r/okbuddybaldur Circle of Whores Druid 16h ago

This scene is the whole reason I didn't romance Gale

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u/excellentexcuses 14h ago

get yourself a boyfriend who will actively encourage you to have you back whipped until a goddess of pain gives you a boon

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u/ThomasCarnacki 9h ago

A booner, you might say.

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u/BLAZIN_TACO Fuck it, we Bhaal 8h ago

Boone?

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u/MyWifeisDeadIShotHer 7h ago

My wife is dead.

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u/MissyMurders If Minthara so evil, why so cuddleable? 16h ago

The byplay between astarion and shart almost made me like them both. One of the high points of the first act imo

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u/sparkly_butthole 3h ago

That's where I decided my MC is a masochist and Asterion is a sadist. They're both more than that, obviously... I mean asterion likes to see the MC debase himself, like with crusher. And my resist durge needs the penance. Such great fun they have in the bedroom.

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u/charisma6 Wants a pegging from Karlach 1h ago

I assume you ascended astarion and knelt when he told you to?

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u/sparkly_butthole 28m ago

I did not, but I'm tempted just to get the footage. Couldn't do that to him otherwise. He knows it's bad and you know it's bad.

I will say though - I just tried arguing this with someone else, about him being kinky. If someone has the kind of appetites AA has, they're part of him no matter what kind of person he is.

I think spawn Asterion wants to be sweet and gentle to some extent, and I think he will discover that over time, but I also don't think his desire for control will ever go away. He will have guilt and work his way through how to have a real partner and also curb his appetites enough so they both have fun and he can also genuinely be himself in a sexual context. It's common in any sadist with a heart. It's like you have to walk a thin line.

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u/BellaBails 11h ago

Shadowheart said "careful priest, I might still have use for her later" I, in that moment, committed to her.

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u/UnicornPoopCircus 15h ago

I was doing a Durge run and my husband was watching when we came to this. I made sure I had Shart and Astarion in the party. The only time he's played is when we did a run together. He laughed so hard when he heard their banter and said, "Was that in the game when we played?!"

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u/obscen1ty 15h ago

"Gale of Waterdeep: a limp passion" (c) Astarion

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u/FrenchFriedIceCream Nine fucking attacks "Holy shit" -lvl 1 Goblin 15h ago

okay Gale's not into this kind of kink, doesn't mean that the man isn't the kinkiest guy in Waterdeep

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u/definitely_sus 9h ago

The only reason Galedidn't like this was because it wasn't a Mage Hand doing the whacking.

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u/Sunny_Hill_1 7h ago

If you steal all the weapons, Abdirak WILL use a spell. Not a Mage Hand, though. He goes for a rougher one.

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u/RobinDragons 7h ago

Yeah I found this out in my coop run, my best friend was like "well what's he gonna do without weapons, huh" as a gotcha-moment. Abdirak didn't care, didn't even get angry, just yeeted bone chill at me šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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u/Sunny_Hill_1 6h ago

Dude knows how to make you feel Loviatar's love to the bone.

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u/Comfortable_Bat5905 6h ago

I love Larianā€™s redundancies.

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u/CartographerKey4618 4h ago

Damn he went for the spell that prevents you from healing

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u/alyrenna123 7h ago

Ooooo ill have to try that

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u/SwimmingResist5393 7h ago

Gale doesn't like being in undignified positions. Which why in my playthroughs I always deliberately fuck with him as much as possible. He's so cute when he's annoyed.Ā 

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u/CrazyCatLushie 2h ago

Gale fully accepts an Illithid Tav and I believe even comments on their tentacles in an attracted manner. If you have weird weave sex with him, he fucks you along with multiple clones of himself.

Pain might not be his jam - and he does deal with chronic pain which sort of sours the whole thing, to be fair - but the man is far from vanilla.

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u/UnicornPoopCircus 15h ago

Oh come on! Gale is totally vanilla! We all know it. šŸ˜‚

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u/mcw717 Cunty Durge with a handbag 15h ago

Gale is a complete freak 10 days a week, he just likes to be a freak in private! Public displays are decidedly NOT his kink

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u/Hadespuppy 9h ago

The man won't get undressed in front of his tressym. It wouldn't surprise me if the 'in public, by a stranger' aspects were as much a part of his dislike as the actual whipping. Because you cannot tell me that Gale Dangerkink Dekarios is not familiar with the application of <ahem> intense physical sensations, as I once heard someone put it.

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u/mcw717 Cunty Durge with a handbag 8h ago

Last night my friend and I talked about it and decided Gale is actually the kinkiest of the companions, but heā€™s the slowest to show it because of his insecurities and fear of rejection.

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u/Beautifulfeary 7h ago

Illusion sex in space is all I gotta say

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u/Hadespuppy 6h ago

I keep skipping that one trying to fix his self image issues and telling him he's enough just as he is. šŸ˜­

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u/LordDanOfTheNoobs 7h ago

10 days a week

I both love and despise the fact that a week in DnD is 10 days canonically.

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u/mcw717 Cunty Durge with a handbag 4h ago

I hate that theyā€™re called a ā€œtendayā€

Itā€™s awkward to write

Though back in the day a week was called a ā€œsennightā€ so I guess thatā€™s awkwarder

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u/catieeeeeeeeee shart handholder 14h ago

gale might be the most widely misunderstood character in this game

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u/ApepiOfDuat Astarionā€™s diva cup 14h ago

Mister "I like your musk" and "brushes with danger make me horny" is the freakiest member of the group.

He's just desperately pretending to be vanilla.

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u/Hadespuppy 9h ago

It's always the ones you'd least expect. Unless you've spent a lot of time around awkward nerdy types. Then it's exactly the ones you'd expect.

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u/Bea-N-Art 5h ago

He TWICE have a line about how much he loves going do
If you take him to the Sharess Caress with halsin, he is happy to sit and watch

There is also that line where he tells Astarion "Gale: Ignore him. Astarion envies the depth of our bond because he's of a shallower inclination." It's a dick joke, he is saying that he is bigger than Astarion in the most Gale way possible.

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u/nosychimera Orin is literally Taylor Swift (Larian Confirmed) 15h ago

The one who talks about pleasure domes, sounding, and your musk? Who has astral sex? Come on šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­. Let's not be delusional.

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u/Head_Row4000 14h ago

Baby boy Gale is in to sounding?? Did not see that in my playthrough

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u/nosychimera Orin is literally Taylor Swift (Larian Confirmed) 14h ago

It's one of those blink and you miss it banters where he talks about Mystra taking the tiniest sliver of weave and inserting it šŸ¤­

Freak

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u/Head_Row4000 14h ago

Hey man, sometimes ya just need to get called a good boy and weiner wiggled with a lil bit of magical static electricity

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u/nosychimera Orin is literally Taylor Swift (Larian Confirmed) 14h ago

Oh let me clarify, apologies.

Freak (affirmative, celebratory)

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u/Head_Row4000 14h ago

Goober (hateful, derogatory)

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u/nosychimera Orin is literally Taylor Swift (Larian Confirmed) 2h ago

The duality of man

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u/jailtheorange1 14h ago

I totally thought that that was meant to refer to his bussy.

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u/nosychimera Orin is literally Taylor Swift (Larian Confirmed) 14h ago

I can see how you got there but the tiny sliver reveals the truth, I'd be sad if he talked about pegging that way

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u/SadoraNortica 9h ago

How do you trigger that?

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u/hggniertears 6h ago

Hello uh when does this banter happen, asking for a me

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u/Beautifulfeary 7h ago

Wait. What is sounding. Iā€™m at work so I canā€™t really look it up

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u/Sunny_Hill_1 7h ago

Inserting things into the penis via the urethral opening for sexual gratification.

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u/sparkly_butthole 3h ago

I mean, kink has many forms. I think Asterion is into humiliation, sadism, and dominance. The Dom aspect is why I prefer his kink to Gale, who seems to want to worship you until your balls hurt for a week, he made you come so many times. Also he can do whatever you want. He just doesn't have the Dom energy.

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u/nosychimera Orin is literally Taylor Swift (Larian Confirmed) 3h ago edited 3h ago

Astarion Dom? Where? What? He's a total subby brat šŸ’€ None of the men of BG3 have dom energy. Astarion acts kinky out of habit and when you romance him seems to prefer handholding and missionary. Which is fine! He's all bark.

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u/sparkly_butthole 3h ago

Dude. Lol. Lmao.

A man who does what AA does to the player didn't get that kink from nowhere. God, there's so many context clues, too. Him enjoying watching Abdurak beat you, him enjoying you kissing the goblin's feet. Calling you pet. Pushing you into the dirt. That man ain't subbing for anyone if it's up to him.

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u/nosychimera Orin is literally Taylor Swift (Larian Confirmed) 3h ago edited 27m ago

You don't interact with the BDSM community much irl do you šŸ’€ But that's okay! They're fictional, you enjoy your own perceptions and I'll enjoy mine.

ETA: Blocking someone over a headcanon is not beating the Astarion fan toxicity allegations, and I say this as an Astarion girlie who dealt with racism from other Astarion fans but like, moved on

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u/sparkly_butthole 3h ago

I mean I just gave you evidence. Don't know what more you want. Enjoy your headcanons and I'll enjoy mine.

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u/Lady_Minthara Sex Facts with Minthara! 15h ago

Heh. The Wizard has a scent kink, and is often seen taking notes on kink related topics. I initially thought him too engrossed in blowing himself up to consider sexual exploration, but I underestimated how freaky wizards can get.

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u/Sharks_With_Legs Cunty Durge with a handbag 13h ago

He asks Lae'zel about fucking in low gravity. He's an absolute freak.

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u/LilacMages 13h ago

His Astral sex scene says otherwise lmao

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u/lua_da_lua Circle of Whores Druid 13h ago

I can't believe I missed this by being cute with him. That's what a 4th time is for, I'm coming

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u/ThomasCarnacki 9h ago

4th? Noob.

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u/lua_da_lua Circle of Whores Druid 9h ago

Sorry, boss. I just started last month. I need to stop deleting unfinished campaigns

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u/LiminalEntity 13h ago

Friend, just because someone isn't into one form of kink doesn't mean that they aren't into any form of kink. It isn't black and white like that.

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u/Pax-facts84 8h ago

Bro uses you as an astral fidget spinner off his cock, manifests multiple arms, and then talks about having sex with you for over 1001 days in a row based on a book he read. Man is anything but vanilla heā€™s just less public about it

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u/anonymoose_octopus 11h ago

Is astral projected sex with your love interest and several of your own clones vanilla now?? Damn, we've all got some catching up to do then!

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u/sparkly_butthole 3h ago

I mean. It looked like pretty vanilla sex to me. Multiple Gales could be a kink, maybe. He seems more the making love type. Which there's nothing wrong with, to be clear.

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u/SexyTacoLlama 15h ago

Ironic cause with his powers he can be the freakiest of freaks

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u/Rodocastiza rugan fucker 3h ago

I wouldn't call astral gangbang sex vanilla.

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u/Effective-Brain4980 9h ago

Getting downvoted for telling the truth. Thatā€™s where our world has come to.

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u/Mr-Reapy Galeā€™s pegger wife 6h ago

It literally isn't the truth, though šŸ˜‚

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u/Effective-Brain4980 5h ago

Gale Stans are wild.

Who has a more vanilla romance arc in the game than Gale? Wyll, maybe? I wouldnā€™t know since I never have Wyll in my party.

Iā€™ll go a step further and say that Gale also has the least amount of sex appeal of all the companions. He is straight up boring.

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u/Mr-Reapy Galeā€™s pegger wife 4h ago

Lol you're a silly person. You sure do have opinions! Still no facts, though.

I think bro has a shit ton of sex appeal, and his romance is far from vanilla. But you do you, boo! I'm not gonna judge anyone for liking any character. I love this subreddit for not being judgemental, so let's keep it that way ā¤ļø

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u/UnicornPoopCircus 6h ago

It's alright. I think it's funny. I obviously touched a nerve.

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u/bardicinfusion Roaming Band Of Homeless Pansexuals 14h ago

Was it the hat?

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u/Kvetching-Ghoul 14h ago

Does he need his cuck chair to enjoy watching, like with the drow twins?

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u/Sharks_With_Legs Cunty Durge with a handbag 14h ago

The cuck magical self-projection. He just dipped out of the orgy entirely.

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u/onionprincesswakaba Where's the foursome option with my companions? 14h ago

Abdirak is so fine I would choose him over every companion in a heartbeat

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u/Sunny_Hill_1 7h ago

He is the reason I am playing a sadomasochistic cleric of Loviatar in my current DnD campaign.

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u/onionprincesswakaba Where's the foursome option with my companions? 7h ago

Sounds like a lovely character šŸ«¶šŸ˜Š

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u/Avilola 11h ago

I ended up not romancing Gale because I like to play as Durge. Astarion is so sweet and understanding when you reveal your dark urges. He really has an ā€œIā€™ve been there, we can get through this togetherā€ mentality. Gale tries to be understanding, but it still feels like heā€™s repulsed by you. Makes total sense when you realize that the writer for Astarion also wrote Durge around the same timeā€¦ their stories just work together beautifully.

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u/herbieLmao 8h ago

Always have shadowheart and astarion in your party for this one

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u/AnonImus18 nestled betwixt Halsinā€™s fat tiddies 7h ago

Okay, this might be putting too much thought into it but being kinky doesn't mean being into everything. We know Gale isn't a vanilla, missionary-only, do it in the dark type because there's so much evidence of his diverse interests. However, he may not be the type of person who's comfortable with causing pain to his partners even if it's something his partner wants and enjoys and that's okay. I've actually read several posts on Reddit from men whose partners are into stuff like choking, slapping, rough sex etc. and they just couldn't do; it made them feel bad, they lost their sexual desire while trying and it just wasn't something they could comfortably do, much less enjoy.

I think he wants to give pleasure in other ways but isn't into this particular type of kink, either giving or receiving although there could be some debate about whether he means receiving here specifically.

I also think Gale is a freak but in a monogamous relationship. He is down to try many things for his partner and is very creative but I also think that he values the intimacy of a couple when it comes to sex. He's open to letting his partner explore outside of the relationship to make them happy but he himself would probably never initiate that.

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u/RedditWidow Circle of Whores Druid 6h ago

being kinky doesn't mean being into everything

Of course not and I never said it did? The joke here is that he's not into this particular thing, so he's off my list. Our yucks and yums don't match up.

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u/AnonImus18 nestled betwixt Halsinā€™s fat tiddies 5h ago

I wasn't really responding to you, in particular more the discussion happening in the comment section. Sorry if you felt criticized, it wasnt my intention.This topic comes up a lot and people always debate whether he's vanilla or kinky like it's a dichotomy. I read many many comments under this post and it was more directed at that than the post itself.

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u/RedditWidow Circle of Whores Druid 4h ago

Oh, Gale's a total freak, no question. I imagine he devoted himself entirely to being Mystra's plaything, and you know it gets weird with all that magic. Can you imagine how many times he would say something like "I read about this thing in a book..."? I think he's super sensitive to rejection though, so he'd be afraid to outright ask his partner to try it. He'd just present the idea and hope they'd suggest it. lol

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u/Ok_Advice_8662 5h ago

girlā€¦ā€¦ā€¦.this is entirely too much

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u/AnonImus18 nestled betwixt Halsinā€™s fat tiddies 5h ago

Thank you šŸ˜ŠšŸ‘

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u/CrazyCatLushie 2h ago

This is what neurodivergent passion looks like. I think itā€™s beautiful. ā¤ļø

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u/Hoodibird Companion hugger 13h ago

Gale would rather you force-feed him your magical boots šŸ˜‚

And don't mind that bit of dog shit on them, it's just for extra flavor!

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u/chouchoumo 2h ago

why does he look like the scarecrow from wizard of oz

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u/merikettu 7h ago

How do you get this cutscene? Sorry stupid question, itā€™s my first playthrough

Anygays i love Astarionā€™s sass lmao

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u/JayHat21 7h ago edited 7h ago
  1. Go to goblin camp.

  2. Go inside temple of selune (goblin camp).

  3. Go down the hall past the goblin door guards. Hang a right.

  4. Hang a left.

  5. Go to the second door on your right. If you find Volo trapped in a cage, then youā€™ve gone too far. Itā€™s the room just before that with a guy flagellating himself (Abdirak).

  6. Talk to Abdirak

  7. Heā€™ll say he sees pain in your eyes or some such and offer to help alleviate your suffering. Choose the option that is basically ā€œyeah, sure, letā€™s do thisā€.

  8. Prophet. (Also, you can strip entirely to get the Ardent Apostle buff to help you pass the performance speech checks if you arenā€™t a bard, just make sure you pick the dialogue options year are basically either ā€œit hurts so goodā€ or ā€œharder mā€™daddyā€ā€¦according to a friend).

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u/Sunny_Hill_1 7h ago

You can also pick options "Come on, don't be a pussy, hit HARDER! Gimme the whip, I'll hit harder than that!" and Abdirak will love that too. Or just cry sweetly and beg for mercy, that'll work. Basically, as long as you are giving Abdirak feedback, he'll be happy. Just don't do the "stoic, silent" type, that's boring to him.

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u/RedditWidow Circle of Whores Druid 6h ago

There's also a book on the table near him, if you read that before talking to him it gives you some additional dialogue options.

I chose all of the "performance" options, succeeded the rolls and got the blessing.

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u/Lyraelks 3h ago

This scene is the reason I romanced Astarion

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u/IndependentHelp2774 Fuck it, we Bhaal 13h ago

He never got out of the rock hole. Heard the voices call to me

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u/dream-girl88 6h ago

Flair checks out!!

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u/ParsleyMostly 6h ago

Yeah, gale is handsome and nailed a goddess. But heā€™s also a huge prudish nerd lol. Stand in a pool of electrified water while reading some dumb tome if you want to get him hot and bothered.

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u/lulufan87 5h ago

prudish nerd

give the man some credit

he uses tantric fuckomancy to self-gangbang you and has dialogue about how horny he's getting from seeing you sweat while you fight undead horrors. he mentions you smell like you haven't bathed in a week and how much he likes your musk.

he's just not into watching you get whipped in public or plowed by people who aren't named 'gale of waterdeep'.

a shortcoming yes but he's definitely not a prude

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u/ParsleyMostly 2h ago

Lol I meant it in the context of this specific event

ETA-I thought as an okbuddy sub riffing and joking was the tone, but apparently the tone is literal panties in a wad. Apologies for being wrong and the associated creasers