I think he's funny, but I would never trade my vampire husband for a cultist.
To each their own, I play zealots of any kind in most RPGs, from the classic Call of Cthulhu cultist to fanatic paladins. Astarion is growing on me the more I play but the cultist in me really leans towards Abdirak lol.
It would be nice to see some positive portrayal of bdsm. All the characters who are into it seem to fall on the evil side of the alignment. I know people are leery about sex scenes in general, but if larian are going to insist on including them, it would help if they tied into character arcs. Like if shadowheart or astarion end up redeemed, you can roleplay to help them come to
terms with their past trauma. The sex feels less like a reward given to a player at the end of a companion quest or whatever (with an option to opt out, of course, for people who aren’t interested) and more like an actual intimate moment between characters.
My thought exactly. It's either played for laughs or just to showcase how evil and twisted a character is. This character has the potential to be the exception.
