Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Does Astarion have a soul or not? If not, why does Raphael make him an offer?

There is no statement in the core books about the status of the souls of sentient vampires and vampire spawn - however, much of the text surrounding their use in books and adventures often talks about 'allowing their souls to rest' (usually int he same language that talks of dispatching them).

Remember that specific beats general in points of confusion; yes, the general rule is that when a person dies their soul generally goes somewhere (where is *Highly* variable, based very much on the individual, who they followed, if anyone, and the 'state' of their soul when they died), but indivdiual cases ignore that generality in favour of their own specific all the time, and sentient undead are one of those specific cases.

Vampires and vampire spawn, in the realms, certainly HAVE souls, and those souls are not at rest; the go towards whatever destination they were interrupted from when their time as a vampire or vampire spawn is ended. The CONDITION of those souls is quite dubious, but they do have them.

Strahd von Zarovich very definitely still has a soul - damaged and shattered as it is. This can play an important point in your Barovian adventure.

If he still has a soul, then our pretty vamp boy certainly does...