Baldur’s Gate 3 Mod Lets You Recruit Sazza

I’d really have to dig deep to find any glaring flaws with Baldur’s Gate 3, but one that always nagged me was the lack of interesting companion races. The only party member that really stands out is Lae’zel, a githyanki, otherwise it’s all elves, tiefling, humans, and drow, which are basically underground elves anyway. There are no gnomes, goblins, or dragonborn. Hell, I’d take an orc at this point.

Larian has been pretty responsive to feedback — sometimes to the game’s detriment — but introducing an entirely new companion post-launch would be a Herculean and unreasonable ask (especially when Wyll deserves a more fleshed-out arc). Even for the community, an entirely new companion that fits into the game and meshes with the story and smaller, more dynamic interactions simply isn’t feasible, at least not to the standard set by Larian.

Thankfully, modder Exaen has a decent compromise with the ‘Evolved’ series.

Sazza Can Level Up, Summon A Worg-Pup, And Even Be Given Items

This collection of mods allows you to summon various characters from the game to your party as makeshift companions for combat, such as Bernard and Pooldripp, but the standout is Sazza, the goblin who you can rescue from the Emerald Grove, Goblin Camp, and Moonrise Towers in Acts 1 and 2.

Fans have long wanted Sazza as a party member, given that the only real ‘evil’ option right now is Minthara, and this mod finally allows for that. If you keep her alive through to the end of Act 2 and unlock the ‘She Cannot Be Caged!’ achievement, you’ll find her waiting at the bridge by the waypoint instead of walking into the Shadow-Cursed Lands. However, if you’re already in Act 3, then Sazza will show up at Popper’s shop.

Once recruited to your party, you can level her up as you would other companions, and she even has her own inventory, set of spells, and passives, with the items you give her being transferred between the NPC and summon versions depending on which is active.

Of course, Sazza won’t interject in conversations or bounce off other characters like a typical companion, and you can’t romance her — she’s essentially a halfway point between a scroll summon and Minsc/Jaheira. But it’s nonetheless an incredibly impressive achievement that makes rescuing Sazza a more fulfilling quest, and finally adds that much-needed goblin variety to the camp.

You can check out the collection linked earlier, or download the mod here from Nexus.

Released

August 3, 2023

ESRB

Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence

Engine

Divinity 4.0

Multiplayer

Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op

Cross-Platform Play

Full

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