Baldur's Gate 3 - Lae'zel Romance/Child + New Patch 5 Epilogue 

Maybe poor Xan just wants to become a cheesemaker

@@headcase2636 lae'zel would be cool with it, you seen the video.

Who’s Xan?

Tav & Lae'zels Child@@holdenjames9632

@@headcase2636 "Then he will become the greatest cheesemaker the astral sea has ever seen"

Haha, she is full of surprises. Spoilers, but if you watch her proposal cinematic it's even more endearing. She's very poetic for someone who doesn't know the word for "love".

Truly a warrior poet.

She has breath takeningly beautiful lines

She's a bigass tsundere

She calls me "source of my joy" and i folded

Wait a min you can save Shadowheart parents? I only have 1 playthough and doing Dark Urge now.

@@Savage_God60 yeah! When you get to the Shar convent in act 3, after you deal with the cult , you go pass a door and they are there tied up. You can kill them to clear that curse Shadowheart has that makes her feel pain or free them and she keeps the curse but also keeps her parents

​@@RoyalJester17But do you live with the parents or what

They really gave the most outwardly cruel character the loving spouse with a kid ending. Pretty based

​@@brendanmuller7301You haven't gone out much have you. Lae'zel was scared in Act 1

Awww ❤

Her becoming a mother is such a beautiful ending

I love it when she smiles. Feel like I've tamed a dragon. Or own a cat.

@luvpiggery 😆 lol, that is a great comparison, love it 🤣

As i tell every, she grows on you And if you really think about it her just telling you about the creche is sacrilege to do to outsiders

@YesThatWasa Yes. Going through the creche and then helping her to uncover the truth about Orpheus made me realise that she is much more than just a prickly alien. In my first playthrough I completely missed all of that content

this is why I hate siding with the Emporer. not only is he a manipulative little shit but going with githyanki can potentially save their entire race and bring an age of morally just giths.

lol

... 😊*Writes down on his Next character ideas list*

oh this is so stupid im doing this for sure

You deserve a fucking medal

"We're all doomed"

Me just spittaking at that name. At first I thought it was Xan who was caring for the child, but nope, they just... named him that apparently. Must have read an Elvish book of names, I guess. :V

@@M1cromanag3r "Eh. Onward, to futility."

I also left the egg from the monastery crèche with her, she was not my romance partner. I encouraged her to “become the Comet” and return to her people with the Prince’s Dragons (as he made the sacrifice). At the party Lae'zel appears as an astral projected entity (purple translucent). She actually drops more lore about the Xan than what’s mentioned here. He is with the mages of Xamvadi'm. "I’d trust his care to no one else”. In the battle against Vlaakith, Lae'zel also mentions she is responsible for securing an alliance with Zaerith Menyar-Ag-Gith, the immortal god-king of the githzerai, ruler of their capital, Shra'kt'lor, and an ascetic who reached out to her in good faith.

@@M1cromanag3r"life is so hollow."

Morrigan?🙃

@@Gl1tchPix1e Close, although I don't remember her being chased down by someone other than protagonist. The answer was at the end of my comment :)

It can happen to "Barn ending" Shadowheart. Theyre vulnerable.

​@@adamkaminski6095 I mean she's technically chased by flemeth

​@@ladyselin35barn ending?

I think you have to steal the egg from the hatchery but not give it to Lady Esther. If Laezel is in the party when you are stealing the egg she can convince the infirmary head to give her the egg voluntarily by having her promise to raise the child to become the strongest warrior the world has ever seen. Up until this patch having the egg in your inventory until the end of the game did nothing.

@@kolr2873welp guess I won’t be getting this cutscene. Sold it immediately

@@nadadjean-julien5755 always other play throughs...

Oh, that's what I figured. I always keep the egg for myself. I just wish there was a little place we could make for it at camp after that. I'll take this too though. XD@@kolr2873

@@likeorasgod you’re a genius🤯

She was basically a teenager experiencing the outside world for the first time.

Well said. Love Lae'zel's character. 👏🏽

I did sort of have that impression at first, when playing the EA build. But I kept her around anyway, because she seemed handy in combat. Then when the bard class was released, I found that pleasing her without being a total jerk was easier than I'd originally thought, and I was able to get it on with her for the first time. And of course, I'd been dying to see where the whole creche quest would eventually lead, when the full release came out. Not only was I ultimately pleased with where her character arc goes, but I was even more pleased to see her in action, when leveled up. Once I'd get her past level 5, she'd practically become my Ace of Spades.

Tch!

I was very proud of her.

I love that they clearly modeled him off of Borislav who truly is the God of Music in this world.

@@Melcolloien yeah I think Milil is just a lesser deity of songs or something 🤔

@@elenalizabeth I know - he still fits perfectly since he represents the whole of a song, I meant what I wrote about Borislav though, he is the god of music here :) It felt fitting for them to use his face . Composers usually don't get enough recognition (like Milil expresses) He is such a great composer and really brought the game to the next level

@@Melcolloien oh you mean the actual composer 😂 I was getting confused. Oh yeah absolutely, it’s always music score that changes whether a movie or series or game is “okay” or “amazing”. The Nightsong theme gave me full body goosebumps, and that whole scene had me tearing up

He's thrilled if you can remember him. I was a Bard, it made his day. I mean, he's a Bard God through and through.. you gotta get washed up so you can have your comeback tour.

I found it very bittersweet, when she left me behind to fight for her people. And then she isn't even at the party in person. I hoped I could join her and Orpheus in smashing Vlaakith, but that ungortunately never was an option.

​@@goldraven9478I think it is if you are Githyanki yourself.

I need to know this because I decided to book it after exposing the truth to La zel

Yeh, I am assuming you get the son by taking the egg from the Creche. Lae'zel explicitly states she won't get pregnant through having sex with you so the baby can't have come from the two of you. I lied to the woman who was wanting it (might have even killed her) because I didn't want her to take it to the Society of Brilliance or whatever, apparently if they raise it it does not go well. Then I had Lae'zel carry the 40 pound egg around for the entirety of my campaign, just for the thematics of it. And then was surprised to hear it hatched in patch 5 and we have a little baby. :P Funnily enough it still makes me uneasy that Orpheus is upset with you about taking the egg.

I wonder if you were a githyanki would the conversation/actions go differently? @@Praetorian349

@@AhmetCanK I'm unsure, sorry. All I know about having a Gith Tav with Lae'zel is you get the option to go on Orpheus' crusade with her instead of the two options of asking her to stay or being left behind. :) Would be interesting to see how the conversation differs.

@@AhmetCanK I'm doing a all Gith play through soon, Main char, Lae'zel, a second char made at the start through co-op and a hireling will be the party. I plan to romance her than and will try to keep the egg and at that part to see....so we can have little Githlings.

Me too!

You lose the bhaal blood, so very likely everything will be fine.

The hatchling in question is adopted from Crèche K'liir, so nothing results from that

I ran a redemption durge, I must have missed something because I didn't get this dialogue at all :/

he ate my fucking shoes

Who are we to disagree with Elminster?

There's a tricky way to convince Orpheus not to need someone to turn Illithid, but it comes with a brief visual glitch in the conversation where you are Illithid for about 2 seconds. Then after that every interaction behaves as if you succeeded without needing anyone be Illithid. You ask the Emperor to give you the tadpole that will turn you Illithid, then betray him and free Orpheus. You can then convince Orpheus to trust in Gale's plan to blow himself up, saying you have the tadpole you can use to turn Illithid if things don't work. Gale blows himself up, no one has tentacles, everyone's happy. :) Except Gale.

i need to know how this is done

@@Carlos-qu1rd The steps I mention in the reply should cover it, but I can make a video walking through it if you like.

⁠@@Praetorian349you can also side with Orpheus, have Gale turn illithid, then have Gale surrender the crown to Mystra and ask her to turn him human again.

@@alissapenridge7516 Oh wow, that’s so cool! Thanks for letting me know, I’ll have to try that end out at some stage.

Everyone likes different aspects of others, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. As far as personalities go i like shadowhearts the best, then maybe Jahiras.

Bae'zel

Agreed! She started out as my least favourite female companion and slowly but surely won me over and became 'best girl' in my eyes... and I haven't even romanced her yet. (overall #1 companion is Astarion for me personally but I *love* how Larian managed to make me care about Lae'zel when I truly didn't expect to ever actually like her)

She's top tier for sure, Shadowheart is my 1st but Lae'zel is amaizng

@@ramixaleandros5893 my kill things build is Lae'zel, Tempest Cleric Shart, my Monk/Fighter Tav, and Wyll or Gale.

Copied my response from another comment thread: "There's a tricky way to convince Orpheus not to need someone to turn Illithid, but it comes with a brief visual glitch in the conversation where you are Illithid for about 2 seconds. Then after that every interaction behaves as if you succeeded without needing anyone be Illithid. You ask the Emperor to give you the tadpole that will turn you Illithid, then betray him and free Orpheus. You can then convince Orpheus to trust in Gale's plan to blow himself up, saying you have the tadpole you can use to turn Illithid if things don't work. Gale blows himself up, no one has tentacles, everyone's happy. :) Except Gale."

You can, but then it’s kinda depressing for Orpheus cause he’s likely to just kill himself without any hope anyone will continue his crusade for him. :P But as you say apparently Voss does continue it so it’s not all bad. :)

Yeah, i had orpheus turn illithid and Lae'zel and voss still go kick lich ass, they even try for an alliance with the gith'zerai@@Praetorian349

@@Praetorian349 thanks. Orpheus will be alright lol.

I destroyed the brain and didn't lose anyone :)

Yep. :) I've outlined it in some videos if you're interested. Here is a walkthrough of how to do it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-10G5WSS3Ty8.html And here is the resulting events: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pXrYoXWlzgE.html

@@Praetorian349 I am so glad to find out about this! I've been so torn about what choices to make because I want Lae'zel to settle down in Faerun without loose ends, but making Karlach go squid mode does not sit well with me. Gale blowing up is a bit of a bummer, but he's nowhere near as precious as Karlach, so I reckon I'm going to make Gale take one for the team on my next playthrough.

Also on another note in my most recent playthropugh i stole the egg but never gave it to Lady Esther i just stored it away in camp yet when I arrived at Baldurs gate it was hatched with everyone dead as per usual and when i checked my camp storage and it wasn't there anymore so now im confused if its a bug or not.

You need to have the tadpole that will turn you Illithid that the Emperor gives you, so that you effectively have a backup plan in case Gale's Netherese Orb doesn't work, otherwise Orpheus will just say you need an Illithid now. The Emperor will give you the tadpole if you tell him you want to turn, then tell him you'll do it later and you store the tadpole, then betray the Emperor. Not sure about your egg situation, sounds like a bug to me. :-/

Xan is the egg you can find for the old woman from the Githyanki creche in act 2. It's a quest. Since Githyanki only lay eggs and reproduce asexually they are biologically incompatible with humans and other races, so the only way for them to have children with other species is to adopt :P

Pretty sure Lae'zel and the Tav's son comes from the Githyanki egg you can steal from the Creche. I don't think there's the ability to have a child with other companions, although funnily enough there is cut audio for your companions commenting on you getting Minthara pregnant...so who knows, might be added in the future. :P

​@@Praetorian349LOL Minthara... that's definitely something.

@@Praetorian349 Actually I'm pretty sure that cut audio referred to Mithara already being pregnant when first encountered. The time frame from meeting your character to that early-in-Act-3 conversation would not allow for Mithara to notice having become pregnant with your character.

@@Praetorian349 if you play as Durge and keep your birthright, the Butler mentions you chose a fine partner in Minthara and that you should get her pregnant immediately. Of course, he says it in his own gross Bhaalist way but yeah 😂

I just did the epilogue where I didn't and she kept the egg and you can ask about him. So she's just a single mom in mine, whilst also leading the rebellion against Vlakkith

@@gabrielledickinson4530How can you give her egg? There is an option for that?

@@chillax319 There's no cutscene but I just put it in her inventory. Might not be required though.

@@gabrielledickinson4530 So Lae'zel is the only one who can raise the baby? Or at least the only one the game will actively acknowledge as raising him. That sucks.

Professional guide writer here working on BG3: The only requirement for Lae'zel's ending with Xan is that you need to have taken the Gith egg and NOT a) given it to the Society of Brilliance or b) sold it. The contents of the ending will change depending on Lae'zel's path, but where the egg specifically is in inventories or your romance will not affect Lae'zel taking the egg in the epilogue.

I'm not sure, but if you let her go to fight Vlaakith then during the epilogue she mentions she is raising him and references the name as meaning "freedom" so it might be the Githyanki word for it. :)

Assuming you mean "Xanathar" no, not the beholder. And not Xan from BG1 either, but pretty clearly a reference to either it or more likely the Bioware dev's character that Xan was loosely based on. The original Xan (the AD&D character) was a dual-wielding Githzerai fighter-mage, which is rather more fitting.