Wow, Lolth was uncharacteristically merciful about this. XD Normally if one of her faithful clerics even dares to postulate that other drow deities other than Lolth exists, she punishes them with drider transformation.
Not exactly she is Actually merciful even though she is very evil.when one of her followers leaves her and after that if that follower wants to back to lolth she accepts them with open arms.weird thing is she usually loves to see her follower killing each other.i guess she doesnt want to lose a toy to her daughter.
I'm kind of disappointed that this isn't an immediate game over. Then again if the Drizzt novels are any indication he never lost favor with Lolth because what he did caused so much Chaos is the Underdark and basically made things more interesting for her.
@@pinkdaveandchaps3697 I think Lolth still didn't LIKE Drizzt, because this was during the time when Lolth was insistent on having ALL drow worship her and he was one of the few drow who blatantly defied her. Since her ascension to Greater Deity status, I think Lolth is more secure in her power now, and she now regards Drizzt as a "useful test" for her faithful because it's well-known that any priestess or Lolth-sworn drow who can manage to bring Drizzt's head to Lolth would earn untold favour and renown with the Spider-Queen.
DUDE I never get tired of how much Amelia can do with just her intonation, its insane, how she sounds so disgusted and outraged by the ritual, then you talk to an animal and she's all sweet and fluffy. ahahaha
Protip - It wants blood, but it doesn't need to be your blood. You can throw a corpse at it, and if the blood splatter hits just right, it will be free to take.
@@KonpekikaminariBut I wouldn’t be surprise if any lolth worshippers main character wet their underwear during that cutscenes. They will be nervous around every spiders for a while. Lolth is not very forgiving when heresy is concerned.
Has anybody played an Eilistraee cleric and then picked up Minthara? I wonder if they added any special lines for that? If not I won't waste my time. Lol Ps. This character is spot on. They really look like a lolth priestess! Great job.
I my first playtrough I was roleplaying a Seldarine Drow Bard that followed the teachings of Elistraee. I literally didn't switch to any other weapons during the rest of the game. Full on brought that sword with me and stabbed a big brain with it. Goddess of song's singing sword alongside her devouted bard to save the world, I think she would've been pleased. Also liked the idea of praying to Elistraee as I was romancing Astarion. I prayed for the help of the goddess of freedom, and he was worshiping Lathander, god of sunlight, so that he might be safe from the sun after it's all over, and the Blood of Lathander helped him defeat Cazador.
my first char was a cleric of eilistraee, and, ofc, i must use this holy blade of the dancer as proof of my goddess' blessing! even took a dw feat so i could use it -AND- the blood of lathander for the added sun/moon one-two combo!
Wait that's so sweet that's definitely going into my favorite headcanons. The Blood of Lathander will be my weapon of choice for the Cassarole too, but my Tav will do the honours. Astarion gets to stab as much as he wants though.
Cleric of Eilestraee characters get special dialogue about how their goddess is pleased by their sacrifice to get the sword! I was so happy to see that and I’m using the sword for my entire playthrough. My Seldarine Drow is devoted to Eilistraee and they consider it an honor to carry a sword blessed in her name.
My Lolth-Sworn Vengeance Paladin thinks that she should be entitled to the sword because it's keeping it away from the hands of Eilistraee's worshipers, and no better strategy to take your rival's weapon out of their reach.
The game's amount of content is crazy, didn't know this was Drow related my Barbarian Dwarf just ripped it out and gave it to Wyll and went on his merry way
Origins is a very barebones rpg. Even mass effect had more world reactivity and variety. BG3 is more akin to other Larian games or old school rpgs. Origins doesn’t even come close.
I also did this as my Lloth cleric/wizard, cause as part of her backstory she resents the goddess and just hides it most of the time. I was spooked by the response.
When my lolth-sworn ranger found it she identified the ritual and then pulled the sword out with brute strength Because I refuse to degrade my goddess XD
Lolth wpuldnt of gotten 9ff to it though, the choas pf just doing that act freaken out the god as well as they feel one of her dark followers hit them leaveing them with"WTF was that".
Look. There’s a lot of people you don’t piss off in dnd no matter how small you are. The Raven Queen, any chromatic dragon, and LOLTH FOR FUCKS SAKE DONT PLAY WITH FIRE LIKE THAT.
@@IDontKnowYouWhoAreYou Yes but gold dragons are good aligned. They're a lot more likely to let you off with mild amounts of disrespect, especially if you "don't know better." A good aligned dragon even if you disrespect it probably won't torment you for the rest of your miserable life for upsetting it. It will just kill you.
And yet, it became my College of Swords Bard/Cleric of Elistraee Seldarine's main hand weapon. Until I got Larethian's Wrath. Then it went to offhand while Larethian's Wrath went to main.
So I displease Lolth, all I get is a back massage of spiders. Her best times are long gone I suppose. No wonder lil drows are all liberating themselfs nowadays.
@@MissChambersxo I think that Tav being lolth-sworn in the game would probably make them one of Lolth's chosen since they're doing some pretty amazing shit in the story. So Lolth just watching happily as they pretend to be her would make sense if she automatically favors them.
I mean to remember that the Lolth sworn Drow get sometime on the str options saying: ignore giving blood for the weak and pull the sword showing a true lolth sworn
And yet my cleric of Lathander has to make a roll to recognize a statue of his god outside his temple? This game is so good, and so stupid, at the same time.
Wonder if lolth would care if you just steal the sword with that strength check, like.. You're not honoring the weak, you're stealing from their protectors lol
There might be but I don’t know the only other possible interaction i know of is in baldur’s gate with the statues of the gods that gale goes to meet his goddess ex at but anything before or after is unknown to me
The only interaction I know of is using speak with animals with the spiders in the goblin camp and impersonating lolth to either make them non hostile or to convince them to fight the goblins. It requires a check, and if I remember right it's to lolth rather than the spiders. You can also convince the spiders in the duergar camp to either remain loyal to the duergar or turn to lolth.
I think the more lore-accurate option would be to have her try and steal the blade by just pulling it out by force, mocking it in a sense by not making the blood offering.
lolth's defining characteristic is that she has none. also that description from the narrator wasn't a metaphor, she literally manifested spiders onto your spinal column for a brief moment. she's silly like that
My part-Cleric of Eilistraee is yelling in outrage at a LOLTHITE getting their hands on Phalar Aluve right now XD Getcha filthy spidery hands off it! (They were only one level of cleric and mostly spell-using druid, but still kept the sword for their entire run. Did they have proficiency? Not even remotely, had to get those gloves from Dammon. Still!)
Well, I’m glad I’m not too deep in to go back and do this. Now that I know this desecrates Lolth I gotta do it every time, even if I don’t need the inspiration point and all the sword is going to do is sit my camp chest for eternity.
I feel like, knowing this sword is one of the best in the game (in my opinion at least), AND it keeps the sword away from her daughter's followers, Lolth would understand taking it. However, doing it in a sacrilegious manner, she'd only forgive and show favor to her follower once again if they give it up as an offering to Lolth. *In act 3.* For the rest of the time, you're getting bitten by spiders every time you use it and night terrors each long rest until that fucking sword is brought to her. If she catches you NOT offering it up to her at the altar, instant fight with one of her handmaidens. If you win, you gain her favor AND she won't kill you.
I get the impression Lolth likes our character if they’re Lolth Sworn. You can pretend to be her in front of spiders, and do well, this, and she at worst gives you a warning.
@@eyukhaesya Imagine the narration describing the gruesome transformation and the companion’s reaction as poor Tav’s leg swelled before cracking and splitting into four pair of arachnid limbs. Tav crying from the pain as a spider grow from their tailbone. The face disfigured in a twisted fusion between spider and drow. They plead for mercy but Lolth have none. The party can only watch powerless as Lolth twist Tav into an exemple for those who failed her. You are then ask to make a wisdom DC to stop yourself from going feral and attacking your party. You thought ceremorphosis was agony but it doesn’t compared to the agony, the shame, the humiliation. At least, you lose yourself at the end. Lolth is not merciful. A drider is aware of his condition and never forget their change and what they lost.
actually its power is what makes it the best sword in the game lol the shriek ability is insane with anything that hits a lot (magic busted missiles or scorching ray included)
@@arniepage1662 I already acknowledged its power ^^ I'm just saying the lore makes it even more amazing. It's a "special weapon" done right. In fact, it's the best of its kind in video game history, if you ask me.
This'll be fun on my evil playthrough (will be playing lolth drow cleric) I'd probally use strength to pull it out My 2 clerics of Eilistraee were conpleatly happy to do the ritual to their deity on their ones.. My other playthroughs didn't get anything from this, though I wonder if there's a unque dialog with a bard since Eilistaree loves music and the arts? I need to do a bard playthrough sometime
My Redeemed Durge is a Cleric/Paladin mix, of Eilestraee (which is weird, because he’s a pasty, white, human, male), and Eilestraee was thrilled I got the sword.
Hmm, interesting that for the Lolthsworn drow paladin of retribution Lolth doesn't send any warning messages if you do the same thing. Does it work only for Lolthsworn drow cleric?
might not be related but I remember if you're a Drow and fall into the spider pit at the goblin camp you can convince them your actually lolth in disguise..
@@jelly-wyvern3848 Yep, however, I'm just seeking events where Lolth says hello like she did here. Would be an interesting game over for sure if Lolth killed Tav, but I think she's aware of our condition and thus is being very lenient.
Others told in comments that if you fail the check with the spiders (inside the old Selune temple), Lolth gets angry and tells them to attack you ofcourse since i never fail not ever never never ever in anything, this didn't happened to me
@@garyburke6156I still use it in act 3 with my swords bard as it’s one of a few finesse long swords so she dual wields this and the other finesse long sword from the crèche
@@eyukhaesya The blade is blade is consecrated in the name of her daughter and archenemy Eilistraee. So she has every reason to see this as a act of heresy. Honestly, I’m surprised how lenient Lolth is in that game.
My sixth playthrough (admitted I haven't even killed the brain in any one of these just yet) and I forgot the dann sword 😭 also can't think to play any other race other than a female Lolth Drow 😊
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