The situation with Edowin in Baldur's Gate 3 is immediately tenuous and it can get much, much worse if players don't handle it correctly. Unfortunately, critical pieces of information are not evident to the characters involved and some very innocent mistakes can lead to the deaths of all the NPCs nearby.
There is no perfectly happy situation for what's occurred with Edowin in Baldur's Gate 3 but there is a way to minimize the damage and save potentially dozens of lives. The character's party is in danger, too, so be careful with the dialogue choices and skill checks.
This article divulges consequences within the game and reveals information the player's character may not know. Gamers that are committed to role-playing may wish to stop reading and find these things out for themselves.
Saving Edowin's Friends
- Choose the "Forget the owlbear. You're still alive - so go." option when prompted.
Unfortunately, Edowin cannot be saved and he will succumb to his wounds even with a perfect Medicine check. He can be "helped" but not until later. For not, his friends are in danger of the owlbear and of the Mind Flayer parasite living inside of Edowin. If players let slip they came from the ship that crashed, Brynna and Andrick give their lives and die in combat with the player.
Brynna and Andrick also regard Edowin as a cult leader and are at risk of getting themselves killed if they think the character is betraying Edowin's quest to find survivors. Tell them to run off and give them a chance to reprogram. By this stage, players have already dealt with the Mind Flayer that infected them so the player understands the power this influence can have.
Avenging Edowin
- Loot Edowin's body
- Choose the "Reach out and crush it." option twice when prompted.
- Choose either Insight or Strength to try and crush the creature.
- Choose either Insight, Constitution, or Strength to try and crush the creature.
This little creature will end up finding a new host and indoctrinating people again if it isn't crushed. This requires trying to crush the creature and then passing back-to-back checks. Either choose somebody with a high Insight or Strength to pass these checks.
When playing with friends, somebody should have one of these two skills. Edowin may still be dead from his injuries to the Owlbear but players who save his friends and crush the parasite save everything that he loved.
Baldur's Gate 3 is available in Early Access on PC and will be available on August 3rd, 2023. The PlayStation 5 version will be available on September 6th, 2023. A version for Xbox Series X/S is still in development.