel. She is, in many ways, the moral compass of the party.

[@pnoodl3s775]

@@HellqueenRozand it’s really sad she never got her happy ending, unlike other companions

[@hardoks1735]

@@pnoodl3s775 makes it realistic then

[@charliecar3]

Tav’s response to every companion leaving: 💅🏼👁️👄👁️💅🏼✨

[@VioVanHelsing]

Gale is an absolute savage.

[@a.m.pietroschek1972]

Yeah, but banging Mystra sure got popular, tragedy that Shadowheart didn't go Lesbian on Shar as well? 😜

[@grymmoire]

It's crazy bc they will literally be immediately enslaved once they leave the emperor's little protection bubble

[@grymmoire]

except for Jaheira and Halsin I guess

[@kiamaria331]

That’s preferable to spending another iota of a second in Tav’s presence 😭.

[@zaynvarenshutain]

I wonder why that is? Is it out of "laziness" of the devs or cause they don't care...or is it a lore reason? That gets explained at some point? Never played the whole game, but i don't mind if it's a spoiler.

[@grymmoire]

@@zaynvarenshutain Are you asking why they get enslaved? There is a being inside of the artifact called the emperor that is protecting you from the Absolute. As soon as you leave his sphere of protection, the Absolute will detect you and enslave you using the tadpole in your brain. Since all of the companions have tadpoles, except Jaheira and Halsin, they will all be enslaved.

[@grymmoire]

@@zaynvarenshutain do you mean why they can’t leave you?

[@jessicao5594]

May the oak father keep you.... for I will not.... DEVASTATION💀💀

[@maryhales4595]

That one GOT ME 💀

[@TheEntryCode]

That was the harshest crit tbh

[@sleepyy_kittyy]

LEGIT like you expect all the other companions to be sassy so it doesn't hit as hard. But then HALSIN comes out with that absolute scorcher and you're just left STUNNED

[@Ravenleaf182]

Kinda blows my mind he could forgive Korgha and has a pretty high threshold with what he's willing to bear (pun intended), but whatever the player is doing made him not just leave, but at full sprint to boot.

[@AndrewBrownK]

Astarion's is so cold, I actually love it

[@NightQueen01]

he's colder when he tells you to die screaming.

[@SakazakiRyo]

astarion fans summed up in one sentence

[@OtakuFanGirl]

@@NightQueen01 Isn't that a break-up reaction to a very specific incident tho?

[@NightQueen01]

@@OtakuFanGirl Its not a break up it when you have low approval after the Cazador fight. I've actually never dated Astarion.

[@zasiadavis]

@@OtakuFanGirlIt happens if you flat out tell him you won’t help him when he’s trying to ascend rather than rolling the persuasion check. He’ll just say fine, unalive Cazzy, break the weapon so that all 7k souls unalive as well (he says “if I can’t have my freedom, neither can they) and then he turns to you and tells you off and says “I’d wish you luck but honestly I hope you d!3 screaming,” and leaves the party.

[@rowbeans-l1n]

The reason I can't have Karlach in my party during an evil playthrough is because the very first dialogue she expressed disapproval with me I have to change my ways.

[@May-ob8oq]

I swear i Trick the goblins to believe i was on their side and went to karlach "No sweety trust me its a Plan"

[@RaineInChaos]

I can't even imagine how to get Gale to dislike you enough to leave 😂

[@RaineInChaos]

I always love how bitchy he is though and he yet again does not disappoint lol

[@alexanderwestberg4047]

my guess is that they just attacked him repeatedly

[@RaineInChaos]

@@alexanderwestberg4047 tbh I assumed it was a mod to just increase/decrease approval

[@May-ob8oq]

Don't feed him with magic items because you need the.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Invade his mind to find out that he has a bomb in him. Did it for my ultra evil playthrough, a Dark Urge named Jeff.

[@gryphonablaze656]

‘I could say it’s me, not you, but that would be a lie’ OOOOOOOFF

[@conancat]

I have suffered one parasite, i can no longer suffer the other 😭😭

[@UselessBard]

Minsc was so upset with Jaheira leaving that he switched to first person lol

[@jasmins3667]

Fun fact: if you kick ascended astarion in the balls instead of letting him turn you in a vampire, he will leave permantly too without another word really 😂

[@mysryuza]

I mean if I’m a guy and someone just came up to me to kick me in the balls, I’d leave too 😂 I found out that if you keep saying no to his command to kneel, he breaks up with you 😂😂

[@GabrielBadwolf]

I think I need some puppy and kitty videos after watching some of these

[@izanaginookami5319]

Withers I need some allys my damn team left me cause off my choices 😤 selfish Bastards 😒

[@merobiba413]

damn, is Gale casting Fireball? because he's throwing some serious burns

[@DnD_Robb404]

8:01 If you’re a short race he says “eye to navel” and if you’re a dragonborn he says “eye to snout.”

[@bamcki991]

I am however bamboozles over how you can even piss of Minsc? I've never in my playthrough seen "Minsc disapproves"

[@NotImportantPersonNumber2]

I have seen it. I had Minsc, Jaheira and Astarion at my party and i replied to Jaheiras kid that: we are all going to die. Minsc and Jaheira Disaproved but Astarion Aproved that dialogue

[@cryalot378]

@@NotImportantPersonNumber2 of course Astarion did...

[@wrathybear]

Basically anything that are opposite of heroic. If you play evil Durge and bring Minsc along, you would definitely get a lot of disapprove from him

[@noelhonig4516]

I thought watching the Astarion part would break my heart, but no, the Halsin part did...

[@maryhales4595]

"May the Oak Father keep you, for I will not" THAT BROKE ME

[@Kasiarzynka]

I take it you haven't seen his reaction if you raided the grove but he's left alive in the goblin camp 😭

[@maryhales4595]

@@Kasiarzynka Do I want to?

[@Kasiarzynka]

@@maryhales4595 idk but I can tell you kinda what happens, without details. Let's just say that [spoiler I guess]... he'll find you in your camp and be VERY mad about it (rightfully so). Happened to me in the Underdark in my non-resisting Dark Urge run.

[@Deadpan_Snarker]

​@@Kasiarzynka He also tracked me down in the Underdark, lol. My Tav's comment after killing him was also savage af: "Halsin, The First druid and now the last. Thanks to me." ☠

[@ProjectFallenLeaf]

*Finishes giving very emotional speech* 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️

[@GruntyHerder]

The way Jahiera skeedaddled 💀

[@restlessteela]

HELPPP omg and her booty clipping through the dress i didn't even notice 😭

[@Xylluk]

@@restlessteela 🤣

[@VidGamer123]

@@restlessteela Jahiera's ass is too powerful

[@IronLordEXO]

Tav watching everyone turn into mind flayers after bailing on them: :^)

[@imahumanperson361]

Fr. The only people who can actually get away with it are Halsin and Jaheria; the rest of ‘em are kinda screwed if they leave-

[@RandomPerson-zy5pr]

@@imahumanperson361 Why Halsin and Jaheira are immune to it?

[@imahumanperson361]

@@RandomPerson-zy5pr They’re not tadpoled lol

[@Abelhawk]

Man, Gale has some savage comments I’ll need to write down for later use!

[@pattymelt5825]

"I figured you a half-wit. To think I overestimated you." Daaaaamn 😂

[@eternasapphiremoon81]

for a fighter, that's one savage Vicious Mockery!

[@theredeft5319]

How can you possibly get them pissed off enough that they leave like this? Pick every decision they don’t approve of?

[@restlessteela]

I actually used an approval cheat tool here however you can also lower companions approval by attacking them constantly, in addition to what you said

[@giorgialine1442]

Well, I did once get the Jahira one because Isobel stepped in a puddle (that I hadn't even caused) while going to Alyn and died...

[@vinny985]

i got wylls approval so low he almost left when i failed the checks talking to the paralyzed tiefling in the grove, she called the guards on us so we just shoved as many tieflings as possible in the chasm in the back until the aggro ended (lol), turns out wyll is omniscient and knows everything that’s happening in the grove even when he’s in camp so i had -50 approval

[@MJ-mp1fx]

​@K.C-2049 I found the trick to avoiding losing approval with Astarion is to not SAY we are going to help people in dialogue, but do it anyway in action. Also he hates giving away money but doesn't mind if we give away food.

[@TsarofScars]

@@vinny985 _commits mass murder in the grove where you find wyll originally_ "how did he know i killed all those tieflings"

[@ZiggyKhaos]

Lae'zel and Shadowheart...Just damn. That hurt. A lot. I even broke it off to hear what they said. Immediately reloaded and never did it again. But this? No no no no no and no. No, thank you.

[@denizs.9619]

Everyone looks like they are heading to disco or a funeral after camping lol

[@bubblegore]

Astarion’s “you can rot!” was SO PERSONAL 😭 That hurt me even tho it wasn’t directed at me 💀 I like him way too much to ever let him leave on any play through lollll

[@danielduncan6806]

They get, what, 65 feet away and they instantly turn into Mindflayers- and are enslaved to the absolute. What was their plan?

[@Tauriz_]

Well tbf, leaving any of them at camp should have the same consequences. Unless the prism has a sat wide coverage. Or I guess they could haul ass after Tav wherever they move, just stay far enough to not interact with them 😂

[@9308323]

Some of these lines seem to imply that you had, at one point, deeper connection to them. I wonder if it'll be different if you never had.

[@riverpubby]

I'm pretty sure all of this is post-romance dialogue (with the exception of non-romanceable companions like Jaheira)

[@TheHermitCrabitarianReliefOrg]

Astarion has the most genuine emotions, you can tell his face is filled with disgust and hurt when he speaks. God he has so many emotions.

[@OtakuFanGirl]

That's all Neil, Darling. He's magic.

[@eomma-kaachan]

I appreciate you posting this for science, because I'm such an Approval junkie that I could never bring myself to. 💔😭💔

[@pakonaranjo4091]

I feel they leave quickly so you cannot engage in combat with them and get your items back

[@OtakuFanGirl]

Turn-based mode would help with that

[@samuelgoodliffe4757]

Wow that's a surprise, Halsins the best one. Being a druid you'd think he'd be more savage like "nature" but he's ironically the most civilized.

[@jullianapassos9558]

He is the best man of them all 😭

[@daemonikkateylarii9731]

Some of those goodbyes really stung. I made the mistake of attacking Kagha, which had the unfortunate consequence of everyone in The Grove dying, despite my efforts to save the teiflings. Because of that, Karlach wouldn't allow me to recruit her & only attacked me. When I spoke to Minthara about everyone in the grove being dead, Wyll permanently left when the goblins partied in our camp. That's NOT how I wanted that game to go. Needless to say I backtracked to an earlier save (unfortunately everyone in the grove is still wiped out :( much to my disappointment), hoping there's a way to regain some of his approval. If not, I'll start over with that character.

[@rachelharvey977]

2:20 I can't get over how skinny gales arms are😂💀

[@Jagaimo_chan]

Everyone else: "I AM HURT! I AM DISAPPOINTED! YOU SHOULD BE WHAT I IMAGINED IN MY HEAD!😡😭😡😭" Wyll & Halsin: "Me wanting to leave is none of your problems. Wish you all the best.😎"

[@SwedePotato314]

"all the willy of the nilly!" This man is peak comedy

[@eternasapphiremoon81]

that's Matt Mercer for you! :P

[@haphazardlark1502]

Did wyll just run straight into a campfire?

[@ArDeeMee]

He‘s fireproof, he‘ll be fiiine.

[@mtsmcr]

wyll sounds so heartbroken D:

[@BenchongDy]

Mama K still caring even though she's leaving...

[@MrJustonemorevoice]

"I figured you a half wit...to think overestimated you" *Laezel dropping some serious blows*

[@baelstro2794]

the way they just sprint away is funny though

[@storyspren]

Holy shit Gale's lines here! That tongue is indeed practiced!

[@T-Sharp]

The war slave from Hell having some of the best communication skills is crazy.

[@katm8128]

I wonder what it’s like for Shadowheart, since she’s the first owner of the prism. I guess the ownership just defers to Tav if she leaves, for some reason

[@Funkopedia]

she stole it right before the game begins anyway

[@riverpubby]

My guess is that yes Tav would get the prism when she leaves, and for the in universe explanation would be that the Prism realizes that she can't do it on her own and thus goes with Tav, who still has the party with them. I wonder if the reason they didn't get that dialogue was because s-heart still had the prism?

[@xperiodic]

ya know considering ive never had any of these happen on my first blind playthrough these must be pretty hard to get especially astarions considering i literally did no evill and he disliked everything i did

[@samiraansari5686]

Astarion really only gets mad when you hit him with AOE spells or something…

[@jessikautumn]

in the thumbnail it's written ASTARION APPROVES lmao he's the only one always xD

[@bboythekidstudios]

Wasn't expecting Gale to have the most savage breakup retort of the entire group.

[@rebeccapfennigwerth7607]

Poor Karlach! She's so sweet, how can you do that to her?!

[@abyzzwarrior3305]

Because I hate her, that's why!

[@tharfagreinir]

Yeah she's so polite and respectful even when she's leaving.

[@AbcdEfgh-fx1zf]

What did Taylor Swift do to make them so angry??

[@tomriddle8933]

Not her but her cultists.

[@falconeshield]

​@@tomriddle8933Britney Spores would like to have a word

[@geebean9091]

*Companions throwing shade* Tav: 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@abc45fg]

The writers are so creative some of the companions' comments are brutal

[@anonymoususer188]

Karlach was especially painful to watch. Also, that one line from Gale about wishing you a bright future being futile was an impressive insult.

[@yolksoda]

Halsin is so diplomatic even when he hates you

[@animathehallowed1380]

I’ve never seen Gale’s exposed arms lol, he looks sickly

[@berylman]

Thanks for making this! I wanted to see all these reactions but didn't want to go through the trouble of actually doing it. Well compiled and edited at that. Your characters are rocking maximum fashion

[@maryhales4595]

Maybe it's just because I'm romancing him but Wyll's broke my little heart. This is why I don't have it in me to do a chaotic evil run 😭

[@travisretriever7473]

"I figured you a half wit. I overestimated you." Daaaayam!

[@aurumthebrave3427]

Because I love them all and they love me, this is very painful to watch.

[@salazar556]

Halsin sounds like a dad scolding his child. 😂

[@solosietastar]

Gale's though XD "I'm RAPIDLY coming to the conclusion our joint travels are destined to fail. I could say it's me not you... But that would be a lie." the way he says that is so savage, I love it.

[@Saasan]

Turns out everyone was dual-classing bards with all this psychic damage.

[@madmajima]

Seeing everyone leaving made me feel a little bit sad. 🥺

[@Memo-OwO]

Damn Gale actually said "I'd wish you a bright future but since you can't escape your own company it will be futile" BURN

[@brasssnacks8413]

So..... they just walk away and immediately turn into mindflayers, I guess?

[@Nonamearisto]

Not Halsin or Jaheira.

[@Magpie-Syndrome]

Did I watch this knowing damn well I have rejection dysphoria, yes. I am now suffering for my decisions, also yes. Ima go cry now. Thanks for doing what I cannot accomplish!

[@GermenglineseOne]

me, trying not to get my feelings hurt this whole video also Wyll looking like he just walked out of a Yakuza game lmao

[@kenzeeharmon4162]

What the hell do you have to do to get there with the companions??? By the beginning of act three I was almost everyone's best friend

[@GeekandGlory]

Lae'zel had epic levels of burn. You know you done wrong when Daddy Halsin dips.

[@dannylieberwirth1784]

i love how on the thumbnail it says astarion approves when everyone else disapproves. hes literally so contrary lmfao. im almost maxed out with everyone but he is in the orange zone

[@eternasapphiremoon81]

how can you tell their rating toward you?

[@dannylieberwirth1784]

@@eternasapphiremoon81 as your own character when viewing the party inventories, i think under character sheet, itll have a bar at the bottom going from orange to green and itll tell you where you stand with them at any given time. active approval and disapproval pops up during dialog at the top left of the screen. some people have a mod that shows them beforehand how a character feels about something you might do or say

[@brittanys1997]

When I go full Durge, I know I'm going to be WRECKED when Karlach leaves. This helps me prepare. lol

[@nakseyyy]

Karlach is so kind about all of this, too

[@zarthana95]

I'm going to use Gale's "So long. It hasn't been a pleasure" for goodbyes to the people I loathe

[@Krowsfoot]

nah i would cry, this would literally fuck me up so bad

[@vanessab.s2596]

I'm somewhat tempted to make a playthrough where I get as much dissaproval from everyone as I can, to see how many companions I have left until the end. I would need to be a extremely weird character, because some companions like you when you're evil or kill animals (Lae'zel (with the owlbear), Astarion and Minthara), others when you avoid killing (mainly Wyll and Gale) and others when you kill people to rescue someone else (Karlach and Shart). So I really don't know if I can get everyone to leave my party without attacking or killing them.

[@meatcrimes-42069]

Damn, that hurt breaking Karlach’s heart like that. Well, more broken than it already was

[@Xennwa]

Astarion leaving? I could never.

[@no_i_dont_want_no_slugs]

Laezel and Gale really have sharp tongues holy moly: "I'd figured you a half-wit. To think I overestimated you." and "I'd wish you a bright future, but since you cannot escape your own company, that would be a futile gesture." I love them.

[@brandihatfield9298]

May the Oakfather Keep you - for I will not.

[@someman8772]

This video only affirms how much I love Karlach and Wyll.

[@kwdblade4683]

Honestly I kind of forgot about the approval system lol...I never even thought you could get low enough to make someone leave.

[@MarshTheYoutubeChannel]

If Lae'zel says you're "lesser than ghaik" you messed UP

[@criticalrevel]

holy shit how u ppl manage to make yer tavs so ridiculously gorgeous?!

[@vee1267]

“I’d wish you a bright future, but since you cannot escape your own company that would be a futile gesture” DAMN why does Gale have the best unexpected roasts 😂

[@MrBrockmcmillin]

Jaheira is always so brutal with her words. I love it 😆

[@cryalot378]

Actually you can p*ss off Shadowheart quite easily (spoilers) Just don't take her to prove herself to Shar, basically don't take her on the mission to kill Ser Aylin with you... free Aylin yourself, and then Shadowheart will find you, speak with you, get mad at you and part ways.

[@Memo-OwO]

Minsc: "I only lingered as long to say goodbye. Goodbye" I don't know why but this cracked me up

[@chiara6164]

I got Jaheira randomly right after beating Ketheric. She was just pissed and I dont even know why. So I completly lost the chance to even meet Minsk. Well on my next playthrough hopefully 😢

[@vexywexypoo]

It's not even happening to me, and I feel bad

[@spiderz5145]

How tf did you piss off Minthara

[@Funkopedia]

She loses a LOT of approval if you backtrack to Act 1, since she's a wanted criminal in pretty much every area there now.

[@inthemiddleofsomecalibrations]

Damn, all of these (except for Astarion) hurt so much. I could never do this in my playthroughs.

[@Leongon]

How could you! Monster!

[@pungoblin9377]

“I figured you a half-wit. To think I overestimated you.” OHHHHHHHHHH DAMNNNN 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@halotis66]

Wyll's is the saddest parting for me. The VA did a great job there expressing just how painful it was to part with Tav.