Voices of Thunder and Rain

Favourite Quest: I really fucking loved the House of Hope. I've played enough RPGs to know that making a deal with a demon is a bad time so I turned Raphael down flat. His boss fight when I raided his place for the Orphic Hammer was EXCELLENT and I could vibe to his villain theme song for ages. It's a sign of good writing when I enjoy smacking the crap out of an antagonist.

Stupidest Thing I've Done: So there's an elevator platform in the Temple of Shar in Act II. And sometimes your party is Not Good at all being on the platform when you pull the lever. So Astarion, bless his pointy ears, got left behind down the bottom of the shaft. Fine, I sent the lift back down to pick him up. Only... he didn't move out of the way. This is how I learned that yes, lift platforms can insta-squash your companions. There was some mashing of F8 involved.

Least Favourite Quest: The Iron Throne fucked me up, man. I'm one of those must save everyone types and it gives me so much anxiety trying to save everyone down there. Even with about 20 scrolls of Dimension Door I am not looking forward to my next run through that thing.

ETA: okay the Iron Throne was fine with a metric fuckton of Potions of Speed. but godDAMN saving all the gondians at the iron foundry was FUCKING AWFUL, they have NO SELF PRESERVATION fucksake

Big Brain Moment: First playthrough, during the Cazador fight, I wondered what would happen if I had Shadowheart whip out her Daylight spell. Carnage. Carnage happened. Cazador never stood a chance. I thoroughly enjoyed stomping him into jam.

Core Party: My main run was with a Storm Sorcerer, and I mostly worked around that. Astarion basically never left the party because my Tav cannot pick locks for shit. Since my Tav is a glass cannon I needed Shadowheart a LOT to stop the whole dying thing. Last slot was usually Karlach because a) tank, and b) Karlach can GET IT.