We’re gonna be finding this stuff for years, aren’t we?
One of the reasons to play through multiple times is just having different Origin character party member compositions. One or more characters can chime in during dialogue, and changing the combination of characters can dramatically change the whole scene. I have all the murder hobo vibe characters, and it’s like the devs knew this combo would be common and I’m getting hella scenes I never saw in 2 previous playthroughs.
Ok so who’s the hobo party besides Astarion?
Minthara and Lae’zel.
The only 3 at this point in the game that, if they used the alignment system, I’m sure would be one type of evil or another. I’ve had a couple surprise moments where all 3 join in a short discussion, playing off each other’s lines. I’ve had Lae’zel before, but I’ve never really kept Astarion around (unless I needed something with a DC of 30 lockpicked) and this is my first evil run, so Minthara isn’t a smouldering pile of ash this time.
I need to swap Gale out on my evil run but I just can’t give up that sweet, sweet fireball.
Lae’zel for sure. And probably dark Shadowheart? That’s who i have been using for my evil durge run and they all seem to be on the same page.
Minthara, Astarion, and Shadowheart for me. Bad blood between SH and Lae’zel, obvs. I typically get a lot more approval for my dastardly behavior from Minth and Asta; Shadowheart just kinda goes along with it, unless we’re killing folks she really hates like Selunites.
One of my main complaints so far is that other party members seldomly pipe in during convos. I get why they didn’t do it more, as the game is massive with already a sheer amount of dialogue, but it makes my party feel kinda flat. Like sure they do little quips or remarks while walking around, but even those aren’t very frequent. Maybe it changes further into the game, but I’m about 35 hours in and done almost everything in act 1 so far. I’ll be thrilled if this changes in later acts!
Question. When you first learn that he’s a vampire it looks like he is ABOUT TO bite you. But during the dialogue I noticed that bite marks showed up on my neck. So, I kicked him out because fuck you for biting me while I sleep. But then the marks went away right away.
Dis he bite me or was that a bug?
You need to take some things into account.
Without any influence, Astarion is a lying manipulative asshat.
You catch Astarion on the second or third night sleeping with him in your camp, as far as I found, never on the first.
That fucker succeeded previously, It’s just that THIS time you woke up.
If you consent to him biting you later on,
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He tells you that you’re his first time of tasting a human. He’s been surviving on animals only. Ofc he could be lying/acting but he comes across unusually sincere and vurnarable.
I don’t think so? Him biting you gives you the negative stat Bloodless, and you only get that after you let him bite you (that stat is why I never let him get his teeth near me again. It screwed all my dice rolls). I think he was sneaking off before to go hunt animals.
That scene took a surprising amount of time to trigger in my first attempt. I’d already cleared out the Goblin camp and was half-way through the Underdark - must have been at least 10 long rests at that point.
I think that has to be a bug. You’re supposed to be able to let him bite you consensually (or deny him) later.
I mean… Sometimes when you sleep the first time after getting him in your party/camp, it shows him creeping around the campsite like a creeper during the “cutscene” of you all sleeping around the fire. Before the reveal, I thought he was just stealing my shit. It wouldn’t surprise me if there was some kind of hidden roll or RNG that made bite marks appear on me before the consensual bite.
The best part is Astarian’s neck bite marks are blindingly obvious the first time you meet him if you look at his neck.
They really are. I don’t know how anyone misses them, or the pointy teeth.
Only noticed after that whole scene already played out, but just rifling through the stuff at his tent reveals what is referred to in text as an empty blood jar, and there’s a spattered bowl off to the side on a rock.
The huge mirror, sure, I just assumed it was a humorous nod at his vanity. But seriously? How does the entire party miss all of this? He’d have to sparkle to be more obvious.
Actually, no, Astarion would 100% wear body glitter or at least get someone else’s on him.
If someone told Asterion that some vampires sparkle, you just know that man would find the nearest vat of glitter and start rolling in it.
Ah, ok. I wonder if they fixed it because I saw that multiple times, because I’ve restarted the game 4 times before I learned of Withers.
Frankly, I booted him after the initial interaction in my first playthrough way back in early beta and haven’t added him at all in any run since. Fuck Astarion. Lying, piece of shit, low-effort sleep rapist.
Seems to be the consensus.
Man… I guess considering your strong feelings about it, you’re better off without him, but he’s one of the most interesting companions in the game. He has a tragic backstory, and a cunning personality. He’s my second favorite companion overall. I was this close to betraying Karlach because of his machinations.
Never. Betray. Karlach. 🔥❤️☠️
I didn’t.
Ah yes. Headline spoilers. Why not?
Feel free to go over to PC Gamer and complain to them about their headline choice.
Is this their post or yours?
It’s THEIR HEADLINE.
Somebody stop that girl!
Just, please. Don’t nuke him with a sun ray.
He gets better
