D&D General Should BG4 be a new story or continue on from BG3's story?

[Necropolitan]

I feel like the Origin characters had their storylines wrapped up pretty well and had enough interesting options that a future plot making a single one canon would leave too many people unsatisfied.

So I'd say at most mention them in a way that would only rule out the worst endings for them.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

It is better to start from zero with new characters, but allowing space for possible cameos.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I actually liked that BG2 had some characters like Imoen, Jaheira, Minsc, Viconia and Edwin carry over from BG1, though Jaheira and Minsc were hardly that significant in BG3 compared to the other companions.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I feel that origin characters are very much a Larian thing, they were in DOS2 and I expect them to be in Divinity. I would expect BG4 to return to the original pattern and have a player made protagonist and feature a mix of returning characters as companions along with some new ones, with other former companions cameoing as NPCs.

Several of the BG3 origin characters could potentially return as major villains, but you have the issue of respecting their choices in BG3.

One thing I think very unlikely is creating a party - that was an Icewind Dale thing. Baldur’s Gate’s thing is create a main and recruit a party from a pool of pregens. Which means “none of the above” is my answer.

 

[Xeviat]

I said no, create your whole party, but that's not exactly what I mean. I don't like "origin characters", that feels like larian's thing. Bg1 and 2 style please: make your character, plus there are NPCs that could join you.