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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ondath" data-source="post: 9107328" data-attributes="member: 7031770">For everyone shouting about DiA being a tie-in product for BG3, I honestly think it doesn't connect into it that well. Both because the production cycle of the two products was misaligned horribly to get any sort of release synergy/coordination between the two teams, and I think the final products have very little in common. The plot points seem to step on each other's toes, like with the case with Duke Ravengard being damsel'd twice in the same way as you put it. There's also something else that's been bothering me, but I haven't advanced in the story to discover the real chant of the matter, so it's a bit speculative:[SPOILER="Spoiler-y conjecture about the Absolute's Identity"]Act 2 of the game reveals that the Absolute is, in fact, an Elder Brain that's being controlled by high Netherese Magic in order to give a shadow following to the Dead Three. I don't know what is the endgame for the Dead 3 here.I'm still mulling over a point Withers made to me in camp: Mind Flayers don't have souls, so the congregation of True Souls that the Dead 3 have created are actually empty husks for them in terms of bringing in divine followers. So what could they possibly hope to gain from using an Elder Brain and not gaining followers the usual way? I'm sure I'll find out soon enough, but for now it's an interesting question.Anyway, back to DiA being a poor tie-in. In the book, the Dead 3 are on a murder spree in the city - but that murder spree is funded by Thalamra Vanthampur, who wants the city to fall into Zariel's clutches. AFAIK, the players disrupt this plan in DiA, and the Dead 3 seem to have an entirely different plan in BG3. So I wonder if the Dead 3's role in DiA is in any way connected to BG3, or if the two teams once again used similar plot points without really communicating with each other.[/SPOILER]In any case, if you've gotten further in the game and know the answer to some of my questions, I'd rather discover them myself. But if the game indeed does not give a good explanation that links the two adventures, that seems like a missed opportunity!</blockquote>

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