This Is Why I Won't Ever Trust the Emperor

[@lasonris8934]

I just got this scene and from now on I will never trust him again. Now I know why she looked like a stroke victim when Wyll saw her, she was fighting back

[@Avienity]

It all makes sense to me now. Over 300 hours of gameplay never have I ever encountered this scene because I believed that The Emperor was lawful good but turns out he's actually a manipulative bastard out for his own survival even if you or everyone in his way dies.

[@spehusshyvia]

What would that make him ? Neutral neutral ?

[@Avienity]

@@spehusshyvia i'm not even sure myself

[@mrloboto]

@@spehusshyvia Neutral evil.

[@spehusshyvia]

What would make him evil ? @@mrloboto

[@sapiensursus3034]

@@spehusshyvia I think flat neutral. He pursues power and manipulates for survival, not for its own sake. If he wanted to rule BG, he'd be evil. As it stands he's just pure selfishness, which I believe is True Neutral in Dnd Lore.

[@prestonjong]

Never trust an elf! I mean mind flayer! Never trust a mind flayer!

[@Osiris1905]

And to think i felt bad for siding with Orpheus in my playthrough. My reasoning was if the Emperor demands blind trust at every turn but wont trust me when i decide that freeing Orpheus is the better judgement call for the final bits of the game as well as for the Githyanki as a collective then he is no ally at all but seeing this? Fuck me he is getting his head split open guilt free every single time. Hell its legit better to side with Raphael than Empy cuz atleast Raphael is blunt and honest with his intentions. Not to mention the fact that he legit goes to his biggest enemy in the Absolute the second you defy him and opt into freeing Orpheus because hes incapable of trusting anyone but himself

[@CriticalPosthumanism]

So does it mean he abused and manipulated his ex-girlfriend? I always suspected it, since there were hints in the game about it. For example, that she has become ill/crazy.

[@anonymone453]

I was pissed when the Dream Visitor got mad at me for calling her bluff. I never saw this scene. I know how my next playthrough is going to go.

[@TheEmpireMaster]

In the moment Asur called the Emperor Balduran I knew, I could never trust this mindflayer. And I was damn right about it. Never got that scene tbh.

[@GameGroomPlay]

At my first play through I choose him over the prince

[@nathanfivecoate5848]

​@@GameGroomPlayI'm always freeing Orpheus. Never trust a Ghaik

[@rivlasdezerai]

@@nathanfivecoate5848 Downside is then either Orpheus, Tav or Karlach have to become Ghaik instead.

[@nathanfivecoate5848]

@@rivlasdezerai Counterpoint: Gale is a walking, talking, and typically spellcasting nuke. And nobody has to become Ghaik if you get the emperor's second tadpole before telling him to pound sand by breaking Orpheus's chains, if you have Gale with you. He can go up to the brain solo after teleporting everyone else to the relative safety of the docks and activate the orb, effectively annihilating himself, the brain, and the crown in one fell swoop

[@rivlasdezerai]

@@nathanfivecoate5848 Even when Gale volunteers to blow himself Orpheus won't let you leave the astral plane without someone becoming Illithid, if you found a way I'd be interested in seeing it.

[@kevinkevin9525]

Huh, never trust a Mind Flayer, that's crazyyyyy...

[@Zack_Crow]

The only Mind Flayer I trust is Omeluum

[@nathanfivecoate5848]

@@Zack_Crow Omeluum is the exception that proves the rule

[@trogesr]

i need this hair mod thoooooooo PLEASE