It makes little to no sense as well, for Astarion to kill our character during said cutscene. If he follows us because his chance of survival is higher, is he really going to throw it straight to the trash bin because now he can drink a little more of the blood? It would be better to make our character wake up weakened and with penalty to the health, until another long rest.
As far as failed the roll with Astarion it makes sense to have to roll in that situation:
He's a vampire who has been forced to feed on animals for 2 centuries. The moment he has his (first?) chance to feed on humans is probably overpowering. I believe he is written in that scene to lose himself to that bloodlust, and it makes perfect sense.
Last edited by AvatarOfSHODAN; 09/01/21 08:27 PM.
