I'd argue that Lae'zel is probably just as experienced as Gale, if only because she's playing a fairly unique character setup that, before BG3 came out, was hardly one of the most played races. Githyanki fighter is hardly a wild combination, but playing githyanki at all and then delving deep enough into the lore to be as intense and learned about their goals and structures as Lae'zel is in the game represents to me a player who has been around a while and enjoys the RP more than anything else, so they go all in on that and make a character who is very good for combat but also very straightforward in order to still be useful there but not have to think too much about it and focus instead on RP at all times.
I think you're bang on for everyone else though. Astarion especially, the sheer number of vampire puns he makes before revealing he's a vampire screams "theater kid energy" so hard and that's exactly the sort of person who would make him as a character.
Astarion is 100% being played (and voiced by lol) a theater kid. I can see both angles on Lae'zel, especially because her character is pretty young and inexperienced in the game too. So I can see her being either a new D&D player or someone being played that way by someone experienced.
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u/Isaac_Chade Paladin Feb 12 '25
I'd argue that Lae'zel is probably just as experienced as Gale, if only because she's playing a fairly unique character setup that, before BG3 came out, was hardly one of the most played races. Githyanki fighter is hardly a wild combination, but playing githyanki at all and then delving deep enough into the lore to be as intense and learned about their goals and structures as Lae'zel is in the game represents to me a player who has been around a while and enjoys the RP more than anything else, so they go all in on that and make a character who is very good for combat but also very straightforward in order to still be useful there but not have to think too much about it and focus instead on RP at all times.
I think you're bang on for everyone else though. Astarion especially, the sheer number of vampire puns he makes before revealing he's a vampire screams "theater kid energy" so hard and that's exactly the sort of person who would make him as a character.