Originally Posted by
ArmyOfOptimists
Maybe I focused on the wrong things or I'm just bad at putting it into words, but what irks me about BG3's custom protagonist is that the story has effectively nothing to do with you. If the Bhaalspawn had been murdered in BG1, the best you can hope is that maybe Imoen takes your place, but she's probably not capable of it. If the Fallout vault dweller dies to a radscorpion, the water chip is never found and the Master's plan works. If the PoE watcher dies, the party can't get the information it needs to resolve the story. If the Wrath of the Righteous commander kicks the bucket, the crusade fails and the demons win. If the BG3 hero died in the nautiloid crash, really nothing changes. The origin characters meet up on the beaches and search for a cure as usual. There's nothing specific to your tadpole or your character, you're just one of dozens. It's not really a story that centralizes around your character being the prime actor - you're more or less a hireling.