Nothing new, he could shine during my first playthrough too.
And here I thought I couldn't get any more skeptical about Astarion, but of course, he just had to sparkle. 😂
[quote=Gibberling]I wonder why they can't create spawns?
Maybe they are made of vampire spawns, which - as we know - can't make another spawns until they become vampire lords?

This raises the question what would happen if a tadpole were put into vampire lord's brain...