Another issue with him killing us that isn't related directly to Astarion though, is the fact that it really messes with the canonicity of death in the game. In most crpgs, deaths are just non-canon. But here, you can die and be brought back and there's a specific reaction to it, cementing death as canon.
Which is, I think, the lack of worldbuilding that bites the narrative in the arse.
Resurrection always felt to me like a problematic mechanic, but I can't figure out how and if it is a thing. Someone suggested that resurrection is not a thing, and our ability to come back to life is a gameplay contrivence. But then the game openly acknowledges it. But then again being able to resurrect characters would solve some key problems - if we can bring Anabella back to life then frankly Kagha's snake accident is not that much of a biggie.
