Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion Is it too late to romance Astarion starting in Act3?

Hi

I can't believe I have made an account to ask this but my wife wants to romance Astarion. Up to now I have been leading the convo because my character has the charisma.

Shortly after entering Act 3 , when my wife's character decided she wanted Astarion she was completely neutral with Astarion. According to the guide we have only missed out on 2 (or 3) approval points but have since then used a guide to make sure to make the correct convesation decisions and have tried not to open up too much map JIC. Astarion just became friendly with my wife's character (+25 opinion?) but it hasn't opened up any new dialogue in camp though we purposefully haven't long rested yet, only went to camp to see if there were any extra dialogue choices. He does greet her differently now though so the friendly status has definitely registered.

Chat GPT says it is possible even starting from Act 3 but I would prefer some human.

So, is it possible? Or will my wife just have to pine?

Thanks!

The romances accompany the character arcs. Apart from Halsin and Minthara, roughly speaking they start in act 1 and progress along the story from there. So act 3 is too late to start a romance with one of the origins.

Ahh.
Thanks for letting me know.
I will give her the bad news

The good news is: There is always the next run! I hope you have fun with your plathrough anyway.

Also... I am not sure because I have never been in the situation but I think you can drag unromanced Astarion to the brothel and he agrees to a foursome with the drow twins. Not much of a romance but maybe it's a bandaid. ^^;

Anska was quicker than me

I am not convinced of being too late. I think Chat GPT is correct on this, as long as the player has just started Act 3, possibly haven't been in the city yet. However, Astarion is unique in that his personality may change dramatically, which may lead to something hard to predict. Good luck.

Trust me, it is too late. For him and for any origin romance.

I think the only romances you can do in act 3 are Halsin and good recruitment Minthara. The rest already had important scenes in the first two acts.

For future reference, if you do another playthrough: You need to sleep with him in act 1 to start the romance and then have the confession scene in act 2 to be able to carry the romance into act 3. If you only do the deed but don't show much care for him later, he will break up with Tav when you select this option (it's only available if you had no confirmation of deepening the relationship) after leaving the shadowy lands:

I didn't know there was such a thing... How many rare scenes are there in the game... Is this a result of not completing his quest in act 2? This scene is just heartbreaking.