I don't know if that was patched later, but my BG3 playthroughs involved him cordially inviting me to romantic retreats using illusion proxies when I barely fucking talked to him and didn't even have him in the active party. He had this
spoiler
"woe is me I fucked the goddess of magic and am too awesome in an insatiably magic-destroying way"
thing that reminded me a little too much of parasitic former acquaintances that were never, ever fully happy with anything.
They did change that, very early on. There was a bug with most characters romance score getting too high too early.
Anyways Gale's whole thing is he's a dude who got too big for his britches. All of the characters have some major, critical impact on the world by their continued existence except maybe Minsc.
You missed out on a lot (through no fault of your own, mind), he's objectively one of the better romance options. He's such a sweetheart when you get him to drop his egomaniacal archmage affectations.
I didn't have Gale in my group of 4 so only got the basics of his story but he gets more friendly as the game goes on, never finished the game (should get on that) but I see a lot of fan art of him.. also I like his purple sweater I think it's the only camp outfit I didn't tinker with
I don't know if that was patched later, but my BG3 playthroughs involved him cordially inviting me to romantic retreats using illusion proxies when I barely fucking talked to him and didn't even have him in the active party. He had this
spoiler
"woe is me I fucked the goddess of magic and am too awesome in an insatiably magic-destroying way"
thing that reminded me a little too much of parasitic former acquaintances that were never, ever fully happy with anything.
TL;DR fuck off, Gale.
They did change that, very early on. There was a bug with most characters romance score getting too high too early.
Anyways Gale's whole thing is he's a dude who got too big for his britches. All of the characters have some major, critical impact on the world by their continued existence except maybe Minsc.
I got the game early and stopped playing it early, so that explains that.
I found Gale particularly grating anyway, but the bug made him seem even worse, I suppose.
You missed out on a lot (through no fault of your own, mind), he's objectively one of the better romance options. He's such a sweetheart when you get him to drop his egomaniacal archmage affectations.
He gets a lot better. He drops the big magic man persona and reveals a very scared and vulnerable core.
I didn't have Gale in my group of 4 so only got the basics of his story but he gets more friendly as the game goes on, never finished the game (should get on that) but I see a lot of fan art of him.. also I like his purple sweater
I think it's the only camp outfit I didn't tinker with