Karlach/romance

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Karlach can be romanced.

Companion

  • Her first scene can be during Chapter One. If the player has Medium approval[Needs Verification] you can drum up the courage to tell her how much you like her. This will lead to Karlach meeting you, once you have gone to bed and everybody else is asleep. Alternatively, if the player has High approval[Needs Verification], Karlach will do this on her own. Since you haven't been able to continue with The Hellion's Heart past the first step in Chapter One, you will not be able to touch her. You can convince her, however, to kiss you - which you can either end sooner or embrace the moment, only to burn your lips.
  • After reciprocating her feelings, one can tell her how much they would love to touch her. As well as figuring a way to cool her down with water or frost magic for a quick embrace, going into a discussion of letting them have fun with others while she's unavailable due to the engine.
  • Once you reach Chapter Two and arrive at the Last Light Inn, you can repair Karlachs Engine with the help of Dammon. During the next long rest (and if no other events are queued), the player can sleep with her.

Origin

While playing as the Karlach Origin, Karlach's personal story has a number of different effects on which specific romantic interactions are available to the player at different parts of the game. A list of known effects on other romance storylines is contained below, but may be incomplete.

Act One

When sex is offered to Origin Karlach by another character, the player is unable to directly accept. Options such as "I'll think about it." and "I can't touch anyone until my engine is fixed." will typically exist in replacement of the usual acceptance options.

Origin Karlach is not prevented from romancing Wyll, and pursuing this option does have a handful of unique lines acknowledging Wyll's prior objective of hunting Karlach down.

Dammon's interactions with an Origin Karlach character seem to be generally more flirtatious than when talking to other characters.

Act Two

After delivering a second piece of Infernal Iron to Dammon at the Last Light Inn, Origin Karlach is given additional unique options for how to respond. In addition to simply saying "Thank you", these are:

  • Pause. Is he flirting with you?
  • Take your leave - you have someone you really want to touch.

Neither one of these options appear have immediate consequences, but after wrapping up conversations from this scene, Origin Karlach is able to fully engage in usual romantic interactions with other characters.